6 Usability, bells and whistles
7 -----------------------------
8 * `Ctrl + Space` can now be used to display the autocomplete options in input fields
9 that provide autocompletion.
11 * The Diff widget can now display the currently selected filename.
12 Enable the "Show filenames" option in the Diff widget's tool menu.
13 (`#1367 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1367>`_)
15 * The "Fetch", "Push" and "Pull" dialogs now have an embedded progress bar instead
16 of displaying a progress bar in a separate popup window.
18 * The "Fetch", "Push" and "Pull" dialogs will now stay open after the remote
19 operation completes when the "Close on completion" checkbox is unchecked.
20 These dialogs closed themselves unconditionally before this change.
24 * PyQt6 compatibility for the "Find in diff" feature.
28 * Updated Polish translation.
29 (`#1368 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1368>`_)
37 Usability, bells and whistles
38 -----------------------------
39 * The remote messages dialog is now displayed for the Pull and Push actions in the
40 Branches widget only. This dialog is disabled by default and enabled in the
41 main Push and Pull dialog settings.
42 (`#1363 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1363>`_)
44 * The whole-file staging actions in the Diff widget's right-click menu are now listed
45 after the selection and hunk staging actions. This helps prevent accidental clicks
46 from clobbering the index for the entire file.
47 (`#1362 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1362>`_)
49 * The completion popup no longer reappears after an item is selected in the
50 "Checkout Branch" action and similar dialogs.
51 (`#1360 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1360>`_)
55 * PyQt6 compatibility was improved.
63 Usability, bells and whistles
64 -----------------------------
65 * Git Cola now preserves `# commentary` in commit messages by default.
66 The `commit.cleanup` Git configuration variable can be used to
67 customize this behavior. For example, if you want Git Cola to
68 strip comments (the old behavior before v4.4.0) then
69 you can run `git config --global commit.cleanup strip` or configure
70 the "Commit Message Cleanup" setting in the Preferences window.
71 (`#1330 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1330>`_)
73 * `git dag` now includes completions for `git log` options in the text input field.
75 * `git dag` now provides convenient search filters when right-clicking in the
78 * A `1.25 x` Hi-DPI magnification option mode is now available in the Appearance settings.
79 (`#1313 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1313>`_)
81 * MacOS-specific application themes are now available in the Appearance settings
82 when the pyobjc module is installed.
83 (`#905 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/905>`_)
85 * Git Cola now runs `git commit` in the background and feedback is provided while
86 the commit is running. This prevents the UI from freezing when running pre-commit
87 hooks that can make `git commit` take a long time to run.
88 (`#1320 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1320>`_)
90 * The Diff context menu was reworked to reduce visual clutter and better match
91 the Status context menu.
92 (`#1347 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1347>`_)
94 * The standalone `git cola tag` tool now autocompletes the tag name field.
95 (`#706 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/706>`_)
96 (`#691 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/691>`_)
98 * The "Branches" dock widget now has a "Visualize" right-click menu option.
99 (`#1061 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1061>`_)
101 * The "Stash" dialog learned to rename stashes.
102 (`#558 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/558>`_)
104 * The "Fetch", "Push" and "Pull" dialogs can now display remote messages from the server.
105 (`#951 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/951>`_)
109 * `git dag` fixed how it was handling refspec arguments.
110 (`#1334 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1334>`_)
112 * `git dag` will now properly refresh itself when remote branches are updated.
113 (`#1063 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1063>`_)
115 * The `cola.inotify` feature no longer runs into issues when accessing WSL2
116 filesystems from Windows 11+.
117 (`#1194 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1194>`_)
121 * `cercis <https://pypi.org/project/cercis/>`_ is now being used to enforce
122 Git Cola's python code style. We were previously disabling quote normalization
123 when using `black`. Use of `cercis` allows us to enable quote normalization
124 under its default single-quote settings.
126 * The test suite now works on Windows.
127 (`#1331 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1331>`_)
128 (`#1332 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1332>`_)
130 * Pre-commits hooks and code modernization.
131 (`#1333 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1333>`_)
133 * Compatibility with Sphinx 7.2.0 was added to the `sphinxtogithub`
134 sphinx documentation plugin.
135 (`#1336 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1336>`_)
143 Usability, bells and whistles
144 -----------------------------
145 * The minimum font size can now be set lower, which is helpful for Hi-DPI displays.
146 (`#1342 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1342>`_)
150 * Flashing windows during startup on Windows has been fixed.
151 (`#1329 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1329>`_)
153 * `git dag` was not displaying history when refspecs were specified.
154 (`#1334 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1334>`_)
158 * Compatibility with Sphinx 7.2.0 was added to the `sphinxtogithub`
159 sphinx documentation plugin.
160 (`#1336 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1336>`_)
170 * The pypi wheel was fixed to include `entry_points.txt`.
172 * The "Revert" command was throwing an exception after succesfully completing.
180 Usability, bells and whistles
181 -----------------------------
182 * `git dag` now displays commit metadata more similarly to `git log`.
183 The commit date is now displayed and the subject field is displayed
184 directly above the extended description.
186 * `git dag` now supports a `cola.logdate` configuration for controlling
187 the date format. The configured value is passed to `git log --date=<format>`.
188 (`#1319 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1319>`_)
189 (`#1312 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1312>`_)
191 * The default `patches` directory that is used when exporting patches
192 is now configurable using the `cola.patchesdirectory` configuration
193 variable and the Preferences dialog.
195 * The Diff Editor can now export the diff selection, or the current
196 diff hunk, to a `*.patch` file from the `Patches` context menu action.
198 * Existing patches can be appended to by choosing a patch file from
199 the `Append Patch` sub-menu in the `Patches` context menu action.
201 * Patches can now be applied by dragging and dropping patches files from
202 a file browser onto the diff editor. The "Apply Patches" dialog is
203 launched with the drag-and-dropped patch files.
205 * Shell completions for zsh are now provided in the source distribution.
206 See the `contrib/_git-cola` zsh completion file for more details
210 * ``QApplication::desktop()`` is no longer available on PyQt6.
211 Git Cola no longer relies on this method.
215 * Git Cola can now be installed on Windows using `winget`.
216 See the ``README.md`` file for more details.
217 (`#1318 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1318>`_)
227 * Diffs for repositories with a single commit have been fixed.
228 (`#1306 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1306>`_)
230 * The toolbars follow the Qt toolbar style, as they did prior to `v4.2.0`.
231 (`#1307 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1307>`_)
233 * The "Checkout Branch" dialog was fixed to display all completions when first shown.
234 (`#1308 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1308>`_)
242 Usability, bells and whistles
243 -----------------------------
244 * The Diff Editor can now send diffs to your favorite editor before the diffs are applied.
245 The right-click "Edit Diff ..." menu actions and the `Ctrl + Shift + S` /
246 `Ctrl + Shift + U` hotkeys send the current diff hunk, or the selected diff, to your
247 editor before they are applied to the worktree / staging area.
248 (`#1290 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1290>`_)
249 (`#794 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/794>`_)
251 * The Diff Editor and DAG viewer can now search within their diffs using
252 `Ctrl + F` and `Ctrl + G` hotkeys.
253 (`#1116 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1116>`_)
255 * A new *Diff Mode* can be used to diff and unstage edits relative to any commit.
256 (`#816 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/816>`_)
258 * The Commit Message Editor can now spell-check the summary field. Previously only the
259 "Extended Description..." field supported spell checking.
260 (`#633 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/633>`_)
261 (`#1070 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1070>`_)
263 * Repositories in your "Recents" and "Favorites" can now be searched using the new
264 "Search" tool button. Quickly switch between these repositories using the `Alt + P`
265 hotkey and "Quick Open..." File menu action.
266 (`#1282 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1282>`_)
268 * "Favorites", "Recents" and the startup dialog now display a case-insensitively
269 sorted list of repositories.
270 (`#1047 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1047>`_)
272 * The startup dialog now has a right-click context menu that allows you to prune
273 stale entries and other actions that were not previously accessible from
275 (`#1199 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1199>`_)
276 (`#1280 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1280>`_)
278 * The "Copy Leading Paths" action in the Status tool's right-click "Copy" sub-menu
279 can now strip off an arbitrary number of leading paths.
280 (`#784 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/784>`_)
282 * The "Cherry-Pick" action now reports errors when "git cherry-pick" fails.
283 A new "Abort Cherry-Pick" action has been added for aborting a failed cherry-pick.
284 (`#1062 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1062>`_)
286 * The diff text can now be quickly zoomed using `Ctrl + Mouse wheel` scroll.
287 This will quickly change the text size within the current session only.
288 (`#1029 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1029>`_)
290 * The Console and Diff widgets learned to open URLs. Right-click on a line
291 that contains http URLs and context-menu actions for opening each URL
292 using your default web browser will be displayed.
293 (`#1139 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1139>`_)
295 * Drag-and-drop has been improved when dragging filenames from the Status tool.
296 Dragging multiple files requires special handling to improve usability.
297 Some terminals (such as `kitty`) consume multiple file URLs by separating paths with
298 newlines. This is useful when you'd like to capture raw filenames but is less
299 convenient when dropping filenames onto a command-line. Drag with the `Alt`-modifier
300 held down to drag-and-drop filenames for command-line use. Using the `Alt` modifier
301 omits URLs so that the drag-and-drop payload includes only space-delimited,
303 (`#719 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/719>`_)
305 * The DAG viewer now displays the diff between the start and end commits when
306 multiple commits are selected. The diffs are displayed in the DAG's diff viewer.
307 (`#552 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/552>`_)
309 * The DAG viewer learned to checkout branches and initiate rebases from its right-click menu.
310 (`#1113 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1113>`_)
312 * The DAG diff viewer learned to word-wrap the diff text.
313 (`#1242 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1242>`_)
315 * The spelling dictionaries are now discovered dynamically at runtime.
316 `dict/words` and `dict/propernames` are now discovered via `$XDG_DATA_DIRS`
317 by the spell checker. This allows a spelling dictionary to be placed in eg.
318 `~/.local/share/dict/words` to override the default `/usr/share/dict/words`.
319 (`#873 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/873>`_)
321 * The File menu now has a "Patches" sub-menu with a full set of "git am" Patch actions.
323 * The Diff Editor and various Diff widgets now have a "Copy Diff" action with an
324 `Alt + Shift + C` hotkey that copies the selected diff text to the clipboard with the
325 `+`, `-` and `<Space>` diff prefix characters removed.
326 (`#1288 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1288>`_)
328 * The "Revert" action for reverting commits from the DAG tool now displays error
329 messages when ``git revert`` fails.
330 (`#885 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/885>`_)
332 * The Diff Editor now uses an easier-to-see *block cursor* by default.
333 Disable `cola.blockcursor <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#cola-blockcursor>`_
334 to continue using original *line cursor* by running
335 ``git config --global cola.blockcursor false``, or by editing the settings in the menu.
337 * The "Unmerged" header item in the Status tool now displays a summary list of unmerged files.
339 * The hotkeys documentation has been updated to clarify that the "Copy Commit ID"
340 action is available in several tools.
341 (`#779 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/779>`_)
343 * Saving files when using "Browse Other Branch" now displays errors from
344 ``git show`` when saving files from arbitrary commits.
345 (`#1065 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1065>`_)
347 * The Apply Patches dialog now reports errors when patches fail to apply.
348 (`#673 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/673>`_)
350 * The "Status" tool now disables "Copy" actions in its context menu when no
351 files have been selected.
352 (`#697 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/697>`_)
354 * The "Unstage" menu item in the Status tool now uses a "Remove" icon.
355 (`#1289 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1289>`_)
359 * The vendored `qtpy` module was modified to sever its dependency on the
360 `packaging.version` module. This mostly affects users that want to run
361 Git Cola directly from the the source tree outside of any virtualenv.
362 (`#1286 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1286>`_)
370 Usability, bells and whistles
371 -----------------------------
372 * The rebase editor was taught to handle stacked branch workflows enabled by
373 ``git rebase --update-refs``. The ``git cola rebase`` sub-command now has
374 an ``--update-refs`` option and the menu actions display a prompt that allows
375 you to enable the updating of stacked branches.
376 (`#1261 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1261>`_)
377 (`#571 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/571>`_)
379 * The status widget now respects `diff.ignoreSubmodules`.
380 (`#1269 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1269>`_)
382 Packaging and Dependencies
383 --------------------------
384 * PyQt6 is now officially supported.
385 (`#1211 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1211>`_)
386 (`#1273 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1273>`_)
388 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v2.3.0`.
392 * Fixes and updates to Git Cola's CI actions.
393 (`#1278 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1278>`_)
394 (`#1277 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1277>`_)
404 * The "T" hotkey for "Find Files" was removed to avoid issues in some configurations.
405 (`#1270 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1270>`_)
407 * Some context menus entries were erroring out on binary files.
408 (`#1271 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1271>`_)
416 Usability, bells and whistles
417 -----------------------------
418 * The branches widget no longer loses its selection state in response to
419 notifications and UI actions.
420 (`#1221 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1221>`_)
422 * The use of ``gravatar.com`` to fetch icons associated with author emails
423 can now be disabled by setting `git config --global cola.gravatar false`.
424 (`#933 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/933>`_)
428 * The config reader has been revamped to better read settings when git config
429 files are located in unexpected locations.
430 (`#927 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/927>`_)
431 (`#1264 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1264>`_)
433 * The preferences dialog no longer throws an error when the editor has not
435 (`#1263 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1263>`_)
437 * Context menu actions for staging files has been added when diffing images.
438 (`#1265 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1265>`_)
440 * The stash editor now properly displays stashes with slashes ("/") in
441 their names or messsages.
442 (`#1267 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1267>`_)
444 * The settings file is now written-to and read-from in a robust manner to avoid data
445 loss when doing an ACPI shutdown or forced shutdown of a machine.
446 (`#1241 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1241>`_)
448 * Git Cola now displays an error message when attempting to open a repository that
449 cannot be accessed due to the new `safe.directory` protections in Git v2.30.3.
450 (`#1243 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1243>`_)
454 * The .po and .pot files now contain location information.
455 (`#880 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/880>`_)
463 Usability, bells and whistles
464 -----------------------------
465 * The Rebase editor (`git-cola-sequence-editor`) now supports multi-select.
466 Use `Shift-{Up,Down}` to select multiple lines and the keyboard hotkeys
467 listed in the `?` dialog to drive the UI.
468 (`#1257 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1257>`_)
470 * The `$GIT_VISUAL` and `$VISUAL` environment variable are now consulted in addition
471 to `$GIT_EDITOR` and `$EDITOR` when the `gui.editor` configuration is unset.
472 (`#1237 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1237>`_)
474 * The application window icon is now enabled when running on Wayland.
475 (`#1240 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1240>`_)
477 * The Status widget now has an "Open Worktree" action.
478 (`#1245 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1245>`_)
480 * The "Open Using Default Application", "Open Directory",
481 "Open Parent Directory" and "Open Worktree" actions are now available on Windows.
483 * The dialog for opening repositories is now a read-only dialog that omits the
484 ability to create folders and modify the filesystem.
485 (`#1168 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1168>`_)
487 * A few more `git` calls have been eliminated from the startup sequence.
488 This further improved the startup time for Git Cola.
489 (`#1259 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1259>`_)
493 * Documentation rendering errors have been fixed.
