9 These changes are primarily breaking changes for packagers of Git Cola.
10 For example, Linux distribution and Homebrew package maintainers may need to
11 be aware of these changes.
13 Changes have been made build infrastructure and the resulting filesystem artifacts.
15 * The build system is now Python3-only and has been modernized for PEP-517/518.
16 While Git Cola still builds and runs under Python2, it is no longer officially
17 supported and may stop working in a future release without notice.
18 (`#1201 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1201>`_)
20 * The `#!/usr/bin/env python` shebang lines in the `git-cola` and `git-dag` wrapper
21 scripts have been updated to use `python3`.
22 (`#1204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1204>`_)
24 * The build system was switched to `setuptools` and no longer depends on `distutils`.
25 ``python setup.py {build,install,build_pot,build_mo}`` are no longer provided.
26 Use the https://pypa-build.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation.html
27 ``python -m build`` tool to generate sdist and wheel distributions,
28 and ``pip install .`` to install Git Cola from source.
29 (`#1204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1204>`_)
31 * The `git-cola`, `git-dag` and `git-cola-sequence-editor` commands are now installed
32 using setuptools entry points.
34 * The `bin/` wrapper scripts in the source tree continue to be provided for convenience
35 but they are not the scripts that get installed.
37 * The `qtpy` Python package is no longer installed alongside the `cola` Python package.
39 * The `cola` package is now installed into the standard Python site-packages location.
41 * The `share/git-cola/lib` private Python modules directory no longer exists.
43 * The `NO_VENDOR_LIBS` and `NO_PRIVATE_LIBS` Makefile options are no longer necessary.
45 * The `share/git-cola` filesystem namespace no longer exists. All of cola's package data
46 is distributed alongside the `cola` module as package data.
48 * Building the Sphinx documentation now also requires the `jaraco.packaging` and
49 `rst.linker` packages. See `requirements/requirements-dev.txt` for the package
53 Usability, bells and whistles
54 -----------------------------
57 <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#custom-themes>`_
58 can be used by adding `*.qss` Qt stylesheet files to `~/.config/git-cola/themes/`.
59 (`#1222 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1222>`_)
60 (`#1226 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1226>`_)
62 * Git Cola now keeps track of child Browser windows and will close all of them when
63 the main window is closed.
64 (`#1200 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1200>`_)
69 * Staging conflicted binary files has been fixed to avoid Unicode decoding errors.
70 (`#1189 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1189>`_)
72 * Ensure that secure permissions are used when creating temporary files.
73 (`#1209 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1209>`_)
75 * The line numbering in the diff viewer was corrected when displaying merge diffs.
76 (`#1208 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1208>`_)
78 * Documentation typofixes.
79 (`#1193 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1193>`_)
81 * Git Cola was revamped to use Qt signals and slots for all of its notifications.
82 This made its notification system more robust.
83 (`#1202 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1202>`_)
84 (`#1203 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1203>`_)
85 (`#1205 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1205>`_)
86 (`#1206 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1206>`_)
91 * `vcruntime140.dll` and `msvcp140.dll` are now included in the Windows installation.
92 (`#1207 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1207>`_)
100 Usability, bells and whistles
101 -----------------------------
102 * The git config guitool action can now be grouped under user-defined menus.
103 This is done by using slash (``/``) delimiters in the action name.
104 Entries before the final slash are treated like submenus inside the
105 top-level ``Actions`` menu.
106 (`#1150 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1150>`_)
108 * Toolbars now have a full set of icons. The icons follow the system theme
109 and can be configured to display text, just icons, or text and icons.
110 (`#1177 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1177>`_)
112 * The startup dialog will now open the selected repository when the "enter"
114 (`#1162 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1162>`_)
116 * ``Shift+S`` will stage selected lines (in addition to ``s``).
117 (`#1187 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1187>`_)
121 * The vendored qtpy library was patched to retain Python2 compatibility.
123 * The "Unstage" toolbar action was fixed.
124 (`#1178 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1178>`_)
126 * We now avoid `setWidth(float)` for compatibility with newer Qt versions.
127 (`#1183 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1183>`_)
129 * Documentation typofixes.
130 (`#1185 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1185>`_)
134 * Updated Polish translation.
135 (`#1184 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1184>`_)
139 * Git Cola now uses Github Actions for running its continuous integration tests.
140 (`#1179 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1179>`_)
148 Usability, bells and whistles
149 -----------------------------
150 * The Status tool was improved to better retain selected files when
151 the state changes and the display is refreshed.
152 (`#1130 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1130>`_)
153 (`#1131 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1131>`_)
155 * The Diff editor can now stage selected lines for untracked files.
156 Git Cola will detect when a file is untracked and will allow you to
157 partially stage it, just like existing tracked files.
158 (`#1146 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1146>`_)
159 (`#1084 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1084>`_)
161 * Diffing of staged files has been implemented for repositories that contain
163 (`#1149 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1149>`_)
164 (`#1110 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1110>`_)
166 * Documentation improvements and typofixes.
167 (`#1163 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1163>`_)
168 (`#1164 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1164>`_)
172 * The `FIPS security mode
173 <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/FIPS_Mode_-_an_explanation>`_
174 is now supported by Git Cola when running on FIPS-enabled Python
175 (Python 3.9+ or centos8/rhel8's patched Python 3.6).
176 (`#1157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1157>`_)
180 * The `argparse` usage was adjusted to remain compatible with older Pythons.
181 (`#1155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1155>`_)
183 * The window restoration logic was fixed to properly save/restore settings
184 when different languages are used.
185 (`#1071 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1071>`_)
186 (`#1161 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1161>`_)
187 (`#382 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/382>`_)
189 * `git dag` no longer passes floats to `QPen::setWidth()` for better compatibility.
190 (`bz #2014950 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2014950>`_)
194 * The Windows installer was slimmed down by removing unused Qt DLLs.
195 (`#1152 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1152>`_)
205 * Patch release to fix a typo in the Interactive Rebase feature.
212 Usability, bells and whistles
213 -----------------------------
214 * The git config reader now supports the `include.path` directive
215 for including config files.
216 (`#1136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1136>`_)
217 (`#1137 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1137>`_)
219 * The dialog for selecting commits now support filtering.
220 (`#1121 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1121>`_)
222 * The diff editor now wraps long lines by default. The diff options
223 menu can be used to enable/disable line wrapping.
224 (`#1123 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1123>`_)
226 * Git Cola now honors `core.hooksPath` for configuring custom Git hooks,
227 which was introduced in Git v2.9.
228 (`#1118 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1118>`_)
230 * A new `Ctrl + Shift + S` hotkey was added for staging/unstaging all
231 files, both modified and untracked.
233 * The `Status` tool now supports `Ctrl + A` for selecting all files and
234 it behaves more predictably when performing operations when multiple
235 categories of files are selected (eg. when both modified and untracked
236 header items are selected).
237 (`#1117 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1117>`_)
241 * Updated Hungarian translation.
242 (`#1135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1135>`_)
246 * The "Interactive Rebase" feature was updated to work with Windows.
248 * `make install-man` was updated to support Sphinx 4.0.
249 (`#1141 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1141>`_)
251 * `git cola --help-commands` was updated for newer versions of argparse.
252 (`#1133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1133>`_)
256 * Git Cola can now be started as a Python module.
257 (`#1119 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1119>`_)
265 Usability, bells and whistles
266 -----------------------------
267 * The startup dialog now detects when Recent and Favorite repositories no
268 longer exist on disk, and offers to remove these entries when selected.
269 (`#1089 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1089>`_)
271 * The startup dialog now includes a simpler and more condensed folder view
272 that can be used for selecting Favorites and Recent repositories.
273 (`#1086 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1086>`_)
275 * The "Commit" menu now includes an "Undo Last Commit" action.
276 (`#890 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/890>`_)
278 * The "Reset" menu was revamped to expose all of Git's reset modes alongside a
279 new "Restore Worktree" action that updates the worktree using "git read-tree".
280 (`#890 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/890>`_)
284 * Updated Polish translation.
285 (`#1107 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1107>`_)
287 * Updated Japanese translation.
288 (`#1098 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1098>`_)
290 * Updated Brazilian translation.
291 (`#1091 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1091>`_)
295 * The ``--use-env-python`` option for ``setup.py`` is now Python3 compatible.
296 (`#1102 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1102>`_)
304 Usability, bells and whistles
305 -----------------------------
306 * The submodules widget can now be used to add submodules.
307 Submodules are now updated recursively.
308 (`#534 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/534>`_)
310 * The image diff viewer can now be toggled between text and image modes.
311 This is helpful when, for example, diffing .svg files where it can be useful
312 to see diffs in both an image and text representation.
313 (`#859 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/859>`_)
314 (`#1035 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1035>`_)
316 * The default `ssh-askpass` username + password dialog included with Git Cola
317 can now toggle between showing and masking the password input field.
318 (`#1069 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1069>`_)
322 * Updated Polish translation.
323 (`#1076 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1076>`_)
325 * Updated Hungarian translation.
326 (`#1067 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1067>`_)
330 * The `share/appdata` AppStream data was renamed to `share/metainfo`
331 in accordance with `AppStream standard changes from 2016
332 <https://github.com/ximion/appstream/blob/master/NEWS#L1363>`_.
333 (`#1079 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1079>`_)
335 * The ``cola`` modules are now installed into the Python ``site-packages``
336 directory by default. This allows distributions to package ``git-cola`` for
337 multiple versions of Python. See the PACKAGING NOTES section in the README
338 for details about suppressing the installation of the private
339 ``share/git-cola/lib/cola`` modules when building cola.
340 (`#181 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/181>`_)
342 * Git Cola's rebase / sequence editor, formerly known as ``git-xbase`` and
343 installed as ``share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase``, has been renamed to
344 ``git-cola-sequence-editor`` and is now installed into the default
345 ``bin/git-cola-sequence-editor`` executable location to enable external
346 reuse of this general-purpose tool.
348 * A workaround used by the pynsist installer preamble script was obsoleted by
349 `takluyver/pynsist#149 <https://github.com/takluyver/pynsist/pull/149>`_
350 and has now been removed.
351 (`#1073 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1073>`_)
355 * `git dag` now uses integer widths when initializing its brushes.
356 (`#1080 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1080>`_)
364 Usability, bells and whistles
365 -----------------------------
366 * The ``git-xbase`` rebase editor now includes a file list for filtering
367 the changes displayed in the diff view.
368 (`#1051 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1051>`_)
370 * The fallback `ssh-askpass` script, which provides the Username/Password
371 login dialog when performing remote operations, previously presented both
372 the username and password input fields with ``***`` asterisks.
373 The dialog now uses asterisks for the password field only.
374 (`#1026 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1026>`_)
376 * Stashes can now be applied using the `Ctrl + Enter` hotkey, popped with the
377 `Ctrl + Backspace` hotkey, and dropped with the `Ctrl + Shift + Backspace`
378 hotkey when inside the stash dialog. This enables a keyboard-centric
379 mouse-free workflow when using the stash dialog.
381 * When amending a commit, `git cola` will check whether the commit has been
382 published to a remote branch using ``git branch -r --contains HEAD``.
383 This command can be slow when operating on a repository with many
384 remote branches. The new `cola.checkpublishedcommits` configuration
385 variable allows you to opt-out of this check, which improves performance
386 when amending a commit. The settings widget exposes this variable as,
387 "Check Published Commits when Amending".
388 (`#1021 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1021>`_)
389 (`#1027 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1027>`_)
393 * Updated Polish translation.
394 (`#1033 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1033>`_)
398 * ``git-dag.appdata.xml`` was updated to allow network access for author icons.
399 (`#1050 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1050>`_)
401 * The inotify filesystem monitor now handles
402 `OSError: [Errno 24] Too many open files` errors by disabling inotify.
403 (`#1015 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1015>`_)
405 * Typos in various documentation files have been fixed.
406 (`#1025 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1025>`_)
408 * The "Recent Repositories" limit was off by one, and now correctly
409 remembers the configured number of repositories in the menu.
410 (`#1024 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1024>`_)
412 * The "revert" action in the DAG and other tools now uses
413 ``git revert --no-edit``, which avoids launching an editor
414 when reverting the commit. Use `Ctrl+m` in the commit message
415 editor after reverting a commit to rewrite its commit message.
416 (`#1020 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1020>`_)
424 Usability, bells and whistles
425 -----------------------------
426 * The remote editor is much faster since it no longer queries
427 remotes, and uses the cached information instead.
428 (`#986 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/986>`_)
430 * Commit message templates can now be loaded automatically by setting
431 ``git config cola.autoloadcommittemplate true``.
432 (`#1013 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1013>`_)
433 (`#735 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/735>`_)
435 * The UI layout can now be reset back to its initial state by selecting
436 the "Reset Layout" action. This reverts the layout to the same state
437 as when the app first launched.
438 (`#1008 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1008>`_)
439 (`#994 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/994>`_)
441 * Files can now be ignored in either the project's `.gitignore`, or in the
442 repository's private local `.git/info/exclude` ignore file.
