6 Usability, bells and whistles
7 -----------------------------
8 * The Rebase editor (`git-cola-sequence-editor`) can now add "remarks" to commits.
9 Remarks are simple numbered flags (0-9) that allow you to mark commits. This lets
10 you visually highlight commits to aid you when rebasing and grouping related commits
11 across a large patch series. Remarks can be added to a single commit or to all
12 commits that touch a file.
13 (`#1375 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1375>`_)
17 * The file system monitor was corrected to catch `PermissionError` exceptions.
18 (`bz #2260155 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2260155>`_)
22 * The "actions/cache" and "styfle/cancel-workflow-action" github actions were upgraded.
30 Usability, bells and whistles
31 -----------------------------
32 * "Stage Modified" was added to the available toolbar actions.
33 (`#1371 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1371>`_)
35 * "Stage Untracked" no longer stages modified files when the list of
36 untracked files to stage is empty.
37 (`#1371 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1371>`_)
39 * `Ctrl + Space` can now be used to display the autocomplete options in input fields
40 that provide autocompletion.
42 * The Diff widget now displays the currently selected filename.
43 Uncheck the "Show filenames" option in the Diff widget's tool menu
44 to disable this feature.
45 (`#1367 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1367>`_)
47 * The "Fetch", "Push" and "Pull" dialogs now have an embedded progress bar instead
48 of displaying a progress bar in a separate popup window.
50 * The "Fetch", "Push" and "Pull" dialogs will now stay open after the remote
51 operation completes when the "Close on completion" checkbox is unchecked.
52 These dialogs closed themselves unconditionally before this change.
56 * PyQt6 compatibility for the "Find in diff" feature.
58 * PyQt6 compatibility for the ``git dag`` Gravatar icons.
62 * Updated Polish translation.
63 (`#1368 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1368>`_)
65 Packaging and Dependencies
66 --------------------------
67 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v2.4.1`.
69 * The documentation no longer depends on `jaraco.packaging`.
73 * upload-artifact and setup-python github actions were upgraded.
81 Usability, bells and whistles
82 -----------------------------
83 * The remote messages dialog is now displayed for the Pull and Push actions in the
84 Branches widget only. This dialog is disabled by default and enabled in the
85 main Push and Pull dialog settings.
86 (`#1363 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1363>`_)
88 * The whole-file staging actions in the Diff widget's right-click menu are now listed
89 after the selection and hunk staging actions. This helps prevent accidental clicks
90 from clobbering the index for the entire file.
91 (`#1362 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1362>`_)
93 * The completion popup no longer reappears after an item is selected in the
94 "Checkout Branch" action and similar dialogs.
95 (`#1360 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1360>`_)
99 * PyQt6 compatibility was improved.
107 Usability, bells and whistles
108 -----------------------------
109 * Git Cola now preserves `# commentary` in commit messages by default.
110 The `commit.cleanup` Git configuration variable can be used to
111 customize this behavior. For example, if you want Git Cola to
112 strip comments (the old behavior before v4.4.0) then
113 you can run `git config --global commit.cleanup strip` or configure
114 the "Commit Message Cleanup" setting in the Preferences window.
115 (`#1330 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1330>`_)
117 * `git dag` now includes completions for `git log` options in the text input field.
119 * `git dag` now provides convenient search filters when right-clicking in the
122 * A `1.25 x` Hi-DPI magnification option mode is now available in the Appearance settings.
123 (`#1313 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1313>`_)
125 * MacOS-specific application themes are now available in the Appearance settings
126 when the pyobjc module is installed.
127 (`#905 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/905>`_)
129 * Git Cola now runs `git commit` in the background and feedback is provided while
130 the commit is running. This prevents the UI from freezing when running pre-commit
131 hooks that can make `git commit` take a long time to run.
132 (`#1320 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1320>`_)
134 * The Diff context menu was reworked to reduce visual clutter and better match
135 the Status context menu.
136 (`#1347 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1347>`_)
138 * The standalone `git cola tag` tool now autocompletes the tag name field.
139 (`#706 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/706>`_)
140 (`#691 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/691>`_)
142 * The "Branches" dock widget now has a "Visualize" right-click menu option.
143 (`#1061 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1061>`_)
145 * The "Stash" dialog learned to rename stashes.
146 (`#558 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/558>`_)
148 * The "Fetch", "Push" and "Pull" dialogs can now display remote messages from the server.
149 (`#951 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/951>`_)
153 * `git dag` fixed how it was handling refspec arguments.
154 (`#1334 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1334>`_)
156 * `git dag` will now properly refresh itself when remote branches are updated.
157 (`#1063 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1063>`_)
159 * The `cola.inotify` feature no longer runs into issues when accessing WSL2
160 filesystems from Windows 11+.
161 (`#1194 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1194>`_)
165 * `cercis <https://pypi.org/project/cercis/>`_ is now being used to enforce
166 Git Cola's python code style. We were previously disabling quote normalization
167 when using `black`. Use of `cercis` allows us to enable quote normalization
168 under its default single-quote settings.
170 * The test suite now works on Windows.
171 (`#1331 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1331>`_)
172 (`#1332 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1332>`_)
174 * Pre-commits hooks and code modernization.
175 (`#1333 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1333>`_)
177 * Compatibility with Sphinx 7.2.0 was added to the `sphinxtogithub`
178 sphinx documentation plugin.
179 (`#1336 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1336>`_)
187 Usability, bells and whistles
188 -----------------------------
189 * The minimum font size can now be set lower, which is helpful for Hi-DPI displays.
190 (`#1342 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1342>`_)
194 * Flashing windows during startup on Windows has been fixed.
195 (`#1329 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1329>`_)
197 * `git dag` was not displaying history when refspecs were specified.
198 (`#1334 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1334>`_)
202 * Compatibility with Sphinx 7.2.0 was added to the `sphinxtogithub`
203 sphinx documentation plugin.
204 (`#1336 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1336>`_)
214 * The pypi wheel was fixed to include `entry_points.txt`.
216 * The "Revert" command was throwing an exception after successfully completing.
224 Usability, bells and whistles
225 -----------------------------
226 * `git dag` now displays commit metadata more similarly to `git log`.
227 The commit date is now displayed and the subject field is displayed
228 directly above the extended description.
230 * `git dag` now supports a `cola.logdate` configuration for controlling
231 the date format. The configured value is passed to `git log --date=<format>`.
232 (`#1319 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1319>`_)
233 (`#1312 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1312>`_)
235 * The default `patches` directory that is used when exporting patches
236 is now configurable using the `cola.patchesdirectory` configuration
237 variable and the Preferences dialog.
239 * The Diff Editor can now export the diff selection, or the current
240 diff hunk, to a `*.patch` file from the `Patches` context menu action.
242 * Existing patches can be appended to by choosing a patch file from
243 the `Append Patch` sub-menu in the `Patches` context menu action.
245 * Patches can now be applied by dragging and dropping patches files from
246 a file browser onto the diff editor. The "Apply Patches" dialog is
247 launched with the drag-and-dropped patch files.
249 * Shell completions for zsh are now provided in the source distribution.
250 See the `contrib/_git-cola` zsh completion file for more details
254 * ``QApplication::desktop()`` is no longer available on PyQt6.
255 Git Cola no longer relies on this method.
259 * Git Cola can now be installed on Windows using `winget`.
260 See the ``README.md`` file for more details.
261 (`#1318 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1318>`_)
271 * Diffs for repositories with a single commit have been fixed.
272 (`#1306 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1306>`_)
274 * The toolbars follow the Qt toolbar style, as they did prior to `v4.2.0`.
275 (`#1307 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1307>`_)
277 * The "Checkout Branch" dialog was fixed to display all completions when first shown.
278 (`#1308 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1308>`_)
286 Usability, bells and whistles
287 -----------------------------
288 * The Diff Editor can now send diffs to your favorite editor before the diffs are applied.
289 The right-click "Edit Diff ..." menu actions and the `Ctrl + Shift + S` /
290 `Ctrl + Shift + U` hotkeys send the current diff hunk, or the selected diff, to your
291 editor before they are applied to the worktree / staging area.
292 (`#1290 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1290>`_)
293 (`#794 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/794>`_)
295 * The Diff Editor and DAG viewer can now search within their diffs using
296 `Ctrl + F` and `Ctrl + G` hotkeys.
297 (`#1116 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1116>`_)
299 * A new *Diff Mode* can be used to diff and unstage edits relative to any commit.
300 (`#816 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/816>`_)
302 * The Commit Message Editor can now spell-check the summary field. Previously only the
303 "Extended Description..." field supported spell checking.
304 (`#633 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/633>`_)
305 (`#1070 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1070>`_)
307 * Repositories in your "Recents" and "Favorites" can now be searched using the new
308 "Search" tool button. Quickly switch between these repositories using the `Alt + P`
309 hotkey and "Quick Open..." File menu action.
310 (`#1282 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1282>`_)
312 * "Favorites", "Recents" and the startup dialog now display a case-insensitively
313 sorted list of repositories.
314 (`#1047 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1047>`_)
316 * The startup dialog now has a right-click context menu that allows you to prune
317 stale entries and other actions that were not previously accessible from
319 (`#1199 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1199>`_)
320 (`#1280 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1280>`_)
322 * The "Copy Leading Paths" action in the Status tool's right-click "Copy" sub-menu
323 can now strip off an arbitrary number of leading paths.
324 (`#784 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/784>`_)
326 * The "Cherry-Pick" action now reports errors when "git cherry-pick" fails.
327 A new "Abort Cherry-Pick" action has been added for aborting a failed cherry-pick.
328 (`#1062 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1062>`_)
330 * The diff text can now be quickly zoomed using `Ctrl + Mouse wheel` scroll.
331 This will quickly change the text size within the current session only.
332 (`#1029 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1029>`_)
334 * The Console and Diff widgets learned to open URLs. Right-click on a line
335 that contains http URLs and context-menu actions for opening each URL
336 using your default web browser will be displayed.
337 (`#1139 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1139>`_)
339 * Drag-and-drop has been improved when dragging filenames from the Status tool.
340 Dragging multiple files requires special handling to improve usability.
341 Some terminals (such as `kitty`) consume multiple file URLs by separating paths with
342 newlines. This is useful when you'd like to capture raw filenames but is less
343 convenient when dropping filenames onto a command-line. Drag with the `Alt`-modifier
344 held down to drag-and-drop filenames for command-line use. Using the `Alt` modifier
345 omits URLs so that the drag-and-drop payload includes only space-delimited,
347 (`#719 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/719>`_)
349 * The DAG viewer now displays the diff between the start and end commits when
350 multiple commits are selected. The diffs are displayed in the DAG's diff viewer.
351 (`#552 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/552>`_)
353 * The DAG viewer learned to checkout branches and initiate rebases from its right-click menu.
354 (`#1113 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1113>`_)
356 * The DAG diff viewer learned to word-wrap the diff text.
357 (`#1242 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1242>`_)
359 * The spelling dictionaries are now discovered dynamically at runtime.
360 `dict/words` and `dict/propernames` are now discovered via `$XDG_DATA_DIRS`
361 by the spell checker. This allows a spelling dictionary to be placed in e.g..
362 `~/.local/share/dict/words` to override the default `/usr/share/dict/words`.
363 (`#873 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/873>`_)
365 * The File menu now has a "Patches" sub-menu with a full set of "git am" Patch actions.
367 * The Diff Editor and various Diff widgets now have a "Copy Diff" action with an
368 `Alt + Shift + C` hotkey that copies the selected diff text to the clipboard with the
369 `+`, `-` and `<Space>` diff prefix characters removed.
370 (`#1288 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1288>`_)
372 * The "Revert" action for reverting commits from the DAG tool now displays error
373 messages when ``git revert`` fails.
374 (`#885 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/885>`_)
376 * The Diff Editor now uses an easier-to-see *block cursor* by default.
377 Disable `cola.blockcursor <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#cola-blockcursor>`_
378 to continue using original *line cursor* by running
379 ``git config --global cola.blockcursor false``, or by editing the settings in the menu.
381 * The "Unmerged" header item in the Status tool now displays a summary list of unmerged files.
383 * The hotkeys documentation has been updated to clarify that the "Copy Commit ID"
384 action is available in several tools.
385 (`#779 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/779>`_)
387 * Saving files when using "Browse Other Branch" now displays errors from
388 ``git show`` when saving files from arbitrary commits.
389 (`#1065 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1065>`_)
391 * The Apply Patches dialog now reports errors when patches fail to apply.
392 (`#673 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/673>`_)
394 * The "Status" tool now disables "Copy" actions in its context menu when no
395 files have been selected.
396 (`#697 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/697>`_)
398 * The "Unstage" menu item in the Status tool now uses a "Remove" icon.
399 (`#1289 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1289>`_)
403 * The vendored `qtpy` module was modified to sever its dependency on the
404 `packaging.version` module. This mostly affects users that want to run
405 Git Cola directly from the source tree outside of any virtualenv.
406 (`#1286 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1286>`_)
414 Usability, bells and whistles
415 -----------------------------
416 * The rebase editor was taught to handle stacked branch workflows enabled by
417 ``git rebase --update-refs``. The ``git cola rebase`` sub-command now has
418 an ``--update-refs`` option and the menu actions display a prompt that allows
419 you to enable the updating of stacked branches.
420 (`#1261 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1261>`_)
421 (`#571 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/571>`_)
423 * The status widget now respects `diff.ignoreSubmodules`.
424 (`#1269 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1269>`_)
426 Packaging and Dependencies
427 --------------------------
428 * PyQt6 is now officially supported.
429 (`#1211 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1211>`_)
430 (`#1273 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1273>`_)
432 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v2.3.0`.
436 * Fixes and updates to Git Cola's CI actions.
437 (`#1278 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1278>`_)
438 (`#1277 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1277>`_)
448 * The "T" hotkey for "Find Files" was removed to avoid issues in some configurations.
449 (`#1270 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1270>`_)
451 * Some context menus entries were corrected to better handle binary files.
452 (`#1271 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1271>`_)
460 Usability, bells and whistles
461 -----------------------------
462 * The branches widget no longer loses its selection state in response to
463 notifications and UI actions.
464 (`#1221 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1221>`_)
466 * The use of ``gravatar.com`` to fetch icons associated with author emails
467 can now be disabled by setting `git config --global cola.gravatar false`.
468 (`#933 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/933>`_)
472 * The config reader has been revamped to better read settings when git config
473 files are located in unexpected locations.
474 (`#927 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/927>`_)
475 (`#1264 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1264>`_)
477 * The preferences dialog no longer throws an error when the editor has not
479 (`#1263 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1263>`_)
481 * Context menu actions for staging files has been added when diffing images.
482 (`#1265 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1265>`_)
484 * The stash editor now properly displays stashes with slashes ("/") in
485 their names or messages.
486 (`#1267 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1267>`_)
488 * The settings file is now written-to and read-from in a robust manner to avoid data
489 loss when doing an ACPI shutdown or forced shutdown of a machine.
490 (`#1241 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1241>`_)
492 * Git Cola now displays an error message when attempting to open a repository that
493 cannot be accessed due to the new `safe.directory` protections in Git v2.30.3.
494 (`#1243 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1243>`_)
498 * The .po and .pot files now contain location information.
499 (`#880 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/880>`_)
507 Usability, bells and whistles
508 -----------------------------
509 * The Rebase editor (`git-cola-sequence-editor`) now supports multi-select.