494 (`#1256 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1256>`_)
496 * Use of a `~/.config/git-cola/language` file to override the language has been fixed.
497 (`#1246 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1246>`_)
499 * We no longer write the `cola.spellcheck` configuration value on launch.
500 (`#1238 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1238>`_)
504 * Updated Spanish translation.
505 (`#1244 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1244>`_)
507 * Updated Japanese translation.
508 (`#1249 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1249>`_)
512 * Building documentation offline is supported again.
513 (`#1250 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1250>`_)
515 * The Appstream Metadata files were missing in the v4.0.0 release are included again.
516 (`#1254 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1254>`_)
517 (`#1253 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1253>`_)
525 Usability, bells and whistles
526 -----------------------------
527 * Double-clicking dock widgets no longer creates sub-windows when the layout is locked.
528 (`#1176 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1176>`_)
529 (`#1198 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1198>`_)
533 * We now guard against `locale.getdefaultlocale()` returning `None` in some
534 configurations, notably on macOS if none of 'LC_ALL', 'LC_CTYPE', 'LANG' or 'LANGUAGE'
536 (`#1234 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1234>`_)
538 * The preferences dialog has been fixed to properly handle booleans.
539 (`#1235 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1235>`_)
541 * The `docs/` directory was restructured to avoid missing `setup.py` errors.
542 `share/doc/git-cola` is now a symlink pointing to `docs/`.
543 (`#1230 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1230>`_)
545 * Message boxes could sometimes display off-screen or using geometry that is larger
546 than the current desktop. Message box sizes are now clamped to the desktop size.
547 (`#1228 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1228>`_)
557 These changes are primarily breaking changes for packagers of Git Cola.
558 For example, Linux distribution and Homebrew package maintainers may need to
559 be aware of these changes.
561 Changes have been made build infrastructure and the resulting filesystem artifacts.
563 * The build system is now Python3-only and has been modernized for PEP-517/518.
564 While Git Cola still builds and runs under Python2, it is no longer officially
565 supported and may stop working in a future release without notice.
566 (`#1201 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1201>`_)
568 * The `#!/usr/bin/env python` shebang lines in the `git-cola` and `git-dag` wrapper
569 scripts have been updated to use `python3`.
570 (`#1204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1204>`_)
572 * The build system was switched to `setuptools` and no longer depends on `distutils`.
573 ``python setup.py {build,install,build_pot,build_mo}`` are no longer provided.
574 Use the https://pypa-build.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation.html
575 ``python -m build`` tool to generate sdist and wheel distributions,
576 and ``pip install .`` to install Git Cola from source.
577 (`#1204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1204>`_)
579 * The `git-cola`, `git-dag` and `git-cola-sequence-editor` commands are now installed
580 using setuptools entry points.
582 * The `bin/` wrapper scripts in the source tree continue to be provided for convenience
583 but they are not the scripts that get installed.
585 * The `qtpy` Python package is no longer installed alongside the `cola` Python package.
587 * The `cola` package is now installed into the standard Python site-packages location.
589 * The `share/git-cola/lib` private Python modules directory no longer exists.
591 * The `NO_VENDOR_LIBS` and `NO_PRIVATE_LIBS` Makefile options are no longer necessary.
593 * The `share/git-cola` filesystem namespace no longer exists. All of cola's package data
594 is distributed alongside the `cola` module as package data.
596 * Building the Sphinx documentation now also requires the `jaraco.packaging` and
597 `rst.linker` packages. See `requirements/requirements-dev.txt` for the package
600 Usability, bells and whistles
601 -----------------------------
603 <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#custom-themes>`_
604 can be used by adding `*.qss` Qt stylesheet files to `~/.config/git-cola/themes/`.
605 (`#1222 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1222>`_)
606 (`#1226 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1226>`_)
608 * Git Cola now keeps track of child Browser windows and will close all of them when
609 the main window is closed.
610 (`#1200 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1200>`_)
614 * Staging conflicted binary files has been fixed to avoid Unicode decoding errors.
615 (`#1189 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1189>`_)
617 * Ensure that secure permissions are used when creating temporary files.
618 (`#1209 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1209>`_)
620 * The line numbering in the diff viewer was corrected when displaying merge diffs.
621 (`#1208 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1208>`_)
623 * Documentation typofixes.
624 (`#1193 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1193>`_)
626 * Git Cola was revamped to use Qt signals and slots for all of its notifications.
627 This made its notification system more robust.
628 (`#1202 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1202>`_)
629 (`#1203 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1203>`_)
630 (`#1205 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1205>`_)
631 (`#1206 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1206>`_)
635 * `vcruntime140.dll` and `msvcp140.dll` are now included in the Windows installation.
636 (`#1207 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1207>`_)
644 Usability, bells and whistles
645 -----------------------------
646 * The git config guitool action can now be grouped under user-defined menus.
647 This is done by using slash (``/``) delimiters in the action name.
648 Entries before the final slash are treated like submenus inside the
649 top-level ``Actions`` menu.
650 (`#1150 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1150>`_)
652 * Toolbars now have a full set of icons. The icons follow the system theme
653 and can be configured to display text, just icons, or text and icons.
654 (`#1177 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1177>`_)
656 * The startup dialog will now open the selected repository when the "enter"
658 (`#1162 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1162>`_)
660 * ``Shift+S`` will stage selected lines (in addition to ``s``).
661 (`#1187 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1187>`_)
665 * The vendored qtpy library was patched to retain Python2 compatibility.
667 * The "Unstage" toolbar action was fixed.
668 (`#1178 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1178>`_)
670 * We now avoid `setWidth(float)` for compatibility with newer Qt versions.
671 (`#1183 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1183>`_)
673 * Documentation typofixes.
674 (`#1185 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1185>`_)
678 * Updated Polish translation.
679 (`#1184 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1184>`_)
683 * Git Cola now uses Github Actions for running its continuous integration tests.
684 (`#1179 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1179>`_)
692 Usability, bells and whistles
693 -----------------------------
694 * The Status tool was improved to better retain selected files when
695 the state changes and the display is refreshed.
696 (`#1130 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1130>`_)
697 (`#1131 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1131>`_)
699 * The Diff editor can now stage selected lines for untracked files.
700 Git Cola will detect when a file is untracked and will allow you to
701 partially stage it, just like existing tracked files.
702 (`#1146 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1146>`_)
703 (`#1084 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1084>`_)
705 * Diffing of staged files has been implemented for repositories that contain
707 (`#1149 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1149>`_)
708 (`#1110 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1110>`_)
710 * Documentation improvements and typofixes.
711 (`#1163 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1163>`_)
712 (`#1164 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1164>`_)
716 * The `FIPS security mode
717 <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/FIPS_Mode_-_an_explanation>`_
718 is now supported by Git Cola when running on FIPS-enabled Python
719 (Python 3.9+ or centos8/rhel8's patched Python 3.6).
720 (`#1157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1157>`_)
724 * The `argparse` usage was adjusted to remain compatible with older Pythons.
725 (`#1155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1155>`_)
727 * The window restoration logic was fixed to properly save/restore settings
728 when different languages are used.
729 (`#1071 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1071>`_)
730 (`#1161 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1161>`_)
731 (`#382 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/382>`_)
733 * `git dag` no longer passes floats to `QPen::setWidth()` for better compatibility.
734 (`bz #2014950 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2014950>`_)
738 * The Windows installer was slimmed down by removing unused Qt DLLs.
739 (`#1152 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1152>`_)
749 * Patch release to fix a typo in the Interactive Rebase feature.
756 Usability, bells and whistles
757 -----------------------------
758 * The git config reader now supports the `include.path` directive
759 for including config files.
760 (`#1136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1136>`_)
761 (`#1137 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1137>`_)
763 * The dialog for selecting commits now support filtering.
764 (`#1121 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1121>`_)
766 * The diff editor now wraps long lines by default. The diff options
767 menu can be used to enable/disable line wrapping.
768 (`#1123 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1123>`_)
770 * Git Cola now honors `core.hooksPath` for configuring custom Git hooks,
771 which was introduced in Git v2.9.
772 (`#1118 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1118>`_)
774 * A new `Ctrl + Shift + S` hotkey was added for staging/unstaging all
775 files, both modified and untracked.
777 * The `Status` tool now supports `Ctrl + A` for selecting all files and
778 it behaves more predictably when performing operations when multiple
779 categories of files are selected (eg. when both modified and untracked
780 header items are selected).
781 (`#1117 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1117>`_)
785 * Updated Hungarian translation.
786 (`#1135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1135>`_)
790 * The "Interactive Rebase" feature was updated to work with Windows.
792 * `make install-man` was updated to support Sphinx 4.0.
793 (`#1141 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1141>`_)
795 * `git cola --help-commands` was updated for newer versions of argparse.
796 (`#1133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1133>`_)
800 * Git Cola can now be started as a Python module.
801 (`#1119 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1119>`_)
809 Usability, bells and whistles
810 -----------------------------
811 * The startup dialog now detects when Recent and Favorite repositories no
812 longer exist on disk, and offers to remove these entries when selected.
813 (`#1089 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1089>`_)
815 * The startup dialog now includes a simpler and more condensed folder view
816 that can be used for selecting Favorites and Recent repositories.
817 (`#1086 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1086>`_)
819 * The "Commit" menu now includes an "Undo Last Commit" action.
820 (`#890 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/890>`_)
822 * The "Reset" menu was revamped to expose all of Git's reset modes alongside a
823 new "Restore Worktree" action that updates the worktree using "git read-tree".
824 (`#890 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/890>`_)
828 * Updated Polish translation.
829 (`#1107 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1107>`_)
831 * Updated Japanese translation.
832 (`#1098 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1098>`_)
834 * Updated Brazilian translation.
835 (`#1091 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1091>`_)
839 * The ``--use-env-python`` option for ``setup.py`` is now Python3 compatible.
840 (`#1102 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1102>`_)
848 Usability, bells and whistles
849 -----------------------------
850 * The submodules widget can now be used to add submodules.
851 Submodules are now updated recursively.
852 (`#534 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/534>`_)
854 * The image diff viewer can now be toggled between text and image modes.
855 This is helpful when, for example, diffing .svg files where it can be useful
856 to see diffs in both an image and text representation.
857 (`#859 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/859>`_)
858 (`#1035 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1035>`_)
860 * The default `ssh-askpass` username + password dialog included with Git Cola
861 can now toggle between showing and masking the password input field.
862 (`#1069 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1069>`_)
866 * Updated Polish translation.
867 (`#1076 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1076>`_)
869 * Updated Hungarian translation.
870 (`#1067 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1067>`_)
874 * The `share/appdata` AppStream data was renamed to `share/metainfo`
875 in accordance with `AppStream standard changes from 2016
876 <https://github.com/ximion/appstream/blob/master/NEWS#L1363>`_.
877 (`#1079 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1079>`_)
879 * The ``cola`` modules are now installed into the Python ``site-packages``
880 directory by default. This allows distributions to package ``git-cola`` for
881 multiple versions of Python. See the PACKAGING NOTES section in the README
882 for details about suppressing the installation of the private
883 ``share/git-cola/lib/cola`` modules when building cola.
884 (`#181 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/181>`_)
886 * Git Cola's rebase / sequence editor, formerly known as ``git-xbase`` and
887 installed as ``share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase``, has been renamed to
888 ``git-cola-sequence-editor`` and is now installed into the default
889 ``bin/git-cola-sequence-editor`` executable location to enable external
890 reuse of this general-purpose tool.
892 * A workaround used by the pynsist installer preamble script was obsoleted by
893 `takluyver/pynsist#149 <https://github.com/takluyver/pynsist/pull/149>`_
894 and has now been removed.
895 (`#1073 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1073>`_)
899 * `git dag` now uses integer widths when initializing its brushes.
900 (`#1080 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1080>`_)
908 Usability, bells and whistles
909 -----------------------------
910 * The ``git-xbase`` rebase editor now includes a file list for filtering
911 the changes displayed in the diff view.
912 (`#1051 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1051>`_)
914 * The fallback `ssh-askpass` script, which provides the Username/Password
915 login dialog when performing remote operations, previously presented both
916 the username and password input fields with ``***`` asterisks.
917 The dialog now uses asterisks for the password field only.
918 (`#1026 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1026>`_)
920 * Stashes can now be applied using the `Ctrl + Enter` hotkey, popped with the
921 `Ctrl + Backspace` hotkey, and dropped with the `Ctrl + Shift + Backspace`
922 hotkey when inside the stash dialog. This enables a keyboard-centric
923 mouse-free workflow when using the stash dialog.
925 * When amending a commit, `git cola` will check whether the commit has been
926 published to a remote branch using ``git branch -r --contains HEAD``.
927 This command can be slow when operating on a repository with many
928 remote branches. The new `cola.checkpublishedcommits` configuration
929 variable allows you to opt-out of this check, which improves performance
930 when amending a commit. The settings widget exposes this variable as,
931 "Check Published Commits when Amending".
932 (`#1021 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1021>`_)
933 (`#1027 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1027>`_)
937 * Updated Polish translation.
938 (`#1033 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1033>`_)
942 * ``git-dag.appdata.xml`` was updated to allow network access for author icons.
943 (`#1050 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1050>`_)
945 * The inotify filesystem monitor now handles
946 `OSError: [Errno 24] Too many open files` errors by disabling inotify.
947 (`#1015 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1015>`_)
949 * Typos in various documentation files have been fixed.
950 (`#1025 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1025>`_)
952 * The "Recent Repositories" limit was off by one, and now correctly
953 remembers the configured number of repositories in the menu.
954 (`#1024 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1024>`_)
956 * The "revert" action in the DAG and other tools now uses
957 ``git revert --no-edit``, which avoids launching an editor
958 when reverting the commit. Use `Ctrl+m` in the commit message
959 editor after reverting a commit to rewrite its commit message.
960 (`#1020 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1020>`_)
968 Usability, bells and whistles
969 -----------------------------
970 * The remote editor is much faster since it no longer queries
971 remotes, and uses the cached information instead.
972 (`#986 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/986>`_)
974 * Commit message templates can now be loaded automatically by setting
975 ``git config cola.autoloadcommittemplate true``.
976 (`#1013 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1013>`_)
977 (`#735 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/735>`_)
979 * The UI layout can now be reset back to its initial state by selecting
980 the "Reset Layout" action. This reverts the layout to the same state
981 as when the app first launched.
982 (`#1008 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1008>`_)
983 (`#994 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/994>`_)
985 * Files can now be ignored in either the project's `.gitignore`, or in the
986 repository's private local `.git/info/exclude` ignore file.
987 (`#1006 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1006>`_)
988 (`#1000 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1000>`_)
990 * New remotes are now selected when they are added in the "Edit Remotes" tool.
991 (`#1002 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1002>`_)
993 * The "Recent" repositories list is now saved to disk when opening a
994 repository. Previously, this list was only updated when exiting the app.
995 (`#1001 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1001>`_)
997 * The bookmarks tool now has a "Delete" option in its right-click menu.
998 (`#999 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/999>`_)
1000 * The current repository is no longer listed in the "File/Open Recent" menu.
1001 (`#998 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/998>`_)
1005 * Updated Hungarian translation.
1006 (`#1005 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1005>`_)
1007 (`#1018 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1018>`_)
1009 * Updated Turkish translation.
