8 :ref:`v3.0 <v3.0>` is the latest stable release.
13 Clone the git-cola repo to get the latest development version:
15 ``git clone git://github.com/git-cola/git-cola.git``
22 Usability, bells and whistles
23 -----------------------------
24 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
26 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/726
28 * Updated Ukranian translation.
30 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/723
32 * New Czech translation.
34 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/736
36 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/737
38 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/740
40 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/743
42 * The "name" field in the "Create Tag" dialog now includes autocompletion,
43 which makes it easy to see which tags currently exist.
45 * `git cola` now has configurable toolbars. Use the `View -> Add toolbar`
46 menu item to add a toolbar.
48 * Setting `cola.expandtab` to `true` will now expand tabs into spaces
49 in the commit message editor. The number of spaces to insert is determined
50 by consulting `cola.tabwidth`, which defaults to `8`.
52 * The "Copy SHA-1" hotkey is now `Alt + Ctrl + C`, to avoid clobbering the
53 ability to copy text from the DAG window.
55 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/705
57 * The "Prepare Commit Message" action can now be invoked via the
58 `Ctrl+Shift+Return` shortcut.
60 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/707
62 * The `Branches` pane now has a filter field that highlights branches whose
63 names match the string entered into its text field.
65 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/713
67 * Actions that are triggered in response to button presses were being
68 triggered when the button was pressed, rather than when it was released,
69 which was a usability flaw. All buttons now respond when clicked
70 rather than when pressed.
72 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/715
74 * The DAG window will now only refresh when object IDs change.
75 Previously, the DAG would redraw itself in response to inotify events,
76 such as filesystem operations, which was disruptive when inspecting a large
77 diff in its diff viewer. The DAG will now only redraw when the object IDs
78 corresponding to its query input changes. Furthermore, when redrawing, the
79 scrollbar positions are retained to minimize disruption to the viewport
82 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/620
84 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/724
86 * The "About" dialog now includes the SHA-1 where Git Cola was built.
88 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/530
90 * The "Status" widget now has "Copy Leading Path to Clipboard" and
91 "Copy Basename to Clipboard" actions.
93 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/435
95 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/436
97 * The "Status" widget now supports custom "Copy ... to Clipboard" actions.
99 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/437
101 * The main menu now has an "Edit" menu.
103 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/725
105 * `git dag` learned to checkout commits into a detached HEAD state.
107 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/698
109 * The `status` widget's context menus now omit actions selection-dependent
110 actions when no file is selected.
112 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/731
114 * The startup dialog now focuses the repository list so that repositories
115 can be selected with the keyboard without mouse intervention.
117 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/741
121 * `git dag` now prevents nodes from overlapping in more situations.
123 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/689
125 * Adding untracked Git submodule repo directories previously ran
126 `git add submodule/` but we now call `git add submodule` without
127 the trailing slash (`/`) to avoid staging files that belong to the
128 submodule (which is possibly a `git` bug). By working around the
129 buggy behavior we allow users to recover by issuing the appropriate
130 `git submodule add` command to properly register the submodule.
132 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/681
134 * We now avoid `git for-each-ref --sort=version:refname` on versions
135 of `git` older than `v2.7.0`. Previously we only avoided it for
136 versions older than `v2.0.0`, which was a mistake.
138 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686
140 * The error message displayed when `git` is not installed has been fixed.
142 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686
144 * Adding new remotes was silently broken.
146 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/684
148 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/685
150 * The repo selection dialog had errors during startup when the
151 `cola.refreshonfocus` feature was enabled, as reported on Ubuntu 16.04.
153 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/690
155 * Restored support for PyQt 4.6 (Centos 6.8)
157 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/692
159 * Switching repositories now resets the "Amend Mode" and other settings
162 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/710
164 * `git rebase` error messages now displayed when rebasing fails or stops
165 via the standalone `git cola rebase` front-end.
167 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/721
169 * `git cola` learned to stage broken symlinks.
171 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/727
173 * The "View History" feature in the `Browser` tool was fixed, and now
174 disambiguates between refs and paths.
176 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/732
178 * The diff editor now has better support for files with CRLF `\r\n`
181 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/730
183 * `cola.inotify` in a repo-local config is now honored
184 when `git cola` is launched from a desktop entry (`git cola --prompt`).
186 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/695
193 Usability, bells and whistles
194 -----------------------------
195 * New Ukranian translation.
197 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/670
199 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/672
201 * New and improved French translations.
203 * The new `Branches` widget makes it easier to checkout, merge, push,
204 and pull branches from a single interface.
206 * `git cola` now includes a dark icon theme. The dark icon theme can be
207 activated either by setting the `GIT_COLA_ICON_THEME` environment variable
208 to `dark`, by configuring `cola.icontheme` to `dark`, or by specifying
209 `--icon-theme=dark` on the command line.
211 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/638
213 * Autocompletion was added to the `Fetch`, `Push`, and `Pull` dialogs.
215 * The commit message editor now remembers the "Spellcheck" setting
218 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/645
220 * `git dag` now uses an improved algorithm for laying out the graph,
221 which avoids collisions under certain graph configurations, and
222 avoids overlapping tag with commits.
224 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/648
226 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/651
228 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/654
230 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/656
232 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/659
234 * `git dag` now remembers its column sizes across sessions.
236 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/674
238 * `Grep` now shows a preview of the selected file's content in a split window
239 below the grep results.
241 * `Grep` now includes line numbers in the preview pane's output.
243 * `Edit Remotes` now remembers its window settings after exiting.
245 * `Diff` now has an option to display line numbers in the editor.
247 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/136
249 * `Amend Last Commit` can now be triggered via the `Commit` menu in addition
250 to the commit message editor's options.
252 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/640
254 * The `File Browser` tool was made much faster and can now operate on
255 much larger repositories.
257 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/499
259 * A new "turbo" mode was added that allows you to opt-out of operations
260 that can slow `git cola` on large repositories. The turbo mode is
261 enabled by configuring `git config cola.turbo true`. Turbo mode
262 disables the background loading of Git commit messages and other
263 details in the `File Browser` widget.
265 * A new GitIgnore dialog allows adding custom gitignore patterns.
267 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/653
269 * The spellchecker in `git cola` can now use an additional dictionary
270 by configuring `cola.dictionary` to the path to a file containing
271 a newline-separated list of words.
273 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663
275 * The stash, export patches, diff, and gitignore dialogs now remember
278 * A new `git cola recent` sub-command was added for finding recently
281 * The `Fetch` dialog now allows pruning remote branches.
283 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/639
285 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/680
289 * `git cola`'s spellchecker now supports the new `dict-common` filesystem
290 layout, and prefers the `/usr/share/dict/cracklib-small` file over the
291 `/usr/share/dict/words` provided on older distributions.
292 This makes the spellchecker compatible with Arch, which does not provide
293 a `words` symlink like Debian.
295 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663
297 * Properly handle the case where an existing file is untracked using
300 * Fix a quirk where the "Create Branch" dialog sometimes required clicking
301 twice on the radio buttons.
303 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/662
305 * Fixed a focus issue to ensure that "Push", "Fetch", and "Pull" can
306 be executed with the press of a single enter key after being shown.
308 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/661
310 * Committing is now allowed in when resolving a merge results in no
311 changes. This state was previously prevented by the commit message editor,
312 which prevented users from resolving merges that result in no changes.
314 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/679
316 * The filesystem monitor would sometimes emit backtraces when directories
317 are modified. This has been fixed.
319 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1438522
321 * Absolute paths are now returned when querying for `.git`-relative paths
322 from within a submodule, which uses `.git`-files.
323 This fixes launching `git cola` from within a subdirectory of a submodule.
325 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/675
332 Usability, bells and whistles
333 -----------------------------
334 * `git cola` can now invoke the `.git/hooks/cola-prepare-commit-msg`
335 hook to update the commit message. This hook takes the same parameters
336 as Git's `prepare-commit-message` hook. The default path to this hook
337 can be overridden by setting the `cola.prepareCommitMessageHook`
338 configuration variable.
340 http://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#prepare-commit-message
342 * `git cola diff` (and the corresponding `Diff` menu actions) can now
343 launch difftool with the standard `Ctrl+D` hotkey. The `Ctrl+E` hotkey was
344 also added for launching an editor.
346 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
350 * `git cola` now works when installed in non-ascii, utf8-encoded paths.
352 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/629
354 * Styling issues that caused black backgrounds in various widgets when using
355 PyQ5 on Mac OS X have been fixed.
357 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/624
359 * The "Open Recent" menu action was broken and has been fixed.
