6 Usability, bells and whistles
7 -----------------------------
8 * "Stage Changed Files To Commit" was added to the available toolbar actions.
9 (`#1371 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1371>`_)
11 * `Ctrl + Space` can now be used to display the autocomplete options in input fields
12 that provide autocompletion.
14 * The Diff widget can now display the currently selected filename.
15 Enable the "Show filenames" option in the Diff widget's tool menu.
16 (`#1367 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1367>`_)
18 * The "Fetch", "Push" and "Pull" dialogs now have an embedded progress bar instead
19 of displaying a progress bar in a separate popup window.
21 * The "Fetch", "Push" and "Pull" dialogs will now stay open after the remote
22 operation completes when the "Close on completion" checkbox is unchecked.
23 These dialogs closed themselves unconditionally before this change.
27 * PyQt6 compatibility for the "Find in diff" feature.
31 * Updated Polish translation.
32 (`#1368 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1368>`_)
36 * upload-artifact and setup-python github actions were upgraded.
44 Usability, bells and whistles
45 -----------------------------
46 * The remote messages dialog is now displayed for the Pull and Push actions in the
47 Branches widget only. This dialog is disabled by default and enabled in the
48 main Push and Pull dialog settings.
49 (`#1363 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1363>`_)
51 * The whole-file staging actions in the Diff widget's right-click menu are now listed
52 after the selection and hunk staging actions. This helps prevent accidental clicks
53 from clobbering the index for the entire file.
54 (`#1362 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1362>`_)
56 * The completion popup no longer reappears after an item is selected in the
57 "Checkout Branch" action and similar dialogs.
58 (`#1360 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1360>`_)
62 * PyQt6 compatibility was improved.
70 Usability, bells and whistles
71 -----------------------------
72 * Git Cola now preserves `# commentary` in commit messages by default.
73 The `commit.cleanup` Git configuration variable can be used to
74 customize this behavior. For example, if you want Git Cola to
75 strip comments (the old behavior before v4.4.0) then
76 you can run `git config --global commit.cleanup strip` or configure
77 the "Commit Message Cleanup" setting in the Preferences window.
78 (`#1330 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1330>`_)
80 * `git dag` now includes completions for `git log` options in the text input field.
82 * `git dag` now provides convenient search filters when right-clicking in the
85 * A `1.25 x` Hi-DPI magnification option mode is now available in the Appearance settings.
86 (`#1313 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1313>`_)
88 * MacOS-specific application themes are now available in the Appearance settings
89 when the pyobjc module is installed.
90 (`#905 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/905>`_)
92 * Git Cola now runs `git commit` in the background and feedback is provided while
93 the commit is running. This prevents the UI from freezing when running pre-commit
94 hooks that can make `git commit` take a long time to run.
95 (`#1320 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1320>`_)
97 * The Diff context menu was reworked to reduce visual clutter and better match
98 the Status context menu.
99 (`#1347 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1347>`_)
101 * The standalone `git cola tag` tool now autocompletes the tag name field.
102 (`#706 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/706>`_)
103 (`#691 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/691>`_)
105 * The "Branches" dock widget now has a "Visualize" right-click menu option.
106 (`#1061 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1061>`_)
108 * The "Stash" dialog learned to rename stashes.
109 (`#558 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/558>`_)
111 * The "Fetch", "Push" and "Pull" dialogs can now display remote messages from the server.
112 (`#951 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/951>`_)
116 * `git dag` fixed how it was handling refspec arguments.
117 (`#1334 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1334>`_)
119 * `git dag` will now properly refresh itself when remote branches are updated.
120 (`#1063 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1063>`_)
122 * The `cola.inotify` feature no longer runs into issues when accessing WSL2
123 filesystems from Windows 11+.
124 (`#1194 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1194>`_)
128 * `cercis <https://pypi.org/project/cercis/>`_ is now being used to enforce
129 Git Cola's python code style. We were previously disabling quote normalization
130 when using `black`. Use of `cercis` allows us to enable quote normalization
131 under its default single-quote settings.
133 * The test suite now works on Windows.
134 (`#1331 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1331>`_)
135 (`#1332 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1332>`_)
137 * Pre-commits hooks and code modernization.
138 (`#1333 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1333>`_)
140 * Compatibility with Sphinx 7.2.0 was added to the `sphinxtogithub`
141 sphinx documentation plugin.
142 (`#1336 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1336>`_)
150 Usability, bells and whistles
151 -----------------------------
152 * The minimum font size can now be set lower, which is helpful for Hi-DPI displays.
153 (`#1342 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1342>`_)
157 * Flashing windows during startup on Windows has been fixed.
158 (`#1329 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1329>`_)
160 * `git dag` was not displaying history when refspecs were specified.
161 (`#1334 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1334>`_)
165 * Compatibility with Sphinx 7.2.0 was added to the `sphinxtogithub`
166 sphinx documentation plugin.
167 (`#1336 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1336>`_)
177 * The pypi wheel was fixed to include `entry_points.txt`.
179 * The "Revert" command was throwing an exception after succesfully completing.
187 Usability, bells and whistles
188 -----------------------------
189 * `git dag` now displays commit metadata more similarly to `git log`.
190 The commit date is now displayed and the subject field is displayed
191 directly above the extended description.
193 * `git dag` now supports a `cola.logdate` configuration for controlling
194 the date format. The configured value is passed to `git log --date=<format>`.
195 (`#1319 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1319>`_)
196 (`#1312 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1312>`_)
198 * The default `patches` directory that is used when exporting patches
199 is now configurable using the `cola.patchesdirectory` configuration
200 variable and the Preferences dialog.
202 * The Diff Editor can now export the diff selection, or the current
203 diff hunk, to a `*.patch` file from the `Patches` context menu action.
205 * Existing patches can be appended to by choosing a patch file from
206 the `Append Patch` sub-menu in the `Patches` context menu action.
208 * Patches can now be applied by dragging and dropping patches files from
209 a file browser onto the diff editor. The "Apply Patches" dialog is
210 launched with the drag-and-dropped patch files.
212 * Shell completions for zsh are now provided in the source distribution.
213 See the `contrib/_git-cola` zsh completion file for more details
217 * ``QApplication::desktop()`` is no longer available on PyQt6.
218 Git Cola no longer relies on this method.
222 * Git Cola can now be installed on Windows using `winget`.
223 See the ``README.md`` file for more details.
224 (`#1318 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1318>`_)
234 * Diffs for repositories with a single commit have been fixed.
235 (`#1306 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1306>`_)
237 * The toolbars follow the Qt toolbar style, as they did prior to `v4.2.0`.
238 (`#1307 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1307>`_)
240 * The "Checkout Branch" dialog was fixed to display all completions when first shown.
241 (`#1308 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1308>`_)
249 Usability, bells and whistles
250 -----------------------------
251 * The Diff Editor can now send diffs to your favorite editor before the diffs are applied.
252 The right-click "Edit Diff ..." menu actions and the `Ctrl + Shift + S` /
253 `Ctrl + Shift + U` hotkeys send the current diff hunk, or the selected diff, to your
254 editor before they are applied to the worktree / staging area.
255 (`#1290 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1290>`_)
256 (`#794 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/794>`_)
258 * The Diff Editor and DAG viewer can now search within their diffs using
259 `Ctrl + F` and `Ctrl + G` hotkeys.
260 (`#1116 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1116>`_)
262 * A new *Diff Mode* can be used to diff and unstage edits relative to any commit.
263 (`#816 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/816>`_)
265 * The Commit Message Editor can now spell-check the summary field. Previously only the
266 "Extended Description..." field supported spell checking.
267 (`#633 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/633>`_)
268 (`#1070 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1070>`_)
270 * Repositories in your "Recents" and "Favorites" can now be searched using the new
271 "Search" tool button. Quickly switch between these repositories using the `Alt + P`
272 hotkey and "Quick Open..." File menu action.
273 (`#1282 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1282>`_)
275 * "Favorites", "Recents" and the startup dialog now display a case-insensitively
276 sorted list of repositories.
277 (`#1047 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1047>`_)
279 * The startup dialog now has a right-click context menu that allows you to prune
280 stale entries and other actions that were not previously accessible from
282 (`#1199 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1199>`_)
283 (`#1280 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1280>`_)
285 * The "Copy Leading Paths" action in the Status tool's right-click "Copy" sub-menu
286 can now strip off an arbitrary number of leading paths.
287 (`#784 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/784>`_)
289 * The "Cherry-Pick" action now reports errors when "git cherry-pick" fails.
290 A new "Abort Cherry-Pick" action has been added for aborting a failed cherry-pick.
291 (`#1062 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1062>`_)
293 * The diff text can now be quickly zoomed using `Ctrl + Mouse wheel` scroll.
294 This will quickly change the text size within the current session only.
295 (`#1029 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1029>`_)
297 * The Console and Diff widgets learned to open URLs. Right-click on a line
298 that contains http URLs and context-menu actions for opening each URL
299 using your default web browser will be displayed.
300 (`#1139 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1139>`_)
302 * Drag-and-drop has been improved when dragging filenames from the Status tool.
303 Dragging multiple files requires special handling to improve usability.
304 Some terminals (such as `kitty`) consume multiple file URLs by separating paths with
305 newlines. This is useful when you'd like to capture raw filenames but is less
306 convenient when dropping filenames onto a command-line. Drag with the `Alt`-modifier
307 held down to drag-and-drop filenames for command-line use. Using the `Alt` modifier
308 omits URLs so that the drag-and-drop payload includes only space-delimited,
310 (`#719 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/719>`_)
312 * The DAG viewer now displays the diff between the start and end commits when
313 multiple commits are selected. The diffs are displayed in the DAG's diff viewer.
314 (`#552 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/552>`_)
316 * The DAG viewer learned to checkout branches and initiate rebases from its right-click menu.
317 (`#1113 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1113>`_)
319 * The DAG diff viewer learned to word-wrap the diff text.
320 (`#1242 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1242>`_)
322 * The spelling dictionaries are now discovered dynamically at runtime.
323 `dict/words` and `dict/propernames` are now discovered via `$XDG_DATA_DIRS`
324 by the spell checker. This allows a spelling dictionary to be placed in eg.
325 `~/.local/share/dict/words` to override the default `/usr/share/dict/words`.
326 (`#873 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/873>`_)
328 * The File menu now has a "Patches" sub-menu with a full set of "git am" Patch actions.
330 * The Diff Editor and various Diff widgets now have a "Copy Diff" action with an
331 `Alt + Shift + C` hotkey that copies the selected diff text to the clipboard with the
332 `+`, `-` and `<Space>` diff prefix characters removed.
333 (`#1288 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1288>`_)
335 * The "Revert" action for reverting commits from the DAG tool now displays error
336 messages when ``git revert`` fails.
337 (`#885 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/885>`_)
339 * The Diff Editor now uses an easier-to-see *block cursor* by default.
340 Disable `cola.blockcursor <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#cola-blockcursor>`_
341 to continue using original *line cursor* by running
342 ``git config --global cola.blockcursor false``, or by editing the settings in the menu.
344 * The "Unmerged" header item in the Status tool now displays a summary list of unmerged files.
346 * The hotkeys documentation has been updated to clarify that the "Copy Commit ID"
347 action is available in several tools.
348 (`#779 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/779>`_)
350 * Saving files when using "Browse Other Branch" now displays errors from
351 ``git show`` when saving files from arbitrary commits.
352 (`#1065 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1065>`_)
354 * The Apply Patches dialog now reports errors when patches fail to apply.
355 (`#673 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/673>`_)
357 * The "Status" tool now disables "Copy" actions in its context menu when no
358 files have been selected.
359 (`#697 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/697>`_)
361 * The "Unstage" menu item in the Status tool now uses a "Remove" icon.
362 (`#1289 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1289>`_)
366 * The vendored `qtpy` module was modified to sever its dependency on the
367 `packaging.version` module. This mostly affects users that want to run
368 Git Cola directly from the the source tree outside of any virtualenv.
369 (`#1286 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1286>`_)
377 Usability, bells and whistles
378 -----------------------------
379 * The rebase editor was taught to handle stacked branch workflows enabled by
380 ``git rebase --update-refs``. The ``git cola rebase`` sub-command now has
381 an ``--update-refs`` option and the menu actions display a prompt that allows
382 you to enable the updating of stacked branches.
383 (`#1261 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1261>`_)
384 (`#571 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/571>`_)
386 * The status widget now respects `diff.ignoreSubmodules`.
387 (`#1269 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1269>`_)
389 Packaging and Dependencies
390 --------------------------
391 * PyQt6 is now officially supported.
392 (`#1211 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1211>`_)
393 (`#1273 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1273>`_)
395 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v2.3.0`.
399 * Fixes and updates to Git Cola's CI actions.
400 (`#1278 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1278>`_)
401 (`#1277 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1277>`_)
411 * The "T" hotkey for "Find Files" was removed to avoid issues in some configurations.
412 (`#1270 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1270>`_)
414 * Some context menus entries were erroring out on binary files.
415 (`#1271 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1271>`_)
423 Usability, bells and whistles
424 -----------------------------
425 * The branches widget no longer loses its selection state in response to
426 notifications and UI actions.
427 (`#1221 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1221>`_)
429 * The use of ``gravatar.com`` to fetch icons associated with author emails
430 can now be disabled by setting `git config --global cola.gravatar false`.
431 (`#933 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/933>`_)
435 * The config reader has been revamped to better read settings when git config
436 files are located in unexpected locations.
437 (`#927 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/927>`_)
438 (`#1264 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1264>`_)
440 * The preferences dialog no longer throws an error when the editor has not
442 (`#1263 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1263>`_)
444 * Context menu actions for staging files has been added when diffing images.
445 (`#1265 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1265>`_)
447 * The stash editor now properly displays stashes with slashes ("/") in
448 their names or messsages.
449 (`#1267 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1267>`_)
451 * The settings file is now written-to and read-from in a robust manner to avoid data
452 loss when doing an ACPI shutdown or forced shutdown of a machine.
453 (`#1241 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1241>`_)
455 * Git Cola now displays an error message when attempting to open a repository that
456 cannot be accessed due to the new `safe.directory` protections in Git v2.30.3.
457 (`#1243 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1243>`_)
461 * The .po and .pot files now contain location information.
462 (`#880 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/880>`_)
470 Usability, bells and whistles
471 -----------------------------
472 * The Rebase editor (`git-cola-sequence-editor`) now supports multi-select.
473 Use `Shift-{Up,Down}` to select multiple lines and the keyboard hotkeys
474 listed in the `?` dialog to drive the UI.
475 (`#1257 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1257>`_)
477 * The `$GIT_VISUAL` and `$VISUAL` environment variable are now consulted in addition
478 to `$GIT_EDITOR` and `$EDITOR` when the `gui.editor` configuration is unset.
479 (`#1237 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1237>`_)
481 * The application window icon is now enabled when running on Wayland.
482 (`#1240 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1240>`_)
484 * The Status widget now has an "Open Worktree" action.
485 (`#1245 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1245>`_)
487 * The "Open Using Default Application", "Open Directory",
488 "Open Parent Directory" and "Open Worktree" actions are now available on Windows.
490 * The dialog for opening repositories is now a read-only dialog that omits the
491 ability to create folders and modify the filesystem.
492 (`#1168 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1168>`_)
494 * A few more `git` calls have been eliminated from the startup sequence.