443 (`#1006 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1006>`_)
444 (`#1000 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1000>`_)
446 * New remotes are now selected when they are added in the "Edit Remotes" tool.
447 (`#1002 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1002>`_)
449 * The "Recent" repositories list is now saved to disk when opening a
450 repository. Previously, this list was only updated when exiting the app.
451 (`#1001 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1001>`_)
453 * The bookmarks tool now has a "Delete" option in its right-click menu.
454 (`#999 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/999>`_)
456 * The current repository is no longer listed in the "File/Open Recent" menu.
457 (`#998 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/998>`_)
461 * Updated Hungarian translation.
462 (`#1005 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1005>`_)
463 (`#1018 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1018>`_)
465 * Updated Turkish translation.
466 (`#1003 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1003>`_)
467 (`#1011 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1011>`_)
471 * Better support for Python 3.8's line buffering modes.
472 (`#1014 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1014>`_)
474 * The default `ssh-askpass` script now uses a more generic `#!` shebang line.
475 (`#1012 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1012>`_)
477 * Fetch, push, and pull operations will now refresh the model and display when
479 (`#996 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/996>`_)
481 * The branches widget now refreshes its display when changing branches.
482 (`#992 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/992>`_)
486 * The `share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase` script will now have its `#!` lines
487 updated during installation.
488 (`#991 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/991>`_)
492 * The unit tests were made more platform-independent.
493 (`#993 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/993>`_)
501 Usability, bells and whistles
502 -----------------------------
503 * Auto-completion for filenames can now be disabled. This speeds up
504 revision completion when working in large repositories with many files.
505 (`#981 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/981>`_)
507 * The Stash dialog now shows the stash date as a tooltip when hovering
508 over a stashed change.
509 (`#982 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/982>`_)
511 * Qt HiDPI settings are overridden by the `git cola` HiDPI appearance settings.
512 These overrides can now be disabled by selecting the "Disable" mode.
513 This allows users to control Qt's HiDPI settings through environment
514 variables. Additionally, the "Auto" mode now detects the presence of
515 the Qt HiDPI variables and no longer overrides them when the user has
516 configured their environment explicitly.
517 (`#963 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/963>`_)
519 * Confirmation dialogs can now focus buttons using the Tab key.
520 Previously, the "Y" and "N" keys could be used to confirm or deny
521 using the keyboard, but "Tab" is more familiar.
522 (`#965 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/965>`_)
524 * Error dialogs (for example, when a commit hook fails) will now always
525 show the details. The details were previously hidden behind a toggle.
526 (`#968 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/968>`_)
530 * Updated Japanese translation.
531 (`#973 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/973>`_)
532 (`#974 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/974>`_)
534 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
535 (`#950 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/950>`_)
539 * The filesystem monitor no longer logs that it has been enabled after the
540 inotify watch limit is reached on Linux.
541 (`#984 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/984>`_)
543 * Better unicode robustness.
544 (`#990 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/990>`_)
545 (`#910 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/991>`_)
547 * The "Branches" widget did not always update itself when deleting branches
548 (for example, when inotify is disabled or unavailable).
549 (`#978 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/978>`_)
551 * Non-ascii unicode byte strings are more robustly handled by the log widget.
552 (`#977 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/977>`_)
554 * Non-unicode results from the `gettext` library are more robustly handled.
555 (`#969 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/969>`_)
557 * Launching `git cola` from within a directory that has since been deleted
558 would previously result in a traceback, and is now robustly handled.
559 (`#961 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/961>`_)
563 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.9`.
571 Usability, bells and whistles
572 -----------------------------
573 * The file browser now includes "Blame" in its context menu.
574 (`#953 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/953>`_)
576 * The "Push" action now uses "git push --force-with-lease" when using
577 the "Force" option with Git v1.8.5 and newer.
578 (`#946 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/946>`_)
580 * Updated German translation.
581 (`#936 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/936>`_)
583 * The `Status` widget learned to optionally display file counts in its
584 category headers, and indent the files displayed in each category.
585 (`#931 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/931>`_)
587 * The `Branches` widget can now sort branches by their most recent commit.
588 (`#930 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/930>`_)
590 * `git cola` now includes configurable GUI themes that can be used to style
591 the user interface. Enable the new themes by configuring `cola.theme`
592 in the preferences window. See the
593 `cola.theme documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#cola-theme>`_
594 for more details. (`#924 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/924>`_)
596 * `git cola` now has built-in support for HiDPI displays by enabling
597 Qt's 5.6's `QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR` feature.
598 (`#938 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/938>`_)
600 * `git cola` now uses HiDPI pixmaps when rendering icons, and the builtin
601 icons have been updated to look sharp when displayed in HiDPI.
602 (`#932 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/932>`_)
606 * `git cola`'s "Revert Unstaged Edits" previously checked out from "HEAD^",
607 when in "Amend" mode, and removing staged changes. This behavior has been
608 changed to always checkout from the index, which avoids data loss.
609 (`#947 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/947>`_)
611 * `git cola` has been updated to work with newer versions of `gnome-terminal`
612 and no longer shell-quotes its arguments when launching `gnome-terminal`.
613 The `cola.terminalshellquote` configuration variable can be set to `true` to
614 get the old behavior, or to handle other terminals that take the command to run
615 as a single string instead of as arguments to `execv()`.
616 (`#935 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/935>`_)
618 * `git dag` now properly handles arbitrary input on Python3.
619 Previously, an exception would be raised when entering `--grep=xxx` where
620 `xxx` is a quoted string with a missing end-quote.
621 (`#941 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/941>`_)
625 * The contribution guidelines for contributors has been updated to mention
626 how to regenerate the `*.mo` message files.
627 (`#934 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/934>`_)
635 Usability, bells and whistles
636 -----------------------------
637 * `git dag` improved how it renders parent commits.
638 (`#921 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/921>`_)
640 * The `Branches` widget now checks out branches when double-clicked.
641 (`#920 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/920>`_)
643 * The new `Submodules` widget makes it easy to interact with submodules.
644 Additionally, submodules can now be updated using the `Status` widget.
645 (`#916 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/916>`_)
647 * Updated Japanese translation.
648 (`#914 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/914>`_)
650 * The "Open Terminal" action now launches a Git Bash shell on Windows.
651 (`#913 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/913>`_)
653 * New menu actions for updating all submodules.
654 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
656 * The status widget can now update submodules.
657 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
659 * The "Apply Patch" `git cola am` dialog now includes a diff viewer
660 to display the contents of the selected patch.
662 * The "Alt+D" diffstat hotkey now selects the staged/modified/etc.
663 header in the Status widget, which shows the totality of everything
664 that will be committed.
665 (`#771 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/771>`_)
667 * Running "Launch Editor" from the diff editor now opens the editor at the
669 (`#898 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/898>`_)
671 * The textwidth and tabwidth configuration values can now be set
672 per-repository, rather than globally only.
674 * Text entry widgets switched to using a block cursor in `v3.2`.
675 This has been reverted to the original line cursor for consistency
676 with other applications and user expectations.
677 (`#889 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/889>`_)
679 * The "edit at line" feature, used by the "Grep" tool, now supports
680 the Sublime text editor.
681 (`#894 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/894>`_)
685 * Launching external programs has been improved on Windows.
686 (`#925 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/925>`_)
688 * Improve compatibility when using PySide2.
689 (`#912 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/912>`_)
691 * The Diff Editor was not honoring the configured tab width on startup.
692 (`#900 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/900>`_)
694 * The "Delete Files" feature was creating an unreadable display when
695 many files were selected. Word-wrap the list of files so that the
696 display stays within a sensible size.
697 (`#895 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/895>`_)
699 * Spelling and grammar fixes.
700 (`#915 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/915>`_)
701 (`#891 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/891>`_)
705 * The logo was run through `tidy` to give it a consistent style.
706 Some technical issues with the logo were improved.
707 (`#877 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/877>`_)
709 * The entire codebase is now checked by `flake8`, rather than just
710 the module and test directories. This catches things like
711 the pynsist installer scripts.
712 (`#884 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/884>`_)
713 (`#882 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/882>`_)
714 (`#879 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/879>`_)
718 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.6`.
720 * The Windows installer's wrapper scripts were missing an import.
721 (`#878 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/878>`_)
729 Usability, bells and whistles
730 -----------------------------
731 * The `git cola dag` DAG window now supports `git revert`.
732 (`#843 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/843>`_)
734 * `git stash pop` is now supported by the stash dialog.
735 (`#844 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/844>`_)
737 * The status widget now ensures that each item is visible when selection
738 changes. Previously, if you scrolled to the right to see the name of
739 a long filename, and then selected a short filename above it, the widget
740 may not have shown the short filename in the viewport. We now ensure
741 that the filenames are visible when the selection changes.
742 (`#828 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/828>`_)
744 * The `git xbase` rebase editor no longer displays an error when
745 cancelling an interactive rebase.
746 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
748 * The dialog shown when renaming remotes has been simplified.
749 (`#840 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/840>`_)
750 (`#838 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/838>`_)
752 * The help dialog in the `git-xbase` Rebase editor is now scrollable.
753 (`#855 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/855>`_)
757 * Updated Brazilian translation.
758 (`#845 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/845>`_)
760 * Updated Czech translation.
761 (`#854 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/854>`_)
762 (`#853 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/853>`_)
763 (`#835 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/835>`_)
764 (`#813 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/813>`_)
766 * Update Spanish translation.
767 (`#862 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/862>`_)
768 (`#867 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/867>`_)
772 * The original `#!/usr/bin/env python` shebang lines can now be
773 retained by passing `USE_ENV_PYTHON=1` to `make` when installing.
774 (`#850 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/850>`_)
776 * The Makefile is now resilient to DESTDIR and prefix containing whitespace.
777 (`#858 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/858>`_)
779 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.4.2`.
781 * `python3-distutils` is needed to build cola on Debian.
782 (`#837 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/837>`_)
786 * The "C" key no longer closes the message dialogs, for example the
787 one that is shown when a commit fails its pre-commit hooks.
788 This allows "Ctrl+C" copy to work, rather than closing the dialog.
789 (`#734 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/734>`_)
791 * Dock widgets sizes are now properly saved and restored when the main
793 (`#848 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/848>`_)
795 * The spellcheck feature was broken under Python3.
796 (`#857 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/857>`_)
798 * A regression when saving stashes was fixed.
799 (`#847 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/847>`_)
801 * Diffing image files was not updating the available context menus,
802 which prevented the "Stage" action from being present in the menu.
803 (`#841 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/841>`_)
805 * `git cola` now detects when `git lfs uninstall` has been run. This allows
806 you to re-initialize "Git LFS" in an existing repository where it had been
807 previously uninstalled.
808 (`#842 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/842>`_)
810 * Custom color values that did not contain any hexadecimal digits in the
811 `a-f` range were being converted into integers by the config reader. This
812 then caused the configured colors to be ignored.
814 These color values are now interpreted correctly. Additionally, color
815 values can now use an optional HTML-like `#` prefix.
817 Example `.gitconfig` snippet::
822 (`#836 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/836>`_)
823 (`#849 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/849>`_)
825 * We now display an error message graphically when `Git` is not installed.
826 Previously, the message went to stderr only.
827 (`#830 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/830>`_)
829 * Changing diff options was causing resulting in an exception.
830 (`#833 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/833>`_)
831 (`#834 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/834>`_)
833 * The DAG window now updates itself when branches and tags are created.
834 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
836 * The user's `$PATH` environment variable can now contain utf-8
837 encoded paths. Previously, launching external commands could
839 (`#807 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/807>`_)
841 * Git Cola development sandboxes can now be stored on utf-8 encoded
842 filesystem paths. Previously, the interactive rebase feature
843 could be broken when running in that environment.
844 (`#825 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/825>`_)
846 * The log window now uses an ISO-8601 timestamp, which
847 avoids localized output in the log window.
848 (`#817 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/817>`_)
852 * The code base has been thoroughly sanitized using `pylint`, and
853 travis is now running pylint over the entire project.
855 * Miscellaneous improvements and code improvements.
856 (`#874 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/874>`_)
864 Usability, bells and whistles
865 -----------------------------
866 * The "Browser" widget learned to rename files using "git mv".
867 (`#239 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/239>`_)
869 * The "Diff" widget learned to diff images. Side-by-side and pixel diff
870 modes allow you to inspect changes to common images formats.
871 (`#444 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/444>`_)
872 (`#803 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/803>`_)
874 * Git LFS and Git Annex are natively supported by the image diff viewer.
876 * Git Annex operations are now included. `git annex init` can be performed on
877 repositories, and `git annex add` can be run on untracked files from the
878 status widget. Install `git-annex` to activate this feature.
880 * Git LFS operations are now included. `git lfs install` can be performed on
881 repositories, and `git lfs track` can be run on untracked files from the
882 status widget. Install `git-lfs` to activate this feature.
884 * The "Stash" tool learned to stash staged changes only. Select the
885 "Stage Index" option and only staged changes will be stashed away.
886 (`#413 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/413>`_)
888 * The "Stash" tool learned to use vim-like navigation keyboard shortcuts,
889 shows error messages when things go wrong, and now saves the "Stash Index"
890 and "Keep Index" options across sessions.
