6 Usability, bells and whistles
7 -----------------------------
8 * The `cola.refreshonfocus` and `cola.inotify` configuration settings are now accessible
9 from the `git cola config` settings dialog.
19 * `launchable` tags were added to the flatpak app metainfo files.
27 Usability, bells and whistles
28 -----------------------------
29 * The Rebase editor (`git-cola-sequence-editor`) can now add "remarks" to commits.
30 Remarks are simple numbered flags (0-9) that allow you to mark commits. This lets
31 you visually highlight commits to aid you when rebasing and grouping related commits
32 across a large patch series. Remarks can be added to a single commit or to all
33 commits that touch a file.
34 (`#1375 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1375>`_)
35 (`#1380 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1380>`_)
37 * Invalid `commit.template` configuration is now reported in the `Console` tool
38 instead of presenting an error traceback dialog via a `UsageError` exception.
39 (`#1384 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1384>`_)
43 * The file system monitor was corrected to catch `PermissionError` exceptions.
44 (`bz #2260155 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2260155>`_)
48 * If the `polib` module (e.g. `sudo apt install python3-polib`) is installed then it
49 will be used instead of the vendored `cola.polib` module. This makes it easier for
50 distributions to remove the vendored module from the `cola` namespace.
51 `polib` is now listed as an install requirement in `pyproject.toml`.
52 (`bz #2264526 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2264526>`_)
54 * The flatpak metainfo now contains the required developer name field.
55 (`#1382 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1382>`_)
59 * The "actions/cache" and "styfle/cancel-workflow-action" github actions were upgraded.
61 * The test suite now uses ``ruff`` to validate python code. ``pylint`` is no longer used.
62 (`#1353 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1353>`_)
63 (`#1383 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1383>`_)
71 Usability, bells and whistles
72 -----------------------------
73 * "Stage Modified" was added to the available toolbar actions.
74 (`#1371 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1371>`_)
76 * "Stage Untracked" no longer stages modified files when the list of
77 untracked files to stage is empty.
78 (`#1371 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1371>`_)
80 * `Ctrl + Space` can now be used to display the autocomplete options in input fields
81 that provide autocompletion.
83 * The Diff widget now displays the currently selected filename.
84 Uncheck the "Show filenames" option in the Diff widget's tool menu
85 to disable this feature.
86 (`#1367 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1367>`_)
88 * The "Fetch", "Push" and "Pull" dialogs now have an embedded progress bar instead
89 of displaying a progress bar in a separate popup window.
91 * The "Fetch", "Push" and "Pull" dialogs will now stay open after the remote
92 operation completes when the "Close on completion" checkbox is unchecked.
93 These dialogs closed themselves unconditionally before this change.
97 * PyQt6 compatibility for the "Find in diff" feature.
99 * PyQt6 compatibility for the ``git dag`` Gravatar icons.
103 * Updated Polish translation.
104 (`#1368 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1368>`_)
106 Packaging and Dependencies
107 --------------------------
108 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v2.4.1`.
110 * The documentation no longer depends on `jaraco.packaging`.
114 * upload-artifact and setup-python github actions were upgraded.
122 Usability, bells and whistles
123 -----------------------------
124 * The remote messages dialog is now displayed for the Pull and Push actions in the
125 Branches widget only. This dialog is disabled by default and enabled in the
126 main Push and Pull dialog settings.
127 (`#1363 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1363>`_)
129 * The whole-file staging actions in the Diff widget's right-click menu are now listed
130 after the selection and hunk staging actions. This helps prevent accidental clicks
131 from clobbering the index for the entire file.
132 (`#1362 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1362>`_)
134 * The completion popup no longer reappears after an item is selected in the
135 "Checkout Branch" action and similar dialogs.
136 (`#1360 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1360>`_)
140 * PyQt6 compatibility was improved.
148 Usability, bells and whistles
149 -----------------------------
150 * Git Cola now preserves `# commentary` in commit messages by default.
151 The `commit.cleanup` Git configuration variable can be used to
152 customize this behavior. For example, if you want Git Cola to
153 strip comments (the old behavior before v4.4.0) then
154 you can run `git config --global commit.cleanup strip` or configure
155 the "Commit Message Cleanup" setting in the Preferences window.
156 (`#1330 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1330>`_)
158 * `git dag` now includes completions for `git log` options in the text input field.
160 * `git dag` now provides convenient search filters when right-clicking in the
163 * A `1.25 x` Hi-DPI magnification option mode is now available in the Appearance settings.
164 (`#1313 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1313>`_)
166 * MacOS-specific application themes are now available in the Appearance settings
167 when the pyobjc module is installed.
168 (`#905 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/905>`_)
170 * Git Cola now runs `git commit` in the background and feedback is provided while
171 the commit is running. This prevents the UI from freezing when running pre-commit
172 hooks that can make `git commit` take a long time to run.
173 (`#1320 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1320>`_)
175 * The Diff context menu was reworked to reduce visual clutter and better match
176 the Status context menu.
177 (`#1347 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1347>`_)
179 * The standalone `git cola tag` tool now autocompletes the tag name field.
180 (`#706 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/706>`_)
181 (`#691 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/691>`_)
183 * The "Branches" dock widget now has a "Visualize" right-click menu option.
184 (`#1061 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1061>`_)
186 * The "Stash" dialog learned to rename stashes.
187 (`#558 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/558>`_)
189 * The "Fetch", "Push" and "Pull" dialogs can now display remote messages from the server.
190 (`#951 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/951>`_)
194 * `git dag` fixed how it was handling refspec arguments.
195 (`#1334 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1334>`_)
197 * `git dag` will now properly refresh itself when remote branches are updated.
198 (`#1063 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1063>`_)
200 * The `cola.inotify` feature no longer runs into issues when accessing WSL2
201 filesystems from Windows 11+.
202 (`#1194 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1194>`_)
206 * `cercis <https://pypi.org/project/cercis/>`_ is now being used to enforce
207 Git Cola's python code style. We were previously disabling quote normalization
208 when using `black`. Use of `cercis` allows us to enable quote normalization
209 under its default single-quote settings.
211 * The test suite now works on Windows.
212 (`#1331 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1331>`_)
213 (`#1332 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1332>`_)
215 * Pre-commits hooks and code modernization.
216 (`#1333 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1333>`_)
218 * Compatibility with Sphinx 7.2.0 was added to the `sphinxtogithub`
219 sphinx documentation plugin.
220 (`#1336 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1336>`_)
228 Usability, bells and whistles
229 -----------------------------
230 * The minimum font size can now be set lower, which is helpful for Hi-DPI displays.
231 (`#1342 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1342>`_)
235 * Flashing windows during startup on Windows has been fixed.
236 (`#1329 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1329>`_)
238 * `git dag` was not displaying history when refspecs were specified.
239 (`#1334 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1334>`_)
243 * Compatibility with Sphinx 7.2.0 was added to the `sphinxtogithub`
244 sphinx documentation plugin.
245 (`#1336 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1336>`_)
255 * The pypi wheel was fixed to include `entry_points.txt`.
257 * The "Revert" command was throwing an exception after successfully completing.
265 Usability, bells and whistles
266 -----------------------------
267 * `git dag` now displays commit metadata more similarly to `git log`.
268 The commit date is now displayed and the subject field is displayed
269 directly above the extended description.
271 * `git dag` now supports a `cola.logdate` configuration for controlling
272 the date format. The configured value is passed to `git log --date=<format>`.
273 (`#1319 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1319>`_)
274 (`#1312 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1312>`_)
276 * The default `patches` directory that is used when exporting patches
277 is now configurable using the `cola.patchesdirectory` configuration
278 variable and the Preferences dialog.
280 * The Diff Editor can now export the diff selection, or the current
281 diff hunk, to a `*.patch` file from the `Patches` context menu action.
283 * Existing patches can be appended to by choosing a patch file from
284 the `Append Patch` sub-menu in the `Patches` context menu action.
286 * Patches can now be applied by dragging and dropping patches files from
287 a file browser onto the diff editor. The "Apply Patches" dialog is
288 launched with the drag-and-dropped patch files.
290 * Shell completions for zsh are now provided in the source distribution.
291 See the `contrib/_git-cola` zsh completion file for more details
295 * ``QApplication::desktop()`` is no longer available on PyQt6.
296 Git Cola no longer relies on this method.
300 * Git Cola can now be installed on Windows using `winget`.
301 See the ``README.md`` file for more details.
302 (`#1318 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1318>`_)
312 * Diffs for repositories with a single commit have been fixed.
313 (`#1306 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1306>`_)
315 * The toolbars follow the Qt toolbar style, as they did prior to `v4.2.0`.
316 (`#1307 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1307>`_)
318 * The "Checkout Branch" dialog was fixed to display all completions when first shown.
319 (`#1308 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1308>`_)
327 Usability, bells and whistles
328 -----------------------------
329 * The Diff Editor can now send diffs to your favorite editor before the diffs are applied.
330 The right-click "Edit Diff ..." menu actions and the `Ctrl + Shift + S` /
331 `Ctrl + Shift + U` hotkeys send the current diff hunk, or the selected diff, to your
332 editor before they are applied to the worktree / staging area.
333 (`#1290 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1290>`_)
334 (`#794 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/794>`_)
336 * The Diff Editor and DAG viewer can now search within their diffs using
337 `Ctrl + F` and `Ctrl + G` hotkeys.
338 (`#1116 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1116>`_)
340 * A new *Diff Mode* can be used to diff and unstage edits relative to any commit.
341 (`#816 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/816>`_)
343 * The Commit Message Editor can now spell-check the summary field. Previously only the
344 "Extended Description..." field supported spell checking.
345 (`#633 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/633>`_)
346 (`#1070 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1070>`_)
348 * Repositories in your "Recents" and "Favorites" can now be searched using the new
349 "Search" tool button. Quickly switch between these repositories using the `Alt + P`
350 hotkey and "Quick Open..." File menu action.
351 (`#1282 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1282>`_)
353 * "Favorites", "Recents" and the startup dialog now display a case-insensitively
354 sorted list of repositories.
355 (`#1047 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1047>`_)
357 * The startup dialog now has a right-click context menu that allows you to prune
358 stale entries and other actions that were not previously accessible from
360 (`#1199 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1199>`_)
361 (`#1280 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1280>`_)
363 * The "Copy Leading Paths" action in the Status tool's right-click "Copy" sub-menu
364 can now strip off an arbitrary number of leading paths.
365 (`#784 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/784>`_)
367 * The "Cherry-Pick" action now reports errors when "git cherry-pick" fails.
368 A new "Abort Cherry-Pick" action has been added for aborting a failed cherry-pick.
369 (`#1062 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1062>`_)
371 * The diff text can now be quickly zoomed using `Ctrl + Mouse wheel` scroll.
372 This will quickly change the text size within the current session only.
373 (`#1029 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1029>`_)
375 * The Console and Diff widgets learned to open URLs. Right-click on a line
376 that contains http URLs and context-menu actions for opening each URL
377 using your default web browser will be displayed.
378 (`#1139 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1139>`_)
380 * Drag-and-drop has been improved when dragging filenames from the Status tool.
381 Dragging multiple files requires special handling to improve usability.
382 Some terminals (such as `kitty`) consume multiple file URLs by separating paths with
383 newlines. This is useful when you'd like to capture raw filenames but is less
384 convenient when dropping filenames onto a command-line. Drag with the `Alt`-modifier
385 held down to drag-and-drop filenames for command-line use. Using the `Alt` modifier
386 omits URLs so that the drag-and-drop payload includes only space-delimited,
388 (`#719 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/719>`_)
390 * The DAG viewer now displays the diff between the start and end commits when
391 multiple commits are selected. The diffs are displayed in the DAG's diff viewer.
392 (`#552 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/552>`_)
394 * The DAG viewer learned to checkout branches and initiate rebases from its right-click menu.
395 (`#1113 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1113>`_)
397 * The DAG diff viewer learned to word-wrap the diff text.
398 (`#1242 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1242>`_)
400 * The spelling dictionaries are now discovered dynamically at runtime.
401 `dict/words` and `dict/propernames` are now discovered via `$XDG_DATA_DIRS`
402 by the spell checker. This allows a spelling dictionary to be placed in e.g..
403 `~/.local/share/dict/words` to override the default `/usr/share/dict/words`.
404 (`#873 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/873>`_)
406 * The File menu now has a "Patches" sub-menu with a full set of "git am" Patch actions.
408 * The Diff Editor and various Diff widgets now have a "Copy Diff" action with an
409 `Alt + Shift + C` hotkey that copies the selected diff text to the clipboard with the
410 `+`, `-` and `<Space>` diff prefix characters removed.
411 (`#1288 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1288>`_)
413 * The "Revert" action for reverting commits from the DAG tool now displays error
414 messages when ``git revert`` fails.
415 (`#885 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/885>`_)
417 * The Diff Editor now uses an easier-to-see *block cursor* by default.
418 Disable `cola.blockcursor <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#cola-blockcursor>`_
419 to continue using original *line cursor* by running
420 ``git config --global cola.blockcursor false``, or by editing the settings in the menu.
422 * The "Unmerged" header item in the Status tool now displays a summary list of unmerged files.
424 * The hotkeys documentation has been updated to clarify that the "Copy Commit ID"
425 action is available in several tools.
426 (`#779 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/779>`_)
428 * Saving files when using "Browse Other Branch" now displays errors from
429 ``git show`` when saving files from arbitrary commits.
430 (`#1065 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1065>`_)
432 * The Apply Patches dialog now reports errors when patches fail to apply.
433 (`#673 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/673>`_)
435 * The "Status" tool now disables "Copy" actions in its context menu when no
436 files have been selected.
437 (`#697 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/697>`_)
439 * The "Unstage" menu item in the Status tool now uses a "Remove" icon.
440 (`#1289 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1289>`_)
444 * The vendored `qtpy` module was modified to sever its dependency on the
445 `packaging.version` module. This mostly affects users that want to run
446 Git Cola directly from the source tree outside of any virtualenv.
447 (`#1286 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1286>`_)
455 Usability, bells and whistles
456 -----------------------------
457 * The rebase editor was taught to handle stacked branch workflows enabled by
458 ``git rebase --update-refs``. The ``git cola rebase`` sub-command now has
459 an ``--update-refs`` option and the menu actions display a prompt that allows
460 you to enable the updating of stacked branches.
461 (`#1261 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1261>`_)
462 (`#571 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/571>`_)
464 * The status widget now respects `diff.ignoreSubmodules`.
465 (`#1269 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1269>`_)
467 Packaging and Dependencies
468 --------------------------
469 * PyQt6 is now officially supported.
470 (`#1211 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1211>`_)
471 (`#1273 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1273>`_)
473 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v2.3.0`.
477 * Fixes and updates to Git Cola's CI actions.
478 (`#1278 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1278>`_)
479 (`#1277 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1277>`_)
489 * The "T" hotkey for "Find Files" was removed to avoid issues in some configurations.
490 (`#1270 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1270>`_)
492 * Some context menus entries were corrected to better handle binary files.
493 (`#1271 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1271>`_)
501 Usability, bells and whistles
502 -----------------------------
503 * The branches widget no longer loses its selection state in response to
504 notifications and UI actions.
505 (`#1221 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1221>`_)
507 * The use of ``gravatar.com`` to fetch icons associated with author emails
508 can now be disabled by setting `git config --global cola.gravatar false`.
509 (`#933 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/933>`_)
513 * The config reader has been revamped to better read settings when git config
514 files are located in unexpected locations.