495 This further improved the startup time for Git Cola.
496 (`#1259 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1259>`_)
500 * Documentation rendering errors have been fixed.
501 (`#1256 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1256>`_)
503 * Use of a `~/.config/git-cola/language` file to override the language has been fixed.
504 (`#1246 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1246>`_)
506 * We no longer write the `cola.spellcheck` configuration value on launch.
507 (`#1238 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1238>`_)
511 * Updated Spanish translation.
512 (`#1244 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1244>`_)
514 * Updated Japanese translation.
515 (`#1249 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1249>`_)
519 * Building documentation offline is supported again.
520 (`#1250 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1250>`_)
522 * The Appstream Metadata files were missing in the v4.0.0 release are included again.
523 (`#1254 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1254>`_)
524 (`#1253 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1253>`_)
532 Usability, bells and whistles
533 -----------------------------
534 * Double-clicking dock widgets no longer creates sub-windows when the layout is locked.
535 (`#1176 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1176>`_)
536 (`#1198 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1198>`_)
540 * We now guard against `locale.getdefaultlocale()` returning `None` in some
541 configurations, notably on macOS if none of 'LC_ALL', 'LC_CTYPE', 'LANG' or 'LANGUAGE'
543 (`#1234 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1234>`_)
545 * The preferences dialog has been fixed to properly handle booleans.
546 (`#1235 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1235>`_)
548 * The `docs/` directory was restructured to avoid missing `setup.py` errors.
549 `share/doc/git-cola` is now a symlink pointing to `docs/`.
550 (`#1230 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1230>`_)
552 * Message boxes could sometimes display off-screen or using geometry that is larger
553 than the current desktop. Message box sizes are now clamped to the desktop size.
554 (`#1228 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1228>`_)
564 These changes are primarily breaking changes for packagers of Git Cola.
565 For example, Linux distribution and Homebrew package maintainers may need to
566 be aware of these changes.
568 Changes have been made build infrastructure and the resulting filesystem artifacts.
570 * The build system is now Python3-only and has been modernized for PEP-517/518.
571 While Git Cola still builds and runs under Python2, it is no longer officially
572 supported and may stop working in a future release without notice.
573 (`#1201 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1201>`_)
575 * The `#!/usr/bin/env python` shebang lines in the `git-cola` and `git-dag` wrapper
576 scripts have been updated to use `python3`.
577 (`#1204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1204>`_)
579 * The build system was switched to `setuptools` and no longer depends on `distutils`.
580 ``python setup.py {build,install,build_pot,build_mo}`` are no longer provided.
581 Use the https://pypa-build.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation.html
582 ``python -m build`` tool to generate sdist and wheel distributions,
583 and ``pip install .`` to install Git Cola from source.
584 (`#1204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1204>`_)
586 * The `git-cola`, `git-dag` and `git-cola-sequence-editor` commands are now installed
587 using setuptools entry points.
589 * The `bin/` wrapper scripts in the source tree continue to be provided for convenience
590 but they are not the scripts that get installed.
592 * The `qtpy` Python package is no longer installed alongside the `cola` Python package.
594 * The `cola` package is now installed into the standard Python site-packages location.
596 * The `share/git-cola/lib` private Python modules directory no longer exists.
598 * The `NO_VENDOR_LIBS` and `NO_PRIVATE_LIBS` Makefile options are no longer necessary.
600 * The `share/git-cola` filesystem namespace no longer exists. All of cola's package data
601 is distributed alongside the `cola` module as package data.
603 * Building the Sphinx documentation now also requires the `jaraco.packaging` and
604 `rst.linker` packages. See `requirements/requirements-dev.txt` for the package
607 Usability, bells and whistles
608 -----------------------------
610 <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#custom-themes>`_
611 can be used by adding `*.qss` Qt stylesheet files to `~/.config/git-cola/themes/`.
612 (`#1222 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1222>`_)
613 (`#1226 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1226>`_)
615 * Git Cola now keeps track of child Browser windows and will close all of them when
616 the main window is closed.
617 (`#1200 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1200>`_)
621 * Staging conflicted binary files has been fixed to avoid Unicode decoding errors.
622 (`#1189 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1189>`_)
624 * Ensure that secure permissions are used when creating temporary files.
625 (`#1209 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1209>`_)
627 * The line numbering in the diff viewer was corrected when displaying merge diffs.
628 (`#1208 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1208>`_)
630 * Documentation typofixes.
631 (`#1193 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1193>`_)
633 * Git Cola was revamped to use Qt signals and slots for all of its notifications.
634 This made its notification system more robust.
635 (`#1202 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1202>`_)
636 (`#1203 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1203>`_)
637 (`#1205 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1205>`_)
638 (`#1206 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1206>`_)
642 * `vcruntime140.dll` and `msvcp140.dll` are now included in the Windows installation.
643 (`#1207 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1207>`_)
651 Usability, bells and whistles
652 -----------------------------
653 * The git config guitool action can now be grouped under user-defined menus.
654 This is done by using slash (``/``) delimiters in the action name.
655 Entries before the final slash are treated like submenus inside the
656 top-level ``Actions`` menu.
657 (`#1150 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1150>`_)
659 * Toolbars now have a full set of icons. The icons follow the system theme
660 and can be configured to display text, just icons, or text and icons.
661 (`#1177 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1177>`_)
663 * The startup dialog will now open the selected repository when the "enter"
665 (`#1162 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1162>`_)
667 * ``Shift+S`` will stage selected lines (in addition to ``s``).
668 (`#1187 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1187>`_)
672 * The vendored qtpy library was patched to retain Python2 compatibility.
674 * The "Unstage" toolbar action was fixed.
675 (`#1178 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1178>`_)
677 * We now avoid `setWidth(float)` for compatibility with newer Qt versions.
678 (`#1183 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1183>`_)
680 * Documentation typofixes.
681 (`#1185 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1185>`_)
685 * Updated Polish translation.
686 (`#1184 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1184>`_)
690 * Git Cola now uses Github Actions for running its continuous integration tests.
691 (`#1179 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1179>`_)
699 Usability, bells and whistles
700 -----------------------------
701 * The Status tool was improved to better retain selected files when
702 the state changes and the display is refreshed.
703 (`#1130 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1130>`_)
704 (`#1131 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1131>`_)
706 * The Diff editor can now stage selected lines for untracked files.
707 Git Cola will detect when a file is untracked and will allow you to
708 partially stage it, just like existing tracked files.
709 (`#1146 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1146>`_)
710 (`#1084 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1084>`_)
712 * Diffing of staged files has been implemented for repositories that contain
714 (`#1149 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1149>`_)
715 (`#1110 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1110>`_)
717 * Documentation improvements and typofixes.
718 (`#1163 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1163>`_)
719 (`#1164 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1164>`_)
723 * The `FIPS security mode
724 <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/FIPS_Mode_-_an_explanation>`_
725 is now supported by Git Cola when running on FIPS-enabled Python
726 (Python 3.9+ or centos8/rhel8's patched Python 3.6).
727 (`#1157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1157>`_)
731 * The `argparse` usage was adjusted to remain compatible with older Pythons.
732 (`#1155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1155>`_)
734 * The window restoration logic was fixed to properly save/restore settings
735 when different languages are used.
736 (`#1071 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1071>`_)
737 (`#1161 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1161>`_)
738 (`#382 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/382>`_)
740 * `git dag` no longer passes floats to `QPen::setWidth()` for better compatibility.
741 (`bz #2014950 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2014950>`_)
745 * The Windows installer was slimmed down by removing unused Qt DLLs.
746 (`#1152 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1152>`_)
756 * Patch release to fix a typo in the Interactive Rebase feature.
763 Usability, bells and whistles
764 -----------------------------
765 * The git config reader now supports the `include.path` directive
766 for including config files.
767 (`#1136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1136>`_)
768 (`#1137 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1137>`_)
770 * The dialog for selecting commits now support filtering.
771 (`#1121 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1121>`_)
773 * The diff editor now wraps long lines by default. The diff options
774 menu can be used to enable/disable line wrapping.
775 (`#1123 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1123>`_)
777 * Git Cola now honors `core.hooksPath` for configuring custom Git hooks,
778 which was introduced in Git v2.9.
779 (`#1118 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1118>`_)
781 * A new `Ctrl + Shift + S` hotkey was added for staging/unstaging all
782 files, both modified and untracked.
784 * The `Status` tool now supports `Ctrl + A` for selecting all files and
785 it behaves more predictably when performing operations when multiple
786 categories of files are selected (eg. when both modified and untracked
787 header items are selected).
788 (`#1117 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1117>`_)
792 * Updated Hungarian translation.
793 (`#1135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1135>`_)
797 * The "Interactive Rebase" feature was updated to work with Windows.
799 * `make install-man` was updated to support Sphinx 4.0.
800 (`#1141 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1141>`_)
802 * `git cola --help-commands` was updated for newer versions of argparse.
803 (`#1133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1133>`_)
807 * Git Cola can now be started as a Python module.
808 (`#1119 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1119>`_)
816 Usability, bells and whistles
817 -----------------------------
818 * The startup dialog now detects when Recent and Favorite repositories no
819 longer exist on disk, and offers to remove these entries when selected.
820 (`#1089 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1089>`_)
822 * The startup dialog now includes a simpler and more condensed folder view
823 that can be used for selecting Favorites and Recent repositories.
824 (`#1086 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1086>`_)
826 * The "Commit" menu now includes an "Undo Last Commit" action.
827 (`#890 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/890>`_)
829 * The "Reset" menu was revamped to expose all of Git's reset modes alongside a
830 new "Restore Worktree" action that updates the worktree using "git read-tree".
831 (`#890 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/890>`_)
835 * Updated Polish translation.
836 (`#1107 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1107>`_)
838 * Updated Japanese translation.
839 (`#1098 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1098>`_)
841 * Updated Brazilian translation.
842 (`#1091 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1091>`_)
846 * The ``--use-env-python`` option for ``setup.py`` is now Python3 compatible.
847 (`#1102 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1102>`_)
855 Usability, bells and whistles
856 -----------------------------
857 * The submodules widget can now be used to add submodules.
858 Submodules are now updated recursively.
859 (`#534 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/534>`_)
861 * The image diff viewer can now be toggled between text and image modes.
862 This is helpful when, for example, diffing .svg files where it can be useful
863 to see diffs in both an image and text representation.
864 (`#859 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/859>`_)
865 (`#1035 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1035>`_)
867 * The default `ssh-askpass` username + password dialog included with Git Cola
868 can now toggle between showing and masking the password input field.
869 (`#1069 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1069>`_)
873 * Updated Polish translation.
874 (`#1076 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1076>`_)
876 * Updated Hungarian translation.
877 (`#1067 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1067>`_)
881 * The `share/appdata` AppStream data was renamed to `share/metainfo`
882 in accordance with `AppStream standard changes from 2016
883 <https://github.com/ximion/appstream/blob/master/NEWS#L1363>`_.
884 (`#1079 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1079>`_)
886 * The ``cola`` modules are now installed into the Python ``site-packages``
887 directory by default. This allows distributions to package ``git-cola`` for
888 multiple versions of Python. See the PACKAGING NOTES section in the README
889 for details about suppressing the installation of the private
890 ``share/git-cola/lib/cola`` modules when building cola.
891 (`#181 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/181>`_)
893 * Git Cola's rebase / sequence editor, formerly known as ``git-xbase`` and
894 installed as ``share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase``, has been renamed to
895 ``git-cola-sequence-editor`` and is now installed into the default
896 ``bin/git-cola-sequence-editor`` executable location to enable external
897 reuse of this general-purpose tool.
899 * A workaround used by the pynsist installer preamble script was obsoleted by
900 `takluyver/pynsist#149 <https://github.com/takluyver/pynsist/pull/149>`_
901 and has now been removed.
902 (`#1073 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1073>`_)
906 * `git dag` now uses integer widths when initializing its brushes.
907 (`#1080 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1080>`_)
915 Usability, bells and whistles
916 -----------------------------
917 * The ``git-xbase`` rebase editor now includes a file list for filtering
918 the changes displayed in the diff view.
919 (`#1051 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1051>`_)
921 * The fallback `ssh-askpass` script, which provides the Username/Password
922 login dialog when performing remote operations, previously presented both
923 the username and password input fields with ``***`` asterisks.
924 The dialog now uses asterisks for the password field only.
925 (`#1026 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1026>`_)
927 * Stashes can now be applied using the `Ctrl + Enter` hotkey, popped with the
928 `Ctrl + Backspace` hotkey, and dropped with the `Ctrl + Shift + Backspace`
929 hotkey when inside the stash dialog. This enables a keyboard-centric
930 mouse-free workflow when using the stash dialog.
932 * When amending a commit, `git cola` will check whether the commit has been
933 published to a remote branch using ``git branch -r --contains HEAD``.
934 This command can be slow when operating on a repository with many
935 remote branches. The new `cola.checkpublishedcommits` configuration
936 variable allows you to opt-out of this check, which improves performance
937 when amending a commit. The settings widget exposes this variable as,
938 "Check Published Commits when Amending".
939 (`#1021 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1021>`_)
940 (`#1027 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1027>`_)
944 * Updated Polish translation.
945 (`#1033 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1033>`_)
949 * ``git-dag.appdata.xml`` was updated to allow network access for author icons.
950 (`#1050 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1050>`_)
952 * The inotify filesystem monitor now handles
953 `OSError: [Errno 24] Too many open files` errors by disabling inotify.
954 (`#1015 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1015>`_)
956 * Typos in various documentation files have been fixed.
957 (`#1025 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1025>`_)
959 * The "Recent Repositories" limit was off by one, and now correctly
960 remembers the configured number of repositories in the menu.
961 (`#1024 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1024>`_)
963 * The "revert" action in the DAG and other tools now uses
964 ``git revert --no-edit``, which avoids launching an editor
965 when reverting the commit. Use `Ctrl+m` in the commit message
966 editor after reverting a commit to rewrite its commit message.
967 (`#1020 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1020>`_)
975 Usability, bells and whistles
976 -----------------------------
977 * The remote editor is much faster since it no longer queries
978 remotes, and uses the cached information instead.
979 (`#986 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/986>`_)
981 * Commit message templates can now be loaded automatically by setting
982 ``git config cola.autoloadcommittemplate true``.
983 (`#1013 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1013>`_)
984 (`#735 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/735>`_)
986 * The UI layout can now be reset back to its initial state by selecting
987 the "Reset Layout" action. This reverts the layout to the same state
988 as when the app first launched.
989 (`#1008 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1008>`_)
990 (`#994 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/994>`_)
992 * Files can now be ignored in either the project's `.gitignore`, or in the
993 repository's private local `.git/info/exclude` ignore file.
994 (`#1006 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1006>`_)
995 (`#1000 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1000>`_)
997 * New remotes are now selected when they are added in the "Edit Remotes" tool.
998 (`#1002 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1002>`_)
1000 * The "Recent" repositories list is now saved to disk when opening a
1001 repository. Previously, this list was only updated when exiting the app.
1002 (`#1001 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1001>`_)
1004 * The bookmarks tool now has a "Delete" option in its right-click menu.
1005 (`#999 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/999>`_)
1007 * The current repository is no longer listed in the "File/Open Recent" menu.
