6 Usability, bells and whistles
7 -----------------------------
8 * The diff editor can now stage selected lines for untracked files.
9 Git Cola will detect when a file is untracked and will allow you to
10 partially stage it, just like existing tracked files.
11 (`#1146 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1146>`_)
12 (`#1084 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1084>`_)
21 * Patch release to fix a typo in the Interactive Rebase feature.
28 Usability, bells and whistles
29 -----------------------------
30 * The git config reader now supports the `include.path` directive
31 for including config files.
32 (`#1136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1136>`_)
33 (`#1137 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1137>`_)
35 * The dialog for selecting commits now support filtering.
36 (`#1121 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1121>`_)
38 * The diff editor now wraps long lines by default. The diff options
39 menu can be used to enable/disable line wrapping.
40 (`#1123 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1123>`_)
42 * Git Cola now honors `core.hooksPath` for configuring custom Git hooks,
43 which was introduced in Git v2.9.
44 (`#1118 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1118>`_)
46 * A new `Ctrl + Shift + S` hotkey was added for staging/unstaging all
47 files, both modified and untracked.
49 * The `Status` tool now supports `Ctrl + A` for selecting all files and
50 it behaves more predictably when performing operations when multiple
51 categories of files are selected (eg. when both modified and untracked
52 header items are selected).
53 (`#1117 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1117>`_)
57 * Updated Hungarian translation.
58 (`#1135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1135>`_)
62 * The "Interactive Rebase" feature was updated to work with Windows.
64 * `make install-man` was updated to support Sphinx 4.0.
65 (`#1141 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1141>`_)
67 * `git cola --help-commands` was updated for newer versions of argparse.
68 (`#1133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1133>`_)
72 * Git Cola can now be started as a Python module.
73 (`#1119 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1119>`_)
80 Usability, bells and whistles
81 -----------------------------
82 * The startup dialog now detects when Recent and Favorite repositories no
83 longer exist on disk, and offers to remove these entries when selected.
84 (`#1089 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1089>`_)
86 * The startup dialog now includes a simpler and more condensed folder view
87 that can be used for selecting Favorites and Recent repositories.
88 (`#1086 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1086>`_)
90 * The "Commit" menu now includes an "Undo Last Commit" action.
91 (`#890 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/890>`_)
93 * The "Reset" menu was revamped to expose all of Git's reset modes alongside a
94 new "Restore Worktree" action that updates the worktree using "git read-tree".
95 (`#890 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/890>`_)
99 * Updated Polish translation.
100 (`#1107 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1107>`_)
102 * Updated Japanese translation.
103 (`#1098 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1098>`_)
105 * Updated Brazilian translation.
106 (`#1091 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1091>`_)
110 * The ``--use-env-python`` option for ``setup.py`` is now Python3 compatible.
111 (`#1102 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1102>`_)
118 Usability, bells and whistles
119 -----------------------------
120 * The submodules widget can now be used to add submodules.
121 Submodules are now updated recursively.
122 (`#534 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/534>`_)
124 * The image diff viewer can now be toggled between text and image modes.
125 This is helpful when, for example, diffing .svg files where it can be useful
126 to see diffs in both an image and text representation.
127 (`#859 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/859>`_)
128 (`#1035 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1035>`_)
130 * The default `ssh-askpass` username + password dialog included with Git Cola
131 can now toggle between showing and masking the password input field.
132 (`#1069 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1069>`_)
136 * Updated Polish translation.
137 (`#1076 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1076>`_)
139 * Updated Hungarian translation.
140 (`#1067 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1067>`_)
144 * The `share/appdata` AppStream data was renamed to `share/metainfo`
145 in accordance with `AppStream standard changes from 2016
146 <https://github.com/ximion/appstream/blob/master/NEWS#L1363>`_.
147 (`#1079 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1079>`_)
149 * The ``cola`` modules are now installed into the Python ``site-packages``
150 directory by default. This allows distributions to package ``git-cola`` for
151 multiple versions of Python. See the PACKAGING NOTES section in the README
152 for details about suppressing the installation of the private
153 ``share/git-cola/lib/cola`` modules when building cola.
154 (`#181 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/181>`_)
156 * Git Cola's rebase / sequence editor, formerly known as ``git-xbase`` and
157 installed as ``share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase``, has been renamed to
158 ``git-cola-sequence-editor`` and is now installed into the default
159 ``bin/git-cola-sequence-editor`` executable location to enable external
160 reuse of this general-purpose tool.
162 * A workaround used by the pynsist installer preamble script was obsoleted by
163 `takluyver/pynsist#149 <https://github.com/takluyver/pynsist/pull/149>`_
164 and has now been removed.
165 (`#1073 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1073>`_)
169 * `git dag` now uses integer widths when initializing its brushes.
170 (`#1080 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1080>`_)
177 Usability, bells and whistles
178 -----------------------------
179 * The ``git-xbase`` rebase editor now includes a file list for filtering
180 the changes displayed in the diff view.
181 (`#1051 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1051>`_)
183 * The fallback `ssh-askpass` script, which provides the Username/Password
184 login dialog when performing remote operations, previously presented both
185 the username and password input fields with ``***`` asterisks.
186 The dialog now uses asterisks for the password field only.
187 (`#1026 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1026>`_)
189 * Stashes can now be applied using the `Ctrl + Enter` hotkey, popped with the
190 `Ctrl + Backspace` hotkey, and dropped with the `Ctrl + Shift + Backspace`
191 hotkey when inside the stash dialog. This enables a keyboard-centric
192 mouse-free workflow when using the stash dialog.
194 * When amending a commit, `git cola` will check whether the commit has been
195 published to a remote branch using ``git branch -r --contains HEAD``.
196 This command can be slow when operating on a repository with many
197 remote branches. The new `cola.checkpublishedcommits` configuration
198 variable allows you to opt-out of this check, which improves performance
199 when amending a commit. The settings widget exposes this variable as,
200 "Check Published Commits when Amending".
201 (`#1021 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1021>`_)
202 (`#1027 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1027>`_)
206 * Updated Polish translation.
207 (`#1033 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1033>`_)
211 * ``git-dag.appdata.xml`` was updated to allow network access for author icons.
212 (`#1050 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1050>`_)
214 * The inotify filesystem monitor now handles
215 `OSError: [Errno 24] Too many open files` errors by disabling inotify.
216 (`#1015 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1015>`_)
218 * Typos in various documentation files have been fixed.
219 (`#1025 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1025>`_)
221 * The "Recent Repositories" limit was off by one, and now correctly
222 remembers the configured number of repositories in the menu.
223 (`#1024 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1024>`_)
225 * The "revert" action in the DAG and other tools now uses
226 ``git revert --no-edit``, which avoids launching an editor
227 when reverting the commit. Use `Ctrl+m` in the commit message
228 editor after reverting a commit to rewrite its commit message.
229 (`#1020 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1020>`_)
236 Usability, bells and whistles
237 -----------------------------
238 * The remote editor is much faster since it no longer queries
239 remotes, and uses the cached information instead.
240 (`#986 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/986>`_)
242 * Commit message templates can now be loaded automatically by setting
243 ``git config cola.autoloadcommittemplate true``.
244 (`#1013 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1013>`_)
245 (`#735 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/735>`_)
247 * The UI layout can now be reset back to its initial state by selecting
248 the "Reset Layout" action. This reverts the layout to the same state
249 as when the app first launched.
250 (`#1008 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1008>`_)
251 (`#994 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/994>`_)
253 * Files can now be ignored in either the project's `.gitignore`, or in the
254 repository's private local `.git/info/exclude` ignore file.
255 (`#1006 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1006>`_)
256 (`#1000 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1000>`_)
258 * New remotes are now selected when they are added in the "Edit Remotes" tool.
259 (`#1002 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1002>`_)
261 * The "Recent" repositories list is now saved to disk when opening a
262 repository. Previously, this list was only updated when exiting the app.
263 (`#1001 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1001>`_)
265 * The bookmarks tool now has a "Delete" option in its right-click menu.
266 (`#999 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/999>`_)
268 * The current repository is no longer listed in the "File/Open Recent" menu.
269 (`#998 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/998>`_)
273 * Updated Hungarian translation.
274 (`#1005 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1005>`_)
275 (`#1018 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1018>`_)
277 * Updated Turkish translation.
278 (`#1003 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1003>`_)
279 (`#1011 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1011>`_)
283 * Better support for Python 3.8's line buffering modes.
284 (`#1014 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1014>`_)
286 * The default `ssh-askpass` script now uses a more generic `#!` shebang line.
287 (`#1012 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1012>`_)
289 * Fetch, push, and pull operations will now refresh the model and display when
291 (`#996 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/996>`_)
293 * The branches widget now refreshes its display when changing branches.
294 (`#992 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/992>`_)
298 * The `share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase` script will now have its `#!` lines
299 updated during installation.
300 (`#991 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/991>`_)
304 * The unit tests were made more platform-independent.
305 (`#993 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/993>`_)
312 Usability, bells and whistles
313 -----------------------------
314 * Auto-completion for filenames can now be disabled. This speeds up
315 revision completion when working in large repositories with many files.
316 (`#981 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/981>`_)
318 * The Stash dialog now shows the stash date as a tooltip when hovering
319 over a stashed change.
320 (`#982 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/982>`_)
322 * Qt HiDPI settings are overriden by the `git cola` HiDPI appearance settings.
323 These overrides can now be disabled by selecting the "Disable" mode.
324 This allows users to control Qt's HiDPI settings through environment
325 variables. Additionally, the "Auto" mode now detects the presence of
326 the Qt HiDPI variables and no longer overrides them when the user has
327 configured their environment explicitly.
328 (`#963 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/963>`_)
330 * Confirmation dialogs can now focus buttons using the Tab key.
331 Previously, the "Y" and "N" keys could be used to confirm or deny
332 using the keyboard, but "Tab" is more familiar.
333 (`#965 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/965>`_)
335 * Error dialogs (for example, when a commit hook fails) will now always
336 show the details. The details were previously hidden behind a toggle.
337 (`#968 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/968>`_)
341 * Updated Japanese translation.
342 (`#973 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/973>`_)
343 (`#974 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/974>`_)
345 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
346 (`#950 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/950>`_)
350 * The filesystem monitor no longer logs that it has been enabled after the
351 inotify watch limit is reached on Linux.
352 (`#984 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/984>`_)
354 * Better unicode robustness.
355 (`#990 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/990>`_)
356 (`#910 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/991>`_)
358 * The "Branches" widget did not always update itself when deleting branches
359 (for example, when inotify is disabled or unavailable).
360 (`#978 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/978>`_)
362 * Non-ascii unicode byte strings are more robustly handled by the log widget.
363 (`#977 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/977>`_)
365 * Non-unicode results from the `gettext` library are more robustly handled.
366 (`#969 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/969>`_)
368 * Launching `git cola` from within a directory that has since been deleted
369 would previously result in a traceback, and is now robustly handled.
370 (`#961 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/961>`_)
374 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.9`.
381 Usability, bells and whistles
382 -----------------------------
383 * The file browser now includes "Blame" in its context menu.
384 (`#953 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/953>`_)
386 * The "Push" action now uses "git push --force-with-lease" when using
387 the "Force" option with Git v1.8.5 and newer.
388 (`#946 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/946>`_)
390 * Updated German translation.
391 (`#936 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/936>`_)
393 * The `Status` widget learned to optionally display file counts in its
394 category headers, and indent the files displayed in each category.
395 (`#931 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/931>`_)
397 * The `Branches` widget can now sort branches by their most recent commit.
398 (`#930 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/930>`_)
400 * `git cola` now includes configurable GUI themes that can be used to style
401 the user interface. Enable the new themes by configuring `cola.theme`
402 in the preferences window. See the
403 `cola.theme documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#cola-theme>`_
404 for more details. (`#924 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/924>`_)
406 * `git cola` now has built-in support for HiDPI displays by enabling
407 Qt's 5.6's `QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR` feature.
408 (`#938 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/938>`_)
410 * `git cola` now uses HiDPI pixmaps when rendering icons, and the builtin
411 icons have been updated to look sharp when displayed in HiDPI.
412 (`#932 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/932>`_)
416 * `git cola`'s "Revert Unstaged Edits" previously checked out from "HEAD^",
417 when in "Amend" mode, and removing staged changes. This behavior has been
418 changed to always checkout from the index, which avoids data loss.