515 (`#927 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/927>`_)
516 (`#1264 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1264>`_)
518 * The preferences dialog no longer throws an error when the editor has not
520 (`#1263 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1263>`_)
522 * Context menu actions for staging files has been added when diffing images.
523 (`#1265 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1265>`_)
525 * The stash editor now properly displays stashes with slashes ("/") in
526 their names or messages.
527 (`#1267 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1267>`_)
529 * The settings file is now written-to and read-from in a robust manner to avoid data
530 loss when doing an ACPI shutdown or forced shutdown of a machine.
531 (`#1241 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1241>`_)
533 * Git Cola now displays an error message when attempting to open a repository that
534 cannot be accessed due to the new `safe.directory` protections in Git v2.30.3.
535 (`#1243 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1243>`_)
539 * The .po and .pot files now contain location information.
540 (`#880 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/880>`_)
548 Usability, bells and whistles
549 -----------------------------
550 * The Rebase editor (`git-cola-sequence-editor`) now supports multi-select.
551 Use `Shift-{Up,Down}` to select multiple lines and the keyboard hotkeys
552 listed in the `?` dialog to drive the UI.
553 (`#1257 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1257>`_)
555 * The `$GIT_VISUAL` and `$VISUAL` environment variable are now consulted in addition
556 to `$GIT_EDITOR` and `$EDITOR` when the `gui.editor` configuration is unset.
557 (`#1237 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1237>`_)
559 * The application window icon is now enabled when running on Wayland.
560 (`#1240 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1240>`_)
562 * The Status widget now has an "Open Worktree" action.
563 (`#1245 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1245>`_)
565 * The "Open Using Default Application", "Open Directory",
566 "Open Parent Directory" and "Open Worktree" actions are now available on Windows.
568 * The dialog for opening repositories is now a read-only dialog that omits the
569 ability to create folders and modify the filesystem.
570 (`#1168 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1168>`_)
572 * A few more `git` calls have been eliminated from the startup sequence.
573 This further improved the startup time for Git Cola.
574 (`#1259 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1259>`_)
578 * Documentation rendering errors have been fixed.
579 (`#1256 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1256>`_)
581 * Use of a `~/.config/git-cola/language` file to override the language has been fixed.
582 (`#1246 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1246>`_)
584 * We no longer write the `cola.spellcheck` configuration value on launch.
585 (`#1238 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1238>`_)
589 * Updated Spanish translation.
590 (`#1244 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1244>`_)
592 * Updated Japanese translation.
593 (`#1249 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1249>`_)
597 * Building documentation offline is supported again.
598 (`#1250 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1250>`_)
600 * The Appstream Metadata files were missing in the v4.0.0 release are included again.
601 (`#1254 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1254>`_)
602 (`#1253 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1253>`_)
610 Usability, bells and whistles
611 -----------------------------
612 * Double-clicking dock widgets no longer creates sub-windows when the layout is locked.
613 (`#1176 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1176>`_)
614 (`#1198 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1198>`_)
618 * We now guard against `locale.getdefaultlocale()` returning `None` in some
619 configurations, notably on macOS if none of 'LC_ALL', 'LC_CTYPE', 'LANG' or 'LANGUAGE'
621 (`#1234 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1234>`_)
623 * The preferences dialog has been fixed to properly handle booleans.
624 (`#1235 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1235>`_)
626 * The `docs/` directory was restructured to avoid missing `setup.py` errors.
627 `share/doc/git-cola` is now a symlink pointing to `docs/`.
628 (`#1230 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1230>`_)
630 * Message boxes could sometimes display off-screen or using geometry that is larger
631 than the current desktop. Message box sizes are now clamped to the desktop size.
632 (`#1228 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1228>`_)
642 These changes are primarily breaking changes for packagers of Git Cola.
643 For example, Linux distribution and Homebrew package maintainers may need to
644 be aware of these changes.
646 Changes have been made build infrastructure and the resulting filesystem artifacts.
648 * The build system is now Python3-only and has been modernized for PEP-517/518.
649 While Git Cola still builds and runs under Python2, it is no longer officially
650 supported and may stop working in a future release without notice.
651 (`#1201 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1201>`_)
653 * The `#!/usr/bin/env python` shebang lines in the `git-cola` and `git-dag` wrapper
654 scripts have been updated to use `python3`.
655 (`#1204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1204>`_)
657 * The build system was switched to `setuptools` and no longer depends on `distutils`.
658 ``python setup.py {build,install,build_pot,build_mo}`` are no longer provided.
659 Use the https://pypa-build.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation.html
660 ``python -m build`` tool to generate sdist and wheel distributions,
661 and ``pip install .`` to install Git Cola from source.
662 (`#1204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1204>`_)
664 * The `git-cola`, `git-dag` and `git-cola-sequence-editor` commands are now installed
665 using setuptools entry points.
667 * The `bin/` wrapper scripts in the source tree continue to be provided for convenience
668 but they are not the scripts that get installed.
670 * The `qtpy` Python package is no longer installed alongside the `cola` Python package.
672 * The `cola` package is now installed into the standard Python site-packages location.
674 * The `share/git-cola/lib` private Python modules directory no longer exists.
676 * The `NO_VENDOR_LIBS` and `NO_PRIVATE_LIBS` Makefile options are no longer necessary.
678 * The `share/git-cola` filesystem namespace no longer exists. All of cola's package data
679 is distributed alongside the `cola` module as package data.
681 * Building the Sphinx documentation now also requires the `jaraco.packaging` and
682 `rst.linker` packages. See `setup.cfg` for the package requirement details.
684 Usability, bells and whistles
685 -----------------------------
687 <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#custom-themes>`_
688 can be used by adding `*.qss` Qt stylesheet files to `~/.config/git-cola/themes/`.
689 (`#1222 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1222>`_)
690 (`#1226 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1226>`_)
692 * Git Cola now keeps track of child Browser windows and will close all of them when
693 the main window is closed.
694 (`#1200 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1200>`_)
698 * Staging conflicted binary files has been fixed to avoid Unicode decoding errors.
699 (`#1189 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1189>`_)
701 * Ensure that secure permissions are used when creating temporary files.
702 (`#1209 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1209>`_)
704 * The line numbering in the diff viewer was corrected when displaying merge diffs.
705 (`#1208 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1208>`_)
707 * Documentation typo fixes.
708 (`#1193 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1193>`_)
710 * Git Cola was revamped to use Qt signals and slots for all of its notifications.
711 This made its notification system more robust.
712 (`#1202 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1202>`_)
713 (`#1203 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1203>`_)
714 (`#1205 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1205>`_)
715 (`#1206 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1206>`_)
719 * `vcruntime140.dll` and `msvcp140.dll` are now included in the Windows installation.
720 (`#1207 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1207>`_)
728 Usability, bells and whistles
729 -----------------------------
730 * The git config guitool action can now be grouped under user-defined menus.
731 This is done by using slash (``/``) delimiters in the action name.
732 Entries before the final slash are treated like sub-menus inside the
733 top-level ``Actions`` menu.
734 (`#1150 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1150>`_)
736 * Toolbars now have a full set of icons. The icons follow the system theme
737 and can be configured to display text, just icons, or text and icons.
738 (`#1177 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1177>`_)
740 * The startup dialog will now open the selected repository when the "enter"
742 (`#1162 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1162>`_)
744 * ``Shift+S`` will stage selected lines (in addition to ``s``).
745 (`#1187 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1187>`_)
749 * The vendored qtpy library was patched to retain Python2 compatibility.
751 * The "Unstage" toolbar action was fixed.
752 (`#1178 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1178>`_)
754 * We now avoid `QWidget::setWidth(float)` for compatibility with newer Qt versions.
755 (`#1183 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1183>`_)
757 * Documentation typo fixes.
758 (`#1185 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1185>`_)
762 * Updated Polish translation.
763 (`#1184 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1184>`_)
767 * Git Cola now uses Github Actions for running its continuous integration tests.
768 (`#1179 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1179>`_)
776 Usability, bells and whistles
777 -----------------------------
778 * The Status tool was improved to better retain selected files when
779 the state changes and the display is refreshed.
780 (`#1130 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1130>`_)
781 (`#1131 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1131>`_)
783 * The Diff editor can now stage selected lines for untracked files.
784 Git Cola will detect when a file is untracked and will allow you to
785 partially stage it, just like existing tracked files.
786 (`#1146 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1146>`_)
787 (`#1084 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1084>`_)
789 * Diffing of staged files has been implemented for repositories that contain
791 (`#1149 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1149>`_)
792 (`#1110 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1110>`_)
794 * Documentation improvements and typo fixes.
795 (`#1163 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1163>`_)
796 (`#1164 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1164>`_)
800 * The `FIPS security mode <https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/53462>`_
801 is now supported by Git Cola when running on FIPS-enabled Python
802 (Python 3.9+ or centos8/rhel8's patched Python 3.6).
803 (`#1157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1157>`_)
807 * The `argparse` usage was adjusted to remain compatible with older Pythons.
808 (`#1155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1155>`_)
810 * The window restoration logic was fixed to properly save/restore settings
811 when different languages are used.
812 (`#1071 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1071>`_)
813 (`#1161 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1161>`_)
814 (`#382 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/382>`_)
816 * `git dag` no longer passes floats to `QPen::setWidth()` for better compatibility.
817 (`bz #2014950 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2014950>`_)
821 * The Windows installer was slimmed down by removing unused Qt DLLs.
822 (`#1152 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1152>`_)
832 * Patch release to fix a typo in the Interactive Rebase feature.
839 Usability, bells and whistles
840 -----------------------------
841 * The git config reader now supports the `include.path` directive
842 for including config files.
843 (`#1136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1136>`_)
844 (`#1137 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1137>`_)
846 * The dialog for selecting commits now support filtering.
847 (`#1121 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1121>`_)
849 * The diff editor now wraps long lines by default. The diff options
850 menu can be used to enable/disable line wrapping.
851 (`#1123 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1123>`_)
853 * Git Cola now honors `core.hooksPath` for configuring custom Git hooks,
854 which was introduced in Git v2.9.
855 (`#1118 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1118>`_)
857 * A new `Ctrl + Shift + S` hotkey was added for staging/unstaging all
858 files, both modified and untracked.
860 * The `Status` tool now supports `Ctrl + A` for selecting all files and
861 it behaves more predictably when performing operations when multiple
862 categories of files are selected (e.g. when both modified and untracked
863 header items are selected).
864 (`#1117 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1117>`_)
868 * Updated Hungarian translation.
869 (`#1135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1135>`_)
873 * The "Interactive Rebase" feature was updated to work with Windows.
875 * `make install-man` was updated to support Sphinx 4.0.
876 (`#1141 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1141>`_)
878 * `git cola --help-commands` was updated for newer versions of argparse.
879 (`#1133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1133>`_)
883 * Git Cola can now be started as a Python module.
884 (`#1119 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1119>`_)
892 Usability, bells and whistles
893 -----------------------------
894 * The startup dialog now detects when Recent and Favorite repositories no
895 longer exist on disk, and offers to remove these entries when selected.
896 (`#1089 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1089>`_)
898 * The startup dialog now includes a simpler and more condensed folder view
899 that can be used for selecting Favorites and Recent repositories.
900 (`#1086 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1086>`_)
902 * The "Commit" menu now includes an "Undo Last Commit" action.
903 (`#890 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/890>`_)
905 * The "Reset" menu was revamped to expose all of Git's reset modes alongside a
906 new "Restore Worktree" action that updates the worktree using "git read-tree".
907 (`#890 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/890>`_)
911 * Updated Polish translation.
912 (`#1107 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1107>`_)
914 * Updated Japanese translation.
915 (`#1098 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1098>`_)
917 * Updated Brazilian translation.
918 (`#1091 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1091>`_)
922 * The ``--use-env-python`` option for ``setup.py`` is now Python3 compatible.
923 (`#1102 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1102>`_)
931 Usability, bells and whistles
932 -----------------------------
933 * The submodules widget can now be used to add submodules.
934 Submodules are now updated recursively.
935 (`#534 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/534>`_)
937 * The image diff viewer can now be toggled between text and image modes.
938 This is helpful when, for example, diffing .svg files where it can be useful
939 to see diffs in both an image and text representation.
940 (`#859 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/859>`_)
941 (`#1035 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1035>`_)
943 * The default `ssh-askpass` username + password dialog included with Git Cola
944 can now toggle between showing and masking the password input field.
945 (`#1069 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1069>`_)
949 * Updated Polish translation.
950 (`#1076 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1076>`_)
952 * Updated Hungarian translation.
953 (`#1067 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1067>`_)
957 * The `share/appdata` AppStream data was renamed to `share/metainfo`
958 in accordance with `AppStream standard changes from 2016
959 <https://github.com/ximion/appstream/blob/master/NEWS#L1363>`_.
960 (`#1079 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1079>`_)
962 * The ``cola`` modules are now installed into the Python ``site-packages``
963 directory by default. This allows distributions to package ``git-cola`` for
964 multiple versions of Python. See the PACKAGING NOTES section in the README
965 for details about suppressing the installation of the private
966 ``share/git-cola/lib/cola`` modules when building cola.
967 (`#181 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/181>`_)
969 * Git Cola's rebase / sequence editor, formerly known as ``git-xbase`` and
970 installed as ``share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase``, has been renamed to
971 ``git-cola-sequence-editor`` and is now installed into the default
972 ``bin/git-cola-sequence-editor`` executable location to enable external
973 reuse of this general-purpose tool.
975 * A workaround used by the pynsist installer preamble script was obsoleted by
976 `takluyver/pynsist#149 <https://github.com/takluyver/pynsist/pull/149>`_
977 and has now been removed.
978 (`#1073 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1073>`_)
982 * `git dag` now uses integer widths when initializing its brushes.
983 (`#1080 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1080>`_)
991 Usability, bells and whistles
992 -----------------------------
993 * The ``git-xbase`` rebase editor now includes a file list for filtering
994 the changes displayed in the diff view.
995 (`#1051 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1051>`_)
997 * The fallback `ssh-askpass` script, which provides the Username/Password
998 login dialog when performing remote operations, previously presented both
999 the username and password input fields with ``***`` asterisks.
1000 The dialog now uses asterisks for the password field only.
1001 (`#1026 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1026>`_)
1003 * Stashes can now be applied using the `Ctrl + Enter` hotkey, popped with the
1004 `Ctrl + Backspace` hotkey, and dropped with the `Ctrl + Shift + Backspace`
1005 hotkey when inside the stash dialog. This enables a keyboard-centric
1006 mouse-free workflow when using the stash dialog.
1008 * When amending a commit, `git cola` will check whether the commit has been
1009 published to a remote branch using ``git branch -r --contains HEAD``.
1010 This command can be slow when operating on a repository with many
1011 remote branches. The new `cola.checkpublishedcommits` configuration
1012 variable allows you to opt-out of this check, which improves performance
1013 when amending a commit. The settings widget exposes this variable as,
1014 "Check Published Commits when Amending".
1015 (`#1021 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1021>`_)
1016 (`#1027 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1027>`_)
1020 * Updated Polish translation.
1021 (`#1033 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1033>`_)
1025 * ``git-dag.appdata.xml`` was updated to allow network access for author icons.
1026 (`#1050 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1050>`_)
1028 * The inotify filesystem monitor now handles
1029 `OSError: [Errno 24] Too many open files` errors by disabling inotify.
1030 (`#1015 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1015>`_)
1032 * Typos in various documentation files have been fixed.
1033 (`#1025 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1025>`_)
1035 * The "Recent Repositories" limit was off by one, and now correctly
1036 remembers the configured number of repositories in the menu.