1008 (`#998 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/998>`_)
1012 * Updated Hungarian translation.
1013 (`#1005 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1005>`_)
1014 (`#1018 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1018>`_)
1016 * Updated Turkish translation.
1017 (`#1003 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1003>`_)
1018 (`#1011 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1011>`_)
1022 * Better support for Python 3.8's line buffering modes.
1023 (`#1014 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1014>`_)
1025 * The default `ssh-askpass` script now uses a more generic `#!` shebang line.
1026 (`#1012 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1012>`_)
1028 * Fetch, push, and pull operations will now refresh the model and display when
1029 operations complete.
1030 (`#996 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/996>`_)
1032 * The branches widget now refreshes its display when changing branches.
1033 (`#992 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/992>`_)
1037 * The `share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase` script will now have its `#!` lines
1038 updated during installation.
1039 (`#991 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/991>`_)
1043 * The unit tests were made more platform-independent.
1044 (`#993 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/993>`_)
1052 Usability, bells and whistles
1053 -----------------------------
1054 * Auto-completion for filenames can now be disabled. This speeds up
1055 revision completion when working in large repositories with many files.
1056 (`#981 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/981>`_)
1058 * The Stash dialog now shows the stash date as a tooltip when hovering
1059 over a stashed change.
1060 (`#982 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/982>`_)
1062 * Qt HiDPI settings are overridden by the `git cola` HiDPI appearance settings.
1063 These overrides can now be disabled by selecting the "Disable" mode.
1064 This allows users to control Qt's HiDPI settings through environment
1065 variables. Additionally, the "Auto" mode now detects the presence of
1066 the Qt HiDPI variables and no longer overrides them when the user has
1067 configured their environment explicitly.
1068 (`#963 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/963>`_)
1070 * Confirmation dialogs can now focus buttons using the Tab key.
1071 Previously, the "Y" and "N" keys could be used to confirm or deny
1072 using the keyboard, but "Tab" is more familiar.
1073 (`#965 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/965>`_)
1075 * Error dialogs (for example, when a commit hook fails) will now always
1076 show the details. The details were previously hidden behind a toggle.
1077 (`#968 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/968>`_)
1081 * Updated Japanese translation.
1082 (`#973 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/973>`_)
1083 (`#974 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/974>`_)
1085 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
1086 (`#950 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/950>`_)
1090 * The filesystem monitor no longer logs that it has been enabled after the
1091 inotify watch limit is reached on Linux.
1092 (`#984 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/984>`_)
1094 * Better unicode robustness.
1095 (`#990 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/990>`_)
1096 (`#910 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/991>`_)
1098 * The "Branches" widget did not always update itself when deleting branches
1099 (for example, when inotify is disabled or unavailable).
1100 (`#978 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/978>`_)
1102 * Non-ascii unicode byte strings are more robustly handled by the log widget.
1103 (`#977 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/977>`_)
1105 * Non-unicode results from the `gettext` library are more robustly handled.
1106 (`#969 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/969>`_)
1108 * Launching `git cola` from within a directory that has since been deleted
1109 would previously result in a traceback, and is now robustly handled.
1110 (`#961 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/961>`_)
1114 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.9`.
1122 Usability, bells and whistles
1123 -----------------------------
1124 * The file browser now includes "Blame" in its context menu.
1125 (`#953 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/953>`_)
1127 * The "Push" action now uses "git push --force-with-lease" when using
1128 the "Force" option with Git v1.8.5 and newer.
1129 (`#946 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/946>`_)
1131 * Updated German translation.
1132 (`#936 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/936>`_)
1134 * The `Status` widget learned to optionally display file counts in its
1135 category headers, and indent the files displayed in each category.
1136 (`#931 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/931>`_)
1138 * The `Branches` widget can now sort branches by their most recent commit.
1139 (`#930 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/930>`_)
1141 * `git cola` now includes configurable GUI themes that can be used to style
1142 the user interface. Enable the new themes by configuring `cola.theme`
1143 in the preferences window. See the
1144 `cola.theme documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#cola-theme>`_
1145 for more details. (`#924 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/924>`_)
1147 * `git cola` now has built-in support for HiDPI displays by enabling
1148 Qt's 5.6's `QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR` feature.
1149 (`#938 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/938>`_)
1151 * `git cola` now uses HiDPI pixmaps when rendering icons, and the builtin
1152 icons have been updated to look sharp when displayed in HiDPI.
1153 (`#932 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/932>`_)
1157 * `git cola`'s "Revert Unstaged Edits" previously checked out from "HEAD^",
1158 when in "Amend" mode, and removing staged changes. This behavior has been
1159 changed to always checkout from the index, which avoids data loss.
1160 (`#947 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/947>`_)
1162 * `git cola` has been updated to work with newer versions of `gnome-terminal`
1163 and no longer shell-quotes its arguments when launching `gnome-terminal`.
1164 The `cola.terminalshellquote` configuration variable can be set to `true` to
1165 get the old behavior, or to handle other terminals that take the command to run
1166 as a single string instead of as arguments to `execv()`.
1167 (`#935 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/935>`_)
1169 * `git dag` now properly handles arbitrary input on Python3.
1170 Previously, an exception would be raised when entering `--grep=xxx` where
1171 `xxx` is a quoted string with a missing end-quote.
1172 (`#941 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/941>`_)
1176 * The contribution guidelines for contributors has been updated to mention
1177 how to regenerate the `*.mo` message files.
1178 (`#934 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/934>`_)
1186 Usability, bells and whistles
1187 -----------------------------
1188 * `git dag` improved how it renders parent commits.
1189 (`#921 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/921>`_)
1191 * The `Branches` widget now checks out branches when double-clicked.
1192 (`#920 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/920>`_)
1194 * The new `Submodules` widget makes it easy to interact with submodules.
1195 Additionally, submodules can now be updated using the `Status` widget.
1196 (`#916 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/916>`_)
1198 * Updated Japanese translation.
1199 (`#914 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/914>`_)
1201 * The "Open Terminal" action now launches a Git Bash shell on Windows.
1202 (`#913 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/913>`_)
1204 * New menu actions for updating all submodules.
1205 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
1207 * The status widget can now update submodules.
1208 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
1210 * The "Apply Patch" `git cola am` dialog now includes a diff viewer
1211 to display the contents of the selected patch.
1213 * The "Alt+D" diffstat hotkey now selects the staged/modified/etc.
1214 header in the Status widget, which shows the totality of everything
1215 that will be committed.
1216 (`#771 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/771>`_)
1218 * Running "Launch Editor" from the diff editor now opens the editor at the
1220 (`#898 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/898>`_)
1222 * The textwidth and tabwidth configuration values can now be set
1223 per-repository, rather than globally only.
1225 * Text entry widgets switched to using a block cursor in `v3.2`.
1226 This has been reverted to the original line cursor for consistency
1227 with other applications and user expectations.
1228 (`#889 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/889>`_)
1230 * The "edit at line" feature, used by the "Grep" tool, now supports
1231 the Sublime text editor.
1232 (`#894 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/894>`_)
1236 * Launching external programs has been improved on Windows.
1237 (`#925 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/925>`_)
1239 * Improve compatibility when using PySide2.
1240 (`#912 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/912>`_)
1242 * The Diff Editor was not honoring the configured tab width on startup.
1243 (`#900 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/900>`_)
1245 * The "Delete Files" feature was creating an unreadable display when
1246 many files were selected. Word-wrap the list of files so that the
1247 display stays within a sensible size.
1248 (`#895 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/895>`_)
1250 * Spelling and grammar fixes.
1251 (`#915 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/915>`_)
1252 (`#891 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/891>`_)
1256 * The logo was run through `tidy` to give it a consistent style.
1257 Some technical issues with the logo were improved.
1258 (`#877 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/877>`_)
1260 * The entire codebase is now checked by `flake8`, rather than just
1261 the module and test directories. This catches things like
1262 the pynsist installer scripts.
1263 (`#884 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/884>`_)
1264 (`#882 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/882>`_)
1265 (`#879 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/879>`_)
1269 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.6`.
1271 * The Windows installer's wrapper scripts were missing an import.
1272 (`#878 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/878>`_)
1280 Usability, bells and whistles
1281 -----------------------------
1282 * The `git cola dag` DAG window now supports `git revert`.
1283 (`#843 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/843>`_)
1285 * `git stash pop` is now supported by the stash dialog.
1286 (`#844 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/844>`_)
1288 * The status widget now ensures that each item is visible when selection
1289 changes. Previously, if you scrolled to the right to see the name of
1290 a long filename, and then selected a short filename above it, the widget
1291 may not have shown the short filename in the viewport. We now ensure
1292 that the filenames are visible when the selection changes.
1293 (`#828 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/828>`_)
1295 * The `git xbase` rebase editor no longer displays an error when
1296 cancelling an interactive rebase.
1297 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
1299 * The dialog shown when renaming remotes has been simplified.
1300 (`#840 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/840>`_)
1301 (`#838 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/838>`_)
1303 * The help dialog in the `git-xbase` Rebase editor is now scrollable.
1304 (`#855 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/855>`_)
1308 * Updated Brazilian translation.
1309 (`#845 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/845>`_)
1311 * Updated Czech translation.
1312 (`#854 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/854>`_)
1313 (`#853 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/853>`_)
1314 (`#835 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/835>`_)
1315 (`#813 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/813>`_)
1317 * Update Spanish translation.
1318 (`#862 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/862>`_)
1319 (`#867 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/867>`_)
1323 * The original `#!/usr/bin/env python` shebang lines can now be
1324 retained by passing `USE_ENV_PYTHON=1` to `make` when installing.
1325 (`#850 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/850>`_)
1327 * The Makefile is now resilient to DESTDIR and prefix containing whitespace.
1328 (`#858 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/858>`_)
1330 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.4.2`.
1332 * `python3-distutils` is needed to build cola on Debian.
1333 (`#837 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/837>`_)
1337 * The "C" key no longer closes the message dialogs, for example the
1338 one that is shown when a commit fails its pre-commit hooks.
1339 This allows "Ctrl+C" copy to work, rather than closing the dialog.
1340 (`#734 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/734>`_)
1342 * Dock widgets sizes are now properly saved and restored when the main
1343 window is maximized.
1344 (`#848 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/848>`_)
1346 * The spellcheck feature was broken under Python3.
1347 (`#857 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/857>`_)
1349 * A regression when saving stashes was fixed.
1350 (`#847 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/847>`_)
1352 * Diffing image files was not updating the available context menus,
1353 which prevented the "Stage" action from being present in the menu.
1354 (`#841 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/841>`_)
1356 * `git cola` now detects when `git lfs uninstall` has been run. This allows
1357 you to re-initialize "Git LFS" in an existing repository where it had been
1358 previously uninstalled.
1359 (`#842 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/842>`_)
1361 * Custom color values that did not contain any hexadecimal digits in the
1362 `a-f` range were being converted into integers by the config reader. This
1363 then caused the configured colors to be ignored.
1365 These color values are now interpreted correctly. Additionally, color
1366 values can now use an optional HTML-like `#` prefix.
1368 Example `.gitconfig` snippet::
1373 (`#836 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/836>`_)
1374 (`#849 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/849>`_)
1376 * We now display an error message graphically when `Git` is not installed.
1377 Previously, the message went to stderr only.
1378 (`#830 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/830>`_)
1380 * Changing diff options was causing resulting in an exception.
1381 (`#833 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/833>`_)
1382 (`#834 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/834>`_)
1384 * The DAG window now updates itself when branches and tags are created.
1385 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
1387 * The user's `$PATH` environment variable can now contain utf-8
1388 encoded paths. Previously, launching external commands could
1390 (`#807 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/807>`_)
1392 * Git Cola development sandboxes can now be stored on utf-8 encoded
1393 filesystem paths. Previously, the interactive rebase feature
1394 could be broken when running in that environment.
1395 (`#825 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/825>`_)
1397 * The log window now uses an ISO-8601 timestamp, which
1398 avoids localized output in the log window.
1399 (`#817 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/817>`_)
1403 * The code base has been thoroughly sanitized using `pylint`, and
1404 travis is now running pylint over the entire project.
1406 * Miscellaneous improvements and code improvements.
1407 (`#874 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/874>`_)
1415 Usability, bells and whistles
1416 -----------------------------
1417 * The "Browser" widget learned to rename files using "git mv".
1418 (`#239 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/239>`_)
1420 * The "Diff" widget learned to diff images. Side-by-side and pixel diff
1421 modes allow you to inspect changes to common images formats.
1422 (`#444 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/444>`_)
1423 (`#803 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/803>`_)
1425 * Git LFS and Git Annex are natively supported by the image diff viewer.
1427 * Git Annex operations are now included. `git annex init` can be performed on
1428 repositories, and `git annex add` can be run on untracked files from the
1429 status widget. Install `git-annex` to activate this feature.
1431 * Git LFS operations are now included. `git lfs install` can be performed on
1432 repositories, and `git lfs track` can be run on untracked files from the
1433 status widget. Install `git-lfs` to activate this feature.
1435 * The "Stash" tool learned to stash staged changes only. Select the
1436 "Stage Index" option and only staged changes will be stashed away.
1437 (`#413 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/413>`_)
1439 * The "Stash" tool learned to use vim-like navigation keyboard shortcuts,
1440 shows error messages when things go wrong, and now saves the "Stash Index"
1441 and "Keep Index" options across sessions.
1443 * The Edit menu's "Copy" and "Select All" actions now forward to either the
1444 diff, status, recent, or favorites widgets, based on which widget has focus.
1446 * The "File" and "Edit" menu can now be activated using `Alt + {F,E}` hotkeys.
1447 (`#759 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/759>`_)
1449 * It was easy to accidentally trigger the first action in the `Status` tool's
1450 context menu when using a quick right-click to bring up the menu.
1451 A short sub-second delay was added to ensure that the top-most action is not
1452 triggered unless enough time has passed. This prevents accidental
1453 activation of the first item (typically "Stage" or "Unstage") without
1454 burdening common use cases.
1455 (`#755 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/755>`_)
1456 (`#643 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/643>`_)
1458 * The "Ctrl+S" hotkey now works for the header items in the Status tool.
1459 Selected the "Modified" header item and activating the "Stage" hotkey,
1460 for example, will stage all modified files. This works for the "Staged",
1461 "Modified", and "Untracked" headers. This is not enabled for the
1462 "Unmerged" header by design.
1463 (`#772 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/772>`_)
1465 * The list of "Recent" repositories previously capped the number of
1466 repositories shown to 8 repositories. This can be set to a higher
1467 value by setting the `cola.maxrecent` configuration variable.
1468 (`#752 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/752>`_)
1470 * The "Create Branch" dialog now prevents invalid branch names.
1471 (`#765 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/765>`_)
1473 * Updated Turkish translation.
1474 (`#756 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/756>`_)
1476 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
1477 (`#753 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/753>`_)
1479 * Updated German translation.
1480 (`#802 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/802>`_)
1482 * Updated Czech translation
1483 (`#792 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/792>`_)
1484 (`#806 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/806>`_)
1486 * The window title can be configured to not display the absolute path of the
1488 (`#775 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/775>`_)
1490 * The "Edit Remotes" editor learned to edit remote URLS.
1492 * Bare repositories can now be created by selecting the
1493 "New Bare Repository..." action from the `File` menu.