419 (`#947 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/947>`_)
421 * `git cola` has been updated to work with newer versions of `gnome-terminal`
422 and no longer shell-quotes its arguments when launching `gnome-terminal`.
423 The `cola.terminalshellquote` configuration variable can be set to `true` to
424 get the old behavior, or to handle other terminals that take the command to run
425 as a single string instead of as arguments to `execv()`.
426 (`#935 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/935>`_)
428 * `git dag` now properly handles arbitrary input on Python3.
429 Previously, an exception would be raised when entering `--grep=xxx` where
430 `xxx` is a quoted string with a missing end-quote.
431 (`#941 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/941>`_)
435 * The contribution guidelines for contributors has been updated to mention
436 how to regenerate the `*.mo` message files.
437 (`#934 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/934>`_)
444 Usability, bells and whistles
445 -----------------------------
446 * `git dag` improved how it renders parent commits.
447 (`#921 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/921>`_)
449 * The `Branches` widget now checks out branches when double-clicked.
450 (`#920 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/920>`_)
452 * The new `Submodules` widget makes it easy to interact with submodules.
453 Additionally, submodules can now be updated using the `Status` widget.
454 (`#916 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/916>`_)
456 * Updated Japanese translation.
457 (`#914 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/914>`_)
459 * The "Open Terminal" action now launches a Git Bash shell on Windows.
460 (`#913 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/913>`_)
462 * New menu actions for updating all submodules.
463 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
465 * The status widget can now update submodules.
466 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
468 * The "Apply Patch" `git cola am` dialog now includes a diff viewer
469 to display the contents of the selected patch.
471 * The "Alt+D" diffstat hotkey now selects the staged/modified/etc.
472 header in the Status widget, which shows the totality of everything
473 that will be committed.
474 (`#771 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/771>`_)
476 * Running "Launch Editor" from the diff editor now opens the editor at the
478 (`#898 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/898>`_)
480 * The textwidth and tabwidth configuration values can now be set
481 per-repository, rather than globally only.
483 * Text entry widgets switched to using a block cursor in `v3.2`.
484 This has been reverted to the original line cursor for consistency
485 with other applications and user expectations.
486 (`#889 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/889>`_)
488 * The "edit at line" feature, used by the "Grep" tool, now supports
489 the Sublime text editor.
490 (`#894 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/894>`_)
494 * Launching external programs has been improved on Windows.
495 (`#925 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/925>`_)
497 * Improve compatibility when using PySide2.
498 (`#912 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/912>`_)
500 * The Diff Editor was not honoring the configured tab width on startup.
501 (`#900 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/900>`_)
503 * The "Delete Files" feature was creating an unreadable display when
504 many files were selected. Word-wrap the list of files so that the
505 display stays within a sensible size.
506 (`#895 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/895>`_)
508 * Spelling and grammar fixes.
509 (`#915 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/915>`_)
510 (`#891 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/891>`_)
514 * The logo was run through `tidy` to give it a consistent style.
515 Some technical issues with the logo were improved.
516 (`#877 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/877>`_)
518 * The entire codebase is now checked by `flake8`, rather than just
519 the module and test directories. This catches things like
520 the pynsist installer scripts.
521 (`#884 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/884>`_)
522 (`#882 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/882>`_)
523 (`#879 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/879>`_)
527 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.6`.
529 * The Windows installer's wrapper scripts were missing an import.
530 (`#878 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/878>`_)
537 Usability, bells and whistles
538 -----------------------------
539 * The `git cola dag` DAG window now supports `git revert`.
540 (`#843 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/843>`_)
542 * `git stash pop` is now supported by the stash dialog.
543 (`#844 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/844>`_)
545 * The status widget now ensures that each item is visible when selection
546 changes. Previously, if you scrolled to the right to see the name of
547 a long filename, and then selected a short filename above it, the widget
548 may not have shown the short filename in the viewport. We now ensure
549 that the filenames are visible when the selection changes.
550 (`#828 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/828>`_)
552 * The `git xbase` rebase editor no longer displays an error when
553 cancelling an interactive rebase.
554 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
556 * The dialog shown when renaming remotes has been simplified.
557 (`#840 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/840>`_)
558 (`#838 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/838>`_)
560 * The help dialog in the `git-xbase` Rebase editor is now scrollable.
561 (`#855 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/855>`_)
565 * Updated Brazilian translation.
566 (`#845 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/845>`_)
568 * Updated Czech translation.
569 (`#854 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/854>`_)
570 (`#853 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/853>`_)
571 (`#835 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/835>`_)
572 (`#813 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/813>`_)
574 * Update Spanish translation.
575 (`#862 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/862>`_)
576 (`#867 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/867>`_)
580 * The original `#!/usr/bin/env python` shebang lines can now be
581 retained by passing `USE_ENV_PYTHON=1` to `make` when installing.
582 (`#850 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/850>`_)
584 * The Makefile is now resilient to DESTDIR and prefix containing whitespace.
585 (`#858 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/858>`_)
587 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.4.2`.
589 * `python3-distutils` is needed to build cola on Debian.
590 (`#837 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/837>`_)
594 * The "C" key no longer closes the message dialogs, for example the
595 one that is shown when a commit fails its pre-commit hooks.
596 This allows "Ctrl+C" copy to work, rather than closing the dialog.
597 (`#734 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/734>`_)
599 * Dock widgets sizes are now properly saved and restored when the main
601 (`#848 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/848>`_)
603 * The spellcheck feature was broken under Python3.
604 (`#857 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/857>`_)
606 * A regression when saving stashes was fixed.
607 (`#847 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/847>`_)
609 * Diffing image files was not updating the available context menus,
610 which prevented the "Stage" action from being present in the menu.
611 (`#841 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/841>`_)
613 * `git cola` now detects when `git lfs uninstall` has been run. This allows
614 you to re-initialize "Git LFS" in an existing repository where it had been
615 previously uninstalled.
616 (`#842 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/842>`_)
618 * Custom color values that did not contain any hexadecimal digits in the
619 `a-f` range were being converted into integers by the config reader. This
620 then caused the configured colors to be ignored.
622 These color values are now interpreted correctly. Additionally, color
623 values can now use an optional HTML-like `#` prefix.
625 Example `.gitconfig` snippet::
630 (`#836 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/836>`_)
631 (`#849 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/849>`_)
633 * We now display an error message graphically when `Git` is not installed.
634 Previously, the message went to stderr only.
635 (`#830 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/830>`_)
637 * Changing diff options was causing resulting in an exception.
638 (`#833 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/833>`_)
639 (`#834 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/834>`_)
641 * The DAG window now updates itself when branches and tags are created.
642 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
644 * The user's `$PATH` environment variable can now contain utf-8
645 encoded paths. Previously, launching external commands could
647 (`#807 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/807>`_)
649 * Git Cola development sandboxes can now be stored on utf-8 encoded
650 filesystem paths. Previously, the interactive rebase feature
651 could be broken when running in that environment.
652 (`#825 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/825>`_)
654 * The log window now uses an ISO-8601 timestamp, which
655 avoids localized output in the log window.
656 (`#817 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/817>`_)
660 * The code base has been thoroughly sanitized using `pylint`, and
661 travis is now running pylint over the entire project.
663 * Miscellaneous improvements and code improvements.
664 (`#874 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/874>`_)
671 Usability, bells and whistles
672 -----------------------------
673 * The "Browser" widget learned to rename files using "git mv".
674 (`#239 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/239>`_)
676 * The "Diff" widget learned to diff images. Side-by-side and pixel diff
677 modes allow you to inspect changes to common images formats.
678 (`#444 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/444>`_)
679 (`#803 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/803>`_)
681 * Git LFS and Git Annex are natively supported by the image diff viewer.
683 * Git Annex operations are now included. `git annex init` can be performed on
684 repositories, and `git annex add` can be run on untracked files from the
685 status widget. Install `git-annex` to activate this feature.
687 * Git LFS operations are now included. `git lfs install` can be performed on
688 repositories, and `git lfs track` can be run on untracked files from the
689 status widget. Install `git-lfs` to activate this feature.
691 * The "Stash" tool learned to stash staged changes only. Select the
692 "Stage Index" option and only staged changes will be stashed away.
693 (`#413 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/413>`_)
695 * The "Stash" tool learned to use vim-like navigation keyboard shortcuts,
696 shows error messages when things go wrong, and now saves the "Stash Index"
697 and "Keep Index" options across sessions.
699 * The Edit menu's "Copy" and "Select All" actions now forward to either the
700 diff, status, recent, or favorites widgets, based on which widget has focus.
702 * The "File" and "Edit" menu can now be activated using `Alt-{f,e}` hotkeys.
703 (`#759 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/759>`_)
705 * It was easy to accidentally trigger the first action in the `Status` tool's
706 context menu when using a quick right-click to bring up the menu.
707 A short sub-second delay was added to ensure that the top-most action is not
708 triggered unless enough time has passed. This prevents accidental
709 activation of the first item (typically "Stage" or "Unstage") without
710 burdening common use cases.
711 (`#755 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/755>`_)
712 (`#643 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/643>`_)
714 * The "Ctrl+S" hotkey now works for the header items in the Status tool.
715 Selected the "Modified" header item and activating the "Stage" hotkey,
716 for example, will stage all modified files. This works for the "Staged",
717 "Modified", and "Untracked" headers. This is not enabled for the
718 "Unmerged" header by design.
719 (`#772 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/772>`_)
721 * The list of "Recent" repositories previously capped the number of
722 repositories shown to 8 repositories. This can be set to a higher
723 value by setting the `cola.maxrecent` configuration variable.
724 (`#752 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/752>`_)
726 * The "Create Branch" dialog now prevents invalid branch names.
727 (`#765 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/765>`_)
729 * Updated Turkish translation.
730 (`#756 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/756>`_)
732 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
733 (`#753 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/753>`_)
735 * Updated German translation.
736 (`#802 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/802>`_)
738 * Updated Czech translation
739 (`#792 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/792>`_)
740 (`#806 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/806>`_)
742 * The window title can be configured to not display the absolute path of the
744 (`#775 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/775>`_)
746 * The "Edit Remotes" editor learned to edit remote URLS.
748 * Bare repositories can now be created by selecting the
749 "New Bare Repository..." action from the `File` menu.
751 * The "Branches" widget learned to configure upstream branches.
753 * A new `git cola clone` sub-command was added for cloning repositories.
757 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.3.1`.
759 * The macOS installation was made simpler for better compatibility with
761 (`#636 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/636>`_)
763 * The Windows installer is now much simpler. Git Cola now bundles
764 Python and PyQt5, so users need only install the "Git for Windows"
765 and "Git Cola" installers to get things working.
769 * Uninitialized difftool errors will now be displayed graphically.
770 They were previously going to the shell.
771 (`#457 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/457>`_)
773 * Translations marked "fuzzy" will no longer be used when translating strings.
774 (`#782 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/782>`_)
776 * Deleted unmerged files will now correctly use a deleted icon.
777 (`#479 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/479>`_)
779 * The `Ctrl+C` "Copy" hotkey on the diff viewer has been fixed.
780 (`#767 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/767>`_)
782 * The "Create Tag" dialog did not correctly handle the case when a signed
783 tag is requested, but no message is provided, and the user chooses to
784 create an unannotated tag instead. This convenience fallback will now
785 properly create an unsigned, unannotated tag.
786 (`#696 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/696>`_)
788 * `.gitconfig` and `.git/config` values editable by the Preferences dialog
789 (aka `git cola config`) will now get unset when set to an empty value.
790 For example, setting a different `user.email` in the current repository,
791 followed by a subsequent emptying of that field, would previously result in
792 an empty string getting stored in the config. This has been fixed so that
793 the value will now get unset in the config instead.
794 (`#406 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/406>`_)
796 * Spelling and typofixes.
797 (`#748 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/748>`_)
799 * `core.commentChar` is now honored when set in the local repository
801 (`#766 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/766>`_)
803 * The log window was using a format string that did not display
804 correctly in all locales. A locale-aware format is now used.
805 (`#800 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/800>`_)
807 * The dialog displayed when prompting for a reference could sometimes
809 (`#804 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/804>`_)
816 Usability, bells and whistles
817 -----------------------------
818 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
819 (`#726 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/726>`_)
821 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
822 (`#723 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/723>`_)
824 * New Czech translation.