1037 (`#1024 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1024>`_)
1039 * The "revert" action in the DAG and other tools now uses
1040 ``git revert --no-edit``, which avoids launching an editor
1041 when reverting the commit. Use `Ctrl+m` in the commit message
1042 editor after reverting a commit to rewrite its commit message.
1043 (`#1020 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1020>`_)
1051 Usability, bells and whistles
1052 -----------------------------
1053 * The remote editor is much faster since it no longer queries
1054 remotes, and uses the cached information instead.
1055 (`#986 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/986>`_)
1057 * Commit message templates can now be loaded automatically by setting
1058 ``git config cola.autoloadcommittemplate true``.
1059 (`#1013 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1013>`_)
1060 (`#735 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/735>`_)
1062 * The UI layout can now be reset back to its initial state by selecting
1063 the "Reset Layout" action. This reverts the layout to the same state
1064 as when the app first launched.
1065 (`#1008 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1008>`_)
1066 (`#994 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/994>`_)
1068 * Files can now be ignored in either the project's `.gitignore`, or in the
1069 repository's private local `.git/info/exclude` ignore file.
1070 (`#1006 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1006>`_)
1071 (`#1000 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1000>`_)
1073 * New remotes are now selected when they are added in the "Edit Remotes" tool.
1074 (`#1002 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1002>`_)
1076 * The "Recent" repositories list is now saved to disk when opening a
1077 repository. Previously, this list was only updated when exiting the app.
1078 (`#1001 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1001>`_)
1080 * The bookmarks tool now has a "Delete" option in its right-click menu.
1081 (`#999 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/999>`_)
1083 * The current repository is no longer listed in the "File/Open Recent" menu.
1084 (`#998 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/998>`_)
1088 * Updated Hungarian translation.
1089 (`#1005 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1005>`_)
1090 (`#1018 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1018>`_)
1092 * Updated Turkish translation.
1093 (`#1003 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1003>`_)
1094 (`#1011 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1011>`_)
1098 * Better support for Python 3.8's line buffering modes.
1099 (`#1014 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1014>`_)
1101 * The default `ssh-askpass` script now uses a more generic `#!` shebang line.
1102 (`#1012 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1012>`_)
1104 * Fetch, push, and pull operations will now refresh the model and display when
1105 operations complete.
1106 (`#996 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/996>`_)
1108 * The branches widget now refreshes its display when changing branches.
1109 (`#992 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/992>`_)
1113 * The `share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase` script will now have its `#!` lines
1114 updated during installation.
1115 (`#991 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/991>`_)
1119 * The unit tests were made more platform-independent.
1120 (`#993 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/993>`_)
1128 Usability, bells and whistles
1129 -----------------------------
1130 * Auto-completion for filenames can now be disabled. This speeds up
1131 revision completion when working in large repositories with many files.
1132 (`#981 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/981>`_)
1134 * The Stash dialog now shows the stash date as a tooltip when hovering
1135 over a stashed change.
1136 (`#982 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/982>`_)
1138 * Qt HiDPI settings are overridden by the `git cola` HiDPI appearance settings.
1139 These overrides can now be disabled by selecting the "Disable" mode.
1140 This allows users to control the Qt HiDPI settings through environment
1141 variables. Additionally, the "Auto" mode now detects the presence of
1142 the Qt HiDPI variables and no longer overrides them when the user has
1143 configured their environment explicitly.
1144 (`#963 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/963>`_)
1146 * Confirmation dialogs can now focus buttons using the Tab key.
1147 Previously, the "Y" and "N" keys could be used to confirm or deny
1148 using the keyboard, but "Tab" is more familiar.
1149 (`#965 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/965>`_)
1151 * Error dialogs (for example, when a commit hook fails) will now always
1152 show the details. The details were previously hidden behind a toggle.
1153 (`#968 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/968>`_)
1157 * Updated Japanese translation.
1158 (`#973 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/973>`_)
1159 (`#974 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/974>`_)
1161 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
1162 (`#950 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/950>`_)
1166 * The filesystem monitor no longer logs that it has been enabled after the
1167 inotify watch limit is reached on Linux.
1168 (`#984 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/984>`_)
1170 * Better Unicode robustness.
1171 (`#990 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/990>`_)
1172 (`#910 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/991>`_)
1174 * The "Branches" widget did not always update itself when deleting branches
1175 (for example, when inotify is disabled or unavailable).
1176 (`#978 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/978>`_)
1178 * Non-ASCII Unicode byte strings are more robustly handled by the log widget.
1179 (`#977 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/977>`_)
1181 * Non-Unicode results from the `gettext` library are more robustly handled.
1182 (`#969 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/969>`_)
1184 * Launching `git cola` from within a directory that has since been deleted
1185 would previously result in an error, and is now robustly handled.
1186 (`#961 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/961>`_)
1190 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.9`.
1198 Usability, bells and whistles
1199 -----------------------------
1200 * The file browser now includes "Blame" in its context menu.
1201 (`#953 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/953>`_)
1203 * The "Push" action now uses "git push --force-with-lease" when using
1204 the "Force" option with Git v1.8.5 and newer.
1205 (`#946 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/946>`_)
1207 * Updated German translation.
1208 (`#936 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/936>`_)
1210 * The `Status` widget learned to optionally display file counts in its
1211 category headers, and indent the files displayed in each category.
1212 (`#931 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/931>`_)
1214 * The `Branches` widget can now sort branches by their most recent commit.
1215 (`#930 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/930>`_)
1217 * `git cola` now includes configurable GUI themes that can be used to style
1218 the user interface. Enable the new themes by configuring `cola.theme`
1219 in the preferences window. See the
1220 `cola.theme documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#cola-theme>`_
1221 for more details. (`#924 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/924>`_)
1223 * `git cola` now has built-in support for HiDPI displays by enabling
1224 the Qt 5.6 `QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR` feature.
1225 (`#938 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/938>`_)
1227 * `git cola` now uses HiDPI pixmaps when rendering icons, and the builtin
1228 icons have been updated to look sharp when displayed in HiDPI.
1229 (`#932 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/932>`_)
1233 * `git cola`'s "Revert Unstaged Edits" previously checked out from "HEAD^",
1234 when in "Amend" mode, and removing staged changes. This behavior has been
1235 changed to always checkout from the index, which avoids data loss.
1236 (`#947 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/947>`_)
1238 * `git cola` has been updated to work with newer versions of `gnome-terminal`
1239 and no longer shell-quotes its arguments when launching `gnome-terminal`.
1240 The `cola.terminalshellquote` configuration variable can be set to `true` to
1241 get the old behavior, or to handle other terminals that take the command to run
1242 as a single string instead of as arguments to `execv()`.
1243 (`#935 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/935>`_)
1245 * `git dag` now properly handles arbitrary input on Python3.
1246 Previously, an exception would be raised when entering `--grep=xxx` where
1247 `xxx` is a quoted string with a missing end-quote.
1248 (`#941 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/941>`_)
1252 * The contribution guidelines for contributors has been updated to mention
1253 how to regenerate the `*.mo` message files.
1254 (`#934 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/934>`_)
1262 Usability, bells and whistles
1263 -----------------------------
1264 * `git dag` improved how it renders parent commits.
1265 (`#921 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/921>`_)
1267 * The `Branches` widget now checks out branches when double-clicked.
1268 (`#920 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/920>`_)
1270 * The new `Submodules` widget makes it easy to interact with submodules.
1271 Additionally, submodules can now be updated using the `Status` widget.
1272 (`#916 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/916>`_)
1274 * Updated Japanese translation.
1275 (`#914 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/914>`_)
1277 * The "Open Terminal" action now launches a Git Bash shell on Windows.
1278 (`#913 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/913>`_)
1280 * New menu actions for updating all submodules.
1281 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
1283 * The status widget can now update submodules.
1284 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
1286 * The "Apply Patch" `git cola am` dialog now includes a diff viewer
1287 to display the contents of the selected patch.
1289 * The "Alt+D" diffstat hotkey now selects the staged/modified/etc.
1290 header in the Status widget, which shows the totality of everything
1291 that will be committed.
1292 (`#771 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/771>`_)
1294 * Running "Launch Editor" from the diff editor now opens the editor at the
1296 (`#898 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/898>`_)
1298 * The textwidth and tabwidth configuration values can now be set
1299 per-repository, rather than globally only.
1301 * Text entry widgets switched to using a block cursor in `v3.2`.
1302 This has been reverted to the original line cursor for consistency
1303 with other applications and user expectations.
1304 (`#889 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/889>`_)
1306 * The "edit at line" feature, used by the "Grep" tool, now supports
1307 the Sublime text editor.
1308 (`#894 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/894>`_)
1312 * Launching external programs has been improved on Windows.
1313 (`#925 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/925>`_)
1315 * Improve compatibility when using PySide2.
1316 (`#912 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/912>`_)
1318 * The Diff Editor was not honoring the configured tab width on startup.
1319 (`#900 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/900>`_)
1321 * The "Delete Files" feature was creating an unreadable display when
1322 many files were selected. Word-wrap the list of files so that the
1323 display stays within a sensible size.
1324 (`#895 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/895>`_)
1326 * Spelling and grammar fixes.
1327 (`#915 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/915>`_)
1328 (`#891 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/891>`_)
1332 * The logo was run through `tidy` to give it a consistent style.
1333 Some technical issues with the logo were improved.
1334 (`#877 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/877>`_)
1336 * The entire codebase is now checked by `flake8`, rather than just
1337 the module and test directories. This catches things like
1338 the pynsist installer scripts.
1339 (`#884 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/884>`_)
1340 (`#882 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/882>`_)
1341 (`#879 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/879>`_)
1345 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.6`.
1347 * The Windows installer's wrapper scripts were missing an import.
1348 (`#878 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/878>`_)
1356 Usability, bells and whistles
1357 -----------------------------
1358 * The `git cola dag` DAG window now supports `git revert`.
1359 (`#843 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/843>`_)
1361 * `git stash pop` is now supported by the stash dialog.
1362 (`#844 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/844>`_)
1364 * The status widget now ensures that each item is visible when selection
1365 changes. Previously, if you scrolled to the right to see the name of
1366 a long filename, and then selected a short filename above it, the widget
1367 may not have shown the short filename in the viewport. We now ensure
1368 that the filenames are visible when the selection changes.
1369 (`#828 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/828>`_)
1371 * The `git xbase` rebase editor no longer displays an error when
1372 cancelling an interactive rebase.
1373 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
1375 * The dialog shown when renaming remotes has been simplified.
1376 (`#840 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/840>`_)
1377 (`#838 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/838>`_)
1379 * The help dialog in the `git-xbase` Rebase editor is now scrollable.
1380 (`#855 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/855>`_)
1384 * Updated Brazilian translation.
1385 (`#845 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/845>`_)
1387 * Updated Czech translation.
1388 (`#854 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/854>`_)
1389 (`#853 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/853>`_)
1390 (`#835 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/835>`_)
1391 (`#813 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/813>`_)
1393 * Update Spanish translation.
1394 (`#862 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/862>`_)
1395 (`#867 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/867>`_)
1399 * The original `#!/usr/bin/env python` shebang lines can now be
1400 retained by passing `USE_ENV_PYTHON=1` to `make` when installing.
1401 (`#850 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/850>`_)
1403 * The Makefile is now resilient to DESTDIR and prefix containing whitespace.
1404 (`#858 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/858>`_)
1406 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.4.2`.
1408 * `python3-distutils` is needed to build cola on Debian.
1409 (`#837 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/837>`_)
1413 * The "C" key no longer closes the message dialogs, for example the
1414 one that is shown when a commit fails its pre-commit hooks.
1415 This allows "Ctrl+C" copy to work, rather than closing the dialog.
1416 (`#734 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/734>`_)
1418 * Dock widgets sizes are now properly saved and restored when the main
1419 window is maximized.
1420 (`#848 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/848>`_)
1422 * The spellcheck feature was broken under Python3.
1423 (`#857 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/857>`_)
1425 * A regression when saving stashes was fixed.
1426 (`#847 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/847>`_)
1428 * Diffing image files was not updating the available context menus,
1429 which prevented the "Stage" action from being present in the menu.
1430 (`#841 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/841>`_)
1432 * `git cola` now detects when `git lfs uninstall` has been run. This allows
1433 you to re-initialize "Git LFS" in an existing repository where it had been
1434 previously uninstalled.
1435 (`#842 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/842>`_)
1437 * Custom color values that did not contain any hexadecimal digits in the
1438 `a-f` range were being converted into integers by the config reader. This
1439 then caused the configured colors to be ignored.
1441 These color values are now interpreted correctly. Additionally, color
1442 values can now use an optional HTML-like `#` prefix.
1444 Example `.gitconfig` snippet::
1449 (`#836 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/836>`_)
1450 (`#849 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/849>`_)
1452 * We now display an error message graphically when `Git` is not installed.
1453 Previously, the message went to stderr only.
1454 (`#830 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/830>`_)
1456 * Changing diff options was causing resulting in an exception.
1457 (`#833 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/833>`_)
1458 (`#834 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/834>`_)
1460 * The DAG window now updates itself when branches and tags are created.
1461 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
1463 * The user's `$PATH` environment variable can now contain UTF-8
1464 encoded paths. Previously, launching external commands could
1466 (`#807 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/807>`_)
1468 * Git Cola development sandboxes can now be stored on UTF-8 encoded
1469 filesystem paths. Previously, the interactive rebase feature
1470 could be broken when running in that environment.
1471 (`#825 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/825>`_)
1473 * The log window now uses an ISO-8601 time stamp, which
1474 avoids localized output in the log window.
1475 (`#817 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/817>`_)
1479 * The code base has been thoroughly sanitized using `pylint`, and
1480 Travis is now running pylint over the entire project.
1482 * Miscellaneous improvements and code improvements.
1483 (`#874 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/874>`_)
1491 Usability, bells and whistles
1492 -----------------------------
1493 * The "Browser" widget learned to rename files using "git mv".
1494 (`#239 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/239>`_)
1496 * The "Diff" widget learned to diff images. Side-by-side and pixel diff
1497 modes allow you to inspect changes to common images formats.
1498 (`#444 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/444>`_)
1499 (`#803 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/803>`_)
1501 * Git LFS and Git Annex are natively supported by the image diff viewer.
1503 * Git Annex operations are now included. `git annex init` can be performed on
1504 repositories, and `git annex add` can be run on untracked files from the
1505 status widget. Install `git-annex` to activate this feature.
1507 * Git LFS operations are now included. `git lfs install` can be performed on
1508 repositories, and `git lfs track` can be run on untracked files from the
1509 status widget. Install `git-lfs` to activate this feature.
1511 * The "Stash" tool learned to stash staged changes only. Select the
1512 "Stage Index" option and only staged changes will be stashed away.
1513 (`#413 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/413>`_)
1515 * The "Stash" tool learned to use vim-like navigation keyboard shortcuts,
1516 shows error messages when things go wrong, and now saves the "Stash Index"
1517 and "Keep Index" options across sessions.
1519 * The Edit menu's "Copy" and "Select All" actions now forward to either the
1520 diff, status, recent, or favorites widgets, based on which widget has focus.
1522 * The "File" and "Edit" menu can now be activated using `Alt + {F,E}` hotkeys.
1523 (`#759 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/759>`_)
1525 * It was easy to accidentally trigger the first action in the `Status` tool's
1526 context menu when using a quick right-click to bring up the menu.
1527 A short sub-second delay was added to ensure that the top-most action is not
1528 triggered unless enough time has passed. This prevents accidental
1529 activation of the first item (typically "Stage" or "Unstage") without
1530 burdening common use cases.