1495 * The "Branches" widget learned to configure upstream branches.
1497 * A new `git cola clone` sub-command was added for cloning repositories.
1501 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.3.1`.
1503 * The macOS installation was made simpler for better compatibility with
1505 (`#636 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/636>`_)
1507 * The Windows installer is now much simpler. Git Cola now bundles
1508 Python and PyQt5, so users need only install the "Git for Windows"
1509 and "Git Cola" installers to get things working.
1513 * Uninitialized difftool errors will now be displayed graphically.
1514 They were previously going to the shell.
1515 (`#457 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/457>`_)
1517 * Translations marked "fuzzy" will no longer be used when translating strings.
1518 (`#782 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/782>`_)
1520 * Deleted unmerged files will now correctly use a deleted icon.
1521 (`#479 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/479>`_)
1523 * The `Ctrl+C` "Copy" hotkey on the diff viewer has been fixed.
1524 (`#767 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/767>`_)
1526 * The "Create Tag" dialog did not correctly handle the case when a signed
1527 tag is requested, but no message is provided, and the user chooses to
1528 create an unannotated tag instead. This convenience fallback will now
1529 properly create an unsigned, unannotated tag.
1530 (`#696 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/696>`_)
1532 * `.gitconfig` and `.git/config` values editable by the Preferences dialog
1533 (aka `git cola config`) will now get unset when set to an empty value.
1534 For example, setting a different `user.email` in the current repository,
1535 followed by a subsequent emptying of that field, would previously result in
1536 an empty string getting stored in the config. This has been fixed so that
1537 the value will now get unset in the config instead.
1538 (`#406 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/406>`_)
1540 * Spelling and typofixes.
1541 (`#748 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/748>`_)
1543 * `core.commentChar` is now honored when set in the local repository
1545 (`#766 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/766>`_)
1547 * The log window was using a format string that did not display
1548 correctly in all locales. A locale-aware format is now used.
1549 (`#800 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/800>`_)
1551 * The dialog displayed when prompting for a reference could sometimes
1553 (`#804 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/804>`_)
1561 Usability, bells and whistles
1562 -----------------------------
1563 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
1564 (`#726 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/726>`_)
1566 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
1567 (`#723 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/723>`_)
1569 * New Czech translation.
1570 (`#736 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/736>`_)
1571 (`#737 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/737>`_)
1572 (`#740 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/740>`_)
1573 (`#743 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/743>`_)
1575 * The "name" field in the "Create Tag" dialog now includes autocompletion,
1576 which makes it easy to see which tags currently exist.
1578 * `git cola` now has configurable toolbars. Use the `View -> Add toolbar`
1579 menu item to add a toolbar.
1581 * Setting `cola.expandtab` to `true` will now expand tabs into spaces
1582 in the commit message editor. The number of spaces to insert is determined
1583 by consulting `cola.tabwidth`, which defaults to `8`.
1585 * The "Copy SHA-1" hotkey is now `Alt + Ctrl + C`, to avoid clobbering the
1586 ability to copy text from the DAG window.
1587 (`#705 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/705>`_)
1589 * The "Prepare Commit Message" action can now be invoked via the
1590 `Ctrl+Shift+Return` shortcut.
1591 (`#707 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/707>`_)
1593 * The `Branches` pane now has a filter field that highlights branches whose
1594 names match the string entered into its text field.
1595 (`#713 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/713>`_)
1597 * Actions that are triggered in response to button presses were being
1598 triggered when the button was pressed, rather than when it was released,
1599 which was a usability flaw. All buttons now respond when clicked
1600 rather than when pressed.
1601 (`#715 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/715>`_)
1603 * The DAG window will now only refresh when object IDs change.
1604 Previously, the DAG would redraw itself in response to inotify events,
1605 such as filesystem operations, which was disruptive when inspecting a large
1606 diff in its diff viewer. The DAG will now only redraw when the object IDs
1607 corresponding to its query input changes. Furthermore, when redrawing, the
1608 scrollbar positions are retained to minimize disruption to the viewport
1610 (`#620 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/620>`_)
1611 (`#724 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/724>`_)
1613 * The "About" dialog now includes the SHA-1 where Git Cola was built.
1614 (`#530 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/530>`_)
1616 * The "Status" widget now has "Copy Leading Path to Clipboard" and
1617 "Copy Basename to Clipboard" actions.
1618 (`#435 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/435>`_)
1619 (`#436 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/436>`_)
1621 * The "Status" widget now supports custom "Copy ... to Clipboard" actions.
1622 (`#437 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/437>`_)
1624 * The main menu now has an "Edit" menu.
1625 (`#725 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/725>`_)
1627 * `git dag` learned to checkout commits into a detached HEAD state.
1628 (`#698 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/698>`_)
1630 * The `status` widget's context menus now omit actions selection-dependent
1631 actions when no file is selected.
1632 (`#731 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/731>`_)
1634 * The startup dialog now focuses the repository list so that repositories
1635 can be selected with the keyboard without mouse intervention.
1636 (`#741 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/741>`_)
1640 * `git dag` now prevents nodes from overlapping in more situations.
1641 (`#689 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/689>`_)
1643 * Adding untracked Git submodule repo directories previously ran
1644 `git add submodule/` but we now call `git add submodule` without
1645 the trailing slash (`/`) to avoid staging files that belong to the
1646 submodule (which is possibly a `git` bug). By working around the
1647 buggy behavior we allow users to recover by issuing the appropriate
1648 `git submodule add` command to properly register the submodule.
1649 (`#681 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/681>`_)
1651 * We now avoid `git for-each-ref --sort=version:refname` on versions
1652 of `git` older than `v2.7.0`. Previously we only avoided it for
1653 versions older than `v2.0.0`, which was a mistake.
1654 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
1656 * The error message displayed when `git` is not installed has been fixed.
1657 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
1659 * Adding new remotes was silently broken.
1660 (`#684 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/684>`_)
1661 (`#685 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/685>`_)
1663 * The repo selection dialog had errors during startup when the
1664 `cola.refreshonfocus` feature was enabled, as reported on Ubuntu 16.04.
1665 (`#690 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/690>`_)
1667 * Restored support for PyQt 4.6 (Centos 6.8)
1668 (`#692 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/692>`_)
1670 * Switching repositories now resets the "Amend Mode" and other settings
1672 (`#710 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/710>`_)
1674 * `git rebase` error messages now displayed when rebasing fails or stops
1675 via the standalone `git cola rebase` front-end.
1676 (`#721 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/721>`_)
1678 * `git cola` learned to stage broken symlinks.
1679 (`#727 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/727>`_)
1681 * The "View History" feature in the `Browser` tool was fixed, and now
1682 disambiguates between refs and paths.
1683 (`#732 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/732>`_)
1685 * The diff editor now has better support for files with CRLF `\r\n`
1687 (`#730 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/730>`_)
1689 * `cola.inotify` in a repo-local config is now honored
1690 when `git cola` is launched from a desktop entry (`git cola --prompt`).
1691 (`#695 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/695>`_)
1699 Usability, bells and whistles
1700 -----------------------------
1701 * New Ukrainian translation.
1702 (`#670 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/670>`_)
1703 (`#672 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/672>`_)
1705 * New and improved French translations.
1707 * The new `Branches` widget makes it easier to checkout, merge, push,
1708 and pull branches from a single interface.
1710 * `git cola` now includes a dark icon theme. The dark icon theme can be
1711 activated either by setting the `GIT_COLA_ICON_THEME` environment variable
1712 to `dark`, by configuring `cola.icontheme` to `dark`, or by specifying
1713 `--icon-theme=dark` on the command line.
1714 (`#638 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/638>`_)
1716 * Autocompletion was added to the `Fetch`, `Push`, and `Pull` dialogs.
1718 * The commit message editor now remembers the "Spellcheck" setting
1720 (`#645 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/645>`_)
1722 * `git dag` now uses an improved algorithm for laying out the graph,
1723 which avoids collisions under certain graph configurations, and
1724 avoids overlapping tag with commits.
1725 (`#648 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/648>`_)
1726 (`#651 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/651>`_)
1727 (`#654 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/654>`_)
1728 (`#656 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/656>`_)
1729 (`#659 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/659>`_)
1731 * `git dag` now remembers its column sizes across sessions.
1732 (`#674 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/674>`_)
1734 * `Grep` now shows a preview of the selected file's content in a split window
1735 below the grep results.
1737 * `Grep` now includes line numbers in the preview pane's output.
1739 * `Edit Remotes` now remembers its window settings after exiting.
1741 * `Diff` now has an option to display line numbers in the editor.
1742 (`#136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/136>`_)
1744 * `Amend Last Commit` can now be triggered via the `Commit` menu in addition
1745 to the commit message editor's options.
1746 (`#640 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/640>`_)
1748 * The `File Browser` tool was made much faster and can now operate on
1749 much larger repositories.
1750 (`#499 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/499>`_)
1752 * A new "turbo" mode was added that allows you to opt-out of operations
1753 that can slow `git cola` on large repositories. The turbo mode is
1754 enabled by configuring `git config cola.turbo true`. Turbo mode
1755 disables the background loading of Git commit messages and other
1756 details in the `File Browser` widget.
1758 * A new GitIgnore dialog allows adding custom gitignore patterns.
1759 (`#653 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/653>`_)
1761 * The spellchecker in `git cola` can now use an additional dictionary
1762 by configuring `cola.dictionary` to the path to a file containing
1763 a newline-separated list of words.
1764 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
1766 * The stash, export patches, diff, and gitignore dialogs now remember
1769 * A new `git cola recent` sub-command was added for finding recently
1772 * The `Fetch` dialog now allows pruning remote branches.
1773 (`#639 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/639>`_)
1774 (`#680 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/680>`_)
1778 * `git cola`'s spellchecker now supports the new `dict-common` filesystem
1779 layout, and prefers the `/usr/share/dict/cracklib-small` file over the
1780 `/usr/share/dict/words` provided on older distributions.
1781 This makes the spellchecker compatible with Arch, which does not provide
1782 a `words` symlink like Debian.
1783 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
1785 * Properly handle the case where an existing file is untracked using
1788 * Fix a quirk where the "Create Branch" dialog sometimes required clicking
1789 twice on the radio buttons.
1790 (`#662 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/662>`_)
1792 * Fixed a focus issue to ensure that "Push", "Fetch", and "Pull" can
1793 be executed with the press of a single enter key after being shown.
1794 (`#661 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/661>`_)
1796 * Committing is now allowed in when resolving a merge results in no
1797 changes. This state was previously prevented by the commit message editor,
1798 which prevented users from resolving merges that result in no changes.
1799 (`#679 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/679>`_)
1801 * The filesystem monitor would sometimes emit backtraces when directories
1802 are modified. This has been fixed.
1803 (`bz #1438522 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1438522>`_)
1805 * Absolute paths are now returned when querying for `.git`-relative paths
1806 from within a submodule, which uses `.git`-files.
1807 This fixes launching `git cola` from within a subdirectory of a submodule.
1808 (`#675 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/675>`_)
1816 Usability, bells and whistles
1817 -----------------------------
1818 * `git cola` can now invoke the `.git/hooks/cola-prepare-commit-msg`
1819 hook to update the commit message. This hook takes the same parameters
1820 as Git's `prepare-commit-message` hook. The default path to this hook
1821 can be overridden by setting the `cola.prepareCommitMessageHook`
1822 configuration variable.
1823 (`Documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#prepare-commit-message>`_)
1825 * `git cola diff` (and the corresponding `Diff` menu actions) can now
1826 launch difftool with the standard `Ctrl+D` hotkey. The `Ctrl+E` hotkey was
1827 also added for launching an editor.
1829 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
1833 * `git cola` now works when installed in non-ascii, utf8-encoded paths.
1834 (`#629 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/629>`_)
1836 * Styling issues that caused black backgrounds in various widgets when using
1837 PyQ5 on Mac OS X have been fixed.
1838 (`#624 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/624>`_)
1840 * The "Open Recent" menu action was broken and has been fixed.
1841 (`#634 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/634>`_)
1843 * Exiting `git cola` with a maximized main window would hang when reopened
1845 (`#641 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/641>`_)
1849 * `appdata.xml` files are now provided at
1850 `share/appdata/git-cola.xml` and `share/appdata/git-dag.xml`
1851 for use by the Linux software gallery.
1852 (`#627 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/627>`_)
1853 (`Appdata <https://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appdata/>`_)
1863 * The "Open Recent" menu was updated to new bookmarks format.
1864 (`#628 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/628>`_)
1872 Usability, bells and whistles
1873 -----------------------------
1874 * New Polish translation thanks to Łukasz Wojniłowicz
1875 (`#598 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/598>`_)
1877 * The `Bypass Commit Hooks` feature now disables itself automatically
1878 when a new commit is created. The new behavior turns the option into a
1879 single-use flag, which helps prevent users from accidentally leaving it
1880 active longer than intended.
1881 (`#595 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/595>`_)
1883 * `git dag` learned to launch an external diff viewer on selected commits.
1884 The standard `Ctrl+D` shortcut can be used to view diffs.
1885 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1887 * `git dag` learned to launch directory diffs via `git difftool --dir-diff`.
1888 The `Ctrl+Shift+D` shortcut launches difftool in directory-diff mode.
1889 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1891 * Items in the "Favorites" list can now be renamed, which makes it
1892 easier to differentiate between several checkouts of the same repository.
1893 (`#599 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/599>`_)
1894 (`#601 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/601>`_)
1896 * The startup screen now includes a logo and `git cola` version information.
1897 (`#526 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/526>`_)
1899 * The `About` page was revamped to contain multiple tabs. A new tab was added
1900 that provides details about `git cola`''s dependencies. New tabs were also
1901 added for giving credit to `git cola`'s authors and translators.
1903 * The `About` page can now be accessed via `git cola about`.
1905 * The "Fast-forward only" and "No fast-forward" options supported by
1906 `git pull` are now accessible via `git cola pull`.
1908 * Doing a forced push no longer requires selecting the remote branch.
1909 (`#618 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/618>`_)
1911 * `git cola push` now has an option to suppress the prompt that is shown
1912 when pushing would create new remote branches.
1913 (`#605 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/605>`_)
1915 * `git dag` now shows commit messages in a more readable color.
1916 (`#574 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/574>`_)
1918 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch the OS-specified
1919 default action for a file. When used on directories via `git cola browse`,
1920 or when "Open Parent Directory" is used on files, the OS-specified
1921 file browser will typically be used.
1923 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch terminals.
1927 * `git cola browse` was not updating when expanding items.
1928 (`#588 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/588>`_)
1930 * Typofixes in comments, naming, and strings have been applied.
1931 (`#593 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/593>`_)
1933 * The inotify and win32 filesystem monitoring no longer refreshes
1934 when updates are made to ignored files.
1935 (`#517 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/517>`_)
1936 (`#516 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/516>`_)
1938 * The `Refresh` button on the actions panel no longer raises an
1939 exception when using PyQt5.
1940 (`#604 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/604>`_)
1942 * Fixed a typo in the inotify backend that is triggered when files are removed.
1943 (`#607 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/607>`_)
1945 * Fixed a typo when recovering from a failed attempt to open a repository.
1946 (`#606 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/606>`_)
1948 * `git dag` now properly updates itself when launched from the menubar.