510 Use `Shift-{Up,Down}` to select multiple lines and the keyboard hotkeys
511 listed in the `?` dialog to drive the UI.
512 (`#1257 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1257>`_)
514 * The `$GIT_VISUAL` and `$VISUAL` environment variable are now consulted in addition
515 to `$GIT_EDITOR` and `$EDITOR` when the `gui.editor` configuration is unset.
516 (`#1237 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1237>`_)
518 * The application window icon is now enabled when running on Wayland.
519 (`#1240 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1240>`_)
521 * The Status widget now has an "Open Worktree" action.
522 (`#1245 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1245>`_)
524 * The "Open Using Default Application", "Open Directory",
525 "Open Parent Directory" and "Open Worktree" actions are now available on Windows.
527 * The dialog for opening repositories is now a read-only dialog that omits the
528 ability to create folders and modify the filesystem.
529 (`#1168 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1168>`_)
531 * A few more `git` calls have been eliminated from the startup sequence.
532 This further improved the startup time for Git Cola.
533 (`#1259 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1259>`_)
537 * Documentation rendering errors have been fixed.
538 (`#1256 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1256>`_)
540 * Use of a `~/.config/git-cola/language` file to override the language has been fixed.
541 (`#1246 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1246>`_)
543 * We no longer write the `cola.spellcheck` configuration value on launch.
544 (`#1238 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1238>`_)
548 * Updated Spanish translation.
549 (`#1244 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1244>`_)
551 * Updated Japanese translation.
552 (`#1249 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1249>`_)
556 * Building documentation offline is supported again.
557 (`#1250 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1250>`_)
559 * The Appstream Metadata files were missing in the v4.0.0 release are included again.
560 (`#1254 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1254>`_)
561 (`#1253 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1253>`_)
569 Usability, bells and whistles
570 -----------------------------
571 * Double-clicking dock widgets no longer creates sub-windows when the layout is locked.
572 (`#1176 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1176>`_)
573 (`#1198 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1198>`_)
577 * We now guard against `locale.getdefaultlocale()` returning `None` in some
578 configurations, notably on macOS if none of 'LC_ALL', 'LC_CTYPE', 'LANG' or 'LANGUAGE'
580 (`#1234 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1234>`_)
582 * The preferences dialog has been fixed to properly handle booleans.
583 (`#1235 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1235>`_)
585 * The `docs/` directory was restructured to avoid missing `setup.py` errors.
586 `share/doc/git-cola` is now a symlink pointing to `docs/`.
587 (`#1230 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1230>`_)
589 * Message boxes could sometimes display off-screen or using geometry that is larger
590 than the current desktop. Message box sizes are now clamped to the desktop size.
591 (`#1228 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1228>`_)
601 These changes are primarily breaking changes for packagers of Git Cola.
602 For example, Linux distribution and Homebrew package maintainers may need to
603 be aware of these changes.
605 Changes have been made build infrastructure and the resulting filesystem artifacts.
607 * The build system is now Python3-only and has been modernized for PEP-517/518.
608 While Git Cola still builds and runs under Python2, it is no longer officially
609 supported and may stop working in a future release without notice.
610 (`#1201 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1201>`_)
612 * The `#!/usr/bin/env python` shebang lines in the `git-cola` and `git-dag` wrapper
613 scripts have been updated to use `python3`.
614 (`#1204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1204>`_)
616 * The build system was switched to `setuptools` and no longer depends on `distutils`.
617 ``python setup.py {build,install,build_pot,build_mo}`` are no longer provided.
618 Use the https://pypa-build.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation.html
619 ``python -m build`` tool to generate sdist and wheel distributions,
620 and ``pip install .`` to install Git Cola from source.
621 (`#1204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1204>`_)
623 * The `git-cola`, `git-dag` and `git-cola-sequence-editor` commands are now installed
624 using setuptools entry points.
626 * The `bin/` wrapper scripts in the source tree continue to be provided for convenience
627 but they are not the scripts that get installed.
629 * The `qtpy` Python package is no longer installed alongside the `cola` Python package.
631 * The `cola` package is now installed into the standard Python site-packages location.
633 * The `share/git-cola/lib` private Python modules directory no longer exists.
635 * The `NO_VENDOR_LIBS` and `NO_PRIVATE_LIBS` Makefile options are no longer necessary.
637 * The `share/git-cola` filesystem namespace no longer exists. All of cola's package data
638 is distributed alongside the `cola` module as package data.
640 * Building the Sphinx documentation now also requires the `jaraco.packaging` and
641 `rst.linker` packages. See `setup.cfg` for the package requirement details.
643 Usability, bells and whistles
644 -----------------------------
646 <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#custom-themes>`_
647 can be used by adding `*.qss` Qt stylesheet files to `~/.config/git-cola/themes/`.
648 (`#1222 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1222>`_)
649 (`#1226 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1226>`_)
651 * Git Cola now keeps track of child Browser windows and will close all of them when
652 the main window is closed.
653 (`#1200 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1200>`_)
657 * Staging conflicted binary files has been fixed to avoid Unicode decoding errors.
658 (`#1189 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1189>`_)
660 * Ensure that secure permissions are used when creating temporary files.
661 (`#1209 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1209>`_)
663 * The line numbering in the diff viewer was corrected when displaying merge diffs.
664 (`#1208 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1208>`_)
666 * Documentation typo fixes.
667 (`#1193 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1193>`_)
669 * Git Cola was revamped to use Qt signals and slots for all of its notifications.
670 This made its notification system more robust.
671 (`#1202 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1202>`_)
672 (`#1203 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1203>`_)
673 (`#1205 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1205>`_)
674 (`#1206 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1206>`_)
678 * `vcruntime140.dll` and `msvcp140.dll` are now included in the Windows installation.
679 (`#1207 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1207>`_)
687 Usability, bells and whistles
688 -----------------------------
689 * The git config guitool action can now be grouped under user-defined menus.
690 This is done by using slash (``/``) delimiters in the action name.
691 Entries before the final slash are treated like sub-menus inside the
692 top-level ``Actions`` menu.
693 (`#1150 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1150>`_)
695 * Toolbars now have a full set of icons. The icons follow the system theme
696 and can be configured to display text, just icons, or text and icons.
697 (`#1177 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1177>`_)
699 * The startup dialog will now open the selected repository when the "enter"
701 (`#1162 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1162>`_)
703 * ``Shift+S`` will stage selected lines (in addition to ``s``).
704 (`#1187 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1187>`_)
708 * The vendored qtpy library was patched to retain Python2 compatibility.
710 * The "Unstage" toolbar action was fixed.
711 (`#1178 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1178>`_)
713 * We now avoid `QWidget::setWidth(float)` for compatibility with newer Qt versions.
714 (`#1183 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1183>`_)
716 * Documentation typo fixes.
717 (`#1185 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1185>`_)
721 * Updated Polish translation.
722 (`#1184 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1184>`_)
726 * Git Cola now uses Github Actions for running its continuous integration tests.
727 (`#1179 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1179>`_)
735 Usability, bells and whistles
736 -----------------------------
737 * The Status tool was improved to better retain selected files when
738 the state changes and the display is refreshed.
739 (`#1130 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1130>`_)
740 (`#1131 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1131>`_)
742 * The Diff editor can now stage selected lines for untracked files.
743 Git Cola will detect when a file is untracked and will allow you to
744 partially stage it, just like existing tracked files.
745 (`#1146 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1146>`_)
746 (`#1084 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1084>`_)
748 * Diffing of staged files has been implemented for repositories that contain
750 (`#1149 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1149>`_)
751 (`#1110 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1110>`_)
753 * Documentation improvements and typo fixes.
754 (`#1163 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1163>`_)
755 (`#1164 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1164>`_)
759 * The `FIPS security mode <https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/53462>`_
760 is now supported by Git Cola when running on FIPS-enabled Python
761 (Python 3.9+ or centos8/rhel8's patched Python 3.6).
762 (`#1157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1157>`_)
766 * The `argparse` usage was adjusted to remain compatible with older Pythons.
767 (`#1155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1155>`_)
769 * The window restoration logic was fixed to properly save/restore settings
770 when different languages are used.
771 (`#1071 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1071>`_)
772 (`#1161 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1161>`_)
773 (`#382 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/382>`_)
775 * `git dag` no longer passes floats to `QPen::setWidth()` for better compatibility.
776 (`bz #2014950 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2014950>`_)
780 * The Windows installer was slimmed down by removing unused Qt DLLs.
781 (`#1152 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1152>`_)
791 * Patch release to fix a typo in the Interactive Rebase feature.
798 Usability, bells and whistles
799 -----------------------------
800 * The git config reader now supports the `include.path` directive
801 for including config files.
802 (`#1136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1136>`_)
803 (`#1137 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1137>`_)
805 * The dialog for selecting commits now support filtering.
806 (`#1121 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1121>`_)
808 * The diff editor now wraps long lines by default. The diff options
809 menu can be used to enable/disable line wrapping.
810 (`#1123 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1123>`_)
812 * Git Cola now honors `core.hooksPath` for configuring custom Git hooks,
813 which was introduced in Git v2.9.
814 (`#1118 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1118>`_)
816 * A new `Ctrl + Shift + S` hotkey was added for staging/unstaging all
817 files, both modified and untracked.
819 * The `Status` tool now supports `Ctrl + A` for selecting all files and
820 it behaves more predictably when performing operations when multiple
821 categories of files are selected (e.g. when both modified and untracked
822 header items are selected).
823 (`#1117 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1117>`_)
827 * Updated Hungarian translation.
828 (`#1135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1135>`_)
832 * The "Interactive Rebase" feature was updated to work with Windows.
834 * `make install-man` was updated to support Sphinx 4.0.
835 (`#1141 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1141>`_)
837 * `git cola --help-commands` was updated for newer versions of argparse.
838 (`#1133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1133>`_)
842 * Git Cola can now be started as a Python module.
843 (`#1119 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1119>`_)
851 Usability, bells and whistles
852 -----------------------------
853 * The startup dialog now detects when Recent and Favorite repositories no
854 longer exist on disk, and offers to remove these entries when selected.
855 (`#1089 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1089>`_)
857 * The startup dialog now includes a simpler and more condensed folder view
858 that can be used for selecting Favorites and Recent repositories.
859 (`#1086 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1086>`_)
861 * The "Commit" menu now includes an "Undo Last Commit" action.
862 (`#890 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/890>`_)
864 * The "Reset" menu was revamped to expose all of Git's reset modes alongside a
865 new "Restore Worktree" action that updates the worktree using "git read-tree".
866 (`#890 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/890>`_)
870 * Updated Polish translation.
871 (`#1107 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1107>`_)
873 * Updated Japanese translation.
874 (`#1098 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1098>`_)
876 * Updated Brazilian translation.
877 (`#1091 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1091>`_)
881 * The ``--use-env-python`` option for ``setup.py`` is now Python3 compatible.
882 (`#1102 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1102>`_)
890 Usability, bells and whistles
891 -----------------------------
892 * The submodules widget can now be used to add submodules.
893 Submodules are now updated recursively.
894 (`#534 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/534>`_)
896 * The image diff viewer can now be toggled between text and image modes.
897 This is helpful when, for example, diffing .svg files where it can be useful
898 to see diffs in both an image and text representation.
899 (`#859 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/859>`_)
900 (`#1035 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1035>`_)
902 * The default `ssh-askpass` username + password dialog included with Git Cola
903 can now toggle between showing and masking the password input field.
904 (`#1069 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1069>`_)
908 * Updated Polish translation.
909 (`#1076 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1076>`_)
911 * Updated Hungarian translation.
912 (`#1067 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1067>`_)
916 * The `share/appdata` AppStream data was renamed to `share/metainfo`
917 in accordance with `AppStream standard changes from 2016
918 <https://github.com/ximion/appstream/blob/master/NEWS#L1363>`_.
919 (`#1079 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1079>`_)
921 * The ``cola`` modules are now installed into the Python ``site-packages``
922 directory by default. This allows distributions to package ``git-cola`` for
923 multiple versions of Python. See the PACKAGING NOTES section in the README
924 for details about suppressing the installation of the private
925 ``share/git-cola/lib/cola`` modules when building cola.
926 (`#181 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/181>`_)
928 * Git Cola's rebase / sequence editor, formerly known as ``git-xbase`` and
929 installed as ``share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase``, has been renamed to
930 ``git-cola-sequence-editor`` and is now installed into the default
931 ``bin/git-cola-sequence-editor`` executable location to enable external
932 reuse of this general-purpose tool.
934 * A workaround used by the pynsist installer preamble script was obsoleted by
935 `takluyver/pynsist#149 <https://github.com/takluyver/pynsist/pull/149>`_
936 and has now been removed.
937 (`#1073 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1073>`_)
941 * `git dag` now uses integer widths when initializing its brushes.
942 (`#1080 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1080>`_)
950 Usability, bells and whistles
951 -----------------------------
952 * The ``git-xbase`` rebase editor now includes a file list for filtering
953 the changes displayed in the diff view.
954 (`#1051 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1051>`_)
956 * The fallback `ssh-askpass` script, which provides the Username/Password
957 login dialog when performing remote operations, previously presented both
958 the username and password input fields with ``***`` asterisks.
959 The dialog now uses asterisks for the password field only.
960 (`#1026 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1026>`_)
962 * Stashes can now be applied using the `Ctrl + Enter` hotkey, popped with the
963 `Ctrl + Backspace` hotkey, and dropped with the `Ctrl + Shift + Backspace`
964 hotkey when inside the stash dialog. This enables a keyboard-centric
965 mouse-free workflow when using the stash dialog.
967 * When amending a commit, `git cola` will check whether the commit has been
968 published to a remote branch using ``git branch -r --contains HEAD``.
969 This command can be slow when operating on a repository with many
970 remote branches. The new `cola.checkpublishedcommits` configuration
971 variable allows you to opt-out of this check, which improves performance
972 when amending a commit. The settings widget exposes this variable as,
973 "Check Published Commits when Amending".
974 (`#1021 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1021>`_)
975 (`#1027 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1027>`_)
979 * Updated Polish translation.
980 (`#1033 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1033>`_)
984 * ``git-dag.appdata.xml`` was updated to allow network access for author icons.
985 (`#1050 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1050>`_)
987 * The inotify filesystem monitor now handles
988 `OSError: [Errno 24] Too many open files` errors by disabling inotify.
989 (`#1015 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1015>`_)
991 * Typos in various documentation files have been fixed.
992 (`#1025 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1025>`_)
994 * The "Recent Repositories" limit was off by one, and now correctly
995 remembers the configured number of repositories in the menu.
996 (`#1024 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1024>`_)
998 * The "revert" action in the DAG and other tools now uses
999 ``git revert --no-edit``, which avoids launching an editor
1000 when reverting the commit. Use `Ctrl+m` in the commit message
1001 editor after reverting a commit to rewrite its commit message.
1002 (`#1020 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1020>`_)
1010 Usability, bells and whistles
1011 -----------------------------
1012 * The remote editor is much faster since it no longer queries
1013 remotes, and uses the cached information instead.
1014 (`#986 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/986>`_)
1016 * Commit message templates can now be loaded automatically by setting
1017 ``git config cola.autoloadcommittemplate true``.
1018 (`#1013 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1013>`_)
1019 (`#735 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/735>`_)
1021 * The UI layout can now be reset back to its initial state by selecting
1022 the "Reset Layout" action. This reverts the layout to the same state
1023 as when the app first launched.