361 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/634
363 * Exiting `git cola` with a maximized main window would hang when reopened
366 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/641
370 * `appdata.xml` files are now provided at
371 `share/appdata/git-cola.xml` and `share/appdata/git-dag.xml`
372 for use by the Linux software gallery.
374 https://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appdata/
376 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/627
385 * The "Open Recent" menu was updated to new bookmarks format.
387 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/628
394 Usability, bells and whistles
395 -----------------------------
396 * New Polish translation thanks to Łukasz Wojniłowicz
398 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/598
400 * The `Bypass Commit Hooks` feature now disables itself automatically
401 when a new commit is created. The new behavior turns the option into a
402 single-use flag, which helps prevent users from accidentally leaving it
403 active longer than intended.
405 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/595
407 * `git dag` learned to launch an external diff viewer on selected commits.
408 The standard `Ctrl+D` shortcut can be used to view diffs.
410 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468
412 * `git dag` learned to launch directory diffs via `git difftool --dir-diff`.
413 The `Ctrl+Shift+D` shortcut launches difftool in directory-diff mode.
415 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468
417 * Items in the "Favorites" list can now be renamed, which makes it
418 easier to differentiate between several checkouts of the same repository.
420 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/599
422 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/601
424 * The startup screen now includes a logo and `git cola` version information.
426 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/526
428 * The `About` page was revamped to contain multiple tabs. A new tab was added
429 that provides details about `git cola`''s dependencies. New tabs were also
430 added for giving credit to `git cola`'s authors and translators.
432 * The `About` page can now be accessed via `git cola about`.
434 * The "Fast-forward only" and "No fast-forward" options supported by
435 `git pull` are now accessible via `git cola pull`.
437 * Doing a forced push no longer requires selecting the remote branch.
439 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/618
441 * `git cola push` now has an option to suppress the prompt that is shown
442 when pushing would create new remote branches.
444 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/605
446 * `git dag` now shows commit messages in a more readable color.
448 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/574
450 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch the OS-specified
451 default action for a file. When used on directories via `git cola browse`,
452 or when "Open Parent Directory" is used on files, the OS-specified
453 file browser will typically be used.
455 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch terminals.
459 * `git cola browse` was not updating when expanding items.
461 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/588
463 * Typofixes in comments, naming, and strings have been applied.
465 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/593
467 * The inotify and win32 filesystem monitoring no longer refreshes
468 when updates are made to ignored files.
470 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/517
472 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/516
474 * The `Refresh` button on the actions panel no longer raises an
475 exception when using PyQt5.
477 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/604
479 * Fixed a typo in the inotify backend that is triggered when files are removed.
481 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/607
483 * Fixed a typo when recovering from a failed attempt to open a repository.
485 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/606
487 * `git dag` now properly updates itself when launched from the menubar.
489 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/613
491 * If git-cola is invoked on Windows using `start pythonw git-cola`,
492 a console window will briefly flash on the screen each time
493 `git cola` invokes `git`. The console window is now suppressed.
495 * We now avoid some problematic Popen flags on Windows which were
496 breaking the `git rebase` feature on Windows.
498 * The `Save` button in `git dag`'s "Grab File..." feature now properly
499 prompts for a filename when saving files.
501 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/617
505 * The `qtpy` symlink in the source tree has been removed to allow for easier
506 development on Windows.
508 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/626
515 Usability, bells and whistles
516 -----------------------------
517 * `git cola push` learned to configure upstream branches.
519 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/563
523 * The diffstat view is now properly updated when notifications are
524 received via inotify filesystem monitoring.
526 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/577
528 * Python3 with PyQt5 had a bug that prevented `git cola` from starting.
530 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/589
540 * When repositories stored in non-ASCII, UTF-8-encoded filesystem paths
541 were operated upon with `LC_ALL=C` set in the environment, unicode errors
542 would occur when using `python2`. `git cola` was made more robust and will
543 now operate correctly within this environment.
545 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/581
547 * Support for the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment variable was fixed.
549 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/582
554 * The `unittest.mock` module is now used instead of the original `mock` module
555 when running the `git cola` test suite using Python3.
557 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/569
562 * `git cola` is now compatible with *PyQt5*, *PyQt4*, and *Pyside*.
563 `git cola` previously supported *PyQt4* only, but will now use whichever
564 library is available. Users are not required to upgrade at this time,
565 but *PyQt5* support can be enabled anytime by making its python
568 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/232
570 *NOTE*: We do not yet recommend using *PyQt5* because there are known
571 exit-on-segfault bugs in *Qt5* that have not yet been addressed.
572 `git cola` is sensitive to this bug and is known to crash on exit
573 when using `git dag` or the interactive rebase feature on *PyQt5*.
575 https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-52988
577 *PyQt4* is stable and there are no known issues when using it so
578 we recommend using it until the Qt5 bugs have been resolved.
580 * `git cola` now depends on *QtPy* and includes a bundled copy of the
581 `qtpy` library. If you are packaging `git cola` and would prefer to use
582 `qtpy` from your distribution instead of the built-in version then use
583 `make NO_VENDOR_LIBS=1` when building `git cola`. This will prevent
584 vendored libraries from being installed.
591 Usability, bells and whistles
592 -----------------------------
594 * A new "Reset" sub-menu provides access to running "git reset --mixed"
595 when resetting branch heads and "git reset --merge" when resetting
598 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/542
600 * `git cola` now supports linked worktrees, i.e. worktrees created by
603 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/554
608 * Diff highlighting is now robust to the user having
609 diff.supressBlankEmpty=true in their git config.
611 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/541
613 * The filesystem monitor now properly handles repositories that use
614 `.git`-files, e.g. when using submodules.
616 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/545
618 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pulls/546
620 * Per-repository git configuration is now properly detected when launching
621 `git cola` from an application launcher.
623 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/548
625 * `git cola` now cleans up after itself immediately to avoid leaving behind
626 empty `/tmp/git-cola-XXXXXX` directories when the user uses `Ctrl+C`
629 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/566
634 * It is now possible to install `git cola` to and from utf8-encoded filesystem
635 paths. Previously, Python's stdlib would throw an encoding error during
636 installation. We workaround the stdlib by forcing python2 to use utf-8,
637 thus fixing assumptions in the stdlib library code.
639 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/551
646 Usability, bells and whistles
647 -----------------------------
649 * The icon for untracked files was adjusted to better differentiate
650 between files and the "Untracked" header.
652 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/509
654 * Ctrl+O was added as a hotkey for opening repositories.
656 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/507
658 * `git dag` now uses consistent edge colors across updates.
660 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/512
662 * `git cola`'s Bookmarks widget can now be used to set a "Default Repository".
663 Under the hood, we set the `cola.defaultrepo` configuration variable.
664 The default repository is used whenever `git cola` is launched outside of
665 a Git repository. When unset, or when set to a bogus value, `git cola`
666 will prompt for a repository, as it previously did.
668 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/513
670 * `git cola`'s Russian and Spanish translations were improved
671 thanks to Vaiz and Zeioth.
673 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/514
675 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/515
677 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/523
679 * `git cola` was translated to Turkish thanks to Barış ÇELİK.
681 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/520
683 * The status view now supports launching `git gui blame`. It can be
684 configured to use a different command by setting `cola.blameviewer`.
686 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/521
688 * `git dag` now allows selecting non-contiguous ranges in the log widget.
690 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468
692 * Any font can now be chosen for the diff editor, not just monospace fonts.
694 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/525
699 * `xfce4-terminal` and `gnome-terminal` are now supported when launching
700 `git mergetool` to resolve merges. These terminals require that the command
701 to execute is shell-quoted and passed as a single string argument to `-e`
702 rather than as additional command line arguments.
704 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/524
706 * Fixed a unicode problem when formatting the error message that is shown
707 when `gitk` is not installed. We now handle unicode data in tracebacks
708 generated by python itself.
710 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/528
712 * The `New repository` feature was fixed.
714 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/533
716 * We now use omit the extended description when creating "fixup!" commits,
717 for consistency with the Git CLI. We now include only the one-line summary
718 in the final commit message.
720 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/522
727 Usability, bells and whistles
728 -----------------------------
730 * The user interface is now HiDPI-capable. git-cola now uses SVG
731 icons, and its interface can be scaled by setting the `GIT_COLA_SCALE`
732 environment variable.
734 * `git dag` now supports the standard editor, difftool, and history hotkeys.