1010 (`#1003 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1003>`_)
1011 (`#1011 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1011>`_)
1015 * Better support for Python 3.8's line buffering modes.
1016 (`#1014 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1014>`_)
1018 * The default `ssh-askpass` script now uses a more generic `#!` shebang line.
1019 (`#1012 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1012>`_)
1021 * Fetch, push, and pull operations will now refresh the model and display when
1022 operations complete.
1023 (`#996 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/996>`_)
1025 * The branches widget now refreshes its display when changing branches.
1026 (`#992 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/992>`_)
1030 * The `share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase` script will now have its `#!` lines
1031 updated during installation.
1032 (`#991 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/991>`_)
1036 * The unit tests were made more platform-independent.
1037 (`#993 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/993>`_)
1045 Usability, bells and whistles
1046 -----------------------------
1047 * Auto-completion for filenames can now be disabled. This speeds up
1048 revision completion when working in large repositories with many files.
1049 (`#981 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/981>`_)
1051 * The Stash dialog now shows the stash date as a tooltip when hovering
1052 over a stashed change.
1053 (`#982 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/982>`_)
1055 * Qt HiDPI settings are overridden by the `git cola` HiDPI appearance settings.
1056 These overrides can now be disabled by selecting the "Disable" mode.
1057 This allows users to control Qt's HiDPI settings through environment
1058 variables. Additionally, the "Auto" mode now detects the presence of
1059 the Qt HiDPI variables and no longer overrides them when the user has
1060 configured their environment explicitly.
1061 (`#963 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/963>`_)
1063 * Confirmation dialogs can now focus buttons using the Tab key.
1064 Previously, the "Y" and "N" keys could be used to confirm or deny
1065 using the keyboard, but "Tab" is more familiar.
1066 (`#965 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/965>`_)
1068 * Error dialogs (for example, when a commit hook fails) will now always
1069 show the details. The details were previously hidden behind a toggle.
1070 (`#968 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/968>`_)
1074 * Updated Japanese translation.
1075 (`#973 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/973>`_)
1076 (`#974 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/974>`_)
1078 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
1079 (`#950 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/950>`_)
1083 * The filesystem monitor no longer logs that it has been enabled after the
1084 inotify watch limit is reached on Linux.
1085 (`#984 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/984>`_)
1087 * Better unicode robustness.
1088 (`#990 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/990>`_)
1089 (`#910 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/991>`_)
1091 * The "Branches" widget did not always update itself when deleting branches
1092 (for example, when inotify is disabled or unavailable).
1093 (`#978 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/978>`_)
1095 * Non-ascii unicode byte strings are more robustly handled by the log widget.
1096 (`#977 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/977>`_)
1098 * Non-unicode results from the `gettext` library are more robustly handled.
1099 (`#969 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/969>`_)
1101 * Launching `git cola` from within a directory that has since been deleted
1102 would previously result in a traceback, and is now robustly handled.
1103 (`#961 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/961>`_)
1107 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.9`.
1115 Usability, bells and whistles
1116 -----------------------------
1117 * The file browser now includes "Blame" in its context menu.
1118 (`#953 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/953>`_)
1120 * The "Push" action now uses "git push --force-with-lease" when using
1121 the "Force" option with Git v1.8.5 and newer.
1122 (`#946 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/946>`_)
1124 * Updated German translation.
1125 (`#936 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/936>`_)
1127 * The `Status` widget learned to optionally display file counts in its
1128 category headers, and indent the files displayed in each category.
1129 (`#931 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/931>`_)
1131 * The `Branches` widget can now sort branches by their most recent commit.
1132 (`#930 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/930>`_)
1134 * `git cola` now includes configurable GUI themes that can be used to style
1135 the user interface. Enable the new themes by configuring `cola.theme`
1136 in the preferences window. See the
1137 `cola.theme documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#cola-theme>`_
1138 for more details. (`#924 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/924>`_)
1140 * `git cola` now has built-in support for HiDPI displays by enabling
1141 Qt's 5.6's `QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR` feature.
1142 (`#938 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/938>`_)
1144 * `git cola` now uses HiDPI pixmaps when rendering icons, and the builtin
1145 icons have been updated to look sharp when displayed in HiDPI.
1146 (`#932 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/932>`_)
1150 * `git cola`'s "Revert Unstaged Edits" previously checked out from "HEAD^",
1151 when in "Amend" mode, and removing staged changes. This behavior has been
1152 changed to always checkout from the index, which avoids data loss.
1153 (`#947 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/947>`_)
1155 * `git cola` has been updated to work with newer versions of `gnome-terminal`
1156 and no longer shell-quotes its arguments when launching `gnome-terminal`.
1157 The `cola.terminalshellquote` configuration variable can be set to `true` to
1158 get the old behavior, or to handle other terminals that take the command to run
1159 as a single string instead of as arguments to `execv()`.
1160 (`#935 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/935>`_)
1162 * `git dag` now properly handles arbitrary input on Python3.
1163 Previously, an exception would be raised when entering `--grep=xxx` where
1164 `xxx` is a quoted string with a missing end-quote.
1165 (`#941 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/941>`_)
1169 * The contribution guidelines for contributors has been updated to mention
1170 how to regenerate the `*.mo` message files.
1171 (`#934 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/934>`_)
1179 Usability, bells and whistles
1180 -----------------------------
1181 * `git dag` improved how it renders parent commits.
1182 (`#921 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/921>`_)
1184 * The `Branches` widget now checks out branches when double-clicked.
1185 (`#920 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/920>`_)
1187 * The new `Submodules` widget makes it easy to interact with submodules.
1188 Additionally, submodules can now be updated using the `Status` widget.
1189 (`#916 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/916>`_)
1191 * Updated Japanese translation.
1192 (`#914 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/914>`_)
1194 * The "Open Terminal" action now launches a Git Bash shell on Windows.
1195 (`#913 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/913>`_)
1197 * New menu actions for updating all submodules.
1198 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
1200 * The status widget can now update submodules.
1201 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
1203 * The "Apply Patch" `git cola am` dialog now includes a diff viewer
1204 to display the contents of the selected patch.
1206 * The "Alt+D" diffstat hotkey now selects the staged/modified/etc.
1207 header in the Status widget, which shows the totality of everything
1208 that will be committed.
1209 (`#771 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/771>`_)
1211 * Running "Launch Editor" from the diff editor now opens the editor at the
1213 (`#898 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/898>`_)
1215 * The textwidth and tabwidth configuration values can now be set
1216 per-repository, rather than globally only.
1218 * Text entry widgets switched to using a block cursor in `v3.2`.
1219 This has been reverted to the original line cursor for consistency
1220 with other applications and user expectations.
1221 (`#889 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/889>`_)
1223 * The "edit at line" feature, used by the "Grep" tool, now supports
1224 the Sublime text editor.
1225 (`#894 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/894>`_)
1229 * Launching external programs has been improved on Windows.
1230 (`#925 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/925>`_)
1232 * Improve compatibility when using PySide2.
1233 (`#912 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/912>`_)
1235 * The Diff Editor was not honoring the configured tab width on startup.
1236 (`#900 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/900>`_)
1238 * The "Delete Files" feature was creating an unreadable display when
1239 many files were selected. Word-wrap the list of files so that the
1240 display stays within a sensible size.
1241 (`#895 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/895>`_)
1243 * Spelling and grammar fixes.
1244 (`#915 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/915>`_)
1245 (`#891 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/891>`_)
1249 * The logo was run through `tidy` to give it a consistent style.
1250 Some technical issues with the logo were improved.
1251 (`#877 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/877>`_)
1253 * The entire codebase is now checked by `flake8`, rather than just
1254 the module and test directories. This catches things like
1255 the pynsist installer scripts.
1256 (`#884 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/884>`_)
1257 (`#882 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/882>`_)
1258 (`#879 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/879>`_)
1262 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.6`.
1264 * The Windows installer's wrapper scripts were missing an import.
1265 (`#878 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/878>`_)
1273 Usability, bells and whistles
1274 -----------------------------
1275 * The `git cola dag` DAG window now supports `git revert`.
1276 (`#843 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/843>`_)
1278 * `git stash pop` is now supported by the stash dialog.
1279 (`#844 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/844>`_)
1281 * The status widget now ensures that each item is visible when selection
1282 changes. Previously, if you scrolled to the right to see the name of
1283 a long filename, and then selected a short filename above it, the widget
1284 may not have shown the short filename in the viewport. We now ensure
1285 that the filenames are visible when the selection changes.
1286 (`#828 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/828>`_)
1288 * The `git xbase` rebase editor no longer displays an error when
1289 cancelling an interactive rebase.
1290 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
1292 * The dialog shown when renaming remotes has been simplified.
1293 (`#840 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/840>`_)
1294 (`#838 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/838>`_)
1296 * The help dialog in the `git-xbase` Rebase editor is now scrollable.
1297 (`#855 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/855>`_)
1301 * Updated Brazilian translation.
1302 (`#845 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/845>`_)
1304 * Updated Czech translation.
1305 (`#854 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/854>`_)
1306 (`#853 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/853>`_)
1307 (`#835 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/835>`_)
1308 (`#813 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/813>`_)
1310 * Update Spanish translation.
1311 (`#862 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/862>`_)
1312 (`#867 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/867>`_)
1316 * The original `#!/usr/bin/env python` shebang lines can now be
1317 retained by passing `USE_ENV_PYTHON=1` to `make` when installing.
1318 (`#850 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/850>`_)
1320 * The Makefile is now resilient to DESTDIR and prefix containing whitespace.
1321 (`#858 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/858>`_)
1323 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.4.2`.
1325 * `python3-distutils` is needed to build cola on Debian.
1326 (`#837 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/837>`_)
1330 * The "C" key no longer closes the message dialogs, for example the
1331 one that is shown when a commit fails its pre-commit hooks.
1332 This allows "Ctrl+C" copy to work, rather than closing the dialog.
1333 (`#734 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/734>`_)
1335 * Dock widgets sizes are now properly saved and restored when the main
1336 window is maximized.
1337 (`#848 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/848>`_)
1339 * The spellcheck feature was broken under Python3.
1340 (`#857 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/857>`_)
1342 * A regression when saving stashes was fixed.
1343 (`#847 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/847>`_)
1345 * Diffing image files was not updating the available context menus,
1346 which prevented the "Stage" action from being present in the menu.
1347 (`#841 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/841>`_)
1349 * `git cola` now detects when `git lfs uninstall` has been run. This allows
1350 you to re-initialize "Git LFS" in an existing repository where it had been
1351 previously uninstalled.
1352 (`#842 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/842>`_)
1354 * Custom color values that did not contain any hexadecimal digits in the
1355 `a-f` range were being converted into integers by the config reader. This
1356 then caused the configured colors to be ignored.
1358 These color values are now interpreted correctly. Additionally, color
1359 values can now use an optional HTML-like `#` prefix.
1361 Example `.gitconfig` snippet::
1366 (`#836 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/836>`_)
1367 (`#849 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/849>`_)
1369 * We now display an error message graphically when `Git` is not installed.
1370 Previously, the message went to stderr only.
1371 (`#830 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/830>`_)
1373 * Changing diff options was causing resulting in an exception.
1374 (`#833 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/833>`_)
1375 (`#834 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/834>`_)
1377 * The DAG window now updates itself when branches and tags are created.
1378 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
1380 * The user's `$PATH` environment variable can now contain utf-8
1381 encoded paths. Previously, launching external commands could
1383 (`#807 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/807>`_)
1385 * Git Cola development sandboxes can now be stored on utf-8 encoded
1386 filesystem paths. Previously, the interactive rebase feature
1387 could be broken when running in that environment.
1388 (`#825 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/825>`_)
1390 * The log window now uses an ISO-8601 timestamp, which
1391 avoids localized output in the log window.
1392 (`#817 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/817>`_)
1396 * The code base has been thoroughly sanitized using `pylint`, and
1397 travis is now running pylint over the entire project.
1399 * Miscellaneous improvements and code improvements.
1400 (`#874 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/874>`_)
1408 Usability, bells and whistles
1409 -----------------------------
1410 * The "Browser" widget learned to rename files using "git mv".
1411 (`#239 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/239>`_)
1413 * The "Diff" widget learned to diff images. Side-by-side and pixel diff
1414 modes allow you to inspect changes to common images formats.
1415 (`#444 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/444>`_)
1416 (`#803 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/803>`_)
1418 * Git LFS and Git Annex are natively supported by the image diff viewer.
1420 * Git Annex operations are now included. `git annex init` can be performed on
1421 repositories, and `git annex add` can be run on untracked files from the
1422 status widget. Install `git-annex` to activate this feature.
1424 * Git LFS operations are now included. `git lfs install` can be performed on
1425 repositories, and `git lfs track` can be run on untracked files from the
1426 status widget. Install `git-lfs` to activate this feature.
1428 * The "Stash" tool learned to stash staged changes only. Select the
1429 "Stage Index" option and only staged changes will be stashed away.
1430 (`#413 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/413>`_)
1432 * The "Stash" tool learned to use vim-like navigation keyboard shortcuts,
1433 shows error messages when things go wrong, and now saves the "Stash Index"
1434 and "Keep Index" options across sessions.
1436 * The Edit menu's "Copy" and "Select All" actions now forward to either the
1437 diff, status, recent, or favorites widgets, based on which widget has focus.
1439 * The "File" and "Edit" menu can now be activated using `Alt + {F,E}` hotkeys.
1440 (`#759 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/759>`_)
1442 * It was easy to accidentally trigger the first action in the `Status` tool's
1443 context menu when using a quick right-click to bring up the menu.
1444 A short sub-second delay was added to ensure that the top-most action is not
1445 triggered unless enough time has passed. This prevents accidental
1446 activation of the first item (typically "Stage" or "Unstage") without
1447 burdening common use cases.
1448 (`#755 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/755>`_)
1449 (`#643 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/643>`_)
1451 * The "Ctrl+S" hotkey now works for the header items in the Status tool.
1452 Selected the "Modified" header item and activating the "Stage" hotkey,
1453 for example, will stage all modified files. This works for the "Staged",
1454 "Modified", and "Untracked" headers. This is not enabled for the
1455 "Unmerged" header by design.
1456 (`#772 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/772>`_)
1458 * The list of "Recent" repositories previously capped the number of
1459 repositories shown to 8 repositories. This can be set to a higher
1460 value by setting the `cola.maxrecent` configuration variable.
1461 (`#752 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/752>`_)
1463 * The "Create Branch" dialog now prevents invalid branch names.
1464 (`#765 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/765>`_)
1466 * Updated Turkish translation.
1467 (`#756 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/756>`_)
1469 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
1470 (`#753 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/753>`_)
1472 * Updated German translation.
1473 (`#802 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/802>`_)
1475 * Updated Czech translation
1476 (`#792 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/792>`_)
1477 (`#806 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/806>`_)
1479 * The window title can be configured to not display the absolute path of the
1481 (`#775 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/775>`_)
1483 * The "Edit Remotes" editor learned to edit remote URLS.
1485 * Bare repositories can now be created by selecting the
1486 "New Bare Repository..." action from the `File` menu.
1488 * The "Branches" widget learned to configure upstream branches.
1490 * A new `git cola clone` sub-command was added for cloning repositories.