892 * The Edit menu's "Copy" and "Select All" actions now forward to either the
893 diff, status, recent, or favorites widgets, based on which widget has focus.
895 * The "File" and "Edit" menu can now be activated using `Alt-{f,e}` hotkeys.
896 (`#759 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/759>`_)
898 * It was easy to accidentally trigger the first action in the `Status` tool's
899 context menu when using a quick right-click to bring up the menu.
900 A short sub-second delay was added to ensure that the top-most action is not
901 triggered unless enough time has passed. This prevents accidental
902 activation of the first item (typically "Stage" or "Unstage") without
903 burdening common use cases.
904 (`#755 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/755>`_)
905 (`#643 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/643>`_)
907 * The "Ctrl+S" hotkey now works for the header items in the Status tool.
908 Selected the "Modified" header item and activating the "Stage" hotkey,
909 for example, will stage all modified files. This works for the "Staged",
910 "Modified", and "Untracked" headers. This is not enabled for the
911 "Unmerged" header by design.
912 (`#772 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/772>`_)
914 * The list of "Recent" repositories previously capped the number of
915 repositories shown to 8 repositories. This can be set to a higher
916 value by setting the `cola.maxrecent` configuration variable.
917 (`#752 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/752>`_)
919 * The "Create Branch" dialog now prevents invalid branch names.
920 (`#765 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/765>`_)
922 * Updated Turkish translation.
923 (`#756 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/756>`_)
925 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
926 (`#753 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/753>`_)
928 * Updated German translation.
929 (`#802 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/802>`_)
931 * Updated Czech translation
932 (`#792 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/792>`_)
933 (`#806 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/806>`_)
935 * The window title can be configured to not display the absolute path of the
937 (`#775 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/775>`_)
939 * The "Edit Remotes" editor learned to edit remote URLS.
941 * Bare repositories can now be created by selecting the
942 "New Bare Repository..." action from the `File` menu.
944 * The "Branches" widget learned to configure upstream branches.
946 * A new `git cola clone` sub-command was added for cloning repositories.
950 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.3.1`.
952 * The macOS installation was made simpler for better compatibility with
954 (`#636 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/636>`_)
956 * The Windows installer is now much simpler. Git Cola now bundles
957 Python and PyQt5, so users need only install the "Git for Windows"
958 and "Git Cola" installers to get things working.
962 * Uninitialized difftool errors will now be displayed graphically.
963 They were previously going to the shell.
964 (`#457 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/457>`_)
966 * Translations marked "fuzzy" will no longer be used when translating strings.
967 (`#782 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/782>`_)
969 * Deleted unmerged files will now correctly use a deleted icon.
970 (`#479 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/479>`_)
972 * The `Ctrl+C` "Copy" hotkey on the diff viewer has been fixed.
973 (`#767 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/767>`_)
975 * The "Create Tag" dialog did not correctly handle the case when a signed
976 tag is requested, but no message is provided, and the user chooses to
977 create an unannotated tag instead. This convenience fallback will now
978 properly create an unsigned, unannotated tag.
979 (`#696 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/696>`_)
981 * `.gitconfig` and `.git/config` values editable by the Preferences dialog
982 (aka `git cola config`) will now get unset when set to an empty value.
983 For example, setting a different `user.email` in the current repository,
984 followed by a subsequent emptying of that field, would previously result in
985 an empty string getting stored in the config. This has been fixed so that
986 the value will now get unset in the config instead.
987 (`#406 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/406>`_)
989 * Spelling and typofixes.
990 (`#748 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/748>`_)
992 * `core.commentChar` is now honored when set in the local repository
994 (`#766 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/766>`_)
996 * The log window was using a format string that did not display
997 correctly in all locales. A locale-aware format is now used.
998 (`#800 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/800>`_)
1000 * The dialog displayed when prompting for a reference could sometimes
1002 (`#804 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/804>`_)
1010 Usability, bells and whistles
1011 -----------------------------
1012 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
1013 (`#726 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/726>`_)
1015 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
1016 (`#723 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/723>`_)
1018 * New Czech translation.
1019 (`#736 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/736>`_)
1020 (`#737 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/737>`_)
1021 (`#740 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/740>`_)
1022 (`#743 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/743>`_)
1024 * The "name" field in the "Create Tag" dialog now includes autocompletion,
1025 which makes it easy to see which tags currently exist.
1027 * `git cola` now has configurable toolbars. Use the `View -> Add toolbar`
1028 menu item to add a toolbar.
1030 * Setting `cola.expandtab` to `true` will now expand tabs into spaces
1031 in the commit message editor. The number of spaces to insert is determined
1032 by consulting `cola.tabwidth`, which defaults to `8`.
1034 * The "Copy SHA-1" hotkey is now `Alt + Ctrl + C`, to avoid clobbering the
1035 ability to copy text from the DAG window.
1036 (`#705 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/705>`_)
1038 * The "Prepare Commit Message" action can now be invoked via the
1039 `Ctrl+Shift+Return` shortcut.
1040 (`#707 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/707>`_)
1042 * The `Branches` pane now has a filter field that highlights branches whose
1043 names match the string entered into its text field.
1044 (`#713 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/713>`_)
1046 * Actions that are triggered in response to button presses were being
1047 triggered when the button was pressed, rather than when it was released,
1048 which was a usability flaw. All buttons now respond when clicked
1049 rather than when pressed.
1050 (`#715 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/715>`_)
1052 * The DAG window will now only refresh when object IDs change.
1053 Previously, the DAG would redraw itself in response to inotify events,
1054 such as filesystem operations, which was disruptive when inspecting a large
1055 diff in its diff viewer. The DAG will now only redraw when the object IDs
1056 corresponding to its query input changes. Furthermore, when redrawing, the
1057 scrollbar positions are retained to minimize disruption to the viewport
1059 (`#620 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/620>`_)
1060 (`#724 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/724>`_)
1062 * The "About" dialog now includes the SHA-1 where Git Cola was built.
1063 (`#530 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/530>`_)
1065 * The "Status" widget now has "Copy Leading Path to Clipboard" and
1066 "Copy Basename to Clipboard" actions.
1067 (`#435 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/435>`_)
1068 (`#436 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/436>`_)
1070 * The "Status" widget now supports custom "Copy ... to Clipboard" actions.
1071 (`#437 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/437>`_)
1073 * The main menu now has an "Edit" menu.
1074 (`#725 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/725>`_)
1076 * `git dag` learned to checkout commits into a detached HEAD state.
1077 (`#698 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/698>`_)
1079 * The `status` widget's context menus now omit actions selection-dependent
1080 actions when no file is selected.
1081 (`#731 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/731>`_)
1083 * The startup dialog now focuses the repository list so that repositories
1084 can be selected with the keyboard without mouse intervention.
1085 (`#741 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/741>`_)
1089 * `git dag` now prevents nodes from overlapping in more situations.
1090 (`#689 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/689>`_)
1092 * Adding untracked Git submodule repo directories previously ran
1093 `git add submodule/` but we now call `git add submodule` without
1094 the trailing slash (`/`) to avoid staging files that belong to the
1095 submodule (which is possibly a `git` bug). By working around the
1096 buggy behavior we allow users to recover by issuing the appropriate
1097 `git submodule add` command to properly register the submodule.
1098 (`#681 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/681>`_)
1100 * We now avoid `git for-each-ref --sort=version:refname` on versions
1101 of `git` older than `v2.7.0`. Previously we only avoided it for
1102 versions older than `v2.0.0`, which was a mistake.
1103 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
1105 * The error message displayed when `git` is not installed has been fixed.
1106 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
1108 * Adding new remotes was silently broken.
1109 (`#684 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/684>`_)
1110 (`#685 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/685>`_)
1112 * The repo selection dialog had errors during startup when the
1113 `cola.refreshonfocus` feature was enabled, as reported on Ubuntu 16.04.
1114 (`#690 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/690>`_)
1116 * Restored support for PyQt 4.6 (Centos 6.8)
1117 (`#692 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/692>`_)
1119 * Switching repositories now resets the "Amend Mode" and other settings
1121 (`#710 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/710>`_)
1123 * `git rebase` error messages now displayed when rebasing fails or stops
1124 via the standalone `git cola rebase` front-end.
1125 (`#721 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/721>`_)
1127 * `git cola` learned to stage broken symlinks.
1128 (`#727 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/727>`_)
1130 * The "View History" feature in the `Browser` tool was fixed, and now
1131 disambiguates between refs and paths.
1132 (`#732 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/732>`_)
1134 * The diff editor now has better support for files with CRLF `\r\n`
1136 (`#730 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/730>`_)
1138 * `cola.inotify` in a repo-local config is now honored
1139 when `git cola` is launched from a desktop entry (`git cola --prompt`).
1140 (`#695 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/695>`_)
1148 Usability, bells and whistles
1149 -----------------------------
1150 * New Ukrainian translation.
1151 (`#670 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/670>`_)
1152 (`#672 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/672>`_)
1154 * New and improved French translations.
1156 * The new `Branches` widget makes it easier to checkout, merge, push,
1157 and pull branches from a single interface.
1159 * `git cola` now includes a dark icon theme. The dark icon theme can be
1160 activated either by setting the `GIT_COLA_ICON_THEME` environment variable
1161 to `dark`, by configuring `cola.icontheme` to `dark`, or by specifying
1162 `--icon-theme=dark` on the command line.
1163 (`#638 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/638>`_)
1165 * Autocompletion was added to the `Fetch`, `Push`, and `Pull` dialogs.
1167 * The commit message editor now remembers the "Spellcheck" setting
1169 (`#645 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/645>`_)
1171 * `git dag` now uses an improved algorithm for laying out the graph,
1172 which avoids collisions under certain graph configurations, and
1173 avoids overlapping tag with commits.
1174 (`#648 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/648>`_)
1175 (`#651 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/651>`_)
1176 (`#654 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/654>`_)
1177 (`#656 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/656>`_)
1178 (`#659 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/659>`_)
1180 * `git dag` now remembers its column sizes across sessions.
1181 (`#674 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/674>`_)
1183 * `Grep` now shows a preview of the selected file's content in a split window
1184 below the grep results.
1186 * `Grep` now includes line numbers in the preview pane's output.
1188 * `Edit Remotes` now remembers its window settings after exiting.
1190 * `Diff` now has an option to display line numbers in the editor.
1191 (`#136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/136>`_)
1193 * `Amend Last Commit` can now be triggered via the `Commit` menu in addition
1194 to the commit message editor's options.
1195 (`#640 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/640>`_)
1197 * The `File Browser` tool was made much faster and can now operate on
1198 much larger repositories.
1199 (`#499 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/499>`_)
1201 * A new "turbo" mode was added that allows you to opt-out of operations
1202 that can slow `git cola` on large repositories. The turbo mode is
1203 enabled by configuring `git config cola.turbo true`. Turbo mode
1204 disables the background loading of Git commit messages and other
1205 details in the `File Browser` widget.
1207 * A new GitIgnore dialog allows adding custom gitignore patterns.
1208 (`#653 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/653>`_)
1210 * The spellchecker in `git cola` can now use an additional dictionary
1211 by configuring `cola.dictionary` to the path to a file containing
1212 a newline-separated list of words.
1213 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
1215 * The stash, export patches, diff, and gitignore dialogs now remember
1218 * A new `git cola recent` sub-command was added for finding recently
1221 * The `Fetch` dialog now allows pruning remote branches.
1222 (`#639 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/639>`_)
1223 (`#680 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/680>`_)
1227 * `git cola`'s spellchecker now supports the new `dict-common` filesystem
1228 layout, and prefers the `/usr/share/dict/cracklib-small` file over the
1229 `/usr/share/dict/words` provided on older distributions.
1230 This makes the spellchecker compatible with Arch, which does not provide
1231 a `words` symlink like Debian.
1232 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
1234 * Properly handle the case where an existing file is untracked using
1237 * Fix a quirk where the "Create Branch" dialog sometimes required clicking
1238 twice on the radio buttons.
1239 (`#662 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/662>`_)
1241 * Fixed a focus issue to ensure that "Push", "Fetch", and "Pull" can
1242 be executed with the press of a single enter key after being shown.
1243 (`#661 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/661>`_)
1245 * Committing is now allowed in when resolving a merge results in no
1246 changes. This state was previously prevented by the commit message editor,
1247 which prevented users from resolving merges that result in no changes.
1248 (`#679 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/679>`_)
1250 * The filesystem monitor would sometimes emit backtraces when directories
1251 are modified. This has been fixed.
1252 (`bz #1438522 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1438522>`_)
1254 * Absolute paths are now returned when querying for `.git`-relative paths
1255 from within a submodule, which uses `.git`-files.
1256 This fixes launching `git cola` from within a subdirectory of a submodule.
1257 (`#675 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/675>`_)
1265 Usability, bells and whistles
1266 -----------------------------
1267 * `git cola` can now invoke the `.git/hooks/cola-prepare-commit-msg`
1268 hook to update the commit message. This hook takes the same parameters
1269 as Git's `prepare-commit-message` hook. The default path to this hook
1270 can be overridden by setting the `cola.prepareCommitMessageHook`
1271 configuration variable.