1531 (`#755 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/755>`_)
1532 (`#643 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/643>`_)
1534 * The "Ctrl+S" hotkey now works for the header items in the Status tool.
1535 Selected the "Modified" header item and activating the "Stage" hotkey,
1536 for example, will stage all modified files. This works for the "Staged",
1537 "Modified", and "Untracked" headers. This is not enabled for the
1538 "Unmerged" header by design.
1539 (`#772 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/772>`_)
1541 * The list of "Recent" repositories previously capped the number of
1542 repositories shown to 8 repositories. This can be set to a higher
1543 value by setting the `cola.maxrecent` configuration variable.
1544 (`#752 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/752>`_)
1546 * The "Create Branch" dialog now prevents invalid branch names.
1547 (`#765 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/765>`_)
1549 * Updated Turkish translation.
1550 (`#756 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/756>`_)
1552 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
1553 (`#753 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/753>`_)
1555 * Updated German translation.
1556 (`#802 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/802>`_)
1558 * Updated Czech translation
1559 (`#792 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/792>`_)
1560 (`#806 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/806>`_)
1562 * The window title can be configured to not display the absolute path of the
1564 (`#775 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/775>`_)
1566 * The "Edit Remotes" editor learned to edit remote URLS.
1568 * Bare repositories can now be created by selecting the
1569 "New Bare Repository..." action from the `File` menu.
1571 * The "Branches" widget learned to configure upstream branches.
1573 * A new `git cola clone` sub-command was added for cloning repositories.
1577 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.3.1`.
1579 * The macOS installation was made simpler for better compatibility with
1581 (`#636 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/636>`_)
1583 * The Windows installer is now much simpler. Git Cola now bundles
1584 Python and PyQt5, so users need only install the "Git for Windows"
1585 and "Git Cola" installers to get things working.
1589 * Uninitialized difftool errors will now be displayed graphically.
1590 They were previously going to the shell.
1591 (`#457 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/457>`_)
1593 * Translations marked "fuzzy" will no longer be used when translating strings.
1594 (`#782 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/782>`_)
1596 * Deleted unmerged files will now correctly use a deleted icon.
1597 (`#479 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/479>`_)
1599 * The `Ctrl+C` "Copy" hotkey on the diff viewer has been fixed.
1600 (`#767 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/767>`_)
1602 * The "Create Tag" dialog did not correctly handle the case when a signed
1603 tag is requested, but no message is provided, and the user chooses to
1604 create a non-annotated tag instead. This convenience fallback will now
1605 properly create an unsigned, non-annotated tag.
1606 (`#696 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/696>`_)
1608 * `.gitconfig` and `.git/config` values editable by the Preferences dialog
1609 (aka `git cola config`) will now get unset when set to an empty value.
1610 For example, setting a different `user.email` in the current repository,
1611 followed by a subsequent emptying of that field, would previously result in
1612 an empty string getting stored in the config. This has been fixed so that
1613 the value will now get unset in the config instead.
1614 (`#406 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/406>`_)
1616 * Spelling and typo fixes.
1617 (`#748 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/748>`_)
1619 * `core.commentChar` is now honored when set in the local repository
1621 (`#766 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/766>`_)
1623 * The log window was using a format string that did not display
1624 correctly in all locales. A locale-aware format is now used.
1625 (`#800 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/800>`_)
1627 * The dialog displayed when prompting for a reference could sometimes
1629 (`#804 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/804>`_)
1637 Usability, bells and whistles
1638 -----------------------------
1639 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
1640 (`#726 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/726>`_)
1642 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
1643 (`#723 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/723>`_)
1645 * New Czech translation.
1646 (`#736 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/736>`_)
1647 (`#737 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/737>`_)
1648 (`#740 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/740>`_)
1649 (`#743 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/743>`_)
1651 * The "name" field in the "Create Tag" dialog now includes autocompletion,
1652 which makes it easy to see which tags currently exist.
1654 * `git cola` now has configurable toolbars. Use the `View -> Add toolbar`
1655 menu item to add a toolbar.
1657 * Setting `cola.expandtab` to `true` will now expand tabs into spaces
1658 in the commit message editor. The number of spaces to insert is determined
1659 by consulting `cola.tabwidth`, which defaults to `8`.
1661 * The "Copy SHA-1" hotkey is now `Alt + Ctrl + C`, to avoid clobbering the
1662 ability to copy text from the DAG window.
1663 (`#705 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/705>`_)
1665 * The "Prepare Commit Message" action can now be invoked via the
1666 `Ctrl+Shift+Return` shortcut.
1667 (`#707 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/707>`_)
1669 * The `Branches` pane now has a filter field that highlights branches whose
1670 names match the string entered into its text field.
1671 (`#713 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/713>`_)
1673 * Actions that are triggered in response to button presses were being
1674 triggered when the button was pressed, rather than when it was released,
1675 which was a usability flaw. All buttons now respond when clicked
1676 rather than when pressed.
1677 (`#715 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/715>`_)
1679 * The DAG window will now only refresh when object IDs change.
1680 Previously, the DAG would redraw itself in response to inotify events,
1681 such as filesystem operations, which was disruptive when inspecting a large
1682 diff in its diff viewer. The DAG will now only redraw when the object IDs
1683 corresponding to its query input changes. Furthermore, when redrawing, the
1684 scrollbar positions are retained to minimize disruption to the viewport
1686 (`#620 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/620>`_)
1687 (`#724 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/724>`_)
1689 * The "About" dialog now includes the SHA-1 where Git Cola was built.
1690 (`#530 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/530>`_)
1692 * The "Status" widget now has "Copy Leading Path to Clipboard" and
1693 "Copy Basename to Clipboard" actions.
1694 (`#435 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/435>`_)
1695 (`#436 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/436>`_)
1697 * The "Status" widget now supports custom "Copy xxx to Clipboard" actions.
1698 (`#437 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/437>`_)
1700 * The main menu now has an "Edit" menu.
1701 (`#725 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/725>`_)
1703 * `git dag` learned to checkout commits into a detached HEAD state.
1704 (`#698 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/698>`_)
1706 * The `status` widget's context menus now omit actions selection-dependent
1707 actions when no file is selected.
1708 (`#731 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/731>`_)
1710 * The startup dialog now focuses the repository list so that repositories
1711 can be selected with the keyboard without mouse intervention.
1712 (`#741 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/741>`_)
1716 * `git dag` now prevents nodes from overlapping in more situations.
1717 (`#689 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/689>`_)
1719 * Adding untracked Git submodule repo directories previously ran
1720 `git add submodule/` but we now call `git add submodule` without
1721 the trailing slash (`/`) to avoid staging files that belong to the
1722 submodule (which is possibly a `git` bug). By working around the
1723 buggy behavior we allow users to recover by issuing the appropriate
1724 `git submodule add` command to properly register the submodule.
1725 (`#681 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/681>`_)
1727 * We now avoid `git for-each-ref --sort=version:refname` on versions
1728 of `git` older than `v2.7.0`. Previously we only avoided it for
1729 versions older than `v2.0.0`, which was a mistake.
1730 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
1732 * The error message displayed when `git` is not installed has been fixed.
1733 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
1735 * Adding new remotes was silently broken.
1736 (`#684 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/684>`_)
1737 (`#685 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/685>`_)
1739 * The repo selection dialog had errors during startup when the
1740 `cola.refreshonfocus` feature was enabled, as reported on Ubuntu 16.04.
1741 (`#690 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/690>`_)
1743 * Restored support for PyQt 4.6 (Centos 6.8)
1744 (`#692 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/692>`_)
1746 * Switching repositories now resets the "Amend Mode" and other settings
1748 (`#710 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/710>`_)
1750 * `git rebase` error messages now displayed when rebasing fails or stops
1751 via the standalone `git cola rebase` front-end.
1752 (`#721 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/721>`_)
1754 * `git cola` learned to stage broken symlinks.
1755 (`#727 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/727>`_)
1757 * The "View History" feature in the `Browser` tool was fixed, and now
1758 disambiguates between refs and paths.
1759 (`#732 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/732>`_)
1761 * The diff editor now has better support for files with CRLF `\r\n`
1763 (`#730 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/730>`_)
1765 * `cola.inotify` in a repo-local config is now honored
1766 when `git cola` is launched from a desktop entry (`git cola --prompt`).
1767 (`#695 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/695>`_)
1775 Usability, bells and whistles
1776 -----------------------------
1777 * New Ukrainian translation.
1778 (`#670 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/670>`_)
1779 (`#672 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/672>`_)
1781 * New and improved French translations.
1783 * The new `Branches` widget makes it easier to checkout, merge, push,
1784 and pull branches from a single interface.
1786 * `git cola` now includes a dark icon theme. The dark icon theme can be
1787 activated either by setting the `GIT_COLA_ICON_THEME` environment variable
1788 to `dark`, by configuring `cola.icontheme` to `dark`, or by specifying
1789 `--icon-theme=dark` on the command line.
1790 (`#638 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/638>`_)
1792 * Autocompletion was added to the `Fetch`, `Push`, and `Pull` dialogs.
1794 * The commit message editor now remembers the "Spellcheck" setting
1796 (`#645 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/645>`_)
1798 * `git dag` now uses an improved algorithm for laying out the graph,
1799 which avoids collisions under certain graph configurations, and
1800 avoids overlapping tag with commits.
1801 (`#648 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/648>`_)
1802 (`#651 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/651>`_)
1803 (`#654 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/654>`_)
1804 (`#656 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/656>`_)
1805 (`#659 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/659>`_)
1807 * `git dag` now remembers its column sizes across sessions.
1808 (`#674 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/674>`_)
1810 * `Grep` now shows a preview of the selected file's content in a split window
1811 below the grep results.
1813 * `Grep` now includes line numbers in the preview pane's output.
1815 * `Edit Remotes` now remembers its window settings after exiting.
1817 * `Diff` now has an option to display line numbers in the editor.
1818 (`#136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/136>`_)
1820 * `Amend Last Commit` can now be triggered via the `Commit` menu in addition
1821 to the commit message editor's options.
1822 (`#640 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/640>`_)
1824 * The `File Browser` tool was made much faster and can now operate on
1825 much larger repositories.
1826 (`#499 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/499>`_)
1828 * A new "turbo" mode was added that allows you to opt-out of operations
1829 that can slow `git cola` on large repositories. The turbo mode is
1830 enabled by configuring `git config cola.turbo true`. Turbo mode
1831 disables the background loading of Git commit messages and other
1832 details in the `File Browser` widget.
1834 * A new GitIgnore dialog allows adding custom gitignore patterns.
1835 (`#653 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/653>`_)
1837 * The spellchecker in `git cola` can now use an additional dictionary
1838 by configuring `cola.dictionary` to the path to a file containing
1839 a newline-separated list of words.
1840 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
1842 * The stash, export patches, diff, and gitignore dialogs now remember
1845 * A new `git cola recent` sub-command was added for finding recently
1848 * The `Fetch` dialog now allows pruning remote branches.
1849 (`#639 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/639>`_)
1850 (`#680 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/680>`_)
1854 * `git cola`'s spellchecker now supports the new `dict-common` filesystem
1855 layout, and prefers the `/usr/share/dict/cracklib-small` file over the
1856 `/usr/share/dict/words` provided on older distributions.
1857 This makes the spellchecker compatible with Arch, which does not provide
1858 a `words` symlink like Debian.
1859 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
1861 * Properly handle the case where an existing file is untracked using
1864 * Fix a quirk where the "Create Branch" dialog sometimes required clicking
1865 twice on the radio buttons.
1866 (`#662 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/662>`_)
1868 * Fixed a focus issue to ensure that "Push", "Fetch", and "Pull" can
1869 be executed with the press of a single enter key after being shown.
1870 (`#661 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/661>`_)
1872 * Committing is now allowed in when resolving a merge results in no
1873 changes. This state was previously prevented by the commit message editor,
1874 which prevented users from resolving merges that result in no changes.
1875 (`#679 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/679>`_)
1877 * The filesystem monitor would sometimes emit backtraces when directories
1878 are modified. This has been fixed.
1879 (`bz #1438522 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1438522>`_)
1881 * Absolute paths are now returned when querying for `.git`-relative paths
1882 from within a submodule, which uses `.git`-files.
1883 This fixes launching `git cola` from within a subdirectory of a submodule.
1884 (`#675 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/675>`_)
1892 Usability, bells and whistles
1893 -----------------------------
1894 * `git cola` can now invoke the `.git/hooks/cola-prepare-commit-msg`
1895 hook to update the commit message. This hook takes the same parameters
1896 as Git's `prepare-commit-message` hook. The default path to this hook
1897 can be overridden by setting the `cola.prepareCommitMessageHook`
1898 configuration variable.
1899 (`Documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#prepare-commit-message>`_)
1901 * `git cola diff` (and the corresponding `Diff` menu actions) can now
1902 launch difftool with the standard `Ctrl+D` hotkey. The `Ctrl+E` hotkey was
1903 also added for launching an editor.
1905 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
1909 * `git cola` now works when installed in non-ASCII, UTF-8-encoded paths.
1910 (`#629 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/629>`_)
1912 * Styling issues that caused black backgrounds in various widgets when using
1913 PyQt5 on Mac OS X have been fixed.
1914 (`#624 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/624>`_)
1916 * The "Open Recent" menu action was broken and has been fixed.
1917 (`#634 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/634>`_)
1919 * Exiting `git cola` with a maximized main window would hang when reopened
1921 (`#641 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/641>`_)
1925 * `appdata.xml` files are now provided at
1926 `share/appdata/git-cola.xml` and `share/appdata/git-dag.xml`
1927 for use by the Linux software gallery.
1928 (`#627 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/627>`_)
1929 (`Appdata <https://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appdata/>`_)
1939 * The "Open Recent" menu was updated to new bookmarks format.
1940 (`#628 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/628>`_)
1948 Usability, bells and whistles
1949 -----------------------------
1950 * New Polish translation thanks to Łukasz Wojniłowicz
1951 (`#598 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/598>`_)
1953 * The `Bypass Commit Hooks` feature now disables itself automatically
1954 when a new commit is created. The new behavior turns the option into a
1955 single-use flag, which helps prevent users from accidentally leaving it
1956 active longer than intended.
1957 (`#595 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/595>`_)
1959 * `git dag` learned to launch an external diff viewer on selected commits.
1960 The standard `Ctrl+D` shortcut can be used to view diffs.
1961 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1963 * `git dag` learned to launch directory diffs via `git difftool --dir-diff`.
1964 The `Ctrl+Shift+D` shortcut launches difftool in directory-diff mode.
1965 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1967 * Items in the "Favorites" list can now be renamed, which makes it
1968 easier to differentiate between several checkouts of the same repository.
1969 (`#599 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/599>`_)
1970 (`#601 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/601>`_)
1972 * The startup screen now includes a logo and `git cola` version information.
1973 (`#526 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/526>`_)
1975 * The `About` page was revamped to contain multiple tabs. A new tab was added
1976 that provides details about `git cola`''s dependencies. New tabs were also
1977 added for giving credit to `git cola`'s authors and translators.
1979 * The `About` page can now be accessed via `git cola about`.
1981 * The "Fast-forward only" and "No fast-forward" options supported by
1982 `git pull` are now accessible via `git cola pull`.
1984 * Doing a forced push no longer requires selecting the remote branch.
1985 (`#618 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/618>`_)
1987 * `git cola push` now has an option to suppress the prompt that is shown
1988 when pushing would create new remote branches.
1989 (`#605 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/605>`_)
1991 * `git dag` now shows commit messages in a more readable color.