1024 (`#1008 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1008>`_)
1025 (`#994 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/994>`_)
1027 * Files can now be ignored in either the project's `.gitignore`, or in the
1028 repository's private local `.git/info/exclude` ignore file.
1029 (`#1006 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1006>`_)
1030 (`#1000 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1000>`_)
1032 * New remotes are now selected when they are added in the "Edit Remotes" tool.
1033 (`#1002 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1002>`_)
1035 * The "Recent" repositories list is now saved to disk when opening a
1036 repository. Previously, this list was only updated when exiting the app.
1037 (`#1001 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1001>`_)
1039 * The bookmarks tool now has a "Delete" option in its right-click menu.
1040 (`#999 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/999>`_)
1042 * The current repository is no longer listed in the "File/Open Recent" menu.
1043 (`#998 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/998>`_)
1047 * Updated Hungarian translation.
1048 (`#1005 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1005>`_)
1049 (`#1018 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1018>`_)
1051 * Updated Turkish translation.
1052 (`#1003 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1003>`_)
1053 (`#1011 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1011>`_)
1057 * Better support for Python 3.8's line buffering modes.
1058 (`#1014 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1014>`_)
1060 * The default `ssh-askpass` script now uses a more generic `#!` shebang line.
1061 (`#1012 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1012>`_)
1063 * Fetch, push, and pull operations will now refresh the model and display when
1064 operations complete.
1065 (`#996 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/996>`_)
1067 * The branches widget now refreshes its display when changing branches.
1068 (`#992 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/992>`_)
1072 * The `share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase` script will now have its `#!` lines
1073 updated during installation.
1074 (`#991 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/991>`_)
1078 * The unit tests were made more platform-independent.
1079 (`#993 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/993>`_)
1087 Usability, bells and whistles
1088 -----------------------------
1089 * Auto-completion for filenames can now be disabled. This speeds up
1090 revision completion when working in large repositories with many files.
1091 (`#981 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/981>`_)
1093 * The Stash dialog now shows the stash date as a tooltip when hovering
1094 over a stashed change.
1095 (`#982 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/982>`_)
1097 * Qt HiDPI settings are overridden by the `git cola` HiDPI appearance settings.
1098 These overrides can now be disabled by selecting the "Disable" mode.
1099 This allows users to control the Qt HiDPI settings through environment
1100 variables. Additionally, the "Auto" mode now detects the presence of
1101 the Qt HiDPI variables and no longer overrides them when the user has
1102 configured their environment explicitly.
1103 (`#963 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/963>`_)
1105 * Confirmation dialogs can now focus buttons using the Tab key.
1106 Previously, the "Y" and "N" keys could be used to confirm or deny
1107 using the keyboard, but "Tab" is more familiar.
1108 (`#965 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/965>`_)
1110 * Error dialogs (for example, when a commit hook fails) will now always
1111 show the details. The details were previously hidden behind a toggle.
1112 (`#968 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/968>`_)
1116 * Updated Japanese translation.
1117 (`#973 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/973>`_)
1118 (`#974 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/974>`_)
1120 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
1121 (`#950 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/950>`_)
1125 * The filesystem monitor no longer logs that it has been enabled after the
1126 inotify watch limit is reached on Linux.
1127 (`#984 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/984>`_)
1129 * Better Unicode robustness.
1130 (`#990 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/990>`_)
1131 (`#910 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/991>`_)
1133 * The "Branches" widget did not always update itself when deleting branches
1134 (for example, when inotify is disabled or unavailable).
1135 (`#978 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/978>`_)
1137 * Non-ASCII Unicode byte strings are more robustly handled by the log widget.
1138 (`#977 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/977>`_)
1140 * Non-Unicode results from the `gettext` library are more robustly handled.
1141 (`#969 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/969>`_)
1143 * Launching `git cola` from within a directory that has since been deleted
1144 would previously result in an error, and is now robustly handled.
1145 (`#961 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/961>`_)
1149 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.9`.
1157 Usability, bells and whistles
1158 -----------------------------
1159 * The file browser now includes "Blame" in its context menu.
1160 (`#953 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/953>`_)
1162 * The "Push" action now uses "git push --force-with-lease" when using
1163 the "Force" option with Git v1.8.5 and newer.
1164 (`#946 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/946>`_)
1166 * Updated German translation.
1167 (`#936 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/936>`_)
1169 * The `Status` widget learned to optionally display file counts in its
1170 category headers, and indent the files displayed in each category.
1171 (`#931 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/931>`_)
1173 * The `Branches` widget can now sort branches by their most recent commit.
1174 (`#930 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/930>`_)
1176 * `git cola` now includes configurable GUI themes that can be used to style
1177 the user interface. Enable the new themes by configuring `cola.theme`
1178 in the preferences window. See the
1179 `cola.theme documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#cola-theme>`_
1180 for more details. (`#924 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/924>`_)
1182 * `git cola` now has built-in support for HiDPI displays by enabling
1183 the Qt 5.6 `QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR` feature.
1184 (`#938 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/938>`_)
1186 * `git cola` now uses HiDPI pixmaps when rendering icons, and the builtin
1187 icons have been updated to look sharp when displayed in HiDPI.
1188 (`#932 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/932>`_)
1192 * `git cola`'s "Revert Unstaged Edits" previously checked out from "HEAD^",
1193 when in "Amend" mode, and removing staged changes. This behavior has been
1194 changed to always checkout from the index, which avoids data loss.
1195 (`#947 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/947>`_)
1197 * `git cola` has been updated to work with newer versions of `gnome-terminal`
1198 and no longer shell-quotes its arguments when launching `gnome-terminal`.
1199 The `cola.terminalshellquote` configuration variable can be set to `true` to
1200 get the old behavior, or to handle other terminals that take the command to run
1201 as a single string instead of as arguments to `execv()`.
1202 (`#935 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/935>`_)
1204 * `git dag` now properly handles arbitrary input on Python3.
1205 Previously, an exception would be raised when entering `--grep=xxx` where
1206 `xxx` is a quoted string with a missing end-quote.
1207 (`#941 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/941>`_)
1211 * The contribution guidelines for contributors has been updated to mention
1212 how to regenerate the `*.mo` message files.
1213 (`#934 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/934>`_)
1221 Usability, bells and whistles
1222 -----------------------------
1223 * `git dag` improved how it renders parent commits.
1224 (`#921 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/921>`_)
1226 * The `Branches` widget now checks out branches when double-clicked.
1227 (`#920 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/920>`_)
1229 * The new `Submodules` widget makes it easy to interact with submodules.
1230 Additionally, submodules can now be updated using the `Status` widget.
1231 (`#916 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/916>`_)
1233 * Updated Japanese translation.
1234 (`#914 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/914>`_)
1236 * The "Open Terminal" action now launches a Git Bash shell on Windows.
1237 (`#913 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/913>`_)
1239 * New menu actions for updating all submodules.
1240 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
1242 * The status widget can now update submodules.
1243 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
1245 * The "Apply Patch" `git cola am` dialog now includes a diff viewer
1246 to display the contents of the selected patch.
1248 * The "Alt+D" diffstat hotkey now selects the staged/modified/etc.
1249 header in the Status widget, which shows the totality of everything
1250 that will be committed.
1251 (`#771 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/771>`_)
1253 * Running "Launch Editor" from the diff editor now opens the editor at the
1255 (`#898 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/898>`_)
1257 * The textwidth and tabwidth configuration values can now be set
1258 per-repository, rather than globally only.
1260 * Text entry widgets switched to using a block cursor in `v3.2`.
1261 This has been reverted to the original line cursor for consistency
1262 with other applications and user expectations.
1263 (`#889 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/889>`_)
1265 * The "edit at line" feature, used by the "Grep" tool, now supports
1266 the Sublime text editor.
1267 (`#894 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/894>`_)
1271 * Launching external programs has been improved on Windows.
1272 (`#925 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/925>`_)
1274 * Improve compatibility when using PySide2.
1275 (`#912 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/912>`_)
1277 * The Diff Editor was not honoring the configured tab width on startup.
1278 (`#900 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/900>`_)
1280 * The "Delete Files" feature was creating an unreadable display when
1281 many files were selected. Word-wrap the list of files so that the
1282 display stays within a sensible size.
1283 (`#895 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/895>`_)
1285 * Spelling and grammar fixes.
1286 (`#915 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/915>`_)
1287 (`#891 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/891>`_)
1291 * The logo was run through `tidy` to give it a consistent style.
1292 Some technical issues with the logo were improved.
1293 (`#877 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/877>`_)
1295 * The entire codebase is now checked by `flake8`, rather than just
1296 the module and test directories. This catches things like
1297 the pynsist installer scripts.
1298 (`#884 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/884>`_)
1299 (`#882 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/882>`_)
1300 (`#879 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/879>`_)
1304 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.6`.
1306 * The Windows installer's wrapper scripts were missing an import.
1307 (`#878 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/878>`_)
1315 Usability, bells and whistles
1316 -----------------------------
1317 * The `git cola dag` DAG window now supports `git revert`.
1318 (`#843 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/843>`_)
1320 * `git stash pop` is now supported by the stash dialog.
1321 (`#844 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/844>`_)
1323 * The status widget now ensures that each item is visible when selection
1324 changes. Previously, if you scrolled to the right to see the name of
1325 a long filename, and then selected a short filename above it, the widget
1326 may not have shown the short filename in the viewport. We now ensure
1327 that the filenames are visible when the selection changes.
1328 (`#828 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/828>`_)
1330 * The `git xbase` rebase editor no longer displays an error when
1331 cancelling an interactive rebase.
1332 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
1334 * The dialog shown when renaming remotes has been simplified.
1335 (`#840 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/840>`_)
1336 (`#838 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/838>`_)
1338 * The help dialog in the `git-xbase` Rebase editor is now scrollable.
1339 (`#855 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/855>`_)
1343 * Updated Brazilian translation.
1344 (`#845 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/845>`_)
1346 * Updated Czech translation.
1347 (`#854 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/854>`_)
1348 (`#853 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/853>`_)
1349 (`#835 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/835>`_)
1350 (`#813 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/813>`_)
1352 * Update Spanish translation.
1353 (`#862 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/862>`_)
1354 (`#867 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/867>`_)
1358 * The original `#!/usr/bin/env python` shebang lines can now be
1359 retained by passing `USE_ENV_PYTHON=1` to `make` when installing.
1360 (`#850 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/850>`_)
1362 * The Makefile is now resilient to DESTDIR and prefix containing whitespace.
1363 (`#858 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/858>`_)
1365 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.4.2`.
1367 * `python3-distutils` is needed to build cola on Debian.
1368 (`#837 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/837>`_)
1372 * The "C" key no longer closes the message dialogs, for example the
1373 one that is shown when a commit fails its pre-commit hooks.
1374 This allows "Ctrl+C" copy to work, rather than closing the dialog.
1375 (`#734 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/734>`_)
1377 * Dock widgets sizes are now properly saved and restored when the main
1378 window is maximized.
1379 (`#848 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/848>`_)
1381 * The spellcheck feature was broken under Python3.
1382 (`#857 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/857>`_)
1384 * A regression when saving stashes was fixed.
1385 (`#847 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/847>`_)
1387 * Diffing image files was not updating the available context menus,
1388 which prevented the "Stage" action from being present in the menu.
1389 (`#841 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/841>`_)
1391 * `git cola` now detects when `git lfs uninstall` has been run. This allows
1392 you to re-initialize "Git LFS" in an existing repository where it had been
1393 previously uninstalled.
1394 (`#842 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/842>`_)
1396 * Custom color values that did not contain any hexadecimal digits in the
1397 `a-f` range were being converted into integers by the config reader. This
1398 then caused the configured colors to be ignored.
1400 These color values are now interpreted correctly. Additionally, color
1401 values can now use an optional HTML-like `#` prefix.
1403 Example `.gitconfig` snippet::
1408 (`#836 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/836>`_)
1409 (`#849 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/849>`_)
1411 * We now display an error message graphically when `Git` is not installed.
1412 Previously, the message went to stderr only.
1413 (`#830 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/830>`_)
1415 * Changing diff options was causing resulting in an exception.
1416 (`#833 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/833>`_)
1417 (`#834 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/834>`_)
1419 * The DAG window now updates itself when branches and tags are created.
1420 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
1422 * The user's `$PATH` environment variable can now contain UTF-8
1423 encoded paths. Previously, launching external commands could
1425 (`#807 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/807>`_)
1427 * Git Cola development sandboxes can now be stored on UTF-8 encoded
1428 filesystem paths. Previously, the interactive rebase feature
1429 could be broken when running in that environment.
1430 (`#825 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/825>`_)
1432 * The log window now uses an ISO-8601 time stamp, which
1433 avoids localized output in the log window.
1434 (`#817 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/817>`_)
1438 * The code base has been thoroughly sanitized using `pylint`, and
1439 Travis is now running pylint over the entire project.
1441 * Miscellaneous improvements and code improvements.
1442 (`#874 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/874>`_)
1450 Usability, bells and whistles
1451 -----------------------------
1452 * The "Browser" widget learned to rename files using "git mv".
1453 (`#239 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/239>`_)
1455 * The "Diff" widget learned to diff images. Side-by-side and pixel diff
1456 modes allow you to inspect changes to common images formats.
1457 (`#444 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/444>`_)
1458 (`#803 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/803>`_)
1460 * Git LFS and Git Annex are natively supported by the image diff viewer.
1462 * Git Annex operations are now included. `git annex init` can be performed on
1463 repositories, and `git annex add` can be run on untracked files from the
1464 status widget. Install `git-annex` to activate this feature.
1466 * Git LFS operations are now included. `git lfs install` can be performed on
1467 repositories, and `git lfs track` can be run on untracked files from the
1468 status widget. Install `git-lfs` to activate this feature.
1470 * The "Stash" tool learned to stash staged changes only. Select the
1471 "Stage Index" option and only staged changes will be stashed away.
1472 (`#413 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/413>`_)
1474 * The "Stash" tool learned to use vim-like navigation keyboard shortcuts,
1475 shows error messages when things go wrong, and now saves the "Stash Index"
1476 and "Keep Index" options across sessions.
1478 * The Edit menu's "Copy" and "Select All" actions now forward to either the
1479 diff, status, recent, or favorites widgets, based on which widget has focus.
1481 * The "File" and "Edit" menu can now be activated using `Alt + {F,E}` hotkeys.
1482 (`#759 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/759>`_)
1484 * It was easy to accidentally trigger the first action in the `Status` tool's
1485 context menu when using a quick right-click to bring up the menu.
1486 A short sub-second delay was added to ensure that the top-most action is not
1487 triggered unless enough time has passed. This prevents accidental
1488 activation of the first item (typically "Stage" or "Unstage") without
1489 burdening common use cases.
1490 (`#755 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/755>`_)
1491 (`#643 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/643>`_)
1493 * The "Ctrl+S" hotkey now works for the header items in the Status tool.
1494 Selected the "Modified" header item and activating the "Stage" hotkey,
1495 for example, will stage all modified files. This works for the "Staged",
1496 "Modified", and "Untracked" headers. This is not enabled for the
1497 "Unmerged" header by design.
1498 (`#772 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/772>`_)
1500 * The list of "Recent" repositories previously capped the number of
1501 repositories shown to 8 repositories. This can be set to a higher
1502 value by setting the `cola.maxrecent` configuration variable.
1503 (`#752 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/752>`_)
1505 * The "Create Branch" dialog now prevents invalid branch names.