1272 (`Documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#prepare-commit-message>`_)
1274 * `git cola diff` (and the corresponding `Diff` menu actions) can now
1275 launch difftool with the standard `Ctrl+D` hotkey. The `Ctrl+E` hotkey was
1276 also added for launching an editor.
1278 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
1282 * `git cola` now works when installed in non-ascii, utf8-encoded paths.
1283 (`#629 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/629>`_)
1285 * Styling issues that caused black backgrounds in various widgets when using
1286 PyQ5 on Mac OS X have been fixed.
1287 (`#624 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/624>`_)
1289 * The "Open Recent" menu action was broken and has been fixed.
1290 (`#634 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/634>`_)
1292 * Exiting `git cola` with a maximized main window would hang when reopened
1294 (`#641 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/641>`_)
1298 * `appdata.xml` files are now provided at
1299 `share/appdata/git-cola.xml` and `share/appdata/git-dag.xml`
1300 for use by the Linux software gallery.
1301 (`#627 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/627>`_)
1302 (`Appdata <https://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appdata/>`_)
1312 * The "Open Recent" menu was updated to new bookmarks format.
1313 (`#628 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/628>`_)
1321 Usability, bells and whistles
1322 -----------------------------
1323 * New Polish translation thanks to Łukasz Wojniłowicz
1324 (`#598 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/598>`_)
1326 * The `Bypass Commit Hooks` feature now disables itself automatically
1327 when a new commit is created. The new behavior turns the option into a
1328 single-use flag, which helps prevent users from accidentally leaving it
1329 active longer than intended.
1330 (`#595 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/595>`_)
1332 * `git dag` learned to launch an external diff viewer on selected commits.
1333 The standard `Ctrl+D` shortcut can be used to view diffs.
1334 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1336 * `git dag` learned to launch directory diffs via `git difftool --dir-diff`.
1337 The `Ctrl+Shift+D` shortcut launches difftool in directory-diff mode.
1338 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1340 * Items in the "Favorites" list can now be renamed, which makes it
1341 easier to differentiate between several checkouts of the same repository.
1342 (`#599 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/599>`_)
1343 (`#601 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/601>`_)
1345 * The startup screen now includes a logo and `git cola` version information.
1346 (`#526 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/526>`_)
1348 * The `About` page was revamped to contain multiple tabs. A new tab was added
1349 that provides details about `git cola`''s dependencies. New tabs were also
1350 added for giving credit to `git cola`'s authors and translators.
1352 * The `About` page can now be accessed via `git cola about`.
1354 * The "Fast-forward only" and "No fast-forward" options supported by
1355 `git pull` are now accessible via `git cola pull`.
1357 * Doing a forced push no longer requires selecting the remote branch.
1358 (`#618 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/618>`_)
1360 * `git cola push` now has an option to suppress the prompt that is shown
1361 when pushing would create new remote branches.
1362 (`#605 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/605>`_)
1364 * `git dag` now shows commit messages in a more readable color.
1365 (`#574 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/574>`_)
1367 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch the OS-specified
1368 default action for a file. When used on directories via `git cola browse`,
1369 or when "Open Parent Directory" is used on files, the OS-specified
1370 file browser will typically be used.
1372 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch terminals.
1376 * `git cola browse` was not updating when expanding items.
1377 (`#588 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/588>`_)
1379 * Typofixes in comments, naming, and strings have been applied.
1380 (`#593 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/593>`_)
1382 * The inotify and win32 filesystem monitoring no longer refreshes
1383 when updates are made to ignored files.
1384 (`#517 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/517>`_)
1385 (`#516 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/516>`_)
1387 * The `Refresh` button on the actions panel no longer raises an
1388 exception when using PyQt5.
1389 (`#604 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/604>`_)
1391 * Fixed a typo in the inotify backend that is triggered when files are removed.
1392 (`#607 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/607>`_)
1394 * Fixed a typo when recovering from a failed attempt to open a repository.
1395 (`#606 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/606>`_)
1397 * `git dag` now properly updates itself when launched from the menubar.
1398 (`#613 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/613>`_)
1400 * If git-cola is invoked on Windows using `start pythonw git-cola`,
1401 a console window will briefly flash on the screen each time
1402 `git cola` invokes `git`. The console window is now suppressed.
1404 * We now avoid some problematic Popen flags on Windows which were
1405 breaking the `git rebase` feature on Windows.
1407 * The `Save` button in `git dag`'s "Grab File..." feature now properly
1408 prompts for a filename when saving files.
1409 (`#617 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/617>`_)
1413 * The `qtpy` symlink in the source tree has been removed to allow for easier
1414 development on Windows.
1415 (`#626 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/626>`_)
1423 Usability, bells and whistles
1424 -----------------------------
1425 * `git cola push` learned to configure upstream branches.
1426 (`#563 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/563>`_)
1430 * The diffstat view is now properly updated when notifications are
1431 received via inotify filesystem monitoring.
1432 (`#577 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/577>`_)
1434 * Python3 with PyQt5 had a bug that prevented `git cola` from starting.
1435 (`#589 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/589>`_)
1446 * When repositories stored in non-ASCII, UTF-8-encoded filesystem paths
1447 were operated upon with `LC_ALL=C` set in the environment, unicode errors
1448 would occur when using `python2`. `git cola` was made more robust and will
1449 now operate correctly within this environment.
1450 (`#581 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/581>`_)
1452 * Support for the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment variable was fixed.
1453 (`#582 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/582>`_)
1458 * The `unittest.mock` module is now used instead of the original `mock` module
1459 when running the `git cola` test suite using Python3.
1460 (`#569 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/569>`_)
1465 * `git cola` is now compatible with *PyQt5*, *PyQt4*, and *Pyside*.
1466 `git cola` previously supported *PyQt4* only, but will now use whichever
1467 library is available. Users are not required to upgrade at this time,
1468 but *PyQt5* support can be enabled anytime by making its python
1470 (`#232 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/232>`_)
1472 *NOTE*: We do not yet recommend using *PyQt5* because there are known
1473 exit-on-segfault bugs in *Qt5* that have not yet been addressed.
1474 `git cola` is sensitive to this bug and is known to crash on exit
1475 when using `git dag` or the interactive rebase feature on *PyQt5*.
1477 https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-52988
1479 *PyQt4* is stable and there are no known issues when using it so
1480 we recommend using it until the Qt5 bugs have been resolved.
1482 * `git cola` now depends on *QtPy* and includes a bundled copy of the
1483 `qtpy` library. If you are packaging `git cola` and would prefer to use
1484 `qtpy` from your distribution instead of the built-in version then use
1485 `make NO_VENDOR_LIBS=1` when building `git cola`. This will prevent
1486 vendored libraries from being installed.
1494 Usability, bells and whistles
1495 -----------------------------
1497 * A new "Reset" sub-menu provides access to running "git reset --mixed"
1498 when resetting branch heads and "git reset --merge" when resetting
1500 (`#542 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/542>`_)
1502 * `git cola` now supports linked worktrees, i.e. worktrees created by
1504 (`#554 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/554>`_)
1509 * Diff highlighting is now robust to the user having
1510 diff.supressBlankEmpty=true in their git config.
1511 (`#541 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/541>`_)
1513 * The filesystem monitor now properly handles repositories that use
1514 `.git`-files, e.g. when using submodules.
1515 (`#545 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/545>`_)
1516 (`#546 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pulls/546>`_)
1518 * Per-repository git configuration is now properly detected when launching
1519 `git cola` from an application launcher.
1520 (`#548 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/548>`_)
1522 * `git cola` now cleans up after itself immediately to avoid leaving behind
1523 empty `/tmp/git-cola-XXXXXX` directories when the user uses `Ctrl+C`
1525 (`#566 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/566>`_)
1530 * It is now possible to install `git cola` to and from utf8-encoded filesystem
1531 paths. Previously, Python's stdlib would throw an encoding error during
1532 installation. We workaround the stdlib by forcing python2 to use utf-8,
1533 thus fixing assumptions in the stdlib library code.
1534 (`#551 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/551>`_)
1542 Usability, bells and whistles
1543 -----------------------------
1545 * The icon for untracked files was adjusted to better differentiate
1546 between files and the "Untracked" header.
1547 (`#509 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/509>`_)
1549 * Ctrl+O was added as a hotkey for opening repositories.
1550 (`#507 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/507>`_)
1552 * `git dag` now uses consistent edge colors across updates.
1553 (`#512 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/512>`_)
1555 * `git cola`'s Bookmarks widget can now be used to set a "Default Repository".
1556 Under the hood, we set the `cola.defaultrepo` configuration variable.
1557 The default repository is used whenever `git cola` is launched outside of
1558 a Git repository. When unset, or when set to a bogus value, `git cola`
1559 will prompt for a repository, as it previously did.
1560 (`#513 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/513>`_)
1562 * `git cola`'s Russian and Spanish translations were improved
1563 thanks to Vaiz and Zeioth.
1564 (`#514 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/514>`_)
1565 (`#515 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/515>`_)
1566 (`#523 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/523>`_)
1568 * `git cola` was translated to Turkish thanks to Barış ÇELİK.
1569 (`#520 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/520>`_)
1571 * The status view now supports launching `git gui blame`. It can be
1572 configured to use a different command by setting `cola.blameviewer`.
1573 (`#521 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/521>`_)
1575 * `git dag` now allows selecting non-contiguous ranges in the log widget.
1576 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1578 * Any font can now be chosen for the diff editor, not just monospace fonts.
1579 (`#525 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/525>`_)
1584 * `xfce4-terminal` and `gnome-terminal` are now supported when launching
1585 `git mergetool` to resolve merges. These terminals require that the command
1586 to execute is shell-quoted and passed as a single string argument to `-e`
1587 rather than as additional command line arguments.
1588 (`#524 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/524>`_)
1590 * Fixed a unicode problem when formatting the error message that is shown
1591 when `gitk` is not installed. We now handle unicode data in tracebacks
1592 generated by python itself.
1593 (`#528 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/528>`_)
1595 * The `New repository` feature was fixed.
1596 (`#533 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/533>`_)
1598 * We now use omit the extended description when creating "fixup!" commits,
1599 for consistency with the Git CLI. We now include only the one-line summary
1600 in the final commit message.
1601 (`#522 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/522>`_)
1609 Usability, bells and whistles
1610 -----------------------------
1612 * The user interface is now HiDPI-capable. git-cola now uses SVG
1613 icons, and its interface can be scaled by setting the `GIT_COLA_SCALE`
1614 environment variable.
1616 * `git dag` now supports the standard editor, difftool, and history hotkeys.
1617 It is now possible to invoke these actions from file widget's context
1618 menu and through the standard hotkeys.
1619 (`#473 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/473>`_)
1621 * The `Status` tool also learned about the history hotkey.
1622 Additionally, the `Alt-{j,k}` aliases are also supported in the `Status`
1623 tool for consistency with the other tools where the non-Alt hotkeys are not
1625 (`#488 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/488>`_)
1627 * The `File Browser` tool now has better default column sizes,
1628 and remembers its window size and placement.
1630 * The `File Browser` now supports the refresh hotkey, and has better
1631 behavior when refreshing. The selection is now retained, and new and
1632 removed files are found when refreshing.
1634 * A new `git-cola-completion.bash` completion script is provided in the
1635 `contrib/` directory. It must be used alongside Git's completion script.
1636 Source it from your `~/.bashrc` (or `~/.zshrc`, etc) after sourcing
1637 the `git-completion.bash` script and you will have command-line completion
1638 support for the `git cola` and `git dag` sub-commands.
1640 * The "checkout" dialog now offers completion for remote branches and other
1641 git refs. This makes it easier to checkout remote branches in a detached
1642 head state. Additionally, the checkout dialog also offers completion for
1643 remote branches that have not yet been checked out, which makes it easier to
1644 create a local tracking branch by just completing for that potential name.
1645 (`#390 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/390>`_)
1647 * The "create branch" and "create tag" dialogs now save and restore their
1650 * The "status" widget can now be configured to use a bold font with a darker
1651 background for the header items.
1652 (`#506 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/506>`_)
1654 * The "status" widget now remembers its horizontol scrollbar position across
1655 updates. This is helpful when working on projects with long paths.
1656 (`#494 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/494>`_)
1661 * When using *Git for Windows*, a `git` window would appear
1662 when running *Windows 8*. We now pass additional flags to
1663 `subprocess.Popen` to prevent a `git` window from appearing.
1664 (`#477 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/477>`_)
1665 (`#486 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/486>`_)
1667 * Launching difftool with `.PY` in `$PATHEXT` on Windows was fixed.
1668 (`#492 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/492>`_)
1670 * Creating a local branch tracking a remote branch that contains
1671 slashes in its name is now properly handled.
1672 (`#496 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/496>`_)
1674 * The "Browse Other Branch" feature was broken by Python3, and is now fixed.
1675 (`#501 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/501>`_)
1677 * We now avoid `long` for better Python3 compatibility.
1678 (`#502 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/502>`_)
1680 * We now use Git's default merge message when merging branches.
