6 Usability, bells and whistles
7 -----------------------------
8 * `git dag` now displays commit metadata more similarly to `git log`.
9 The commit date is now displayed and the subject field is displayed
10 directly above the extended description.
14 * ``QApplication::desktop()`` is no longer available on PyQt6.
15 Git Cola no longer relies on this method.
25 * Diffs for repositories with a single commit have been fixed.
26 (`#1306 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1306>`_)
28 * The toolbars follow the Qt toolbar style, as they did prior to `v4.2.0`.
29 (`#1307 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1307>`_)
31 * The "Checkout Branch" dialog was fixed to display all completions when first shown.
32 (`#1308 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1308>`_)
40 Usability, bells and whistles
41 -----------------------------
42 * The Diff Editor can now send diffs to your favorite editor before the diffs are applied.
43 The right-click "Edit Diff ..." menu actions and the `Ctrl + Shift + S` /
44 `Ctrl + Shift + U` hotkeys send the current diff hunk, or the selected diff, to your
45 editor before they are applied to the worktree / staging area.
46 (`#1290 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1290>`_)
47 (`#794 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/794>`_)
49 * The Diff Editor and DAG viewer can now search within their diffs using
50 `Ctrl + F` and `Ctrl + G` hotkeys.
51 (`#1116 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1116>`_)
53 * A new *Diff Mode* can be used to diff and unstage edits relative to any commit.
54 (`#816 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/816>`_)
56 * The Commit Message Editor can now spell-check the summary field. Previously only the
57 "Extended Description..." field supported spell checking.
58 (`#633 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/633>`_)
59 (`#1070 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1070>`_)
61 * Repositories in your "Recents" and "Favorites" can now be searched using the new
62 "Search" tool button. Quickly switch between these repositories using the `Alt + P`
63 hotkey and "Quick Open..." File menu action.
64 (`#1282 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1282>`_)
66 * "Favorites", "Recents" and the startup dialog now display a case-insensitively
67 sorted list of repositories.
68 (`#1047 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1047>`_)
70 * The startup dialog now has a right-click context menu that allows you to prune
71 stale entries and other actions that were not previously accessible from
73 (`#1199 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1199>`_)
74 (`#1280 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1280>`_)
76 * The "Copy Leading Paths" action in the Status tool's right-click "Copy" sub-menu
77 can now strip off an arbitrary number of leading paths.
78 (`#784 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/784>`_)
80 * The "Cherry-Pick" action now reports errors when "git cherry-pick" fails.
81 A new "Abort Cherry-Pick" action has been added for aborting a failed cherry-pick.
82 (`#1062 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1062>`_)
84 * The diff text can now be quickly zoomed using `Ctrl + Mouse wheel` scroll.
85 This will quickly change the text size within the current session only.
86 (`#1029 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1029>`_)
88 * The Console and Diff widgets learned to open URLs. Right-click on a line
89 that contains http URLs and context-menu actions for opening each URL
90 using your default web browser will be displayed.
91 (`#1139 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1139>`_)
93 * Drag-and-drop has been improved when dragging filenames from the Status tool.
94 Dragging multiple files requires special handling to improve usability.
95 Some terminals (such as `kitty`) consume multiple file URLs by separating paths with
96 newlines. This is useful when you'd like to capture raw filenames but is less
97 convenient when dropping filenames onto a command-line. Drag with the `Alt`-modifier
98 held down to drag-and-drop filenames for command-line use. Using the `Alt` modifier
99 omits URLs so that the drag-and-drop payload includes only space-delimited,
101 (`#719 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/719>`_)
103 * The DAG viewer now displays the diff between the start and end commits when
104 multiple commits are selected. The diffs are displayed in the DAG's diff viewer.
105 (`#552 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/552>`_)
107 * The DAG viewer learned to checkout branches and initiate rebases from its right-click menu.
108 (`#1113 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1113>`_)
110 * The DAG diff viewer learned to word-wrap the diff text.
111 (`#1242 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1242>`_)
113 * The spelling dictionaries are now discovered dynamically at runtime.
114 `dict/words` and `dict/propernames` are now discovered via `$XDG_DATA_DIRS`
115 by the spell checker. This allows a spelling dictionary to be placed in eg.
116 `~/.local/share/dict/words` to override the default `/usr/share/dict/words`.
117 (`#873 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/873>`_)
119 * The File menu now has a "Patches" sub-menu with a full set of "git am" Patch actions.
121 * The Diff Editor and various Diff widgets now have a "Copy Diff" action with an
122 `Alt + Shift + C` hotkey that copies the selected diff text to the clipboard with the
123 `+`, `-` and `<Space>` diff prefix characters removed.
124 (`#1288 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1288>`_)
126 * The "Revert" action for reverting commits from the DAG tool now displays error
127 messages when ``git revert`` fails.
128 (`#885 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/885>`_)
130 * The Diff Editor now uses an easier-to-see *block cursor* by default.
131 Disable `cola.blockcursor <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#cola-blockcursor>`_
132 to continue using original *line cursor* by running
133 ``git config --global cola.blockcursor false``, or by editing the settings in the menu.
135 * The "Unmerged" header item in the Status tool now displays a summary list of unmerged files.
137 * The hotkeys documentation has been updated to clarify that the "Copy Commit ID"
138 action is available in several tools.
139 (`#779 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/779>`_)
141 * Saving files when using "Browse Other Branch" now displays errors from
142 ``git show`` when saving files from arbitrary commits.
143 (`#1065 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1065>`_)
145 * The Apply Patches dialog now reports errors when patches fail to apply.
146 (`#673 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/673>`_)
148 * The "Status" tool now disables "Copy" actions in its context menu when no
149 files have been selected.
150 (`#697 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/697>`_)
152 * The "Unstage" menu item in the Status tool now uses a "Remove" icon.
153 (`#1289 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1289>`_)
157 * The vendored `qtpy` module was modified to sever its dependency on the
158 `packaging.version` module. This mostly affects users that want to run
159 Git Cola directly from the the source tree outside of any virtualenv.
160 (`#1286 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1286>`_)
168 Usability, bells and whistles
169 -----------------------------
170 * The rebase editor was taught to handle stacked branch workflows enabled by
171 ``git rebase --update-refs``. The ``git cola rebase`` sub-command now has
172 an ``--update-refs`` option and the menu actions display a prompt that allows
173 you to enable the updating of stacked branches.
174 (`#1261 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1261>`_)
175 (`#571 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/571>`_)
177 * The status widget now respects `diff.ignoreSubmodules`.
178 (`#1269 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1269>`_)
180 Packaging and Dependencies
181 --------------------------
182 * PyQt6 is now officially supported.
183 (`#1211 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1211>`_)
184 (`#1273 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1273>`_)
186 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v2.3.0`.
190 * Fixes and updates to Git Cola's CI actions.
191 (`#1278 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1278>`_)
192 (`#1277 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1277>`_)
202 * The "T" hotkey for "Find Files" was removed to avoid issues in some configurations.
203 (`#1270 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1270>`_)
205 * Some context menus entries were erroring out on binary files.
206 (`#1271 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1271>`_)
214 Usability, bells and whistles
215 -----------------------------
216 * The branches widget no longer loses its selection state in response to
217 notifications and UI actions.