735 It is now possible to invoke these actions from file widget's context
736 menu and through the standard hotkeys.
738 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/473
740 * The `Status` tool also learned about the history hotkey.
741 Additionally, the `Alt-{j,k}` aliases are also supported in the `Status`
742 tool for consistency with the other tools where the non-Alt hotkeys are not
745 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/488
747 * The `File Browser` tool now has better default column sizes,
748 and remembers its window size and placement.
750 * The `File Browser` now supports the refresh hotkey, and has better
751 behavior when refreshing. The selection is now retained, and new and
752 removed files are found when refreshing.
754 * A new `git-cola-completion.bash` completion script is provided in the
755 `contrib/` directory. It must be used alongside Git's completion script.
756 Source it from your `~/.bashrc` (or `~/.zshrc`, etc) after sourcing
757 the `git-completion.bash` script and you will have command-line completion
758 support for the `git cola` and `git dag` sub-commands.
760 * The "checkout" dialog now offers completion for remote branches and other
761 git refs. This makes it easier to checkout remote branches in a detached
762 head state. Additionally, the checkout dialog also offers completion for
763 remote branches that have not yet been checked out, which makes it easier to
764 create a local tracking branch by just completing for that potential name.
766 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/390
768 * The "create branch" and "create tag" dialogs now save and restore their
771 * The "status" widget can now be configured to use a bold font with a darker
772 background for the header items.
774 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/506
776 * The "status" widget now remembers its horizontol scrollbar position across
777 updates. This is helpful when working on projects with long paths.
779 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/494
784 * When using *Git for Windows*, a `git` window would appear
785 when running *Windows 8*. We now pass additional flags to
786 `subprocess.Popen` to prevent a `git` window from appearing.
788 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/477
790 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/486
792 * Launching difftool with `.PY` in `$PATHEXT` on Windows was fixed.
794 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/492
796 * Creating a local branch tracking a remote branch that contains
797 slashes in its name is now properly handled.
799 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/496
801 * The "Browse Other Branch" feature was broken by Python3, and is now fixed.
803 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/501
805 * We now avoid `long` for better Python3 compatibility.
807 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/502
809 * We now use Git's default merge message when merging branches.
811 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/508
813 * Miscellaneous fixes
815 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/485
820 * git-cola's documentation no longer uses an intersphinx link mapping
821 to docs.python.org. This fixes warnings when building rpms using koji,
822 where network access is prevented.
824 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231812
831 Usability, bells and whistles
832 -----------------------------
834 * The Interactive Rebase feature now works on Windows!
836 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/463
838 * The `diff` editor now understands vim-style `hjkl` navigation hotkeys.
840 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/476
842 * `Alt-{j,k}` navigation hotkeys were added to allow changing to the
843 next/previous file from the diff and commit editors.
845 * The `Rename branch` menu action is now disabled in empty repositories.
847 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/475
849 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/459
851 * `git cola` now checks unmerged files for conflict markers before
852 staging them. This feature can be disabled in the preferences.
854 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/464
856 * `git dag` now remembers which commits were selected when refreshing
857 so that it can restore the selection afterwards.
859 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/480
861 * "Launch Editor", "Launch Difftool", "Stage/Unstage",
862 and "Move Up/Down" hotkeys now work when the commit message
865 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453
867 * The diff editor now supports the `Ctrl+u` hotkey for reverting
868 diff hunks and selected lines.
870 * The `core.commentChar` Git configuration value is now honored.
871 Commit messages and rebase instruction sheets will now use
872 the configured character for comments. This allows having
873 commit messages that start with `#` when `core.commentChar`
874 is configured to its non-default value.
876 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/446
881 * Diff syntax highlighting was improved to handle more edge cases
884 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/467
886 * Setting commands in the interactive rebase editor was fixed.
888 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/472
890 * git-cola no longer clobbers the Ctrl+Backspace text editing shortcut
891 in the commit message editor.
893 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453
895 * The copy/paste clipboard now persists after `git cola` exits.
897 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/484
906 * Fixed the "Sign off" feature in the commit message editor.
913 Usability, bells and whistles
914 -----------------------------
915 * Double-click will now choose a commit in the "Select commit" dialog.
917 * `git cola` has a feature that reads `.git/MERGE_MSG` and friends for the
918 commit message when a merge is in-progress. Upon refresh, `git cola` will
919 now detect when a merge has completed and reset the commit message back to
920 its previous state. It is only reset if the editor contains a message
921 that was read from the file and has not been manually edited by the user.
923 * The commit message editor's context menu now has a "Clear..." action for
924 clearing the message across both the summary and description fields.
926 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
928 * The system theme's icons are now used wherever possible.
930 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/458
934 * The stash viewer now uses ``git show --no-ext-diff`` to avoid running
935 user-configured diff tools.
937 * `git cola` now uses the `setsid()` system call to ensure that the
938 `GIT_ASKPASS` and `SSH_ASKPASS` helper programs are used when pushing
939 changes using `git`. The askpass helpers will now be used even when
940 `git cola` is launched from a terminal.
942 The behavior without `setsid()` is that `git cola` can appear to hang while
943 pushing changes. The hang happens when `git` prompts the user for a
944 password using the terminal, but the user never sees the prompt. `setsid()`
945 detaches the terminal, which ensures that the askpass helpers are used.
947 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/218
949 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/262
951 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/377
953 * `git dag`'s file list tool was updated to properly handle unicode paths.
955 * `gnome-terminal` is no longer used by default when `cola.terminal` is unset.
956 It is broken, as was detailed in #456.
958 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/456
960 * The interactive rebase feature was not always setting `$GIT_EDITOR`
961 to the value of `gui.editor`, thus there could be instances where rebase
962 will seem to not stop, or hang, when performing "reword" actions.
964 We now set the `$GIT_EDITOR` environment variable when performing the
965 "Continue", "Skip", and "Edit Todo" rebase actions so that the correct
966 editor is used during the rebase.
968 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/445
972 * `git cola` moved from a 3-part version number to a simpler 2-part "vX.Y"
973 version number. Most of our releases tend to contain new features.
980 Usability, bells and whistles
981 -----------------------------
982 * Updated zh_TW translations.
984 * `git cola rebase` now defaults to `@{upstream}`, and generally uses the same
985 CLI syntax as `git rebase`.
987 * The commit message editor now allows you to bypass commit hooks by selecting
988 the "Bypass Commit Hooks" option. This is equivalent to passing the
989 `--no-verify` option to `git commit`.
991 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/357
993 * We now prevent the "Delete Files" action from creating a dialog that does
996 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/378
998 * `git xbase` learned to edit rebase instruction sheets that contain
1001 * The diff colors are now configurable. `cola.color.{text,add,remove,header}`
1002 can now be set with 6-digit hexadecimal colors.
1003 See the `git cola manual <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#configuration-variables>_`
1006 * Improved hotkey documentation.
1010 * `git cola` will now allow starting an interactive rebase with a dirty
1011 worktree when `rebase.autostash` is set.
1013 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/360
1020 Usability, bells and whistles
1021 -----------------------------
1022 * A new "Find files" widget was added, and can be activated by
1023 using the `Ctrl+t` or `t` hotkeys.
1025 * A new `git cola find` sub-command was added for finding files.
1027 * `git cola` now remembers the text cursor's position when staging
1028 interactively with the keyboard. This makes it easier to use the keyboard
1029 arrows to select and stage lines.
1031 * The completion widgets will now select the top completion item
1032 when `Enter` or `Return` are pressed.
1034 * You can now refresh using `F5` in addition to the existing `Ctrl+R` hotkey.
1038 * `git cola` now passes `--no-abbrev-commit` to `git log` to override
1039 having `log.abbrevCommit = true` set in `.gitconfig`.
1045 Usability, bells and whistles
1046 -----------------------------
1047 * `git dag` now forwards all unknown arguments along to `git log`.
1049 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/389
1051 * Line-by-line interactive staging was made more robust.
1053 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/399
1055 * "Bookmarks" was renamed to "Favorites".
1057 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/392
1059 * Untracked files are now displayed using a unique icon.
1061 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/388
1065 * `git dag` was triggering a traceback on Fedora when parsing Git logs.
1067 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181686
1069 * inotify expects unicode paths on Python3.
1071 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/393
1073 * Untracked files are now assumed to be utf-8 encoded.
1075 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/401
1081 Usability, bells and whistles
1082 -----------------------------
1083 * `git cola` can now create GPG-signed commits and merges.