1681 (`#508 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/508>`_)
1683 * Miscellaneous fixes
1684 (`#485 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/485>`_)
1689 * git-cola's documentation no longer uses an intersphinx link mapping
1690 to docs.python.org. This fixes warnings when building rpms using koji,
1691 where network access is prevented.
1693 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231812
1701 Usability, bells and whistles
1702 -----------------------------
1704 * The Interactive Rebase feature now works on Windows!
1705 (`#463 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/463>`_)
1707 * The `diff` editor now understands vim-style `hjkl` navigation hotkeys.
1708 (`#476 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/476>`_)
1710 * `Alt-{j,k}` navigation hotkeys were added to allow changing to the
1711 next/previous file from the diff and commit editors.
1713 * The `Rename branch` menu action is now disabled in empty repositories.
1714 (`#475 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/475>`_)
1715 (`#459 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/459>`_)
1717 * `git cola` now checks unmerged files for conflict markers before
1718 staging them. This feature can be disabled in the preferences.
1719 (`#464 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/464>`_)
1721 * `git dag` now remembers which commits were selected when refreshing
1722 so that it can restore the selection afterwards.
1723 (`#480 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/480>`_)
1725 * "Launch Editor", "Launch Difftool", "Stage/Unstage",
1726 and "Move Up/Down" hotkeys now work when the commit message
1728 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
1730 * The diff editor now supports the `Ctrl+u` hotkey for reverting
1731 diff hunks and selected lines.
1733 * The `core.commentChar` Git configuration value is now honored.
1734 Commit messages and rebase instruction sheets will now use
1735 the configured character for comments. This allows having
1736 commit messages that start with `#` when `core.commentChar`
1737 is configured to its non-default value.
1738 (`#446 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/446>`_)
1743 * Diff syntax highlighting was improved to handle more edge cases
1744 and false positives.
1745 (`#467 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/467>`_)
1747 * Setting commands in the interactive rebase editor was fixed.
1748 (`#472 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/472>`_)
1750 * git-cola no longer clobbers the Ctrl+Backspace text editing shortcut
1751 in the commit message editor.
1752 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
1754 * The copy/paste clipboard now persists after `git cola` exits.
1755 (`#484 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/484>`_)
1765 * Fixed the "Sign off" feature in the commit message editor.
1773 Usability, bells and whistles
1774 -----------------------------
1775 * Double-click will now choose a commit in the "Select commit" dialog.
1777 * `git cola` has a feature that reads `.git/MERGE_MSG` and friends for the
1778 commit message when a merge is in-progress. Upon refresh, `git cola` will
1779 now detect when a merge has completed and reset the commit message back to
1780 its previous state. It is only reset if the editor contains a message
1781 that was read from the file and has not been manually edited by the user.
1783 * The commit message editor's context menu now has a "Clear..." action for
1784 clearing the message across both the summary and description fields.
1786 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
1788 * The system theme's icons are now used wherever possible.
1789 (`#458 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/458>`_)
1793 * The stash viewer now uses ``git show --no-ext-diff`` to avoid running
1794 user-configured diff tools.
1796 * `git cola` now uses the `setsid()` system call to ensure that the
1797 `GIT_ASKPASS` and `SSH_ASKPASS` helper programs are used when pushing
1798 changes using `git`. The askpass helpers will now be used even when
1799 `git cola` is launched from a terminal.
1801 The behavior without `setsid()` is that `git cola` can appear to hang while
1802 pushing changes. The hang happens when `git` prompts the user for a
1803 password using the terminal, but the user never sees the prompt. `setsid()`
1804 detaches the terminal, which ensures that the askpass helpers are used.
1805 (`#218 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/218>`_)
1806 (`#262 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/262>`_)
1807 (`#377 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/377>`_)
1809 * `git dag`'s file list tool was updated to properly handle unicode paths.
1811 * `gnome-terminal` is no longer used by default when `cola.terminal` is unset.
1812 It is broken, as was detailed in #456.
1813 (`#456 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/456>`_)
1815 * The interactive rebase feature was not always setting `$GIT_EDITOR`
1816 to the value of `gui.editor`, thus there could be instances where rebase
1817 will seem to not stop, or hang, when performing "reword" actions.
1819 We now set the `$GIT_EDITOR` environment variable when performing the
1820 "Continue", "Skip", and "Edit Todo" rebase actions so that the correct
1821 editor is used during the rebase.
1822 (`#445 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/445>`_)
1826 * `git cola` moved from a 3-part version number to a simpler 2-part "vX.Y"
1827 version number. Most of our releases tend to contain new features.
1834 Usability, bells and whistles
1835 -----------------------------
1836 * Updated zh_TW translations.
1838 * `git cola rebase` now defaults to `@{upstream}`, and generally uses the same
1839 CLI syntax as `git rebase`.
1841 * The commit message editor now allows you to bypass commit hooks by selecting
1842 the "Bypass Commit Hooks" option. This is equivalent to passing the
1843 `--no-verify` option to `git commit`.
1844 (`#357 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/357>`_)
1846 * We now prevent the "Delete Files" action from creating a dialog that does
1848 (`#378 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/378>`_)
1850 * `git xbase` learned to edit rebase instruction sheets that contain
1853 * The diff colors are now configurable. `cola.color.{text,add,remove,header}`
1854 can now be set with 6-digit hexadecimal colors.
1855 See the `git cola manual <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#configuration-variables>_`
1858 * Improved hotkey documentation.
1862 * `git cola` will now allow starting an interactive rebase with a dirty
1863 worktree when `rebase.autostash` is set.
1864 (`#360 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/360>`_)
1871 Usability, bells and whistles
1872 -----------------------------
1873 * A new "Find files" widget was added, and can be activated by
1874 using the `Ctrl+t` or `t` hotkeys.
1876 * A new `git cola find` sub-command was added for finding files.
1878 * `git cola` now remembers the text cursor's position when staging
1879 interactively with the keyboard. This makes it easier to use the keyboard
1880 arrows to select and stage lines.
1882 * The completion widgets will now select the top completion item
1883 when `Enter` or `Return` are pressed.
1885 * You can now refresh using `F5` in addition to the existing `Ctrl+R` hotkey.
1889 * `git cola` now passes `--no-abbrev-commit` to `git log` to override
1890 having `log.abbrevCommit = true` set in `.gitconfig`.
1897 Usability, bells and whistles
1898 -----------------------------
1899 * `git dag` now forwards all unknown arguments along to `git log`.
1900 (`#389 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/389>`_)
1902 * Line-by-line interactive staging was made more robust.
1903 (`#399 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/399>`_)
1905 * "Bookmarks" was renamed to "Favorites".
1906 (`#392 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/392>`_)
1908 * Untracked files are now displayed using a unique icon.
1909 (`#388 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/388>`_)
1913 * `git dag` was triggering a traceback on Fedora when parsing Git logs.
1914 (`bz #181676 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181686>`_)
1916 * inotify expects unicode paths on Python3.
1917 (`#393 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/393>`_)
1919 * Untracked files are now assumed to be utf-8 encoded.
1920 (`#401 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/401>`_)
1927 Usability, bells and whistles
1928 -----------------------------
1929 * `git cola` can now create GPG-signed commits and merges.
1930 See the documentation for details about setting up a GPG agent.
1931 (`#149 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/149>`_)
1933 * The status widget learned to copy relative paths when `Ctrl+x` is pressed.
1934 (`#358 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/358>`_)
1936 * Custom GUI actions can now define their own keyboard shortcuts by
1937 setting `guitool.$name.shortcut` to a string understood by Qt's
1938 `QAction::setShortcut()` API, e.g. `Alt+X`.
1940 `Qt docs <http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qkeysequence.html#QKeySequence-2>`_
1941 for more details about the supported values.
1943 * `git cola` learned to rename branches.
1944 (`#364 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/364>`_)
1945 (`#278 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/278>`_)
1947 * `git dag` now has a "Show history" context menu which can be used to filter
1948 history using the selected paths.
1952 * `sphinxtogithub.py` was fixed for Python3.
1953 (`#353 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/353>`_)
1955 * The commit that changed how we read remotes from `git remote`
1956 to parsing `git config` was reverted since it created problems
1959 * Fixed a crash when using the `rebase edit` feature.
1960 (`#351 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/351>`_)
1962 * Better drag-and-drop behavior when dropping into gnome-terminal.
1963 (`#373 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/373>`_)
1967 * The `git-cola-folder-handler.desktop` file handler was fixed
1968 to pass validation by `desktop-file-validate`.
1969 (`#356 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/356>`_)
1971 * The `git.svg` icon was renamed to `git-cola.svg`, and `git cola` was taught
1972 to prefer icons from the desktop theme when available.
1979 Usability, bells and whistles
1980 -----------------------------
1981 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+Shift+M` merges branches.
1983 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+R` refreshes the DAG viewer.
1984 (`#347 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/347>`_)
1988 * We now use `git config` to parse the list of remotes
1989 instead of parsing the output of `git remote`, which
1990 is a Git porcelain and should not be used by scripts.
1992 * Avoid "C++ object has been deleted" errors from PyQt4.
1993 (`#346 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/346>`_)
1997 * The `make install` target now uses `install` instead of `cp`.
2004 Usability, bells and whistles
2005 -----------------------------
2006 * Updated Brazilian Portuguese translation.
2008 * The status and browse widgets now allow drag-and-drop into
2009 external applications.
2010 (`#335 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/335>`_)
2012 * We now show a progress bar when cloning repositories.
2013 (`#312 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/312>`_)
2015 * The bookmarks widget was simplified to not need a
2017 (`#289 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/289>`_)
2019 * Updated Traditional Chinese translation.
2021 * We now display a warning when trying to rebase with uncommitted changes.
2022 (`#338 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/338>`_)
2024 * The status widget learned to filter paths.
2025 `Ctrl+Shift+S` toggles the filter widget.
2026 (`#337 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/337>`_)
2027 (`#339 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/339>`_)
2029 * The status widget learned to move files to the trash
2030 when the `send2trash <https://github.com/hsoft/send2trash>`_
2031 module is installed.
2032 (`#341 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/341>`_)
2034 * "Recent repositories" is now a dedicated widget.
2035 (`#342 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/342>`_)
2037 * New Spanish translation thanks to Pilar Molina Lopez.
2038 (`#344 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/344>`_)
2042 * Newly added remotes are now properly seen by the fetch/push/pull dialogs.
2043 (`#343 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/343>`_)
2050 Usability, bells and whistles
2051 -----------------------------
2052 * New Brazilian Portuguese translation thanks to Vitor Lobo.
2054 * New Indonesian translation thanks to Samsul Ma'arif.
2056 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation thanks to Zhang Han.
2058 * `Ctrl+Backspace` is now a hotkey for "delete untracked files" in
2061 * Fetch/Push/Pull dialogs now use the configured remote of the current
2063 (`#324 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/324>`_)
2067 * We now use `os.getcwd()` on Python3.
2068 (`#316 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/316>`_)
2069 (`#326 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/326>`_)
2071 * The `Ctrl+P` hotkey was overloaded to both "push" and "cherry-pick",
2072 so "cherry-pick" was moved to `Ctrl+Shift+C`.
2074 * Custom GUI tools with mixed-case names are now properly supported.
2076 * "Diff Region" is now referred to as "Diff Hunk" for consistency
2077 with common terminology from diff/patch tools.
2078 (`#328 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/328>`_)
2080 * git-cola's test suite is now portable to MS Windows.
2081 (`#332 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/332>`_)
2088 Usability, bells and whistles
2089 -----------------------------
2090 * We now handle the case when inotify `add_watch()` fails
2091 and display instructions on how to increase the number of watches.
2092 (`#263 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/263>`_)
2094 * New and improved zh_TW localization thanks to V字龍(Vdragon).
2095 (`#265 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/265>`_)
2096 (`#267 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/267>`_)
2097 (`#268 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/268>`_)
2098 (`#269 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/269>`_)
2099 (`#270 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/270>`_)
2100 (`#271 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/271>`_)
2101 (`#272 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/272>`_)
2103 * New hotkeys: `Ctrl+F` for fetch, `Ctrl+P` for push,
2104 and `Ctrl+Shift+P` for pull.
2106 * The bookmarks widget's context menu actions were made clearer.
2107 (`#281 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/281>`_)
2109 * The term "Staging Area" is used consistently in the UI
2110 to allow for better localization.
2111 (`#283 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/283>`_)
2113 * The "Section" term is now referred to as "Diff Region"
2115 (`#297 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/297>`_)
2117 * The localization documentation related to the LANGUAGE
2118 environment variable was improved.
2119 (`#293 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/293>`_)
2121 * The "Actions" panel now contains tooltips for each button
2122 in case the button labels gets truncated by Qt.
2123 (`#292 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/292>`_)
2125 * Custom `git config`-defined actions can now be run in the
2126 background by setting `guitool.<name>.background` to `true`.
2130 * We now use bold fonts instead of SmallCaps to avoid
2131 artifacts on several configurations.
2133 * We now pickup `user.email`, `cola.tabwidth`, and similar settings
2134 when defined in /etc/gitconfig.