218 (`#1221 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1221>`_)
220 * The use of ``gravatar.com`` to fetch icons associated with author emails
221 can now be disabled by setting `git config --global cola.gravatar false`.
222 (`#933 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/933>`_)
226 * The config reader has been revamped to better read settings when git config
227 files are located in unexpected locations.
228 (`#927 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/927>`_)
229 (`#1264 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1264>`_)
231 * The preferences dialog no longer throws an error when the editor has not
233 (`#1263 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1263>`_)
235 * Context menu actions for staging files has been added when diffing images.
236 (`#1265 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1265>`_)
238 * The stash editor now properly displays stashes with slashes ("/") in
239 their names or messsages.
240 (`#1267 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1267>`_)
242 * The settings file is now written-to and read-from in a robust manner to avoid data
243 loss when doing an ACPI shutdown or forced shutdown of a machine.
244 (`#1241 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1241>`_)
246 * Git Cola now displays an error message when attempting to open a repository that
247 cannot be accessed due to the new `safe.directory` protections in Git v2.30.3.
248 (`#1243 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1243>`_)
252 * The .po and .pot files now contain location information.
253 (`#880 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/880>`_)
261 Usability, bells and whistles
262 -----------------------------
263 * The Rebase editor (`git-cola-sequence-editor`) now supports multi-select.
264 Use `Shift-{Up,Down}` to select multiple lines and the keyboard hotkeys
265 listed in the `?` dialog to drive the UI.
266 (`#1257 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1257>`_)
268 * The `$GIT_VISUAL` and `$VISUAL` environment variable are now consulted in addition
269 to `$GIT_EDITOR` and `$EDITOR` when the `gui.editor` configuration is unset.
270 (`#1237 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1237>`_)
272 * The application window icon is now enabled when running on Wayland.
273 (`#1240 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1240>`_)
275 * The Status widget now has an "Open Worktree" action.
276 (`#1245 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1245>`_)
278 * The "Open Using Default Application", "Open Directory",
279 "Open Parent Directory" and "Open Worktree" actions are now available on Windows.
281 * The dialog for opening repositories is now a read-only dialog that omits the
282 ability to create folders and modify the filesystem.
283 (`#1168 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1168>`_)
285 * A few more `git` calls have been eliminated from the startup sequence.
286 This further improved the startup time for Git Cola.
287 (`#1259 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1259>`_)
291 * Documentation rendering errors have been fixed.
292 (`#1256 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1256>`_)
294 * Use of a `~/.config/git-cola/language` file to override the language has been fixed.
295 (`#1246 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1246>`_)
297 * We no longer write the `cola.spellcheck` configuration value on launch.
298 (`#1238 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1238>`_)
302 * Updated Spanish translation.
303 (`#1244 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1244>`_)
305 * Updated Japanese translation.
306 (`#1249 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1249>`_)
310 * Building documentation offline is supported again.
311 (`#1250 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1250>`_)
313 * The Appstream Metadata files were missing in the v4.0.0 release are included again.
314 (`#1254 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1254>`_)
315 (`#1253 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1253>`_)
323 Usability, bells and whistles
324 -----------------------------
325 * Double-clicking dock widgets no longer creates sub-windows when the layout is locked.
326 (`#1176 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1176>`_)
327 (`#1198 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1198>`_)
331 * We now guard against `locale.getdefaultlocale()` returning `None` in some
332 configurations, notably on macOS if none of 'LC_ALL', 'LC_CTYPE', 'LANG' or 'LANGUAGE'
334 (`#1234 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1234>`_)
336 * The preferences dialog has been fixed to properly handle booleans.
337 (`#1235 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1235>`_)
339 * The `docs/` directory was restructured to avoid missing `setup.py` errors.
340 `share/doc/git-cola` is now a symlink pointing to `docs/`.
341 (`#1230 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1230>`_)
343 * Message boxes could sometimes display off-screen or using geometry that is larger
344 than the current desktop. Message box sizes are now clamped to the desktop size.
345 (`#1228 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1228>`_)
355 These changes are primarily breaking changes for packagers of Git Cola.
356 For example, Linux distribution and Homebrew package maintainers may need to
357 be aware of these changes.
359 Changes have been made build infrastructure and the resulting filesystem artifacts.
361 * The build system is now Python3-only and has been modernized for PEP-517/518.
362 While Git Cola still builds and runs under Python2, it is no longer officially
363 supported and may stop working in a future release without notice.
364 (`#1201 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1201>`_)
366 * The `#!/usr/bin/env python` shebang lines in the `git-cola` and `git-dag` wrapper
367 scripts have been updated to use `python3`.
368 (`#1204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1204>`_)
370 * The build system was switched to `setuptools` and no longer depends on `distutils`.
371 ``python setup.py {build,install,build_pot,build_mo}`` are no longer provided.
372 Use the https://pypa-build.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation.html
373 ``python -m build`` tool to generate sdist and wheel distributions,
374 and ``pip install .`` to install Git Cola from source.
375 (`#1204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1204>`_)
377 * The `git-cola`, `git-dag` and `git-cola-sequence-editor` commands are now installed
378 using setuptools entry points.
380 * The `bin/` wrapper scripts in the source tree continue to be provided for convenience
381 but they are not the scripts that get installed.
383 * The `qtpy` Python package is no longer installed alongside the `cola` Python package.
385 * The `cola` package is now installed into the standard Python site-packages location.
387 * The `share/git-cola/lib` private Python modules directory no longer exists.
389 * The `NO_VENDOR_LIBS` and `NO_PRIVATE_LIBS` Makefile options are no longer necessary.
391 * The `share/git-cola` filesystem namespace no longer exists. All of cola's package data
392 is distributed alongside the `cola` module as package data.
394 * Building the Sphinx documentation now also requires the `jaraco.packaging` and
395 `rst.linker` packages. See `requirements/requirements-dev.txt` for the package
398 Usability, bells and whistles
399 -----------------------------
401 <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#custom-themes>`_
402 can be used by adding `*.qss` Qt stylesheet files to `~/.config/git-cola/themes/`.
403 (`#1222 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1222>`_)
404 (`#1226 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1226>`_)
406 * Git Cola now keeps track of child Browser windows and will close all of them when
407 the main window is closed.
408 (`#1200 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1200>`_)
412 * Staging conflicted binary files has been fixed to avoid Unicode decoding errors.
413 (`#1189 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1189>`_)
415 * Ensure that secure permissions are used when creating temporary files.
416 (`#1209 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1209>`_)
418 * The line numbering in the diff viewer was corrected when displaying merge diffs.
419 (`#1208 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1208>`_)
421 * Documentation typofixes.
422 (`#1193 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1193>`_)
424 * Git Cola was revamped to use Qt signals and slots for all of its notifications.
425 This made its notification system more robust.
426 (`#1202 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1202>`_)
427 (`#1203 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1203>`_)
428 (`#1205 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1205>`_)
429 (`#1206 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1206>`_)
433 * `vcruntime140.dll` and `msvcp140.dll` are now included in the Windows installation.
434 (`#1207 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1207>`_)
442 Usability, bells and whistles
443 -----------------------------
444 * The git config guitool action can now be grouped under user-defined menus.