1949 (`#613 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/613>`_)
1951 * If git-cola is invoked on Windows using `start pythonw git-cola`,
1952 a console window will briefly flash on the screen each time
1953 `git cola` invokes `git`. The console window is now suppressed.
1955 * We now avoid some problematic Popen flags on Windows which were
1956 breaking the `git rebase` feature on Windows.
1958 * The `Save` button in `git dag`'s "Grab File..." feature now properly
1959 prompts for a filename when saving files.
1960 (`#617 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/617>`_)
1964 * The `qtpy` symlink in the source tree has been removed to allow for easier
1965 development on Windows.
1966 (`#626 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/626>`_)
1974 Usability, bells and whistles
1975 -----------------------------
1976 * `git cola push` learned to configure upstream branches.
1977 (`#563 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/563>`_)
1981 * The diffstat view is now properly updated when notifications are
1982 received via inotify filesystem monitoring.
1983 (`#577 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/577>`_)
1985 * Python3 with PyQt5 had a bug that prevented `git cola` from starting.
1986 (`#589 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/589>`_)
1997 * When repositories stored in non-ASCII, UTF-8-encoded filesystem paths
1998 were operated upon with `LC_ALL=C` set in the environment, unicode errors
1999 would occur when using `python2`. `git cola` was made more robust and will
2000 now operate correctly within this environment.
2001 (`#581 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/581>`_)
2003 * Support for the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment variable was fixed.
2004 (`#582 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/582>`_)
2009 * The `unittest.mock` module is now used instead of the original `mock` module
2010 when running the `git cola` test suite using Python3.
2011 (`#569 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/569>`_)
2016 * `git cola` is now compatible with *PyQt5*, *PyQt4*, and *Pyside*.
2017 `git cola` previously supported *PyQt4* only, but will now use whichever
2018 library is available. Users are not required to upgrade at this time,
2019 but *PyQt5* support can be enabled anytime by making its python
2021 (`#232 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/232>`_)
2023 *NOTE*: We do not yet recommend using *PyQt5* because there are known
2024 exit-on-segfault bugs in *Qt5* that have not yet been addressed.
2025 `git cola` is sensitive to this bug and is known to crash on exit
2026 when using `git dag` or the interactive rebase feature on *PyQt5*.
2028 https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-52988
2030 *PyQt4* is stable and there are no known issues when using it so
2031 we recommend using it until the Qt5 bugs have been resolved.
2033 * `git cola` now depends on *QtPy* and includes a bundled copy of the
2034 `qtpy` library. If you are packaging `git cola` and would prefer to use
2035 `qtpy` from your distribution instead of the built-in version then use
2036 `make NO_VENDOR_LIBS=1` when building `git cola`. This will prevent
2037 vendored libraries from being installed.
2045 Usability, bells and whistles
2046 -----------------------------
2048 * A new "Reset" sub-menu provides access to running "git reset --mixed"
2049 when resetting branch heads and "git reset --merge" when resetting
2051 (`#542 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/542>`_)
2053 * `git cola` now supports linked worktrees, i.e. worktrees created by
2055 (`#554 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/554>`_)
2060 * Diff highlighting is now robust to the user having
2061 diff.supressBlankEmpty=true in their git config.
2062 (`#541 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/541>`_)
2064 * The filesystem monitor now properly handles repositories that use
2065 `.git`-files, e.g. when using submodules.
2066 (`#545 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/545>`_)
2067 (`#546 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pulls/546>`_)
2069 * Per-repository git configuration is now properly detected when launching
2070 `git cola` from an application launcher.
2071 (`#548 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/548>`_)
2073 * `git cola` now cleans up after itself immediately to avoid leaving behind
2074 empty `/tmp/git-cola-XXXXXX` directories when the user uses `Ctrl+C`
2076 (`#566 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/566>`_)
2081 * It is now possible to install `git cola` to and from utf8-encoded filesystem
2082 paths. Previously, Python's stdlib would throw an encoding error during
2083 installation. We workaround the stdlib by forcing python2 to use utf-8,
2084 thus fixing assumptions in the stdlib library code.
2085 (`#551 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/551>`_)
2093 Usability, bells and whistles
2094 -----------------------------
2096 * The icon for untracked files was adjusted to better differentiate
2097 between files and the "Untracked" header.
2098 (`#509 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/509>`_)
2100 * Ctrl+O was added as a hotkey for opening repositories.
2101 (`#507 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/507>`_)
2103 * `git dag` now uses consistent edge colors across updates.
2104 (`#512 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/512>`_)
2106 * `git cola`'s Bookmarks widget can now be used to set a "Default Repository".
2107 Under the hood, we set the `cola.defaultrepo` configuration variable.
2108 The default repository is used whenever `git cola` is launched outside of
2109 a Git repository. When unset, or when set to a bogus value, `git cola`
2110 will prompt for a repository, as it previously did.
2111 (`#513 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/513>`_)
2113 * `git cola`'s Russian and Spanish translations were improved
2114 thanks to Vaiz and Zeioth.
2115 (`#514 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/514>`_)
2116 (`#515 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/515>`_)
2117 (`#523 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/523>`_)
2119 * `git cola` was translated to Turkish thanks to Barış ÇELİK.
2120 (`#520 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/520>`_)
2122 * The status view now supports launching `git gui blame`. It can be
2123 configured to use a different command by setting `cola.blameviewer`.
2124 (`#521 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/521>`_)
2126 * `git dag` now allows selecting non-contiguous ranges in the log widget.
2127 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
2129 * Any font can now be chosen for the diff editor, not just monospace fonts.
2130 (`#525 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/525>`_)
2135 * `xfce4-terminal` and `gnome-terminal` are now supported when launching
2136 `git mergetool` to resolve merges. These terminals require that the command
2137 to execute is shell-quoted and passed as a single string argument to `-e`
2138 rather than as additional command line arguments.
2139 (`#524 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/524>`_)
2141 * Fixed a unicode problem when formatting the error message that is shown
2142 when `gitk` is not installed. We now handle unicode data in tracebacks
2143 generated by python itself.
2144 (`#528 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/528>`_)
2146 * The `New repository` feature was fixed.
2147 (`#533 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/533>`_)
2149 * We now use omit the extended description when creating "fixup!" commits,
2150 for consistency with the Git CLI. We now include only the one-line summary
2151 in the final commit message.
2152 (`#522 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/522>`_)
2160 Usability, bells and whistles
2161 -----------------------------
2163 * The user interface is now HiDPI-capable. git-cola now uses SVG
2164 icons, and its interface can be scaled by setting the `GIT_COLA_SCALE`
2165 environment variable.
2167 * `git dag` now supports the standard editor, difftool, and history hotkeys.
2168 It is now possible to invoke these actions from file widget's context
2169 menu and through the standard hotkeys.
2170 (`#473 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/473>`_)
2172 * The `Status` tool also learned about the history hotkey.
2173 Additionally, the `Alt + {J,K}` aliases are also supported in the `Status`
2174 tool for consistency with the other tools where the non-Alt hotkeys are not
2176 (`#488 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/488>`_)
2178 * The `File Browser` tool now has better default column sizes,
2179 and remembers its window size and placement.
2181 * The `File Browser` now supports the refresh hotkey, and has better
2182 behavior when refreshing. The selection is now retained, and new and
2183 removed files are found when refreshing.
2185 * A new `git-cola-completion.bash` completion script is provided in the
2186 `contrib/` directory. It must be used alongside Git's completion script.
2187 Source it from your `~/.bashrc` (or `~/.zshrc`, etc) after sourcing
2188 the `git-completion.bash` script and you will have command-line completion
2189 support for the `git cola` and `git dag` sub-commands.
2191 * The "checkout" dialog now offers completion for remote branches and other
2192 git refs. This makes it easier to checkout remote branches in a detached
2193 head state. Additionally, the checkout dialog also offers completion for
2194 remote branches that have not yet been checked out, which makes it easier to
2195 create a local tracking branch by just completing for that potential name.
2196 (`#390 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/390>`_)
2198 * The "create branch" and "create tag" dialogs now save and restore their
2201 * The "status" widget can now be configured to use a bold font with a darker
2202 background for the header items.
2203 (`#506 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/506>`_)
2205 * The "status" widget now remembers its horizontol scrollbar position across
2206 updates. This is helpful when working on projects with long paths.
2207 (`#494 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/494>`_)
2212 * When using *Git for Windows*, a `git` window would appear
2213 when running *Windows 8*. We now pass additional flags to
2214 `subprocess.Popen` to prevent a `git` window from appearing.
2215 (`#477 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/477>`_)
2216 (`#486 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/486>`_)
2218 * Launching difftool with `.PY` in `$PATHEXT` on Windows was fixed.
2219 (`#492 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/492>`_)
2221 * Creating a local branch tracking a remote branch that contains
2222 slashes in its name is now properly handled.
2223 (`#496 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/496>`_)
2225 * The "Browse Other Branch" feature was broken by Python3, and is now fixed.
2226 (`#501 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/501>`_)
2228 * We now avoid `long` for better Python3 compatibility.
2229 (`#502 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/502>`_)
2231 * We now use Git's default merge message when merging branches.
2232 (`#508 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/508>`_)
2234 * Miscellaneous fixes
2235 (`#485 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/485>`_)
2240 * git-cola's documentation no longer uses an intersphinx link mapping
2241 to docs.python.org. This fixes warnings when building rpms using koji,
2242 where network access is prevented.
2244 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231812
2252 Usability, bells and whistles
2253 -----------------------------
2255 * The Interactive Rebase feature now works on Windows!
2256 (`#463 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/463>`_)
2258 * The `diff` editor now understands vim-style `hjkl` navigation hotkeys.
2259 (`#476 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/476>`_)
2261 * `Alt + {J,K}` navigation hotkeys were added to allow changing to the
2262 next/previous file from the diff and commit editors.
2264 * The `Rename branch` menu action is now disabled in empty repositories.
2265 (`#475 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/475>`_)
2266 (`#459 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/459>`_)
2268 * `git cola` now checks unmerged files for conflict markers before
2269 staging them. This feature can be disabled in the preferences.
2270 (`#464 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/464>`_)
2272 * `git dag` now remembers which commits were selected when refreshing
2273 so that it can restore the selection afterwards.
2274 (`#480 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/480>`_)
2276 * "Launch Editor", "Launch Difftool", "Stage/Unstage",
2277 and "Move Up/Down" hotkeys now work when the commit message
2279 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
2281 * The diff editor now supports the `Ctrl+u` hotkey for reverting
2282 diff hunks and selected lines.
2284 * The `core.commentChar` Git configuration value is now honored.
2285 Commit messages and rebase instruction sheets will now use
2286 the configured character for comments. This allows having
2287 commit messages that start with `#` when `core.commentChar`
2288 is configured to its non-default value.
2289 (`#446 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/446>`_)
2294 * Diff syntax highlighting was improved to handle more edge cases
2295 and false positives.
2296 (`#467 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/467>`_)
2298 * Setting commands in the interactive rebase editor was fixed.
2299 (`#472 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/472>`_)
2301 * git-cola no longer clobbers the Ctrl+Backspace text editing shortcut
2302 in the commit message editor.
2303 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
2305 * The copy/paste clipboard now persists after `git cola` exits.
2306 (`#484 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/484>`_)
2316 * Fixed the "Sign off" feature in the commit message editor.
2324 Usability, bells and whistles
2325 -----------------------------
2326 * Double-click will now choose a commit in the "Select commit" dialog.
2328 * `git cola` has a feature that reads `.git/MERGE_MSG` and friends for the
2329 commit message when a merge is in-progress. Upon refresh, `git cola` will
2330 now detect when a merge has completed and reset the commit message back to
2331 its previous state. It is only reset if the editor contains a message
2332 that was read from the file and has not been manually edited by the user.
2334 * The commit message editor's context menu now has a "Clear..." action for
2335 clearing the message across both the summary and description fields.
2337 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
2339 * The system theme's icons are now used wherever possible.
2340 (`#458 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/458>`_)
2344 * The stash viewer now uses ``git show --no-ext-diff`` to avoid running
2345 user-configured diff tools.
2347 * `git cola` now uses the `setsid()` system call to ensure that the
2348 `GIT_ASKPASS` and `SSH_ASKPASS` helper programs are used when pushing
2349 changes using `git`. The askpass helpers will now be used even when
2350 `git cola` is launched from a terminal.
2352 The behavior without `setsid()` is that `git cola` can appear to hang while
2353 pushing changes. The hang happens when `git` prompts the user for a
2354 password using the terminal, but the user never sees the prompt. `setsid()`
2355 detaches the terminal, which ensures that the askpass helpers are used.
2356 (`#218 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/218>`_)
2357 (`#262 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/262>`_)
2358 (`#377 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/377>`_)
2360 * `git dag`'s file list tool was updated to properly handle unicode paths.
2362 * `gnome-terminal` is no longer used by default when `cola.terminal` is unset.
2363 It is broken, as was detailed in #456.
2364 (`#456 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/456>`_)
2366 * The interactive rebase feature was not always setting `$GIT_EDITOR`
2367 to the value of `gui.editor`, thus there could be instances where rebase
2368 will seem to not stop, or hang, when performing "reword" actions.
2370 We now set the `$GIT_EDITOR` environment variable when performing the
2371 "Continue", "Skip", and "Edit Todo" rebase actions so that the correct
2372 editor is used during the rebase.
2373 (`#445 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/445>`_)
2377 * `git cola` moved from a 3-part version number to a simpler 2-part "vX.Y"
2378 version number. Most of our releases tend to contain new features.
2385 Usability, bells and whistles
2386 -----------------------------
2387 * Updated zh_TW translations.
2389 * `git cola rebase` now defaults to `@{upstream}`, and generally uses the same
2390 CLI syntax as `git rebase`.
2392 * The commit message editor now allows you to bypass commit hooks by selecting
2393 the "Bypass Commit Hooks" option. This is equivalent to passing the
2394 `--no-verify` option to `git commit`.
2395 (`#357 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/357>`_)
2397 * We now prevent the "Delete Files" action from creating a dialog that does
2399 (`#378 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/378>`_)
2401 * `git xbase` learned to edit rebase instruction sheets that contain
2404 * The diff colors are now configurable. `cola.color.{text,add,remove,header}`
2405 can now be set with 6-digit hexadecimal colors.
2406 See the `git cola manual <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#configuration-variables>_`
2409 * Improved hotkey documentation.
2413 * `git cola` will now allow starting an interactive rebase with a dirty
2414 worktree when `rebase.autostash` is set.
2415 (`#360 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/360>`_)
2422 Usability, bells and whistles
2423 -----------------------------
2424 * A new "Find files" widget was added, and can be activated by
2425 using the `Ctrl+t` or `t` hotkeys.
2427 * A new `git cola find` sub-command was added for finding files.
2429 * `git cola` now remembers the text cursor's position when staging
2430 interactively with the keyboard. This makes it easier to use the keyboard
2431 arrows to select and stage lines.
2433 * The completion widgets will now select the top completion item
2434 when `Enter` or `Return` are pressed.
2436 * You can now refresh using `F5` in addition to the existing `Ctrl+R` hotkey.
2440 * `git cola` now passes `--no-abbrev-commit` to `git log` to override
2441 having `log.abbrevCommit = true` set in `.gitconfig`.
2448 Usability, bells and whistles
2449 -----------------------------
2450 * `git dag` now forwards all unknown arguments along to `git log`.