1085 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/149
1087 See the documentation for details about setting up a GPG agent.
1089 * The status widget learned to copy relative paths when `Ctrl+x` is pressed.
1091 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/358
1093 * Custom GUI actions can now define their own keyboard shortcuts by
1094 setting `guitool.$name.shortcut` to a string understood by Qt's
1095 `QAction::setShortcut()` API, e.g. `Alt+X`.
1097 See http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qkeysequence.html#QKeySequence-2
1098 for more details about the supported values.
1100 * `git cola` learned to rename branches.
1102 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/364
1104 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/278
1106 * `git dag` now has a "Show history" context menu which can be used to filter
1107 history using the selected paths.
1111 * `sphinxtogithub.py` was fixed for Python3.
1113 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/353
1115 * The commit that changed how we read remotes from `git remote`
1116 to parsing `git config` was reverted since it created problems
1119 * Fixed a crash when using the `rebase edit` feature.
1121 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/351
1123 * Better drag-and-drop behavior when dropping into gnome-terminal.
1125 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/373
1129 * The `git-cola-folder-handler.desktop` file handler was fixed
1130 to pass validation by `desktop-file-validate`.
1132 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/356
1134 * The `git.svg` icon was renamed to `git-cola.svg`, and `git cola` was taught
1135 to prefer icons from the desktop theme when available.
1141 Usability, bells and whistles
1142 -----------------------------
1143 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+Shift+M` merges branches.
1145 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+R` refreshes the DAG viewer.
1147 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/347
1151 * We now use `git config` to parse the list of remotes
1152 instead of parsing the output of `git remote`, which
1153 is a Git porcelain and should not be used by scripts.
1155 * Avoid "C++ object has been deleted" errors from PyQt4.
1157 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/346
1161 * The `make install` target now uses `install` instead of `cp`.
1167 Usability, bells and whistles
1168 -----------------------------
1169 * Updated Brazillian Portuguese translation.
1171 * The status and browse widgets now allow drag-and-drop into
1172 external applications.
1174 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/335
1176 * We now show a progress bar when cloning repositories.
1178 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/312
1180 * The bookmarks widget was simplified to not need a
1183 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/289
1185 * Updated Traditional Chinese translation.
1187 * We now display a warning when trying to rebase with uncommitted changes.
1189 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/338
1191 * The status widget learned to filter paths.
1192 `Ctrl+Shift+S` toggles the filter widget.
1194 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/337
1196 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/339
1198 * The status widget learned to move files to the trash
1199 when the `send2trash <https://github.com/hsoft/send2trash>`_
1200 module is installed.
1202 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/341
1204 * "Recent repositories" is now a dedicated widget.
1206 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/342
1208 * New Spanish translation thanks to Pilar Molina Lopez.
1210 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/344
1214 * Newly added remotes are now properly seen by the fetch/push/pull dialogs.
1216 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/343
1222 Usability, bells and whistles
1223 -----------------------------
1224 * New Brazillian Portuguese translation thanks to Vitor Lobo.
1226 * New Indonesian translation thanks to Samsul Ma'arif.
1228 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation thanks to Zhang Han.
1230 * `Ctrl+Backspace` is now a hotkey for "delete untracked files" in
1233 * Fetch/Push/Pull dialogs now use the configured remote of the current
1236 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/324
1240 * We now use `os.getcwd()` on Python3.
1242 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/316
1244 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/326
1246 * The `Ctrl+P` hotkey was overloaded to both "push" and "cherry-pick",
1247 so "cherry-pick" was moved to `Ctrl+Shift+C`.
1249 * Custom GUI tools with mixed-case names are now properly supported.
1251 * "Diff Region" is now referred to as "Diff Hunk" for consistency
1252 with common terminology from diff/patch tools.
1254 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/328
1256 * git-cola's test suite is now portable to MS Windows.
1258 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/332
1264 Usability, bells and whistles
1265 -----------------------------
1266 * We now handle the case when inotify `add_watch()` fails
1267 and display instructions on how to increase the number of watches.
1269 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/263
1271 * New and improved zh_TW localization thanks to V字龍(Vdragon).
1273 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/265
1275 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/267
1277 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/268
1279 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/269
1281 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/270
1283 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/271
1285 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/272
1287 * New hotkeys: `Ctrl+F` for fetch, `Ctrl+P` for push,
1288 and `Ctrl+Shift+P` for pull.
1290 * The bookmarks widget's context menu actions were made clearer.
1292 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/281
1294 * The term "Staging Area" is used consistently in the UI
1295 to allow for better localization.
1297 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/283
1299 * The "Section" term is now referred to as "Diff Region"
1302 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/297
1304 * The localization documentation related to the LANGUAGE
1305 environment variable was improved.
1307 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/293
1309 * The "Actions" panel now contains tooltips for each button
1310 in case the button labels gets truncated by Qt.
1312 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/292
1314 * Custom `git config`-defined actions can now be run in the
1315 background by setting `guitool.<name>.background` to `true`.
1319 * We now use bold fonts instead of SmallCaps to avoid
1320 artifacts on several configurations.
1322 * We now pickup `user.email`, `cola.tabwidth`, and similar settings
1323 when defined in /etc/gitconfig.
1325 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/259
1327 * Better support for unicode paths when using inotify.
1329 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104181
1331 * Unicode fixes for non-ascii locales.
1333 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/266
1335 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/273
1337 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/276
1339 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/282
1341 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/298
1343 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/302
1345 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/303
1347 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/305
1349 * Viewing history from the file browser was fixed for Python3.
1351 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/274
1353 * setup.py was fixed to install the `*.rst` documentation.
1355 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/279
1357 * Patch export was fixed for Python3.
1359 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/290
1361 * Fixed adding a bookmark with trailing slashes.
1363 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/295
1365 * The default `git dag` layout is now setup so that its widgets
1366 can be freely resized on Linux.
1368 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/299
1370 * Invalid tag names are now reported when creating tags.
1372 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/296
1378 Usability, bells and whistles
1379 -----------------------------
1380 * `git cola` no longer prompts after successfully creating a new branch.
1382 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/251
1384 * Hitting enter on simple dialogs now accepts them.
1386 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/255
1390 * `git dag` no longer relies on `sys.maxint`, which is
1391 not available in Python3.
1393 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/249
1395 * Python3-related fixes.
1397 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/254
1399 * Python3-on-Windows-related fixes.
1401 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/250
1403 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/252
1405 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/253
1407 * Switching repositories using the bookmarks widget was not
1408 refreshing the inotify watcher.
1410 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/256
1412 * Special commit messages trailers (e.g. "Acked-by:") are now special-cased to
1413 fix word wrapping lines that start with "foo:".
1415 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/257
1417 * `git dag` sometimes left behind selection artifacts.
1418 We now refresh the view to avoid them.
1420 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/204
1426 Usability, bells and whistles
1427 -----------------------------
1428 * Better inotify support for file creation and deletion.
1430 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/240
1432 * `git cola` now supports the X11 Session Management Protocol
1433 and remembers its state across logout/reboot.
1435 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/164
1437 * `git cola` has a new icon.
1439 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/190
1443 * Building the documentation no longer requires `asciidoc`.
1444 We now use `Sphinx <http://sphinx-doc.org/>`_ for building
1445 html documentation and man pages.
1449 * Reworked the git-dag gravatar icon code to avoid a unicode
1452 * Commit message line-wrapping was made to better match the GUI editor.
1454 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/242
1456 * Better support for Python3 on Windows
1458 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/246
1462 * git-cola no longer depends on Asciidoc for building its documentation
1463 and man-pages. We now depend on [Sphinx](http://sphinx-doc.org/) only.
1469 Usability, bells and whistles
1470 -----------------------------
1471 * Some context menu actions are now hidden when selected
1474 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/238
1478 * The build-git-cola.sh contrib script was improved.
1480 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/235
1482 * Non-ascii worktrees work properly again.
1484 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/234
1486 * The browser now guards itself against missing files.
1488 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071378
1490 * Saving widget state now works under Python3.
1492 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/236
1500 * git-cola now runs on Python 3 thanks to Virgil Dupras.
1502 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/233
1504 * Python 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2+ are now supported.
1505 Python 2.5 is no longer supported.
1509 * i18n test fixes thanks to Virgil Dupras.
1511 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/231
1513 * git-cola.app build fixes thanks to Maicon D. Filippsen.
1515 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/230
1517 * Lots of pylint improvements thanks to Alex Chernetz.