445 This is done by using slash (``/``) delimiters in the action name.
446 Entries before the final slash are treated like submenus inside the
447 top-level ``Actions`` menu.
448 (`#1150 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1150>`_)
450 * Toolbars now have a full set of icons. The icons follow the system theme
451 and can be configured to display text, just icons, or text and icons.
452 (`#1177 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1177>`_)
454 * The startup dialog will now open the selected repository when the "enter"
456 (`#1162 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1162>`_)
458 * ``Shift+S`` will stage selected lines (in addition to ``s``).
459 (`#1187 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1187>`_)
463 * The vendored qtpy library was patched to retain Python2 compatibility.
465 * The "Unstage" toolbar action was fixed.
466 (`#1178 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1178>`_)
468 * We now avoid `setWidth(float)` for compatibility with newer Qt versions.
469 (`#1183 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1183>`_)
471 * Documentation typofixes.
472 (`#1185 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1185>`_)
476 * Updated Polish translation.
477 (`#1184 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1184>`_)
481 * Git Cola now uses Github Actions for running its continuous integration tests.
482 (`#1179 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1179>`_)
490 Usability, bells and whistles
491 -----------------------------
492 * The Status tool was improved to better retain selected files when
493 the state changes and the display is refreshed.
494 (`#1130 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1130>`_)
495 (`#1131 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1131>`_)
497 * The Diff editor can now stage selected lines for untracked files.
498 Git Cola will detect when a file is untracked and will allow you to
499 partially stage it, just like existing tracked files.
500 (`#1146 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1146>`_)
501 (`#1084 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1084>`_)
503 * Diffing of staged files has been implemented for repositories that contain
505 (`#1149 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1149>`_)
506 (`#1110 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1110>`_)
508 * Documentation improvements and typofixes.
509 (`#1163 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1163>`_)
510 (`#1164 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1164>`_)
514 * The `FIPS security mode
515 <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/FIPS_Mode_-_an_explanation>`_
516 is now supported by Git Cola when running on FIPS-enabled Python
517 (Python 3.9+ or centos8/rhel8's patched Python 3.6).
518 (`#1157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1157>`_)
522 * The `argparse` usage was adjusted to remain compatible with older Pythons.
523 (`#1155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1155>`_)
525 * The window restoration logic was fixed to properly save/restore settings
526 when different languages are used.
527 (`#1071 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1071>`_)
528 (`#1161 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1161>`_)
529 (`#382 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/382>`_)
531 * `git dag` no longer passes floats to `QPen::setWidth()` for better compatibility.
532 (`bz #2014950 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2014950>`_)
536 * The Windows installer was slimmed down by removing unused Qt DLLs.
537 (`#1152 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1152>`_)
547 * Patch release to fix a typo in the Interactive Rebase feature.
554 Usability, bells and whistles
555 -----------------------------
556 * The git config reader now supports the `include.path` directive
557 for including config files.
558 (`#1136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1136>`_)
559 (`#1137 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1137>`_)
561 * The dialog for selecting commits now support filtering.
562 (`#1121 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1121>`_)
564 * The diff editor now wraps long lines by default. The diff options
565 menu can be used to enable/disable line wrapping.
566 (`#1123 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1123>`_)
568 * Git Cola now honors `core.hooksPath` for configuring custom Git hooks,
569 which was introduced in Git v2.9.
570 (`#1118 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1118>`_)
572 * A new `Ctrl + Shift + S` hotkey was added for staging/unstaging all
573 files, both modified and untracked.
575 * The `Status` tool now supports `Ctrl + A` for selecting all files and
576 it behaves more predictably when performing operations when multiple
577 categories of files are selected (eg. when both modified and untracked
578 header items are selected).
579 (`#1117 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1117>`_)
583 * Updated Hungarian translation.
584 (`#1135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1135>`_)
588 * The "Interactive Rebase" feature was updated to work with Windows.
590 * `make install-man` was updated to support Sphinx 4.0.
591 (`#1141 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1141>`_)
593 * `git cola --help-commands` was updated for newer versions of argparse.
594 (`#1133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1133>`_)
598 * Git Cola can now be started as a Python module.
599 (`#1119 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1119>`_)
607 Usability, bells and whistles
608 -----------------------------
609 * The startup dialog now detects when Recent and Favorite repositories no
610 longer exist on disk, and offers to remove these entries when selected.
611 (`#1089 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1089>`_)
613 * The startup dialog now includes a simpler and more condensed folder view
614 that can be used for selecting Favorites and Recent repositories.
615 (`#1086 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1086>`_)
617 * The "Commit" menu now includes an "Undo Last Commit" action.
618 (`#890 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/890>`_)
620 * The "Reset" menu was revamped to expose all of Git's reset modes alongside a
621 new "Restore Worktree" action that updates the worktree using "git read-tree".
622 (`#890 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/890>`_)
626 * Updated Polish translation.
627 (`#1107 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1107>`_)
629 * Updated Japanese translation.
630 (`#1098 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1098>`_)
632 * Updated Brazilian translation.
633 (`#1091 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1091>`_)
637 * The ``--use-env-python`` option for ``setup.py`` is now Python3 compatible.
638 (`#1102 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1102>`_)
646 Usability, bells and whistles
647 -----------------------------
648 * The submodules widget can now be used to add submodules.
649 Submodules are now updated recursively.
650 (`#534 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/534>`_)
652 * The image diff viewer can now be toggled between text and image modes.
653 This is helpful when, for example, diffing .svg files where it can be useful
654 to see diffs in both an image and text representation.
655 (`#859 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/859>`_)
656 (`#1035 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1035>`_)
658 * The default `ssh-askpass` username + password dialog included with Git Cola
659 can now toggle between showing and masking the password input field.
660 (`#1069 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1069>`_)
664 * Updated Polish translation.
665 (`#1076 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1076>`_)
667 * Updated Hungarian translation.
668 (`#1067 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1067>`_)
672 * The `share/appdata` AppStream data was renamed to `share/metainfo`
673 in accordance with `AppStream standard changes from 2016
674 <https://github.com/ximion/appstream/blob/master/NEWS#L1363>`_.
675 (`#1079 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1079>`_)
677 * The ``cola`` modules are now installed into the Python ``site-packages``
678 directory by default. This allows distributions to package ``git-cola`` for
679 multiple versions of Python. See the PACKAGING NOTES section in the README
680 for details about suppressing the installation of the private
681 ``share/git-cola/lib/cola`` modules when building cola.
682 (`#181 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/181>`_)
684 * Git Cola's rebase / sequence editor, formerly known as ``git-xbase`` and
685 installed as ``share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase``, has been renamed to
686 ``git-cola-sequence-editor`` and is now installed into the default
687 ``bin/git-cola-sequence-editor`` executable location to enable external
688 reuse of this general-purpose tool.
690 * A workaround used by the pynsist installer preamble script was obsoleted by
691 `takluyver/pynsist#149 <https://github.com/takluyver/pynsist/pull/149>`_
692 and has now been removed.
693 (`#1073 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1073>`_)
697 * `git dag` now uses integer widths when initializing its brushes.