825 (`#736 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/736>`_)
826 (`#737 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/737>`_)
827 (`#740 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/740>`_)
828 (`#743 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/743>`_)
830 * The "name" field in the "Create Tag" dialog now includes autocompletion,
831 which makes it easy to see which tags currently exist.
833 * `git cola` now has configurable toolbars. Use the `View -> Add toolbar`
834 menu item to add a toolbar.
836 * Setting `cola.expandtab` to `true` will now expand tabs into spaces
837 in the commit message editor. The number of spaces to insert is determined
838 by consulting `cola.tabwidth`, which defaults to `8`.
840 * The "Copy SHA-1" hotkey is now `Alt + Ctrl + C`, to avoid clobbering the
841 ability to copy text from the DAG window.
842 (`#705 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/705>`_)
844 * The "Prepare Commit Message" action can now be invoked via the
845 `Ctrl+Shift+Return` shortcut.
846 (`#707 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/707>`_)
848 * The `Branches` pane now has a filter field that highlights branches whose
849 names match the string entered into its text field.
850 (`#713 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/713>`_)
852 * Actions that are triggered in response to button presses were being
853 triggered when the button was pressed, rather than when it was released,
854 which was a usability flaw. All buttons now respond when clicked
855 rather than when pressed.
856 (`#715 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/715>`_)
858 * The DAG window will now only refresh when object IDs change.
859 Previously, the DAG would redraw itself in response to inotify events,
860 such as filesystem operations, which was disruptive when inspecting a large
861 diff in its diff viewer. The DAG will now only redraw when the object IDs
862 corresponding to its query input changes. Furthermore, when redrawing, the
863 scrollbar positions are retained to minimize disruption to the viewport
865 (`#620 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/620>`_)
866 (`#724 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/724>`_)
868 * The "About" dialog now includes the SHA-1 where Git Cola was built.
869 (`#530 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/530>`_)
871 * The "Status" widget now has "Copy Leading Path to Clipboard" and
872 "Copy Basename to Clipboard" actions.
873 (`#435 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/435>`_)
874 (`#436 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/436>`_)
876 * The "Status" widget now supports custom "Copy ... to Clipboard" actions.
877 (`#437 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/437>`_)
879 * The main menu now has an "Edit" menu.
880 (`#725 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/725>`_)
882 * `git dag` learned to checkout commits into a detached HEAD state.
883 (`#698 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/698>`_)
885 * The `status` widget's context menus now omit actions selection-dependent
886 actions when no file is selected.
887 (`#731 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/731>`_)
889 * The startup dialog now focuses the repository list so that repositories
890 can be selected with the keyboard without mouse intervention.
891 (`#741 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/741>`_)
895 * `git dag` now prevents nodes from overlapping in more situations.
896 (`#689 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/689>`_)
898 * Adding untracked Git submodule repo directories previously ran
899 `git add submodule/` but we now call `git add submodule` without
900 the trailing slash (`/`) to avoid staging files that belong to the
901 submodule (which is possibly a `git` bug). By working around the
902 buggy behavior we allow users to recover by issuing the appropriate
903 `git submodule add` command to properly register the submodule.
904 (`#681 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/681>`_)
906 * We now avoid `git for-each-ref --sort=version:refname` on versions
907 of `git` older than `v2.7.0`. Previously we only avoided it for
908 versions older than `v2.0.0`, which was a mistake.
909 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
911 * The error message displayed when `git` is not installed has been fixed.
912 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
914 * Adding new remotes was silently broken.
915 (`#684 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/684>`_)
916 (`#685 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/685>`_)
918 * The repo selection dialog had errors during startup when the
919 `cola.refreshonfocus` feature was enabled, as reported on Ubuntu 16.04.
920 (`#690 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/690>`_)
922 * Restored support for PyQt 4.6 (Centos 6.8)
923 (`#692 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/692>`_)
925 * Switching repositories now resets the "Amend Mode" and other settings
927 (`#710 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/710>`_)
929 * `git rebase` error messages now displayed when rebasing fails or stops
930 via the standalone `git cola rebase` front-end.
931 (`#721 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/721>`_)
933 * `git cola` learned to stage broken symlinks.
934 (`#727 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/727>`_)
936 * The "View History" feature in the `Browser` tool was fixed, and now
937 disambiguates between refs and paths.
938 (`#732 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/732>`_)
940 * The diff editor now has better support for files with CRLF `\r\n`
942 (`#730 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/730>`_)
944 * `cola.inotify` in a repo-local config is now honored
945 when `git cola` is launched from a desktop entry (`git cola --prompt`).
946 (`#695 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/695>`_)
953 Usability, bells and whistles
954 -----------------------------
955 * New Ukrainian translation.
956 (`#670 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/670>`_)
957 (`#672 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/672>`_)
959 * New and improved French translations.
961 * The new `Branches` widget makes it easier to checkout, merge, push,
962 and pull branches from a single interface.
964 * `git cola` now includes a dark icon theme. The dark icon theme can be
965 activated either by setting the `GIT_COLA_ICON_THEME` environment variable
966 to `dark`, by configuring `cola.icontheme` to `dark`, or by specifying
967 `--icon-theme=dark` on the command line.
968 (`#638 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/638>`_)
970 * Autocompletion was added to the `Fetch`, `Push`, and `Pull` dialogs.
972 * The commit message editor now remembers the "Spellcheck" setting
974 (`#645 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/645>`_)
976 * `git dag` now uses an improved algorithm for laying out the graph,
977 which avoids collisions under certain graph configurations, and
978 avoids overlapping tag with commits.
979 (`#648 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/648>`_)
980 (`#651 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/651>`_)
981 (`#654 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/654>`_)
982 (`#656 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/656>`_)
983 (`#659 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/659>`_)
985 * `git dag` now remembers its column sizes across sessions.
986 (`#674 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/674>`_)
988 * `Grep` now shows a preview of the selected file's content in a split window
989 below the grep results.
991 * `Grep` now includes line numbers in the preview pane's output.
993 * `Edit Remotes` now remembers its window settings after exiting.
995 * `Diff` now has an option to display line numbers in the editor.
996 (`#136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/136>`_)
998 * `Amend Last Commit` can now be triggered via the `Commit` menu in addition
999 to the commit message editor's options.
1000 (`#640 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/640>`_)
1002 * The `File Browser` tool was made much faster and can now operate on
1003 much larger repositories.
1004 (`#499 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/499>`_)
1006 * A new "turbo" mode was added that allows you to opt-out of operations
1007 that can slow `git cola` on large repositories. The turbo mode is
1008 enabled by configuring `git config cola.turbo true`. Turbo mode
1009 disables the background loading of Git commit messages and other
1010 details in the `File Browser` widget.
1012 * A new GitIgnore dialog allows adding custom gitignore patterns.
1013 (`#653 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/653>`_)
1015 * The spellchecker in `git cola` can now use an additional dictionary
1016 by configuring `cola.dictionary` to the path to a file containing
1017 a newline-separated list of words.
1018 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
1020 * The stash, export patches, diff, and gitignore dialogs now remember
1023 * A new `git cola recent` sub-command was added for finding recently
1026 * The `Fetch` dialog now allows pruning remote branches.
1027 (`#639 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/639>`_)
1028 (`#680 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/680>`_)
1032 * `git cola`'s spellchecker now supports the new `dict-common` filesystem
1033 layout, and prefers the `/usr/share/dict/cracklib-small` file over the
1034 `/usr/share/dict/words` provided on older distributions.
1035 This makes the spellchecker compatible with Arch, which does not provide
1036 a `words` symlink like Debian.
1037 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
1039 * Properly handle the case where an existing file is untracked using
1042 * Fix a quirk where the "Create Branch" dialog sometimes required clicking
1043 twice on the radio buttons.
1044 (`#662 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/662>`_)
1046 * Fixed a focus issue to ensure that "Push", "Fetch", and "Pull" can
1047 be executed with the press of a single enter key after being shown.
1048 (`#661 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/661>`_)
1050 * Committing is now allowed in when resolving a merge results in no
1051 changes. This state was previously prevented by the commit message editor,
1052 which prevented users from resolving merges that result in no changes.
1053 (`#679 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/679>`_)
1055 * The filesystem monitor would sometimes emit backtraces when directories
1056 are modified. This has been fixed.
1057 (`bz #1438522 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1438522>`_)
1059 * Absolute paths are now returned when querying for `.git`-relative paths
1060 from within a submodule, which uses `.git`-files.
1061 This fixes launching `git cola` from within a subdirectory of a submodule.
1062 (`#675 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/675>`_)
1069 Usability, bells and whistles
1070 -----------------------------
1071 * `git cola` can now invoke the `.git/hooks/cola-prepare-commit-msg`
1072 hook to update the commit message. This hook takes the same parameters
1073 as Git's `prepare-commit-message` hook. The default path to this hook
1074 can be overridden by setting the `cola.prepareCommitMessageHook`
1075 configuration variable.
1076 (`Documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#prepare-commit-message>`_)
1078 * `git cola diff` (and the corresponding `Diff` menu actions) can now
1079 launch difftool with the standard `Ctrl+D` hotkey. The `Ctrl+E` hotkey was
1080 also added for launching an editor.
1082 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
1086 * `git cola` now works when installed in non-ascii, utf8-encoded paths.
1087 (`#629 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/629>`_)
1089 * Styling issues that caused black backgrounds in various widgets when using
1090 PyQ5 on Mac OS X have been fixed.
1091 (`#624 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/624>`_)
1093 * The "Open Recent" menu action was broken and has been fixed.
1094 (`#634 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/634>`_)
1096 * Exiting `git cola` with a maximized main window would hang when reopened
1098 (`#641 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/641>`_)
1102 * `appdata.xml` files are now provided at
1103 `share/appdata/git-cola.xml` and `share/appdata/git-dag.xml`
1104 for use by the Linux software gallery.
1105 (`#627 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/627>`_)
1106 (`Appdata <https://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appdata/>`_)
1115 * The "Open Recent" menu was updated to new bookmarks format.
1116 (`#628 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/628>`_)
1123 Usability, bells and whistles
1124 -----------------------------
1125 * New Polish translation thanks to Łukasz Wojniłowicz
1126 (`#598 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/598>`_)
1128 * The `Bypass Commit Hooks` feature now disables itself automatically
1129 when a new commit is created. The new behavior turns the option into a
1130 single-use flag, which helps prevent users from accidentally leaving it
1131 active longer than intended.
1132 (`#595 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/595>`_)
1134 * `git dag` learned to launch an external diff viewer on selected commits.
1135 The standard `Ctrl+D` shortcut can be used to view diffs.
1136 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1138 * `git dag` learned to launch directory diffs via `git difftool --dir-diff`.
1139 The `Ctrl+Shift+D` shortcut launches difftool in directory-diff mode.
1140 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1142 * Items in the "Favorites" list can now be renamed, which makes it
1143 easier to differentiate between several checkouts of the same repository.
1144 (`#599 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/599>`_)
1145 (`#601 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/601>`_)
1147 * The startup screen now includes a logo and `git cola` version information.
1148 (`#526 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/526>`_)
1150 * The `About` page was revamped to contain multiple tabs. A new tab was added
1151 that provides details about `git cola`''s dependencies. New tabs were also
1152 added for giving credit to `git cola`'s authors and translators.
1154 * The `About` page can now be accessed via `git cola about`.
1156 * The "Fast-forward only" and "No fast-forward" options supported by
1157 `git pull` are now accessible via `git cola pull`.
1159 * Doing a forced push no longer requires selecting the remote branch.
1160 (`#618 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/618>`_)
1162 * `git cola push` now has an option to suppress the prompt that is shown
1163 when pushing would create new remote branches.
1164 (`#605 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/605>`_)
1166 * `git dag` now shows commit messages in a more readable color.
1167 (`#574 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/574>`_)
1169 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch the OS-specified
1170 default action for a file. When used on directories via `git cola browse`,
1171 or when "Open Parent Directory" is used on files, the OS-specified
1172 file browser will typically be used.
1174 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch terminals.
1178 * `git cola browse` was not updating when expanding items.
1179 (`#588 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/588>`_)
1181 * Typofixes in comments, naming, and strings have been applied.
1182 (`#593 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/593>`_)
1184 * The inotify and win32 filesystem monitoring no longer refreshes
1185 when updates are made to ignored files.
1186 (`#517 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/517>`_)
1187 (`#516 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/516>`_)
1189 * The `Refresh` button on the actions panel no longer raises an
1190 exception when using PyQt5.