1506 (`#765 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/765>`_)
1508 * Updated Turkish translation.
1509 (`#756 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/756>`_)
1511 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
1512 (`#753 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/753>`_)
1514 * Updated German translation.
1515 (`#802 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/802>`_)
1517 * Updated Czech translation
1518 (`#792 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/792>`_)
1519 (`#806 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/806>`_)
1521 * The window title can be configured to not display the absolute path of the
1523 (`#775 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/775>`_)
1525 * The "Edit Remotes" editor learned to edit remote URLS.
1527 * Bare repositories can now be created by selecting the
1528 "New Bare Repository..." action from the `File` menu.
1530 * The "Branches" widget learned to configure upstream branches.
1532 * A new `git cola clone` sub-command was added for cloning repositories.
1536 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.3.1`.
1538 * The macOS installation was made simpler for better compatibility with
1540 (`#636 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/636>`_)
1542 * The Windows installer is now much simpler. Git Cola now bundles
1543 Python and PyQt5, so users need only install the "Git for Windows"
1544 and "Git Cola" installers to get things working.
1548 * Uninitialized difftool errors will now be displayed graphically.
1549 They were previously going to the shell.
1550 (`#457 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/457>`_)
1552 * Translations marked "fuzzy" will no longer be used when translating strings.
1553 (`#782 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/782>`_)
1555 * Deleted unmerged files will now correctly use a deleted icon.
1556 (`#479 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/479>`_)
1558 * The `Ctrl+C` "Copy" hotkey on the diff viewer has been fixed.
1559 (`#767 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/767>`_)
1561 * The "Create Tag" dialog did not correctly handle the case when a signed
1562 tag is requested, but no message is provided, and the user chooses to
1563 create a non-annotated tag instead. This convenience fallback will now
1564 properly create an unsigned, non-annotated tag.
1565 (`#696 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/696>`_)
1567 * `.gitconfig` and `.git/config` values editable by the Preferences dialog
1568 (aka `git cola config`) will now get unset when set to an empty value.
1569 For example, setting a different `user.email` in the current repository,
1570 followed by a subsequent emptying of that field, would previously result in
1571 an empty string getting stored in the config. This has been fixed so that
1572 the value will now get unset in the config instead.
1573 (`#406 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/406>`_)
1575 * Spelling and typo fixes.
1576 (`#748 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/748>`_)
1578 * `core.commentChar` is now honored when set in the local repository
1580 (`#766 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/766>`_)
1582 * The log window was using a format string that did not display
1583 correctly in all locales. A locale-aware format is now used.
1584 (`#800 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/800>`_)
1586 * The dialog displayed when prompting for a reference could sometimes
1588 (`#804 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/804>`_)
1596 Usability, bells and whistles
1597 -----------------------------
1598 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
1599 (`#726 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/726>`_)
1601 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
1602 (`#723 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/723>`_)
1604 * New Czech translation.
1605 (`#736 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/736>`_)
1606 (`#737 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/737>`_)
1607 (`#740 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/740>`_)
1608 (`#743 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/743>`_)
1610 * The "name" field in the "Create Tag" dialog now includes autocompletion,
1611 which makes it easy to see which tags currently exist.
1613 * `git cola` now has configurable toolbars. Use the `View -> Add toolbar`
1614 menu item to add a toolbar.
1616 * Setting `cola.expandtab` to `true` will now expand tabs into spaces
1617 in the commit message editor. The number of spaces to insert is determined
1618 by consulting `cola.tabwidth`, which defaults to `8`.
1620 * The "Copy SHA-1" hotkey is now `Alt + Ctrl + C`, to avoid clobbering the
1621 ability to copy text from the DAG window.
1622 (`#705 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/705>`_)
1624 * The "Prepare Commit Message" action can now be invoked via the
1625 `Ctrl+Shift+Return` shortcut.
1626 (`#707 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/707>`_)
1628 * The `Branches` pane now has a filter field that highlights branches whose
1629 names match the string entered into its text field.
1630 (`#713 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/713>`_)
1632 * Actions that are triggered in response to button presses were being
1633 triggered when the button was pressed, rather than when it was released,
1634 which was a usability flaw. All buttons now respond when clicked
1635 rather than when pressed.
1636 (`#715 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/715>`_)
1638 * The DAG window will now only refresh when object IDs change.
1639 Previously, the DAG would redraw itself in response to inotify events,
1640 such as filesystem operations, which was disruptive when inspecting a large
1641 diff in its diff viewer. The DAG will now only redraw when the object IDs
1642 corresponding to its query input changes. Furthermore, when redrawing, the
1643 scrollbar positions are retained to minimize disruption to the viewport
1645 (`#620 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/620>`_)
1646 (`#724 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/724>`_)
1648 * The "About" dialog now includes the SHA-1 where Git Cola was built.
1649 (`#530 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/530>`_)
1651 * The "Status" widget now has "Copy Leading Path to Clipboard" and
1652 "Copy Basename to Clipboard" actions.
1653 (`#435 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/435>`_)
1654 (`#436 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/436>`_)
1656 * The "Status" widget now supports custom "Copy xxx to Clipboard" actions.
1657 (`#437 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/437>`_)
1659 * The main menu now has an "Edit" menu.
1660 (`#725 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/725>`_)
1662 * `git dag` learned to checkout commits into a detached HEAD state.
1663 (`#698 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/698>`_)
1665 * The `status` widget's context menus now omit actions selection-dependent
1666 actions when no file is selected.
1667 (`#731 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/731>`_)
1669 * The startup dialog now focuses the repository list so that repositories
1670 can be selected with the keyboard without mouse intervention.
1671 (`#741 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/741>`_)
1675 * `git dag` now prevents nodes from overlapping in more situations.
1676 (`#689 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/689>`_)
1678 * Adding untracked Git submodule repo directories previously ran
1679 `git add submodule/` but we now call `git add submodule` without
1680 the trailing slash (`/`) to avoid staging files that belong to the
1681 submodule (which is possibly a `git` bug). By working around the
1682 buggy behavior we allow users to recover by issuing the appropriate
1683 `git submodule add` command to properly register the submodule.
1684 (`#681 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/681>`_)
1686 * We now avoid `git for-each-ref --sort=version:refname` on versions
1687 of `git` older than `v2.7.0`. Previously we only avoided it for
1688 versions older than `v2.0.0`, which was a mistake.
1689 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
1691 * The error message displayed when `git` is not installed has been fixed.
1692 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
1694 * Adding new remotes was silently broken.
1695 (`#684 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/684>`_)
1696 (`#685 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/685>`_)
1698 * The repo selection dialog had errors during startup when the
1699 `cola.refreshonfocus` feature was enabled, as reported on Ubuntu 16.04.
1700 (`#690 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/690>`_)
1702 * Restored support for PyQt 4.6 (Centos 6.8)
1703 (`#692 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/692>`_)
1705 * Switching repositories now resets the "Amend Mode" and other settings
1707 (`#710 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/710>`_)
1709 * `git rebase` error messages now displayed when rebasing fails or stops
1710 via the standalone `git cola rebase` front-end.
1711 (`#721 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/721>`_)
1713 * `git cola` learned to stage broken symlinks.
1714 (`#727 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/727>`_)
1716 * The "View History" feature in the `Browser` tool was fixed, and now
1717 disambiguates between refs and paths.
1718 (`#732 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/732>`_)
1720 * The diff editor now has better support for files with CRLF `\r\n`
1722 (`#730 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/730>`_)
1724 * `cola.inotify` in a repo-local config is now honored
1725 when `git cola` is launched from a desktop entry (`git cola --prompt`).
1726 (`#695 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/695>`_)
1734 Usability, bells and whistles
1735 -----------------------------
1736 * New Ukrainian translation.
1737 (`#670 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/670>`_)
1738 (`#672 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/672>`_)
1740 * New and improved French translations.
1742 * The new `Branches` widget makes it easier to checkout, merge, push,
1743 and pull branches from a single interface.
1745 * `git cola` now includes a dark icon theme. The dark icon theme can be
1746 activated either by setting the `GIT_COLA_ICON_THEME` environment variable
1747 to `dark`, by configuring `cola.icontheme` to `dark`, or by specifying
1748 `--icon-theme=dark` on the command line.
1749 (`#638 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/638>`_)
1751 * Autocompletion was added to the `Fetch`, `Push`, and `Pull` dialogs.
1753 * The commit message editor now remembers the "Spellcheck" setting
1755 (`#645 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/645>`_)
1757 * `git dag` now uses an improved algorithm for laying out the graph,
1758 which avoids collisions under certain graph configurations, and
1759 avoids overlapping tag with commits.
1760 (`#648 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/648>`_)
1761 (`#651 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/651>`_)
1762 (`#654 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/654>`_)
1763 (`#656 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/656>`_)
1764 (`#659 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/659>`_)
1766 * `git dag` now remembers its column sizes across sessions.
1767 (`#674 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/674>`_)
1769 * `Grep` now shows a preview of the selected file's content in a split window
1770 below the grep results.
1772 * `Grep` now includes line numbers in the preview pane's output.
1774 * `Edit Remotes` now remembers its window settings after exiting.
1776 * `Diff` now has an option to display line numbers in the editor.
1777 (`#136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/136>`_)
1779 * `Amend Last Commit` can now be triggered via the `Commit` menu in addition
1780 to the commit message editor's options.
1781 (`#640 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/640>`_)
1783 * The `File Browser` tool was made much faster and can now operate on
1784 much larger repositories.
1785 (`#499 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/499>`_)
1787 * A new "turbo" mode was added that allows you to opt-out of operations
1788 that can slow `git cola` on large repositories. The turbo mode is
1789 enabled by configuring `git config cola.turbo true`. Turbo mode
1790 disables the background loading of Git commit messages and other
1791 details in the `File Browser` widget.
1793 * A new GitIgnore dialog allows adding custom gitignore patterns.
1794 (`#653 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/653>`_)
1796 * The spellchecker in `git cola` can now use an additional dictionary
1797 by configuring `cola.dictionary` to the path to a file containing
1798 a newline-separated list of words.
1799 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
1801 * The stash, export patches, diff, and gitignore dialogs now remember
1804 * A new `git cola recent` sub-command was added for finding recently
1807 * The `Fetch` dialog now allows pruning remote branches.
1808 (`#639 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/639>`_)
1809 (`#680 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/680>`_)
1813 * `git cola`'s spellchecker now supports the new `dict-common` filesystem
1814 layout, and prefers the `/usr/share/dict/cracklib-small` file over the
1815 `/usr/share/dict/words` provided on older distributions.
1816 This makes the spellchecker compatible with Arch, which does not provide
1817 a `words` symlink like Debian.
1818 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
1820 * Properly handle the case where an existing file is untracked using
1823 * Fix a quirk where the "Create Branch" dialog sometimes required clicking
1824 twice on the radio buttons.
1825 (`#662 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/662>`_)
1827 * Fixed a focus issue to ensure that "Push", "Fetch", and "Pull" can
1828 be executed with the press of a single enter key after being shown.
1829 (`#661 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/661>`_)
1831 * Committing is now allowed in when resolving a merge results in no
1832 changes. This state was previously prevented by the commit message editor,
1833 which prevented users from resolving merges that result in no changes.
1834 (`#679 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/679>`_)
1836 * The filesystem monitor would sometimes emit backtraces when directories
1837 are modified. This has been fixed.
1838 (`bz #1438522 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1438522>`_)
1840 * Absolute paths are now returned when querying for `.git`-relative paths
1841 from within a submodule, which uses `.git`-files.
1842 This fixes launching `git cola` from within a subdirectory of a submodule.
1843 (`#675 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/675>`_)
1851 Usability, bells and whistles
1852 -----------------------------
1853 * `git cola` can now invoke the `.git/hooks/cola-prepare-commit-msg`
1854 hook to update the commit message. This hook takes the same parameters
1855 as Git's `prepare-commit-message` hook. The default path to this hook
1856 can be overridden by setting the `cola.prepareCommitMessageHook`
1857 configuration variable.
1858 (`Documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#prepare-commit-message>`_)
1860 * `git cola diff` (and the corresponding `Diff` menu actions) can now
1861 launch difftool with the standard `Ctrl+D` hotkey. The `Ctrl+E` hotkey was
1862 also added for launching an editor.
1864 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
1868 * `git cola` now works when installed in non-ASCII, UTF-8-encoded paths.
1869 (`#629 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/629>`_)
1871 * Styling issues that caused black backgrounds in various widgets when using
1872 PyQt5 on Mac OS X have been fixed.
1873 (`#624 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/624>`_)
1875 * The "Open Recent" menu action was broken and has been fixed.
1876 (`#634 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/634>`_)
1878 * Exiting `git cola` with a maximized main window would hang when reopened
1880 (`#641 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/641>`_)
1884 * `appdata.xml` files are now provided at
1885 `share/appdata/git-cola.xml` and `share/appdata/git-dag.xml`
1886 for use by the Linux software gallery.
1887 (`#627 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/627>`_)
1888 (`Appdata <https://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appdata/>`_)
1898 * The "Open Recent" menu was updated to new bookmarks format.
1899 (`#628 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/628>`_)
1907 Usability, bells and whistles
1908 -----------------------------
1909 * New Polish translation thanks to Łukasz Wojniłowicz
1910 (`#598 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/598>`_)
1912 * The `Bypass Commit Hooks` feature now disables itself automatically
1913 when a new commit is created. The new behavior turns the option into a
1914 single-use flag, which helps prevent users from accidentally leaving it
1915 active longer than intended.
1916 (`#595 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/595>`_)
1918 * `git dag` learned to launch an external diff viewer on selected commits.
1919 The standard `Ctrl+D` shortcut can be used to view diffs.
1920 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1922 * `git dag` learned to launch directory diffs via `git difftool --dir-diff`.
1923 The `Ctrl+Shift+D` shortcut launches difftool in directory-diff mode.
1924 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1926 * Items in the "Favorites" list can now be renamed, which makes it
1927 easier to differentiate between several checkouts of the same repository.
1928 (`#599 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/599>`_)
1929 (`#601 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/601>`_)
1931 * The startup screen now includes a logo and `git cola` version information.
1932 (`#526 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/526>`_)
1934 * The `About` page was revamped to contain multiple tabs. A new tab was added
1935 that provides details about `git cola`''s dependencies. New tabs were also
1936 added for giving credit to `git cola`'s authors and translators.
1938 * The `About` page can now be accessed via `git cola about`.
1940 * The "Fast-forward only" and "No fast-forward" options supported by
1941 `git pull` are now accessible via `git cola pull`.
1943 * Doing a forced push no longer requires selecting the remote branch.
1944 (`#618 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/618>`_)
1946 * `git cola push` now has an option to suppress the prompt that is shown
1947 when pushing would create new remote branches.
1948 (`#605 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/605>`_)
1950 * `git dag` now shows commit messages in a more readable color.
1951 (`#574 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/574>`_)
1953 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch the OS-specified
1954 default action for a file. When used on directories via `git cola browse`,
1955 or when "Open Parent Directory" is used on files, the OS-specified
1956 file browser will typically be used.
1958 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch terminals.
1962 * `git cola browse` was not updating when expanding items.
1963 (`#588 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/588>`_)
1965 * Typo fixes in comments, naming, and strings have been applied.
1966 (`#593 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/593>`_)
1968 * The inotify and win32 filesystem monitoring no longer refreshes
1969 when updates are made to ignored files.