2451 (`#389 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/389>`_)
2453 * Line-by-line interactive staging was made more robust.
2454 (`#399 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/399>`_)
2456 * "Bookmarks" was renamed to "Favorites".
2457 (`#392 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/392>`_)
2459 * Untracked files are now displayed using a unique icon.
2460 (`#388 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/388>`_)
2464 * `git dag` was triggering a traceback on Fedora when parsing Git logs.
2465 (`bz #181676 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181686>`_)
2467 * inotify expects unicode paths on Python3.
2468 (`#393 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/393>`_)
2470 * Untracked files are now assumed to be utf-8 encoded.
2471 (`#401 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/401>`_)
2478 Usability, bells and whistles
2479 -----------------------------
2480 * `git cola` can now create GPG-signed commits and merges.
2481 See the documentation for details about setting up a GPG agent.
2482 (`#149 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/149>`_)
2484 * The status widget learned to copy relative paths when `Ctrl+x` is pressed.
2485 (`#358 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/358>`_)
2487 * Custom GUI actions can now define their own keyboard shortcuts by
2488 setting `guitool.$name.shortcut` to a string understood by Qt's
2489 `QAction::setShortcut()` API, e.g. `Alt+X`.
2491 `Qt docs <http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qkeysequence.html#QKeySequence-2>`_
2492 for more details about the supported values.
2494 * `git cola` learned to rename branches.
2495 (`#364 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/364>`_)
2496 (`#278 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/278>`_)
2498 * `git dag` now has a "Show history" context menu which can be used to filter
2499 history using the selected paths.
2503 * `sphinxtogithub.py` was fixed for Python3.
2504 (`#353 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/353>`_)
2506 * The commit that changed how we read remotes from `git remote`
2507 to parsing `git config` was reverted since it created problems
2510 * Fixed a crash when using the `rebase edit` feature.
2511 (`#351 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/351>`_)
2513 * Better drag-and-drop behavior when dropping into gnome-terminal.
2514 (`#373 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/373>`_)
2518 * The `git-cola-folder-handler.desktop` file handler was fixed
2519 to pass validation by `desktop-file-validate`.
2520 (`#356 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/356>`_)
2522 * The `git.svg` icon was renamed to `git-cola.svg`, and `git cola` was taught
2523 to prefer icons from the desktop theme when available.
2530 Usability, bells and whistles
2531 -----------------------------
2532 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+Shift+M` merges branches.
2534 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+R` refreshes the DAG viewer.
2535 (`#347 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/347>`_)
2539 * We now use `git config` to parse the list of remotes
2540 instead of parsing the output of `git remote`, which
2541 is a Git porcelain and should not be used by scripts.
2543 * Avoid "C++ object has been deleted" errors from PyQt4.
2544 (`#346 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/346>`_)
2548 * The `make install` target now uses `install` instead of `cp`.
2555 Usability, bells and whistles
2556 -----------------------------
2557 * Updated Brazilian Portuguese translation.
2559 * The status and browse widgets now allow drag-and-drop into
2560 external applications.
2561 (`#335 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/335>`_)
2563 * We now show a progress bar when cloning repositories.
2564 (`#312 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/312>`_)
2566 * The bookmarks widget was simplified to not need a
2568 (`#289 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/289>`_)
2570 * Updated Traditional Chinese translation.
2572 * We now display a warning when trying to rebase with uncommitted changes.
2573 (`#338 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/338>`_)
2575 * The status widget learned to filter paths.
2576 `Ctrl+Shift+S` toggles the filter widget.
2577 (`#337 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/337>`_)
2578 (`#339 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/339>`_)
2580 * The status widget learned to move files to the trash
2581 when the `send2trash <https://github.com/hsoft/send2trash>`_
2582 module is installed.
2583 (`#341 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/341>`_)
2585 * "Recent repositories" is now a dedicated widget.
2586 (`#342 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/342>`_)
2588 * New Spanish translation thanks to Pilar Molina Lopez.
2589 (`#344 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/344>`_)
2593 * Newly added remotes are now properly seen by the fetch/push/pull dialogs.
2594 (`#343 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/343>`_)
2601 Usability, bells and whistles
2602 -----------------------------
2603 * New Brazilian Portuguese translation thanks to Vitor Lobo.
2605 * New Indonesian translation thanks to Samsul Ma'arif.
2607 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation thanks to Zhang Han.
2609 * `Ctrl+Backspace` is now a hotkey for "delete untracked files" in
2612 * Fetch/Push/Pull dialogs now use the configured remote of the current
2614 (`#324 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/324>`_)
2618 * We now use `os.getcwd()` on Python3.
2619 (`#316 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/316>`_)
2620 (`#326 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/326>`_)
2622 * The `Ctrl+P` hotkey was overloaded to both "push" and "cherry-pick",
2623 so "cherry-pick" was moved to `Ctrl+Shift+C`.
2625 * Custom GUI tools with mixed-case names are now properly supported.
2627 * "Diff Region" is now referred to as "Diff Hunk" for consistency
2628 with common terminology from diff/patch tools.
2629 (`#328 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/328>`_)
2631 * git-cola's test suite is now portable to MS Windows.
2632 (`#332 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/332>`_)
2639 Usability, bells and whistles
2640 -----------------------------
2641 * We now handle the case when inotify `add_watch()` fails
2642 and display instructions on how to increase the number of watches.
2643 (`#263 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/263>`_)
2645 * New and improved zh_TW localization thanks to V字龍(Vdragon).
2646 (`#265 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/265>`_)
2647 (`#267 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/267>`_)
2648 (`#268 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/268>`_)
2649 (`#269 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/269>`_)
2650 (`#270 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/270>`_)
2651 (`#271 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/271>`_)
2652 (`#272 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/272>`_)
2654 * New hotkeys: `Ctrl+F` for fetch, `Ctrl+P` for push,
2655 and `Ctrl+Shift+P` for pull.
2657 * The bookmarks widget's context menu actions were made clearer.
2658 (`#281 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/281>`_)
2660 * The term "Staging Area" is used consistently in the UI
2661 to allow for better localization.
2662 (`#283 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/283>`_)
2664 * The "Section" term is now referred to as "Diff Region"
2666 (`#297 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/297>`_)
2668 * The localization documentation related to the LANGUAGE
2669 environment variable was improved.
2670 (`#293 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/293>`_)
2672 * The "Actions" panel now contains tooltips for each button
2673 in case the button labels gets truncated by Qt.
2674 (`#292 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/292>`_)
2676 * Custom `git config`-defined actions can now be run in the
2677 background by setting `guitool.<name>.background` to `true`.
2681 * We now use bold fonts instead of SmallCaps to avoid
2682 artifacts on several configurations.
2684 * We now pickup `user.email`, `cola.tabwidth`, and similar settings
2685 when defined in /etc/gitconfig.
2686 (`#259 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/259>`_)
2688 * Better support for unicode paths when using inotify.
2689 (`bz #1104181 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104181>`_)
2691 * Unicode fixes for non-ascii locales.
2692 (`#266 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/266>`_)
2693 (`#273 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/273>`_)
2694 (`#276 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/276>`_)
2695 (`#282 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/282>`_)
2696 (`#298 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/298>`_)
2697 (`#302 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/302>`_)
2698 (`#303 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/303>`_)
2699 (`#305 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/305>`_)
2701 * Viewing history from the file browser was fixed for Python3.
2702 (`#274 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/274>`_)
2704 * setup.py was fixed to install the `*.rst` documentation.
2705 (`#279 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/279>`_)
2707 * Patch export was fixed for Python3.
2708 (`#290 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/290>`_)
2710 * Fixed adding a bookmark with trailing slashes.
2711 (`#295 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/295>`_)
2713 * The default `git dag` layout is now setup so that its widgets
2714 can be freely resized on Linux.
2715 (`#299 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/299>`_)
2717 * Invalid tag names are now reported when creating tags.
2718 (`#296 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/296>`_)
2725 Usability, bells and whistles
2726 -----------------------------
2727 * `git cola` no longer prompts after successfully creating a new branch.
2728 (`#251 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/251>`_)
2730 * Hitting enter on simple dialogs now accepts them.
2731 (`#255 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/255>`_)
2735 * `git dag` no longer relies on `sys.maxint`, which is
2736 not available in Python3.
2737 (`#249 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/249>`_)
2739 * Python3-related fixes.
2740 (`#254 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/254>`_)
2742 * Python3-on-Windows-related fixes.
2743 (`#250 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/250>`_)
2744 (`#252 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/252>`_)
2745 (`#253 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/253>`_)
2747 * Switching repositories using the bookmarks widget was not
2748 refreshing the inotify watcher.
2749 (`#256 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/256>`_)
2751 * Special commit messages trailers (e.g. "Acked-by:") are now special-cased to
2752 fix word wrapping lines that start with "foo:".
2753 (`#257 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/257>`_)
2755 * `git dag` sometimes left behind selection artifacts.
2756 We now refresh the view to avoid them.
2757 (`#204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/204>`_)
2764 Usability, bells and whistles
2765 -----------------------------
2766 * Better inotify support for file creation and deletion.
2767 (`#240 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/240>`_)
2769 * `git cola` now supports the X11 Session Management Protocol
2770 and remembers its state across logout/reboot.
2771 (`#164 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/164>`_)
2773 * `git cola` has a new icon.
2774 (`#190 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/190>`_)
2778 * Building the documentation no longer requires `asciidoc`.
2779 We now use `Sphinx <http://sphinx-doc.org/>`_ for building
2780 html documentation and man pages.
2784 * Reworked the git-dag gravatar icon code to avoid a unicode
2787 * Commit message line-wrapping was made to better match the GUI editor.
2788 (`#242 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/242>`_)
2790 * Better support for Python3 on Windows
2791 (`#246 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/246>`_)
2795 * git-cola no longer depends on Asciidoc for building its documentation
2796 and man-pages. We now depend on [Sphinx](http://sphinx-doc.org/) only.
2803 Usability, bells and whistles
2804 -----------------------------
2805 * Some context menu actions are now hidden when selected
2807 (`#238 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/238>`_)
2811 * The build-git-cola.sh contrib script was improved.
2812 (`#235 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/235>`_)
2814 * Non-ascii worktrees work properly again.
2815 (`#234 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/234>`_)
2817 * The browser now guards itself against missing files.
2818 (`bz #1041378 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071378>`_)
2820 * Saving widget state now works under Python3.
2821 (`#236 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/236>`_)
2830 * git-cola now runs on Python 3 thanks to Virgil Dupras.
2831 (`#233 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/233>`_)
2833 * Python 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2+ are now supported.
2834 Python 2.5 is no longer supported.
2838 * i18n test fixes thanks to Virgil Dupras.
2839 (`#231 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/231>`_)
2841 * git-cola.app build fixes thanks to Maicon D. Filippsen.
2842 (`#230 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/230>`_)
2844 * Lots of pylint improvements thanks to Alex Chernetz.
2845 (`#229 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/229>`_)
2852 Usability, bells and whistles
2853 -----------------------------
2854 * The new `Bookmarks` tool makes it really easy to switch between repositories.
2856 * There is now a dedicated dialog for applying patches.
2857 See the ``File -> Apply Patches`` menu item.
2858 (`#215 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/215>`_)
2860 * A new `git cola am` sub-command was added for applying patches.
2864 * Fixed a typo that caused inotify events to be silently ignored.
2866 * Fixed the sys.path setup for Mac OS X (Homebrew).
2867 (`#221 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/221>`_)
2869 * Lots of pylint fixes thanks to Alex Chernetz.
2876 Usability, bells and whistles
2877 -----------------------------
2878 * `git cola --amend` now starts the editor in `amend` mode.
2879 (`#187 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/187>`_)
2881 * Multiple lines of text can now be pasted into the `summary` field.
2882 All text beyond the first newline will be automatically moved to the
2883 `extended description` field.
2884 (`#212 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/212>`_)
2888 * Stray whitespace in `.git` files is now ignored.
2889 (`#213 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/213>`_)
2891 * Fix "known incorrect sRGB profile" in `staged-item.png`.
2892 (`gentoo-devel message #85066
2893 <http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/85066>`_)
2902 * Fix a traceback when `git push` fails.
2903 (`bz #1034778 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034778>`_)
2907 * Most of the git-cola sub-packages have been removed.
2908 The only remaining packages are `cola`, `cola.models`,
2911 * The translation file for Simplified Chinese was renamed
2913 (`#209 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/209>`_)
2922 * `git cola version --brief` now prints the brief version number.
2926 * Resurrected the "make dist" target, for those that prefer to create
2929 * Fixed the typo that broke the preferences dialog.
2936 Usability, bells and whistles
2937 -----------------------------
2938 * We now ship a full-featured interactive `git rebase` editor.
2939 The rebase todo file is edited using the `git xbase` script which
2940 is provided at `$prefix/share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase`.
2941 This script can be used standalone by setting the `$GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR`
2942 before running `git rebase --interactive`.
2943 (`#1 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1>`_)
2945 * Fixup commit messages can now be loaded from the commit message editor.
2947 * Tool widgets can be locked in place by using the "Tools/Lock Layout"
2949 (`#202 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/202>`_)
2951 * You can now push to several remotes simultaneously by selecting
2952 multiple remotes in the "Push" dialog.
2953 (`#148 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/148>`_)
2955 * The `grep` tool learned to search using three different modes:
2956 basic regular expressions (default), extended regular expressions,
2961 * `git cola` now depends on the `argparse` Python module.
2962 This module is part of the stdlib in Python 2.7 and must
2963 be installed separately when using Python 2.6 and below.
2967 * Support unicode in the output from `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`.
2974 Usability, bells and whistles
2975 -----------------------------
2976 * We now detect when the editor or history browser are misconfigured.
2977 (`#197 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/197>`_)
2978 (`bz #886826 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886826>`_)
2980 * Display of untracked files can be disabled from the Preferences dialog
2981 or by setting the `gui.displayuntracked` configuration variable to `false`.
2982 (`Git Mailing List on 2013-08-21
2983 <https://public-inbox.org/git/20130821032913.GA6092@wheezy.local/>`_)
2987 * Unicode stash names are now supported
2988 (`#198 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/198>`_)
2990 * The diffs produced when reverting workspace changes were made more robust.
2997 Usability, bells and whistles
2998 -----------------------------
2999 * Brand new German translation thanks to Sven Claussner.
3001 * The "File" menu now provides a "New Repository..." menu action.
3003 * `git dag` now uses a dock-widget interface so that its widgets can
3004 be laid-out and arranged. Customizations are saved and restored
3005 the next time `git dag` is launched.
3007 * `git dag` now has a "Zoom Best Fit" button next alongside the
3008 "Zoom In" and "Zoom Out" buttons.
3010 * `Ctrl+L` now focuses the "Search" field in the `git dag` tool.
3012 * Right-clicking in the "diff" viewer now updates the cursor position
3013 before performing actions, which makes it much easier to click around
3014 and selectively stage sections. Previously, the current cursor position
3015 was used which meant that it required two clicks (left-click to update
3016 the position followed by right-click to get the context menu) for the
3017 desired section to be used. This is now a single right-click operation.