1519 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/229
1525 Usability, bells and whistles
1526 -----------------------------
1527 * The new `Bookmarks` tool makes it really easy to switch between repositories.
1529 * There is now a dedicated dialog for applying patches.
1530 See the ``File -> Apply Patches`` menu item.
1532 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/215
1534 * A new `git cola am` sub-command was added for applying patches.
1538 * Fixed a typo that caused inotify events to be silently ignored.
1540 * Fixed the sys.path setup for Mac OS X (Homebrew).
1542 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/221
1544 * Lots of pylint fixes thanks to Alex Chernetz.
1550 Usability, bells and whistles
1551 -----------------------------
1552 * `git cola --amend` now starts the editor in `amend` mode.
1554 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/187
1556 * Multiple lines of text can now be pasted into the `summary` field.
1557 All text beyond the first newline will be automatically moved to the
1558 `extended description` field.
1560 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/212
1564 * Stray whitespace in `.git` files is now ignored.
1566 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/213
1568 * Fix "known incorrect sRGB profile" in `staged-item.png`.
1570 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/85066
1578 * Fix a traceback when `git push` fails.
1580 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034778
1584 * Most of the git-cola sub-packages have been removed.
1585 The only remaining packages are `cola`, `cola.models`,
1588 * The translation file for Simplified Chinese was renamed
1591 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/209
1599 * `git cola version --brief` now prints the brief version number.
1603 * Resurrected the "make dist" target, for those that prefer to create
1606 * Fixed the typo that broke the preferences dialog.
1612 Usability, bells and whistles
1613 -----------------------------
1614 * We now ship a full-featured interactive `git rebase` editor.
1615 The rebase todo file is edited using the `git xbase` script which
1616 is provided at `$prefix/share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase`.
1617 This script can be used standalone by setting the `$GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR`
1618 before running `git rebase --interactive`.
1620 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1
1622 * Fixup commit messages can now be loaded from the commit message editor.
1624 * Tool widgets can be locked in place by using the "Tools/Lock Layout"
1627 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/202
1629 * You can now push to several remotes simultaneously by selecting
1630 multiple remotes in the "Push" dialog.
1632 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/148
1634 * The `grep` tool learned to search using three different modes:
1635 basic regular expressions (default), extended regular expressions,
1640 * `git cola` now depends on the `argparse` Python module.
1641 This module is part of the stdlib in Python 2.7 and must
1642 be installed separately when using Python 2.6 and below.
1646 * Support unicode in the output from `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`.
1652 Usability, bells and whistles
1653 -----------------------------
1654 * We now detect when the editor or history browser are misconfigured.
1656 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/197
1658 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886826
1660 * Display of untracked files can be disabled from the Preferences dialog
1661 or by setting the `gui.displayuntracked` configuration variable to `false`.
1663 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/232683
1667 * Unicode stash names are now supported
1669 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/198
1671 * The diffs produced when reverting workspace changes were made more robust.
1676 =======================
1677 Usability, bells and whistles
1678 -----------------------------
1679 * Brand new German translation thanks to Sven Claussner.
1681 * The "File" menu now provides a "New Repository..." menu action.
1683 * `git dag` now uses a dock-widget interface so that its widgets can
1684 be laid-out and arranged. Customizations are saved and restored
1685 the next time `git dag` is launched.
1687 * `git dag` now has a "Zoom Best Fit" button next alongside the
1688 "Zoom In" and "Zoom Out" buttons.
1690 * `Ctrl+L` now focuses the "Search" field in the `git dag` tool.
1692 * Right-clicking in the "diff" viewer now updates the cursor position
1693 before performing actions, which makes it much easier to click around
1694 and selectively stage sections. Previously, the current cursor position
1695 was used which meant that it required two clicks (left-click to update
1696 the position followed by right-click to get the context menu) for the
1697 desired section to be used. This is now a single right-click operation.
1699 * The `Ctrl+D` "Launch Diff Tool" action learned to automatically choose
1700 between `git difftool` and `git mergetool`. If the file is unmerged then
1701 we automatically launch `git mergetool` on the path, otherwise we use
1702 `git difftool`. We do this because `git difftool` is not intended to
1703 be used on unmerged paths. Automatically using `git mergetool` when
1704 appropriate is the most intuitive and muscle-memory-friendly thing to do.
1706 * You can now right-click on folders in your standard file browser
1707 and choose "Open With -> Git Cola" (Linux-only).
1711 * Python 2.6 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard does not provide a namedtuple
1712 at `sys.version_info`. We now avoid using that variable for better
1715 * We now read the user's Git configuration from `~/.config/git/config`
1716 if that file is available, otherwise we use the traditional `~/.gitconfig`
1717 path, just like Git itself.
1719 * Some edge cases were fixed when applying partial/selected diffs.
1721 * The diff viewer is now properly cleared when refreshing.
1723 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/194
1729 Usability, bells and whistles
1730 -----------------------------
1731 * The diff viewer now has an "Options" menu which can be
1732 used to set "git diff" options. This can be used to
1733 ignore whitespace changes or to show a change with its
1734 surrounding function as context.
1736 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/150
1738 * `git cola` now remembers your commit message and will restore it
1739 when `git cola` is restarted.
1741 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/175
1743 * `Ctrl+M` can now be used to toggle the "Amend last commit"
1744 checkbox in the commit message editor.
1746 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/161
1748 * Deleting remote branches can now be done from the "Branch" menu.
1750 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/152
1752 * The commit message editor now has a built-in spell checker.
1756 * We now avoid invoking external diffs when showing diffstats.
1758 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/163
1760 * The `Status` tool learned to reselect files when refreshing.
1762 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/165
1764 * `git cola` now remembers whether it has been maximized and will restore the
1765 maximized state when `git cola` is restarted.
1767 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/172
1769 * Performance is now vastly improved when staging hundreds or
1772 * `git cola` was not correctly saving repo-specific configuration.
1774 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/174
1776 * Fix a UnicodeDecode in sphinxtogithub when building from source.
1782 Usability, bells and whistles
1783 -----------------------------
1784 * We now automatically remove missing repositories from the
1785 "Select Repository" dialog.
1787 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/145
1789 * A new `git cola diff` sub-command was added for diffing changed files.
1793 * The inotify auto-refresh feature makes it difficult to select text in
1794 the "diff" editor when files are being continually modified by another
1795 process. The auto-refresh causes it to lose the currently selected text,
1796 which is not wanted. We now avoid this problem by saving and restoring
1797 the selection when refreshing the editor.
1799 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/155
1801 * More strings have been marked for l10n.
1803 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/157
1805 * Fixed the Alt+D Diffstat shortcut.
1807 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/159
1811 * Better error handling when cloning repositories.
1813 We were not handling the case where a git URL has
1814 no basename, e.g. `https://git.example.com/`.
1815 `git cola` originally rejected these URLs instead of
1816 allowing users to clone them. It now allows these URLs
1817 when they point to valid git repositories.
1819 Additionally, `git cola` learned to echo the errors
1820 reported by `git clone` when it fails.
1822 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/156
1828 Usability, bells and whistles
1829 -----------------------------
1830 * `git dag` got a big visual upgrade.
1832 * `Ctrl+G` now launches the "Grep" tool.
1834 * `Ctrl+D` launches difftool and `Ctrl+E` launches your editor
1835 when in the diff panel.
1837 * git-cola can now be told to use an alternative language.
1838 For example, if the native language is German and we want git-cola to
1839 use English then we can create a `~/.config/git-cola/language` file with
1840 "en" as its contents:
1842 $ echo en >~/.config/git-cola/language
1844 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/140
1846 * A new `git cola merge` sub-command was added for merging branches.
1848 * Less blocking in the main UI
1852 * Autocomplete issues on KDE
1854 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/144
1856 * The "recently opened repositories" startup dialog did not
1857 display itself in the absence of bookmarks.
1859 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/139
1865 Usability, bells and whistles
1866 -----------------------------
1867 * `git cola` learned to honor `.gitattributes` when showing and
1868 interactively applying diffs. This makes it possible to store
1869 files in git using a non-utf-8 encoding and `git cola` will
1870 properly accept them. This must be enabled by settings
1871 `cola.fileattributes` to true, as it incurs a small performance
1874 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/96
1876 * `git cola` now wraps commit messages at 72 columns automatically.
1877 This is configurable using the `cola.linebreak` variable to enable/disable
1878 the feature, and `cola.textwidth` to configure the limit.