1191 (`#604 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/604>`_)
1193 * Fixed a typo in the inotify backend that is triggered when files are removed.
1194 (`#607 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/607>`_)
1196 * Fixed a typo when recovering from a failed attempt to open a repository.
1197 (`#606 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/606>`_)
1199 * `git dag` now properly updates itself when launched from the menubar.
1200 (`#613 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/613>`_)
1202 * If git-cola is invoked on Windows using `start pythonw git-cola`,
1203 a console window will briefly flash on the screen each time
1204 `git cola` invokes `git`. The console window is now suppressed.
1206 * We now avoid some problematic Popen flags on Windows which were
1207 breaking the `git rebase` feature on Windows.
1209 * The `Save` button in `git dag`'s "Grab File..." feature now properly
1210 prompts for a filename when saving files.
1211 (`#617 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/617>`_)
1215 * The `qtpy` symlink in the source tree has been removed to allow for easier
1216 development on Windows.
1217 (`#626 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/626>`_)
1224 Usability, bells and whistles
1225 -----------------------------
1226 * `git cola push` learned to configure upstream branches.
1227 (`#563 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/563>`_)
1231 * The diffstat view is now properly updated when notifications are
1232 received via inotify filesystem monitoring.
1233 (`#577 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/577>`_)
1235 * Python3 with PyQt5 had a bug that prevented `git cola` from starting.
1236 (`#589 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/589>`_)
1246 * When repositories stored in non-ASCII, UTF-8-encoded filesystem paths
1247 were operated upon with `LC_ALL=C` set in the environment, unicode errors
1248 would occur when using `python2`. `git cola` was made more robust and will
1249 now operate correctly within this environment.
1250 (`#581 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/581>`_)
1252 * Support for the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment variable was fixed.
1253 (`#582 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/582>`_)
1258 * The `unittest.mock` module is now used instead of the original `mock` module
1259 when running the `git cola` test suite using Python3.
1260 (`#569 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/569>`_)
1265 * `git cola` is now compatible with *PyQt5*, *PyQt4*, and *Pyside*.
1266 `git cola` previously supported *PyQt4* only, but will now use whichever
1267 library is available. Users are not required to upgrade at this time,
1268 but *PyQt5* support can be enabled anytime by making its python
1270 (`#232 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/232>`_)
1272 *NOTE*: We do not yet recommend using *PyQt5* because there are known
1273 exit-on-segfault bugs in *Qt5* that have not yet been addressed.
1274 `git cola` is sensitive to this bug and is known to crash on exit
1275 when using `git dag` or the interactive rebase feature on *PyQt5*.
1277 https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-52988
1279 *PyQt4* is stable and there are no known issues when using it so
1280 we recommend using it until the Qt5 bugs have been resolved.
1282 * `git cola` now depends on *QtPy* and includes a bundled copy of the
1283 `qtpy` library. If you are packaging `git cola` and would prefer to use
1284 `qtpy` from your distribution instead of the built-in version then use
1285 `make NO_VENDOR_LIBS=1` when building `git cola`. This will prevent
1286 vendored libraries from being installed.
1293 Usability, bells and whistles
1294 -----------------------------
1296 * A new "Reset" sub-menu provides access to running "git reset --mixed"
1297 when resetting branch heads and "git reset --merge" when resetting
1299 (`#542 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/542>`_)
1301 * `git cola` now supports linked worktrees, i.e. worktrees created by
1303 (`#554 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/554>`_)
1308 * Diff highlighting is now robust to the user having
1309 diff.supressBlankEmpty=true in their git config.
1310 (`#541 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/541>`_)
1312 * The filesystem monitor now properly handles repositories that use
1313 `.git`-files, e.g. when using submodules.
1314 (`#545 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/545>`_)
1315 (`#546 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pulls/546>`_)
1317 * Per-repository git configuration is now properly detected when launching
1318 `git cola` from an application launcher.
1319 (`#548 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/548>`_)
1321 * `git cola` now cleans up after itself immediately to avoid leaving behind
1322 empty `/tmp/git-cola-XXXXXX` directories when the user uses `Ctrl+C`
1324 (`#566 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/566>`_)
1329 * It is now possible to install `git cola` to and from utf8-encoded filesystem
1330 paths. Previously, Python's stdlib would throw an encoding error during
1331 installation. We workaround the stdlib by forcing python2 to use utf-8,
1332 thus fixing assumptions in the stdlib library code.
1333 (`#551 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/551>`_)
1340 Usability, bells and whistles
1341 -----------------------------
1343 * The icon for untracked files was adjusted to better differentiate
1344 between files and the "Untracked" header.
1345 (`#509 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/509>`_)
1347 * Ctrl+O was added as a hotkey for opening repositories.
1348 (`#507 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/507>`_)
1350 * `git dag` now uses consistent edge colors across updates.
1351 (`#512 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/512>`_)
1353 * `git cola`'s Bookmarks widget can now be used to set a "Default Repository".
1354 Under the hood, we set the `cola.defaultrepo` configuration variable.
1355 The default repository is used whenever `git cola` is launched outside of
1356 a Git repository. When unset, or when set to a bogus value, `git cola`
1357 will prompt for a repository, as it previously did.
1358 (`#513 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/513>`_)
1360 * `git cola`'s Russian and Spanish translations were improved
1361 thanks to Vaiz and Zeioth.
1362 (`#514 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/514>`_)
1363 (`#515 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/515>`_)
1364 (`#523 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/523>`_)
1366 * `git cola` was translated to Turkish thanks to Barış ÇELİK.
1367 (`#520 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/520>`_)
1369 * The status view now supports launching `git gui blame`. It can be
1370 configured to use a different command by setting `cola.blameviewer`.
1371 (`#521 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/521>`_)
1373 * `git dag` now allows selecting non-contiguous ranges in the log widget.
1374 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1376 * Any font can now be chosen for the diff editor, not just monospace fonts.
1377 (`#525 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/525>`_)
1382 * `xfce4-terminal` and `gnome-terminal` are now supported when launching
1383 `git mergetool` to resolve merges. These terminals require that the command
1384 to execute is shell-quoted and passed as a single string argument to `-e`
1385 rather than as additional command line arguments.
1386 (`#524 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/524>`_)
1388 * Fixed a unicode problem when formatting the error message that is shown
1389 when `gitk` is not installed. We now handle unicode data in tracebacks
1390 generated by python itself.
1391 (`#528 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/528>`_)
1393 * The `New repository` feature was fixed.
1394 (`#533 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/533>`_)
1396 * We now use omit the extended description when creating "fixup!" commits,
1397 for consistency with the Git CLI. We now include only the one-line summary
1398 in the final commit message.
1399 (`#522 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/522>`_)
1406 Usability, bells and whistles
1407 -----------------------------
1409 * The user interface is now HiDPI-capable. git-cola now uses SVG
1410 icons, and its interface can be scaled by setting the `GIT_COLA_SCALE`
1411 environment variable.
1413 * `git dag` now supports the standard editor, difftool, and history hotkeys.
1414 It is now possible to invoke these actions from file widget's context
1415 menu and through the standard hotkeys.
1416 (`#473 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/473>`_)
1418 * The `Status` tool also learned about the history hotkey.
1419 Additionally, the `Alt-{j,k}` aliases are also supported in the `Status`
1420 tool for consistency with the other tools where the non-Alt hotkeys are not
1422 (`#488 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/488>`_)
1424 * The `File Browser` tool now has better default column sizes,
1425 and remembers its window size and placement.
1427 * The `File Browser` now supports the refresh hotkey, and has better
1428 behavior when refreshing. The selection is now retained, and new and
1429 removed files are found when refreshing.
1431 * A new `git-cola-completion.bash` completion script is provided in the
1432 `contrib/` directory. It must be used alongside Git's completion script.
1433 Source it from your `~/.bashrc` (or `~/.zshrc`, etc) after sourcing
1434 the `git-completion.bash` script and you will have command-line completion
1435 support for the `git cola` and `git dag` sub-commands.
1437 * The "checkout" dialog now offers completion for remote branches and other
1438 git refs. This makes it easier to checkout remote branches in a detached
1439 head state. Additionally, the checkout dialog also offers completion for
1440 remote branches that have not yet been checked out, which makes it easier to
1441 create a local tracking branch by just completing for that potential name.
1442 (`#390 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/390>`_)
1444 * The "create branch" and "create tag" dialogs now save and restore their
1447 * The "status" widget can now be configured to use a bold font with a darker
1448 background for the header items.
1449 (`#506 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/506>`_)
1451 * The "status" widget now remembers its horizontol scrollbar position across
1452 updates. This is helpful when working on projects with long paths.
1453 (`#494 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/494>`_)
1458 * When using *Git for Windows*, a `git` window would appear
1459 when running *Windows 8*. We now pass additional flags to
1460 `subprocess.Popen` to prevent a `git` window from appearing.
1461 (`#477 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/477>`_)
1462 (`#486 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/486>`_)
1464 * Launching difftool with `.PY` in `$PATHEXT` on Windows was fixed.
1465 (`#492 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/492>`_)
1467 * Creating a local branch tracking a remote branch that contains
1468 slashes in its name is now properly handled.
1469 (`#496 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/496>`_)
1471 * The "Browse Other Branch" feature was broken by Python3, and is now fixed.
1472 (`#501 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/501>`_)
1474 * We now avoid `long` for better Python3 compatibility.
1475 (`#502 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/502>`_)
1477 * We now use Git's default merge message when merging branches.
1478 (`#508 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/508>`_)
1480 * Miscellaneous fixes
1481 (`#485 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/485>`_)
1486 * git-cola's documentation no longer uses an intersphinx link mapping
1487 to docs.python.org. This fixes warnings when building rpms using koji,
1488 where network access is prevented.
1490 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231812
1497 Usability, bells and whistles
1498 -----------------------------
1500 * The Interactive Rebase feature now works on Windows!
1501 (`#463 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/463>`_)
1503 * The `diff` editor now understands vim-style `hjkl` navigation hotkeys.
1504 (`#476 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/476>`_)
1506 * `Alt-{j,k}` navigation hotkeys were added to allow changing to the
1507 next/previous file from the diff and commit editors.
1509 * The `Rename branch` menu action is now disabled in empty repositories.
1510 (`#475 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/475>`_)
1511 (`#459 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/459>`_)
1513 * `git cola` now checks unmerged files for conflict markers before
1514 staging them. This feature can be disabled in the preferences.
1515 (`#464 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/464>`_)
1517 * `git dag` now remembers which commits were selected when refreshing
1518 so that it can restore the selection afterwards.
1519 (`#480 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/480>`_)
1521 * "Launch Editor", "Launch Difftool", "Stage/Unstage",
1522 and "Move Up/Down" hotkeys now work when the commit message
1524 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
1526 * The diff editor now supports the `Ctrl+u` hotkey for reverting
1527 diff hunks and selected lines.
1529 * The `core.commentChar` Git configuration value is now honored.
1530 Commit messages and rebase instruction sheets will now use
1531 the configured character for comments. This allows having
1532 commit messages that start with `#` when `core.commentChar`
1533 is configured to its non-default value.
1534 (`#446 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/446>`_)
1539 * Diff syntax highlighting was improved to handle more edge cases
1540 and false positives.
1541 (`#467 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/467>`_)
1543 * Setting commands in the interactive rebase editor was fixed.
1544 (`#472 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/472>`_)
1546 * git-cola no longer clobbers the Ctrl+Backspace text editing shortcut
1547 in the commit message editor.
1548 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
1550 * The copy/paste clipboard now persists after `git cola` exits.
1551 (`#484 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/484>`_)
1560 * Fixed the "Sign off" feature in the commit message editor.
1567 Usability, bells and whistles
1568 -----------------------------
1569 * Double-click will now choose a commit in the "Select commit" dialog.
1571 * `git cola` has a feature that reads `.git/MERGE_MSG` and friends for the
1572 commit message when a merge is in-progress. Upon refresh, `git cola` will
1573 now detect when a merge has completed and reset the commit message back to
1574 its previous state. It is only reset if the editor contains a message
1575 that was read from the file and has not been manually edited by the user.
1577 * The commit message editor's context menu now has a "Clear..." action for
1578 clearing the message across both the summary and description fields.
1580 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
1582 * The system theme's icons are now used wherever possible.