3019 * The `Ctrl+D` "Launch Diff Tool" action learned to automatically choose
3020 between `git difftool` and `git mergetool`. If the file is unmerged then
3021 we automatically launch `git mergetool` on the path, otherwise we use
3022 `git difftool`. We do this because `git difftool` is not intended to
3023 be used on unmerged paths. Automatically using `git mergetool` when
3024 appropriate is the most intuitive and muscle-memory-friendly thing to do.
3026 * You can now right-click on folders in your standard file browser
3027 and choose "Open With -> Git Cola" (Linux-only).
3031 * Python 2.6 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard does not provide a namedtuple
3032 at `sys.version_info`. We now avoid using that variable for better
3035 * We now read the user's Git configuration from `~/.config/git/config`
3036 if that file is available, otherwise we use the traditional `~/.gitconfig`
3037 path, just like Git itself.
3039 * Some edge cases were fixed when applying partial/selected diffs.
3041 * The diff viewer is now properly cleared when refreshing.
3042 (`#194 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/194>`_)
3049 Usability, bells and whistles
3050 -----------------------------
3051 * The diff viewer now has an "Options" menu which can be
3052 used to set "git diff" options. This can be used to
3053 ignore whitespace changes or to show a change with its
3054 surrounding function as context.
3055 (`#150 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/150>`_)
3057 * `git cola` now remembers your commit message and will restore it
3058 when `git cola` is restarted.
3059 (`#175 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/175>`_)
3061 * `Ctrl+M` can now be used to toggle the "Amend last commit"
3062 checkbox in the commit message editor.
3063 (`#161 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/161>`_)
3065 * Deleting remote branches can now be done from the "Branch" menu.
3066 (`#152 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/152>`_)
3068 * The commit message editor now has a built-in spell checker.
3072 * We now avoid invoking external diffs when showing diffstats.
3073 (`#163 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/163>`_)
3075 * The `Status` tool learned to reselect files when refreshing.
3076 (`#165 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/165>`_)
3078 * `git cola` now remembers whether it has been maximized and will restore the
3079 maximized state when `git cola` is restarted.
3080 (`#172 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/172>`_)
3082 * Performance is now vastly improved when staging hundreds or
3085 * `git cola` was not correctly saving repo-specific configuration.
3086 (`#174 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/174>`_)
3088 * Fix a UnicodeDecode in sphinxtogithub when building from source.
3096 Usability, bells and whistles
3097 -----------------------------
3098 * We now automatically remove missing repositories from the
3099 "Select Repository" dialog.
3100 (`#145 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/145>`_)
3102 * A new `git cola diff` sub-command was added for diffing changed files.
3106 * The inotify auto-refresh feature makes it difficult to select text in
3107 the "diff" editor when files are being continually modified by another
3108 process. The auto-refresh causes it to lose the currently selected text,
3109 which is not wanted. We now avoid this problem by saving and restoring
3110 the selection when refreshing the editor.
3111 (`#155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/155>`_)
3113 * More strings have been marked for l10n.
3114 (`#157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/157>`_)
3116 * Fixed the Alt+D Diffstat shortcut.
3117 (`#159 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/159>`_)
3121 * Better error handling when cloning repositories.
3123 We were not handling the case where a git URL has
3124 no basename, e.g. `https://git.example.com/`.
3125 `git cola` originally rejected these URLs instead of
3126 allowing users to clone them. It now allows these URLs
3127 when they point to valid git repositories.
3129 Additionally, `git cola` learned to echo the errors
3130 reported by `git clone` when it fails.
3131 (`#156 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/156>`_)
3139 Usability, bells and whistles
3140 -----------------------------
3141 * `git dag` got a big visual upgrade.
3143 * `Ctrl+G` now launches the "Grep" tool.
3145 * `Ctrl+D` launches difftool and `Ctrl+E` launches your editor
3146 when in the diff panel.
3148 * git-cola can now be told to use an alternative language.
3149 For example, if the native language is German and we want git-cola to
3150 use English then we can create a `~/.config/git-cola/language` file with
3151 "en" as its contents: ``echo en >~/.config/git-cola/language``
3152 (`#140 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/140>`_)
3154 * A new `git cola merge` sub-command was added for merging branches.
3156 * Less blocking in the main UI
3160 * Autocomplete issues on KDE
3161 (`#144 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/144>`_)
3163 * The "recently opened repositories" startup dialog did not
3164 display itself in the absence of bookmarks.
3165 (`#139 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/139>`_)
3173 Usability, bells and whistles
3174 -----------------------------
3175 * `git cola` learned to honor `.gitattributes` when showing and
3176 interactively applying diffs. This makes it possible to store
3177 files in git using a non-utf-8 encoding and `git cola` will
3178 properly accept them. This must be enabled by settings
3179 `cola.fileattributes` to true, as it incurs a small performance
3181 (`#96 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/96>`_)
3183 * `git cola` now wraps commit messages at 72 columns automatically.
3184 This is configurable using the `cola.linebreak` variable to enable/disable
3185 the feature, and `cola.textwidth` to configure the limit.
3186 (`#133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/133>`_)
3188 * A new "Open Recent" sub-menu was added to the "File" menu.
3189 This makes it easy to open a recently-edited repository.
3190 (`#135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/135>`_)
3192 * We now show a preview for untracked files when they are clicked
3193 using the `Status` tool.
3194 * A new "Open Using Default Application" action was added to the
3195 `Status` tool. It is activated using either `Spacebar` or through
3196 the context menu. This action uses `xdg-open` on Linux and
3198 * A new "Open Parent Directory" action was added to the `Status` tool.
3199 It is activated using either `Shift+Spacebar` or through the
3201 * `git dag` learned to honor the `log.date` git configuration variable.
3202 This makes the date display follow whatever format the user has
3204 * A new `git cola config` sub-command was added for quickly
3205 tweaking `git cola`'s git configuration settings.
3206 * Some small usability tweaks -- some user confirmation prompts
3207 were defaulting to "Cancel" when they should have been defaulting
3208 to the affirmative option instead.
3212 * Properly handle arbitrarily-named branches.
3213 * We went back to launching `git mergetool` using an xterm.
3214 The reason is that there are a couple of places where `git mergetool`
3215 requires a terminal for user interaction not covered by `--no-prompt`.
3216 * We now properly handle an edge case when applying short diffs at
3217 the start of a file.
3225 Usability, bells and whistles
3226 -----------------------------
3227 * New and improved `grep` mode lets you instantly find and edit files.
3228 * New `git cola grep` standalone mode.
3229 * Support for passing arguments to the configured editors, e.g. `gvim -p`
3230 This makes it possible to select multiple files in the status
3231 window and use `Ctrl + E` to edit them all at once.
3232 * Remote operations now prompt on errors only.
3233 * The `Tab` key now jumps to the extended description when editing the summary.
3234 * More shortcut key labels and misc. UX improvements.
3238 * Selecting an item no longer copies its filename to the copy/paste buffer.
3239 `Ctrl + C` or the "Copy" context-menu action can be used instead.
3240 * The repository monitoring feature on Windows learned to ignore
3241 changes within the ".git" directory. Thanks to Andreas Sommer.
3242 (`#120 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/120>`_)
3250 Usability, bells and whistles
3251 -----------------------------
3252 * `git dag` learned to color-code branchy edges.
3253 The edge colors change when a new branch is detected,
3254 which makes the history much easier to follow.
3255 A huge thanks to Uri Okrent for making it happen.
3257 * New GUI for editing remote repositories.
3259 * New `git cola archive` and `git cola remote` sub-commands.
3261 * `git cola browser` learned an 'Untrack' command.
3263 * The diff editor learned to staged/unstaged while amending.
3265 * The status tool can now scroll horizontally.
3267 * New git repositories can be created by clicking 'New' on the
3268 `git cola --prompt` startup screen.
3276 Usability, bells and whistles
3277 -----------------------------
3278 * Auto-completion was added to more tools.
3280 * `git dag` is easier to use on smaller displays -- the author
3281 field elides its text which allows for a more compact display.
3283 * Selected commits in `git dag` were made more prominent and
3286 * 'Create Branch' learned to fetch remote branches and uses a
3287 background thread to do so.
3289 * User-configured GUI tools are listed alphabetically in the 'Actions' menu.
3291 * The 'Pull' dialog remembers the value of the 'Rebase' checkbox
3292 between invocations.
3302 * Detect Homebrew so that OS X users do not need to set PYTHONPATH.
3304 * `git dag` can export patches again.
3312 Usability, bells and whistles
3313 -----------------------------
3314 * The 'Classic' tool was renamed to 'Browser' and learned to
3315 limit history to the current branch.
3317 * `git dag` learned about gravatar and uses it to show images
3320 * `git dag` learned to use OpenGL for rendering resulting in
3321 much faster rendering.
3323 * More dialogs learned vim-style keyboard shortcuts.
3325 * The commit message editor learned better arrow key navigation.
3333 Usability, bells and whistles
3334 -----------------------------
3335 * `git cola` learned a few new sub commands:
3343 * `Return` in the summary field jumps to the extended description.
3345 * `Ctrl+Return` is now a shortcut for 'Commit'.
3347 * Better French translation for 'Sign-off'.
3349 * The 'Search' widget now has a much simpler and streamlined
3352 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the DAG widget.
3354 * `git dag` no longer prompts for files when diffing commits if the
3355 text field contains paths.
3357 * General user interface and performance improvements.
3361 * The diff viewer no longer changes font size when holding `Control`
3362 while scrolling with the mouse wheel.
3364 * Files with a typechange (e.g. symlinks that become files, etc.)
3365 are now correctly identified as being modified.
3369 * The `cola.controllers` and `cola.views` packages were removed.
3377 Usability, bells and whistles
3378 -----------------------------
3379 * `git cola` can now launch sub commands, e.g.:
3390 * `git dag` is more responsive when gathering auto-completions.
3392 * Keyboard shortcuts are displayed when the '?' key is pressed.
3394 * Various keyboard shortcuts were added for improved usability.
3396 * The status widget now lists unmerged files before modified files.
3398 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the status widget.
3400 * A 'Recently Modified Files...' tool was added.
3402 * Tools can now be hidden with `Alt + #` (where `#` is a keyboard number)
3403 and focused with `Alt + Shift + #`.
3405 * The syntax highlighting colors for diffs was made less intrusive.
3407 * The commit message editor was redesigned to have a more compact
3408 and keyboard-convenient user interface.
3410 * Keyboard shortcuts for adding a Signed-off-by (`Ctrl + i`)
3411 and creating a commit (`Ctrl + m`) were added.
3413 * The status widget was adjusted to use less screen real-estate.
3417 * Avoid updating the index when responding to inotify events.
3418 This avoids interfering with operations such as `git rebase --interactive`.
3419 (`#99 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/99>`_)
3423 * Create `git-dag.pyw` in the win32 installer.
3425 * win32 shortcuts now contain explicit calls to `pythonw.exe` instead of
3426 calling the `.pyw` file directly.
3430 * The 'Apply Changes from Branch...' feature was removed.
3431 `git dag`'s 'Grab File...' feature used alongside the index/worktree editor
3432 is a simpler alternative.
3442 * Further enhanced the staging/unstaging behavior in the status widget.
3443 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
3445 * Unmerged files are no longer listed as modified.
3449 The `cola-$version` tarballs on github were originally setup to
3450 have the same contents as the old tarballs hosted on tuxfamily.
3451 The `make dist` target was changed to write files to a
3452 `git-cola-$version` subdirectory and tarball.
3454 This makes the filenames consistent for the source tarball,
3455 the darwin .app tarball, and the win32 .exe installer.
3463 Usability, bells and whistles
3464 -----------------------------
3465 * Refined the staging/unstaging behavior for code reviews.
3466 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
3468 * Added more styling and icons to menus and buttons.
3470 * Adjusted some terminology to more closely match the git CLI.
3474 * Boolean `git config` settings with no value are now supported
3475 (these are not created by git these days but exist in legacy repositories).
3477 * Unicode branches and tags are supported in the "branch diff" tool.
3479 * Guard against low-memory conditions and more interrupted system calls.
3483 * Added desktop launchers for git-cola.desktop and git-dag.desktop.
3484 This replaces the old cola.desktop, so some adjustments to RPM .spec
3485 and debian/ files will be needed.
3487 * Fixed the darwin app-tarball Makefile target to create relative paths.
3491 * The `--style` option was removed. `git cola` follows the system theme
3492 so there's no need for this option these days.
3500 Usability, bells and whistles
3501 -----------------------------
3502 * Export a patch series from `git dag` into a `patches/` directory.
3504 * `git dag` learned to diff commits, slice history along paths, etc.
3506 * Added instant-preview to the `git stash` widget.
3508 * A simpler preferences editor is used to edit `git config` values.
3509 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
3510 (`#89 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/89>`_)
3512 * Previous commit messages can be re-loaded from the message editor.
3513 (`#33 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/33>`_)
3517 * Display commits with no file changes.
3518 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
3520 * Improved the diff editor's copy/paste behavior
3521 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
3525 * Bumped version number to ceil(minimum git version).
3526 `git cola` now requires `git` >= 1.6.3.
3528 * Simplified git-cola's versioning when building from tarballs
3529 outside of git. We no longer check for a 'version' file at
3530 the root of the repository. We instead keep a default version
3531 in `cola/version.py` and use it when `git cola`'s `.git` repository
3540 Usability, bells and whistles
3541 -----------------------------
3542 * inotify is much snappier and available on Windows
3543 thanks to Karl Bielefeldt.
3545 * New right-click command to add untracked files to .gitignore
3546 thanks to Audrius Karabanovas.
3548 * Stash, fetch, push, and pull usability improvements
3550 * General usability improvements
3552 * stderr is logged when applying partial diffs.
3556 * Files can be unstaged when amending.
3557 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
3559 * Show the configured remote.$remote.pushurl in the GUI
3560 (`#83 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/83>`_)
3562 * Removed usage of the "user" module.
3563 (`#86 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/86>`_)
3565 * Avoids an extra `git update-index` call during startup.
3573 Usability, bells and whistles
3574 -----------------------------
3575 * We now provide better feedback when `git push` fails.
3576 (`#69 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/69>`_)
3578 * The Fetch, Push, and Pull dialogs now give better feedback
3579 when interacting with remotes. The dialogs are modal and
3580 a progress dialog is used.
3584 * More unicode fixes, again. It is now possible to have
3585 unicode branch names, repository paths, home directories, etc.
3586 This continued the work initiated by Redhat's bugzilla #694806.
3588 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806
3596 Usability, bells and whistles
3597 -----------------------------
3598 * The `git cola` desktop launchers now prompt for a repo
3599 by default. This is done by using the new `--prompt`
3600 flag which tells `git cola` to ignore any git repositories
3601 in the current directory and prompt for one instead.
3605 * More Unicode fixes for repositories and home directories with
3606 embedded unicode characters. Thanks to Christian Jann for
3607 patience and helpful bug reports.
3609 * Fix the 'Clone' button in the startup dialog.
3617 Usability, bells and whistles
3618 -----------------------------
3619 * Faster startup time! `git cola` now offloads initialization
3620 to a background thread so that the GUI appears almost instantly.
3622 * Specialized diff options for p4merge, vimdiff, araxis, emerge,
3623 and ecmerge in difftool (backported from git.git).
3627 * Fix launching commands in the background on Windows
3628 (e.g. when launching `git difftool`).