698 (`#1080 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1080>`_)
706 Usability, bells and whistles
707 -----------------------------
708 * The ``git-xbase`` rebase editor now includes a file list for filtering
709 the changes displayed in the diff view.
710 (`#1051 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1051>`_)
712 * The fallback `ssh-askpass` script, which provides the Username/Password
713 login dialog when performing remote operations, previously presented both
714 the username and password input fields with ``***`` asterisks.
715 The dialog now uses asterisks for the password field only.
716 (`#1026 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1026>`_)
718 * Stashes can now be applied using the `Ctrl + Enter` hotkey, popped with the
719 `Ctrl + Backspace` hotkey, and dropped with the `Ctrl + Shift + Backspace`
720 hotkey when inside the stash dialog. This enables a keyboard-centric
721 mouse-free workflow when using the stash dialog.
723 * When amending a commit, `git cola` will check whether the commit has been
724 published to a remote branch using ``git branch -r --contains HEAD``.
725 This command can be slow when operating on a repository with many
726 remote branches. The new `cola.checkpublishedcommits` configuration
727 variable allows you to opt-out of this check, which improves performance
728 when amending a commit. The settings widget exposes this variable as,
729 "Check Published Commits when Amending".
730 (`#1021 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1021>`_)
731 (`#1027 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1027>`_)
735 * Updated Polish translation.
736 (`#1033 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1033>`_)
740 * ``git-dag.appdata.xml`` was updated to allow network access for author icons.
741 (`#1050 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1050>`_)
743 * The inotify filesystem monitor now handles
744 `OSError: [Errno 24] Too many open files` errors by disabling inotify.
745 (`#1015 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1015>`_)
747 * Typos in various documentation files have been fixed.
748 (`#1025 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1025>`_)
750 * The "Recent Repositories" limit was off by one, and now correctly
751 remembers the configured number of repositories in the menu.
752 (`#1024 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1024>`_)
754 * The "revert" action in the DAG and other tools now uses
755 ``git revert --no-edit``, which avoids launching an editor
756 when reverting the commit. Use `Ctrl+m` in the commit message
757 editor after reverting a commit to rewrite its commit message.
758 (`#1020 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1020>`_)
766 Usability, bells and whistles
767 -----------------------------
768 * The remote editor is much faster since it no longer queries
769 remotes, and uses the cached information instead.
770 (`#986 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/986>`_)
772 * Commit message templates can now be loaded automatically by setting
773 ``git config cola.autoloadcommittemplate true``.
774 (`#1013 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1013>`_)
775 (`#735 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/735>`_)
777 * The UI layout can now be reset back to its initial state by selecting
778 the "Reset Layout" action. This reverts the layout to the same state
779 as when the app first launched.
780 (`#1008 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1008>`_)
781 (`#994 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/994>`_)
783 * Files can now be ignored in either the project's `.gitignore`, or in the
784 repository's private local `.git/info/exclude` ignore file.
785 (`#1006 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1006>`_)
786 (`#1000 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1000>`_)
788 * New remotes are now selected when they are added in the "Edit Remotes" tool.
789 (`#1002 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1002>`_)
791 * The "Recent" repositories list is now saved to disk when opening a
792 repository. Previously, this list was only updated when exiting the app.
793 (`#1001 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1001>`_)
795 * The bookmarks tool now has a "Delete" option in its right-click menu.
796 (`#999 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/999>`_)
798 * The current repository is no longer listed in the "File/Open Recent" menu.
799 (`#998 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/998>`_)
803 * Updated Hungarian translation.
804 (`#1005 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1005>`_)
805 (`#1018 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1018>`_)
807 * Updated Turkish translation.
808 (`#1003 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1003>`_)
809 (`#1011 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1011>`_)
813 * Better support for Python 3.8's line buffering modes.
814 (`#1014 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1014>`_)
816 * The default `ssh-askpass` script now uses a more generic `#!` shebang line.
817 (`#1012 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1012>`_)
819 * Fetch, push, and pull operations will now refresh the model and display when
821 (`#996 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/996>`_)
823 * The branches widget now refreshes its display when changing branches.
824 (`#992 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/992>`_)
828 * The `share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase` script will now have its `#!` lines
829 updated during installation.
830 (`#991 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/991>`_)
834 * The unit tests were made more platform-independent.
835 (`#993 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/993>`_)
843 Usability, bells and whistles
844 -----------------------------
845 * Auto-completion for filenames can now be disabled. This speeds up
846 revision completion when working in large repositories with many files.
847 (`#981 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/981>`_)
849 * The Stash dialog now shows the stash date as a tooltip when hovering
850 over a stashed change.
851 (`#982 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/982>`_)
853 * Qt HiDPI settings are overridden by the `git cola` HiDPI appearance settings.
854 These overrides can now be disabled by selecting the "Disable" mode.
855 This allows users to control Qt's HiDPI settings through environment
856 variables. Additionally, the "Auto" mode now detects the presence of
857 the Qt HiDPI variables and no longer overrides them when the user has
858 configured their environment explicitly.
859 (`#963 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/963>`_)
861 * Confirmation dialogs can now focus buttons using the Tab key.
862 Previously, the "Y" and "N" keys could be used to confirm or deny
863 using the keyboard, but "Tab" is more familiar.
864 (`#965 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/965>`_)
866 * Error dialogs (for example, when a commit hook fails) will now always
867 show the details. The details were previously hidden behind a toggle.
868 (`#968 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/968>`_)
872 * Updated Japanese translation.
873 (`#973 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/973>`_)
874 (`#974 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/974>`_)
876 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
877 (`#950 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/950>`_)
881 * The filesystem monitor no longer logs that it has been enabled after the
882 inotify watch limit is reached on Linux.
883 (`#984 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/984>`_)
885 * Better unicode robustness.
886 (`#990 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/990>`_)
887 (`#910 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/991>`_)
889 * The "Branches" widget did not always update itself when deleting branches
890 (for example, when inotify is disabled or unavailable).
891 (`#978 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/978>`_)
893 * Non-ascii unicode byte strings are more robustly handled by the log widget.
894 (`#977 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/977>`_)
896 * Non-unicode results from the `gettext` library are more robustly handled.
897 (`#969 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/969>`_)
899 * Launching `git cola` from within a directory that has since been deleted
900 would previously result in a traceback, and is now robustly handled.
901 (`#961 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/961>`_)
905 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.9`.
913 Usability, bells and whistles
914 -----------------------------
915 * The file browser now includes "Blame" in its context menu.
916 (`#953 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/953>`_)
918 * The "Push" action now uses "git push --force-with-lease" when using
919 the "Force" option with Git v1.8.5 and newer.
920 (`#946 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/946>`_)
922 * Updated German translation.
923 (`#936 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/936>`_)
925 * The `Status` widget learned to optionally display file counts in its
926 category headers, and indent the files displayed in each category.
927 (`#931 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/931>`_)
929 * The `Branches` widget can now sort branches by their most recent commit.