1583 (`#458 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/458>`_)
1587 * The stash viewer now uses ``git show --no-ext-diff`` to avoid running
1588 user-configured diff tools.
1590 * `git cola` now uses the `setsid()` system call to ensure that the
1591 `GIT_ASKPASS` and `SSH_ASKPASS` helper programs are used when pushing
1592 changes using `git`. The askpass helpers will now be used even when
1593 `git cola` is launched from a terminal.
1595 The behavior without `setsid()` is that `git cola` can appear to hang while
1596 pushing changes. The hang happens when `git` prompts the user for a
1597 password using the terminal, but the user never sees the prompt. `setsid()`
1598 detaches the terminal, which ensures that the askpass helpers are used.
1599 (`#218 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/218>`_)
1600 (`#262 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/262>`_)
1601 (`#377 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/377>`_)
1603 * `git dag`'s file list tool was updated to properly handle unicode paths.
1605 * `gnome-terminal` is no longer used by default when `cola.terminal` is unset.
1606 It is broken, as was detailed in #456.
1607 (`#456 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/456>`_)
1609 * The interactive rebase feature was not always setting `$GIT_EDITOR`
1610 to the value of `gui.editor`, thus there could be instances where rebase
1611 will seem to not stop, or hang, when performing "reword" actions.
1613 We now set the `$GIT_EDITOR` environment variable when performing the
1614 "Continue", "Skip", and "Edit Todo" rebase actions so that the correct
1615 editor is used during the rebase.
1616 (`#445 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/445>`_)
1620 * `git cola` moved from a 3-part version number to a simpler 2-part "vX.Y"
1621 version number. Most of our releases tend to contain new features.
1627 Usability, bells and whistles
1628 -----------------------------
1629 * Updated zh_TW translations.
1631 * `git cola rebase` now defaults to `@{upstream}`, and generally uses the same
1632 CLI syntax as `git rebase`.
1634 * The commit message editor now allows you to bypass commit hooks by selecting
1635 the "Bypass Commit Hooks" option. This is equivalent to passing the
1636 `--no-verify` option to `git commit`.
1637 (`#357 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/357>`_)
1639 * We now prevent the "Delete Files" action from creating a dialog that does
1641 (`#378 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/378>`_)
1643 * `git xbase` learned to edit rebase instruction sheets that contain
1646 * The diff colors are now configurable. `cola.color.{text,add,remove,header}`
1647 can now be set with 6-digit hexadecimal colors.
1648 See the `git cola manual <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#configuration-variables>_`
1651 * Improved hotkey documentation.
1655 * `git cola` will now allow starting an interactive rebase with a dirty
1656 worktree when `rebase.autostash` is set.
1657 (`#360 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/360>`_)
1663 Usability, bells and whistles
1664 -----------------------------
1665 * A new "Find files" widget was added, and can be activated by
1666 using the `Ctrl+t` or `t` hotkeys.
1668 * A new `git cola find` sub-command was added for finding files.
1670 * `git cola` now remembers the text cursor's position when staging
1671 interactively with the keyboard. This makes it easier to use the keyboard
1672 arrows to select and stage lines.
1674 * The completion widgets will now select the top completion item
1675 when `Enter` or `Return` are pressed.
1677 * You can now refresh using `F5` in addition to the existing `Ctrl+R` hotkey.
1681 * `git cola` now passes `--no-abbrev-commit` to `git log` to override
1682 having `log.abbrevCommit = true` set in `.gitconfig`.
1688 Usability, bells and whistles
1689 -----------------------------
1690 * `git dag` now forwards all unknown arguments along to `git log`.
1691 (`#389 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/389>`_)
1693 * Line-by-line interactive staging was made more robust.
1694 (`#399 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/399>`_)
1696 * "Bookmarks" was renamed to "Favorites".
1697 (`#392 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/392>`_)
1699 * Untracked files are now displayed using a unique icon.
1700 (`#388 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/388>`_)
1704 * `git dag` was triggering a traceback on Fedora when parsing Git logs.
1705 (`bz #181676 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181686>`_)
1707 * inotify expects unicode paths on Python3.
1708 (`#393 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/393>`_)
1710 * Untracked files are now assumed to be utf-8 encoded.
1711 (`#401 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/401>`_)
1717 Usability, bells and whistles
1718 -----------------------------
1719 * `git cola` can now create GPG-signed commits and merges.
1720 See the documentation for details about setting up a GPG agent.
1721 (`#149 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/149>`_)
1723 * The status widget learned to copy relative paths when `Ctrl+x` is pressed.
1724 (`#358 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/358>`_)
1726 * Custom GUI actions can now define their own keyboard shortcuts by
1727 setting `guitool.$name.shortcut` to a string understood by Qt's
1728 `QAction::setShortcut()` API, e.g. `Alt+X`.
1730 `Qt docs <http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qkeysequence.html#QKeySequence-2>`_
1731 for more details about the supported values.
1733 * `git cola` learned to rename branches.
1734 (`#364 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/364>`_)
1735 (`#278 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/278>`_)
1737 * `git dag` now has a "Show history" context menu which can be used to filter
1738 history using the selected paths.
1742 * `sphinxtogithub.py` was fixed for Python3.
1743 (`#353 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/353>`_)
1745 * The commit that changed how we read remotes from `git remote`
1746 to parsing `git config` was reverted since it created problems
1749 * Fixed a crash when using the `rebase edit` feature.
1750 (`#351 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/351>`_)
1752 * Better drag-and-drop behavior when dropping into gnome-terminal.
1753 (`#373 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/373>`_)
1757 * The `git-cola-folder-handler.desktop` file handler was fixed
1758 to pass validation by `desktop-file-validate`.
1759 (`#356 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/356>`_)
1761 * The `git.svg` icon was renamed to `git-cola.svg`, and `git cola` was taught
1762 to prefer icons from the desktop theme when available.
1768 Usability, bells and whistles
1769 -----------------------------
1770 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+Shift+M` merges branches.
1772 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+R` refreshes the DAG viewer.
1773 (`#347 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/347>`_)
1777 * We now use `git config` to parse the list of remotes
1778 instead of parsing the output of `git remote`, which
1779 is a Git porcelain and should not be used by scripts.
1781 * Avoid "C++ object has been deleted" errors from PyQt4.
1782 (`#346 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/346>`_)
1786 * The `make install` target now uses `install` instead of `cp`.
1792 Usability, bells and whistles
1793 -----------------------------
1794 * Updated Brazillian Portuguese translation.
1796 * The status and browse widgets now allow drag-and-drop into
1797 external applications.
1798 (`#335 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/335>`_)
1800 * We now show a progress bar when cloning repositories.
1801 (`#312 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/312>`_)
1803 * The bookmarks widget was simplified to not need a
1805 (`#289 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/289>`_)
1807 * Updated Traditional Chinese translation.
1809 * We now display a warning when trying to rebase with uncommitted changes.
1810 (`#338 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/338>`_)
1812 * The status widget learned to filter paths.
1813 `Ctrl+Shift+S` toggles the filter widget.
1814 (`#337 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/337>`_)
1815 (`#339 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/339>`_)
1817 * The status widget learned to move files to the trash
1818 when the `send2trash <https://github.com/hsoft/send2trash>`_
1819 module is installed.
1820 (`#341 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/341>`_)
1822 * "Recent repositories" is now a dedicated widget.
1823 (`#342 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/342>`_)
1825 * New Spanish translation thanks to Pilar Molina Lopez.
1826 (`#344 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/344>`_)
1830 * Newly added remotes are now properly seen by the fetch/push/pull dialogs.
1831 (`#343 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/343>`_)
1837 Usability, bells and whistles
1838 -----------------------------
1839 * New Brazillian Portuguese translation thanks to Vitor Lobo.
1841 * New Indonesian translation thanks to Samsul Ma'arif.
1843 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation thanks to Zhang Han.
1845 * `Ctrl+Backspace` is now a hotkey for "delete untracked files" in
1848 * Fetch/Push/Pull dialogs now use the configured remote of the current
1850 (`#324 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/324>`_)
1854 * We now use `os.getcwd()` on Python3.
1855 (`#316 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/316>`_)
1856 (`#326 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/326>`_)
1858 * The `Ctrl+P` hotkey was overloaded to both "push" and "cherry-pick",
1859 so "cherry-pick" was moved to `Ctrl+Shift+C`.
1861 * Custom GUI tools with mixed-case names are now properly supported.
1863 * "Diff Region" is now referred to as "Diff Hunk" for consistency
1864 with common terminology from diff/patch tools.
1865 (`#328 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/328>`_)
1867 * git-cola's test suite is now portable to MS Windows.
1868 (`#332 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/332>`_)
1874 Usability, bells and whistles
1875 -----------------------------
1876 * We now handle the case when inotify `add_watch()` fails
1877 and display instructions on how to increase the number of watches.
1878 (`#263 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/263>`_)
1880 * New and improved zh_TW localization thanks to V字龍(Vdragon).
1881 (`#265 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/265>`_)
1882 (`#267 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/267>`_)
1883 (`#268 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/268>`_)
1884 (`#269 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/269>`_)
1885 (`#270 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/270>`_)
1886 (`#271 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/271>`_)
1887 (`#272 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/272>`_)
1889 * New hotkeys: `Ctrl+F` for fetch, `Ctrl+P` for push,
1890 and `Ctrl+Shift+P` for pull.
1892 * The bookmarks widget's context menu actions were made clearer.
1893 (`#281 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/281>`_)
1895 * The term "Staging Area" is used consistently in the UI
1896 to allow for better localization.
1897 (`#283 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/283>`_)
1899 * The "Section" term is now referred to as "Diff Region"
1901 (`#297 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/297>`_)
1903 * The localization documentation related to the LANGUAGE
1904 environment variable was improved.
1905 (`#293 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/293>`_)
1907 * The "Actions" panel now contains tooltips for each button
1908 in case the button labels gets truncated by Qt.
1909 (`#292 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/292>`_)
1911 * Custom `git config`-defined actions can now be run in the
1912 background by setting `guitool.<name>.background` to `true`.
1916 * We now use bold fonts instead of SmallCaps to avoid
1917 artifacts on several configurations.
1919 * We now pickup `user.email`, `cola.tabwidth`, and similar settings
1920 when defined in /etc/gitconfig.
1921 (`#259 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/259>`_)
1923 * Better support for unicode paths when using inotify.
1924 (`bz #1104181 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104181>`_)
1926 * Unicode fixes for non-ascii locales.
1927 (`#266 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/266>`_)
1928 (`#273 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/273>`_)
1929 (`#276 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/276>`_)
1930 (`#282 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/282>`_)
1931 (`#298 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/298>`_)
1932 (`#302 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/302>`_)
1933 (`#303 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/303>`_)
1934 (`#305 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/305>`_)
1936 * Viewing history from the file browser was fixed for Python3.
1937 (`#274 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/274>`_)
1939 * setup.py was fixed to install the `*.rst` documentation.
1940 (`#279 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/279>`_)
1942 * Patch export was fixed for Python3.
1943 (`#290 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/290>`_)
1945 * Fixed adding a bookmark with trailing slashes.
1946 (`#295 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/295>`_)
1948 * The default `git dag` layout is now setup so that its widgets
1949 can be freely resized on Linux.
1950 (`#299 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/299>`_)
1952 * Invalid tag names are now reported when creating tags.
1953 (`#296 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/296>`_)
1959 Usability, bells and whistles
1960 -----------------------------
1961 * `git cola` no longer prompts after successfully creating a new branch.
1962 (`#251 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/251>`_)
1964 * Hitting enter on simple dialogs now accepts them.
1965 (`#255 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/255>`_)
1969 * `git dag` no longer relies on `sys.maxint`, which is
1970 not available in Python3.
1971 (`#249 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/249>`_)
1973 * Python3-related fixes.
1974 (`#254 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/254>`_)
1976 * Python3-on-Windows-related fixes.
1977 (`#250 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/250>`_)
1978 (`#252 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/252>`_)
1979 (`#253 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/253>`_)
1981 * Switching repositories using the bookmarks widget was not
1982 refreshing the inotify watcher.
1983 (`#256 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/256>`_)
1985 * Special commit messages trailers (e.g. "Acked-by:") are now special-cased to
1986 fix word wrapping lines that start with "foo:".
1987 (`#257 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/257>`_)
1989 * `git dag` sometimes left behind selection artifacts.