1992 (`#574 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/574>`_)
1994 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch the OS-specified
1995 default action for a file. When used on directories via `git cola browse`,
1996 or when "Open Parent Directory" is used on files, the OS-specified
1997 file browser will typically be used.
1999 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch terminals.
2003 * `git cola browse` was not updating when expanding items.
2004 (`#588 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/588>`_)
2006 * Typo fixes in comments, naming, and strings have been applied.
2007 (`#593 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/593>`_)
2009 * The inotify and win32 filesystem monitoring no longer refreshes
2010 when updates are made to ignored files.
2011 (`#517 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/517>`_)
2012 (`#516 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/516>`_)
2014 * The `Refresh` button on the actions panel no longer raises an
2015 exception when using PyQt5.
2016 (`#604 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/604>`_)
2018 * Fixed a typo in the inotify back-end that is triggered when files are removed.
2019 (`#607 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/607>`_)
2021 * Fixed a typo when recovering from a failed attempt to open a repository.
2022 (`#606 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/606>`_)
2024 * `git dag` now properly updates itself when launched from the menu bar.
2025 (`#613 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/613>`_)
2027 * If git-cola is invoked on Windows using `start pythonw git-cola`,
2028 a console window will briefly flash on the screen each time
2029 `git cola` invokes `git`. The console window is now suppressed.
2031 * We now avoid some problematic Popen flags on Windows which were
2032 breaking the `git rebase` feature on Windows.
2034 * The `Save` button in `git dag`'s "Grab File..." feature now properly
2035 prompts for a filename when saving files.
2036 (`#617 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/617>`_)
2040 * The `qtpy` symlink in the source tree has been removed to allow for easier
2041 development on Windows.
2042 (`#626 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/626>`_)
2050 Usability, bells and whistles
2051 -----------------------------
2052 * `git cola push` learned to configure upstream branches.
2053 (`#563 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/563>`_)
2057 * The diffstat view is now properly updated when notifications are
2058 received via inotify filesystem monitoring.
2059 (`#577 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/577>`_)
2061 * Python3 with PyQt5 had a bug that prevented `git cola` from starting.
2062 (`#589 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/589>`_)
2073 * When repositories stored in non-ASCII, UTF-8-encoded filesystem paths
2074 were operated upon with `LC_ALL=C` set in the environment, Unicode errors
2075 would occur when using `python2`. `git cola` was made more robust and will
2076 now operate correctly within this environment.
2077 (`#581 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/581>`_)
2079 * Support for the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment variable was fixed.
2080 (`#582 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/582>`_)
2085 * The `unittest.mock` module is now used instead of the original `mock` module
2086 when running the `git cola` test suite using Python3.
2087 (`#569 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/569>`_)
2092 * `git cola` is now compatible with *PyQt5*, *PyQt4*, and *Pyside*.
2093 `git cola` previously supported *PyQt4* only, but will now use whichever
2094 library is available. Users are not required to upgrade at this time,
2095 but *PyQt5* support can be enabled anytime by making its python
2097 (`#232 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/232>`_)
2099 *NOTE*: We do not yet recommend using *PyQt5* because there are known
2100 exit-on-segfault bugs in *Qt5* that have not yet been addressed.
2101 `git cola` is sensitive to this bug and is known to crash on exit
2102 when using `git dag` or the interactive rebase feature on *PyQt5*.
2104 https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-52988
2106 *PyQt4* is stable and there are no known issues when using it so
2107 we recommend using it until the Qt5 bugs have been resolved.
2109 * `git cola` now depends on *QtPy* and includes a bundled copy of the
2110 `qtpy` library. If you are packaging `git cola` and would prefer to use
2111 `qtpy` from your distribution instead of the built-in version then use
2112 `make NO_VENDOR_LIBS=1` when building `git cola`. This will prevent
2113 vendored libraries from being installed.
2121 Usability, bells and whistles
2122 -----------------------------
2124 * A new "Reset" sub-menu provides access to running "git reset --mixed"
2125 when resetting branch heads and "git reset --merge" when resetting
2127 (`#542 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/542>`_)
2129 * `git cola` now supports linked worktrees, i.e. worktrees created by
2131 (`#554 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/554>`_)
2136 * Diff highlighting is now robust to the user having
2137 diff.supressBlankEmpty=true in their git config.
2138 (`#541 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/541>`_)
2140 * The filesystem monitor now properly handles repositories that use
2141 `.git`-files, e.g. when using submodules.
2142 (`#545 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/545>`_)
2143 (`#546 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pulls/546>`_)
2145 * Per-repository git configuration is now properly detected when launching
2146 `git cola` from an application launcher.
2147 (`#548 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/548>`_)
2149 * `git cola` now cleans up after itself immediately to avoid leaving behind
2150 empty `/tmp/git-cola-XXXXXX` directories when the user uses `Ctrl+C`
2152 (`#566 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/566>`_)
2157 * It is now possible to install `git cola` to and from UTF-8-encoded filesystem
2158 paths. Previously, Python's stdlib would throw an encoding error during
2159 installation. We workaround the stdlib by forcing python2 to use UTF-8,
2160 thus fixing assumptions in the stdlib library code.
2161 (`#551 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/551>`_)
2169 Usability, bells and whistles
2170 -----------------------------
2172 * The icon for untracked files was adjusted to better differentiate
2173 between files and the "Untracked" header.
2174 (`#509 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/509>`_)
2176 * Ctrl+O was added as a hotkey for opening repositories.
2177 (`#507 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/507>`_)
2179 * `git dag` now uses consistent edge colors across updates.
2180 (`#512 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/512>`_)
2182 * `git cola`'s Bookmarks widget can now be used to set a "Default Repository".
2183 Under the hood, we set the `cola.defaultrepo` configuration variable.
2184 The default repository is used whenever `git cola` is launched outside of
2185 a Git repository. When unset, or when set to a bogus value, `git cola`
2186 will prompt for a repository, as it previously did.
2187 (`#513 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/513>`_)
2189 * `git cola`'s Russian and Spanish translations were improved
2190 thanks to Vaiz and Zeioth.
2191 (`#514 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/514>`_)
2192 (`#515 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/515>`_)
2193 (`#523 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/523>`_)
2195 * `git cola` was translated to Turkish thanks to Barış ÇELİK.
2196 (`#520 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/520>`_)
2198 * The status view now supports launching `git gui blame`. It can be
2199 configured to use a different command by setting `cola.blameviewer`.
2200 (`#521 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/521>`_)
2202 * `git dag` now allows selecting non-contiguous ranges in the log widget.
2203 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
2205 * Any font can now be chosen for the diff editor, not just mono-space fonts.
2206 (`#525 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/525>`_)
2211 * `xfce4-terminal` and `gnome-terminal` are now supported when launching
2212 `git mergetool` to resolve merges. These terminals require that the command
2213 to execute is shell-quoted and passed as a single string argument to `-e`
2214 rather than as additional command line arguments.
2215 (`#524 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/524>`_)
2217 * Fixed a Unicode problem when formatting the error message that is shown
2218 when `gitk` is not installed. We now handle Unicode data in tracebacks
2219 generated by python itself.
2220 (`#528 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/528>`_)
2222 * The `New repository` feature was fixed.
2223 (`#533 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/533>`_)
2225 * We now use omit the extended description when creating "fixup!" commits,
2226 for consistency with the Git CLI. We now include only the one-line summary
2227 in the final commit message.
2228 (`#522 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/522>`_)
2236 Usability, bells and whistles
2237 -----------------------------
2239 * The user interface is now HiDPI-capable. Git Cola now uses SVG
2240 icons, and its interface can be scaled by setting the `GIT_COLA_SCALE`
2241 environment variable.
2243 * `git dag` now supports the standard editor, difftool, and history hotkeys.
2244 It is now possible to invoke these actions from file widget's context
2245 menu and through the standard hotkeys.
2246 (`#473 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/473>`_)
2248 * The `Status` tool also learned about the history hotkey.
2249 Additionally, the `Alt + {J,K}` aliases are also supported in the `Status`
2250 tool for consistency with the other tools where the non-Alt hotkeys are not
2252 (`#488 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/488>`_)
2254 * The `File Browser` tool now has better default column sizes,
2255 and remembers its window size and placement.
2257 * The `File Browser` now supports the refresh hotkey, and has better
2258 behavior when refreshing. The selection is now retained, and new and
2259 removed files are found when refreshing.
2261 * A new `git-cola-completion.bash` completion script is provided in the
2262 `contrib/` directory. It must be used alongside Git's completion script.
2263 Source it from your `~/.bashrc` (or `~/.zshrc`, etc) after sourcing
2264 the `git-completion.bash` script and you will have command-line completion
2265 support for the `git cola` and `git dag` sub-commands.
2267 * The "checkout" dialog now offers completion for remote branches and other
2268 git refs. This makes it easier to checkout remote branches in a detached
2269 head state. Additionally, the checkout dialog also offers completion for
2270 remote branches that have not yet been checked out, which makes it easier to
2271 create a local tracking branch by just completing for that potential name.
2272 (`#390 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/390>`_)
2274 * The "create branch" and "create tag" dialogs now save and restore their
2277 * The "status" widget can now be configured to use a bold font with a darker
2278 background for the header items.
2279 (`#506 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/506>`_)
2281 * The "status" widget now remembers its horizontal scrollbar position across
2282 updates. This is helpful when working on projects with long paths.
2283 (`#494 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/494>`_)
2288 * When using *Git for Windows*, a `git` window would appear
2289 when running *Windows 8*. We now pass additional flags to
2290 `subprocess.Popen` to prevent a `git` window from appearing.
2291 (`#477 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/477>`_)
2292 (`#486 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/486>`_)
2294 * Launching difftool with `.PY` in `$PATHEXT` on Windows was fixed.
2295 (`#492 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/492>`_)
2297 * Creating a local branch tracking a remote branch that contains
2298 slashes in its name is now properly handled.
2299 (`#496 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/496>`_)
2301 * The "Browse Other Branch" feature was broken by Python3, and is now fixed.
2302 (`#501 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/501>`_)
2304 * We now avoid `long` for better Python3 compatibility.
2305 (`#502 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/502>`_)
2307 * We now use Git's default merge message when merging branches.
2308 (`#508 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/508>`_)
2310 * Miscellaneous fixes
2311 (`#485 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/485>`_)
2316 * git-cola's documentation no longer uses an inter-sphinx link mapping
2317 to docs.python.org. This fixes warnings when building RPMs using koji,
2318 where network access is prevented.
2320 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231812
2328 Usability, bells and whistles
2329 -----------------------------
2331 * The Interactive Rebase feature now works on Windows!
2332 (`#463 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/463>`_)
2334 * The `diff` editor now understands vim-style `hjkl` navigation hotkeys.
2335 (`#476 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/476>`_)
2337 * `Alt + {J,K}` navigation hotkeys were added to allow changing to the
2338 next/previous file from the diff and commit editors.
2340 * The `Rename branch` menu action is now disabled in empty repositories.
2341 (`#475 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/475>`_)
2342 (`#459 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/459>`_)
2344 * `git cola` now checks unmerged files for conflict markers before
2345 staging them. This feature can be disabled in the preferences.
2346 (`#464 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/464>`_)
2348 * `git dag` now remembers which commits were selected when refreshing
2349 so that it can restore the selection afterwards.
2350 (`#480 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/480>`_)
2352 * "Launch Editor", "Launch Difftool", "Stage/Unstage",
2353 and "Move Up/Down" hotkeys now work when the commit message
2355 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
2357 * The diff editor now supports the `Ctrl+u` hotkey for reverting
2358 diff hunks and selected lines.
2360 * The `core.commentChar` Git configuration value is now honored.
2361 Commit messages and rebase instruction sheets will now use
2362 the configured character for comments. This allows having
2363 commit messages that start with `#` when `core.commentChar`
2364 is configured to its non-default value.
2365 (`#446 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/446>`_)
2370 * Diff syntax highlighting was improved to handle more edge cases
2371 and false positives.
2372 (`#467 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/467>`_)
2374 * Setting commands in the interactive rebase editor was fixed.
2375 (`#472 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/472>`_)
2377 * git-cola no longer clobbers the Ctrl+Backspace text editing shortcut
2378 in the commit message editor.
2379 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
2381 * The copy/paste clipboard now persists after `git cola` exits.
2382 (`#484 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/484>`_)
2392 * Fixed the "Sign off" feature in the commit message editor.
2400 Usability, bells and whistles
2401 -----------------------------
2402 * Double-click will now choose a commit in the "Select commit" dialog.
2404 * `git cola` has a feature that reads `.git/MERGE_MSG` and friends for the
2405 commit message when a merge is in-progress. Upon refresh, `git cola` will
2406 now detect when a merge has completed and reset the commit message back to
2407 its previous state. It is only reset if the editor contains a message
2408 that was read from the file and has not been manually edited by the user.
2410 * The commit message editor's context menu now has a "Clear..." action for
2411 clearing the message across both the summary and description fields.
2413 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
2415 * The system theme's icons are now used wherever possible.
2416 (`#458 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/458>`_)
2420 * The stash viewer now uses ``git show --no-ext-diff`` to avoid running
2421 user-configured diff tools.
2423 * `git cola` now uses the `setsid()` system call to ensure that the
2424 `GIT_ASKPASS` and `SSH_ASKPASS` helper programs are used when pushing
2425 changes using `git`. The askpass helpers will now be used even when
2426 `git cola` is launched from a terminal.
2428 The behavior without `setsid()` is that `git cola` can appear to hang while
2429 pushing changes. The hang happens when `git` prompts the user for a
2430 password using the terminal, but the user never sees the prompt. `setsid()`
2431 detaches the terminal, which ensures that the askpass helpers are used.
2432 (`#218 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/218>`_)
2433 (`#262 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/262>`_)
2434 (`#377 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/377>`_)
2436 * `git dag`'s file list tool was updated to properly handle Unicode paths.
2438 * `gnome-terminal` is no longer used by default when `cola.terminal` is unset.
2439 It is broken, as was detailed in #456.
2440 (`#456 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/456>`_)
2442 * The interactive rebase feature was not always setting `$GIT_EDITOR`
2443 to the value of `gui.editor`, thus there could be instances where rebase
2444 will seem to not stop, or hang, when performing "reword" actions.
2446 We now set the `$GIT_EDITOR` environment variable when performing the
2447 "Continue", "Skip", and "Edit Todo" rebase actions so that the correct
2448 editor is used during the rebase.
2449 (`#445 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/445>`_)
2453 * `git cola` moved from a 3-part version number to a simpler 2-part "vX.Y"
2454 version number. Most of our releases tend to contain new features.
2461 Usability, bells and whistles
2462 -----------------------------
2463 * Updated zh_TW translations.
2465 * `git cola rebase` now defaults to `@{upstream}`, and generally uses the same
2466 CLI syntax as `git rebase`.
2468 * The commit message editor now allows you to bypass commit hooks by selecting
2469 the "Bypass Commit Hooks" option. This is equivalent to passing the
2470 `--no-verify` option to `git commit`.
2471 (`#357 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/357>`_)
2473 * We now prevent the "Delete Files" action from creating a dialog that does
2475 (`#378 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/378>`_)
2477 * `git xbase` learned to edit rebase instruction sheets that contain
2480 * The diff colors are now configurable. `cola.color.{text,add,remove,header}`
2481 can now be set with 6-digit hexadecimal colors.
2482 See the `git cola manual <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#configuration-variables>_`
2485 * Improved hotkey documentation.
2489 * `git cola` will now allow starting an interactive rebase with a dirty
2490 worktree when `rebase.autostash` is set.