1970 (`#517 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/517>`_)
1971 (`#516 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/516>`_)
1973 * The `Refresh` button on the actions panel no longer raises an
1974 exception when using PyQt5.
1975 (`#604 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/604>`_)
1977 * Fixed a typo in the inotify back-end that is triggered when files are removed.
1978 (`#607 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/607>`_)
1980 * Fixed a typo when recovering from a failed attempt to open a repository.
1981 (`#606 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/606>`_)
1983 * `git dag` now properly updates itself when launched from the menu bar.
1984 (`#613 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/613>`_)
1986 * If git-cola is invoked on Windows using `start pythonw git-cola`,
1987 a console window will briefly flash on the screen each time
1988 `git cola` invokes `git`. The console window is now suppressed.
1990 * We now avoid some problematic Popen flags on Windows which were
1991 breaking the `git rebase` feature on Windows.
1993 * The `Save` button in `git dag`'s "Grab File..." feature now properly
1994 prompts for a filename when saving files.
1995 (`#617 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/617>`_)
1999 * The `qtpy` symlink in the source tree has been removed to allow for easier
2000 development on Windows.
2001 (`#626 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/626>`_)
2009 Usability, bells and whistles
2010 -----------------------------
2011 * `git cola push` learned to configure upstream branches.
2012 (`#563 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/563>`_)
2016 * The diffstat view is now properly updated when notifications are
2017 received via inotify filesystem monitoring.
2018 (`#577 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/577>`_)
2020 * Python3 with PyQt5 had a bug that prevented `git cola` from starting.
2021 (`#589 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/589>`_)
2032 * When repositories stored in non-ASCII, UTF-8-encoded filesystem paths
2033 were operated upon with `LC_ALL=C` set in the environment, Unicode errors
2034 would occur when using `python2`. `git cola` was made more robust and will
2035 now operate correctly within this environment.
2036 (`#581 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/581>`_)
2038 * Support for the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment variable was fixed.
2039 (`#582 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/582>`_)
2044 * The `unittest.mock` module is now used instead of the original `mock` module
2045 when running the `git cola` test suite using Python3.
2046 (`#569 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/569>`_)
2051 * `git cola` is now compatible with *PyQt5*, *PyQt4*, and *Pyside*.
2052 `git cola` previously supported *PyQt4* only, but will now use whichever
2053 library is available. Users are not required to upgrade at this time,
2054 but *PyQt5* support can be enabled anytime by making its python
2056 (`#232 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/232>`_)
2058 *NOTE*: We do not yet recommend using *PyQt5* because there are known
2059 exit-on-segfault bugs in *Qt5* that have not yet been addressed.
2060 `git cola` is sensitive to this bug and is known to crash on exit
2061 when using `git dag` or the interactive rebase feature on *PyQt5*.
2063 https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-52988
2065 *PyQt4* is stable and there are no known issues when using it so
2066 we recommend using it until the Qt5 bugs have been resolved.
2068 * `git cola` now depends on *QtPy* and includes a bundled copy of the
2069 `qtpy` library. If you are packaging `git cola` and would prefer to use
2070 `qtpy` from your distribution instead of the built-in version then use
2071 `make NO_VENDOR_LIBS=1` when building `git cola`. This will prevent
2072 vendored libraries from being installed.
2080 Usability, bells and whistles
2081 -----------------------------
2083 * A new "Reset" sub-menu provides access to running "git reset --mixed"
2084 when resetting branch heads and "git reset --merge" when resetting
2086 (`#542 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/542>`_)
2088 * `git cola` now supports linked worktrees, i.e. worktrees created by
2090 (`#554 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/554>`_)
2095 * Diff highlighting is now robust to the user having
2096 diff.supressBlankEmpty=true in their git config.
2097 (`#541 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/541>`_)
2099 * The filesystem monitor now properly handles repositories that use
2100 `.git`-files, e.g. when using submodules.
2101 (`#545 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/545>`_)
2102 (`#546 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pulls/546>`_)
2104 * Per-repository git configuration is now properly detected when launching
2105 `git cola` from an application launcher.
2106 (`#548 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/548>`_)
2108 * `git cola` now cleans up after itself immediately to avoid leaving behind
2109 empty `/tmp/git-cola-XXXXXX` directories when the user uses `Ctrl+C`
2111 (`#566 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/566>`_)
2116 * It is now possible to install `git cola` to and from UTF-8-encoded filesystem
2117 paths. Previously, Python's stdlib would throw an encoding error during
2118 installation. We workaround the stdlib by forcing python2 to use UTF-8,
2119 thus fixing assumptions in the stdlib library code.
2120 (`#551 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/551>`_)
2128 Usability, bells and whistles
2129 -----------------------------
2131 * The icon for untracked files was adjusted to better differentiate
2132 between files and the "Untracked" header.
2133 (`#509 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/509>`_)
2135 * Ctrl+O was added as a hotkey for opening repositories.
2136 (`#507 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/507>`_)
2138 * `git dag` now uses consistent edge colors across updates.
2139 (`#512 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/512>`_)
2141 * `git cola`'s Bookmarks widget can now be used to set a "Default Repository".
2142 Under the hood, we set the `cola.defaultrepo` configuration variable.
2143 The default repository is used whenever `git cola` is launched outside of
2144 a Git repository. When unset, or when set to a bogus value, `git cola`
2145 will prompt for a repository, as it previously did.
2146 (`#513 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/513>`_)
2148 * `git cola`'s Russian and Spanish translations were improved
2149 thanks to Vaiz and Zeioth.
2150 (`#514 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/514>`_)
2151 (`#515 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/515>`_)
2152 (`#523 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/523>`_)
2154 * `git cola` was translated to Turkish thanks to Barış ÇELİK.
2155 (`#520 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/520>`_)
2157 * The status view now supports launching `git gui blame`. It can be
2158 configured to use a different command by setting `cola.blameviewer`.
2159 (`#521 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/521>`_)
2161 * `git dag` now allows selecting non-contiguous ranges in the log widget.
2162 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
2164 * Any font can now be chosen for the diff editor, not just mono-space fonts.
2165 (`#525 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/525>`_)
2170 * `xfce4-terminal` and `gnome-terminal` are now supported when launching
2171 `git mergetool` to resolve merges. These terminals require that the command
2172 to execute is shell-quoted and passed as a single string argument to `-e`
2173 rather than as additional command line arguments.
2174 (`#524 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/524>`_)
2176 * Fixed a Unicode problem when formatting the error message that is shown
2177 when `gitk` is not installed. We now handle Unicode data in tracebacks
2178 generated by python itself.
2179 (`#528 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/528>`_)
2181 * The `New repository` feature was fixed.
2182 (`#533 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/533>`_)
2184 * We now use omit the extended description when creating "fixup!" commits,
2185 for consistency with the Git CLI. We now include only the one-line summary
2186 in the final commit message.
2187 (`#522 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/522>`_)
2195 Usability, bells and whistles
2196 -----------------------------
2198 * The user interface is now HiDPI-capable. Git Cola now uses SVG
2199 icons, and its interface can be scaled by setting the `GIT_COLA_SCALE`
2200 environment variable.
2202 * `git dag` now supports the standard editor, difftool, and history hotkeys.
2203 It is now possible to invoke these actions from file widget's context
2204 menu and through the standard hotkeys.
2205 (`#473 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/473>`_)
2207 * The `Status` tool also learned about the history hotkey.
2208 Additionally, the `Alt + {J,K}` aliases are also supported in the `Status`
2209 tool for consistency with the other tools where the non-Alt hotkeys are not
2211 (`#488 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/488>`_)
2213 * The `File Browser` tool now has better default column sizes,
2214 and remembers its window size and placement.
2216 * The `File Browser` now supports the refresh hotkey, and has better
2217 behavior when refreshing. The selection is now retained, and new and
2218 removed files are found when refreshing.
2220 * A new `git-cola-completion.bash` completion script is provided in the
2221 `contrib/` directory. It must be used alongside Git's completion script.
2222 Source it from your `~/.bashrc` (or `~/.zshrc`, etc) after sourcing
2223 the `git-completion.bash` script and you will have command-line completion
2224 support for the `git cola` and `git dag` sub-commands.
2226 * The "checkout" dialog now offers completion for remote branches and other
2227 git refs. This makes it easier to checkout remote branches in a detached
2228 head state. Additionally, the checkout dialog also offers completion for
2229 remote branches that have not yet been checked out, which makes it easier to
2230 create a local tracking branch by just completing for that potential name.
2231 (`#390 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/390>`_)
2233 * The "create branch" and "create tag" dialogs now save and restore their
2236 * The "status" widget can now be configured to use a bold font with a darker
2237 background for the header items.
2238 (`#506 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/506>`_)
2240 * The "status" widget now remembers its horizontal scrollbar position across
2241 updates. This is helpful when working on projects with long paths.
2242 (`#494 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/494>`_)
2247 * When using *Git for Windows*, a `git` window would appear
2248 when running *Windows 8*. We now pass additional flags to
2249 `subprocess.Popen` to prevent a `git` window from appearing.
2250 (`#477 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/477>`_)
2251 (`#486 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/486>`_)
2253 * Launching difftool with `.PY` in `$PATHEXT` on Windows was fixed.
2254 (`#492 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/492>`_)
2256 * Creating a local branch tracking a remote branch that contains
2257 slashes in its name is now properly handled.
2258 (`#496 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/496>`_)
2260 * The "Browse Other Branch" feature was broken by Python3, and is now fixed.
2261 (`#501 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/501>`_)
2263 * We now avoid `long` for better Python3 compatibility.
2264 (`#502 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/502>`_)
2266 * We now use Git's default merge message when merging branches.
2267 (`#508 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/508>`_)
2269 * Miscellaneous fixes
2270 (`#485 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/485>`_)
2275 * git-cola's documentation no longer uses an inter-sphinx link mapping
2276 to docs.python.org. This fixes warnings when building RPMs using koji,
2277 where network access is prevented.
2279 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231812
2287 Usability, bells and whistles
2288 -----------------------------
2290 * The Interactive Rebase feature now works on Windows!
2291 (`#463 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/463>`_)
2293 * The `diff` editor now understands vim-style `hjkl` navigation hotkeys.
2294 (`#476 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/476>`_)
2296 * `Alt + {J,K}` navigation hotkeys were added to allow changing to the
2297 next/previous file from the diff and commit editors.
2299 * The `Rename branch` menu action is now disabled in empty repositories.
2300 (`#475 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/475>`_)
2301 (`#459 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/459>`_)
2303 * `git cola` now checks unmerged files for conflict markers before
2304 staging them. This feature can be disabled in the preferences.
2305 (`#464 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/464>`_)
2307 * `git dag` now remembers which commits were selected when refreshing
2308 so that it can restore the selection afterwards.
2309 (`#480 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/480>`_)
2311 * "Launch Editor", "Launch Difftool", "Stage/Unstage",
2312 and "Move Up/Down" hotkeys now work when the commit message
2314 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
2316 * The diff editor now supports the `Ctrl+u` hotkey for reverting
2317 diff hunks and selected lines.
2319 * The `core.commentChar` Git configuration value is now honored.
2320 Commit messages and rebase instruction sheets will now use
2321 the configured character for comments. This allows having
2322 commit messages that start with `#` when `core.commentChar`
2323 is configured to its non-default value.
2324 (`#446 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/446>`_)
2329 * Diff syntax highlighting was improved to handle more edge cases
2330 and false positives.
2331 (`#467 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/467>`_)
2333 * Setting commands in the interactive rebase editor was fixed.
2334 (`#472 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/472>`_)
2336 * git-cola no longer clobbers the Ctrl+Backspace text editing shortcut
2337 in the commit message editor.
2338 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
2340 * The copy/paste clipboard now persists after `git cola` exits.
2341 (`#484 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/484>`_)
2351 * Fixed the "Sign off" feature in the commit message editor.
2359 Usability, bells and whistles
2360 -----------------------------
2361 * Double-click will now choose a commit in the "Select commit" dialog.
2363 * `git cola` has a feature that reads `.git/MERGE_MSG` and friends for the
2364 commit message when a merge is in-progress. Upon refresh, `git cola` will
2365 now detect when a merge has completed and reset the commit message back to
2366 its previous state. It is only reset if the editor contains a message
2367 that was read from the file and has not been manually edited by the user.
2369 * The commit message editor's context menu now has a "Clear..." action for
2370 clearing the message across both the summary and description fields.
2372 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
2374 * The system theme's icons are now used wherever possible.
2375 (`#458 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/458>`_)
2379 * The stash viewer now uses ``git show --no-ext-diff`` to avoid running
2380 user-configured diff tools.
2382 * `git cola` now uses the `setsid()` system call to ensure that the
2383 `GIT_ASKPASS` and `SSH_ASKPASS` helper programs are used when pushing
2384 changes using `git`. The askpass helpers will now be used even when
2385 `git cola` is launched from a terminal.
2387 The behavior without `setsid()` is that `git cola` can appear to hang while
2388 pushing changes. The hang happens when `git` prompts the user for a
2389 password using the terminal, but the user never sees the prompt. `setsid()`
2390 detaches the terminal, which ensures that the askpass helpers are used.
2391 (`#218 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/218>`_)
2392 (`#262 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/262>`_)
2393 (`#377 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/377>`_)
2395 * `git dag`'s file list tool was updated to properly handle Unicode paths.
2397 * `gnome-terminal` is no longer used by default when `cola.terminal` is unset.
2398 It is broken, as was detailed in #456.
2399 (`#456 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/456>`_)
2401 * The interactive rebase feature was not always setting `$GIT_EDITOR`
2402 to the value of `gui.editor`, thus there could be instances where rebase
2403 will seem to not stop, or hang, when performing "reword" actions.
2405 We now set the `$GIT_EDITOR` environment variable when performing the
2406 "Continue", "Skip", and "Edit Todo" rebase actions so that the correct
2407 editor is used during the rebase.
2408 (`#445 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/445>`_)
2412 * `git cola` moved from a 3-part version number to a simpler 2-part "vX.Y"
2413 version number. Most of our releases tend to contain new features.
2420 Usability, bells and whistles
2421 -----------------------------
2422 * Updated zh_TW translations.
2424 * `git cola rebase` now defaults to `@{upstream}`, and generally uses the same
2425 CLI syntax as `git rebase`.
2427 * The commit message editor now allows you to bypass commit hooks by selecting
2428 the "Bypass Commit Hooks" option. This is equivalent to passing the
2429 `--no-verify` option to `git commit`.
2430 (`#357 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/357>`_)
2432 * We now prevent the "Delete Files" action from creating a dialog that does
2434 (`#378 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/378>`_)
2436 * `git xbase` learned to edit rebase instruction sheets that contain
2439 * The diff colors are now configurable. `cola.color.{text,add,remove,header}`
2440 can now be set with 6-digit hexadecimal colors.
2441 See the `git cola manual <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#configuration-variables>_`
2444 * Improved hotkey documentation.
2448 * `git cola` will now allow starting an interactive rebase with a dirty
2449 worktree when `rebase.autostash` is set.
2450 (`#360 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/360>`_)
2457 Usability, bells and whistles
2458 -----------------------------
2459 * A new "Find files" widget was added, and can be activated by
2460 using the `Ctrl+t` or `t` hotkeys.
2462 * A new `git cola find` sub-command was added for finding files.
2464 * `git cola` now remembers the text cursor's position when staging
2465 interactively with the keyboard. This makes it easier to use the keyboard
2466 arrows to select and stage lines.