930 (`#930 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/930>`_)
932 * `git cola` now includes configurable GUI themes that can be used to style
933 the user interface. Enable the new themes by configuring `cola.theme`
934 in the preferences window. See the
935 `cola.theme documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#cola-theme>`_
936 for more details. (`#924 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/924>`_)
938 * `git cola` now has built-in support for HiDPI displays by enabling
939 Qt's 5.6's `QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR` feature.
940 (`#938 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/938>`_)
942 * `git cola` now uses HiDPI pixmaps when rendering icons, and the builtin
943 icons have been updated to look sharp when displayed in HiDPI.
944 (`#932 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/932>`_)
948 * `git cola`'s "Revert Unstaged Edits" previously checked out from "HEAD^",
949 when in "Amend" mode, and removing staged changes. This behavior has been
950 changed to always checkout from the index, which avoids data loss.
951 (`#947 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/947>`_)
953 * `git cola` has been updated to work with newer versions of `gnome-terminal`
954 and no longer shell-quotes its arguments when launching `gnome-terminal`.
955 The `cola.terminalshellquote` configuration variable can be set to `true` to
956 get the old behavior, or to handle other terminals that take the command to run
957 as a single string instead of as arguments to `execv()`.
958 (`#935 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/935>`_)
960 * `git dag` now properly handles arbitrary input on Python3.
961 Previously, an exception would be raised when entering `--grep=xxx` where
962 `xxx` is a quoted string with a missing end-quote.
963 (`#941 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/941>`_)
967 * The contribution guidelines for contributors has been updated to mention
968 how to regenerate the `*.mo` message files.
969 (`#934 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/934>`_)
977 Usability, bells and whistles
978 -----------------------------
979 * `git dag` improved how it renders parent commits.
980 (`#921 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/921>`_)
982 * The `Branches` widget now checks out branches when double-clicked.
983 (`#920 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/920>`_)
985 * The new `Submodules` widget makes it easy to interact with submodules.
986 Additionally, submodules can now be updated using the `Status` widget.
987 (`#916 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/916>`_)
989 * Updated Japanese translation.
990 (`#914 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/914>`_)
992 * The "Open Terminal" action now launches a Git Bash shell on Windows.
993 (`#913 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/913>`_)
995 * New menu actions for updating all submodules.
996 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
998 * The status widget can now update submodules.
999 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
1001 * The "Apply Patch" `git cola am` dialog now includes a diff viewer
1002 to display the contents of the selected patch.
1004 * The "Alt+D" diffstat hotkey now selects the staged/modified/etc.
1005 header in the Status widget, which shows the totality of everything
1006 that will be committed.
1007 (`#771 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/771>`_)
1009 * Running "Launch Editor" from the diff editor now opens the editor at the
1011 (`#898 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/898>`_)
1013 * The textwidth and tabwidth configuration values can now be set
1014 per-repository, rather than globally only.
1016 * Text entry widgets switched to using a block cursor in `v3.2`.
1017 This has been reverted to the original line cursor for consistency
1018 with other applications and user expectations.
1019 (`#889 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/889>`_)
1021 * The "edit at line" feature, used by the "Grep" tool, now supports
1022 the Sublime text editor.
1023 (`#894 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/894>`_)
1027 * Launching external programs has been improved on Windows.
1028 (`#925 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/925>`_)
1030 * Improve compatibility when using PySide2.
1031 (`#912 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/912>`_)
1033 * The Diff Editor was not honoring the configured tab width on startup.
1034 (`#900 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/900>`_)
1036 * The "Delete Files" feature was creating an unreadable display when
1037 many files were selected. Word-wrap the list of files so that the
1038 display stays within a sensible size.
1039 (`#895 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/895>`_)
1041 * Spelling and grammar fixes.
1042 (`#915 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/915>`_)
1043 (`#891 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/891>`_)
1047 * The logo was run through `tidy` to give it a consistent style.
1048 Some technical issues with the logo were improved.
1049 (`#877 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/877>`_)
1051 * The entire codebase is now checked by `flake8`, rather than just
1052 the module and test directories. This catches things like
1053 the pynsist installer scripts.
1054 (`#884 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/884>`_)
1055 (`#882 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/882>`_)
1056 (`#879 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/879>`_)
1060 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.6`.
1062 * The Windows installer's wrapper scripts were missing an import.
1063 (`#878 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/878>`_)
1071 Usability, bells and whistles
1072 -----------------------------
1073 * The `git cola dag` DAG window now supports `git revert`.
1074 (`#843 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/843>`_)
1076 * `git stash pop` is now supported by the stash dialog.
1077 (`#844 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/844>`_)
1079 * The status widget now ensures that each item is visible when selection
1080 changes. Previously, if you scrolled to the right to see the name of
1081 a long filename, and then selected a short filename above it, the widget
1082 may not have shown the short filename in the viewport. We now ensure
1083 that the filenames are visible when the selection changes.
1084 (`#828 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/828>`_)
1086 * The `git xbase` rebase editor no longer displays an error when
1087 cancelling an interactive rebase.
1088 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
1090 * The dialog shown when renaming remotes has been simplified.
1091 (`#840 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/840>`_)
1092 (`#838 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/838>`_)
1094 * The help dialog in the `git-xbase` Rebase editor is now scrollable.
1095 (`#855 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/855>`_)
1099 * Updated Brazilian translation.
1100 (`#845 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/845>`_)
1102 * Updated Czech translation.
1103 (`#854 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/854>`_)
1104 (`#853 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/853>`_)
1105 (`#835 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/835>`_)
1106 (`#813 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/813>`_)
1108 * Update Spanish translation.
1109 (`#862 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/862>`_)
1110 (`#867 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/867>`_)
1114 * The original `#!/usr/bin/env python` shebang lines can now be
1115 retained by passing `USE_ENV_PYTHON=1` to `make` when installing.
1116 (`#850 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/850>`_)
1118 * The Makefile is now resilient to DESTDIR and prefix containing whitespace.
1119 (`#858 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/858>`_)
1121 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.4.2`.
1123 * `python3-distutils` is needed to build cola on Debian.
1124 (`#837 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/837>`_)
1128 * The "C" key no longer closes the message dialogs, for example the
1129 one that is shown when a commit fails its pre-commit hooks.
1130 This allows "Ctrl+C" copy to work, rather than closing the dialog.
1131 (`#734 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/734>`_)
1133 * Dock widgets sizes are now properly saved and restored when the main
1134 window is maximized.
1135 (`#848 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/848>`_)
1137 * The spellcheck feature was broken under Python3.
1138 (`#857 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/857>`_)
1140 * A regression when saving stashes was fixed.
1141 (`#847 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/847>`_)
1143 * Diffing image files was not updating the available context menus,
1144 which prevented the "Stage" action from being present in the menu.
1145 (`#841 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/841>`_)
1147 * `git cola` now detects when `git lfs uninstall` has been run. This allows
1148 you to re-initialize "Git LFS" in an existing repository where it had been
1149 previously uninstalled.
1150 (`#842 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/842>`_)
1152 * Custom color values that did not contain any hexadecimal digits in the
1153 `a-f` range were being converted into integers by the config reader. This
1154 then caused the configured colors to be ignored.
1156 These color values are now interpreted correctly. Additionally, color
1157 values can now use an optional HTML-like `#` prefix.
1159 Example `.gitconfig` snippet::
1164 (`#836 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/836>`_)
1165 (`#849 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/849>`_)
1167 * We now display an error message graphically when `Git` is not installed.