2491 (`#360 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/360>`_)
2498 Usability, bells and whistles
2499 -----------------------------
2500 * A new "Find files" widget was added, and can be activated by
2501 using the `Ctrl+t` or `t` hotkeys.
2503 * A new `git cola find` sub-command was added for finding files.
2505 * `git cola` now remembers the text cursor's position when staging
2506 interactively with the keyboard. This makes it easier to use the keyboard
2507 arrows to select and stage lines.
2509 * The completion widgets will now select the top completion item
2510 when `Enter` or `Return` are pressed.
2512 * You can now refresh using `F5` in addition to the existing `Ctrl+R` hotkey.
2516 * `git cola` now passes `--no-abbrev-commit` to `git log` to override
2517 having `log.abbrevCommit = true` set in `.gitconfig`.
2524 Usability, bells and whistles
2525 -----------------------------
2526 * `git dag` now forwards all unknown arguments along to `git log`.
2527 (`#389 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/389>`_)
2529 * Line-by-line interactive staging was made more robust.
2530 (`#399 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/399>`_)
2532 * "Bookmarks" was renamed to "Favorites".
2533 (`#392 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/392>`_)
2535 * Untracked files are now displayed using a unique icon.
2536 (`#388 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/388>`_)
2540 * `git dag` was triggering a traceback on Fedora when parsing Git logs.
2541 (`bz #181676 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181686>`_)
2543 * inotify expects Unicode paths on Python3.
2544 (`#393 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/393>`_)
2546 * Untracked files are now assumed to be UTF-8 encoded.
2547 (`#401 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/401>`_)
2554 Usability, bells and whistles
2555 -----------------------------
2556 * `git cola` can now create GPG-signed commits and merges.
2557 See the documentation for details about setting up a GPG agent.
2558 (`#149 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/149>`_)
2560 * The status widget learned to copy relative paths when `Ctrl+x` is pressed.
2561 (`#358 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/358>`_)
2563 * Custom GUI actions can now define their own keyboard shortcuts by
2564 setting `guitool.$name.shortcut` to a string understood by the Qt
2565 `QKeySequence` API, e.g. `Alt+X`.
2566 See the `Qt docs <https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qkeysequence.html#toString>`_
2567 for more details about the supported values.
2569 * `git cola` learned to rename branches.
2570 (`#364 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/364>`_)
2571 (`#278 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/278>`_)
2573 * `git dag` now has a "Show history" context menu which can be used to filter
2574 history using the selected paths.
2578 * `sphinxtogithub.py` was fixed for Python3.
2579 (`#353 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/353>`_)
2581 * The commit that changed how we read remotes from `git remote`
2582 to parsing `git config` was reverted since it created problems
2585 * Fixed a crash when using the `rebase edit` feature.
2586 (`#351 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/351>`_)
2588 * Better drag-and-drop behavior when dropping into gnome-terminal.
2589 (`#373 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/373>`_)
2593 * The `git-cola-folder-handler.desktop` file handler was fixed
2594 to pass validation by `desktop-file-validate`.
2595 (`#356 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/356>`_)
2597 * The `git.svg` icon was renamed to `git-cola.svg`, and `git cola` was taught
2598 to prefer icons from the desktop theme when available.
2605 Usability, bells and whistles
2606 -----------------------------
2607 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+Shift+M` merges branches.
2609 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+R` refreshes the DAG viewer.
2610 (`#347 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/347>`_)
2614 * We now use `git config` to parse the list of remotes
2615 instead of parsing the output of `git remote`, which
2616 is a Git porcelain and should not be used by scripts.
2618 * Avoid "C++ object has been deleted" errors from PyQt4.
2619 (`#346 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/346>`_)
2623 * The `make install` target now uses `install` instead of `cp`.
2630 Usability, bells and whistles
2631 -----------------------------
2632 * Updated Brazilian Portuguese translation.
2634 * The status and browse widgets now allow drag-and-drop into
2635 external applications.
2636 (`#335 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/335>`_)
2638 * We now show a progress bar when cloning repositories.
2639 (`#312 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/312>`_)
2641 * The bookmarks widget was simplified to not need a
2643 (`#289 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/289>`_)
2645 * Updated Traditional Chinese translation.
2647 * We now display a warning when trying to rebase with uncommitted changes.
2648 (`#338 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/338>`_)
2650 * The status widget learned to filter paths.
2651 `Ctrl+Shift+S` toggles the filter widget.
2652 (`#337 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/337>`_)
2653 (`#339 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/339>`_)
2655 * The status widget learned to move files to the trash
2656 when the `send2trash <https://github.com/hsoft/send2trash>`_
2657 module is installed.
2658 (`#341 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/341>`_)
2660 * "Recent repositories" is now a dedicated widget.
2661 (`#342 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/342>`_)
2663 * New Spanish translation thanks to Pilar Molina Lopez.
2664 (`#344 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/344>`_)
2668 * Newly added remotes are now properly seen by the fetch/push/pull dialogs.
2669 (`#343 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/343>`_)
2676 Usability, bells and whistles
2677 -----------------------------
2678 * New Brazilian Portuguese translation thanks to Vitor Lobo.
2680 * New Indonesian translation thanks to Samsul Ma'arif.
2682 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation thanks to Zhang Han.
2684 * `Ctrl+Backspace` is now a hotkey for "delete untracked files" in
2687 * Fetch/Push/Pull dialogs now use the configured remote of the current
2689 (`#324 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/324>`_)
2693 * We now use `os.getcwd()` on Python3.
2694 (`#316 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/316>`_)
2695 (`#326 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/326>`_)
2697 * The `Ctrl+P` hotkey was overloaded to both "push" and "cherry-pick",
2698 so "cherry-pick" was moved to `Ctrl+Shift+C`.
2700 * Custom GUI tools with mixed-case names are now properly supported.
2702 * "Diff Region" is now referred to as "Diff Hunk" for consistency
2703 with common terminology from diff/patch tools.
2704 (`#328 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/328>`_)
2706 * git-cola's test suite is now portable to MS Windows.
2707 (`#332 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/332>`_)
2714 Usability, bells and whistles
2715 -----------------------------
2716 * We now handle the case when inotify `add_watch()` fails
2717 and display instructions on how to increase the number of watches.
2718 (`#263 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/263>`_)
2720 * New and improved zh_TW localization thanks to V字龍(Vdragon).
2721 (`#265 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/265>`_)
2722 (`#267 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/267>`_)
2723 (`#268 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/268>`_)
2724 (`#269 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/269>`_)
2725 (`#270 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/270>`_)
2726 (`#271 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/271>`_)
2727 (`#272 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/272>`_)
2729 * New hotkeys: `Ctrl+F` for fetch, `Ctrl+P` for push,
2730 and `Ctrl+Shift+P` for pull.
2732 * The bookmarks widget's context menu actions were made clearer.
2733 (`#281 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/281>`_)
2735 * The term "Staging Area" is used consistently in the UI
2736 to allow for better localization.
2737 (`#283 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/283>`_)
2739 * The "Section" term is now referred to as "Diff Region"
2741 (`#297 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/297>`_)
2743 * The localization documentation related to the LANGUAGE
2744 environment variable was improved.
2745 (`#293 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/293>`_)
2747 * The "Actions" panel now contains tooltips for each button
2748 in case the button labels gets truncated by Qt.
2749 (`#292 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/292>`_)
2751 * Custom `git config`-defined actions can now be run in the
2752 background by setting `guitool.<name>.background` to `true`.
2756 * We now use bold fonts instead of SmallCaps to avoid
2757 artifacts on several configurations.
2759 * We now pickup `user.email`, `cola.tabwidth`, and similar settings
2760 when defined in /etc/gitconfig.
2761 (`#259 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/259>`_)
2763 * Better support for Unicode paths when using inotify.
2764 (`bz #1104181 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104181>`_)
2766 * Unicode fixes for non-ASCII locales.
2767 (`#266 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/266>`_)
2768 (`#273 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/273>`_)
2769 (`#276 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/276>`_)
2770 (`#282 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/282>`_)
2771 (`#298 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/298>`_)
2772 (`#302 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/302>`_)
2773 (`#303 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/303>`_)
2774 (`#305 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/305>`_)
2776 * Viewing history from the file browser was fixed for Python3.
2777 (`#274 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/274>`_)
2779 * setup.py was fixed to install the `*.rst` documentation.
2780 (`#279 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/279>`_)
2782 * Patch export was fixed for Python3.
2783 (`#290 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/290>`_)
2785 * Fixed adding a bookmark with trailing slashes.
2786 (`#295 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/295>`_)
2788 * The default `git dag` layout is now setup so that its widgets
2789 can be freely resized on Linux.
2790 (`#299 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/299>`_)
2792 * Invalid tag names are now reported when creating tags.
2793 (`#296 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/296>`_)
2800 Usability, bells and whistles
2801 -----------------------------
2802 * `git cola` no longer prompts after successfully creating a new branch.
2803 (`#251 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/251>`_)
2805 * Hitting enter on simple dialogs now accepts them.
2806 (`#255 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/255>`_)
2810 * `git dag` no longer relies on `sys.maxint`, which is
2811 not available in Python3.
2812 (`#249 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/249>`_)
2814 * Python3-related fixes.
2815 (`#254 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/254>`_)
2817 * Python3-on-Windows-related fixes.
2818 (`#250 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/250>`_)
2819 (`#252 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/252>`_)
2820 (`#253 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/253>`_)
2822 * Switching repositories using the bookmarks widget was not
2823 refreshing the inotify watcher.
2824 (`#256 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/256>`_)
2826 * Special commit messages trailers (e.g. "Acked-by:") are now special-cased to
2827 fix word wrapping lines that start with "foo:".
2828 (`#257 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/257>`_)
2830 * `git dag` sometimes left behind selection artifacts.
2831 We now refresh the view to avoid them.
2832 (`#204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/204>`_)
2839 Usability, bells and whistles
2840 -----------------------------
2841 * Better inotify support for file creation and deletion.
2842 (`#240 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/240>`_)
2844 * `git cola` now supports the X11 Session Management Protocol
2845 and remembers its state across logout/reboot.
2846 (`#164 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/164>`_)
2848 * `git cola` has a new icon.
2849 (`#190 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/190>`_)
2853 * Building the documentation no longer requires `asciidoc`.
2854 We now use `Sphinx <https://www.sphinx-doc.org>`_ for building
2855 html documentation and man pages.
2859 * Reworked the git-dag gravatar icon code to avoid a Unicode
2862 * Commit message line-wrapping was made to better match the GUI editor.
2863 (`#242 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/242>`_)
2865 * Better support for Python3 on Windows
2866 (`#246 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/246>`_)
2870 * git-cola no longer depends on Asciidoc for building its documentation
2871 and man-pages. We now depend on [Sphinx](https://www.sphinx-doc.org) only.
2878 Usability, bells and whistles
2879 -----------------------------
2880 * Some context menu actions are now hidden when selected
2882 (`#238 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/238>`_)
2886 * The build-git-cola.sh contrib script was improved.
2887 (`#235 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/235>`_)
2889 * Non-ASCII worktrees work properly again.
2890 (`#234 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/234>`_)
2892 * The browser now guards itself against missing files.
2893 (`bz #1041378 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071378>`_)
2895 * Saving widget state now works under Python3.
2896 (`#236 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/236>`_)
2905 * git-cola now runs on Python 3 thanks to Virgil Dupras.
2906 (`#233 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/233>`_)
2908 * Python 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2+ are now supported.
2909 Python 2.5 is no longer supported.
2913 * i18n test fixes thanks to Virgil Dupras.
2914 (`#231 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/231>`_)
2916 * git-cola.app build fixes thanks to Maicon D. Filippsen.
2917 (`#230 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/230>`_)
2919 * Lots of pylint improvements thanks to Alex Chernetz.
2920 (`#229 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/229>`_)
2927 Usability, bells and whistles
2928 -----------------------------
2929 * The new `Bookmarks` tool makes it really easy to switch between repositories.
2931 * There is now a dedicated dialog for applying patches.
2932 See the ``File -> Apply Patches`` menu item.
2933 (`#215 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/215>`_)
2935 * A new `git cola am` sub-command was added for applying patches.
2939 * Fixed a typo that caused inotify events to be silently ignored.
2941 * Fixed the sys.path setup for Mac OS X (Homebrew).
2942 (`#221 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/221>`_)
2944 * Lots of pylint fixes thanks to Alex Chernetz.
2951 Usability, bells and whistles
2952 -----------------------------
2953 * `git cola --amend` now starts the editor in `amend` mode.
2954 (`#187 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/187>`_)
2956 * Multiple lines of text can now be pasted into the `summary` field.
2957 All text beyond the first newline will be automatically moved to the
2958 `extended description` field.
2959 (`#212 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/212>`_)
2963 * Stray whitespace in `.git` files is now ignored.
2964 (`#213 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/213>`_)
2966 * Fix "known incorrect sRGB profile" in `staged-item.png`.
2967 (`gentoo-devel message #85066
2968 <https://web.archive.org/web/20141012075946/http://comments.gmane.org:80/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/85066>`_)
2977 * Fix a traceback when `git push` fails.
2978 (`bz #1034778 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034778>`_)
2982 * Most of the git-cola sub-packages have been removed.
2983 The only remaining packages are `cola`, `cola.models`,
2986 * The translation file for Simplified Chinese was renamed
2988 (`#209 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/209>`_)
2997 * `git cola version --brief` now prints the brief version number.
3001 * Resurrected the "make dist" target, for those that prefer to create
3004 * Fixed the typo that broke the preferences dialog.
3011 Usability, bells and whistles
3012 -----------------------------
3013 * We now ship a full-featured interactive `git rebase` editor.
3014 The rebase todo file is edited using the `git xbase` script which
3015 is provided at `$prefix/share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase`.
3016 This script can be used standalone by setting the `$GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR`
3017 before running `git rebase --interactive`.
3018 (`#1 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1>`_)
3020 * Fixup commit messages can now be loaded from the commit message editor.
3022 * Tool widgets can be locked in place by using the "Tools/Lock Layout"
3024 (`#202 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/202>`_)
3026 * You can now push to several remotes simultaneously by selecting
3027 multiple remotes in the "Push" dialog.
3028 (`#148 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/148>`_)
3030 * The `grep` tool learned to search using three different modes:
3031 basic regular expressions (default), extended regular expressions,
3036 * `git cola` now depends on the `argparse` Python module.
3037 This module is part of the stdlib in Python 2.7 and must
3038 be installed separately when using Python 2.6 and below.
3042 * Support Unicode in the output from `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`.
3049 Usability, bells and whistles
3050 -----------------------------
3051 * We now detect when the editor or history browser are misconfigured.
3052 (`#197 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/197>`_)
3053 (`bz #886826 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886826>`_)
3055 * Display of untracked files can be disabled from the Preferences dialog
3056 or by setting the `gui.displayuntracked` configuration variable to `false`.
3057 (`Git Mailing List on 2013-08-21
3058 <https://public-inbox.org/git/20130821032913.GA6092@wheezy.local/>`_)
3062 * Unicode stash names are now supported
3063 (`#198 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/198>`_)
3065 * The diffs produced when reverting workspace changes were made more robust.
3072 Usability, bells and whistles
3073 -----------------------------
3074 * Brand new German translation thanks to Sven Claussner.
3076 * The "File" menu now provides a "New Repository..." menu action.
3078 * `git dag` now uses a dock-widget interface so that its widgets can
3079 be laid-out and arranged. Customizations are saved and restored
3080 the next time `git dag` is launched.