2468 * The completion widgets will now select the top completion item
2469 when `Enter` or `Return` are pressed.
2471 * You can now refresh using `F5` in addition to the existing `Ctrl+R` hotkey.
2475 * `git cola` now passes `--no-abbrev-commit` to `git log` to override
2476 having `log.abbrevCommit = true` set in `.gitconfig`.
2483 Usability, bells and whistles
2484 -----------------------------
2485 * `git dag` now forwards all unknown arguments along to `git log`.
2486 (`#389 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/389>`_)
2488 * Line-by-line interactive staging was made more robust.
2489 (`#399 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/399>`_)
2491 * "Bookmarks" was renamed to "Favorites".
2492 (`#392 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/392>`_)
2494 * Untracked files are now displayed using a unique icon.
2495 (`#388 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/388>`_)
2499 * `git dag` was triggering a traceback on Fedora when parsing Git logs.
2500 (`bz #181676 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181686>`_)
2502 * inotify expects Unicode paths on Python3.
2503 (`#393 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/393>`_)
2505 * Untracked files are now assumed to be UTF-8 encoded.
2506 (`#401 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/401>`_)
2513 Usability, bells and whistles
2514 -----------------------------
2515 * `git cola` can now create GPG-signed commits and merges.
2516 See the documentation for details about setting up a GPG agent.
2517 (`#149 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/149>`_)
2519 * The status widget learned to copy relative paths when `Ctrl+x` is pressed.
2520 (`#358 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/358>`_)
2522 * Custom GUI actions can now define their own keyboard shortcuts by
2523 setting `guitool.$name.shortcut` to a string understood by the Qt
2524 `QKeySequence` API, e.g. `Alt+X`.
2525 See the `Qt docs <https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qkeysequence.html#toString>`_
2526 for more details about the supported values.
2528 * `git cola` learned to rename branches.
2529 (`#364 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/364>`_)
2530 (`#278 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/278>`_)
2532 * `git dag` now has a "Show history" context menu which can be used to filter
2533 history using the selected paths.
2537 * `sphinxtogithub.py` was fixed for Python3.
2538 (`#353 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/353>`_)
2540 * The commit that changed how we read remotes from `git remote`
2541 to parsing `git config` was reverted since it created problems
2544 * Fixed a crash when using the `rebase edit` feature.
2545 (`#351 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/351>`_)
2547 * Better drag-and-drop behavior when dropping into gnome-terminal.
2548 (`#373 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/373>`_)
2552 * The `git-cola-folder-handler.desktop` file handler was fixed
2553 to pass validation by `desktop-file-validate`.
2554 (`#356 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/356>`_)
2556 * The `git.svg` icon was renamed to `git-cola.svg`, and `git cola` was taught
2557 to prefer icons from the desktop theme when available.
2564 Usability, bells and whistles
2565 -----------------------------
2566 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+Shift+M` merges branches.
2568 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+R` refreshes the DAG viewer.
2569 (`#347 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/347>`_)
2573 * We now use `git config` to parse the list of remotes
2574 instead of parsing the output of `git remote`, which
2575 is a Git porcelain and should not be used by scripts.
2577 * Avoid "C++ object has been deleted" errors from PyQt4.
2578 (`#346 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/346>`_)
2582 * The `make install` target now uses `install` instead of `cp`.
2589 Usability, bells and whistles
2590 -----------------------------
2591 * Updated Brazilian Portuguese translation.
2593 * The status and browse widgets now allow drag-and-drop into
2594 external applications.
2595 (`#335 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/335>`_)
2597 * We now show a progress bar when cloning repositories.
2598 (`#312 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/312>`_)
2600 * The bookmarks widget was simplified to not need a
2602 (`#289 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/289>`_)
2604 * Updated Traditional Chinese translation.
2606 * We now display a warning when trying to rebase with uncommitted changes.
2607 (`#338 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/338>`_)
2609 * The status widget learned to filter paths.
2610 `Ctrl+Shift+S` toggles the filter widget.
2611 (`#337 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/337>`_)
2612 (`#339 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/339>`_)
2614 * The status widget learned to move files to the trash
2615 when the `send2trash <https://github.com/hsoft/send2trash>`_
2616 module is installed.
2617 (`#341 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/341>`_)
2619 * "Recent repositories" is now a dedicated widget.
2620 (`#342 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/342>`_)
2622 * New Spanish translation thanks to Pilar Molina Lopez.
2623 (`#344 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/344>`_)
2627 * Newly added remotes are now properly seen by the fetch/push/pull dialogs.
2628 (`#343 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/343>`_)
2635 Usability, bells and whistles
2636 -----------------------------
2637 * New Brazilian Portuguese translation thanks to Vitor Lobo.
2639 * New Indonesian translation thanks to Samsul Ma'arif.
2641 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation thanks to Zhang Han.
2643 * `Ctrl+Backspace` is now a hotkey for "delete untracked files" in
2646 * Fetch/Push/Pull dialogs now use the configured remote of the current
2648 (`#324 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/324>`_)
2652 * We now use `os.getcwd()` on Python3.
2653 (`#316 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/316>`_)
2654 (`#326 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/326>`_)
2656 * The `Ctrl+P` hotkey was overloaded to both "push" and "cherry-pick",
2657 so "cherry-pick" was moved to `Ctrl+Shift+C`.
2659 * Custom GUI tools with mixed-case names are now properly supported.
2661 * "Diff Region" is now referred to as "Diff Hunk" for consistency
2662 with common terminology from diff/patch tools.
2663 (`#328 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/328>`_)
2665 * git-cola's test suite is now portable to MS Windows.
2666 (`#332 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/332>`_)
2673 Usability, bells and whistles
2674 -----------------------------
2675 * We now handle the case when inotify `add_watch()` fails
2676 and display instructions on how to increase the number of watches.
2677 (`#263 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/263>`_)
2679 * New and improved zh_TW localization thanks to V字龍(Vdragon).
2680 (`#265 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/265>`_)
2681 (`#267 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/267>`_)
2682 (`#268 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/268>`_)
2683 (`#269 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/269>`_)
2684 (`#270 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/270>`_)
2685 (`#271 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/271>`_)
2686 (`#272 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/272>`_)
2688 * New hotkeys: `Ctrl+F` for fetch, `Ctrl+P` for push,
2689 and `Ctrl+Shift+P` for pull.
2691 * The bookmarks widget's context menu actions were made clearer.
2692 (`#281 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/281>`_)
2694 * The term "Staging Area" is used consistently in the UI
2695 to allow for better localization.
2696 (`#283 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/283>`_)
2698 * The "Section" term is now referred to as "Diff Region"
2700 (`#297 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/297>`_)
2702 * The localization documentation related to the LANGUAGE
2703 environment variable was improved.
2704 (`#293 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/293>`_)
2706 * The "Actions" panel now contains tooltips for each button
2707 in case the button labels gets truncated by Qt.
2708 (`#292 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/292>`_)
2710 * Custom `git config`-defined actions can now be run in the
2711 background by setting `guitool.<name>.background` to `true`.
2715 * We now use bold fonts instead of SmallCaps to avoid
2716 artifacts on several configurations.
2718 * We now pickup `user.email`, `cola.tabwidth`, and similar settings
2719 when defined in /etc/gitconfig.
2720 (`#259 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/259>`_)
2722 * Better support for Unicode paths when using inotify.
2723 (`bz #1104181 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104181>`_)
2725 * Unicode fixes for non-ASCII locales.
2726 (`#266 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/266>`_)
2727 (`#273 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/273>`_)
2728 (`#276 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/276>`_)
2729 (`#282 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/282>`_)
2730 (`#298 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/298>`_)
2731 (`#302 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/302>`_)
2732 (`#303 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/303>`_)
2733 (`#305 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/305>`_)
2735 * Viewing history from the file browser was fixed for Python3.
2736 (`#274 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/274>`_)
2738 * setup.py was fixed to install the `*.rst` documentation.
2739 (`#279 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/279>`_)
2741 * Patch export was fixed for Python3.
2742 (`#290 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/290>`_)
2744 * Fixed adding a bookmark with trailing slashes.
2745 (`#295 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/295>`_)
2747 * The default `git dag` layout is now setup so that its widgets
2748 can be freely resized on Linux.
2749 (`#299 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/299>`_)
2751 * Invalid tag names are now reported when creating tags.
2752 (`#296 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/296>`_)
2759 Usability, bells and whistles
2760 -----------------------------
2761 * `git cola` no longer prompts after successfully creating a new branch.
2762 (`#251 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/251>`_)
2764 * Hitting enter on simple dialogs now accepts them.
2765 (`#255 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/255>`_)
2769 * `git dag` no longer relies on `sys.maxint`, which is
2770 not available in Python3.
2771 (`#249 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/249>`_)
2773 * Python3-related fixes.
2774 (`#254 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/254>`_)
2776 * Python3-on-Windows-related fixes.
2777 (`#250 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/250>`_)
2778 (`#252 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/252>`_)
2779 (`#253 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/253>`_)
2781 * Switching repositories using the bookmarks widget was not
2782 refreshing the inotify watcher.
2783 (`#256 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/256>`_)
2785 * Special commit messages trailers (e.g. "Acked-by:") are now special-cased to
2786 fix word wrapping lines that start with "foo:".
2787 (`#257 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/257>`_)
2789 * `git dag` sometimes left behind selection artifacts.
2790 We now refresh the view to avoid them.
2791 (`#204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/204>`_)
2798 Usability, bells and whistles
2799 -----------------------------
2800 * Better inotify support for file creation and deletion.
2801 (`#240 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/240>`_)
2803 * `git cola` now supports the X11 Session Management Protocol
2804 and remembers its state across logout/reboot.
2805 (`#164 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/164>`_)
2807 * `git cola` has a new icon.
2808 (`#190 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/190>`_)
2812 * Building the documentation no longer requires `asciidoc`.
2813 We now use `Sphinx <https://www.sphinx-doc.org>`_ for building
2814 html documentation and man pages.
2818 * Reworked the git-dag gravatar icon code to avoid a Unicode
2821 * Commit message line-wrapping was made to better match the GUI editor.
2822 (`#242 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/242>`_)
2824 * Better support for Python3 on Windows
2825 (`#246 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/246>`_)
2829 * git-cola no longer depends on Asciidoc for building its documentation
2830 and man-pages. We now depend on [Sphinx](https://www.sphinx-doc.org) only.
2837 Usability, bells and whistles
2838 -----------------------------
2839 * Some context menu actions are now hidden when selected
2841 (`#238 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/238>`_)
2845 * The build-git-cola.sh contrib script was improved.
2846 (`#235 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/235>`_)
2848 * Non-ASCII worktrees work properly again.
2849 (`#234 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/234>`_)
2851 * The browser now guards itself against missing files.
2852 (`bz #1041378 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071378>`_)
2854 * Saving widget state now works under Python3.
2855 (`#236 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/236>`_)
2864 * git-cola now runs on Python 3 thanks to Virgil Dupras.
2865 (`#233 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/233>`_)
2867 * Python 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2+ are now supported.
2868 Python 2.5 is no longer supported.
2872 * i18n test fixes thanks to Virgil Dupras.
2873 (`#231 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/231>`_)
2875 * git-cola.app build fixes thanks to Maicon D. Filippsen.
2876 (`#230 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/230>`_)
2878 * Lots of pylint improvements thanks to Alex Chernetz.
2879 (`#229 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/229>`_)
2886 Usability, bells and whistles
2887 -----------------------------
2888 * The new `Bookmarks` tool makes it really easy to switch between repositories.
2890 * There is now a dedicated dialog for applying patches.
2891 See the ``File -> Apply Patches`` menu item.
2892 (`#215 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/215>`_)
2894 * A new `git cola am` sub-command was added for applying patches.
2898 * Fixed a typo that caused inotify events to be silently ignored.
2900 * Fixed the sys.path setup for Mac OS X (Homebrew).
2901 (`#221 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/221>`_)
2903 * Lots of pylint fixes thanks to Alex Chernetz.
2910 Usability, bells and whistles
2911 -----------------------------
2912 * `git cola --amend` now starts the editor in `amend` mode.
2913 (`#187 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/187>`_)
2915 * Multiple lines of text can now be pasted into the `summary` field.
2916 All text beyond the first newline will be automatically moved to the
2917 `extended description` field.
2918 (`#212 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/212>`_)
2922 * Stray whitespace in `.git` files is now ignored.
2923 (`#213 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/213>`_)
2925 * Fix "known incorrect sRGB profile" in `staged-item.png`.
2926 (`gentoo-devel message #85066
2927 <https://web.archive.org/web/20141012075946/http://comments.gmane.org:80/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/85066>`_)
2936 * Fix a traceback when `git push` fails.
2937 (`bz #1034778 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034778>`_)
2941 * Most of the git-cola sub-packages have been removed.
2942 The only remaining packages are `cola`, `cola.models`,
2945 * The translation file for Simplified Chinese was renamed
2947 (`#209 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/209>`_)
2956 * `git cola version --brief` now prints the brief version number.
2960 * Resurrected the "make dist" target, for those that prefer to create
2963 * Fixed the typo that broke the preferences dialog.
2970 Usability, bells and whistles
2971 -----------------------------
2972 * We now ship a full-featured interactive `git rebase` editor.
2973 The rebase todo file is edited using the `git xbase` script which
2974 is provided at `$prefix/share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase`.
2975 This script can be used standalone by setting the `$GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR`
2976 before running `git rebase --interactive`.
2977 (`#1 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1>`_)
2979 * Fixup commit messages can now be loaded from the commit message editor.
2981 * Tool widgets can be locked in place by using the "Tools/Lock Layout"
2983 (`#202 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/202>`_)
2985 * You can now push to several remotes simultaneously by selecting
2986 multiple remotes in the "Push" dialog.
2987 (`#148 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/148>`_)
2989 * The `grep` tool learned to search using three different modes:
2990 basic regular expressions (default), extended regular expressions,
2995 * `git cola` now depends on the `argparse` Python module.
2996 This module is part of the stdlib in Python 2.7 and must
2997 be installed separately when using Python 2.6 and below.
3001 * Support Unicode in the output from `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`.
3008 Usability, bells and whistles
3009 -----------------------------
3010 * We now detect when the editor or history browser are misconfigured.
3011 (`#197 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/197>`_)
3012 (`bz #886826 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886826>`_)
3014 * Display of untracked files can be disabled from the Preferences dialog
3015 or by setting the `gui.displayuntracked` configuration variable to `false`.
3016 (`Git Mailing List on 2013-08-21
3017 <https://public-inbox.org/git/20130821032913.GA6092@wheezy.local/>`_)
3021 * Unicode stash names are now supported
3022 (`#198 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/198>`_)
3024 * The diffs produced when reverting workspace changes were made more robust.
3031 Usability, bells and whistles
3032 -----------------------------
3033 * Brand new German translation thanks to Sven Claussner.
3035 * The "File" menu now provides a "New Repository..." menu action.
3037 * `git dag` now uses a dock-widget interface so that its widgets can
3038 be laid-out and arranged. Customizations are saved and restored
3039 the next time `git dag` is launched.
3041 * `git dag` now has a "Zoom Best Fit" button next alongside the
3042 "Zoom In" and "Zoom Out" buttons.
3044 * `Ctrl+L` now focuses the "Search" field in the `git dag` tool.