1880 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/133
1882 * A new "Open Recent" sub-menu was added to the "File" menu.
1883 This makes it easy to open a recently-edited repository.
1885 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/135
1887 * We now show a preview for untracked files when they are clicked
1888 using the `Status` tool.
1889 * A new "Open Using Default Application" action was added to the
1890 `Status` tool. It is activated using either `Spacebar` or through
1891 the context menu. This action uses `xdg-open` on Linux and
1893 * A new "Open Parent Directory" action was added to the `Status` tool.
1894 It is activated using either `Shift+Spacebar` or through the
1896 * `git dag` learned to honor the `log.date` git configuration variable.
1897 This makes the date display follow whatever format the user has
1899 * A new `git cola config` sub-command was added for quickly
1900 tweaking `git cola`'s git configuration settings.
1901 * Some small usability tweaks -- some user confirmation prompts
1902 were defaulting to "Cancel" when they should have been defaulting
1903 to the affirmative option instead.
1907 * Properly handle arbitrarily-named branches.
1908 * We went back to launching `git mergetool` using an xterm.
1909 The reason is that there are a couple of places where `git mergetool`
1910 requires a terminal for user interaction not covered by `--no-prompt`.
1911 * We now properly handle an edge case when applying short diffs at
1912 the start of a file.
1918 Usability, bells and whistles
1919 -----------------------------
1920 * New and improved `grep` mode lets you instantly find and edit files.
1921 * New `git cola grep` standalone mode.
1922 * Support for passing arguments to the configured editors, e.g. `gvim -p`
1923 This makes it possible to select multiple files in the status
1924 window and use `Ctrl-e` to edit them all at once.
1925 * Remote operations now prompt on errors only.
1926 * The `Tab` key now jumps to the extended description when editing the summary.
1927 * More shortcut key labels and misc. UX improvements.
1931 * Selecting an item no longer copies its filename to the copy/paste buffer.
1932 `Ctrl-c` or the "Copy" context-menu action can be used instead.
1933 * The repository monitoring feature on Windows learned to ignore
1934 changes within the ".git" directory. Thanks to Andreas Sommer.
1936 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/120
1942 Usability, bells and whistles
1943 -----------------------------
1944 * `git dag` learned to color-code branchy edges.
1945 The edge colors change when a new branch is detected,
1946 which makes the history much easier to follow.
1947 A huge thanks to Uri Okrent for making it happen.
1949 * New GUI for editing remote repositories.
1951 * New `git cola archive` and `git cola remote` sub-commands.
1953 * `git cola browser` learned an 'Untrack' command.
1955 * The diff editor learned to staged/unstaged while amending.
1957 * The status tool can now scroll horizontally.
1959 * New git repositories can be created by clicking 'New' on the
1960 `git cola --prompt` startup screen.
1966 Usability, bells and whistles
1967 -----------------------------
1968 * Auto-completion was added to more tools.
1970 * `git dag` is easier to use on smaller displays -- the author
1971 field elides its text which allows for a more compact display.
1973 * Selected commits in `git dag` were made more prominent and
1976 * 'Create Branch' learned to fetch remote branches and uses a
1977 background thread to do so.
1979 * User-configured GUI tools are listed alphabetically in the 'Actions' menu.
1981 * The 'Pull' dialog remembers the value of the 'Rebase' checkbox
1982 between invocations.
1990 * Detect Homebrew so that OS X users do not need to set PYTHONPATH.
1992 * `git dag` can export patches again.
1998 Usability, bells and whistles
1999 -----------------------------
2000 * The 'Classic' tool was renamed to 'Browser' and learned to
2001 limit history to the current branch.
2003 * `git dag` learned about gravatar and uses it to show images
2006 * `git dag` learned to use OpenGL for rendering resulting in
2007 much faster rendering.
2009 * More dialogs learned vim-style keyboard shortcuts.
2011 * The commit message editor learned better arrow key navigation.
2017 Usability, bells and whistles
2018 -----------------------------
2019 * `git cola` learned a few new sub commands:
2027 * `Return` in the summary field jumps to the extended description.
2029 * `Ctrl+Return` is now a shortcut for 'Commit'.
2031 * Better French translation for 'Sign-off'.
2033 * The 'Search' widget now has a much simpler and streamlined
2036 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the DAG widget.
2038 * `git dag` no longer prompts for files when diffing commits if the
2039 text field contains paths.
2041 * General user interface and performance improvements.
2045 * The diff viewer no longer changes font size when holding `Control`
2046 while scrolling with the mouse wheel.
2048 * Files with a typechange (e.g. symlinks that become files, etc.)
2049 are now correctly identified as being modified.
2053 * The `cola.controllers` and `cola.views` packages were removed.
2059 Usability, bells and whistles
2060 -----------------------------
2061 * `git cola` can now launch sub commands, e.g.:
2072 * `git dag` is more responsive when gathering auto-completions.
2074 * Keyboard shortcuts are displayed when the '?' key is pressed.
2076 * Various keyboard shortcuts were added for improved usability.
2078 * The status widget now lists unmerged files before modified files.
2080 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the status widget.
2082 * A 'Recently Modified Files...' tool was added.
2084 * Tools can now be hidden with `Alt + #` (where `#` is a keyboard number)
2085 and focused with `Alt + Shift + #`.
2087 * The syntax highlighting colors for diffs was made less intrusive.
2089 * The commit message editor was redesigned to have a more compact
2090 and keyboard-convenient user interface.
2092 * Keyboard shortcuts for adding a Signed-off-by (`Ctrl + i`)
2093 and creating a commit (`Ctrl + m`) were added.
2095 * The status widget was adjusted to use less screen real-estate.
2099 * Avoid updating the index when responding to inotify events.
2100 This avoids interfering with operations such as `git rebase --interactive`.
2102 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/99
2106 * Create `git-dag.pyw` in the win32 installer.
2108 * win32 shortcuts now contain explicit calls to `pythonw.exe` instead of
2109 calling the `.pyw` file directly.
2113 * The 'Apply Changes from Branch...' feature was removed.
2114 `git dag`'s 'Grab File...' feature used alongside the index/worktree editor
2115 is a simpler alternative.
2123 * Further enhanced the staging/unstaging behavior in the status widget.
2125 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97
2127 * Unmerged files are no longer listed as modified.
2131 The `cola-$version` tarballs on github were originally setup to
2132 have the same contents as the old tarballs hosted on tuxfamily.
2133 The `make dist` target was changed to write files to a
2134 `git-cola-$version` subdirectory and tarball.
2136 This makes the filenames consistent for the source tarball,
2137 the darwin .app tarball, and the win32 .exe installer.
2143 Usability, bells and whistles
2144 -----------------------------
2145 * Refined the staging/unstaging behavior for code reviews.
2147 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97
2149 * Added more styling and icons to menus and buttons.
2151 * Adjusted some terminology to more closely match the git CLI.
2155 * Boolean `git config` settings with no value are now supported
2156 (these are not created by git these days but exist in legacy repositories).
2158 * Unicode branches and tags are supported in the "branch diff" tool.
2160 * Guard against low-memory conditions and more interrupted system calls.
2164 * Added desktop launchers for git-cola.desktop and git-dag.desktop.
2165 This replaces the old cola.desktop, so some adjustments to RPM .spec
2166 and debian/ files will be needed.
2168 * Fixed the darwin app-tarball Makefile target to create relative paths.
2172 * The `--style` option was removed. `git cola` follows the system theme
2173 so there's no need for this option these days.
2179 Usability, bells and whistles
2180 -----------------------------
2181 * Export a patch series from `git dag` into a `patches/` directory.
2183 * `git dag` learned to diff commits, slice history along paths, etc.
2185 * Added instant-preview to the `git stash` widget.
2187 * A simpler preferences editor is used to edit `git config` values.
2189 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90
2191 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/89
2193 * Previous commit messages can be re-loaded from the message editor.
2195 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/33
2199 * Display commits with no file changes.
2201 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82
2203 * Improved the diff editor's copy/paste behavior
2205 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90
2209 * Bumped version number to ceil(minimum git version).
2210 `git cola` now requires `git` >= 1.6.3.
2212 * Simplified git-cola's versioning when building from tarballs
2213 outside of git. We no longer check for a 'version' file at
2214 the root of the repository. We instead keep a default version
2215 in `cola/version.py` and use it when `git cola`'s `.git` repository
2222 Usability, bells and whistles
2223 -----------------------------
2224 * inotify is much snappier and available on Windows
2225 thanks to Karl Bielefeldt.