1494 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.3.1`.
1496 * The macOS installation was made simpler for better compatibility with
1498 (`#636 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/636>`_)
1500 * The Windows installer is now much simpler. Git Cola now bundles
1501 Python and PyQt5, so users need only install the "Git for Windows"
1502 and "Git Cola" installers to get things working.
1506 * Uninitialized difftool errors will now be displayed graphically.
1507 They were previously going to the shell.
1508 (`#457 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/457>`_)
1510 * Translations marked "fuzzy" will no longer be used when translating strings.
1511 (`#782 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/782>`_)
1513 * Deleted unmerged files will now correctly use a deleted icon.
1514 (`#479 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/479>`_)
1516 * The `Ctrl+C` "Copy" hotkey on the diff viewer has been fixed.
1517 (`#767 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/767>`_)
1519 * The "Create Tag" dialog did not correctly handle the case when a signed
1520 tag is requested, but no message is provided, and the user chooses to
1521 create an unannotated tag instead. This convenience fallback will now
1522 properly create an unsigned, unannotated tag.
1523 (`#696 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/696>`_)
1525 * `.gitconfig` and `.git/config` values editable by the Preferences dialog
1526 (aka `git cola config`) will now get unset when set to an empty value.
1527 For example, setting a different `user.email` in the current repository,
1528 followed by a subsequent emptying of that field, would previously result in
1529 an empty string getting stored in the config. This has been fixed so that
1530 the value will now get unset in the config instead.
1531 (`#406 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/406>`_)
1533 * Spelling and typofixes.
1534 (`#748 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/748>`_)
1536 * `core.commentChar` is now honored when set in the local repository
1538 (`#766 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/766>`_)
1540 * The log window was using a format string that did not display
1541 correctly in all locales. A locale-aware format is now used.
1542 (`#800 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/800>`_)
1544 * The dialog displayed when prompting for a reference could sometimes
1546 (`#804 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/804>`_)
1554 Usability, bells and whistles
1555 -----------------------------
1556 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
1557 (`#726 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/726>`_)
1559 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
1560 (`#723 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/723>`_)
1562 * New Czech translation.
1563 (`#736 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/736>`_)
1564 (`#737 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/737>`_)
1565 (`#740 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/740>`_)
1566 (`#743 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/743>`_)
1568 * The "name" field in the "Create Tag" dialog now includes autocompletion,
1569 which makes it easy to see which tags currently exist.
1571 * `git cola` now has configurable toolbars. Use the `View -> Add toolbar`
1572 menu item to add a toolbar.
1574 * Setting `cola.expandtab` to `true` will now expand tabs into spaces
1575 in the commit message editor. The number of spaces to insert is determined
1576 by consulting `cola.tabwidth`, which defaults to `8`.
1578 * The "Copy SHA-1" hotkey is now `Alt + Ctrl + C`, to avoid clobbering the
1579 ability to copy text from the DAG window.
1580 (`#705 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/705>`_)
1582 * The "Prepare Commit Message" action can now be invoked via the
1583 `Ctrl+Shift+Return` shortcut.
1584 (`#707 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/707>`_)
1586 * The `Branches` pane now has a filter field that highlights branches whose
1587 names match the string entered into its text field.
1588 (`#713 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/713>`_)
1590 * Actions that are triggered in response to button presses were being
1591 triggered when the button was pressed, rather than when it was released,
1592 which was a usability flaw. All buttons now respond when clicked
1593 rather than when pressed.
1594 (`#715 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/715>`_)
1596 * The DAG window will now only refresh when object IDs change.
1597 Previously, the DAG would redraw itself in response to inotify events,
1598 such as filesystem operations, which was disruptive when inspecting a large
1599 diff in its diff viewer. The DAG will now only redraw when the object IDs
1600 corresponding to its query input changes. Furthermore, when redrawing, the
1601 scrollbar positions are retained to minimize disruption to the viewport
1603 (`#620 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/620>`_)
1604 (`#724 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/724>`_)
1606 * The "About" dialog now includes the SHA-1 where Git Cola was built.
1607 (`#530 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/530>`_)
1609 * The "Status" widget now has "Copy Leading Path to Clipboard" and
1610 "Copy Basename to Clipboard" actions.
1611 (`#435 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/435>`_)
1612 (`#436 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/436>`_)
1614 * The "Status" widget now supports custom "Copy ... to Clipboard" actions.
1615 (`#437 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/437>`_)
1617 * The main menu now has an "Edit" menu.
1618 (`#725 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/725>`_)
1620 * `git dag` learned to checkout commits into a detached HEAD state.
1621 (`#698 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/698>`_)
1623 * The `status` widget's context menus now omit actions selection-dependent
1624 actions when no file is selected.
1625 (`#731 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/731>`_)
1627 * The startup dialog now focuses the repository list so that repositories
1628 can be selected with the keyboard without mouse intervention.
1629 (`#741 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/741>`_)
1633 * `git dag` now prevents nodes from overlapping in more situations.
1634 (`#689 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/689>`_)
1636 * Adding untracked Git submodule repo directories previously ran
1637 `git add submodule/` but we now call `git add submodule` without
1638 the trailing slash (`/`) to avoid staging files that belong to the
1639 submodule (which is possibly a `git` bug). By working around the
1640 buggy behavior we allow users to recover by issuing the appropriate
1641 `git submodule add` command to properly register the submodule.
1642 (`#681 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/681>`_)
1644 * We now avoid `git for-each-ref --sort=version:refname` on versions
1645 of `git` older than `v2.7.0`. Previously we only avoided it for
1646 versions older than `v2.0.0`, which was a mistake.
1647 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
1649 * The error message displayed when `git` is not installed has been fixed.
1650 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
1652 * Adding new remotes was silently broken.
1653 (`#684 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/684>`_)
1654 (`#685 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/685>`_)
1656 * The repo selection dialog had errors during startup when the
1657 `cola.refreshonfocus` feature was enabled, as reported on Ubuntu 16.04.
1658 (`#690 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/690>`_)
1660 * Restored support for PyQt 4.6 (Centos 6.8)
1661 (`#692 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/692>`_)
1663 * Switching repositories now resets the "Amend Mode" and other settings
1665 (`#710 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/710>`_)
1667 * `git rebase` error messages now displayed when rebasing fails or stops
1668 via the standalone `git cola rebase` front-end.
1669 (`#721 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/721>`_)
1671 * `git cola` learned to stage broken symlinks.
1672 (`#727 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/727>`_)
1674 * The "View History" feature in the `Browser` tool was fixed, and now
1675 disambiguates between refs and paths.
1676 (`#732 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/732>`_)
1678 * The diff editor now has better support for files with CRLF `\r\n`
1680 (`#730 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/730>`_)
1682 * `cola.inotify` in a repo-local config is now honored
1683 when `git cola` is launched from a desktop entry (`git cola --prompt`).
1684 (`#695 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/695>`_)
1692 Usability, bells and whistles
1693 -----------------------------
1694 * New Ukrainian translation.
1695 (`#670 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/670>`_)
1696 (`#672 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/672>`_)
1698 * New and improved French translations.
1700 * The new `Branches` widget makes it easier to checkout, merge, push,
1701 and pull branches from a single interface.
1703 * `git cola` now includes a dark icon theme. The dark icon theme can be
1704 activated either by setting the `GIT_COLA_ICON_THEME` environment variable
1705 to `dark`, by configuring `cola.icontheme` to `dark`, or by specifying
1706 `--icon-theme=dark` on the command line.
1707 (`#638 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/638>`_)
1709 * Autocompletion was added to the `Fetch`, `Push`, and `Pull` dialogs.
1711 * The commit message editor now remembers the "Spellcheck" setting
1713 (`#645 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/645>`_)
1715 * `git dag` now uses an improved algorithm for laying out the graph,
1716 which avoids collisions under certain graph configurations, and
1717 avoids overlapping tag with commits.
1718 (`#648 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/648>`_)
1719 (`#651 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/651>`_)
1720 (`#654 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/654>`_)
1721 (`#656 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/656>`_)
1722 (`#659 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/659>`_)
1724 * `git dag` now remembers its column sizes across sessions.
1725 (`#674 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/674>`_)
1727 * `Grep` now shows a preview of the selected file's content in a split window
1728 below the grep results.
1730 * `Grep` now includes line numbers in the preview pane's output.
1732 * `Edit Remotes` now remembers its window settings after exiting.
1734 * `Diff` now has an option to display line numbers in the editor.
1735 (`#136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/136>`_)
1737 * `Amend Last Commit` can now be triggered via the `Commit` menu in addition
1738 to the commit message editor's options.
1739 (`#640 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/640>`_)
1741 * The `File Browser` tool was made much faster and can now operate on
1742 much larger repositories.
1743 (`#499 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/499>`_)
1745 * A new "turbo" mode was added that allows you to opt-out of operations
1746 that can slow `git cola` on large repositories. The turbo mode is
1747 enabled by configuring `git config cola.turbo true`. Turbo mode
1748 disables the background loading of Git commit messages and other
1749 details in the `File Browser` widget.
1751 * A new GitIgnore dialog allows adding custom gitignore patterns.
1752 (`#653 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/653>`_)
1754 * The spellchecker in `git cola` can now use an additional dictionary
1755 by configuring `cola.dictionary` to the path to a file containing
1756 a newline-separated list of words.
1757 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
1759 * The stash, export patches, diff, and gitignore dialogs now remember
1762 * A new `git cola recent` sub-command was added for finding recently
1765 * The `Fetch` dialog now allows pruning remote branches.
1766 (`#639 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/639>`_)
1767 (`#680 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/680>`_)
1771 * `git cola`'s spellchecker now supports the new `dict-common` filesystem
1772 layout, and prefers the `/usr/share/dict/cracklib-small` file over the
1773 `/usr/share/dict/words` provided on older distributions.
1774 This makes the spellchecker compatible with Arch, which does not provide
1775 a `words` symlink like Debian.
1776 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
1778 * Properly handle the case where an existing file is untracked using
1781 * Fix a quirk where the "Create Branch" dialog sometimes required clicking
1782 twice on the radio buttons.
1783 (`#662 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/662>`_)
1785 * Fixed a focus issue to ensure that "Push", "Fetch", and "Pull" can
1786 be executed with the press of a single enter key after being shown.
1787 (`#661 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/661>`_)
1789 * Committing is now allowed in when resolving a merge results in no
1790 changes. This state was previously prevented by the commit message editor,
1791 which prevented users from resolving merges that result in no changes.
1792 (`#679 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/679>`_)
1794 * The filesystem monitor would sometimes emit backtraces when directories
1795 are modified. This has been fixed.
1796 (`bz #1438522 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1438522>`_)
1798 * Absolute paths are now returned when querying for `.git`-relative paths
1799 from within a submodule, which uses `.git`-files.
1800 This fixes launching `git cola` from within a subdirectory of a submodule.
1801 (`#675 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/675>`_)
1809 Usability, bells and whistles
1810 -----------------------------
1811 * `git cola` can now invoke the `.git/hooks/cola-prepare-commit-msg`
1812 hook to update the commit message. This hook takes the same parameters
1813 as Git's `prepare-commit-message` hook. The default path to this hook
1814 can be overridden by setting the `cola.prepareCommitMessageHook`
1815 configuration variable.
1816 (`Documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#prepare-commit-message>`_)
1818 * `git cola diff` (and the corresponding `Diff` menu actions) can now
1819 launch difftool with the standard `Ctrl+D` hotkey. The `Ctrl+E` hotkey was
1820 also added for launching an editor.
1822 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
1826 * `git cola` now works when installed in non-ascii, utf8-encoded paths.
1827 (`#629 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/629>`_)
1829 * Styling issues that caused black backgrounds in various widgets when using
1830 PyQ5 on Mac OS X have been fixed.
1831 (`#624 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/624>`_)
1833 * The "Open Recent" menu action was broken and has been fixed.
1834 (`#634 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/634>`_)
1836 * Exiting `git cola` with a maximized main window would hang when reopened
1838 (`#641 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/641>`_)
1842 * `appdata.xml` files are now provided at
1843 `share/appdata/git-cola.xml` and `share/appdata/git-dag.xml`
1844 for use by the Linux software gallery.
1845 (`#627 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/627>`_)
1846 (`Appdata <https://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appdata/>`_)
1856 * The "Open Recent" menu was updated to new bookmarks format.
1857 (`#628 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/628>`_)
1865 Usability, bells and whistles
1866 -----------------------------
1867 * New Polish translation thanks to Łukasz Wojniłowicz
1868 (`#598 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/598>`_)
1870 * The `Bypass Commit Hooks` feature now disables itself automatically
1871 when a new commit is created. The new behavior turns the option into a
1872 single-use flag, which helps prevent users from accidentally leaving it
1873 active longer than intended.
1874 (`#595 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/595>`_)
1876 * `git dag` learned to launch an external diff viewer on selected commits.
1877 The standard `Ctrl+D` shortcut can be used to view diffs.
1878 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1880 * `git dag` learned to launch directory diffs via `git difftool --dir-diff`.
1881 The `Ctrl+Shift+D` shortcut launches difftool in directory-diff mode.
1882 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1884 * Items in the "Favorites" list can now be renamed, which makes it
1885 easier to differentiate between several checkouts of the same repository.
1886 (`#599 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/599>`_)
1887 (`#601 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/601>`_)
1889 * The startup screen now includes a logo and `git cola` version information.
1890 (`#526 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/526>`_)
1892 * The `About` page was revamped to contain multiple tabs. A new tab was added
1893 that provides details about `git cola`''s dependencies. New tabs were also
1894 added for giving credit to `git cola`'s authors and translators.
1896 * The `About` page can now be accessed via `git cola about`.
1898 * The "Fast-forward only" and "No fast-forward" options supported by
1899 `git pull` are now accessible via `git cola pull`.
1901 * Doing a forced push no longer requires selecting the remote branch.
1902 (`#618 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/618>`_)
1904 * `git cola push` now has an option to suppress the prompt that is shown
1905 when pushing would create new remote branches.
1906 (`#605 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/605>`_)
1908 * `git dag` now shows commit messages in a more readable color.
1909 (`#574 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/574>`_)
1911 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch the OS-specified
1912 default action for a file. When used on directories via `git cola browse`,
1913 or when "Open Parent Directory" is used on files, the OS-specified
1914 file browser will typically be used.
1916 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch terminals.
1920 * `git cola browse` was not updating when expanding items.
1921 (`#588 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/588>`_)
1923 * Typofixes in comments, naming, and strings have been applied.
1924 (`#593 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/593>`_)
1926 * The inotify and win32 filesystem monitoring no longer refreshes
1927 when updates are made to ignored files.
1928 (`#517 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/517>`_)
1929 (`#516 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/516>`_)
1931 * The `Refresh` button on the actions panel no longer raises an
1932 exception when using PyQt5.
1933 (`#604 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/604>`_)
1935 * Fixed a typo in the inotify backend that is triggered when files are removed.
1936 (`#607 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/607>`_)
1938 * Fixed a typo when recovering from a failed attempt to open a repository.
1939 (`#606 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/606>`_)
1941 * `git dag` now properly updates itself when launched from the menubar.
1942 (`#613 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/613>`_)
1944 * If git-cola is invoked on Windows using `start pythonw git-cola`,
1945 a console window will briefly flash on the screen each time
1946 `git cola` invokes `git`. The console window is now suppressed.