2135 (`#259 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/259>`_)
2137 * Better support for unicode paths when using inotify.
2138 (`bz #1104181 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104181>`_)
2140 * Unicode fixes for non-ascii locales.
2141 (`#266 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/266>`_)
2142 (`#273 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/273>`_)
2143 (`#276 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/276>`_)
2144 (`#282 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/282>`_)
2145 (`#298 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/298>`_)
2146 (`#302 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/302>`_)
2147 (`#303 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/303>`_)
2148 (`#305 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/305>`_)
2150 * Viewing history from the file browser was fixed for Python3.
2151 (`#274 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/274>`_)
2153 * setup.py was fixed to install the `*.rst` documentation.
2154 (`#279 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/279>`_)
2156 * Patch export was fixed for Python3.
2157 (`#290 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/290>`_)
2159 * Fixed adding a bookmark with trailing slashes.
2160 (`#295 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/295>`_)
2162 * The default `git dag` layout is now setup so that its widgets
2163 can be freely resized on Linux.
2164 (`#299 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/299>`_)
2166 * Invalid tag names are now reported when creating tags.
2167 (`#296 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/296>`_)
2174 Usability, bells and whistles
2175 -----------------------------
2176 * `git cola` no longer prompts after successfully creating a new branch.
2177 (`#251 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/251>`_)
2179 * Hitting enter on simple dialogs now accepts them.
2180 (`#255 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/255>`_)
2184 * `git dag` no longer relies on `sys.maxint`, which is
2185 not available in Python3.
2186 (`#249 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/249>`_)
2188 * Python3-related fixes.
2189 (`#254 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/254>`_)
2191 * Python3-on-Windows-related fixes.
2192 (`#250 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/250>`_)
2193 (`#252 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/252>`_)
2194 (`#253 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/253>`_)
2196 * Switching repositories using the bookmarks widget was not
2197 refreshing the inotify watcher.
2198 (`#256 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/256>`_)
2200 * Special commit messages trailers (e.g. "Acked-by:") are now special-cased to
2201 fix word wrapping lines that start with "foo:".
2202 (`#257 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/257>`_)
2204 * `git dag` sometimes left behind selection artifacts.
2205 We now refresh the view to avoid them.
2206 (`#204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/204>`_)
2213 Usability, bells and whistles
2214 -----------------------------
2215 * Better inotify support for file creation and deletion.
2216 (`#240 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/240>`_)
2218 * `git cola` now supports the X11 Session Management Protocol
2219 and remembers its state across logout/reboot.
2220 (`#164 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/164>`_)
2222 * `git cola` has a new icon.
2223 (`#190 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/190>`_)
2227 * Building the documentation no longer requires `asciidoc`.
2228 We now use `Sphinx <http://sphinx-doc.org/>`_ for building
2229 html documentation and man pages.
2233 * Reworked the git-dag gravatar icon code to avoid a unicode
2236 * Commit message line-wrapping was made to better match the GUI editor.
2237 (`#242 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/242>`_)
2239 * Better support for Python3 on Windows
2240 (`#246 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/246>`_)
2244 * git-cola no longer depends on Asciidoc for building its documentation
2245 and man-pages. We now depend on [Sphinx](http://sphinx-doc.org/) only.
2252 Usability, bells and whistles
2253 -----------------------------
2254 * Some context menu actions are now hidden when selected
2256 (`#238 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/238>`_)
2260 * The build-git-cola.sh contrib script was improved.
2261 (`#235 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/235>`_)
2263 * Non-ascii worktrees work properly again.
2264 (`#234 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/234>`_)
2266 * The browser now guards itself against missing files.
2267 (`bz #1041378 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071378>`_)
2269 * Saving widget state now works under Python3.
2270 (`#236 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/236>`_)
2279 * git-cola now runs on Python 3 thanks to Virgil Dupras.
2280 (`#233 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/233>`_)
2282 * Python 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2+ are now supported.
2283 Python 2.5 is no longer supported.
2287 * i18n test fixes thanks to Virgil Dupras.
2288 (`#231 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/231>`_)
2290 * git-cola.app build fixes thanks to Maicon D. Filippsen.
2291 (`#230 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/230>`_)
2293 * Lots of pylint improvements thanks to Alex Chernetz.
2294 (`#229 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/229>`_)
2301 Usability, bells and whistles
2302 -----------------------------
2303 * The new `Bookmarks` tool makes it really easy to switch between repositories.
2305 * There is now a dedicated dialog for applying patches.
2306 See the ``File -> Apply Patches`` menu item.
2307 (`#215 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/215>`_)
2309 * A new `git cola am` sub-command was added for applying patches.
2313 * Fixed a typo that caused inotify events to be silently ignored.
2315 * Fixed the sys.path setup for Mac OS X (Homebrew).
2316 (`#221 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/221>`_)
2318 * Lots of pylint fixes thanks to Alex Chernetz.
2325 Usability, bells and whistles
2326 -----------------------------
2327 * `git cola --amend` now starts the editor in `amend` mode.
2328 (`#187 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/187>`_)
2330 * Multiple lines of text can now be pasted into the `summary` field.
2331 All text beyond the first newline will be automatically moved to the
2332 `extended description` field.
2333 (`#212 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/212>`_)
2337 * Stray whitespace in `.git` files is now ignored.
2338 (`#213 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/213>`_)
2340 * Fix "known incorrect sRGB profile" in `staged-item.png`.
2341 (`gentoo-devel message #85066
2342 <http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/85066>`_)
2351 * Fix a traceback when `git push` fails.
2352 (`bz #1034778 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034778>`_)
2356 * Most of the git-cola sub-packages have been removed.
2357 The only remaining packages are `cola`, `cola.models`,
2360 * The translation file for Simplified Chinese was renamed
2362 (`#209 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/209>`_)
2371 * `git cola version --brief` now prints the brief version number.
2375 * Resurrected the "make dist" target, for those that prefer to create
2378 * Fixed the typo that broke the preferences dialog.
2385 Usability, bells and whistles
2386 -----------------------------
2387 * We now ship a full-featured interactive `git rebase` editor.
2388 The rebase todo file is edited using the `git xbase` script which
2389 is provided at `$prefix/share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase`.
2390 This script can be used standalone by setting the `$GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR`
2391 before running `git rebase --interactive`.
2392 (`#1 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1>`_)
2394 * Fixup commit messages can now be loaded from the commit message editor.
2396 * Tool widgets can be locked in place by using the "Tools/Lock Layout"
2398 (`#202 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/202>`_)
2400 * You can now push to several remotes simultaneously by selecting
2401 multiple remotes in the "Push" dialog.
2402 (`#148 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/148>`_)
2404 * The `grep` tool learned to search using three different modes:
2405 basic regular expressions (default), extended regular expressions,
2410 * `git cola` now depends on the `argparse` Python module.
2411 This module is part of the stdlib in Python 2.7 and must
2412 be installed separately when using Python 2.6 and below.
2416 * Support unicode in the output from `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`.
2423 Usability, bells and whistles
2424 -----------------------------
2425 * We now detect when the editor or history browser are misconfigured.
2426 (`#197 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/197>`_)
2427 (`bz #886826 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886826>`_)
2429 * Display of untracked files can be disabled from the Preferences dialog
2430 or by setting the `gui.displayuntracked` configuration variable to `false`.
2431 (`Git Mailing List on 2013-08-21
2432 <https://public-inbox.org/git/20130821032913.GA6092@wheezy.local/>`_)
2436 * Unicode stash names are now supported
2437 (`#198 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/198>`_)
2439 * The diffs produced when reverting workspace changes were made more robust.
2446 Usability, bells and whistles
2447 -----------------------------
2448 * Brand new German translation thanks to Sven Claussner.
2450 * The "File" menu now provides a "New Repository..." menu action.
2452 * `git dag` now uses a dock-widget interface so that its widgets can
2453 be laid-out and arranged. Customizations are saved and restored
2454 the next time `git dag` is launched.
2456 * `git dag` now has a "Zoom Best Fit" button next alongside the
2457 "Zoom In" and "Zoom Out" buttons.
2459 * `Ctrl+L` now focuses the "Search" field in the `git dag` tool.
2461 * Right-clicking in the "diff" viewer now updates the cursor position
2462 before performing actions, which makes it much easier to click around
2463 and selectively stage sections. Previously, the current cursor position
2464 was used which meant that it required two clicks (left-click to update
2465 the position followed by right-click to get the context menu) for the
2466 desired section to be used. This is now a single right-click operation.
2468 * The `Ctrl+D` "Launch Diff Tool" action learned to automatically choose
2469 between `git difftool` and `git mergetool`. If the file is unmerged then
2470 we automatically launch `git mergetool` on the path, otherwise we use
2471 `git difftool`. We do this because `git difftool` is not intended to
2472 be used on unmerged paths. Automatically using `git mergetool` when
2473 appropriate is the most intuitive and muscle-memory-friendly thing to do.
2475 * You can now right-click on folders in your standard file browser
2476 and choose "Open With -> Git Cola" (Linux-only).
2480 * Python 2.6 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard does not provide a namedtuple
2481 at `sys.version_info`. We now avoid using that variable for better
2484 * We now read the user's Git configuration from `~/.config/git/config`
2485 if that file is available, otherwise we use the traditional `~/.gitconfig`
2486 path, just like Git itself.
2488 * Some edge cases were fixed when applying partial/selected diffs.
2490 * The diff viewer is now properly cleared when refreshing.
2491 (`#194 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/194>`_)
2498 Usability, bells and whistles
2499 -----------------------------
2500 * The diff viewer now has an "Options" menu which can be
2501 used to set "git diff" options. This can be used to
2502 ignore whitespace changes or to show a change with its
2503 surrounding function as context.
2504 (`#150 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/150>`_)
2506 * `git cola` now remembers your commit message and will restore it
2507 when `git cola` is restarted.
2508 (`#175 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/175>`_)
2510 * `Ctrl+M` can now be used to toggle the "Amend last commit"
2511 checkbox in the commit message editor.
2512 (`#161 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/161>`_)
2514 * Deleting remote branches can now be done from the "Branch" menu.
2515 (`#152 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/152>`_)
2517 * The commit message editor now has a built-in spell checker.
2521 * We now avoid invoking external diffs when showing diffstats.
2522 (`#163 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/163>`_)
2524 * The `Status` tool learned to reselect files when refreshing.
2525 (`#165 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/165>`_)
2527 * `git cola` now remembers whether it has been maximized and will restore the
2528 maximized state when `git cola` is restarted.
2529 (`#172 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/172>`_)
2531 * Performance is now vastly improved when staging hundreds or
2534 * `git cola` was not correctly saving repo-specific configuration.
2535 (`#174 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/174>`_)
2537 * Fix a UnicodeDecode in sphinxtogithub when building from source.
2545 Usability, bells and whistles
2546 -----------------------------
2547 * We now automatically remove missing repositories from the
2548 "Select Repository" dialog.
2549 (`#145 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/145>`_)
2551 * A new `git cola diff` sub-command was added for diffing changed files.
2555 * The inotify auto-refresh feature makes it difficult to select text in
2556 the "diff" editor when files are being continually modified by another
2557 process. The auto-refresh causes it to lose the currently selected text,
2558 which is not wanted. We now avoid this problem by saving and restoring
2559 the selection when refreshing the editor.
2560 (`#155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/155>`_)
2562 * More strings have been marked for l10n.
2563 (`#157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/157>`_)
2565 * Fixed the Alt+D Diffstat shortcut.
2566 (`#159 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/159>`_)
2570 * Better error handling when cloning repositories.
2572 We were not handling the case where a git URL has
2573 no basename, e.g. `https://git.example.com/`.
2574 `git cola` originally rejected these URLs instead of
2575 allowing users to clone them. It now allows these URLs
2576 when they point to valid git repositories.
2578 Additionally, `git cola` learned to echo the errors
2579 reported by `git clone` when it fails.
2580 (`#156 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/156>`_)
2588 Usability, bells and whistles
2589 -----------------------------
2590 * `git dag` got a big visual upgrade.
2592 * `Ctrl+G` now launches the "Grep" tool.
2594 * `Ctrl+D` launches difftool and `Ctrl+E` launches your editor
2595 when in the diff panel.
2597 * git-cola can now be told to use an alternative language.
2598 For example, if the native language is German and we want git-cola to
2599 use English then we can create a `~/.config/git-cola/language` file with
2600 "en" as its contents: ``echo en >~/.config/git-cola/language``
2601 (`#140 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/140>`_)
2603 * A new `git cola merge` sub-command was added for merging branches.
2605 * Less blocking in the main UI
2609 * Autocomplete issues on KDE
2610 (`#144 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/144>`_)
2612 * The "recently opened repositories" startup dialog did not
2613 display itself in the absence of bookmarks.
2614 (`#139 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/139>`_)
2622 Usability, bells and whistles
2623 -----------------------------
2624 * `git cola` learned to honor `.gitattributes` when showing and
2625 interactively applying diffs. This makes it possible to store
2626 files in git using a non-utf-8 encoding and `git cola` will
2627 properly accept them. This must be enabled by settings
2628 `cola.fileattributes` to true, as it incurs a small performance
2630 (`#96 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/96>`_)
2632 * `git cola` now wraps commit messages at 72 columns automatically.