2227 * New right-click command to add untracked files to .gitignore
2228 thanks to Audrius Karabanovas.
2230 * Stash, fetch, push, and pull usability improvements
2232 * General usability improvements
2234 * stderr is logged when applying partial diffs.
2238 * Files can be unstaged when amending.
2240 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82
2242 * Show the configured remote.$remote.pushurl in the GUI
2244 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/83
2246 * Removed usage of the "user" module.
2248 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/86
2250 * Avoids an extra `git update-index` call during startup.
2257 Usability, bells and whistles
2258 -----------------------------
2259 * We now provide better feedback when `git push` fails.
2261 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/69
2263 * The Fetch, Push, and Pull dialogs now give better feedback
2264 when interacting with remotes. The dialogs are modal and
2265 a progress dialog is used.
2269 * More unicode fixes, again. It is now possible to have
2270 unicode branch names, repository paths, home directories, etc.
2271 This continued the work initiated by Redhat's bugzilla #694806.
2273 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806
2279 Usability, bells and whistles
2280 -----------------------------
2281 * The `git cola` desktop launchers now prompt for a repo
2282 by default. This is done by using the new `--prompt`
2283 flag which tells `git cola` to ignore any git repositories
2284 in the current directory and prompt for one instead.
2288 * More Unicode fixes for repositories and home directories with
2289 embedded unicode characters. Thanks to Christian Jann for
2290 patience and helpful bug reports.
2292 * Fix the 'Clone' button in the startup dialog.
2298 Usability, bells and whistles
2299 -----------------------------
2300 * Faster startup time! `git cola` now offloads initialization
2301 to a background thread so that the GUI appears almost instantly.
2303 * Specialized diff options for p4merge, vimdiff, araxis, emerge,
2304 and ecmerge in difftool (backported from git.git).
2308 * Fix launching commands in the background on Windows
2309 (e.g. when launching `git difftool`).
2311 * Fix unicode errors when home or repository directories contain
2314 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/74
2316 Redhat's bugzilla #694806
2318 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806
2324 Usability, bells and whistles
2325 -----------------------------
2326 * The `cola classic` tool can be now configured to be dockable.
2328 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/56
2330 * The `cola classic` tool now uses visual sigils to indicate a file's status.
2331 The idea and icons were provided by Uri Okrent.
2333 * Include the 'Rescan' button in the 'Actions' widget regardless
2334 of whether inotify is installed.
2338 * Fix installation of translations per Fedora
2339 This incorporates Fedora's fix for the translations path
2340 which originally appeared in cola-1.4.3-translations.patch.
2342 * Mac OS X git-cola developers can now generate git-cola.app
2343 application bundles using 'make app-bundle'.
2347 * Fixed a stacktrace when trying to use "Get Commit Message Template"
2348 with an unconfigured "commit.template" git config variable.
2350 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/72
2352 This bug originated in Redhat's bugzilla #675721 via a Fedora user.
2354 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675721
2356 * Properly raise the main window on Mac OS X.
2358 * Properly handle staging a huge numbers of files at once.
2360 * Speed up 'git config' usage by fixing cola's caching proxy.
2362 * Guard against damaged ~/.cola files.
2368 Usability, bells and whistles
2369 -----------------------------
2370 * `git dag` now has a separate display area
2371 for displaying commit metadata. This area will soon
2372 grow additional functionality such as cherry-picking,
2377 * Fixed tests from a previous refactoring.
2379 * Guard against 'diff.external' configuration by always
2380 calling 'git diff' with the '--no-ext-diff' option.
2382 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/67
2384 * Respect 'gui.diffcontext' so that cola's diff display
2385 shows the correct number of context lines.
2387 * Raise the GUI so that it is in the foreground on OS X.
2391 * We now allow distutils to rewrite cola's shebang line.
2392 This allows us to run on systems where "which python"
2393 is Python3k. This is exposed by setting the `PYTHON`
2394 Makefile variable to the location of python2.x.
2396 * git-cola.app is now a tiny download because it no longer
2397 contains Qt and PyQt. These libraries are provided as a
2400 http://code.google.com/p/git-cola/downloads/list
2406 Usability, bells and whistles
2407 -----------------------------
2408 * Clicking on paths in the status widget copies them into the
2409 copy/paste buffer for easy middle-clicking into terminals.
2411 * `Ctrl+C` in diff viewer copies the selected diff to the clipboard.
2415 * Fixed the disappearing actions buttons on PyQt 4.7.4
2416 as reported by Arch and Ubuntu 10.10.
2418 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62
2420 * Fixed mouse interaction with the status widget where some
2421 items could not be de-selected.
2425 * Removed hard-coded reference to lib/ when calculating Python's
2426 site-packages directory.
2432 Usability, bells and whistles
2433 -----------------------------
2434 * Removed "single-click to (un)stage" in the status view.
2435 This is a usability improvement since we no longer perform
2436 different actions depending on where a row is clicked.
2438 * Added ability to create unsigned, annotated tags.
2442 * Updated documentation to use `cola.git` instead of `cola.gitcmd`.
2448 Usability, bells and whistles
2449 -----------------------------
2450 * Allow un/staging by right-clicking top-level items
2452 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/57
2454 * Running 'commit' with no staged changes prompts to allow
2457 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/55
2459 * Fetch, Push, and Pull are now available via the menus
2461 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/58
2465 * Simplified the actions widget to work around a regression
2468 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62
2474 Usability, bells and whistles
2475 -----------------------------
2476 * `git dag` interaction was made faster.
2480 * Added '...' indicators to the buttons for
2481 'Fetch...', 'Push...', 'Pull...', and 'Stash...'.
2483 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/51
2485 * Fixed a hang-on-exit bug in the cola-provided
2486 'ssh-askpass' implementation.
2492 Usability, bells and whistles
2493 -----------------------------
2494 * Staging and unstaging is faster.
2496 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/48
2498 * `git dag` reads history in a background thread.
2502 * Added :data:`cola.compat.hashlib` for `Python 2.4` compatibility
2503 * Improved `PyQt 4.1.x` compatibility.
2507 * Configured menu actions use ``sh -c`` for Windows portability.
2514 Usability, bells and whistles
2515 -----------------------------
2516 * Added support for the configurable ``guitool.<tool>.*``
2517 actions as described in ``git-config(1)``.
2519 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/44
2521 http://schacon.github.com/git/git-config.html
2523 This makes it possible to add new actions to `git cola`
2524 by simply editing ``~/.gitconfig``. This implements the
2525 same guitool support as `git gui`.
2526 * Introduced a stat cache to speed up `git config` and
2527 repository status checks.
2528 * Added Alt-key shortcuts to the main `git cola` interface.
2529 * The `Actions` dock widget switches between a horizontal
2530 and vertical layout when resized.
2531 * We now use ``git diff --submodule`` for submodules
2532 (used when git >= 1.6.6).
2533 * The context menu for modified submodules includes an option
2534 to launch `git cola`.
2536 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/17
2538 * Prefer ``$VISUAL`` over ``$EDITOR`` when both are defined.
2539 These are used to set a default editor in lieu of `core.editor`
2541 * Force the editor to be ``gvim`` when we see ``vim``.
2542 This prevents us from launching an editor in the (typically
2543 unattached) parent terminal and creating zombie editors
2544 that cannot be easily killed.
2545 * Selections are remembered and restored across updates.
2546 This makes the `partial-staging` workflow easier since the
2547 diff view will show the updated diff after staging.
2548 * Show the path to the current repository in a tooltip
2549 over the commit message editor.
2551 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/45
2553 * Log internal ``git`` commands when ``GIT_COLA_TRACE`` is defined.
2555 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/39
2559 * Improved backwards compatibility for Python 2.4.
2560 * `Review mode` can now review the current branch; it no longer
2561 requires you to checkout the branch into which the reviewed
2562 branch will be merged.
2563 * Guard against `color.ui = always` configuration when using
2564 `git log` by passing ``--no-color``.
2565 * ``yes`` and ``no`` are now supported as valid booleans
2566 by the `git config` parser.
2567 * Better defaults are used for `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`..
2569 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/43
2573 * Removed colon (`:`) from the applilcation name on Windows
2575 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/41
2577 * Fixed bugs with the Windows installer
2579 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/40
2581 * Added a more standard i18n infrastructure. The install
2582 tree now has the common ``share/locale/$lang/LC_MESSAGES/git-cola.mo``
2583 layout in use by several projects.