1990 We now refresh the view to avoid them.
1991 (`#204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/204>`_)
1997 Usability, bells and whistles
1998 -----------------------------
1999 * Better inotify support for file creation and deletion.
2000 (`#240 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/240>`_)
2002 * `git cola` now supports the X11 Session Management Protocol
2003 and remembers its state across logout/reboot.
2004 (`#164 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/164>`_)
2006 * `git cola` has a new icon.
2007 (`#190 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/190>`_)
2011 * Building the documentation no longer requires `asciidoc`.
2012 We now use `Sphinx <http://sphinx-doc.org/>`_ for building
2013 html documentation and man pages.
2017 * Reworked the git-dag gravatar icon code to avoid a unicode
2020 * Commit message line-wrapping was made to better match the GUI editor.
2021 (`#242 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/242>`_)
2023 * Better support for Python3 on Windows
2024 (`#246 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/246>`_)
2028 * git-cola no longer depends on Asciidoc for building its documentation
2029 and man-pages. We now depend on [Sphinx](http://sphinx-doc.org/) only.
2035 Usability, bells and whistles
2036 -----------------------------
2037 * Some context menu actions are now hidden when selected
2039 (`#238 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/238>`_)
2043 * The build-git-cola.sh contrib script was improved.
2044 (`#235 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/235>`_)
2046 * Non-ascii worktrees work properly again.
2047 (`#234 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/234>`_)
2049 * The browser now guards itself against missing files.
2050 (`bz #1041378 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071378>`_)
2052 * Saving widget state now works under Python3.
2053 (`#236 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/236>`_)
2061 * git-cola now runs on Python 3 thanks to Virgil Dupras.
2062 (`#233 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/233>`_)
2064 * Python 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2+ are now supported.
2065 Python 2.5 is no longer supported.
2069 * i18n test fixes thanks to Virgil Dupras.
2070 (`#231 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/231>`_)
2072 * git-cola.app build fixes thanks to Maicon D. Filippsen.
2073 (`#230 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/230>`_)
2075 * Lots of pylint improvements thanks to Alex Chernetz.
2076 (`#229 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/229>`_)
2082 Usability, bells and whistles
2083 -----------------------------
2084 * The new `Bookmarks` tool makes it really easy to switch between repositories.
2086 * There is now a dedicated dialog for applying patches.
2087 See the ``File -> Apply Patches`` menu item.
2088 (`#215 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/215>`_)
2090 * A new `git cola am` sub-command was added for applying patches.
2094 * Fixed a typo that caused inotify events to be silently ignored.
2096 * Fixed the sys.path setup for Mac OS X (Homebrew).
2097 (`#221 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/221>`_)
2099 * Lots of pylint fixes thanks to Alex Chernetz.
2105 Usability, bells and whistles
2106 -----------------------------
2107 * `git cola --amend` now starts the editor in `amend` mode.
2108 (`#187 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/187>`_)
2110 * Multiple lines of text can now be pasted into the `summary` field.
2111 All text beyond the first newline will be automatically moved to the
2112 `extended description` field.
2113 (`#212 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/212>`_)
2117 * Stray whitespace in `.git` files is now ignored.
2118 (`#213 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/213>`_)
2120 * Fix "known incorrect sRGB profile" in `staged-item.png`.
2121 (`gentoo-devel message #85066
2122 <http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/85066>`_)
2130 * Fix a traceback when `git push` fails.
2131 (`bz #1034778 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034778>`_)
2135 * Most of the git-cola sub-packages have been removed.
2136 The only remaining packages are `cola`, `cola.models`,
2139 * The translation file for Simplified Chinese was renamed
2141 (`#209 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/209>`_)
2149 * `git cola version --brief` now prints the brief version number.
2153 * Resurrected the "make dist" target, for those that prefer to create
2156 * Fixed the typo that broke the preferences dialog.
2162 Usability, bells and whistles
2163 -----------------------------
2164 * We now ship a full-featured interactive `git rebase` editor.
2165 The rebase todo file is edited using the `git xbase` script which
2166 is provided at `$prefix/share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase`.
2167 This script can be used standalone by setting the `$GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR`
2168 before running `git rebase --interactive`.
2169 (`#1 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1>`_)
2171 * Fixup commit messages can now be loaded from the commit message editor.
2173 * Tool widgets can be locked in place by using the "Tools/Lock Layout"
2175 (`#202 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/202>`_)
2177 * You can now push to several remotes simultaneously by selecting
2178 multiple remotes in the "Push" dialog.
2179 (`#148 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/148>`_)
2181 * The `grep` tool learned to search using three different modes:
2182 basic regular expressions (default), extended regular expressions,
2187 * `git cola` now depends on the `argparse` Python module.
2188 This module is part of the stdlib in Python 2.7 and must
2189 be installed separately when using Python 2.6 and below.
2193 * Support unicode in the output from `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`.
2199 Usability, bells and whistles
2200 -----------------------------
2201 * We now detect when the editor or history browser are misconfigured.
2202 (`#197 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/197>`_)
2203 (`bz #886826 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886826>`_)
2205 * Display of untracked files can be disabled from the Preferences dialog
2206 or by setting the `gui.displayuntracked` configuration variable to `false`.
2207 (`Git Mailing List on 2013-08-21
2208 <https://public-inbox.org/git/20130821032913.GA6092@wheezy.local/>`_)
2212 * Unicode stash names are now supported
2213 (`#198 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/198>`_)
2215 * The diffs produced when reverting workspace changes were made more robust.
2221 Usability, bells and whistles
2222 -----------------------------
2223 * Brand new German translation thanks to Sven Claussner.
2225 * The "File" menu now provides a "New Repository..." menu action.
2227 * `git dag` now uses a dock-widget interface so that its widgets can
2228 be laid-out and arranged. Customizations are saved and restored
2229 the next time `git dag` is launched.
2231 * `git dag` now has a "Zoom Best Fit" button next alongside the
2232 "Zoom In" and "Zoom Out" buttons.
2234 * `Ctrl+L` now focuses the "Search" field in the `git dag` tool.
2236 * Right-clicking in the "diff" viewer now updates the cursor position
2237 before performing actions, which makes it much easier to click around
2238 and selectively stage sections. Previously, the current cursor position
2239 was used which meant that it required two clicks (left-click to update
2240 the position followed by right-click to get the context menu) for the
2241 desired section to be used. This is now a single right-click operation.
2243 * The `Ctrl+D` "Launch Diff Tool" action learned to automatically choose
2244 between `git difftool` and `git mergetool`. If the file is unmerged then
2245 we automatically launch `git mergetool` on the path, otherwise we use
2246 `git difftool`. We do this because `git difftool` is not intended to
2247 be used on unmerged paths. Automatically using `git mergetool` when
2248 appropriate is the most intuitive and muscle-memory-friendly thing to do.
2250 * You can now right-click on folders in your standard file browser
2251 and choose "Open With -> Git Cola" (Linux-only).
2255 * Python 2.6 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard does not provide a namedtuple
2256 at `sys.version_info`. We now avoid using that variable for better
2259 * We now read the user's Git configuration from `~/.config/git/config`
2260 if that file is available, otherwise we use the traditional `~/.gitconfig`
2261 path, just like Git itself.
2263 * Some edge cases were fixed when applying partial/selected diffs.
2265 * The diff viewer is now properly cleared when refreshing.
2266 (`#194 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/194>`_)
2272 Usability, bells and whistles
2273 -----------------------------
2274 * The diff viewer now has an "Options" menu which can be
2275 used to set "git diff" options. This can be used to
2276 ignore whitespace changes or to show a change with its
2277 surrounding function as context.
2278 (`#150 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/150>`_)
2280 * `git cola` now remembers your commit message and will restore it
2281 when `git cola` is restarted.
2282 (`#175 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/175>`_)
2284 * `Ctrl+M` can now be used to toggle the "Amend last commit"
2285 checkbox in the commit message editor.
2286 (`#161 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/161>`_)
2288 * Deleting remote branches can now be done from the "Branch" menu.
2289 (`#152 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/152>`_)
2291 * The commit message editor now has a built-in spell checker.
2295 * We now avoid invoking external diffs when showing diffstats.
2296 (`#163 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/163>`_)
2298 * The `Status` tool learned to reselect files when refreshing.
2299 (`#165 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/165>`_)
2301 * `git cola` now remembers whether it has been maximized and will restore the
2302 maximized state when `git cola` is restarted.
2303 (`#172 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/172>`_)
2305 * Performance is now vastly improved when staging hundreds or
2308 * `git cola` was not correctly saving repo-specific configuration.
2309 (`#174 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/174>`_)
2311 * Fix a UnicodeDecode in sphinxtogithub when building from source.
2318 Usability, bells and whistles
2319 -----------------------------
2320 * We now automatically remove missing repositories from the
2321 "Select Repository" dialog.
2322 (`#145 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/145>`_)
2324 * A new `git cola diff` sub-command was added for diffing changed files.
2328 * The inotify auto-refresh feature makes it difficult to select text in
2329 the "diff" editor when files are being continually modified by another
2330 process. The auto-refresh causes it to lose the currently selected text,
2331 which is not wanted. We now avoid this problem by saving and restoring
2332 the selection when refreshing the editor.
2333 (`#155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/155>`_)
2335 * More strings have been marked for l10n.
2336 (`#157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/157>`_)
2338 * Fixed the Alt+D Diffstat shortcut.
2339 (`#159 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/159>`_)
2343 * Better error handling when cloning repositories.
2345 We were not handling the case where a git URL has
2346 no basename, e.g. `https://git.example.com/`.
2347 `git cola` originally rejected these URLs instead of
2348 allowing users to clone them. It now allows these URLs
2349 when they point to valid git repositories.
2351 Additionally, `git cola` learned to echo the errors
2352 reported by `git clone` when it fails.
2353 (`#156 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/156>`_)
2360 Usability, bells and whistles
2361 -----------------------------
2362 * `git dag` got a big visual upgrade.
2364 * `Ctrl+G` now launches the "Grep" tool.
2366 * `Ctrl+D` launches difftool and `Ctrl+E` launches your editor
2367 when in the diff panel.
2369 * git-cola can now be told to use an alternative language.
2370 For example, if the native language is German and we want git-cola to
2371 use English then we can create a `~/.config/git-cola/language` file with
2372 "en" as its contents: ``echo en >~/.config/git-cola/language``
2373 (`#140 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/140>`_)
2375 * A new `git cola merge` sub-command was added for merging branches.
2377 * Less blocking in the main UI
2381 * Autocomplete issues on KDE
2382 (`#144 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/144>`_)
2384 * The "recently opened repositories" startup dialog did not
2385 display itself in the absence of bookmarks.
2386 (`#139 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/139>`_)
2393 Usability, bells and whistles
2394 -----------------------------
2395 * `git cola` learned to honor `.gitattributes` when showing and
2396 interactively applying diffs. This makes it possible to store
2397 files in git using a non-utf-8 encoding and `git cola` will
2398 properly accept them. This must be enabled by settings
2399 `cola.fileattributes` to true, as it incurs a small performance
2401 (`#96 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/96>`_)
2403 * `git cola` now wraps commit messages at 72 columns automatically.
2404 This is configurable using the `cola.linebreak` variable to enable/disable
2405 the feature, and `cola.textwidth` to configure the limit.
2406 (`#133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/133>`_)
2408 * A new "Open Recent" sub-menu was added to the "File" menu.
2409 This makes it easy to open a recently-edited repository.
2410 (`#135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/135>`_)
2412 * We now show a preview for untracked files when they are clicked
2413 using the `Status` tool.
2414 * A new "Open Using Default Application" action was added to the
2415 `Status` tool. It is activated using either `Spacebar` or through
2416 the context menu. This action uses `xdg-open` on Linux and
2418 * A new "Open Parent Directory" action was added to the `Status` tool.
2419 It is activated using either `Shift+Spacebar` or through the
2421 * `git dag` learned to honor the `log.date` git configuration variable.
2422 This makes the date display follow whatever format the user has
2424 * A new `git cola config` sub-command was added for quickly
2425 tweaking `git cola`'s git configuration settings.
2426 * Some small usability tweaks -- some user confirmation prompts
2427 were defaulting to "Cancel" when they should have been defaulting
2428 to the affirmative option instead.
2432 * Properly handle arbitrarily-named branches.
2433 * We went back to launching `git mergetool` using an xterm.