1168 Previously, the message went to stderr only.
1169 (`#830 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/830>`_)
1171 * Changing diff options was causing resulting in an exception.
1172 (`#833 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/833>`_)
1173 (`#834 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/834>`_)
1175 * The DAG window now updates itself when branches and tags are created.
1176 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
1178 * The user's `$PATH` environment variable can now contain utf-8
1179 encoded paths. Previously, launching external commands could
1181 (`#807 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/807>`_)
1183 * Git Cola development sandboxes can now be stored on utf-8 encoded
1184 filesystem paths. Previously, the interactive rebase feature
1185 could be broken when running in that environment.
1186 (`#825 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/825>`_)
1188 * The log window now uses an ISO-8601 timestamp, which
1189 avoids localized output in the log window.
1190 (`#817 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/817>`_)
1194 * The code base has been thoroughly sanitized using `pylint`, and
1195 travis is now running pylint over the entire project.
1197 * Miscellaneous improvements and code improvements.
1198 (`#874 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/874>`_)
1206 Usability, bells and whistles
1207 -----------------------------
1208 * The "Browser" widget learned to rename files using "git mv".
1209 (`#239 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/239>`_)
1211 * The "Diff" widget learned to diff images. Side-by-side and pixel diff
1212 modes allow you to inspect changes to common images formats.
1213 (`#444 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/444>`_)
1214 (`#803 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/803>`_)
1216 * Git LFS and Git Annex are natively supported by the image diff viewer.
1218 * Git Annex operations are now included. `git annex init` can be performed on
1219 repositories, and `git annex add` can be run on untracked files from the
1220 status widget. Install `git-annex` to activate this feature.
1222 * Git LFS operations are now included. `git lfs install` can be performed on
1223 repositories, and `git lfs track` can be run on untracked files from the
1224 status widget. Install `git-lfs` to activate this feature.
1226 * The "Stash" tool learned to stash staged changes only. Select the
1227 "Stage Index" option and only staged changes will be stashed away.
1228 (`#413 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/413>`_)
1230 * The "Stash" tool learned to use vim-like navigation keyboard shortcuts,
1231 shows error messages when things go wrong, and now saves the "Stash Index"
1232 and "Keep Index" options across sessions.
1234 * The Edit menu's "Copy" and "Select All" actions now forward to either the
1235 diff, status, recent, or favorites widgets, based on which widget has focus.
1237 * The "File" and "Edit" menu can now be activated using `Alt + {F,E}` hotkeys.
1238 (`#759 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/759>`_)
1240 * It was easy to accidentally trigger the first action in the `Status` tool's
1241 context menu when using a quick right-click to bring up the menu.
1242 A short sub-second delay was added to ensure that the top-most action is not
1243 triggered unless enough time has passed. This prevents accidental
1244 activation of the first item (typically "Stage" or "Unstage") without
1245 burdening common use cases.
1246 (`#755 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/755>`_)
1247 (`#643 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/643>`_)
1249 * The "Ctrl+S" hotkey now works for the header items in the Status tool.
1250 Selected the "Modified" header item and activating the "Stage" hotkey,
1251 for example, will stage all modified files. This works for the "Staged",
1252 "Modified", and "Untracked" headers. This is not enabled for the
1253 "Unmerged" header by design.
1254 (`#772 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/772>`_)
1256 * The list of "Recent" repositories previously capped the number of
1257 repositories shown to 8 repositories. This can be set to a higher
1258 value by setting the `cola.maxrecent` configuration variable.
1259 (`#752 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/752>`_)
1261 * The "Create Branch" dialog now prevents invalid branch names.
1262 (`#765 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/765>`_)
1264 * Updated Turkish translation.
1265 (`#756 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/756>`_)
1267 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
1268 (`#753 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/753>`_)
1270 * Updated German translation.
1271 (`#802 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/802>`_)
1273 * Updated Czech translation
1274 (`#792 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/792>`_)
1275 (`#806 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/806>`_)
1277 * The window title can be configured to not display the absolute path of the
1279 (`#775 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/775>`_)
1281 * The "Edit Remotes" editor learned to edit remote URLS.
1283 * Bare repositories can now be created by selecting the
1284 "New Bare Repository..." action from the `File` menu.
1286 * The "Branches" widget learned to configure upstream branches.
1288 * A new `git cola clone` sub-command was added for cloning repositories.
1292 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.3.1`.
1294 * The macOS installation was made simpler for better compatibility with
1296 (`#636 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/636>`_)
1298 * The Windows installer is now much simpler. Git Cola now bundles
1299 Python and PyQt5, so users need only install the "Git for Windows"
1300 and "Git Cola" installers to get things working.
1304 * Uninitialized difftool errors will now be displayed graphically.
1305 They were previously going to the shell.
1306 (`#457 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/457>`_)
1308 * Translations marked "fuzzy" will no longer be used when translating strings.
1309 (`#782 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/782>`_)
1311 * Deleted unmerged files will now correctly use a deleted icon.
1312 (`#479 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/479>`_)
1314 * The `Ctrl+C` "Copy" hotkey on the diff viewer has been fixed.
1315 (`#767 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/767>`_)
1317 * The "Create Tag" dialog did not correctly handle the case when a signed
1318 tag is requested, but no message is provided, and the user chooses to
1319 create an unannotated tag instead. This convenience fallback will now
1320 properly create an unsigned, unannotated tag.
1321 (`#696 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/696>`_)
1323 * `.gitconfig` and `.git/config` values editable by the Preferences dialog
1324 (aka `git cola config`) will now get unset when set to an empty value.
1325 For example, setting a different `user.email` in the current repository,
1326 followed by a subsequent emptying of that field, would previously result in
1327 an empty string getting stored in the config. This has been fixed so that
1328 the value will now get unset in the config instead.
1329 (`#406 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/406>`_)
1331 * Spelling and typofixes.
1332 (`#748 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/748>`_)
1334 * `core.commentChar` is now honored when set in the local repository
1336 (`#766 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/766>`_)
1338 * The log window was using a format string that did not display
1339 correctly in all locales. A locale-aware format is now used.
1340 (`#800 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/800>`_)
1342 * The dialog displayed when prompting for a reference could sometimes
1344 (`#804 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/804>`_)
1352 Usability, bells and whistles
1353 -----------------------------
1354 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
1355 (`#726 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/726>`_)
1357 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
1358 (`#723 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/723>`_)
1360 * New Czech translation.
1361 (`#736 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/736>`_)
1362 (`#737 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/737>`_)
1363 (`#740 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/740>`_)
1364 (`#743 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/743>`_)
1366 * The "name" field in the "Create Tag" dialog now includes autocompletion,
1367 which makes it easy to see which tags currently exist.
1369 * `git cola` now has configurable toolbars. Use the `View -> Add toolbar`
1370 menu item to add a toolbar.
1372 * Setting `cola.expandtab` to `true` will now expand tabs into spaces
1373 in the commit message editor. The number of spaces to insert is determined
1374 by consulting `cola.tabwidth`, which defaults to `8`.