3082 * `git dag` now has a "Zoom Best Fit" button next alongside the
3083 "Zoom In" and "Zoom Out" buttons.
3085 * `Ctrl+L` now focuses the "Search" field in the `git dag` tool.
3087 * Right-clicking in the "diff" viewer now updates the cursor position
3088 before performing actions, which makes it much easier to click around
3089 and selectively stage sections. Previously, the current cursor position
3090 was used which meant that it required two clicks (left-click to update
3091 the position followed by right-click to get the context menu) for the
3092 desired section to be used. This is now a single right-click operation.
3094 * The `Ctrl+D` "Launch Diff Tool" action learned to automatically choose
3095 between `git difftool` and `git mergetool`. If the file is unmerged then
3096 we automatically launch `git mergetool` on the path, otherwise we use
3097 `git difftool`. We do this because `git difftool` is not intended to
3098 be used on unmerged paths. Automatically using `git mergetool` when
3099 appropriate is the most intuitive and muscle-memory-friendly thing to do.
3101 * You can now right-click on folders in your standard file browser
3102 and choose "Open With -> Git Cola" (Linux-only).
3106 * Python 2.6 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard does not provide a namedtuple
3107 at `sys.version_info`. We now avoid using that variable for better
3110 * We now read the user's Git configuration from `~/.config/git/config`
3111 if that file is available, otherwise we use the traditional `~/.gitconfig`
3112 path, just like Git itself.
3114 * Some edge cases were fixed when applying partial/selected diffs.
3116 * The diff viewer is now properly cleared when refreshing.
3117 (`#194 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/194>`_)
3124 Usability, bells and whistles
3125 -----------------------------
3126 * The diff viewer now has an "Options" menu which can be
3127 used to set "git diff" options. This can be used to
3128 ignore whitespace changes or to show a change with its
3129 surrounding function as context.
3130 (`#150 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/150>`_)
3132 * `git cola` now remembers your commit message and will restore it
3133 when `git cola` is restarted.
3134 (`#175 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/175>`_)
3136 * `Ctrl+M` can now be used to toggle the "Amend last commit"
3137 checkbox in the commit message editor.
3138 (`#161 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/161>`_)
3140 * Deleting remote branches can now be done from the "Branch" menu.
3141 (`#152 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/152>`_)
3143 * The commit message editor now has a built-in spell checker.
3147 * We now avoid invoking external diffs when showing diffstats.
3148 (`#163 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/163>`_)
3150 * The `Status` tool learned to reselect files when refreshing.
3151 (`#165 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/165>`_)
3153 * `git cola` now remembers whether it has been maximized and will restore the
3154 maximized state when `git cola` is restarted.
3155 (`#172 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/172>`_)
3157 * Performance is now vastly improved when staging hundreds or
3160 * `git cola` was not correctly saving repo-specific configuration.
3161 (`#174 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/174>`_)
3163 * Fix a UnicodeDecode in sphinxtogithub when building from source.
3171 Usability, bells and whistles
3172 -----------------------------
3173 * We now automatically remove missing repositories from the
3174 "Select Repository" dialog.
3175 (`#145 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/145>`_)
3177 * A new `git cola diff` sub-command was added for diffing changed files.
3181 * The inotify auto-refresh feature makes it difficult to select text in
3182 the "diff" editor when files are being continually modified by another
3183 process. The auto-refresh causes it to lose the currently selected text,
3184 which is not wanted. We now avoid this problem by saving and restoring
3185 the selection when refreshing the editor.
3186 (`#155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/155>`_)
3188 * More strings have been marked for l10n.
3189 (`#157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/157>`_)
3191 * Fixed the Alt+D Diffstat shortcut.
3192 (`#159 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/159>`_)
3196 * Better error handling when cloning repositories.
3198 We were not handling the case where a git URL has
3199 no basename, e.g. `https://git.example.com/`.
3200 `git cola` originally rejected these URLs instead of
3201 allowing users to clone them. It now allows these URLs
3202 when they point to valid git repositories.
3204 Additionally, `git cola` learned to echo the errors
3205 reported by `git clone` when it fails.
3206 (`#156 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/156>`_)
3214 Usability, bells and whistles
3215 -----------------------------
3216 * `git dag` got a big visual upgrade.
3218 * `Ctrl+G` now launches the "Grep" tool.
3220 * `Ctrl+D` launches difftool and `Ctrl+E` launches your editor
3221 when in the diff panel.
3223 * git-cola can now be told to use an alternative language.
3224 For example, if the native language is German and we want git-cola to
3225 use English then we can create a `~/.config/git-cola/language` file with
3226 "en" as its contents: ``echo en >~/.config/git-cola/language``
3227 (`#140 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/140>`_)
3229 * A new `git cola merge` sub-command was added for merging branches.
3231 * Less blocking in the main UI
3235 * Autocomplete issues on KDE
3236 (`#144 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/144>`_)
3238 * The "recently opened repositories" startup dialog did not
3239 display itself in the absence of bookmarks.
3240 (`#139 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/139>`_)
3248 Usability, bells and whistles
3249 -----------------------------
3250 * `git cola` learned to honor `.gitattributes` when showing and
3251 interactively applying diffs. This makes it possible to store
3252 files in git using a non-UTF-8 encoding and `git cola` will
3253 properly accept them. This must be enabled by settings
3254 `cola.fileattributes` to true, as it incurs a small performance
3256 (`#96 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/96>`_)
3258 * `git cola` now wraps commit messages at 72 columns automatically.
3259 This is configurable using the `cola.linebreak` variable to enable/disable
3260 the feature, and `cola.textwidth` to configure the limit.
3261 (`#133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/133>`_)
3263 * A new "Open Recent" sub-menu was added to the "File" menu.
3264 This makes it easy to open a recently-edited repository.
3265 (`#135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/135>`_)
3267 * We now show a preview for untracked files when they are clicked
3268 using the `Status` tool.
3269 * A new "Open Using Default Application" action was added to the
3270 `Status` tool. It is activated using either `Spacebar` or through
3271 the context menu. This action uses `xdg-open` on Linux and
3273 * A new "Open Parent Directory" action was added to the `Status` tool.
3274 It is activated using either `Shift+Spacebar` or through the
3276 * `git dag` learned to honor the `log.date` git configuration variable.
3277 This makes the date display follow whatever format the user has
3279 * A new `git cola config` sub-command was added for quickly
3280 tweaking `git cola`'s git configuration settings.
3281 * Some small usability tweaks -- some user confirmation prompts
3282 were defaulting to "Cancel" when they should have been defaulting
3283 to the affirmative option instead.
3287 * Properly handle arbitrarily-named branches.
3288 * We went back to launching `git mergetool` using an xterm.
3289 The reason is that there are a couple of places where `git mergetool`
3290 requires a terminal for user interaction not covered by `--no-prompt`.
3291 * We now properly handle an edge case when applying short diffs at
3292 the start of a file.
3300 Usability, bells and whistles
3301 -----------------------------
3302 * New and improved `grep` mode lets you instantly find and edit files.
3303 * New `git cola grep` standalone mode.
3304 * Support for passing arguments to the configured editors, e.g. `gvim -p`
3305 This makes it possible to select multiple files in the status
3306 window and use `Ctrl + E` to edit them all at once.
3307 * Remote operations now prompt on errors only.
3308 * The `Tab` key now jumps to the extended description when editing the summary.
3309 * More shortcut key labels and misc. UX improvements.
3313 * Selecting an item no longer copies its filename to the copy/paste buffer.
3314 `Ctrl + C` or the "Copy" context-menu action can be used instead.
3315 * The repository monitoring feature on Windows learned to ignore
3316 changes within the ".git" directory. Thanks to Andreas Sommer.
3317 (`#120 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/120>`_)
3325 Usability, bells and whistles
3326 -----------------------------
3327 * `git dag` learned to color-code branch edges.
3328 The edge colors change when a new branch is detected,
3329 which makes the history much easier to follow.
3330 A huge thanks to Uri Okrent for making it happen.
3332 * New GUI for editing remote repositories.
3334 * New `git cola archive` and `git cola remote` sub-commands.
3336 * `git cola browser` learned an 'Untrack' command.
3338 * The diff editor learned to staged/unstaged while amending.
3340 * The status tool can now scroll horizontally.
3342 * New git repositories can be created by clicking 'New' on the
3343 `git cola --prompt` startup screen.
3351 Usability, bells and whistles
3352 -----------------------------
3353 * Auto-completion was added to more tools.
3355 * `git dag` is easier to use on smaller displays -- the author
3356 field elides its text which allows for a more compact display.
3358 * Selected commits in `git dag` were made more prominent and
3361 * 'Create Branch' learned to fetch remote branches and uses a
3362 background thread to do so.
3364 * User-configured GUI tools are listed alphabetically in the 'Actions' menu.
3366 * The 'Pull' dialog remembers the value of the 'Rebase' checkbox
3367 between invocations.
3377 * Detect Homebrew so that OS X users do not need to set PYTHONPATH.
3379 * `git dag` can export patches again.
3387 Usability, bells and whistles
3388 -----------------------------
3389 * The 'Classic' tool was renamed to 'Browser' and learned to
3390 limit history to the current branch.
3392 * `git dag` learned about gravatar and uses it to show images
3395 * `git dag` learned to use OpenGL for rendering resulting in
3396 much faster rendering.
3398 * More dialogs learned vim-style keyboard shortcuts.
3400 * The commit message editor learned better arrow key navigation.
3408 Usability, bells and whistles
3409 -----------------------------
3410 * `git cola` learned a few new sub commands:
3418 * `Return` in the summary field jumps to the extended description.
3420 * `Ctrl+Return` is now a shortcut for 'Commit'.
3422 * Better French translation for 'Sign-off'.
3424 * The 'Search' widget now has a much simpler and streamlined
3427 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the DAG widget.
3429 * `git dag` no longer prompts for files when diffing commits if the
3430 text field contains paths.
3432 * General user interface and performance improvements.
3436 * The diff viewer no longer changes font size when holding `Control`
3437 while scrolling with the mouse wheel.
3439 * Files with a type change (e.g. symlinks that become files, etc.)
3440 are now correctly identified as being modified.
3444 * The `cola.controllers` and `cola.views` packages were removed.
3452 Usability, bells and whistles
3453 -----------------------------
3454 * `git cola` can now launch sub commands, e.g.:
3465 * `git dag` is more responsive when gathering auto-completions.
3467 * Keyboard shortcuts are displayed when the '?' key is pressed.
3469 * Various keyboard shortcuts were added for improved usability.
3471 * The status widget now lists unmerged files before modified files.
3473 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the status widget.
3475 * A 'Recently Modified Files...' tool was added.
3477 * Tools can now be hidden with `Alt + #` (where `#` is a keyboard number)
3478 and focused with `Alt + Shift + #`.
3480 * The syntax highlighting colors for diffs was made less intrusive.
3482 * The commit message editor was redesigned to have a more compact
3483 and keyboard-convenient user interface.
3485 * Keyboard shortcuts for adding a Signed-off-by (`Ctrl + i`)
3486 and creating a commit (`Ctrl + m`) were added.
3488 * The status widget was adjusted to use less screen real-estate.
3492 * Avoid updating the index when responding to inotify events.
3493 This avoids interfering with operations such as `git rebase --interactive`.
3494 (`#99 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/99>`_)
3498 * Create `git-dag.pyw` in the win32 installer.
3500 * win32 shortcuts now contain explicit calls to `pythonw.exe` instead of
3501 calling the `.pyw` file directly.
3505 * The 'Apply Changes from Branch...' feature was removed.
3506 `git dag`'s 'Grab File...' feature used alongside the index/worktree editor
3507 is a simpler alternative.
3517 * Further enhanced the staging/unstaging behavior in the status widget.
3518 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
3520 * Unmerged files are no longer listed as modified.
3524 The `cola-$version` tarballs on github were originally setup to
3525 have the same contents as the old tarballs hosted on tuxfamily.
3526 The `make dist` target was changed to write files to a
3527 `git-cola-$version` subdirectory and tarball.
3529 This makes the filenames consistent for the source tarball,
3530 the darwin .app tarball, and the win32 .exe installer.
3538 Usability, bells and whistles
3539 -----------------------------
3540 * Refined the staging/unstaging behavior for code reviews.
3541 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
3543 * Added more styling and icons to menus and buttons.
3545 * Adjusted some terminology to more closely match the git CLI.
3549 * Boolean `git config` settings with no value are now supported
3550 (these are not created by git these days but exist in legacy repositories).
3552 * Unicode branches and tags are supported in the "branch diff" tool.
3554 * Guard against low-memory conditions and more interrupted system calls.
3558 * Added desktop launchers for git-cola.desktop and git-dag.desktop.
3559 This replaces the old cola.desktop, so some adjustments to RPM .spec
3560 and debian/ files will be needed.
3562 * Fixed the darwin app-tarball Makefile target to create relative paths.
3566 * The `--style` option was removed. `git cola` follows the system theme
3567 so there's no need for this option these days.
3575 Usability, bells and whistles
3576 -----------------------------
3577 * Export a patch series from `git dag` into a `patches/` directory.
3579 * `git dag` learned to diff commits, slice history along paths, etc.
3581 * Added instant-preview to the `git stash` widget.
3583 * A simpler preferences editor is used to edit `git config` values.
3584 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
3585 (`#89 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/89>`_)
3587 * Previous commit messages can be re-loaded from the message editor.
3588 (`#33 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/33>`_)
3592 * Display commits with no file changes.
3593 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
3595 * Improved the diff editor's copy/paste behavior
3596 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
3600 * Bumped version number to ceil(minimum git version).
3601 `git cola` now requires `git` >= 1.6.3.
3603 * Simplified git-cola's versioning when building from tarballs
3604 outside of git. We no longer check for a 'version' file at
3605 the root of the repository. We instead keep a default version
3606 in `cola/version.py` and use it when `git cola`'s `.git` repository
3615 Usability, bells and whistles
3616 -----------------------------
3617 * inotify is much snappier and available on Windows
3618 thanks to Karl Bielefeldt.
3620 * New right-click command to add untracked files to .gitignore
3621 thanks to Audrius Karabanovas.
3623 * Stash, fetch, push, and pull usability improvements
3625 * General usability improvements
3627 * stderr is logged when applying partial diffs.
3631 * Files can be unstaged when amending.
3632 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
3634 * Show the configured remote.$remote.pushurl in the GUI
3635 (`#83 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/83>`_)
3637 * Removed usage of the "user" module.
3638 (`#86 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/86>`_)
3640 * Avoids an extra `git update-index` call during startup.
3648 Usability, bells and whistles
3649 -----------------------------
3650 * We now provide better feedback when `git push` fails.
3651 (`#69 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/69>`_)
3653 * The Fetch, Push, and Pull dialogs now give better feedback
3654 when interacting with remotes. The dialogs are modal and
3655 a progress dialog is used.
3659 * More Unicode fixes, again. It is now possible to have
3660 Unicode branch names, repository paths, home directories, etc.
3661 This continued the work initiated by Redhat's bugzilla #694806.
3663 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806
3671 Usability, bells and whistles
3672 -----------------------------
3673 * The `git cola` desktop launchers now prompt for a repo
3674 by default. This is done by using the new `--prompt`
3675 flag which tells `git cola` to ignore any git repositories
3676 in the current directory and prompt for one instead.
3680 * More Unicode fixes for repositories and home directories with
3681 embedded Unicode characters. Thanks to Christian Jann for
3682 patience and helpful bug reports.
3684 * Fix the 'Clone' button in the startup dialog.