2633 This is configurable using the `cola.linebreak` variable to enable/disable
2634 the feature, and `cola.textwidth` to configure the limit.
2635 (`#133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/133>`_)
2637 * A new "Open Recent" sub-menu was added to the "File" menu.
2638 This makes it easy to open a recently-edited repository.
2639 (`#135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/135>`_)
2641 * We now show a preview for untracked files when they are clicked
2642 using the `Status` tool.
2643 * A new "Open Using Default Application" action was added to the
2644 `Status` tool. It is activated using either `Spacebar` or through
2645 the context menu. This action uses `xdg-open` on Linux and
2647 * A new "Open Parent Directory" action was added to the `Status` tool.
2648 It is activated using either `Shift+Spacebar` or through the
2650 * `git dag` learned to honor the `log.date` git configuration variable.
2651 This makes the date display follow whatever format the user has
2653 * A new `git cola config` sub-command was added for quickly
2654 tweaking `git cola`'s git configuration settings.
2655 * Some small usability tweaks -- some user confirmation prompts
2656 were defaulting to "Cancel" when they should have been defaulting
2657 to the affirmative option instead.
2661 * Properly handle arbitrarily-named branches.
2662 * We went back to launching `git mergetool` using an xterm.
2663 The reason is that there are a couple of places where `git mergetool`
2664 requires a terminal for user interaction not covered by `--no-prompt`.
2665 * We now properly handle an edge case when applying short diffs at
2666 the start of a file.
2674 Usability, bells and whistles
2675 -----------------------------
2676 * New and improved `grep` mode lets you instantly find and edit files.
2677 * New `git cola grep` standalone mode.
2678 * Support for passing arguments to the configured editors, e.g. `gvim -p`
2679 This makes it possible to select multiple files in the status
2680 window and use `Ctrl-e` to edit them all at once.
2681 * Remote operations now prompt on errors only.
2682 * The `Tab` key now jumps to the extended description when editing the summary.
2683 * More shortcut key labels and misc. UX improvements.
2687 * Selecting an item no longer copies its filename to the copy/paste buffer.
2688 `Ctrl-c` or the "Copy" context-menu action can be used instead.
2689 * The repository monitoring feature on Windows learned to ignore
2690 changes within the ".git" directory. Thanks to Andreas Sommer.
2691 (`#120 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/120>`_)
2699 Usability, bells and whistles
2700 -----------------------------
2701 * `git dag` learned to color-code branchy edges.
2702 The edge colors change when a new branch is detected,
2703 which makes the history much easier to follow.
2704 A huge thanks to Uri Okrent for making it happen.
2706 * New GUI for editing remote repositories.
2708 * New `git cola archive` and `git cola remote` sub-commands.
2710 * `git cola browser` learned an 'Untrack' command.
2712 * The diff editor learned to staged/unstaged while amending.
2714 * The status tool can now scroll horizontally.
2716 * New git repositories can be created by clicking 'New' on the
2717 `git cola --prompt` startup screen.
2725 Usability, bells and whistles
2726 -----------------------------
2727 * Auto-completion was added to more tools.
2729 * `git dag` is easier to use on smaller displays -- the author
2730 field elides its text which allows for a more compact display.
2732 * Selected commits in `git dag` were made more prominent and
2735 * 'Create Branch' learned to fetch remote branches and uses a
2736 background thread to do so.
2738 * User-configured GUI tools are listed alphabetically in the 'Actions' menu.
2740 * The 'Pull' dialog remembers the value of the 'Rebase' checkbox
2741 between invocations.
2751 * Detect Homebrew so that OS X users do not need to set PYTHONPATH.
2753 * `git dag` can export patches again.
2761 Usability, bells and whistles
2762 -----------------------------
2763 * The 'Classic' tool was renamed to 'Browser' and learned to
2764 limit history to the current branch.
2766 * `git dag` learned about gravatar and uses it to show images
2769 * `git dag` learned to use OpenGL for rendering resulting in
2770 much faster rendering.
2772 * More dialogs learned vim-style keyboard shortcuts.
2774 * The commit message editor learned better arrow key navigation.
2782 Usability, bells and whistles
2783 -----------------------------
2784 * `git cola` learned a few new sub commands:
2792 * `Return` in the summary field jumps to the extended description.
2794 * `Ctrl+Return` is now a shortcut for 'Commit'.
2796 * Better French translation for 'Sign-off'.
2798 * The 'Search' widget now has a much simpler and streamlined
2801 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the DAG widget.
2803 * `git dag` no longer prompts for files when diffing commits if the
2804 text field contains paths.
2806 * General user interface and performance improvements.
2810 * The diff viewer no longer changes font size when holding `Control`
2811 while scrolling with the mouse wheel.
2813 * Files with a typechange (e.g. symlinks that become files, etc.)
2814 are now correctly identified as being modified.
2818 * The `cola.controllers` and `cola.views` packages were removed.
2826 Usability, bells and whistles
2827 -----------------------------
2828 * `git cola` can now launch sub commands, e.g.:
2839 * `git dag` is more responsive when gathering auto-completions.
2841 * Keyboard shortcuts are displayed when the '?' key is pressed.
2843 * Various keyboard shortcuts were added for improved usability.
2845 * The status widget now lists unmerged files before modified files.
2847 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the status widget.
2849 * A 'Recently Modified Files...' tool was added.
2851 * Tools can now be hidden with `Alt + #` (where `#` is a keyboard number)
2852 and focused with `Alt + Shift + #`.
2854 * The syntax highlighting colors for diffs was made less intrusive.
2856 * The commit message editor was redesigned to have a more compact
2857 and keyboard-convenient user interface.
2859 * Keyboard shortcuts for adding a Signed-off-by (`Ctrl + i`)
2860 and creating a commit (`Ctrl + m`) were added.
2862 * The status widget was adjusted to use less screen real-estate.
2866 * Avoid updating the index when responding to inotify events.
2867 This avoids interfering with operations such as `git rebase --interactive`.
2868 (`#99 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/99>`_)
2872 * Create `git-dag.pyw` in the win32 installer.
2874 * win32 shortcuts now contain explicit calls to `pythonw.exe` instead of
2875 calling the `.pyw` file directly.
2879 * The 'Apply Changes from Branch...' feature was removed.
2880 `git dag`'s 'Grab File...' feature used alongside the index/worktree editor
2881 is a simpler alternative.
2891 * Further enhanced the staging/unstaging behavior in the status widget.
2892 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
2894 * Unmerged files are no longer listed as modified.
2898 The `cola-$version` tarballs on github were originally setup to
2899 have the same contents as the old tarballs hosted on tuxfamily.
2900 The `make dist` target was changed to write files to a
2901 `git-cola-$version` subdirectory and tarball.
2903 This makes the filenames consistent for the source tarball,
2904 the darwin .app tarball, and the win32 .exe installer.
2912 Usability, bells and whistles
2913 -----------------------------
2914 * Refined the staging/unstaging behavior for code reviews.
2915 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
2917 * Added more styling and icons to menus and buttons.
2919 * Adjusted some terminology to more closely match the git CLI.
2923 * Boolean `git config` settings with no value are now supported
2924 (these are not created by git these days but exist in legacy repositories).
2926 * Unicode branches and tags are supported in the "branch diff" tool.
2928 * Guard against low-memory conditions and more interrupted system calls.
2932 * Added desktop launchers for git-cola.desktop and git-dag.desktop.
2933 This replaces the old cola.desktop, so some adjustments to RPM .spec
2934 and debian/ files will be needed.
2936 * Fixed the darwin app-tarball Makefile target to create relative paths.
2940 * The `--style` option was removed. `git cola` follows the system theme
2941 so there's no need for this option these days.
2949 Usability, bells and whistles
2950 -----------------------------
2951 * Export a patch series from `git dag` into a `patches/` directory.
2953 * `git dag` learned to diff commits, slice history along paths, etc.
2955 * Added instant-preview to the `git stash` widget.
2957 * A simpler preferences editor is used to edit `git config` values.
2958 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
2959 (`#89 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/89>`_)
2961 * Previous commit messages can be re-loaded from the message editor.
2962 (`#33 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/33>`_)
2966 * Display commits with no file changes.
2967 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
2969 * Improved the diff editor's copy/paste behavior
2970 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
2974 * Bumped version number to ceil(minimum git version).
2975 `git cola` now requires `git` >= 1.6.3.
2977 * Simplified git-cola's versioning when building from tarballs
2978 outside of git. We no longer check for a 'version' file at
2979 the root of the repository. We instead keep a default version
2980 in `cola/version.py` and use it when `git cola`'s `.git` repository
2989 Usability, bells and whistles
2990 -----------------------------
2991 * inotify is much snappier and available on Windows
2992 thanks to Karl Bielefeldt.
2994 * New right-click command to add untracked files to .gitignore
2995 thanks to Audrius Karabanovas.
2997 * Stash, fetch, push, and pull usability improvements
2999 * General usability improvements
3001 * stderr is logged when applying partial diffs.
3005 * Files can be unstaged when amending.
3006 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
3008 * Show the configured remote.$remote.pushurl in the GUI
3009 (`#83 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/83>`_)
3011 * Removed usage of the "user" module.
3012 (`#86 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/86>`_)
3014 * Avoids an extra `git update-index` call during startup.
3022 Usability, bells and whistles
3023 -----------------------------
3024 * We now provide better feedback when `git push` fails.
3025 (`#69 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/69>`_)
3027 * The Fetch, Push, and Pull dialogs now give better feedback
3028 when interacting with remotes. The dialogs are modal and
3029 a progress dialog is used.
3033 * More unicode fixes, again. It is now possible to have
3034 unicode branch names, repository paths, home directories, etc.
3035 This continued the work initiated by Redhat's bugzilla #694806.
3037 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806
3045 Usability, bells and whistles
3046 -----------------------------
3047 * The `git cola` desktop launchers now prompt for a repo
3048 by default. This is done by using the new `--prompt`
3049 flag which tells `git cola` to ignore any git repositories
3050 in the current directory and prompt for one instead.
3054 * More Unicode fixes for repositories and home directories with
3055 embedded unicode characters. Thanks to Christian Jann for
3056 patience and helpful bug reports.
3058 * Fix the 'Clone' button in the startup dialog.
3066 Usability, bells and whistles
3067 -----------------------------
3068 * Faster startup time! `git cola` now offloads initialization
3069 to a background thread so that the GUI appears almost instantly.
3071 * Specialized diff options for p4merge, vimdiff, araxis, emerge,
3072 and ecmerge in difftool (backported from git.git).
3076 * Fix launching commands in the background on Windows
3077 (e.g. when launching `git difftool`).
3079 * Fix unicode errors when home or repository directories contain
3081 (`#74 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/74>`_)
3082 (`bz #694806 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806>`_)
3090 Usability, bells and whistles
3091 -----------------------------
3092 * The `cola classic` tool can be now configured to be dockable.
3093 (`#56 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/56>`_)
3095 * The `cola classic` tool now uses visual sigils to indicate a file's status.
3096 The idea and icons were provided by Uri Okrent.
3098 * Include the 'Rescan' button in the 'Actions' widget regardless
3099 of whether inotify is installed.
3103 * Fix installation of translations per Fedora
3104 This incorporates Fedora's fix for the translations path
3105 which originally appeared in cola-1.4.3-translations.patch.
3107 * Mac OS X git-cola developers can now generate git-cola.app
3108 application bundles using 'make app-bundle'.
3112 * Fixed a stacktrace when trying to use "Get Commit Message Template"
3113 with an unconfigured "commit.template" git config variable.
3114 (`bz #67521 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675721>`_)
3115 (`#72 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/72>`_)
3117 * Properly raise the main window on Mac OS X.
3119 * Properly handle staging a huge numbers of files at once.
3121 * Speed up 'git config' usage by fixing cola's caching proxy.
3123 * Guard against damaged ~/.cola files.
3131 Usability, bells and whistles
3132 -----------------------------
3133 * `git dag` now has a separate display area
3134 for displaying commit metadata. This area will soon
3135 grow additional functionality such as cherry-picking,
3140 * Fixed tests from a previous refactoring.
3142 * Guard against 'diff.external' configuration by always
3143 calling 'git diff' with the '--no-ext-diff' option.
3144 (`#67 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/67>`_)
3146 * Respect 'gui.diffcontext' so that cola's diff display
3147 shows the correct number of context lines.
3149 * Raise the GUI so that it is in the foreground on OS X.
3153 * We now allow distutils to rewrite cola's shebang line.
3154 This allows us to run on systems where "which python"
3155 is Python3k. This is exposed by setting the `PYTHON`
3156 Makefile variable to the location of python2.x.
3158 * git-cola.app is now a tiny download because it no longer
3159 contains Qt and PyQt. These libraries are provided as a
3161 (`Link <http://code.google.com/p/git-cola/downloads/list>`_)
3169 Usability, bells and whistles
3170 -----------------------------
3171 * Clicking on paths in the status widget copies them into the
3172 copy/paste buffer for easy middle-clicking into terminals.