1948 * We now avoid some problematic Popen flags on Windows which were
1949 breaking the `git rebase` feature on Windows.
1951 * The `Save` button in `git dag`'s "Grab File..." feature now properly
1952 prompts for a filename when saving files.
1953 (`#617 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/617>`_)
1957 * The `qtpy` symlink in the source tree has been removed to allow for easier
1958 development on Windows.
1959 (`#626 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/626>`_)
1967 Usability, bells and whistles
1968 -----------------------------
1969 * `git cola push` learned to configure upstream branches.
1970 (`#563 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/563>`_)
1974 * The diffstat view is now properly updated when notifications are
1975 received via inotify filesystem monitoring.
1976 (`#577 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/577>`_)
1978 * Python3 with PyQt5 had a bug that prevented `git cola` from starting.
1979 (`#589 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/589>`_)
1990 * When repositories stored in non-ASCII, UTF-8-encoded filesystem paths
1991 were operated upon with `LC_ALL=C` set in the environment, unicode errors
1992 would occur when using `python2`. `git cola` was made more robust and will
1993 now operate correctly within this environment.
1994 (`#581 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/581>`_)
1996 * Support for the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment variable was fixed.
1997 (`#582 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/582>`_)
2002 * The `unittest.mock` module is now used instead of the original `mock` module
2003 when running the `git cola` test suite using Python3.
2004 (`#569 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/569>`_)
2009 * `git cola` is now compatible with *PyQt5*, *PyQt4*, and *Pyside*.
2010 `git cola` previously supported *PyQt4* only, but will now use whichever
2011 library is available. Users are not required to upgrade at this time,
2012 but *PyQt5* support can be enabled anytime by making its python
2014 (`#232 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/232>`_)
2016 *NOTE*: We do not yet recommend using *PyQt5* because there are known
2017 exit-on-segfault bugs in *Qt5* that have not yet been addressed.
2018 `git cola` is sensitive to this bug and is known to crash on exit
2019 when using `git dag` or the interactive rebase feature on *PyQt5*.
2021 https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-52988
2023 *PyQt4* is stable and there are no known issues when using it so
2024 we recommend using it until the Qt5 bugs have been resolved.
2026 * `git cola` now depends on *QtPy* and includes a bundled copy of the
2027 `qtpy` library. If you are packaging `git cola` and would prefer to use
2028 `qtpy` from your distribution instead of the built-in version then use
2029 `make NO_VENDOR_LIBS=1` when building `git cola`. This will prevent
2030 vendored libraries from being installed.
2038 Usability, bells and whistles
2039 -----------------------------
2041 * A new "Reset" sub-menu provides access to running "git reset --mixed"
2042 when resetting branch heads and "git reset --merge" when resetting
2044 (`#542 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/542>`_)
2046 * `git cola` now supports linked worktrees, i.e. worktrees created by
2048 (`#554 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/554>`_)
2053 * Diff highlighting is now robust to the user having
2054 diff.supressBlankEmpty=true in their git config.
2055 (`#541 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/541>`_)
2057 * The filesystem monitor now properly handles repositories that use
2058 `.git`-files, e.g. when using submodules.
2059 (`#545 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/545>`_)
2060 (`#546 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pulls/546>`_)
2062 * Per-repository git configuration is now properly detected when launching
2063 `git cola` from an application launcher.
2064 (`#548 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/548>`_)
2066 * `git cola` now cleans up after itself immediately to avoid leaving behind
2067 empty `/tmp/git-cola-XXXXXX` directories when the user uses `Ctrl+C`
2069 (`#566 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/566>`_)
2074 * It is now possible to install `git cola` to and from utf8-encoded filesystem
2075 paths. Previously, Python's stdlib would throw an encoding error during
2076 installation. We workaround the stdlib by forcing python2 to use utf-8,
2077 thus fixing assumptions in the stdlib library code.
2078 (`#551 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/551>`_)
2086 Usability, bells and whistles
2087 -----------------------------
2089 * The icon for untracked files was adjusted to better differentiate
2090 between files and the "Untracked" header.
2091 (`#509 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/509>`_)
2093 * Ctrl+O was added as a hotkey for opening repositories.
2094 (`#507 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/507>`_)
2096 * `git dag` now uses consistent edge colors across updates.
2097 (`#512 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/512>`_)
2099 * `git cola`'s Bookmarks widget can now be used to set a "Default Repository".
2100 Under the hood, we set the `cola.defaultrepo` configuration variable.
2101 The default repository is used whenever `git cola` is launched outside of
2102 a Git repository. When unset, or when set to a bogus value, `git cola`
2103 will prompt for a repository, as it previously did.
2104 (`#513 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/513>`_)
2106 * `git cola`'s Russian and Spanish translations were improved
2107 thanks to Vaiz and Zeioth.
2108 (`#514 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/514>`_)
2109 (`#515 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/515>`_)
2110 (`#523 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/523>`_)
2112 * `git cola` was translated to Turkish thanks to Barış ÇELİK.
2113 (`#520 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/520>`_)
2115 * The status view now supports launching `git gui blame`. It can be
2116 configured to use a different command by setting `cola.blameviewer`.
2117 (`#521 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/521>`_)
2119 * `git dag` now allows selecting non-contiguous ranges in the log widget.
2120 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
2122 * Any font can now be chosen for the diff editor, not just monospace fonts.
2123 (`#525 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/525>`_)
2128 * `xfce4-terminal` and `gnome-terminal` are now supported when launching
2129 `git mergetool` to resolve merges. These terminals require that the command
2130 to execute is shell-quoted and passed as a single string argument to `-e`
2131 rather than as additional command line arguments.
2132 (`#524 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/524>`_)
2134 * Fixed a unicode problem when formatting the error message that is shown
2135 when `gitk` is not installed. We now handle unicode data in tracebacks
2136 generated by python itself.
2137 (`#528 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/528>`_)
2139 * The `New repository` feature was fixed.
2140 (`#533 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/533>`_)
2142 * We now use omit the extended description when creating "fixup!" commits,
2143 for consistency with the Git CLI. We now include only the one-line summary
2144 in the final commit message.
2145 (`#522 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/522>`_)
2153 Usability, bells and whistles
2154 -----------------------------
2156 * The user interface is now HiDPI-capable. git-cola now uses SVG
2157 icons, and its interface can be scaled by setting the `GIT_COLA_SCALE`
2158 environment variable.
2160 * `git dag` now supports the standard editor, difftool, and history hotkeys.
2161 It is now possible to invoke these actions from file widget's context
2162 menu and through the standard hotkeys.
2163 (`#473 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/473>`_)
2165 * The `Status` tool also learned about the history hotkey.
2166 Additionally, the `Alt + {J,K}` aliases are also supported in the `Status`
2167 tool for consistency with the other tools where the non-Alt hotkeys are not
2169 (`#488 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/488>`_)
2171 * The `File Browser` tool now has better default column sizes,
2172 and remembers its window size and placement.
2174 * The `File Browser` now supports the refresh hotkey, and has better
2175 behavior when refreshing. The selection is now retained, and new and
2176 removed files are found when refreshing.
2178 * A new `git-cola-completion.bash` completion script is provided in the
2179 `contrib/` directory. It must be used alongside Git's completion script.
2180 Source it from your `~/.bashrc` (or `~/.zshrc`, etc) after sourcing
2181 the `git-completion.bash` script and you will have command-line completion
2182 support for the `git cola` and `git dag` sub-commands.
2184 * The "checkout" dialog now offers completion for remote branches and other
2185 git refs. This makes it easier to checkout remote branches in a detached
2186 head state. Additionally, the checkout dialog also offers completion for
2187 remote branches that have not yet been checked out, which makes it easier to
2188 create a local tracking branch by just completing for that potential name.
2189 (`#390 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/390>`_)
2191 * The "create branch" and "create tag" dialogs now save and restore their
2194 * The "status" widget can now be configured to use a bold font with a darker
2195 background for the header items.
2196 (`#506 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/506>`_)
2198 * The "status" widget now remembers its horizontol scrollbar position across
2199 updates. This is helpful when working on projects with long paths.
2200 (`#494 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/494>`_)
2205 * When using *Git for Windows*, a `git` window would appear
2206 when running *Windows 8*. We now pass additional flags to
2207 `subprocess.Popen` to prevent a `git` window from appearing.
2208 (`#477 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/477>`_)
2209 (`#486 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/486>`_)
2211 * Launching difftool with `.PY` in `$PATHEXT` on Windows was fixed.
2212 (`#492 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/492>`_)
2214 * Creating a local branch tracking a remote branch that contains
2215 slashes in its name is now properly handled.
2216 (`#496 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/496>`_)
2218 * The "Browse Other Branch" feature was broken by Python3, and is now fixed.
2219 (`#501 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/501>`_)
2221 * We now avoid `long` for better Python3 compatibility.
2222 (`#502 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/502>`_)
2224 * We now use Git's default merge message when merging branches.
2225 (`#508 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/508>`_)
2227 * Miscellaneous fixes
2228 (`#485 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/485>`_)
2233 * git-cola's documentation no longer uses an intersphinx link mapping
2234 to docs.python.org. This fixes warnings when building rpms using koji,
2235 where network access is prevented.
2237 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231812
2245 Usability, bells and whistles
2246 -----------------------------
2248 * The Interactive Rebase feature now works on Windows!
2249 (`#463 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/463>`_)
2251 * The `diff` editor now understands vim-style `hjkl` navigation hotkeys.
2252 (`#476 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/476>`_)
2254 * `Alt + {J,K}` navigation hotkeys were added to allow changing to the
2255 next/previous file from the diff and commit editors.
2257 * The `Rename branch` menu action is now disabled in empty repositories.
2258 (`#475 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/475>`_)
2259 (`#459 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/459>`_)
2261 * `git cola` now checks unmerged files for conflict markers before
2262 staging them. This feature can be disabled in the preferences.
2263 (`#464 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/464>`_)
2265 * `git dag` now remembers which commits were selected when refreshing
2266 so that it can restore the selection afterwards.
2267 (`#480 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/480>`_)
2269 * "Launch Editor", "Launch Difftool", "Stage/Unstage",
2270 and "Move Up/Down" hotkeys now work when the commit message
2272 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
2274 * The diff editor now supports the `Ctrl+u` hotkey for reverting
2275 diff hunks and selected lines.
2277 * The `core.commentChar` Git configuration value is now honored.
2278 Commit messages and rebase instruction sheets will now use
2279 the configured character for comments. This allows having
2280 commit messages that start with `#` when `core.commentChar`
2281 is configured to its non-default value.
2282 (`#446 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/446>`_)
2287 * Diff syntax highlighting was improved to handle more edge cases
2288 and false positives.
2289 (`#467 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/467>`_)
2291 * Setting commands in the interactive rebase editor was fixed.
2292 (`#472 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/472>`_)
2294 * git-cola no longer clobbers the Ctrl+Backspace text editing shortcut
2295 in the commit message editor.
2296 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
2298 * The copy/paste clipboard now persists after `git cola` exits.
2299 (`#484 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/484>`_)
2309 * Fixed the "Sign off" feature in the commit message editor.
2317 Usability, bells and whistles
2318 -----------------------------
2319 * Double-click will now choose a commit in the "Select commit" dialog.
2321 * `git cola` has a feature that reads `.git/MERGE_MSG` and friends for the
2322 commit message when a merge is in-progress. Upon refresh, `git cola` will
2323 now detect when a merge has completed and reset the commit message back to
2324 its previous state. It is only reset if the editor contains a message
2325 that was read from the file and has not been manually edited by the user.
2327 * The commit message editor's context menu now has a "Clear..." action for
2328 clearing the message across both the summary and description fields.
2330 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
2332 * The system theme's icons are now used wherever possible.
2333 (`#458 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/458>`_)
2337 * The stash viewer now uses ``git show --no-ext-diff`` to avoid running
2338 user-configured diff tools.
2340 * `git cola` now uses the `setsid()` system call to ensure that the
2341 `GIT_ASKPASS` and `SSH_ASKPASS` helper programs are used when pushing
2342 changes using `git`. The askpass helpers will now be used even when
2343 `git cola` is launched from a terminal.
2345 The behavior without `setsid()` is that `git cola` can appear to hang while
2346 pushing changes. The hang happens when `git` prompts the user for a
2347 password using the terminal, but the user never sees the prompt. `setsid()`
2348 detaches the terminal, which ensures that the askpass helpers are used.
2349 (`#218 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/218>`_)
2350 (`#262 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/262>`_)
2351 (`#377 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/377>`_)
2353 * `git dag`'s file list tool was updated to properly handle unicode paths.
2355 * `gnome-terminal` is no longer used by default when `cola.terminal` is unset.
2356 It is broken, as was detailed in #456.
2357 (`#456 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/456>`_)
2359 * The interactive rebase feature was not always setting `$GIT_EDITOR`
2360 to the value of `gui.editor`, thus there could be instances where rebase
2361 will seem to not stop, or hang, when performing "reword" actions.
2363 We now set the `$GIT_EDITOR` environment variable when performing the
2364 "Continue", "Skip", and "Edit Todo" rebase actions so that the correct
2365 editor is used during the rebase.
2366 (`#445 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/445>`_)
2370 * `git cola` moved from a 3-part version number to a simpler 2-part "vX.Y"
2371 version number. Most of our releases tend to contain new features.
2378 Usability, bells and whistles
2379 -----------------------------
2380 * Updated zh_TW translations.
2382 * `git cola rebase` now defaults to `@{upstream}`, and generally uses the same
2383 CLI syntax as `git rebase`.
2385 * The commit message editor now allows you to bypass commit hooks by selecting
2386 the "Bypass Commit Hooks" option. This is equivalent to passing the
2387 `--no-verify` option to `git commit`.
2388 (`#357 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/357>`_)
2390 * We now prevent the "Delete Files" action from creating a dialog that does
2392 (`#378 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/378>`_)
2394 * `git xbase` learned to edit rebase instruction sheets that contain
2397 * The diff colors are now configurable. `cola.color.{text,add,remove,header}`
2398 can now be set with 6-digit hexadecimal colors.
2399 See the `git cola manual <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#configuration-variables>_`
2402 * Improved hotkey documentation.
2406 * `git cola` will now allow starting an interactive rebase with a dirty
2407 worktree when `rebase.autostash` is set.
2408 (`#360 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/360>`_)
2415 Usability, bells and whistles
2416 -----------------------------
2417 * A new "Find files" widget was added, and can be activated by
2418 using the `Ctrl+t` or `t` hotkeys.
2420 * A new `git cola find` sub-command was added for finding files.
2422 * `git cola` now remembers the text cursor's position when staging
2423 interactively with the keyboard. This makes it easier to use the keyboard
2424 arrows to select and stage lines.
2426 * The completion widgets will now select the top completion item
2427 when `Enter` or `Return` are pressed.
2429 * You can now refresh using `F5` in addition to the existing `Ctrl+R` hotkey.
2433 * `git cola` now passes `--no-abbrev-commit` to `git log` to override
2434 having `log.abbrevCommit = true` set in `.gitconfig`.
2441 Usability, bells and whistles
2442 -----------------------------
2443 * `git dag` now forwards all unknown arguments along to `git log`.