3692 Usability, bells and whistles
3693 -----------------------------
3694 * Faster startup time! `git cola` now offloads initialization
3695 to a background thread so that the GUI appears almost instantly.
3697 * Specialized diff options for p4merge, vimdiff, araxis, emerge,
3698 and ecmerge in difftool (backported from git.git).
3702 * Fix launching commands in the background on Windows
3703 (e.g. when launching `git difftool`).
3705 * Fix Unicode errors when home or repository directories contain
3707 (`#74 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/74>`_)
3708 (`bz #694806 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806>`_)
3716 Usability, bells and whistles
3717 -----------------------------
3718 * The `cola classic` tool can be now configured to be dock-able.
3719 (`#56 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/56>`_)
3721 * The `cola classic` tool now uses visual sigils to indicate a file's status.
3722 The idea and icons were provided by Uri Okrent.
3724 * Include the 'Rescan' button in the 'Actions' widget regardless
3725 of whether inotify is installed.
3729 * Fix installation of translations per Fedora
3730 This incorporates Fedora's fix for the translations path
3731 which originally appeared in cola-1.4.3-translations.patch.
3733 * Mac OS X git-cola developers can now generate git-cola.app
3734 application bundles using 'make app-bundle'.
3738 * Fixed an error when trying to use "Get Commit Message Template"
3739 with an undefined "commit.template" git config variable.
3740 (`bz #67521 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675721>`_)
3741 (`#72 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/72>`_)
3743 * Properly raise the main window on Mac OS X.
3745 * Properly handle staging a huge numbers of files at once.
3747 * Speed up 'git config' usage by fixing cola's caching proxy.
3749 * Guard against damaged ~/.cola files.
3757 Usability, bells and whistles
3758 -----------------------------
3759 * `git dag` now has a separate display area
3760 for displaying commit metadata. This area will soon
3761 grow additional functionality such as cherry-picking,
3766 * Fixed tests from a previous refactoring.
3768 * Guard against 'diff.external' configuration by always
3769 calling 'git diff' with the '--no-ext-diff' option.
3770 (`#67 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/67>`_)
3772 * Respect 'gui.diffcontext' so that cola's diff display
3773 shows the correct number of context lines.
3775 * Raise the GUI so that it is in the foreground on OS X.
3779 * We now allow distutils to rewrite cola's shebang line.
3780 This allows us to run on systems where "which python"
3781 is Python3k. This is exposed by setting the `PYTHON`
3782 Makefile variable to the location of python2.x.
3784 * git-cola.app is now a tiny download because it no longer
3785 contains Qt and PyQt. These libraries are provided as a
3794 Usability, bells and whistles
3795 -----------------------------
3796 * Clicking on paths in the status widget copies them into the
3797 copy/paste buffer for easy middle-clicking into terminals.
3799 * `Ctrl+C` in diff viewer copies the selected diff to the clipboard.
3803 * Fixed the disappearing actions buttons on PyQt 4.7.4
3804 as reported by Arch and Ubuntu 10.10.
3805 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
3807 * Fixed mouse interaction with the status widget where some
3808 items could not be de-selected.
3812 * Removed hard-coded reference to lib/ when calculating Python's
3813 site-packages directory.
3821 Usability, bells and whistles
3822 -----------------------------
3823 * Removed "single-click to (un)stage" in the status view.
3824 This is a usability improvement since we no longer perform
3825 different actions depending on where a row is clicked.
3827 * Added ability to create unsigned, annotated tags.
3831 * Updated documentation to use `cola.git` instead of `cola.gitcmd`.
3839 Usability, bells and whistles
3840 -----------------------------
3841 * Allow un/staging by right-clicking top-level items
3842 (`#57 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/57>`_)
3844 * Running 'commit' with no staged changes prompts to allow
3846 (`#55 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/55>`_)
3848 * Fetch, Push, and Pull are now available via the menus
3849 (`#58 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/58>`_)
3853 * Simplified the actions widget to work around a regression
3855 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
3863 Usability, bells and whistles
3864 -----------------------------
3865 * `git dag` interaction was made faster.
3869 * Added '...' indicators to the buttons for
3870 'Fetch...', 'Push...', 'Pull...', and 'Stash...'.
3871 (`#51 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/51>`_)
3873 * Fixed a hang-on-exit bug in the cola-provided
3874 'ssh-askpass' implementation.
3882 Usability, bells and whistles
3883 -----------------------------
3884 * Staging and unstaging is faster.
3885 (`#48 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/48>`_)
3887 * `git dag` reads history in a background thread.
3891 * Added `cola.compat.hashlib` for `Python 2.4` compatibility
3892 * Improved `PyQt 4.1.x` compatibility.
3896 * Configured menu actions use ``sh -c`` for Windows portability.
3904 Usability, bells and whistles
3905 -----------------------------
3906 * Added support for the configurable ``guitool.<tool>.*``
3907 actions as described in the ``git config`` documentation.
3908 (`git-config(1) <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config>`_)
3909 (`#44 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/44>`_)
3911 This makes it possible to add new actions to `git cola`
3912 by simply editing ``~/.gitconfig``. This implements the
3913 same guitool support as `git gui`.
3915 * Introduced a stat cache to speed up `git config` and
3916 repository status checks.
3918 * Added Alt-key shortcuts to the main `git cola` interface.
3920 * The `Actions` dock widget switches between a horizontal
3921 and vertical layout when resized.
3923 * We now use ``git diff --submodule`` for submodules
3924 (used when git >= 1.6.6).
3926 * The context menu for modified submodules includes an option
3927 to launch `git cola`.
3928 (`#17 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/17>`_)
3930 * Prefer ``$VISUAL`` over ``$EDITOR`` when both are defined.
3931 These are used to set a default editor in lieu of `core.editor`
3934 * Force the editor to be ``gvim`` when we see ``vim``.
3935 This prevents us from launching an editor in the (typically
3936 unattached) parent terminal and creating zombie editors
3937 that cannot be easily killed.
3939 * Selections are remembered and restored across updates.
3940 This makes the `partial-staging` workflow easier since the
3941 diff view will show the updated diff after staging.
3943 * Show the path to the current repository in a tooltip
3944 over the commit message editor.
3945 (`#45 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/45>`_)
3947 * Log internal ``git`` commands when ``GIT_COLA_TRACE`` is defined.
3948 (`#39 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/39>`_)
3952 * Improved backwards compatibility for Python 2.4.
3954 * `Review mode` can now review the current branch; it no longer
3955 requires you to checkout the branch into which the reviewed
3956 branch will be merged.
3958 * Guard against `color.ui = always` configuration when using
3959 `git log` by passing ``--no-color``.
3961 * ``yes`` and ``no`` are now supported as valid booleans
3962 by the `git config` parser.
3964 * Better defaults are used for `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`..
3965 (`#43 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/43>`_)
3969 * Removed colon (`:`) from the application name on Windows
3970 (`#41 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/41>`_)
3972 * Fixed bugs with the Windows installer
3973 (`#40 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/40>`_)
3975 * Added a more standard i18n infrastructure. The install
3976 tree now has the common ``share/locale/$lang/LC_MESSAGES/git-cola.mo``
3977 layout in use by several projects.
3979 * Started trying to accommodate Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
3980 in the ``darwin/`` build scripts but our tester is yet to
3981 report success building a `.app` bundle.
3983 * Replaced use of ``perl`` in Sphinx/documentation Makefile
3984 with more-portable ``sed`` constructs. Thanks to
3985 Stefan Naewe for discovering the portability issues and
3986 providing msysgit-friendly patches.
3994 Usability, bells and whistles
3995 -----------------------------
3996 * It is now possible to checkout from the index as well
3997 as from `HEAD`. This corresponds to the
3998 `Removed Unstaged Changes` action in the `Repository Status` tool.
4000 * The `remote` dialogs (fetch, push, pull) are now slightly
4003 * Bookmarks can be selected when `git cola` is run outside of a git repository.
4005 * Added more user documentation. We now include many links to
4006 external git resources.
4008 * Added `git dag` to the available tools.
4009 `git dag` is a node-based DAG history browser.
4010 It doesn't do much yet, but it's been merged so that we can start
4011 building and improving upon it.
4015 * Fixed a missing ``import`` when showing `right-click` actions
4016 for unmerged files in the `Repository Status` tool.
4018 * ``git update-index --refresh`` is no longer run every time
4019 ``git cola version`` is run.
4021 * Don't try to watch non-existent directories when using `inotify`.
4023 * Use ``git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name`` plumbing to find
4024 the name of the current branch.
4028 * The ``Makefile`` will now conditionally include a ``config.mak``
4029 file located at the root of the project. This allows for user
4030 customizations such as changes to the `prefix` variable
4031 to be stored in a file so that custom settings do not need to
4032 be specified every time on the command-line.
4034 * The build scripts no longer require a ``.git`` directory to
4035 generate the ``builtin_version.py`` module. The release tarballs
4036 now include a ``version`` file at the root of the project which
4037 is used in lieu of having the git repository available.
4038 This allows for ``make clean && make`` to function outside of
4041 * Added maintainer's ``make dist`` target to the ``Makefile``.
4043 * The built-in `simplejson` and `jsonpickle` libraries can be
4044 excluded from ``make install`` by specifying the ``standalone=true``
4045 `make` variable. For example, ``make standalone=true install``.
4046 This corresponds to the ``--standalone`` option to ``setup.py``.
4054 Usability, bells and whistles
4055 -----------------------------
4056 * We now use patience diff by default when it is available via
4057 `git diff --patience`.
4059 * Allow closing the `cola classic` tool with `Ctrl+W`.
4063 * Fixed an unbound variable error in the `push` dialog.
4067 * Don't include `simplejson` in MANIFEST.in.
4069 * Update desktop entry to read `Cola Git GUI`.
4077 This feature release adds two new features directly from
4078 `git cola`'s github issues backlog. On the developer
4079 front, further work was done towards modularizing the code base.
4081 Usability, bells and whistles
4082 -----------------------------
4083 * Dragging and dropping patches invokes `git am`
4084 (`#3 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/3>`_)
4086 * A dialog to allow opening or cloning a repository
4087 is presented when `git cola` is launched outside of a git repository.
4088 (`#22 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/22>`_)
4090 * Warn when `push` is used to create a new branch
4091 (`#35 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/35>`_)
4093 * Optimized startup time by removing several calls to `git`.
4098 * `git cola` is once again compatible with PyQt 4.3.x.
4102 * `cola.gitcmds` was added to factor out git command-line utilities
4104 * `cola.gitcfg` was added for interacting with `git config`
4106 * `cola.models.browser` was added to factor out repo browser data
4118 * Fix launching external applications on Windows
4120 * Ensure that the `amend` checkbox is unchecked when switching modes
4122 * Update the status tree when amending commits
4132 * Fix Lintian warnings
4142 * Fix X11 warnings on application startup
4152 * Added missing 'Exit Diff Mode' button for 'Diff Expression' mode
4153 (`#31 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/31>`_)
4155 * Fix a bug when initializing fonts on Windows
4156 (`#32 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/32>`_)
4166 * Keep entries in sorted order in the `cola classic` tool
4168 * Fix staging untracked files
4169 (`#27 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/27>`_)
4171 * Fix the `show` command in the Stash dialog
4172 (`#29 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/29>`_)
4174 * Fix a typo when loading merge commit messages
4175 (`#30 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/30>`_)
4183 This release focuses on a redesign of the git-cola user interface,
4184 a tags interface, and better integration of the `cola classic` tool.
4185 A flexible interface based on configurable docks is used to manage the
4186 various cola widgets.
4188 Usability, bells and whistles
4189 -----------------------------
4190 * New GUI is flexible and user-configurable
4192 * Individual widgets can be detached and rearranged arbitrarily
4194 * Add an interface for creating tags
4196 * Provide a fallback `SSH_ASKPASS` implementation to prompt for
4197 SSH passwords on fetch/push/pull
4199 * The commit message editor displays the current row/column and
4200 warns when lines get too long
4202 * The `cola classic` tool displays upstream changes
4204 * `git cola --classic` launches `cola classic` in standalone mode
4206 * Provide more information in log messages
4210 * Inherit the window manager's font settings
4212 * Miscellaneous PyQt4 bug fixes and workarounds
4216 * Removed all usage of Qt Designer `.ui` files
4218 * Simpler model/view architecture
4220 * Selection is now shared across tools
4222 * Centralized notifications are used to keep views in sync
4224 * The `cola.git` command class was made thread-safe
4226 * Less coupling between model and view actions
4228 * The status view was rewritten to use the MVC architecture
4230 * Added more documentation and tests
4238 Usability, bells and whistles
4239 -----------------------------
4240 * Added a `cola classic` tool for browsing the entire repository
4242 * Handle diff expressions with spaces
4244 * Handle renamed files
4248 * Handle carat `^` characters in diff expressions on Windows
4250 * Worked around a PyQt 4.5/4.6 QThreadPool bug
4254 * Added a keyboard shortcuts reference page
4256 * Added developer API documentation
4260 * Fix the diff expression used when reviewing branches
4262 * Fix a bug when pushing branches
4264 * Fix X11 warnings at startup
4266 * Fix more interrupted system calls on Mac OS X
4274 Usability, bells and whistles
4275 -----------------------------
4276 * Fresh and tasty SVG logos
4278 * Added `Branch Review` mode for reviewing topic branches
4280 * Added diff modes for diffing between tags, branches,
4281 or arbitrary `git diff` expressions
4283 * The push dialog selects the current branch by default.
4284 This is in preparation for `git 1.7.0` where `git push`
4285 will refuse to push when run without specifying the remote name
4286 and branch. See the `git` release notes for more information
4288 * Support `open` and `clone` commands on Windows
4290 * Allow saving cola UI layouts
4292 * Re-enabled `double-click-to-stage` for unmerged entries.
4293 Disabling it for unmerged items was inconsistent, though safer.
4295 * Show diffs when navigating the status tree with the keyboard
4299 * Worked around `pyuic4` bugs in the `setup.py` build script
4301 * Added Mac OS X application bundles to the download page
4311 * `git difftool` became an official git command in `git 1.6.3`.
4313 * `git difftool` learned `--no-prompt` / `-y` and a corresponding
4314 `difftool.prompt` configuration variable
4316 Usability, bells and whistles
4317 -----------------------------
4318 * Warn when `non-fast-forward` is used with fetch, push or pull
4320 * Allow `Ctrl+C` to exit cola when run from the command line
4324 * Support Unicode font names
4326 * Handle interrupted system calls
4330 * More of the code base was updated to follow the `PEP-8` coding style
4336 * All resources are now installed into `$prefix/share/git-cola`.
4337 Closed Debian bug #519972
4339 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519972
4349 * Added support for Kompare in `git difftool`
4351 * Added a separate configuration namespace for `git difftool`
4353 * Added the `diff.tool` configuration variable to define the default diff tool
4355 Usability, bells and whistles
4356 -----------------------------
4357 * The stash dialog allows passing the `--keep-index` option to `git stash`
4359 * Amending a published commit warns at commit time
4361 * Simplified the file-across-revisions comparison dialog
4363 * `origin` is selected by default in fetch/push/pull
4365 * Removed the search field from the log widget
4367 * The log window moved into a drawer widget at the bottom of the UI
4369 * Log window display can be configured with
4370 `cola.showoutput` = `{never, always, errors}`. `errors` is the default.
4372 * `NOTE` -- `cola.showoutput` was removed with the GUI rewrite in 1.4.0.
4376 * Improved nose unittest usage
4380 * Added a Windows/msysGit installer
4382 * Included private versions of `simplejson` and `jsonpickle`
4383 for ease of installation and development