3174 * `Ctrl+C` in diff viewer copies the selected diff to the clipboard.
3178 * Fixed the disappearing actions buttons on PyQt 4.7.4
3179 as reported by Arch and Ubuntu 10.10.
3180 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
3182 * Fixed mouse interaction with the status widget where some
3183 items could not be de-selected.
3187 * Removed hard-coded reference to lib/ when calculating Python's
3188 site-packages directory.
3196 Usability, bells and whistles
3197 -----------------------------
3198 * Removed "single-click to (un)stage" in the status view.
3199 This is a usability improvement since we no longer perform
3200 different actions depending on where a row is clicked.
3202 * Added ability to create unsigned, annotated tags.
3206 * Updated documentation to use `cola.git` instead of `cola.gitcmd`.
3214 Usability, bells and whistles
3215 -----------------------------
3216 * Allow un/staging by right-clicking top-level items
3217 (`#57 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/57>`_)
3219 * Running 'commit' with no staged changes prompts to allow
3221 (`#55 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/55>`_)
3223 * Fetch, Push, and Pull are now available via the menus
3224 (`#58 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/58>`_)
3228 * Simplified the actions widget to work around a regression
3230 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
3238 Usability, bells and whistles
3239 -----------------------------
3240 * `git dag` interaction was made faster.
3244 * Added '...' indicators to the buttons for
3245 'Fetch...', 'Push...', 'Pull...', and 'Stash...'.
3246 (`#51 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/51>`_)
3248 * Fixed a hang-on-exit bug in the cola-provided
3249 'ssh-askpass' implementation.
3257 Usability, bells and whistles
3258 -----------------------------
3259 * Staging and unstaging is faster.
3260 (`#48 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/48>`_)
3262 * `git dag` reads history in a background thread.
3266 * Added :data:`cola.compat.hashlib` for `Python 2.4` compatibility
3267 * Improved `PyQt 4.1.x` compatibility.
3271 * Configured menu actions use ``sh -c`` for Windows portability.
3279 Usability, bells and whistles
3280 -----------------------------
3281 * Added support for the configurable ``guitool.<tool>.*``
3282 actions as described in the ``git config`` documentation.
3283 (`git-config(1) <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config>`_)
3284 (`#44 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/44>`_)
3286 This makes it possible to add new actions to `git cola`
3287 by simply editing ``~/.gitconfig``. This implements the
3288 same guitool support as `git gui`.
3290 * Introduced a stat cache to speed up `git config` and
3291 repository status checks.
3293 * Added Alt-key shortcuts to the main `git cola` interface.
3295 * The `Actions` dock widget switches between a horizontal
3296 and vertical layout when resized.
3298 * We now use ``git diff --submodule`` for submodules
3299 (used when git >= 1.6.6).
3301 * The context menu for modified submodules includes an option
3302 to launch `git cola`.
3303 (`#17 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/17>`_)
3305 * Prefer ``$VISUAL`` over ``$EDITOR`` when both are defined.
3306 These are used to set a default editor in lieu of `core.editor`
3309 * Force the editor to be ``gvim`` when we see ``vim``.
3310 This prevents us from launching an editor in the (typically
3311 unattached) parent terminal and creating zombie editors
3312 that cannot be easily killed.
3314 * Selections are remembered and restored across updates.
3315 This makes the `partial-staging` workflow easier since the
3316 diff view will show the updated diff after staging.
3318 * Show the path to the current repository in a tooltip
3319 over the commit message editor.
3320 (`#45 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/45>`_)
3322 * Log internal ``git`` commands when ``GIT_COLA_TRACE`` is defined.
3323 (`#39 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/39>`_)
3327 * Improved backwards compatibility for Python 2.4.
3329 * `Review mode` can now review the current branch; it no longer
3330 requires you to checkout the branch into which the reviewed
3331 branch will be merged.
3333 * Guard against `color.ui = always` configuration when using
3334 `git log` by passing ``--no-color``.
3336 * ``yes`` and ``no`` are now supported as valid booleans
3337 by the `git config` parser.
3339 * Better defaults are used for `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`..
3340 (`#43 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/43>`_)
3344 * Removed colon (`:`) from the applilcation name on Windows
3345 (`#41 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/41>`_)
3347 * Fixed bugs with the Windows installer
3348 (`#40 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/40>`_)
3350 * Added a more standard i18n infrastructure. The install
3351 tree now has the common ``share/locale/$lang/LC_MESSAGES/git-cola.mo``
3352 layout in use by several projects.
3354 * Started trying to accommodate Mac OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
3355 in the ``darwin/`` build scripts but our tester is yet to
3356 report success building a `.app` bundle.
3358 * Replaced use of ``perl`` in Sphinx/documentation Makefile
3359 with more-portable ``sed`` constructs. Thanks to
3360 Stefan Naewe for discovering the portability issues and
3361 providing msysgit-friendly patches.
3369 Usability, bells and whistles
3370 -----------------------------
3371 * It is now possible to checkout from the index as well
3372 as from `HEAD`. This corresponds to the
3373 `Removed Unstaged Changes` action in the `Repository Status` tool.
3375 * The `remote` dialogs (fetch, push, pull) are now slightly
3378 * Bookmarks can be selected when `git cola` is run outside of a git repository.
3380 * Added more user documentation. We now include many links to
3381 external git resources.
3383 * Added `git dag` to the available tools.
3384 `git dag` is a node-based DAG history browser.
3385 It doesn't do much yet, but it's been merged so that we can start
3386 building and improving upon it.
3390 * Fixed a missing ``import`` when showing `right-click` actions
3391 for unmerged files in the `Repository Status` tool.
3393 * ``git update-index --refresh`` is no longer run every time
3394 ``git cola version`` is run.
3396 * Don't try to watch non-existent directories when using `inotify`.
3398 * Use ``git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name`` plumbing to find
3399 the name of the current branch.
3403 * The ``Makefile`` will now conditionally include a ``config.mak``
3404 file located at the root of the project. This allows for user
3405 customizations such as changes to the `prefix` variable
3406 to be stored in a file so that custom settings do not need to
3407 be specified every time on the command-line.
3409 * The build scripts no longer require a ``.git`` directory to
3410 generate the ``builtin_version.py`` module. The release tarballs
3411 now include a ``version`` file at the root of the project which
3412 is used in lieu of having the git repository available.
3413 This allows for ``make clean && make`` to function outside of
3416 * Added maintainer's ``make dist`` target to the ``Makefile``.
3418 * The built-in `simplejson` and `jsonpickle` libraries can be
3419 excluded from ``make install`` by specifying the ``standalone=true``
3420 `make` variable. For example, ``make standalone=true install``.
3421 This corresponds to the ``--standalone`` option to ``setup.py``.
3429 Usability, bells and whistles
3430 -----------------------------
3431 * We now use patience diff by default when it is available via
3432 `git diff --patience`.
3434 * Allow closing the `cola classic` tool with `Ctrl+W`.
3438 * Fixed an unbound variable error in the `push` dialog.
3442 * Don't include `simplejson` in MANIFEST.in.
3444 * Update desktop entry to read `Cola Git GUI`.
3452 This feature release adds two new features directly from
3453 `git cola`'s github issues backlog. On the developer
3454 front, further work was done towards modularizing the code base.
3456 Usability, bells and whistles
3457 -----------------------------
3458 * Dragging and dropping patches invokes `git am`
3459 (`#3 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/3>`_)
3461 * A dialog to allow opening or cloning a repository
3462 is presented when `git cola` is launched outside of a git repository.
3463 (`#22 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/22>`_)
3465 * Warn when `push` is used to create a new branch
3466 (`#35 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/35>`_)
3468 * Optimized startup time by removing several calls to `git`.
3473 * `git cola` is once again compatible with PyQt 4.3.x.
3477 * `cola.gitcmds` was added to factor out git command-line utilities
3479 * `cola.gitcfg` was added for interacting with `git config`
3481 * `cola.models.browser` was added to factor out repobrowser data
3493 * Fix launching external applications on Windows
3495 * Ensure that the `amend` checkbox is unchecked when switching modes
3497 * Update the status tree when amending commits
3507 * Fix Lintian warnings
3517 * Fix X11 warnings on application startup
3527 * Added missing 'Exit Diff Mode' button for 'Diff Expression' mode
3528 (`#31 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/31>`_)
3530 * Fix a bug when initializing fonts on Windows
3531 (`#32 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/32>`_)
3541 * Keep entries in sorted order in the `cola classic` tool
3543 * Fix staging untracked files
3544 (`#27 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/27>`_)
3546 * Fix the `show` command in the Stash dialog
3547 (`#29 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/29>`_)
3549 * Fix a typo when loading merge commit messages
3550 (`#30 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/30>`_)
3558 This release focuses on a redesign of the git-cola user interface,
3559 a tags interface, and better integration of the `cola classic` tool.
3560 A flexible interface based on configurable docks is used to manage the
3561 various cola widgets.
3563 Usability, bells and whistles
3564 -----------------------------
3565 * New GUI is flexible and user-configurable
3567 * Individual widgets can be detached and rearranged arbitrarily
3569 * Add an interface for creating tags
3571 * Provide a fallback `SSH_ASKPASS` implementation to prompt for
3572 SSH passwords on fetch/push/pull
3574 * The commit message editor displays the current row/column and
3575 warns when lines get too long
3577 * The `cola classic` tool displays upstream changes
3579 * `git cola --classic` launches `cola classic` in standalone mode
3581 * Provide more information in log messages
3585 * Inherit the window manager's font settings
3587 * Miscellaneous PyQt4 bug fixes and workarounds
3591 * Removed all usage of Qt Designer `.ui` files
3593 * Simpler model/view architecture
3595 * Selection is now shared across tools
3597 * Centralized notifications are used to keep views in sync
3599 * The `cola.git` command class was made thread-safe
3601 * Less coupling between model and view actions
3603 * The status view was rewritten to use the MVC architecture
3605 * Added more documentation and tests
3613 Usability, bells and whistles
3614 -----------------------------
3615 * Added a `cola classic` tool for browsing the entire repository
3617 * Handle diff expressions with spaces
3619 * Handle renamed files
3623 * Handle carat `^` characters in diff expressions on Windows
3625 * Worked around a PyQt 4.5/4.6 QThreadPool bug
3629 * Added a keyboard shortcuts reference page
3631 * Added developer API documentation
3635 * Fix the diff expression used when reviewing branches
3637 * Fix a bug when pushing branches
3639 * Fix X11 warnings at startup
3641 * Fix more interrupted system calls on Mac OS X
3649 Usability, bells and whistles
3650 -----------------------------
3651 * Fresh and tasty SVG logos
3653 * Added `Branch Review` mode for reviewing topic branches
3655 * Added diff modes for diffing between tags, branches,
3656 or arbitrary `git diff` expressions
3658 * The push dialog selects the current branch by default.
3659 This is in preparation for `git 1.7.0` where unconfigured `git push`
3660 will refuse to push when run without specifying the remote name
3661 and branch. See the `git` release notes for more information
3663 * Support `open` and `clone` commands on Windows
3665 * Allow saving cola UI layouts
3667 * Re-enabled `double-click-to-stage` for unmerged entries.
3668 Disabling it for unmerged items was inconsistent, though safer.
3670 * Show diffs when navigating the status tree with the keyboard
3674 * Worked around `pyuic4` bugs in the `setup.py` build script
3676 * Added Mac OSX application bundles to the download page
3686 * `git difftool` became an official git command in `git 1.6.3`.
3688 * `git difftool` learned `--no-prompt` / `-y` and a corresponding
3689 `difftool.prompt` configuration variable
3691 Usability, bells and whistles
3692 -----------------------------
3693 * Warn when `non-fast-forward` is used with fetch, push or pull
3695 * Allow `Ctrl+C` to exit cola when run from the command line
3699 * Support Unicode font names
3701 * Handle interrupted system calls
3705 * `PEP-8`-ified more of the cola code base
3711 * All resources are now installed into `$prefix/share/git-cola`.
3712 Closed Debian bug #519972
3714 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519972
3724 * Added support for Kompare in `git difftool`
3726 * Added a separate configuration namespace for `git difftool`
3728 * Added the `diff.tool` configuration variable to define the default diff tool
3730 Usability, bells and whistles
3731 -----------------------------
3732 * The stash dialog allows passing the `--keep-index` option to `git stash`
3734 * Amending a published commit warns at commit time
3736 * Simplified the file-across-revisions comparison dialog
3738 * `origin` is selected by default in fetch/push/pull
3740 * Removed the search field from the log widget
3742 * The log window moved into a drawer widget at the bottom of the UI
3744 * Log window display can be configured with
3745 `cola.showoutput` = `{never, always, errors}`. `errors` is the default.
3747 * `NOTE` -- `cola.showoutput` was removed with the GUI rewrite in 1.4.0.
3751 * Improved nose unittest usage
3755 * Added a Windows/msysGit installer
3757 * Included private versions of `simplejson` and `jsonpickle`
3758 for ease of installation and development