2444 (`#389 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/389>`_)
2446 * Line-by-line interactive staging was made more robust.
2447 (`#399 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/399>`_)
2449 * "Bookmarks" was renamed to "Favorites".
2450 (`#392 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/392>`_)
2452 * Untracked files are now displayed using a unique icon.
2453 (`#388 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/388>`_)
2457 * `git dag` was triggering a traceback on Fedora when parsing Git logs.
2458 (`bz #181676 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181686>`_)
2460 * inotify expects unicode paths on Python3.
2461 (`#393 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/393>`_)
2463 * Untracked files are now assumed to be utf-8 encoded.
2464 (`#401 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/401>`_)
2471 Usability, bells and whistles
2472 -----------------------------
2473 * `git cola` can now create GPG-signed commits and merges.
2474 See the documentation for details about setting up a GPG agent.
2475 (`#149 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/149>`_)
2477 * The status widget learned to copy relative paths when `Ctrl+x` is pressed.
2478 (`#358 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/358>`_)
2480 * Custom GUI actions can now define their own keyboard shortcuts by
2481 setting `guitool.$name.shortcut` to a string understood by Qt's
2482 `QAction::setShortcut()` API, e.g. `Alt+X`.
2484 `Qt docs <http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qkeysequence.html#QKeySequence-2>`_
2485 for more details about the supported values.
2487 * `git cola` learned to rename branches.
2488 (`#364 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/364>`_)
2489 (`#278 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/278>`_)
2491 * `git dag` now has a "Show history" context menu which can be used to filter
2492 history using the selected paths.
2496 * `sphinxtogithub.py` was fixed for Python3.
2497 (`#353 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/353>`_)
2499 * The commit that changed how we read remotes from `git remote`
2500 to parsing `git config` was reverted since it created problems
2503 * Fixed a crash when using the `rebase edit` feature.
2504 (`#351 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/351>`_)
2506 * Better drag-and-drop behavior when dropping into gnome-terminal.
2507 (`#373 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/373>`_)
2511 * The `git-cola-folder-handler.desktop` file handler was fixed
2512 to pass validation by `desktop-file-validate`.
2513 (`#356 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/356>`_)
2515 * The `git.svg` icon was renamed to `git-cola.svg`, and `git cola` was taught
2516 to prefer icons from the desktop theme when available.
2523 Usability, bells and whistles
2524 -----------------------------
2525 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+Shift+M` merges branches.
2527 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+R` refreshes the DAG viewer.
2528 (`#347 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/347>`_)
2532 * We now use `git config` to parse the list of remotes
2533 instead of parsing the output of `git remote`, which
2534 is a Git porcelain and should not be used by scripts.
2536 * Avoid "C++ object has been deleted" errors from PyQt4.
2537 (`#346 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/346>`_)
2541 * The `make install` target now uses `install` instead of `cp`.
2548 Usability, bells and whistles
2549 -----------------------------
2550 * Updated Brazilian Portuguese translation.
2552 * The status and browse widgets now allow drag-and-drop into
2553 external applications.
2554 (`#335 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/335>`_)
2556 * We now show a progress bar when cloning repositories.
2557 (`#312 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/312>`_)
2559 * The bookmarks widget was simplified to not need a
2561 (`#289 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/289>`_)
2563 * Updated Traditional Chinese translation.
2565 * We now display a warning when trying to rebase with uncommitted changes.
2566 (`#338 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/338>`_)
2568 * The status widget learned to filter paths.
2569 `Ctrl+Shift+S` toggles the filter widget.
2570 (`#337 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/337>`_)
2571 (`#339 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/339>`_)
2573 * The status widget learned to move files to the trash
2574 when the `send2trash <https://github.com/hsoft/send2trash>`_
2575 module is installed.
2576 (`#341 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/341>`_)
2578 * "Recent repositories" is now a dedicated widget.
2579 (`#342 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/342>`_)
2581 * New Spanish translation thanks to Pilar Molina Lopez.
2582 (`#344 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/344>`_)
2586 * Newly added remotes are now properly seen by the fetch/push/pull dialogs.
2587 (`#343 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/343>`_)
2594 Usability, bells and whistles
2595 -----------------------------
2596 * New Brazilian Portuguese translation thanks to Vitor Lobo.
2598 * New Indonesian translation thanks to Samsul Ma'arif.
2600 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation thanks to Zhang Han.
2602 * `Ctrl+Backspace` is now a hotkey for "delete untracked files" in
2605 * Fetch/Push/Pull dialogs now use the configured remote of the current
2607 (`#324 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/324>`_)
2611 * We now use `os.getcwd()` on Python3.
2612 (`#316 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/316>`_)
2613 (`#326 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/326>`_)
2615 * The `Ctrl+P` hotkey was overloaded to both "push" and "cherry-pick",
2616 so "cherry-pick" was moved to `Ctrl+Shift+C`.
2618 * Custom GUI tools with mixed-case names are now properly supported.
2620 * "Diff Region" is now referred to as "Diff Hunk" for consistency
2621 with common terminology from diff/patch tools.
2622 (`#328 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/328>`_)
2624 * git-cola's test suite is now portable to MS Windows.
2625 (`#332 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/332>`_)
2632 Usability, bells and whistles
2633 -----------------------------
2634 * We now handle the case when inotify `add_watch()` fails
2635 and display instructions on how to increase the number of watches.
2636 (`#263 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/263>`_)
2638 * New and improved zh_TW localization thanks to V字龍(Vdragon).
2639 (`#265 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/265>`_)
2640 (`#267 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/267>`_)
2641 (`#268 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/268>`_)
2642 (`#269 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/269>`_)
2643 (`#270 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/270>`_)
2644 (`#271 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/271>`_)
2645 (`#272 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/272>`_)
2647 * New hotkeys: `Ctrl+F` for fetch, `Ctrl+P` for push,
2648 and `Ctrl+Shift+P` for pull.
2650 * The bookmarks widget's context menu actions were made clearer.
2651 (`#281 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/281>`_)
2653 * The term "Staging Area" is used consistently in the UI
2654 to allow for better localization.
2655 (`#283 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/283>`_)
2657 * The "Section" term is now referred to as "Diff Region"
2659 (`#297 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/297>`_)
2661 * The localization documentation related to the LANGUAGE
2662 environment variable was improved.
2663 (`#293 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/293>`_)
2665 * The "Actions" panel now contains tooltips for each button
2666 in case the button labels gets truncated by Qt.
2667 (`#292 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/292>`_)
2669 * Custom `git config`-defined actions can now be run in the
2670 background by setting `guitool.<name>.background` to `true`.
2674 * We now use bold fonts instead of SmallCaps to avoid
2675 artifacts on several configurations.
2677 * We now pickup `user.email`, `cola.tabwidth`, and similar settings
2678 when defined in /etc/gitconfig.
2679 (`#259 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/259>`_)
2681 * Better support for unicode paths when using inotify.
2682 (`bz #1104181 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104181>`_)
2684 * Unicode fixes for non-ascii locales.
2685 (`#266 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/266>`_)
2686 (`#273 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/273>`_)
2687 (`#276 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/276>`_)
2688 (`#282 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/282>`_)
2689 (`#298 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/298>`_)
2690 (`#302 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/302>`_)
2691 (`#303 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/303>`_)
2692 (`#305 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/305>`_)
2694 * Viewing history from the file browser was fixed for Python3.
2695 (`#274 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/274>`_)
2697 * setup.py was fixed to install the `*.rst` documentation.
2698 (`#279 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/279>`_)
2700 * Patch export was fixed for Python3.
2701 (`#290 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/290>`_)
2703 * Fixed adding a bookmark with trailing slashes.
2704 (`#295 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/295>`_)
2706 * The default `git dag` layout is now setup so that its widgets
2707 can be freely resized on Linux.
2708 (`#299 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/299>`_)
2710 * Invalid tag names are now reported when creating tags.
2711 (`#296 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/296>`_)
2718 Usability, bells and whistles
2719 -----------------------------
2720 * `git cola` no longer prompts after successfully creating a new branch.
2721 (`#251 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/251>`_)
2723 * Hitting enter on simple dialogs now accepts them.
2724 (`#255 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/255>`_)
2728 * `git dag` no longer relies on `sys.maxint`, which is
2729 not available in Python3.
2730 (`#249 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/249>`_)
2732 * Python3-related fixes.
2733 (`#254 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/254>`_)
2735 * Python3-on-Windows-related fixes.
2736 (`#250 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/250>`_)
2737 (`#252 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/252>`_)
2738 (`#253 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/253>`_)
2740 * Switching repositories using the bookmarks widget was not
2741 refreshing the inotify watcher.
2742 (`#256 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/256>`_)
2744 * Special commit messages trailers (e.g. "Acked-by:") are now special-cased to
2745 fix word wrapping lines that start with "foo:".
2746 (`#257 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/257>`_)
2748 * `git dag` sometimes left behind selection artifacts.
2749 We now refresh the view to avoid them.
2750 (`#204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/204>`_)
2757 Usability, bells and whistles
2758 -----------------------------
2759 * Better inotify support for file creation and deletion.
2760 (`#240 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/240>`_)
2762 * `git cola` now supports the X11 Session Management Protocol
2763 and remembers its state across logout/reboot.
2764 (`#164 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/164>`_)
2766 * `git cola` has a new icon.
2767 (`#190 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/190>`_)
2771 * Building the documentation no longer requires `asciidoc`.
2772 We now use `Sphinx <http://sphinx-doc.org/>`_ for building
2773 html documentation and man pages.
2777 * Reworked the git-dag gravatar icon code to avoid a unicode
2780 * Commit message line-wrapping was made to better match the GUI editor.
2781 (`#242 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/242>`_)
2783 * Better support for Python3 on Windows
2784 (`#246 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/246>`_)
2788 * git-cola no longer depends on Asciidoc for building its documentation
2789 and man-pages. We now depend on [Sphinx](http://sphinx-doc.org/) only.
2796 Usability, bells and whistles
2797 -----------------------------
2798 * Some context menu actions are now hidden when selected
2800 (`#238 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/238>`_)
2804 * The build-git-cola.sh contrib script was improved.
2805 (`#235 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/235>`_)
2807 * Non-ascii worktrees work properly again.
2808 (`#234 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/234>`_)
2810 * The browser now guards itself against missing files.
2811 (`bz #1041378 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071378>`_)
2813 * Saving widget state now works under Python3.
2814 (`#236 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/236>`_)
2823 * git-cola now runs on Python 3 thanks to Virgil Dupras.
2824 (`#233 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/233>`_)
2826 * Python 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2+ are now supported.
2827 Python 2.5 is no longer supported.
2831 * i18n test fixes thanks to Virgil Dupras.
2832 (`#231 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/231>`_)
2834 * git-cola.app build fixes thanks to Maicon D. Filippsen.
2835 (`#230 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/230>`_)
2837 * Lots of pylint improvements thanks to Alex Chernetz.
2838 (`#229 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/229>`_)
2845 Usability, bells and whistles
2846 -----------------------------
2847 * The new `Bookmarks` tool makes it really easy to switch between repositories.
2849 * There is now a dedicated dialog for applying patches.
2850 See the ``File -> Apply Patches`` menu item.
2851 (`#215 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/215>`_)
2853 * A new `git cola am` sub-command was added for applying patches.
2857 * Fixed a typo that caused inotify events to be silently ignored.
2859 * Fixed the sys.path setup for Mac OS X (Homebrew).
2860 (`#221 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/221>`_)
2862 * Lots of pylint fixes thanks to Alex Chernetz.
2869 Usability, bells and whistles
2870 -----------------------------
2871 * `git cola --amend` now starts the editor in `amend` mode.
2872 (`#187 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/187>`_)
2874 * Multiple lines of text can now be pasted into the `summary` field.
2875 All text beyond the first newline will be automatically moved to the
2876 `extended description` field.
2877 (`#212 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/212>`_)
2881 * Stray whitespace in `.git` files is now ignored.
2882 (`#213 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/213>`_)
2884 * Fix "known incorrect sRGB profile" in `staged-item.png`.
2885 (`gentoo-devel message #85066
2886 <http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/85066>`_)
2895 * Fix a traceback when `git push` fails.
2896 (`bz #1034778 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034778>`_)
2900 * Most of the git-cola sub-packages have been removed.
2901 The only remaining packages are `cola`, `cola.models`,
2904 * The translation file for Simplified Chinese was renamed
2906 (`#209 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/209>`_)
2915 * `git cola version --brief` now prints the brief version number.
2919 * Resurrected the "make dist" target, for those that prefer to create
2922 * Fixed the typo that broke the preferences dialog.
2929 Usability, bells and whistles
2930 -----------------------------
2931 * We now ship a full-featured interactive `git rebase` editor.
2932 The rebase todo file is edited using the `git xbase` script which
2933 is provided at `$prefix/share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase`.
2934 This script can be used standalone by setting the `$GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR`
2935 before running `git rebase --interactive`.
2936 (`#1 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1>`_)
2938 * Fixup commit messages can now be loaded from the commit message editor.
2940 * Tool widgets can be locked in place by using the "Tools/Lock Layout"
2942 (`#202 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/202>`_)
2944 * You can now push to several remotes simultaneously by selecting
2945 multiple remotes in the "Push" dialog.
2946 (`#148 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/148>`_)
2948 * The `grep` tool learned to search using three different modes:
2949 basic regular expressions (default), extended regular expressions,
2954 * `git cola` now depends on the `argparse` Python module.
2955 This module is part of the stdlib in Python 2.7 and must
2956 be installed separately when using Python 2.6 and below.
2960 * Support unicode in the output from `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`.
2967 Usability, bells and whistles
2968 -----------------------------
2969 * We now detect when the editor or history browser are misconfigured.
2970 (`#197 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/197>`_)
2971 (`bz #886826 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886826>`_)
2973 * Display of untracked files can be disabled from the Preferences dialog
2974 or by setting the `gui.displayuntracked` configuration variable to `false`.
2975 (`Git Mailing List on 2013-08-21
2976 <https://public-inbox.org/git/20130821032913.GA6092@wheezy.local/>`_)
2980 * Unicode stash names are now supported
2981 (`#198 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/198>`_)
2983 * The diffs produced when reverting workspace changes were made more robust.
2990 Usability, bells and whistles
2991 -----------------------------
2992 * Brand new German translation thanks to Sven Claussner.
2994 * The "File" menu now provides a "New Repository..." menu action.
2996 * `git dag` now uses a dock-widget interface so that its widgets can
2997 be laid-out and arranged. Customizations are saved and restored
2998 the next time `git dag` is launched.
3000 * `git dag` now has a "Zoom Best Fit" button next alongside the
3001 "Zoom In" and "Zoom Out" buttons.
3003 * `Ctrl+L` now focuses the "Search" field in the `git dag` tool.
3005 * Right-clicking in the "diff" viewer now updates the cursor position
3006 before performing actions, which makes it much easier to click around
3007 and selectively stage sections. Previously, the current cursor position
3008 was used which meant that it required two clicks (left-click to update
3009 the position followed by right-click to get the context menu) for the
3010 desired section to be used. This is now a single right-click operation.