3046 * Right-clicking in the "diff" viewer now updates the cursor position
3047 before performing actions, which makes it much easier to click around
3048 and selectively stage sections. Previously, the current cursor position
3049 was used which meant that it required two clicks (left-click to update
3050 the position followed by right-click to get the context menu) for the
3051 desired section to be used. This is now a single right-click operation.
3053 * The `Ctrl+D` "Launch Diff Tool" action learned to automatically choose
3054 between `git difftool` and `git mergetool`. If the file is unmerged then
3055 we automatically launch `git mergetool` on the path, otherwise we use
3056 `git difftool`. We do this because `git difftool` is not intended to
3057 be used on unmerged paths. Automatically using `git mergetool` when
3058 appropriate is the most intuitive and muscle-memory-friendly thing to do.
3060 * You can now right-click on folders in your standard file browser
3061 and choose "Open With -> Git Cola" (Linux-only).
3065 * Python 2.6 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard does not provide a namedtuple
3066 at `sys.version_info`. We now avoid using that variable for better
3069 * We now read the user's Git configuration from `~/.config/git/config`
3070 if that file is available, otherwise we use the traditional `~/.gitconfig`
3071 path, just like Git itself.
3073 * Some edge cases were fixed when applying partial/selected diffs.
3075 * The diff viewer is now properly cleared when refreshing.
3076 (`#194 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/194>`_)
3083 Usability, bells and whistles
3084 -----------------------------
3085 * The diff viewer now has an "Options" menu which can be
3086 used to set "git diff" options. This can be used to
3087 ignore whitespace changes or to show a change with its
3088 surrounding function as context.
3089 (`#150 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/150>`_)
3091 * `git cola` now remembers your commit message and will restore it
3092 when `git cola` is restarted.
3093 (`#175 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/175>`_)
3095 * `Ctrl+M` can now be used to toggle the "Amend last commit"
3096 checkbox in the commit message editor.
3097 (`#161 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/161>`_)
3099 * Deleting remote branches can now be done from the "Branch" menu.
3100 (`#152 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/152>`_)
3102 * The commit message editor now has a built-in spell checker.
3106 * We now avoid invoking external diffs when showing diffstats.
3107 (`#163 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/163>`_)
3109 * The `Status` tool learned to reselect files when refreshing.
3110 (`#165 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/165>`_)
3112 * `git cola` now remembers whether it has been maximized and will restore the
3113 maximized state when `git cola` is restarted.
3114 (`#172 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/172>`_)
3116 * Performance is now vastly improved when staging hundreds or
3119 * `git cola` was not correctly saving repo-specific configuration.
3120 (`#174 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/174>`_)
3122 * Fix a UnicodeDecode in sphinxtogithub when building from source.
3130 Usability, bells and whistles
3131 -----------------------------
3132 * We now automatically remove missing repositories from the
3133 "Select Repository" dialog.
3134 (`#145 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/145>`_)
3136 * A new `git cola diff` sub-command was added for diffing changed files.
3140 * The inotify auto-refresh feature makes it difficult to select text in
3141 the "diff" editor when files are being continually modified by another
3142 process. The auto-refresh causes it to lose the currently selected text,
3143 which is not wanted. We now avoid this problem by saving and restoring
3144 the selection when refreshing the editor.
3145 (`#155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/155>`_)
3147 * More strings have been marked for l10n.
3148 (`#157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/157>`_)
3150 * Fixed the Alt+D Diffstat shortcut.
3151 (`#159 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/159>`_)
3155 * Better error handling when cloning repositories.
3157 We were not handling the case where a git URL has
3158 no basename, e.g. `https://git.example.com/`.
3159 `git cola` originally rejected these URLs instead of
3160 allowing users to clone them. It now allows these URLs
3161 when they point to valid git repositories.
3163 Additionally, `git cola` learned to echo the errors
3164 reported by `git clone` when it fails.
3165 (`#156 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/156>`_)
3173 Usability, bells and whistles
3174 -----------------------------
3175 * `git dag` got a big visual upgrade.
3177 * `Ctrl+G` now launches the "Grep" tool.
3179 * `Ctrl+D` launches difftool and `Ctrl+E` launches your editor
3180 when in the diff panel.
3182 * git-cola can now be told to use an alternative language.
3183 For example, if the native language is German and we want git-cola to
3184 use English then we can create a `~/.config/git-cola/language` file with
3185 "en" as its contents: ``echo en >~/.config/git-cola/language``
3186 (`#140 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/140>`_)
3188 * A new `git cola merge` sub-command was added for merging branches.
3190 * Less blocking in the main UI
3194 * Autocomplete issues on KDE
3195 (`#144 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/144>`_)
3197 * The "recently opened repositories" startup dialog did not
3198 display itself in the absence of bookmarks.
3199 (`#139 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/139>`_)
3207 Usability, bells and whistles
3208 -----------------------------
3209 * `git cola` learned to honor `.gitattributes` when showing and
3210 interactively applying diffs. This makes it possible to store
3211 files in git using a non-UTF-8 encoding and `git cola` will
3212 properly accept them. This must be enabled by settings
3213 `cola.fileattributes` to true, as it incurs a small performance
3215 (`#96 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/96>`_)
3217 * `git cola` now wraps commit messages at 72 columns automatically.
3218 This is configurable using the `cola.linebreak` variable to enable/disable
3219 the feature, and `cola.textwidth` to configure the limit.
3220 (`#133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/133>`_)
3222 * A new "Open Recent" sub-menu was added to the "File" menu.
3223 This makes it easy to open a recently-edited repository.
3224 (`#135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/135>`_)
3226 * We now show a preview for untracked files when they are clicked
3227 using the `Status` tool.
3228 * A new "Open Using Default Application" action was added to the
3229 `Status` tool. It is activated using either `Spacebar` or through
3230 the context menu. This action uses `xdg-open` on Linux and
3232 * A new "Open Parent Directory" action was added to the `Status` tool.
3233 It is activated using either `Shift+Spacebar` or through the
3235 * `git dag` learned to honor the `log.date` git configuration variable.
3236 This makes the date display follow whatever format the user has
3238 * A new `git cola config` sub-command was added for quickly
3239 tweaking `git cola`'s git configuration settings.
3240 * Some small usability tweaks -- some user confirmation prompts
3241 were defaulting to "Cancel" when they should have been defaulting
3242 to the affirmative option instead.
3246 * Properly handle arbitrarily-named branches.
3247 * We went back to launching `git mergetool` using an xterm.
3248 The reason is that there are a couple of places where `git mergetool`
3249 requires a terminal for user interaction not covered by `--no-prompt`.
3250 * We now properly handle an edge case when applying short diffs at
3251 the start of a file.
3259 Usability, bells and whistles
3260 -----------------------------
3261 * New and improved `grep` mode lets you instantly find and edit files.
3262 * New `git cola grep` standalone mode.
3263 * Support for passing arguments to the configured editors, e.g. `gvim -p`
3264 This makes it possible to select multiple files in the status
3265 window and use `Ctrl + E` to edit them all at once.
3266 * Remote operations now prompt on errors only.
3267 * The `Tab` key now jumps to the extended description when editing the summary.
3268 * More shortcut key labels and misc. UX improvements.
3272 * Selecting an item no longer copies its filename to the copy/paste buffer.
3273 `Ctrl + C` or the "Copy" context-menu action can be used instead.
3274 * The repository monitoring feature on Windows learned to ignore
3275 changes within the ".git" directory. Thanks to Andreas Sommer.
3276 (`#120 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/120>`_)
3284 Usability, bells and whistles
3285 -----------------------------
3286 * `git dag` learned to color-code branch edges.
3287 The edge colors change when a new branch is detected,
3288 which makes the history much easier to follow.
3289 A huge thanks to Uri Okrent for making it happen.
3291 * New GUI for editing remote repositories.
3293 * New `git cola archive` and `git cola remote` sub-commands.
3295 * `git cola browser` learned an 'Untrack' command.
3297 * The diff editor learned to staged/unstaged while amending.
3299 * The status tool can now scroll horizontally.
3301 * New git repositories can be created by clicking 'New' on the
3302 `git cola --prompt` startup screen.
3310 Usability, bells and whistles
3311 -----------------------------
3312 * Auto-completion was added to more tools.
3314 * `git dag` is easier to use on smaller displays -- the author
3315 field elides its text which allows for a more compact display.
3317 * Selected commits in `git dag` were made more prominent and
3320 * 'Create Branch' learned to fetch remote branches and uses a
3321 background thread to do so.
3323 * User-configured GUI tools are listed alphabetically in the 'Actions' menu.
3325 * The 'Pull' dialog remembers the value of the 'Rebase' checkbox
3326 between invocations.
3336 * Detect Homebrew so that OS X users do not need to set PYTHONPATH.
3338 * `git dag` can export patches again.
3346 Usability, bells and whistles
3347 -----------------------------
3348 * The 'Classic' tool was renamed to 'Browser' and learned to
3349 limit history to the current branch.
3351 * `git dag` learned about gravatar and uses it to show images
3354 * `git dag` learned to use OpenGL for rendering resulting in
3355 much faster rendering.
3357 * More dialogs learned vim-style keyboard shortcuts.
3359 * The commit message editor learned better arrow key navigation.
3367 Usability, bells and whistles
3368 -----------------------------
3369 * `git cola` learned a few new sub commands:
3377 * `Return` in the summary field jumps to the extended description.
3379 * `Ctrl+Return` is now a shortcut for 'Commit'.
3381 * Better French translation for 'Sign-off'.
3383 * The 'Search' widget now has a much simpler and streamlined
3386 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the DAG widget.
3388 * `git dag` no longer prompts for files when diffing commits if the
3389 text field contains paths.
3391 * General user interface and performance improvements.
3395 * The diff viewer no longer changes font size when holding `Control`
3396 while scrolling with the mouse wheel.
3398 * Files with a type change (e.g. symlinks that become files, etc.)
3399 are now correctly identified as being modified.
3403 * The `cola.controllers` and `cola.views` packages were removed.
3411 Usability, bells and whistles
3412 -----------------------------
3413 * `git cola` can now launch sub commands, e.g.:
3424 * `git dag` is more responsive when gathering auto-completions.
3426 * Keyboard shortcuts are displayed when the '?' key is pressed.
3428 * Various keyboard shortcuts were added for improved usability.
3430 * The status widget now lists unmerged files before modified files.
3432 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the status widget.
3434 * A 'Recently Modified Files...' tool was added.
3436 * Tools can now be hidden with `Alt + #` (where `#` is a keyboard number)
3437 and focused with `Alt + Shift + #`.
3439 * The syntax highlighting colors for diffs was made less intrusive.
3441 * The commit message editor was redesigned to have a more compact
3442 and keyboard-convenient user interface.
3444 * Keyboard shortcuts for adding a Signed-off-by (`Ctrl + i`)
3445 and creating a commit (`Ctrl + m`) were added.
3447 * The status widget was adjusted to use less screen real-estate.
3451 * Avoid updating the index when responding to inotify events.
3452 This avoids interfering with operations such as `git rebase --interactive`.
3453 (`#99 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/99>`_)
3457 * Create `git-dag.pyw` in the win32 installer.
3459 * win32 shortcuts now contain explicit calls to `pythonw.exe` instead of
3460 calling the `.pyw` file directly.
3464 * The 'Apply Changes from Branch...' feature was removed.
3465 `git dag`'s 'Grab File...' feature used alongside the index/worktree editor
3466 is a simpler alternative.
3476 * Further enhanced the staging/unstaging behavior in the status widget.
3477 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
3479 * Unmerged files are no longer listed as modified.
3483 The `cola-$version` tarballs on github were originally setup to
3484 have the same contents as the old tarballs hosted on tuxfamily.
3485 The `make dist` target was changed to write files to a
3486 `git-cola-$version` subdirectory and tarball.
3488 This makes the filenames consistent for the source tarball,
3489 the darwin .app tarball, and the win32 .exe installer.
3497 Usability, bells and whistles
3498 -----------------------------
3499 * Refined the staging/unstaging behavior for code reviews.
3500 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
3502 * Added more styling and icons to menus and buttons.
3504 * Adjusted some terminology to more closely match the git CLI.
3508 * Boolean `git config` settings with no value are now supported
3509 (these are not created by git these days but exist in legacy repositories).
3511 * Unicode branches and tags are supported in the "branch diff" tool.
3513 * Guard against low-memory conditions and more interrupted system calls.
3517 * Added desktop launchers for git-cola.desktop and git-dag.desktop.
3518 This replaces the old cola.desktop, so some adjustments to RPM .spec
3519 and debian/ files will be needed.
3521 * Fixed the darwin app-tarball Makefile target to create relative paths.
3525 * The `--style` option was removed. `git cola` follows the system theme
3526 so there's no need for this option these days.
3534 Usability, bells and whistles
3535 -----------------------------
3536 * Export a patch series from `git dag` into a `patches/` directory.
3538 * `git dag` learned to diff commits, slice history along paths, etc.
3540 * Added instant-preview to the `git stash` widget.
3542 * A simpler preferences editor is used to edit `git config` values.
3543 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
3544 (`#89 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/89>`_)
3546 * Previous commit messages can be re-loaded from the message editor.
3547 (`#33 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/33>`_)
3551 * Display commits with no file changes.
3552 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
3554 * Improved the diff editor's copy/paste behavior
3555 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
3559 * Bumped version number to ceil(minimum git version).
3560 `git cola` now requires `git` >= 1.6.3.
3562 * Simplified git-cola's versioning when building from tarballs
3563 outside of git. We no longer check for a 'version' file at
3564 the root of the repository. We instead keep a default version
3565 in `cola/version.py` and use it when `git cola`'s `.git` repository
3574 Usability, bells and whistles
3575 -----------------------------
3576 * inotify is much snappier and available on Windows
3577 thanks to Karl Bielefeldt.
3579 * New right-click command to add untracked files to .gitignore
3580 thanks to Audrius Karabanovas.
3582 * Stash, fetch, push, and pull usability improvements
3584 * General usability improvements
3586 * stderr is logged when applying partial diffs.
3590 * Files can be unstaged when amending.
3591 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
3593 * Show the configured remote.$remote.pushurl in the GUI
3594 (`#83 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/83>`_)
3596 * Removed usage of the "user" module.
3597 (`#86 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/86>`_)
3599 * Avoids an extra `git update-index` call during startup.
3607 Usability, bells and whistles
3608 -----------------------------
3609 * We now provide better feedback when `git push` fails.
3610 (`#69 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/69>`_)
3612 * The Fetch, Push, and Pull dialogs now give better feedback
3613 when interacting with remotes. The dialogs are modal and
3614 a progress dialog is used.
3618 * More Unicode fixes, again. It is now possible to have
3619 Unicode branch names, repository paths, home directories, etc.
3620 This continued the work initiated by Redhat's bugzilla #694806.
3622 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806
3630 Usability, bells and whistles
3631 -----------------------------
3632 * The `git cola` desktop launchers now prompt for a repo
3633 by default. This is done by using the new `--prompt`
3634 flag which tells `git cola` to ignore any git repositories
3635 in the current directory and prompt for one instead.
3639 * More Unicode fixes for repositories and home directories with
3640 embedded Unicode characters. Thanks to Christian Jann for
3641 patience and helpful bug reports.
3643 * Fix the 'Clone' button in the startup dialog.
3651 Usability, bells and whistles
3652 -----------------------------
3653 * Faster startup time! `git cola` now offloads initialization
3654 to a background thread so that the GUI appears almost instantly.