1376 * The "Copy SHA-1" hotkey is now `Alt + Ctrl + C`, to avoid clobbering the
1377 ability to copy text from the DAG window.
1378 (`#705 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/705>`_)
1380 * The "Prepare Commit Message" action can now be invoked via the
1381 `Ctrl+Shift+Return` shortcut.
1382 (`#707 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/707>`_)
1384 * The `Branches` pane now has a filter field that highlights branches whose
1385 names match the string entered into its text field.
1386 (`#713 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/713>`_)
1388 * Actions that are triggered in response to button presses were being
1389 triggered when the button was pressed, rather than when it was released,
1390 which was a usability flaw. All buttons now respond when clicked
1391 rather than when pressed.
1392 (`#715 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/715>`_)
1394 * The DAG window will now only refresh when object IDs change.
1395 Previously, the DAG would redraw itself in response to inotify events,
1396 such as filesystem operations, which was disruptive when inspecting a large
1397 diff in its diff viewer. The DAG will now only redraw when the object IDs
1398 corresponding to its query input changes. Furthermore, when redrawing, the
1399 scrollbar positions are retained to minimize disruption to the viewport
1401 (`#620 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/620>`_)
1402 (`#724 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/724>`_)
1404 * The "About" dialog now includes the SHA-1 where Git Cola was built.
1405 (`#530 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/530>`_)
1407 * The "Status" widget now has "Copy Leading Path to Clipboard" and
1408 "Copy Basename to Clipboard" actions.
1409 (`#435 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/435>`_)
1410 (`#436 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/436>`_)
1412 * The "Status" widget now supports custom "Copy ... to Clipboard" actions.
1413 (`#437 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/437>`_)
1415 * The main menu now has an "Edit" menu.
1416 (`#725 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/725>`_)
1418 * `git dag` learned to checkout commits into a detached HEAD state.
1419 (`#698 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/698>`_)
1421 * The `status` widget's context menus now omit actions selection-dependent
1422 actions when no file is selected.
1423 (`#731 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/731>`_)
1425 * The startup dialog now focuses the repository list so that repositories
1426 can be selected with the keyboard without mouse intervention.
1427 (`#741 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/741>`_)
1431 * `git dag` now prevents nodes from overlapping in more situations.
1432 (`#689 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/689>`_)
1434 * Adding untracked Git submodule repo directories previously ran
1435 `git add submodule/` but we now call `git add submodule` without
1436 the trailing slash (`/`) to avoid staging files that belong to the
1437 submodule (which is possibly a `git` bug). By working around the
1438 buggy behavior we allow users to recover by issuing the appropriate
1439 `git submodule add` command to properly register the submodule.
1440 (`#681 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/681>`_)
1442 * We now avoid `git for-each-ref --sort=version:refname` on versions
1443 of `git` older than `v2.7.0`. Previously we only avoided it for
1444 versions older than `v2.0.0`, which was a mistake.
1445 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
1447 * The error message displayed when `git` is not installed has been fixed.
1448 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
1450 * Adding new remotes was silently broken.
1451 (`#684 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/684>`_)
1452 (`#685 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/685>`_)
1454 * The repo selection dialog had errors during startup when the
1455 `cola.refreshonfocus` feature was enabled, as reported on Ubuntu 16.04.
1456 (`#690 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/690>`_)
1458 * Restored support for PyQt 4.6 (Centos 6.8)
1459 (`#692 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/692>`_)
1461 * Switching repositories now resets the "Amend Mode" and other settings
1463 (`#710 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/710>`_)
1465 * `git rebase` error messages now displayed when rebasing fails or stops
1466 via the standalone `git cola rebase` front-end.
1467 (`#721 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/721>`_)
1469 * `git cola` learned to stage broken symlinks.
1470 (`#727 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/727>`_)
1472 * The "View History" feature in the `Browser` tool was fixed, and now
1473 disambiguates between refs and paths.
1474 (`#732 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/732>`_)
1476 * The diff editor now has better support for files with CRLF `\r\n`
1478 (`#730 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/730>`_)
1480 * `cola.inotify` in a repo-local config is now honored
1481 when `git cola` is launched from a desktop entry (`git cola --prompt`).
1482 (`#695 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/695>`_)
1490 Usability, bells and whistles
1491 -----------------------------
1492 * New Ukrainian translation.
1493 (`#670 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/670>`_)
1494 (`#672 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/672>`_)
1496 * New and improved French translations.
1498 * The new `Branches` widget makes it easier to checkout, merge, push,
1499 and pull branches from a single interface.
1501 * `git cola` now includes a dark icon theme. The dark icon theme can be
1502 activated either by setting the `GIT_COLA_ICON_THEME` environment variable
1503 to `dark`, by configuring `cola.icontheme` to `dark`, or by specifying
1504 `--icon-theme=dark` on the command line.
1505 (`#638 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/638>`_)
1507 * Autocompletion was added to the `Fetch`, `Push`, and `Pull` dialogs.
1509 * The commit message editor now remembers the "Spellcheck" setting
1511 (`#645 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/645>`_)
1513 * `git dag` now uses an improved algorithm for laying out the graph,
1514 which avoids collisions under certain graph configurations, and
1515 avoids overlapping tag with commits.
1516 (`#648 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/648>`_)
1517 (`#651 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/651>`_)
1518 (`#654 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/654>`_)
1519 (`#656 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/656>`_)
1520 (`#659 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/659>`_)
1522 * `git dag` now remembers its column sizes across sessions.
1523 (`#674 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/674>`_)
1525 * `Grep` now shows a preview of the selected file's content in a split window
1526 below the grep results.
1528 * `Grep` now includes line numbers in the preview pane's output.
1530 * `Edit Remotes` now remembers its window settings after exiting.
1532 * `Diff` now has an option to display line numbers in the editor.
1533 (`#136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/136>`_)
1535 * `Amend Last Commit` can now be triggered via the `Commit` menu in addition
1536 to the commit message editor's options.
1537 (`#640 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/640>`_)
1539 * The `File Browser` tool was made much faster and can now operate on
1540 much larger repositories.
1541 (`#499 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/499>`_)
1543 * A new "turbo" mode was added that allows you to opt-out of operations
1544 that can slow `git cola` on large repositories. The turbo mode is
1545 enabled by configuring `git config cola.turbo true`. Turbo mode
1546 disables the background loading of Git commit messages and other
1547 details in the `File Browser` widget.
1549 * A new GitIgnore dialog allows adding custom gitignore patterns.
1550 (`#653 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/653>`_)
1552 * The spellchecker in `git cola` can now use an additional dictionary
1553 by configuring `cola.dictionary` to the path to a file containing
1554 a newline-separated list of words.
1555 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
1557 * The stash, export patches, diff, and gitignore dialogs now remember
1560 * A new `git cola recent` sub-command was added for finding recently
1563 * The `Fetch` dialog now allows pruning remote branches.
1564 (`#639 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/639>`_)
1565 (`#680 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/680>`_)
1569 * `git cola`'s spellchecker now supports the new `dict-common` filesystem
1570 layout, and prefers the `/usr/share/dict/cracklib-small` file over the
1571 `/usr/share/dict/words` provided on older distributions.
1572 This makes the spellchecker compatible with Arch, which does not provide
1573 a `words` symlink like Debian.