2434 The reason is that there are a couple of places where `git mergetool`
2435 requires a terminal for user interaction not covered by `--no-prompt`.
2436 * We now properly handle an edge case when applying short diffs at
2437 the start of a file.
2444 Usability, bells and whistles
2445 -----------------------------
2446 * New and improved `grep` mode lets you instantly find and edit files.
2447 * New `git cola grep` standalone mode.
2448 * Support for passing arguments to the configured editors, e.g. `gvim -p`
2449 This makes it possible to select multiple files in the status
2450 window and use `Ctrl-e` to edit them all at once.
2451 * Remote operations now prompt on errors only.
2452 * The `Tab` key now jumps to the extended description when editing the summary.
2453 * More shortcut key labels and misc. UX improvements.
2457 * Selecting an item no longer copies its filename to the copy/paste buffer.
2458 `Ctrl-c` or the "Copy" context-menu action can be used instead.
2459 * The repository monitoring feature on Windows learned to ignore
2460 changes within the ".git" directory. Thanks to Andreas Sommer.
2461 (`#120 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/120>`_)
2468 Usability, bells and whistles
2469 -----------------------------
2470 * `git dag` learned to color-code branchy edges.
2471 The edge colors change when a new branch is detected,
2472 which makes the history much easier to follow.
2473 A huge thanks to Uri Okrent for making it happen.
2475 * New GUI for editing remote repositories.
2477 * New `git cola archive` and `git cola remote` sub-commands.
2479 * `git cola browser` learned an 'Untrack' command.
2481 * The diff editor learned to staged/unstaged while amending.
2483 * The status tool can now scroll horizontally.
2485 * New git repositories can be created by clicking 'New' on the
2486 `git cola --prompt` startup screen.
2493 Usability, bells and whistles
2494 -----------------------------
2495 * Auto-completion was added to more tools.
2497 * `git dag` is easier to use on smaller displays -- the author
2498 field elides its text which allows for a more compact display.
2500 * Selected commits in `git dag` were made more prominent and
2503 * 'Create Branch' learned to fetch remote branches and uses a
2504 background thread to do so.
2506 * User-configured GUI tools are listed alphabetically in the 'Actions' menu.
2508 * The 'Pull' dialog remembers the value of the 'Rebase' checkbox
2509 between invocations.
2518 * Detect Homebrew so that OS X users do not need to set PYTHONPATH.
2520 * `git dag` can export patches again.
2527 Usability, bells and whistles
2528 -----------------------------
2529 * The 'Classic' tool was renamed to 'Browser' and learned to
2530 limit history to the current branch.
2532 * `git dag` learned about gravatar and uses it to show images
2535 * `git dag` learned to use OpenGL for rendering resulting in
2536 much faster rendering.
2538 * More dialogs learned vim-style keyboard shortcuts.
2540 * The commit message editor learned better arrow key navigation.
2547 Usability, bells and whistles
2548 -----------------------------
2549 * `git cola` learned a few new sub commands:
2557 * `Return` in the summary field jumps to the extended description.
2559 * `Ctrl+Return` is now a shortcut for 'Commit'.
2561 * Better French translation for 'Sign-off'.
2563 * The 'Search' widget now has a much simpler and streamlined
2566 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the DAG widget.
2568 * `git dag` no longer prompts for files when diffing commits if the
2569 text field contains paths.
2571 * General user interface and performance improvements.
2575 * The diff viewer no longer changes font size when holding `Control`
2576 while scrolling with the mouse wheel.
2578 * Files with a typechange (e.g. symlinks that become files, etc.)
2579 are now correctly identified as being modified.
2583 * The `cola.controllers` and `cola.views` packages were removed.
2590 Usability, bells and whistles
2591 -----------------------------
2592 * `git cola` can now launch sub commands, e.g.:
2603 * `git dag` is more responsive when gathering auto-completions.
2605 * Keyboard shortcuts are displayed when the '?' key is pressed.
2607 * Various keyboard shortcuts were added for improved usability.
2609 * The status widget now lists unmerged files before modified files.
2611 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the status widget.
2613 * A 'Recently Modified Files...' tool was added.
2615 * Tools can now be hidden with `Alt + #` (where `#` is a keyboard number)
2616 and focused with `Alt + Shift + #`.
2618 * The syntax highlighting colors for diffs was made less intrusive.
2620 * The commit message editor was redesigned to have a more compact
2621 and keyboard-convenient user interface.
2623 * Keyboard shortcuts for adding a Signed-off-by (`Ctrl + i`)
2624 and creating a commit (`Ctrl + m`) were added.
2626 * The status widget was adjusted to use less screen real-estate.
2630 * Avoid updating the index when responding to inotify events.
2631 This avoids interfering with operations such as `git rebase --interactive`.
2632 (`#99 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/99>`_)
2636 * Create `git-dag.pyw` in the win32 installer.
2638 * win32 shortcuts now contain explicit calls to `pythonw.exe` instead of
2639 calling the `.pyw` file directly.
2643 * The 'Apply Changes from Branch...' feature was removed.
2644 `git dag`'s 'Grab File...' feature used alongside the index/worktree editor
2645 is a simpler alternative.
2654 * Further enhanced the staging/unstaging behavior in the status widget.
2655 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
2657 * Unmerged files are no longer listed as modified.
2661 The `cola-$version` tarballs on github were originally setup to
2662 have the same contents as the old tarballs hosted on tuxfamily.
2663 The `make dist` target was changed to write files to a
2664 `git-cola-$version` subdirectory and tarball.
2666 This makes the filenames consistent for the source tarball,
2667 the darwin .app tarball, and the win32 .exe installer.
2674 Usability, bells and whistles
2675 -----------------------------
2676 * Refined the staging/unstaging behavior for code reviews.
2677 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
2679 * Added more styling and icons to menus and buttons.
2681 * Adjusted some terminology to more closely match the git CLI.
2685 * Boolean `git config` settings with no value are now supported
2686 (these are not created by git these days but exist in legacy repositories).
2688 * Unicode branches and tags are supported in the "branch diff" tool.
2690 * Guard against low-memory conditions and more interrupted system calls.
2694 * Added desktop launchers for git-cola.desktop and git-dag.desktop.
2695 This replaces the old cola.desktop, so some adjustments to RPM .spec
2696 and debian/ files will be needed.
2698 * Fixed the darwin app-tarball Makefile target to create relative paths.
2702 * The `--style` option was removed. `git cola` follows the system theme
2703 so there's no need for this option these days.
2710 Usability, bells and whistles
2711 -----------------------------
2712 * Export a patch series from `git dag` into a `patches/` directory.
2714 * `git dag` learned to diff commits, slice history along paths, etc.
2716 * Added instant-preview to the `git stash` widget.
2718 * A simpler preferences editor is used to edit `git config` values.
2719 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
2720 (`#89 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/89>`_)
2722 * Previous commit messages can be re-loaded from the message editor.
2723 (`#33 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/33>`_)
2727 * Display commits with no file changes.
2728 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
2730 * Improved the diff editor's copy/paste behavior
2731 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
2735 * Bumped version number to ceil(minimum git version).
2736 `git cola` now requires `git` >= 1.6.3.
2738 * Simplified git-cola's versioning when building from tarballs
2739 outside of git. We no longer check for a 'version' file at
2740 the root of the repository. We instead keep a default version
2741 in `cola/version.py` and use it when `git cola`'s `.git` repository
2749 Usability, bells and whistles
2750 -----------------------------
2751 * inotify is much snappier and available on Windows
2752 thanks to Karl Bielefeldt.
2754 * New right-click command to add untracked files to .gitignore
2755 thanks to Audrius Karabanovas.
2757 * Stash, fetch, push, and pull usability improvements
2759 * General usability improvements
2761 * stderr is logged when applying partial diffs.
2765 * Files can be unstaged when amending.
2766 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
2768 * Show the configured remote.$remote.pushurl in the GUI
2769 (`#83 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/83>`_)
2771 * Removed usage of the "user" module.
2772 (`#86 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/86>`_)
2774 * Avoids an extra `git update-index` call during startup.
2782 Usability, bells and whistles
2783 -----------------------------
2784 * We now provide better feedback when `git push` fails.
2785 (`#69 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/69>`_)
2787 * The Fetch, Push, and Pull dialogs now give better feedback
2788 when interacting with remotes. The dialogs are modal and
2789 a progress dialog is used.
2793 * More unicode fixes, again. It is now possible to have
2794 unicode branch names, repository paths, home directories, etc.
2795 This continued the work initiated by Redhat's bugzilla #694806.
2797 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806
2804 Usability, bells and whistles
2805 -----------------------------
2806 * The `git cola` desktop launchers now prompt for a repo
2807 by default. This is done by using the new `--prompt`
2808 flag which tells `git cola` to ignore any git repositories
2809 in the current directory and prompt for one instead.
2813 * More Unicode fixes for repositories and home directories with
2814 embedded unicode characters. Thanks to Christian Jann for
2815 patience and helpful bug reports.
2817 * Fix the 'Clone' button in the startup dialog.
2824 Usability, bells and whistles
2825 -----------------------------
2826 * Faster startup time! `git cola` now offloads initialization
2827 to a background thread so that the GUI appears almost instantly.
2829 * Specialized diff options for p4merge, vimdiff, araxis, emerge,
2830 and ecmerge in difftool (backported from git.git).
2834 * Fix launching commands in the background on Windows
2835 (e.g. when launching `git difftool`).
2837 * Fix unicode errors when home or repository directories contain
2839 (`#74 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/74>`_)
2840 (`bz #694806 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806>`_)
2847 Usability, bells and whistles
2848 -----------------------------
2849 * The `cola classic` tool can be now configured to be dockable.
2850 (`#56 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/56>`_)
2852 * The `cola classic` tool now uses visual sigils to indicate a file's status.
2853 The idea and icons were provided by Uri Okrent.
2855 * Include the 'Rescan' button in the 'Actions' widget regardless
2856 of whether inotify is installed.
2860 * Fix installation of translations per Fedora
2861 This incorporates Fedora's fix for the translations path
2862 which originally appeared in cola-1.4.3-translations.patch.
2864 * Mac OS X git-cola developers can now generate git-cola.app
2865 application bundles using 'make app-bundle'.
2869 * Fixed a stacktrace when trying to use "Get Commit Message Template"
2870 with an unconfigured "commit.template" git config variable.
2871 (`bz #67521 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675721>`_)
2872 (`#72 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/72>`_)
2874 * Properly raise the main window on Mac OS X.
2876 * Properly handle staging a huge numbers of files at once.
2878 * Speed up 'git config' usage by fixing cola's caching proxy.
2880 * Guard against damaged ~/.cola files.
2887 Usability, bells and whistles
2888 -----------------------------
2889 * `git dag` now has a separate display area
2890 for displaying commit metadata. This area will soon
2891 grow additional functionality such as cherry-picking,
2896 * Fixed tests from a previous refactoring.
2898 * Guard against 'diff.external' configuration by always
2899 calling 'git diff' with the '--no-ext-diff' option.
2900 (`#67 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/67>`_)
2902 * Respect 'gui.diffcontext' so that cola's diff display
2903 shows the correct number of context lines.
2905 * Raise the GUI so that it is in the foreground on OS X.
2909 * We now allow distutils to rewrite cola's shebang line.
2910 This allows us to run on systems where "which python"
2911 is Python3k. This is exposed by setting the `PYTHON`
2912 Makefile variable to the location of python2.x.
2914 * git-cola.app is now a tiny download because it no longer
2915 contains Qt and PyQt. These libraries are provided as a
2917 (`Link <http://code.google.com/p/git-cola/downloads/list>`_)
2924 Usability, bells and whistles
2925 -----------------------------
2926 * Clicking on paths in the status widget copies them into the
2927 copy/paste buffer for easy middle-clicking into terminals.
2929 * `Ctrl+C` in diff viewer copies the selected diff to the clipboard.
2933 * Fixed the disappearing actions buttons on PyQt 4.7.4
2934 as reported by Arch and Ubuntu 10.10.
2935 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
2937 * Fixed mouse interaction with the status widget where some
2938 items could not be de-selected.
2942 * Removed hard-coded reference to lib/ when calculating Python's
2943 site-packages directory.
2950 Usability, bells and whistles
2951 -----------------------------
2952 * Removed "single-click to (un)stage" in the status view.
2953 This is a usability improvement since we no longer perform
2954 different actions depending on where a row is clicked.