2585 * Started trying to accommodate Mac OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
2586 in the ``darwin/`` build scripts but our tester is yet to
2587 report success building a `.app` bundle.
2589 * Replaced use of ``perl`` in Sphinx/documentation Makefile
2590 with more-portable ``sed`` constructs. Thanks to
2591 Stefan Naewe for discovering the portability issues and
2592 providing msysgit-friendly patches.
2598 Usability, bells and whistles
2599 -----------------------------
2600 * It is now possible to checkout from the index as well
2601 as from `HEAD`. This corresponds to the
2602 `Removed Unstaged Changes` action in the `Repository Status` tool.
2603 * The `remote` dialogs (fetch, push, pull) are now slightly
2605 * Bookmarks can be selected when `git cola` is run outside of a git repository.
2606 * Added more user documentation. We now include many links to
2607 external git resources.
2608 * Added `git dag` to the available tools.
2609 `git dag` is a node-based DAG history browser.
2610 It doesn't do much yet, but it's been merged so that we can start
2611 building and improving upon it.
2615 * Fixed a missing ``import`` when showing `right-click` actions
2616 for unmerged files in the `Repository Status` tool.
2617 * ``git update-index --refresh`` is no longer run every time
2618 ``git cola version`` is run.
2619 * Don't try to watch non-existent directories when using `inotify`.
2620 * Use ``git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name`` plumbing to find
2621 the name of the current branch.
2625 * The ``Makefile`` will now conditionally include a ``config.mak``
2626 file located at the root of the project. This allows for user
2627 customizations such as changes to the `prefix` variable
2628 to be stored in a file so that custom settings do not need to
2629 be specified every time on the command-line.
2630 * The build scripts no longer require a ``.git`` directory to
2631 generate the ``builtin_version.py`` module. The release tarballs
2632 now include a ``version`` file at the root of the project which
2633 is used in lieu of having the git repository available.
2634 This allows for ``make clean && make`` to function outside of
2636 * Added maintainer's ``make dist`` target to the ``Makefile``.
2637 * The built-in `simplejson` and `jsonpickle` libraries can be
2638 excluded from ``make install`` by specifying the ``standalone=true``
2639 `make` variable. For example, ``make standalone=true install``.
2640 This corresponds to the ``--standalone`` option to ``setup.py``.
2647 Usability, bells and whistles
2648 -----------------------------
2649 * We now use patience diff by default when it is available via
2650 `git diff --patience`.
2651 * Allow closing the `cola classic` tool with `Ctrl+W`.
2655 * Fixed an unbound variable error in the `push` dialog.
2659 * Don't include `simplejson` in MANIFEST.in.
2660 * Update desktop entry to read `Cola Git GUI`.
2667 This feature release adds two new features directly from
2668 `git cola`'s github issues backlog. On the developer
2669 front, further work was done towards modularizing the code base.
2671 Usability, bells and whistles
2672 -----------------------------
2673 * Dragging and dropping patches invokes `git am`
2675 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/3
2677 * A dialog to allow opening or cloning a repository
2678 is presented when `git cola` is launched outside of a git repository.
2680 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/22
2682 * Warn when `push` is used to create a new branch
2684 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/35
2686 * Optimized startup time by removing several calls to `git`.
2691 * `git cola` is once again compatible with PyQt 4.3.x.
2695 * `cola.gitcmds` was added to factor out git command-line utilities
2696 * `cola.gitcfg` was added for interacting with `git config`
2697 * `cola.models.browser` was added to factor out repobrowser data
2707 * Fix launching external applications on Windows
2708 * Ensure that the `amend` checkbox is unchecked when switching modes
2709 * Update the status tree when amending commits
2718 * Fix Lintian warnings
2727 * Fix X11 warnings on application startup
2736 * Added missing 'Exit Diff Mode' button for 'Diff Expression' mode
2738 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/31
2740 * Fix a bug when initializing fonts on Windows
2742 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/32
2751 * Keep entries in sorted order in the `cola classic` tool
2752 * Fix staging untracked files
2754 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/27
2756 * Fix the `show` command in the Stash dialog
2758 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/29
2760 * Fix a typo when loading merge commit messages
2762 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/30
2769 This release focuses on a redesign of the git-cola user interface,
2770 a tags interface, and better integration of the `cola classic` tool.
2771 A flexible interface based on configurable docks is used to manage the
2772 various cola widgets.
2774 Usability, bells and whistles
2775 -----------------------------
2776 * New GUI is flexible and user-configurable
2777 * Individual widgets can be detached and rearranged arbitrarily
2778 * Add an interface for creating tags
2779 * Provide a fallback `SSH_ASKPASS` implementation to prompt for
2780 SSH passwords on fetch/push/pull
2781 * The commit message editor displays the current row/column and
2782 warns when lines get too long
2783 * The `cola classic` tool displays upstream changes
2784 * `git cola --classic` launches `cola classic` in standalone mode
2785 * Provide more information in log messages
2789 * Inherit the window manager's font settings
2790 * Miscellaneous PyQt4 bug fixes and workarounds
2794 * Removed all usage of Qt Designer `.ui` files
2795 * Simpler model/view architecture
2796 * Selection is now shared across tools
2797 * Centralized notifications are used to keep views in sync
2798 * The `cola.git` command class was made thread-safe
2799 * Less coupling between model and view actions
2800 * The status view was rewritten to use the MVC architecture
2801 * Added more documentation and tests
2808 Usability, bells and whistles
2809 -----------------------------
2810 * Added a `cola classic` tool for browsing the entire repository
2811 * Handle diff expressions with spaces
2812 * Handle renamed files
2816 * Handle carat `^` characters in diff expressions on Windows
2817 * Worked around a PyQt 4.5/4.6 QThreadPool bug
2821 * Added a keyboard shortcuts reference page
2822 * Added developer API documentation
2826 * Fix the diff expression used when reviewing branches
2827 * Fix a bug when pushing branches
2828 * Fix X11 warnings at startup
2829 * Fix more interrupted system calls on Mac OS X
2836 Usability, bells and whistles
2837 -----------------------------
2838 * Fresh and tasty SVG logos
2839 * Added `Branch Review` mode for reviewing topic branches
2840 * Added diff modes for diffing between tags, branches,
2841 or arbitrary `git diff` expressions
2842 * The push dialog selects the current branch by default.
2843 This is in preparation for `git 1.7.0` where unconfigured `git push`
2844 will refuse to push when run without specifying the remote name
2845 and branch. See the `git` release notes for more information
2846 * Support `open` and `clone` commands on Windows
2847 * Allow saving cola UI layouts
2848 * Re-enabled `double-click-to-stage` for unmerged entries.
2849 Disabling it for unmerged items was inconsistent, though safer.
2850 * Show diffs when navigating the status tree with the keyboard
2854 * Worked around `pyuic4` bugs in the `setup.py` build script
2855 * Added Mac OSX application bundles to the download page
2864 * `git difftool` became an official git command in `git 1.6.3`.
2865 * `git difftool` learned `--no-prompt` / `-y` and a corresponding
2866 `difftool.prompt` configuration variable
2868 Usability, bells and whistles
2869 -----------------------------
2870 * Warn when `non-fast-forward` is used with fetch, push or pull
2871 * Allow `Ctrl+C` to exit cola when run from the command line
2875 * Support Unicode font names
2876 * Handle interrupted system calls
2880 * `PEP-8`-ified more of the cola code base
2885 * All resources are now installed into `$prefix/share/git-cola`.
2886 Closed Debian bug #519972
2888 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519972
2897 * Added support for Kompare in `git difftool`
2898 * Added a separate configuration namespace for `git difftool`
2899 * Added the `diff.tool` configuration variable to define the default diff tool
2901 Usability, bells and whistles
2902 -----------------------------
2903 * The stash dialog allows passing the `--keep-index` option to `git stash`
2904 * Amending a published commit warns at commit time
2905 * Simplified the file-across-revisions comparison dialog
2906 * `origin` is selected by default in fetch/push/pull
2907 * Removed the search field from the log widget
2908 * The log window moved into a drawer widget at the bottom of the UI
2909 * Log window display can be configured with
2910 `cola.showoutput` = `{never, always, errors}`. `errors` is the default.
2911 * `NOTE` -- `cola.showoutput` was removed with the GUI rewrite in 1.4.0.
2915 * Improved nose unittest usage
2919 * Added a Windows/msysGit installer
2920 * Included private versions of `simplejson` and `jsonpickle`
2921 for ease of installation and development