3012 * The `Ctrl+D` "Launch Diff Tool" action learned to automatically choose
3013 between `git difftool` and `git mergetool`. If the file is unmerged then
3014 we automatically launch `git mergetool` on the path, otherwise we use
3015 `git difftool`. We do this because `git difftool` is not intended to
3016 be used on unmerged paths. Automatically using `git mergetool` when
3017 appropriate is the most intuitive and muscle-memory-friendly thing to do.
3019 * You can now right-click on folders in your standard file browser
3020 and choose "Open With -> Git Cola" (Linux-only).
3024 * Python 2.6 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard does not provide a namedtuple
3025 at `sys.version_info`. We now avoid using that variable for better
3028 * We now read the user's Git configuration from `~/.config/git/config`
3029 if that file is available, otherwise we use the traditional `~/.gitconfig`
3030 path, just like Git itself.
3032 * Some edge cases were fixed when applying partial/selected diffs.
3034 * The diff viewer is now properly cleared when refreshing.
3035 (`#194 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/194>`_)
3042 Usability, bells and whistles
3043 -----------------------------
3044 * The diff viewer now has an "Options" menu which can be
3045 used to set "git diff" options. This can be used to
3046 ignore whitespace changes or to show a change with its
3047 surrounding function as context.
3048 (`#150 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/150>`_)
3050 * `git cola` now remembers your commit message and will restore it
3051 when `git cola` is restarted.
3052 (`#175 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/175>`_)
3054 * `Ctrl+M` can now be used to toggle the "Amend last commit"
3055 checkbox in the commit message editor.
3056 (`#161 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/161>`_)
3058 * Deleting remote branches can now be done from the "Branch" menu.
3059 (`#152 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/152>`_)
3061 * The commit message editor now has a built-in spell checker.
3065 * We now avoid invoking external diffs when showing diffstats.
3066 (`#163 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/163>`_)
3068 * The `Status` tool learned to reselect files when refreshing.
3069 (`#165 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/165>`_)
3071 * `git cola` now remembers whether it has been maximized and will restore the
3072 maximized state when `git cola` is restarted.
3073 (`#172 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/172>`_)
3075 * Performance is now vastly improved when staging hundreds or
3078 * `git cola` was not correctly saving repo-specific configuration.
3079 (`#174 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/174>`_)
3081 * Fix a UnicodeDecode in sphinxtogithub when building from source.
3089 Usability, bells and whistles
3090 -----------------------------
3091 * We now automatically remove missing repositories from the
3092 "Select Repository" dialog.
3093 (`#145 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/145>`_)
3095 * A new `git cola diff` sub-command was added for diffing changed files.
3099 * The inotify auto-refresh feature makes it difficult to select text in
3100 the "diff" editor when files are being continually modified by another
3101 process. The auto-refresh causes it to lose the currently selected text,
3102 which is not wanted. We now avoid this problem by saving and restoring
3103 the selection when refreshing the editor.
3104 (`#155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/155>`_)
3106 * More strings have been marked for l10n.
3107 (`#157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/157>`_)
3109 * Fixed the Alt+D Diffstat shortcut.
3110 (`#159 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/159>`_)
3114 * Better error handling when cloning repositories.
3116 We were not handling the case where a git URL has
3117 no basename, e.g. `https://git.example.com/`.
3118 `git cola` originally rejected these URLs instead of
3119 allowing users to clone them. It now allows these URLs
3120 when they point to valid git repositories.
3122 Additionally, `git cola` learned to echo the errors
3123 reported by `git clone` when it fails.
3124 (`#156 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/156>`_)
3132 Usability, bells and whistles
3133 -----------------------------
3134 * `git dag` got a big visual upgrade.
3136 * `Ctrl+G` now launches the "Grep" tool.
3138 * `Ctrl+D` launches difftool and `Ctrl+E` launches your editor
3139 when in the diff panel.
3141 * git-cola can now be told to use an alternative language.
3142 For example, if the native language is German and we want git-cola to
3143 use English then we can create a `~/.config/git-cola/language` file with
3144 "en" as its contents: ``echo en >~/.config/git-cola/language``
3145 (`#140 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/140>`_)
3147 * A new `git cola merge` sub-command was added for merging branches.
3149 * Less blocking in the main UI
3153 * Autocomplete issues on KDE
3154 (`#144 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/144>`_)
3156 * The "recently opened repositories" startup dialog did not
3157 display itself in the absence of bookmarks.
3158 (`#139 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/139>`_)
3166 Usability, bells and whistles
3167 -----------------------------
3168 * `git cola` learned to honor `.gitattributes` when showing and
3169 interactively applying diffs. This makes it possible to store
3170 files in git using a non-utf-8 encoding and `git cola` will
3171 properly accept them. This must be enabled by settings
3172 `cola.fileattributes` to true, as it incurs a small performance
3174 (`#96 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/96>`_)
3176 * `git cola` now wraps commit messages at 72 columns automatically.
3177 This is configurable using the `cola.linebreak` variable to enable/disable
3178 the feature, and `cola.textwidth` to configure the limit.
3179 (`#133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/133>`_)
3181 * A new "Open Recent" sub-menu was added to the "File" menu.
3182 This makes it easy to open a recently-edited repository.
3183 (`#135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/135>`_)
3185 * We now show a preview for untracked files when they are clicked
3186 using the `Status` tool.
3187 * A new "Open Using Default Application" action was added to the
3188 `Status` tool. It is activated using either `Spacebar` or through
3189 the context menu. This action uses `xdg-open` on Linux and
3191 * A new "Open Parent Directory" action was added to the `Status` tool.
3192 It is activated using either `Shift+Spacebar` or through the
3194 * `git dag` learned to honor the `log.date` git configuration variable.
3195 This makes the date display follow whatever format the user has
3197 * A new `git cola config` sub-command was added for quickly
3198 tweaking `git cola`'s git configuration settings.
3199 * Some small usability tweaks -- some user confirmation prompts
3200 were defaulting to "Cancel" when they should have been defaulting
3201 to the affirmative option instead.
3205 * Properly handle arbitrarily-named branches.
3206 * We went back to launching `git mergetool` using an xterm.
3207 The reason is that there are a couple of places where `git mergetool`
3208 requires a terminal for user interaction not covered by `--no-prompt`.
3209 * We now properly handle an edge case when applying short diffs at
3210 the start of a file.
3218 Usability, bells and whistles
3219 -----------------------------
3220 * New and improved `grep` mode lets you instantly find and edit files.
3221 * New `git cola grep` standalone mode.
3222 * Support for passing arguments to the configured editors, e.g. `gvim -p`
3223 This makes it possible to select multiple files in the status
3224 window and use `Ctrl + E` to edit them all at once.
3225 * Remote operations now prompt on errors only.
3226 * The `Tab` key now jumps to the extended description when editing the summary.
3227 * More shortcut key labels and misc. UX improvements.
3231 * Selecting an item no longer copies its filename to the copy/paste buffer.
3232 `Ctrl + C` or the "Copy" context-menu action can be used instead.
3233 * The repository monitoring feature on Windows learned to ignore
3234 changes within the ".git" directory. Thanks to Andreas Sommer.
3235 (`#120 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/120>`_)
3243 Usability, bells and whistles
3244 -----------------------------
3245 * `git dag` learned to color-code branchy edges.
3246 The edge colors change when a new branch is detected,
3247 which makes the history much easier to follow.
3248 A huge thanks to Uri Okrent for making it happen.
3250 * New GUI for editing remote repositories.
3252 * New `git cola archive` and `git cola remote` sub-commands.
3254 * `git cola browser` learned an 'Untrack' command.
3256 * The diff editor learned to staged/unstaged while amending.
3258 * The status tool can now scroll horizontally.
3260 * New git repositories can be created by clicking 'New' on the
3261 `git cola --prompt` startup screen.
3269 Usability, bells and whistles
3270 -----------------------------
3271 * Auto-completion was added to more tools.
3273 * `git dag` is easier to use on smaller displays -- the author
3274 field elides its text which allows for a more compact display.
3276 * Selected commits in `git dag` were made more prominent and
3279 * 'Create Branch' learned to fetch remote branches and uses a
3280 background thread to do so.
3282 * User-configured GUI tools are listed alphabetically in the 'Actions' menu.
3284 * The 'Pull' dialog remembers the value of the 'Rebase' checkbox
3285 between invocations.
3295 * Detect Homebrew so that OS X users do not need to set PYTHONPATH.
3297 * `git dag` can export patches again.
3305 Usability, bells and whistles
3306 -----------------------------
3307 * The 'Classic' tool was renamed to 'Browser' and learned to
3308 limit history to the current branch.
3310 * `git dag` learned about gravatar and uses it to show images
3313 * `git dag` learned to use OpenGL for rendering resulting in
3314 much faster rendering.
3316 * More dialogs learned vim-style keyboard shortcuts.
3318 * The commit message editor learned better arrow key navigation.
3326 Usability, bells and whistles
3327 -----------------------------
3328 * `git cola` learned a few new sub commands:
3336 * `Return` in the summary field jumps to the extended description.
3338 * `Ctrl+Return` is now a shortcut for 'Commit'.
3340 * Better French translation for 'Sign-off'.
3342 * The 'Search' widget now has a much simpler and streamlined
3345 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the DAG widget.
3347 * `git dag` no longer prompts for files when diffing commits if the
3348 text field contains paths.
3350 * General user interface and performance improvements.
3354 * The diff viewer no longer changes font size when holding `Control`
3355 while scrolling with the mouse wheel.
3357 * Files with a typechange (e.g. symlinks that become files, etc.)
3358 are now correctly identified as being modified.
3362 * The `cola.controllers` and `cola.views` packages were removed.
3370 Usability, bells and whistles
3371 -----------------------------
3372 * `git cola` can now launch sub commands, e.g.:
3383 * `git dag` is more responsive when gathering auto-completions.
3385 * Keyboard shortcuts are displayed when the '?' key is pressed.
3387 * Various keyboard shortcuts were added for improved usability.
3389 * The status widget now lists unmerged files before modified files.
3391 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the status widget.
3393 * A 'Recently Modified Files...' tool was added.
3395 * Tools can now be hidden with `Alt + #` (where `#` is a keyboard number)
3396 and focused with `Alt + Shift + #`.
3398 * The syntax highlighting colors for diffs was made less intrusive.
3400 * The commit message editor was redesigned to have a more compact
3401 and keyboard-convenient user interface.
3403 * Keyboard shortcuts for adding a Signed-off-by (`Ctrl + i`)
3404 and creating a commit (`Ctrl + m`) were added.
3406 * The status widget was adjusted to use less screen real-estate.
3410 * Avoid updating the index when responding to inotify events.
3411 This avoids interfering with operations such as `git rebase --interactive`.
3412 (`#99 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/99>`_)
3416 * Create `git-dag.pyw` in the win32 installer.
3418 * win32 shortcuts now contain explicit calls to `pythonw.exe` instead of
3419 calling the `.pyw` file directly.
3423 * The 'Apply Changes from Branch...' feature was removed.
3424 `git dag`'s 'Grab File...' feature used alongside the index/worktree editor
3425 is a simpler alternative.
3435 * Further enhanced the staging/unstaging behavior in the status widget.
3436 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
3438 * Unmerged files are no longer listed as modified.
3442 The `cola-$version` tarballs on github were originally setup to
3443 have the same contents as the old tarballs hosted on tuxfamily.
3444 The `make dist` target was changed to write files to a
3445 `git-cola-$version` subdirectory and tarball.
3447 This makes the filenames consistent for the source tarball,
3448 the darwin .app tarball, and the win32 .exe installer.
3456 Usability, bells and whistles
3457 -----------------------------
3458 * Refined the staging/unstaging behavior for code reviews.
3459 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
3461 * Added more styling and icons to menus and buttons.
3463 * Adjusted some terminology to more closely match the git CLI.
3467 * Boolean `git config` settings with no value are now supported
3468 (these are not created by git these days but exist in legacy repositories).
3470 * Unicode branches and tags are supported in the "branch diff" tool.
3472 * Guard against low-memory conditions and more interrupted system calls.
3476 * Added desktop launchers for git-cola.desktop and git-dag.desktop.
3477 This replaces the old cola.desktop, so some adjustments to RPM .spec
3478 and debian/ files will be needed.
3480 * Fixed the darwin app-tarball Makefile target to create relative paths.
3484 * The `--style` option was removed. `git cola` follows the system theme
3485 so there's no need for this option these days.
3493 Usability, bells and whistles
3494 -----------------------------
3495 * Export a patch series from `git dag` into a `patches/` directory.
3497 * `git dag` learned to diff commits, slice history along paths, etc.
3499 * Added instant-preview to the `git stash` widget.
3501 * A simpler preferences editor is used to edit `git config` values.
3502 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
3503 (`#89 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/89>`_)
3505 * Previous commit messages can be re-loaded from the message editor.
3506 (`#33 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/33>`_)
3510 * Display commits with no file changes.
3511 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
3513 * Improved the diff editor's copy/paste behavior
3514 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
3518 * Bumped version number to ceil(minimum git version).
3519 `git cola` now requires `git` >= 1.6.3.
3521 * Simplified git-cola's versioning when building from tarballs
3522 outside of git. We no longer check for a 'version' file at
3523 the root of the repository. We instead keep a default version
3524 in `cola/version.py` and use it when `git cola`'s `.git` repository
3533 Usability, bells and whistles
3534 -----------------------------
3535 * inotify is much snappier and available on Windows
3536 thanks to Karl Bielefeldt.
3538 * New right-click command to add untracked files to .gitignore
3539 thanks to Audrius Karabanovas.
3541 * Stash, fetch, push, and pull usability improvements
3543 * General usability improvements
3545 * stderr is logged when applying partial diffs.
3549 * Files can be unstaged when amending.
3550 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
3552 * Show the configured remote.$remote.pushurl in the GUI
3553 (`#83 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/83>`_)
3555 * Removed usage of the "user" module.
3556 (`#86 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/86>`_)
3558 * Avoids an extra `git update-index` call during startup.
3566 Usability, bells and whistles
3567 -----------------------------
3568 * We now provide better feedback when `git push` fails.
3569 (`#69 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/69>`_)
3571 * The Fetch, Push, and Pull dialogs now give better feedback
3572 when interacting with remotes. The dialogs are modal and
3573 a progress dialog is used.
3577 * More unicode fixes, again. It is now possible to have
3578 unicode branch names, repository paths, home directories, etc.
3579 This continued the work initiated by Redhat's bugzilla #694806.
3581 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806
3589 Usability, bells and whistles
3590 -----------------------------
3591 * The `git cola` desktop launchers now prompt for a repo
3592 by default. This is done by using the new `--prompt`
3593 flag which tells `git cola` to ignore any git repositories
3594 in the current directory and prompt for one instead.
3598 * More Unicode fixes for repositories and home directories with
3599 embedded unicode characters. Thanks to Christian Jann for
3600 patience and helpful bug reports.
3602 * Fix the 'Clone' button in the startup dialog.
3610 Usability, bells and whistles
3611 -----------------------------
3612 * Faster startup time! `git cola` now offloads initialization
3613 to a background thread so that the GUI appears almost instantly.
3615 * Specialized diff options for p4merge, vimdiff, araxis, emerge,
3616 and ecmerge in difftool (backported from git.git).
3620 * Fix launching commands in the background on Windows
3621 (e.g. when launching `git difftool`).