3656 * Specialized diff options for p4merge, vimdiff, araxis, emerge,
3657 and ecmerge in difftool (backported from git.git).
3661 * Fix launching commands in the background on Windows
3662 (e.g. when launching `git difftool`).
3664 * Fix Unicode errors when home or repository directories contain
3666 (`#74 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/74>`_)
3667 (`bz #694806 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806>`_)
3675 Usability, bells and whistles
3676 -----------------------------
3677 * The `cola classic` tool can be now configured to be dock-able.
3678 (`#56 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/56>`_)
3680 * The `cola classic` tool now uses visual sigils to indicate a file's status.
3681 The idea and icons were provided by Uri Okrent.
3683 * Include the 'Rescan' button in the 'Actions' widget regardless
3684 of whether inotify is installed.
3688 * Fix installation of translations per Fedora
3689 This incorporates Fedora's fix for the translations path
3690 which originally appeared in cola-1.4.3-translations.patch.
3692 * Mac OS X git-cola developers can now generate git-cola.app
3693 application bundles using 'make app-bundle'.
3697 * Fixed an error when trying to use "Get Commit Message Template"
3698 with an undefined "commit.template" git config variable.
3699 (`bz #67521 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675721>`_)
3700 (`#72 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/72>`_)
3702 * Properly raise the main window on Mac OS X.
3704 * Properly handle staging a huge numbers of files at once.
3706 * Speed up 'git config' usage by fixing cola's caching proxy.
3708 * Guard against damaged ~/.cola files.
3716 Usability, bells and whistles
3717 -----------------------------
3718 * `git dag` now has a separate display area
3719 for displaying commit metadata. This area will soon
3720 grow additional functionality such as cherry-picking,
3725 * Fixed tests from a previous refactoring.
3727 * Guard against 'diff.external' configuration by always
3728 calling 'git diff' with the '--no-ext-diff' option.
3729 (`#67 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/67>`_)
3731 * Respect 'gui.diffcontext' so that cola's diff display
3732 shows the correct number of context lines.
3734 * Raise the GUI so that it is in the foreground on OS X.
3738 * We now allow distutils to rewrite cola's shebang line.
3739 This allows us to run on systems where "which python"
3740 is Python3k. This is exposed by setting the `PYTHON`
3741 Makefile variable to the location of python2.x.
3743 * git-cola.app is now a tiny download because it no longer
3744 contains Qt and PyQt. These libraries are provided as a
3753 Usability, bells and whistles
3754 -----------------------------
3755 * Clicking on paths in the status widget copies them into the
3756 copy/paste buffer for easy middle-clicking into terminals.
3758 * `Ctrl+C` in diff viewer copies the selected diff to the clipboard.
3762 * Fixed the disappearing actions buttons on PyQt 4.7.4
3763 as reported by Arch and Ubuntu 10.10.
3764 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
3766 * Fixed mouse interaction with the status widget where some
3767 items could not be de-selected.
3771 * Removed hard-coded reference to lib/ when calculating Python's
3772 site-packages directory.
3780 Usability, bells and whistles
3781 -----------------------------
3782 * Removed "single-click to (un)stage" in the status view.
3783 This is a usability improvement since we no longer perform
3784 different actions depending on where a row is clicked.
3786 * Added ability to create unsigned, annotated tags.
3790 * Updated documentation to use `cola.git` instead of `cola.gitcmd`.
3798 Usability, bells and whistles
3799 -----------------------------
3800 * Allow un/staging by right-clicking top-level items
3801 (`#57 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/57>`_)
3803 * Running 'commit' with no staged changes prompts to allow
3805 (`#55 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/55>`_)
3807 * Fetch, Push, and Pull are now available via the menus
3808 (`#58 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/58>`_)
3812 * Simplified the actions widget to work around a regression
3814 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
3822 Usability, bells and whistles
3823 -----------------------------
3824 * `git dag` interaction was made faster.
3828 * Added '...' indicators to the buttons for
3829 'Fetch...', 'Push...', 'Pull...', and 'Stash...'.
3830 (`#51 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/51>`_)
3832 * Fixed a hang-on-exit bug in the cola-provided
3833 'ssh-askpass' implementation.
3841 Usability, bells and whistles
3842 -----------------------------
3843 * Staging and unstaging is faster.
3844 (`#48 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/48>`_)
3846 * `git dag` reads history in a background thread.
3850 * Added `cola.compat.hashlib` for `Python 2.4` compatibility
3851 * Improved `PyQt 4.1.x` compatibility.
3855 * Configured menu actions use ``sh -c`` for Windows portability.
3863 Usability, bells and whistles
3864 -----------------------------
3865 * Added support for the configurable ``guitool.<tool>.*``
3866 actions as described in the ``git config`` documentation.
3867 (`git-config(1) <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config>`_)
3868 (`#44 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/44>`_)
3870 This makes it possible to add new actions to `git cola`
3871 by simply editing ``~/.gitconfig``. This implements the
3872 same guitool support as `git gui`.
3874 * Introduced a stat cache to speed up `git config` and
3875 repository status checks.
3877 * Added Alt-key shortcuts to the main `git cola` interface.
3879 * The `Actions` dock widget switches between a horizontal
3880 and vertical layout when resized.
3882 * We now use ``git diff --submodule`` for submodules
3883 (used when git >= 1.6.6).
3885 * The context menu for modified submodules includes an option
3886 to launch `git cola`.
3887 (`#17 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/17>`_)
3889 * Prefer ``$VISUAL`` over ``$EDITOR`` when both are defined.
3890 These are used to set a default editor in lieu of `core.editor`
3893 * Force the editor to be ``gvim`` when we see ``vim``.
3894 This prevents us from launching an editor in the (typically
3895 unattached) parent terminal and creating zombie editors
3896 that cannot be easily killed.
3898 * Selections are remembered and restored across updates.
3899 This makes the `partial-staging` workflow easier since the
3900 diff view will show the updated diff after staging.
3902 * Show the path to the current repository in a tooltip
3903 over the commit message editor.
3904 (`#45 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/45>`_)
3906 * Log internal ``git`` commands when ``GIT_COLA_TRACE`` is defined.
3907 (`#39 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/39>`_)
3911 * Improved backwards compatibility for Python 2.4.
3913 * `Review mode` can now review the current branch; it no longer
3914 requires you to checkout the branch into which the reviewed
3915 branch will be merged.
3917 * Guard against `color.ui = always` configuration when using
3918 `git log` by passing ``--no-color``.
3920 * ``yes`` and ``no`` are now supported as valid booleans
3921 by the `git config` parser.
3923 * Better defaults are used for `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`..
3924 (`#43 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/43>`_)
3928 * Removed colon (`:`) from the application name on Windows
3929 (`#41 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/41>`_)
3931 * Fixed bugs with the Windows installer
3932 (`#40 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/40>`_)
3934 * Added a more standard i18n infrastructure. The install
3935 tree now has the common ``share/locale/$lang/LC_MESSAGES/git-cola.mo``
3936 layout in use by several projects.
3938 * Started trying to accommodate Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
3939 in the ``darwin/`` build scripts but our tester is yet to
3940 report success building a `.app` bundle.
3942 * Replaced use of ``perl`` in Sphinx/documentation Makefile
3943 with more-portable ``sed`` constructs. Thanks to
3944 Stefan Naewe for discovering the portability issues and
3945 providing msysgit-friendly patches.
3953 Usability, bells and whistles
3954 -----------------------------
3955 * It is now possible to checkout from the index as well
3956 as from `HEAD`. This corresponds to the
3957 `Removed Unstaged Changes` action in the `Repository Status` tool.
3959 * The `remote` dialogs (fetch, push, pull) are now slightly
3962 * Bookmarks can be selected when `git cola` is run outside of a git repository.
3964 * Added more user documentation. We now include many links to
3965 external git resources.
3967 * Added `git dag` to the available tools.
3968 `git dag` is a node-based DAG history browser.
3969 It doesn't do much yet, but it's been merged so that we can start
3970 building and improving upon it.
3974 * Fixed a missing ``import`` when showing `right-click` actions
3975 for unmerged files in the `Repository Status` tool.
3977 * ``git update-index --refresh`` is no longer run every time
3978 ``git cola version`` is run.
3980 * Don't try to watch non-existent directories when using `inotify`.
3982 * Use ``git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name`` plumbing to find
3983 the name of the current branch.
3987 * The ``Makefile`` will now conditionally include a ``config.mak``
3988 file located at the root of the project. This allows for user
3989 customizations such as changes to the `prefix` variable
3990 to be stored in a file so that custom settings do not need to
3991 be specified every time on the command-line.
3993 * The build scripts no longer require a ``.git`` directory to
3994 generate the ``builtin_version.py`` module. The release tarballs
3995 now include a ``version`` file at the root of the project which
3996 is used in lieu of having the git repository available.
3997 This allows for ``make clean && make`` to function outside of
4000 * Added maintainer's ``make dist`` target to the ``Makefile``.
4002 * The built-in `simplejson` and `jsonpickle` libraries can be
4003 excluded from ``make install`` by specifying the ``standalone=true``
4004 `make` variable. For example, ``make standalone=true install``.
4005 This corresponds to the ``--standalone`` option to ``setup.py``.
4013 Usability, bells and whistles
4014 -----------------------------
4015 * We now use patience diff by default when it is available via
4016 `git diff --patience`.
4018 * Allow closing the `cola classic` tool with `Ctrl+W`.
4022 * Fixed an unbound variable error in the `push` dialog.
4026 * Don't include `simplejson` in MANIFEST.in.
4028 * Update desktop entry to read `Cola Git GUI`.
4036 This feature release adds two new features directly from
4037 `git cola`'s github issues backlog. On the developer
4038 front, further work was done towards modularizing the code base.
4040 Usability, bells and whistles
4041 -----------------------------
4042 * Dragging and dropping patches invokes `git am`
4043 (`#3 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/3>`_)
4045 * A dialog to allow opening or cloning a repository
4046 is presented when `git cola` is launched outside of a git repository.
4047 (`#22 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/22>`_)
4049 * Warn when `push` is used to create a new branch
4050 (`#35 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/35>`_)
4052 * Optimized startup time by removing several calls to `git`.
4057 * `git cola` is once again compatible with PyQt 4.3.x.
4061 * `cola.gitcmds` was added to factor out git command-line utilities
4063 * `cola.gitcfg` was added for interacting with `git config`
4065 * `cola.models.browser` was added to factor out repo browser data
4077 * Fix launching external applications on Windows
4079 * Ensure that the `amend` checkbox is unchecked when switching modes
4081 * Update the status tree when amending commits
4091 * Fix Lintian warnings
4101 * Fix X11 warnings on application startup
4111 * Added missing 'Exit Diff Mode' button for 'Diff Expression' mode
4112 (`#31 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/31>`_)
4114 * Fix a bug when initializing fonts on Windows
4115 (`#32 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/32>`_)
4125 * Keep entries in sorted order in the `cola classic` tool
4127 * Fix staging untracked files
4128 (`#27 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/27>`_)
4130 * Fix the `show` command in the Stash dialog
4131 (`#29 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/29>`_)
4133 * Fix a typo when loading merge commit messages
4134 (`#30 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/30>`_)
4142 This release focuses on a redesign of the git-cola user interface,
4143 a tags interface, and better integration of the `cola classic` tool.
4144 A flexible interface based on configurable docks is used to manage the
4145 various cola widgets.
4147 Usability, bells and whistles
4148 -----------------------------
4149 * New GUI is flexible and user-configurable
4151 * Individual widgets can be detached and rearranged arbitrarily
4153 * Add an interface for creating tags
4155 * Provide a fallback `SSH_ASKPASS` implementation to prompt for
4156 SSH passwords on fetch/push/pull
4158 * The commit message editor displays the current row/column and
4159 warns when lines get too long
4161 * The `cola classic` tool displays upstream changes
4163 * `git cola --classic` launches `cola classic` in standalone mode
4165 * Provide more information in log messages
4169 * Inherit the window manager's font settings
4171 * Miscellaneous PyQt4 bug fixes and workarounds
4175 * Removed all usage of Qt Designer `.ui` files
4177 * Simpler model/view architecture
4179 * Selection is now shared across tools
4181 * Centralized notifications are used to keep views in sync
4183 * The `cola.git` command class was made thread-safe
4185 * Less coupling between model and view actions
4187 * The status view was rewritten to use the MVC architecture
4189 * Added more documentation and tests
4197 Usability, bells and whistles
4198 -----------------------------
4199 * Added a `cola classic` tool for browsing the entire repository
4201 * Handle diff expressions with spaces
4203 * Handle renamed files
4207 * Handle carat `^` characters in diff expressions on Windows
4209 * Worked around a PyQt 4.5/4.6 QThreadPool bug
4213 * Added a keyboard shortcuts reference page
4215 * Added developer API documentation
4219 * Fix the diff expression used when reviewing branches
4221 * Fix a bug when pushing branches
4223 * Fix X11 warnings at startup
4225 * Fix more interrupted system calls on Mac OS X
4233 Usability, bells and whistles
4234 -----------------------------
4235 * Fresh and tasty SVG logos
4237 * Added `Branch Review` mode for reviewing topic branches
4239 * Added diff modes for diffing between tags, branches,
4240 or arbitrary `git diff` expressions
4242 * The push dialog selects the current branch by default.
4243 This is in preparation for `git 1.7.0` where `git push`
4244 will refuse to push when run without specifying the remote name
4245 and branch. See the `git` release notes for more information
4247 * Support `open` and `clone` commands on Windows
4249 * Allow saving cola UI layouts
4251 * Re-enabled `double-click-to-stage` for unmerged entries.
4252 Disabling it for unmerged items was inconsistent, though safer.
4254 * Show diffs when navigating the status tree with the keyboard
4258 * Worked around `pyuic4` bugs in the `setup.py` build script
4260 * Added Mac OS X application bundles to the download page
4270 * `git difftool` became an official git command in `git 1.6.3`.
4272 * `git difftool` learned `--no-prompt` / `-y` and a corresponding
4273 `difftool.prompt` configuration variable
4275 Usability, bells and whistles
4276 -----------------------------
4277 * Warn when `non-fast-forward` is used with fetch, push or pull
4279 * Allow `Ctrl+C` to exit cola when run from the command line
4283 * Support Unicode font names
4285 * Handle interrupted system calls
4289 * More of the code base was updated to follow the `PEP-8` coding style
4295 * All resources are now installed into `$prefix/share/git-cola`.
4296 Closed Debian bug #519972
4298 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519972
4308 * Added support for Kompare in `git difftool`
4310 * Added a separate configuration namespace for `git difftool`
4312 * Added the `diff.tool` configuration variable to define the default diff tool
4314 Usability, bells and whistles
4315 -----------------------------
4316 * The stash dialog allows passing the `--keep-index` option to `git stash`
4318 * Amending a published commit warns at commit time
4320 * Simplified the file-across-revisions comparison dialog
4322 * `origin` is selected by default in fetch/push/pull
4324 * Removed the search field from the log widget
4326 * The log window moved into a drawer widget at the bottom of the UI
4328 * Log window display can be configured with
4329 `cola.showoutput` = `{never, always, errors}`. `errors` is the default.
4331 * `NOTE` -- `cola.showoutput` was removed with the GUI rewrite in 1.4.0.
4335 * Improved nose unittest usage
4339 * Added a Windows/msysGit installer
4341 * Included private versions of `simplejson` and `jsonpickle`
4342 for ease of installation and development