2956 * Added ability to create unsigned, annotated tags.
2960 * Updated documentation to use `cola.git` instead of `cola.gitcmd`.
2967 Usability, bells and whistles
2968 -----------------------------
2969 * Allow un/staging by right-clicking top-level items
2970 (`#57 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/57>`_)
2972 * Running 'commit' with no staged changes prompts to allow
2974 (`#55 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/55>`_)
2976 * Fetch, Push, and Pull are now available via the menus
2977 (`#58 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/58>`_)
2981 * Simplified the actions widget to work around a regression
2983 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
2990 Usability, bells and whistles
2991 -----------------------------
2992 * `git dag` interaction was made faster.
2996 * Added '...' indicators to the buttons for
2997 'Fetch...', 'Push...', 'Pull...', and 'Stash...'.
2998 (`#51 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/51>`_)
3000 * Fixed a hang-on-exit bug in the cola-provided
3001 'ssh-askpass' implementation.
3008 Usability, bells and whistles
3009 -----------------------------
3010 * Staging and unstaging is faster.
3011 (`#48 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/48>`_)
3013 * `git dag` reads history in a background thread.
3017 * Added :data:`cola.compat.hashlib` for `Python 2.4` compatibility
3018 * Improved `PyQt 4.1.x` compatibility.
3022 * Configured menu actions use ``sh -c`` for Windows portability.
3030 Usability, bells and whistles
3031 -----------------------------
3032 * Added support for the configurable ``guitool.<tool>.*``
3033 actions as described in the ``git config`` documentation.
3034 (`git-config(1) <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config>`_)
3035 (`#44 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/44>`_)
3037 This makes it possible to add new actions to `git cola`
3038 by simply editing ``~/.gitconfig``. This implements the
3039 same guitool support as `git gui`.
3041 * Introduced a stat cache to speed up `git config` and
3042 repository status checks.
3044 * Added Alt-key shortcuts to the main `git cola` interface.
3046 * The `Actions` dock widget switches between a horizontal
3047 and vertical layout when resized.
3049 * We now use ``git diff --submodule`` for submodules
3050 (used when git >= 1.6.6).
3052 * The context menu for modified submodules includes an option
3053 to launch `git cola`.
3054 (`#17 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/17>`_)
3056 * Prefer ``$VISUAL`` over ``$EDITOR`` when both are defined.
3057 These are used to set a default editor in lieu of `core.editor`
3060 * Force the editor to be ``gvim`` when we see ``vim``.
3061 This prevents us from launching an editor in the (typically
3062 unattached) parent terminal and creating zombie editors
3063 that cannot be easily killed.
3065 * Selections are remembered and restored across updates.
3066 This makes the `partial-staging` workflow easier since the
3067 diff view will show the updated diff after staging.
3069 * Show the path to the current repository in a tooltip
3070 over the commit message editor.
3071 (`#45 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/45>`_)
3073 * Log internal ``git`` commands when ``GIT_COLA_TRACE`` is defined.
3074 (`#39 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/39>`_)
3078 * Improved backwards compatibility for Python 2.4.
3080 * `Review mode` can now review the current branch; it no longer
3081 requires you to checkout the branch into which the reviewed
3082 branch will be merged.
3084 * Guard against `color.ui = always` configuration when using
3085 `git log` by passing ``--no-color``.
3087 * ``yes`` and ``no`` are now supported as valid booleans
3088 by the `git config` parser.
3090 * Better defaults are used for `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`..
3091 (`#43 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/43>`_)
3095 * Removed colon (`:`) from the applilcation name on Windows
3096 (`#41 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/41>`_)
3098 * Fixed bugs with the Windows installer
3099 (`#40 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/40>`_)
3101 * Added a more standard i18n infrastructure. The install
3102 tree now has the common ``share/locale/$lang/LC_MESSAGES/git-cola.mo``
3103 layout in use by several projects.
3105 * Started trying to accommodate Mac OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
3106 in the ``darwin/`` build scripts but our tester is yet to
3107 report success building a `.app` bundle.
3109 * Replaced use of ``perl`` in Sphinx/documentation Makefile
3110 with more-portable ``sed`` constructs. Thanks to
3111 Stefan Naewe for discovering the portability issues and
3112 providing msysgit-friendly patches.
3119 Usability, bells and whistles
3120 -----------------------------
3121 * It is now possible to checkout from the index as well
3122 as from `HEAD`. This corresponds to the
3123 `Removed Unstaged Changes` action in the `Repository Status` tool.
3125 * The `remote` dialogs (fetch, push, pull) are now slightly
3128 * Bookmarks can be selected when `git cola` is run outside of a git repository.
3130 * Added more user documentation. We now include many links to
3131 external git resources.
3133 * Added `git dag` to the available tools.
3134 `git dag` is a node-based DAG history browser.
3135 It doesn't do much yet, but it's been merged so that we can start
3136 building and improving upon it.
3140 * Fixed a missing ``import`` when showing `right-click` actions
3141 for unmerged files in the `Repository Status` tool.
3143 * ``git update-index --refresh`` is no longer run every time
3144 ``git cola version`` is run.
3146 * Don't try to watch non-existent directories when using `inotify`.
3148 * Use ``git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name`` plumbing to find
3149 the name of the current branch.
3153 * The ``Makefile`` will now conditionally include a ``config.mak``
3154 file located at the root of the project. This allows for user
3155 customizations such as changes to the `prefix` variable
3156 to be stored in a file so that custom settings do not need to
3157 be specified every time on the command-line.
3159 * The build scripts no longer require a ``.git`` directory to
3160 generate the ``builtin_version.py`` module. The release tarballs
3161 now include a ``version`` file at the root of the project which
3162 is used in lieu of having the git repository available.
3163 This allows for ``make clean && make`` to function outside of
3166 * Added maintainer's ``make dist`` target to the ``Makefile``.
3168 * The built-in `simplejson` and `jsonpickle` libraries can be
3169 excluded from ``make install`` by specifying the ``standalone=true``
3170 `make` variable. For example, ``make standalone=true install``.
3171 This corresponds to the ``--standalone`` option to ``setup.py``.
3179 Usability, bells and whistles
3180 -----------------------------
3181 * We now use patience diff by default when it is available via
3182 `git diff --patience`.
3184 * Allow closing the `cola classic` tool with `Ctrl+W`.
3188 * Fixed an unbound variable error in the `push` dialog.
3192 * Don't include `simplejson` in MANIFEST.in.
3194 * Update desktop entry to read `Cola Git GUI`.
3202 This feature release adds two new features directly from
3203 `git cola`'s github issues backlog. On the developer
3204 front, further work was done towards modularizing the code base.
3206 Usability, bells and whistles
3207 -----------------------------
3208 * Dragging and dropping patches invokes `git am`
3209 (`#3 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/3>`_)
3211 * A dialog to allow opening or cloning a repository
3212 is presented when `git cola` is launched outside of a git repository.
3213 (`#22 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/22>`_)
3215 * Warn when `push` is used to create a new branch
3216 (`#35 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/35>`_)
3218 * Optimized startup time by removing several calls to `git`.
3223 * `git cola` is once again compatible with PyQt 4.3.x.
3227 * `cola.gitcmds` was added to factor out git command-line utilities
3229 * `cola.gitcfg` was added for interacting with `git config`
3231 * `cola.models.browser` was added to factor out repobrowser data
3243 * Fix launching external applications on Windows
3245 * Ensure that the `amend` checkbox is unchecked when switching modes
3247 * Update the status tree when amending commits
3257 * Fix Lintian warnings
3267 * Fix X11 warnings on application startup
3277 * Added missing 'Exit Diff Mode' button for 'Diff Expression' mode
3278 (`#31 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/31>`_)
3280 * Fix a bug when initializing fonts on Windows
3281 (`#32 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/32>`_)
3291 * Keep entries in sorted order in the `cola classic` tool
3293 * Fix staging untracked files
3294 (`#27 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/27>`_)
3296 * Fix the `show` command in the Stash dialog
3297 (`#29 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/29>`_)
3299 * Fix a typo when loading merge commit messages
3300 (`#30 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/30>`_)
3308 This release focuses on a redesign of the git-cola user interface,
3309 a tags interface, and better integration of the `cola classic` tool.
3310 A flexible interface based on configurable docks is used to manage the
3311 various cola widgets.
3313 Usability, bells and whistles
3314 -----------------------------
3315 * New GUI is flexible and user-configurable
3317 * Individual widgets can be detached and rearranged arbitrarily
3319 * Add an interface for creating tags
3321 * Provide a fallback `SSH_ASKPASS` implementation to prompt for
3322 SSH passwords on fetch/push/pull
3324 * The commit message editor displays the current row/column and
3325 warns when lines get too long
3327 * The `cola classic` tool displays upstream changes
3329 * `git cola --classic` launches `cola classic` in standalone mode
3331 * Provide more information in log messages
3335 * Inherit the window manager's font settings
3337 * Miscellaneous PyQt4 bug fixes and workarounds
3341 * Removed all usage of Qt Designer `.ui` files
3343 * Simpler model/view architecture
3345 * Selection is now shared across tools
3347 * Centralized notifications are used to keep views in sync
3349 * The `cola.git` command class was made thread-safe
3351 * Less coupling between model and view actions
3353 * The status view was rewritten to use the MVC architecture
3355 * Added more documentation and tests
3363 Usability, bells and whistles
3364 -----------------------------
3365 * Added a `cola classic` tool for browsing the entire repository
3367 * Handle diff expressions with spaces
3369 * Handle renamed files
3373 * Handle carat `^` characters in diff expressions on Windows
3375 * Worked around a PyQt 4.5/4.6 QThreadPool bug
3379 * Added a keyboard shortcuts reference page
3381 * Added developer API documentation
3385 * Fix the diff expression used when reviewing branches
3387 * Fix a bug when pushing branches
3389 * Fix X11 warnings at startup
3391 * Fix more interrupted system calls on Mac OS X
3399 Usability, bells and whistles
3400 -----------------------------
3401 * Fresh and tasty SVG logos
3403 * Added `Branch Review` mode for reviewing topic branches
3405 * Added diff modes for diffing between tags, branches,
3406 or arbitrary `git diff` expressions
3408 * The push dialog selects the current branch by default.
3409 This is in preparation for `git 1.7.0` where unconfigured `git push`
3410 will refuse to push when run without specifying the remote name
3411 and branch. See the `git` release notes for more information
3413 * Support `open` and `clone` commands on Windows
3415 * Allow saving cola UI layouts
3417 * Re-enabled `double-click-to-stage` for unmerged entries.
3418 Disabling it for unmerged items was inconsistent, though safer.
3420 * Show diffs when navigating the status tree with the keyboard
3424 * Worked around `pyuic4` bugs in the `setup.py` build script
3426 * Added Mac OSX application bundles to the download page
3436 * `git difftool` became an official git command in `git 1.6.3`.
3438 * `git difftool` learned `--no-prompt` / `-y` and a corresponding
3439 `difftool.prompt` configuration variable
3441 Usability, bells and whistles
3442 -----------------------------
3443 * Warn when `non-fast-forward` is used with fetch, push or pull
3445 * Allow `Ctrl+C` to exit cola when run from the command line
3449 * Support Unicode font names
3451 * Handle interrupted system calls
3455 * `PEP-8`-ified more of the cola code base
3461 * All resources are now installed into `$prefix/share/git-cola`.
3462 Closed Debian bug #519972
3464 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519972
3474 * Added support for Kompare in `git difftool`
3476 * Added a separate configuration namespace for `git difftool`
3478 * Added the `diff.tool` configuration variable to define the default diff tool
3480 Usability, bells and whistles
3481 -----------------------------
3482 * The stash dialog allows passing the `--keep-index` option to `git stash`
3484 * Amending a published commit warns at commit time
3486 * Simplified the file-across-revisions comparison dialog
3488 * `origin` is selected by default in fetch/push/pull
3490 * Removed the search field from the log widget
3492 * The log window moved into a drawer widget at the bottom of the UI
3494 * Log window display can be configured with
3495 `cola.showoutput` = `{never, always, errors}`. `errors` is the default.
3497 * `NOTE` -- `cola.showoutput` was removed with the GUI rewrite in 1.4.0.
3501 * Improved nose unittest usage
3505 * Added a Windows/msysGit installer
3507 * Included private versions of `simplejson` and `jsonpickle`
3508 for ease of installation and development