3623 * Fix unicode errors when home or repository directories contain
3625 (`#74 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/74>`_)
3626 (`bz #694806 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806>`_)
3634 Usability, bells and whistles
3635 -----------------------------
3636 * The `cola classic` tool can be now configured to be dockable.
3637 (`#56 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/56>`_)
3639 * The `cola classic` tool now uses visual sigils to indicate a file's status.
3640 The idea and icons were provided by Uri Okrent.
3642 * Include the 'Rescan' button in the 'Actions' widget regardless
3643 of whether inotify is installed.
3647 * Fix installation of translations per Fedora
3648 This incorporates Fedora's fix for the translations path
3649 which originally appeared in cola-1.4.3-translations.patch.
3651 * Mac OS X git-cola developers can now generate git-cola.app
3652 application bundles using 'make app-bundle'.
3656 * Fixed a stacktrace when trying to use "Get Commit Message Template"
3657 with an unconfigured "commit.template" git config variable.
3658 (`bz #67521 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675721>`_)
3659 (`#72 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/72>`_)
3661 * Properly raise the main window on Mac OS X.
3663 * Properly handle staging a huge numbers of files at once.
3665 * Speed up 'git config' usage by fixing cola's caching proxy.
3667 * Guard against damaged ~/.cola files.
3675 Usability, bells and whistles
3676 -----------------------------
3677 * `git dag` now has a separate display area
3678 for displaying commit metadata. This area will soon
3679 grow additional functionality such as cherry-picking,
3684 * Fixed tests from a previous refactoring.
3686 * Guard against 'diff.external' configuration by always
3687 calling 'git diff' with the '--no-ext-diff' option.
3688 (`#67 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/67>`_)
3690 * Respect 'gui.diffcontext' so that cola's diff display
3691 shows the correct number of context lines.
3693 * Raise the GUI so that it is in the foreground on OS X.
3697 * We now allow distutils to rewrite cola's shebang line.
3698 This allows us to run on systems where "which python"
3699 is Python3k. This is exposed by setting the `PYTHON`
3700 Makefile variable to the location of python2.x.
3702 * git-cola.app is now a tiny download because it no longer
3703 contains Qt and PyQt. These libraries are provided as a
3705 (`Link <http://code.google.com/p/git-cola/downloads/list>`_)
3713 Usability, bells and whistles
3714 -----------------------------
3715 * Clicking on paths in the status widget copies them into the
3716 copy/paste buffer for easy middle-clicking into terminals.
3718 * `Ctrl+C` in diff viewer copies the selected diff to the clipboard.
3722 * Fixed the disappearing actions buttons on PyQt 4.7.4
3723 as reported by Arch and Ubuntu 10.10.
3724 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
3726 * Fixed mouse interaction with the status widget where some
3727 items could not be de-selected.
3731 * Removed hard-coded reference to lib/ when calculating Python's
3732 site-packages directory.
3740 Usability, bells and whistles
3741 -----------------------------
3742 * Removed "single-click to (un)stage" in the status view.
3743 This is a usability improvement since we no longer perform
3744 different actions depending on where a row is clicked.
3746 * Added ability to create unsigned, annotated tags.
3750 * Updated documentation to use `cola.git` instead of `cola.gitcmd`.
3758 Usability, bells and whistles
3759 -----------------------------
3760 * Allow un/staging by right-clicking top-level items
3761 (`#57 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/57>`_)
3763 * Running 'commit' with no staged changes prompts to allow
3765 (`#55 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/55>`_)
3767 * Fetch, Push, and Pull are now available via the menus
3768 (`#58 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/58>`_)
3772 * Simplified the actions widget to work around a regression
3774 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
3782 Usability, bells and whistles
3783 -----------------------------
3784 * `git dag` interaction was made faster.
3788 * Added '...' indicators to the buttons for
3789 'Fetch...', 'Push...', 'Pull...', and 'Stash...'.
3790 (`#51 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/51>`_)
3792 * Fixed a hang-on-exit bug in the cola-provided
3793 'ssh-askpass' implementation.
3801 Usability, bells and whistles
3802 -----------------------------
3803 * Staging and unstaging is faster.
3804 (`#48 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/48>`_)
3806 * `git dag` reads history in a background thread.
3810 * Added `cola.compat.hashlib` for `Python 2.4` compatibility
3811 * Improved `PyQt 4.1.x` compatibility.
3815 * Configured menu actions use ``sh -c`` for Windows portability.
3823 Usability, bells and whistles
3824 -----------------------------
3825 * Added support for the configurable ``guitool.<tool>.*``
3826 actions as described in the ``git config`` documentation.
3827 (`git-config(1) <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config>`_)
3828 (`#44 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/44>`_)
3830 This makes it possible to add new actions to `git cola`
3831 by simply editing ``~/.gitconfig``. This implements the
3832 same guitool support as `git gui`.
3834 * Introduced a stat cache to speed up `git config` and
3835 repository status checks.
3837 * Added Alt-key shortcuts to the main `git cola` interface.
3839 * The `Actions` dock widget switches between a horizontal
3840 and vertical layout when resized.
3842 * We now use ``git diff --submodule`` for submodules
3843 (used when git >= 1.6.6).
3845 * The context menu for modified submodules includes an option
3846 to launch `git cola`.
3847 (`#17 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/17>`_)
3849 * Prefer ``$VISUAL`` over ``$EDITOR`` when both are defined.
3850 These are used to set a default editor in lieu of `core.editor`
3853 * Force the editor to be ``gvim`` when we see ``vim``.
3854 This prevents us from launching an editor in the (typically
3855 unattached) parent terminal and creating zombie editors
3856 that cannot be easily killed.
3858 * Selections are remembered and restored across updates.
3859 This makes the `partial-staging` workflow easier since the
3860 diff view will show the updated diff after staging.
3862 * Show the path to the current repository in a tooltip
3863 over the commit message editor.
3864 (`#45 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/45>`_)
3866 * Log internal ``git`` commands when ``GIT_COLA_TRACE`` is defined.
3867 (`#39 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/39>`_)
3871 * Improved backwards compatibility for Python 2.4.
3873 * `Review mode` can now review the current branch; it no longer
3874 requires you to checkout the branch into which the reviewed
3875 branch will be merged.
3877 * Guard against `color.ui = always` configuration when using
3878 `git log` by passing ``--no-color``.
3880 * ``yes`` and ``no`` are now supported as valid booleans
3881 by the `git config` parser.
3883 * Better defaults are used for `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`..
3884 (`#43 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/43>`_)
3888 * Removed colon (`:`) from the applilcation name on Windows
3889 (`#41 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/41>`_)
3891 * Fixed bugs with the Windows installer
3892 (`#40 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/40>`_)
3894 * Added a more standard i18n infrastructure. The install
3895 tree now has the common ``share/locale/$lang/LC_MESSAGES/git-cola.mo``
3896 layout in use by several projects.
3898 * Started trying to accommodate Mac OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
3899 in the ``darwin/`` build scripts but our tester is yet to
3900 report success building a `.app` bundle.
3902 * Replaced use of ``perl`` in Sphinx/documentation Makefile
3903 with more-portable ``sed`` constructs. Thanks to
3904 Stefan Naewe for discovering the portability issues and
3905 providing msysgit-friendly patches.
3913 Usability, bells and whistles
3914 -----------------------------
3915 * It is now possible to checkout from the index as well
3916 as from `HEAD`. This corresponds to the
3917 `Removed Unstaged Changes` action in the `Repository Status` tool.
3919 * The `remote` dialogs (fetch, push, pull) are now slightly
3922 * Bookmarks can be selected when `git cola` is run outside of a git repository.
3924 * Added more user documentation. We now include many links to
3925 external git resources.
3927 * Added `git dag` to the available tools.
3928 `git dag` is a node-based DAG history browser.
3929 It doesn't do much yet, but it's been merged so that we can start
3930 building and improving upon it.
3934 * Fixed a missing ``import`` when showing `right-click` actions
3935 for unmerged files in the `Repository Status` tool.
3937 * ``git update-index --refresh`` is no longer run every time
3938 ``git cola version`` is run.
3940 * Don't try to watch non-existent directories when using `inotify`.
3942 * Use ``git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name`` plumbing to find
3943 the name of the current branch.
3947 * The ``Makefile`` will now conditionally include a ``config.mak``
3948 file located at the root of the project. This allows for user
3949 customizations such as changes to the `prefix` variable
3950 to be stored in a file so that custom settings do not need to
3951 be specified every time on the command-line.
3953 * The build scripts no longer require a ``.git`` directory to
3954 generate the ``builtin_version.py`` module. The release tarballs
3955 now include a ``version`` file at the root of the project which
3956 is used in lieu of having the git repository available.
3957 This allows for ``make clean && make`` to function outside of
3960 * Added maintainer's ``make dist`` target to the ``Makefile``.
3962 * The built-in `simplejson` and `jsonpickle` libraries can be
3963 excluded from ``make install`` by specifying the ``standalone=true``
3964 `make` variable. For example, ``make standalone=true install``.
3965 This corresponds to the ``--standalone`` option to ``setup.py``.
3973 Usability, bells and whistles
3974 -----------------------------
3975 * We now use patience diff by default when it is available via
3976 `git diff --patience`.
3978 * Allow closing the `cola classic` tool with `Ctrl+W`.
3982 * Fixed an unbound variable error in the `push` dialog.
3986 * Don't include `simplejson` in MANIFEST.in.
3988 * Update desktop entry to read `Cola Git GUI`.
3996 This feature release adds two new features directly from
3997 `git cola`'s github issues backlog. On the developer
3998 front, further work was done towards modularizing the code base.
4000 Usability, bells and whistles
4001 -----------------------------
4002 * Dragging and dropping patches invokes `git am`
4003 (`#3 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/3>`_)
4005 * A dialog to allow opening or cloning a repository
4006 is presented when `git cola` is launched outside of a git repository.
4007 (`#22 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/22>`_)
4009 * Warn when `push` is used to create a new branch
4010 (`#35 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/35>`_)
4012 * Optimized startup time by removing several calls to `git`.
4017 * `git cola` is once again compatible with PyQt 4.3.x.
4021 * `cola.gitcmds` was added to factor out git command-line utilities
4023 * `cola.gitcfg` was added for interacting with `git config`
4025 * `cola.models.browser` was added to factor out repobrowser data
4037 * Fix launching external applications on Windows
4039 * Ensure that the `amend` checkbox is unchecked when switching modes
4041 * Update the status tree when amending commits
4051 * Fix Lintian warnings
4061 * Fix X11 warnings on application startup
4071 * Added missing 'Exit Diff Mode' button for 'Diff Expression' mode
4072 (`#31 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/31>`_)
4074 * Fix a bug when initializing fonts on Windows
4075 (`#32 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/32>`_)
4085 * Keep entries in sorted order in the `cola classic` tool
4087 * Fix staging untracked files
4088 (`#27 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/27>`_)
4090 * Fix the `show` command in the Stash dialog
4091 (`#29 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/29>`_)
4093 * Fix a typo when loading merge commit messages
4094 (`#30 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/30>`_)
4102 This release focuses on a redesign of the git-cola user interface,
4103 a tags interface, and better integration of the `cola classic` tool.
4104 A flexible interface based on configurable docks is used to manage the
4105 various cola widgets.
4107 Usability, bells and whistles
4108 -----------------------------
4109 * New GUI is flexible and user-configurable
4111 * Individual widgets can be detached and rearranged arbitrarily
4113 * Add an interface for creating tags
4115 * Provide a fallback `SSH_ASKPASS` implementation to prompt for
4116 SSH passwords on fetch/push/pull
4118 * The commit message editor displays the current row/column and
4119 warns when lines get too long
4121 * The `cola classic` tool displays upstream changes
4123 * `git cola --classic` launches `cola classic` in standalone mode
4125 * Provide more information in log messages
4129 * Inherit the window manager's font settings
4131 * Miscellaneous PyQt4 bug fixes and workarounds
4135 * Removed all usage of Qt Designer `.ui` files
4137 * Simpler model/view architecture
4139 * Selection is now shared across tools
4141 * Centralized notifications are used to keep views in sync
4143 * The `cola.git` command class was made thread-safe
4145 * Less coupling between model and view actions
4147 * The status view was rewritten to use the MVC architecture
4149 * Added more documentation and tests
4157 Usability, bells and whistles
4158 -----------------------------
4159 * Added a `cola classic` tool for browsing the entire repository
4161 * Handle diff expressions with spaces
4163 * Handle renamed files
4167 * Handle carat `^` characters in diff expressions on Windows
4169 * Worked around a PyQt 4.5/4.6 QThreadPool bug
4173 * Added a keyboard shortcuts reference page
4175 * Added developer API documentation
4179 * Fix the diff expression used when reviewing branches
4181 * Fix a bug when pushing branches
4183 * Fix X11 warnings at startup
4185 * Fix more interrupted system calls on Mac OS X
4193 Usability, bells and whistles
4194 -----------------------------
4195 * Fresh and tasty SVG logos
4197 * Added `Branch Review` mode for reviewing topic branches
4199 * Added diff modes for diffing between tags, branches,
4200 or arbitrary `git diff` expressions
4202 * The push dialog selects the current branch by default.
4203 This is in preparation for `git 1.7.0` where unconfigured `git push`
4204 will refuse to push when run without specifying the remote name
4205 and branch. See the `git` release notes for more information
4207 * Support `open` and `clone` commands on Windows
4209 * Allow saving cola UI layouts
4211 * Re-enabled `double-click-to-stage` for unmerged entries.
4212 Disabling it for unmerged items was inconsistent, though safer.
4214 * Show diffs when navigating the status tree with the keyboard
4218 * Worked around `pyuic4` bugs in the `setup.py` build script
4220 * Added Mac OSX application bundles to the download page
4230 * `git difftool` became an official git command in `git 1.6.3`.
4232 * `git difftool` learned `--no-prompt` / `-y` and a corresponding
4233 `difftool.prompt` configuration variable
4235 Usability, bells and whistles
4236 -----------------------------
4237 * Warn when `non-fast-forward` is used with fetch, push or pull
4239 * Allow `Ctrl+C` to exit cola when run from the command line
4243 * Support Unicode font names
4245 * Handle interrupted system calls
4249 * `PEP-8`-ified more of the cola code base
4255 * All resources are now installed into `$prefix/share/git-cola`.
4256 Closed Debian bug #519972
4258 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519972
4268 * Added support for Kompare in `git difftool`
4270 * Added a separate configuration namespace for `git difftool`
4272 * Added the `diff.tool` configuration variable to define the default diff tool
4274 Usability, bells and whistles
4275 -----------------------------
4276 * The stash dialog allows passing the `--keep-index` option to `git stash`
4278 * Amending a published commit warns at commit time
4280 * Simplified the file-across-revisions comparison dialog
4282 * `origin` is selected by default in fetch/push/pull
4284 * Removed the search field from the log widget
4286 * The log window moved into a drawer widget at the bottom of the UI
4288 * Log window display can be configured with
4289 `cola.showoutput` = `{never, always, errors}`. `errors` is the default.
4291 * `NOTE` -- `cola.showoutput` was removed with the GUI rewrite in 1.4.0.
4295 * Improved nose unittest usage
4299 * Added a Windows/msysGit installer
4301 * Included private versions of `simplejson` and `jsonpickle`
4302 for ease of installation and development