3630 * Fix unicode errors when home or repository directories contain
3632 (`#74 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/74>`_)
3633 (`bz #694806 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806>`_)
3641 Usability, bells and whistles
3642 -----------------------------
3643 * The `cola classic` tool can be now configured to be dockable.
3644 (`#56 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/56>`_)
3646 * The `cola classic` tool now uses visual sigils to indicate a file's status.
3647 The idea and icons were provided by Uri Okrent.
3649 * Include the 'Rescan' button in the 'Actions' widget regardless
3650 of whether inotify is installed.
3654 * Fix installation of translations per Fedora
3655 This incorporates Fedora's fix for the translations path
3656 which originally appeared in cola-1.4.3-translations.patch.
3658 * Mac OS X git-cola developers can now generate git-cola.app
3659 application bundles using 'make app-bundle'.
3663 * Fixed a stacktrace when trying to use "Get Commit Message Template"
3664 with an unconfigured "commit.template" git config variable.
3665 (`bz #67521 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675721>`_)
3666 (`#72 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/72>`_)
3668 * Properly raise the main window on Mac OS X.
3670 * Properly handle staging a huge numbers of files at once.
3672 * Speed up 'git config' usage by fixing cola's caching proxy.
3674 * Guard against damaged ~/.cola files.
3682 Usability, bells and whistles
3683 -----------------------------
3684 * `git dag` now has a separate display area
3685 for displaying commit metadata. This area will soon
3686 grow additional functionality such as cherry-picking,
3691 * Fixed tests from a previous refactoring.
3693 * Guard against 'diff.external' configuration by always
3694 calling 'git diff' with the '--no-ext-diff' option.
3695 (`#67 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/67>`_)
3697 * Respect 'gui.diffcontext' so that cola's diff display
3698 shows the correct number of context lines.
3700 * Raise the GUI so that it is in the foreground on OS X.
3704 * We now allow distutils to rewrite cola's shebang line.
3705 This allows us to run on systems where "which python"
3706 is Python3k. This is exposed by setting the `PYTHON`
3707 Makefile variable to the location of python2.x.
3709 * git-cola.app is now a tiny download because it no longer
3710 contains Qt and PyQt. These libraries are provided as a
3712 (`Link <http://code.google.com/p/git-cola/downloads/list>`_)
3720 Usability, bells and whistles
3721 -----------------------------
3722 * Clicking on paths in the status widget copies them into the
3723 copy/paste buffer for easy middle-clicking into terminals.
3725 * `Ctrl+C` in diff viewer copies the selected diff to the clipboard.
3729 * Fixed the disappearing actions buttons on PyQt 4.7.4
3730 as reported by Arch and Ubuntu 10.10.
3731 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
3733 * Fixed mouse interaction with the status widget where some
3734 items could not be de-selected.
3738 * Removed hard-coded reference to lib/ when calculating Python's
3739 site-packages directory.
3747 Usability, bells and whistles
3748 -----------------------------
3749 * Removed "single-click to (un)stage" in the status view.
3750 This is a usability improvement since we no longer perform
3751 different actions depending on where a row is clicked.
3753 * Added ability to create unsigned, annotated tags.
3757 * Updated documentation to use `cola.git` instead of `cola.gitcmd`.
3765 Usability, bells and whistles
3766 -----------------------------
3767 * Allow un/staging by right-clicking top-level items
3768 (`#57 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/57>`_)
3770 * Running 'commit' with no staged changes prompts to allow
3772 (`#55 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/55>`_)
3774 * Fetch, Push, and Pull are now available via the menus
3775 (`#58 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/58>`_)
3779 * Simplified the actions widget to work around a regression
3781 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
3789 Usability, bells and whistles
3790 -----------------------------
3791 * `git dag` interaction was made faster.
3795 * Added '...' indicators to the buttons for
3796 'Fetch...', 'Push...', 'Pull...', and 'Stash...'.
3797 (`#51 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/51>`_)
3799 * Fixed a hang-on-exit bug in the cola-provided
3800 'ssh-askpass' implementation.
3808 Usability, bells and whistles
3809 -----------------------------
3810 * Staging and unstaging is faster.
3811 (`#48 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/48>`_)
3813 * `git dag` reads history in a background thread.
3817 * Added `cola.compat.hashlib` for `Python 2.4` compatibility
3818 * Improved `PyQt 4.1.x` compatibility.
3822 * Configured menu actions use ``sh -c`` for Windows portability.
3830 Usability, bells and whistles
3831 -----------------------------
3832 * Added support for the configurable ``guitool.<tool>.*``
3833 actions as described in the ``git config`` documentation.
3834 (`git-config(1) <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config>`_)
3835 (`#44 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/44>`_)
3837 This makes it possible to add new actions to `git cola`
3838 by simply editing ``~/.gitconfig``. This implements the
3839 same guitool support as `git gui`.
3841 * Introduced a stat cache to speed up `git config` and
3842 repository status checks.
3844 * Added Alt-key shortcuts to the main `git cola` interface.
3846 * The `Actions` dock widget switches between a horizontal
3847 and vertical layout when resized.
3849 * We now use ``git diff --submodule`` for submodules
3850 (used when git >= 1.6.6).
3852 * The context menu for modified submodules includes an option
3853 to launch `git cola`.
3854 (`#17 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/17>`_)
3856 * Prefer ``$VISUAL`` over ``$EDITOR`` when both are defined.
3857 These are used to set a default editor in lieu of `core.editor`
3860 * Force the editor to be ``gvim`` when we see ``vim``.
3861 This prevents us from launching an editor in the (typically
3862 unattached) parent terminal and creating zombie editors
3863 that cannot be easily killed.
3865 * Selections are remembered and restored across updates.
3866 This makes the `partial-staging` workflow easier since the
3867 diff view will show the updated diff after staging.
3869 * Show the path to the current repository in a tooltip
3870 over the commit message editor.
3871 (`#45 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/45>`_)
3873 * Log internal ``git`` commands when ``GIT_COLA_TRACE`` is defined.
3874 (`#39 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/39>`_)
3878 * Improved backwards compatibility for Python 2.4.
3880 * `Review mode` can now review the current branch; it no longer
3881 requires you to checkout the branch into which the reviewed
3882 branch will be merged.
3884 * Guard against `color.ui = always` configuration when using
3885 `git log` by passing ``--no-color``.
3887 * ``yes`` and ``no`` are now supported as valid booleans
3888 by the `git config` parser.
3890 * Better defaults are used for `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`..
3891 (`#43 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/43>`_)
3895 * Removed colon (`:`) from the applilcation name on Windows
3896 (`#41 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/41>`_)
3898 * Fixed bugs with the Windows installer
3899 (`#40 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/40>`_)
3901 * Added a more standard i18n infrastructure. The install
3902 tree now has the common ``share/locale/$lang/LC_MESSAGES/git-cola.mo``
3903 layout in use by several projects.
3905 * Started trying to accommodate Mac OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
3906 in the ``darwin/`` build scripts but our tester is yet to
3907 report success building a `.app` bundle.
3909 * Replaced use of ``perl`` in Sphinx/documentation Makefile
3910 with more-portable ``sed`` constructs. Thanks to
3911 Stefan Naewe for discovering the portability issues and
3912 providing msysgit-friendly patches.
3920 Usability, bells and whistles
3921 -----------------------------
3922 * It is now possible to checkout from the index as well
3923 as from `HEAD`. This corresponds to the
3924 `Removed Unstaged Changes` action in the `Repository Status` tool.
3926 * The `remote` dialogs (fetch, push, pull) are now slightly
3929 * Bookmarks can be selected when `git cola` is run outside of a git repository.
3931 * Added more user documentation. We now include many links to
3932 external git resources.
3934 * Added `git dag` to the available tools.
3935 `git dag` is a node-based DAG history browser.
3936 It doesn't do much yet, but it's been merged so that we can start
3937 building and improving upon it.
3941 * Fixed a missing ``import`` when showing `right-click` actions
3942 for unmerged files in the `Repository Status` tool.
3944 * ``git update-index --refresh`` is no longer run every time
3945 ``git cola version`` is run.
3947 * Don't try to watch non-existent directories when using `inotify`.
3949 * Use ``git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name`` plumbing to find
3950 the name of the current branch.
3954 * The ``Makefile`` will now conditionally include a ``config.mak``
3955 file located at the root of the project. This allows for user
3956 customizations such as changes to the `prefix` variable
3957 to be stored in a file so that custom settings do not need to
3958 be specified every time on the command-line.
3960 * The build scripts no longer require a ``.git`` directory to
3961 generate the ``builtin_version.py`` module. The release tarballs
3962 now include a ``version`` file at the root of the project which
3963 is used in lieu of having the git repository available.
3964 This allows for ``make clean && make`` to function outside of
3967 * Added maintainer's ``make dist`` target to the ``Makefile``.
3969 * The built-in `simplejson` and `jsonpickle` libraries can be
3970 excluded from ``make install`` by specifying the ``standalone=true``
3971 `make` variable. For example, ``make standalone=true install``.
3972 This corresponds to the ``--standalone`` option to ``setup.py``.
3980 Usability, bells and whistles
3981 -----------------------------
3982 * We now use patience diff by default when it is available via
3983 `git diff --patience`.
3985 * Allow closing the `cola classic` tool with `Ctrl+W`.
3989 * Fixed an unbound variable error in the `push` dialog.
3993 * Don't include `simplejson` in MANIFEST.in.
3995 * Update desktop entry to read `Cola Git GUI`.
4003 This feature release adds two new features directly from
4004 `git cola`'s github issues backlog. On the developer
4005 front, further work was done towards modularizing the code base.
4007 Usability, bells and whistles
4008 -----------------------------
4009 * Dragging and dropping patches invokes `git am`
4010 (`#3 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/3>`_)
4012 * A dialog to allow opening or cloning a repository
4013 is presented when `git cola` is launched outside of a git repository.
4014 (`#22 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/22>`_)
4016 * Warn when `push` is used to create a new branch
4017 (`#35 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/35>`_)
4019 * Optimized startup time by removing several calls to `git`.
4024 * `git cola` is once again compatible with PyQt 4.3.x.
4028 * `cola.gitcmds` was added to factor out git command-line utilities
4030 * `cola.gitcfg` was added for interacting with `git config`
4032 * `cola.models.browser` was added to factor out repobrowser data
4044 * Fix launching external applications on Windows
4046 * Ensure that the `amend` checkbox is unchecked when switching modes
4048 * Update the status tree when amending commits
4058 * Fix Lintian warnings
4068 * Fix X11 warnings on application startup
4078 * Added missing 'Exit Diff Mode' button for 'Diff Expression' mode
4079 (`#31 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/31>`_)
4081 * Fix a bug when initializing fonts on Windows
4082 (`#32 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/32>`_)
4092 * Keep entries in sorted order in the `cola classic` tool
4094 * Fix staging untracked files
4095 (`#27 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/27>`_)
4097 * Fix the `show` command in the Stash dialog
4098 (`#29 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/29>`_)
4100 * Fix a typo when loading merge commit messages
4101 (`#30 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/30>`_)
4109 This release focuses on a redesign of the git-cola user interface,
4110 a tags interface, and better integration of the `cola classic` tool.
4111 A flexible interface based on configurable docks is used to manage the
4112 various cola widgets.
4114 Usability, bells and whistles
4115 -----------------------------
4116 * New GUI is flexible and user-configurable
4118 * Individual widgets can be detached and rearranged arbitrarily
4120 * Add an interface for creating tags
4122 * Provide a fallback `SSH_ASKPASS` implementation to prompt for
4123 SSH passwords on fetch/push/pull
4125 * The commit message editor displays the current row/column and
4126 warns when lines get too long
4128 * The `cola classic` tool displays upstream changes
4130 * `git cola --classic` launches `cola classic` in standalone mode
4132 * Provide more information in log messages
4136 * Inherit the window manager's font settings
4138 * Miscellaneous PyQt4 bug fixes and workarounds
4142 * Removed all usage of Qt Designer `.ui` files
4144 * Simpler model/view architecture
4146 * Selection is now shared across tools
4148 * Centralized notifications are used to keep views in sync
4150 * The `cola.git` command class was made thread-safe
4152 * Less coupling between model and view actions
4154 * The status view was rewritten to use the MVC architecture
4156 * Added more documentation and tests
4164 Usability, bells and whistles
4165 -----------------------------
4166 * Added a `cola classic` tool for browsing the entire repository
4168 * Handle diff expressions with spaces
4170 * Handle renamed files
4174 * Handle carat `^` characters in diff expressions on Windows
4176 * Worked around a PyQt 4.5/4.6 QThreadPool bug
4180 * Added a keyboard shortcuts reference page
4182 * Added developer API documentation
4186 * Fix the diff expression used when reviewing branches
4188 * Fix a bug when pushing branches
4190 * Fix X11 warnings at startup
4192 * Fix more interrupted system calls on Mac OS X
4200 Usability, bells and whistles
4201 -----------------------------
4202 * Fresh and tasty SVG logos
4204 * Added `Branch Review` mode for reviewing topic branches
4206 * Added diff modes for diffing between tags, branches,
4207 or arbitrary `git diff` expressions
4209 * The push dialog selects the current branch by default.
4210 This is in preparation for `git 1.7.0` where unconfigured `git push`
4211 will refuse to push when run without specifying the remote name
4212 and branch. See the `git` release notes for more information
4214 * Support `open` and `clone` commands on Windows
4216 * Allow saving cola UI layouts
4218 * Re-enabled `double-click-to-stage` for unmerged entries.
4219 Disabling it for unmerged items was inconsistent, though safer.
4221 * Show diffs when navigating the status tree with the keyboard
4225 * Worked around `pyuic4` bugs in the `setup.py` build script
4227 * Added Mac OSX application bundles to the download page
4237 * `git difftool` became an official git command in `git 1.6.3`.
4239 * `git difftool` learned `--no-prompt` / `-y` and a corresponding
4240 `difftool.prompt` configuration variable
4242 Usability, bells and whistles
4243 -----------------------------
4244 * Warn when `non-fast-forward` is used with fetch, push or pull
4246 * Allow `Ctrl+C` to exit cola when run from the command line
4250 * Support Unicode font names
4252 * Handle interrupted system calls
4256 * `PEP-8`-ified more of the cola code base
4262 * All resources are now installed into `$prefix/share/git-cola`.
4263 Closed Debian bug #519972
4265 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519972
4275 * Added support for Kompare in `git difftool`
4277 * Added a separate configuration namespace for `git difftool`
4279 * Added the `diff.tool` configuration variable to define the default diff tool
4281 Usability, bells and whistles
4282 -----------------------------
4283 * The stash dialog allows passing the `--keep-index` option to `git stash`
4285 * Amending a published commit warns at commit time
4287 * Simplified the file-across-revisions comparison dialog
4289 * `origin` is selected by default in fetch/push/pull
4291 * Removed the search field from the log widget
4293 * The log window moved into a drawer widget at the bottom of the UI
4295 * Log window display can be configured with
4296 `cola.showoutput` = `{never, always, errors}`. `errors` is the default.
4298 * `NOTE` -- `cola.showoutput` was removed with the GUI rewrite in 1.4.0.
4302 * Improved nose unittest usage
4306 * Added a Windows/msysGit installer
4308 * Included private versions of `simplejson` and `jsonpickle`
4309 for ease of installation and development