1574 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
1576 * Properly handle the case where an existing file is untracked using
1579 * Fix a quirk where the "Create Branch" dialog sometimes required clicking
1580 twice on the radio buttons.
1581 (`#662 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/662>`_)
1583 * Fixed a focus issue to ensure that "Push", "Fetch", and "Pull" can
1584 be executed with the press of a single enter key after being shown.
1585 (`#661 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/661>`_)
1587 * Committing is now allowed in when resolving a merge results in no
1588 changes. This state was previously prevented by the commit message editor,
1589 which prevented users from resolving merges that result in no changes.
1590 (`#679 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/679>`_)
1592 * The filesystem monitor would sometimes emit backtraces when directories
1593 are modified. This has been fixed.
1594 (`bz #1438522 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1438522>`_)
1596 * Absolute paths are now returned when querying for `.git`-relative paths
1597 from within a submodule, which uses `.git`-files.
1598 This fixes launching `git cola` from within a subdirectory of a submodule.
1599 (`#675 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/675>`_)
1607 Usability, bells and whistles
1608 -----------------------------
1609 * `git cola` can now invoke the `.git/hooks/cola-prepare-commit-msg`
1610 hook to update the commit message. This hook takes the same parameters
1611 as Git's `prepare-commit-message` hook. The default path to this hook
1612 can be overridden by setting the `cola.prepareCommitMessageHook`
1613 configuration variable.
1614 (`Documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#prepare-commit-message>`_)
1616 * `git cola diff` (and the corresponding `Diff` menu actions) can now
1617 launch difftool with the standard `Ctrl+D` hotkey. The `Ctrl+E` hotkey was
1618 also added for launching an editor.
1620 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
1624 * `git cola` now works when installed in non-ascii, utf8-encoded paths.
1625 (`#629 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/629>`_)
1627 * Styling issues that caused black backgrounds in various widgets when using
1628 PyQ5 on Mac OS X have been fixed.
1629 (`#624 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/624>`_)
1631 * The "Open Recent" menu action was broken and has been fixed.
1632 (`#634 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/634>`_)
1634 * Exiting `git cola` with a maximized main window would hang when reopened
1636 (`#641 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/641>`_)
1640 * `appdata.xml` files are now provided at
1641 `share/appdata/git-cola.xml` and `share/appdata/git-dag.xml`
1642 for use by the Linux software gallery.
1643 (`#627 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/627>`_)
1644 (`Appdata <https://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appdata/>`_)
1654 * The "Open Recent" menu was updated to new bookmarks format.
1655 (`#628 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/628>`_)
1663 Usability, bells and whistles
1664 -----------------------------
1665 * New Polish translation thanks to Łukasz Wojniłowicz
1666 (`#598 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/598>`_)
1668 * The `Bypass Commit Hooks` feature now disables itself automatically
1669 when a new commit is created. The new behavior turns the option into a
1670 single-use flag, which helps prevent users from accidentally leaving it
1671 active longer than intended.
1672 (`#595 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/595>`_)
1674 * `git dag` learned to launch an external diff viewer on selected commits.
1675 The standard `Ctrl+D` shortcut can be used to view diffs.
1676 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1678 * `git dag` learned to launch directory diffs via `git difftool --dir-diff`.
1679 The `Ctrl+Shift+D` shortcut launches difftool in directory-diff mode.
1680 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1682 * Items in the "Favorites" list can now be renamed, which makes it
1683 easier to differentiate between several checkouts of the same repository.
1684 (`#599 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/599>`_)
1685 (`#601 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/601>`_)
1687 * The startup screen now includes a logo and `git cola` version information.
1688 (`#526 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/526>`_)
1690 * The `About` page was revamped to contain multiple tabs. A new tab was added
1691 that provides details about `git cola`''s dependencies. New tabs were also
1692 added for giving credit to `git cola`'s authors and translators.
1694 * The `About` page can now be accessed via `git cola about`.
1696 * The "Fast-forward only" and "No fast-forward" options supported by
1697 `git pull` are now accessible via `git cola pull`.
1699 * Doing a forced push no longer requires selecting the remote branch.
1700 (`#618 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/618>`_)
1702 * `git cola push` now has an option to suppress the prompt that is shown
1703 when pushing would create new remote branches.
1704 (`#605 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/605>`_)
1706 * `git dag` now shows commit messages in a more readable color.
1707 (`#574 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/574>`_)
1709 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch the OS-specified
1710 default action for a file. When used on directories via `git cola browse`,
1711 or when "Open Parent Directory" is used on files, the OS-specified
1712 file browser will typically be used.
1714 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch terminals.
1718 * `git cola browse` was not updating when expanding items.
1719 (`#588 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/588>`_)
1721 * Typofixes in comments, naming, and strings have been applied.
1722 (`#593 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/593>`_)
1724 * The inotify and win32 filesystem monitoring no longer refreshes
1725 when updates are made to ignored files.
1726 (`#517 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/517>`_)
1727 (`#516 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/516>`_)
1729 * The `Refresh` button on the actions panel no longer raises an
1730 exception when using PyQt5.
1731 (`#604 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/604>`_)
1733 * Fixed a typo in the inotify backend that is triggered when files are removed.
1734 (`#607 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/607>`_)
1736 * Fixed a typo when recovering from a failed attempt to open a repository.
1737 (`#606 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/606>`_)
1739 * `git dag` now properly updates itself when launched from the menubar.
1740 (`#613 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/613>`_)
1742 * If git-cola is invoked on Windows using `start pythonw git-cola`,
1743 a console window will briefly flash on the screen each time
1744 `git cola` invokes `git`. The console window is now suppressed.
1746 * We now avoid some problematic Popen flags on Windows which were
1747 breaking the `git rebase` feature on Windows.
1749 * The `Save` button in `git dag`'s "Grab File..." feature now properly
1750 prompts for a filename when saving files.
1751 (`#617 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/617>`_)
1755 * The `qtpy` symlink in the source tree has been removed to allow for easier
1756 development on Windows.
1757 (`#626 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/626>`_)
1765 Usability, bells and whistles
1766 -----------------------------
1767 * `git cola push` learned to configure upstream branches.
1768 (`#563 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/563>`_)
1772 * The diffstat view is now properly updated when notifications are
1773 received via inotify filesystem monitoring.
1774 (`#577 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/577>`_)
1776 * Python3 with PyQt5 had a bug that prevented `git cola` from starting.
1777 (`#589 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/589>`_)
1788 * When repositories stored in non-ASCII, UTF-8-encoded filesystem paths
1789 were operated upon with `LC_ALL=C` set in the environment, unicode errors
1790 would occur when using `python2`. `git cola` was made more robust and will
1791 now operate correctly within this environment.
1792 (`#581 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/581>`_)
1794 * Support for the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment variable was fixed.
1795 (`#582 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/582>`_)
1800 * The `unittest.mock` module is now used instead of the original `mock` module
1801 when running the `git cola` test suite using Python3.
1802 (`#569 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/569>`_)
1807 * `git cola` is now compatible with *PyQt5*, *PyQt4*, and *Pyside*.
1808 `git cola` previously supported *PyQt4* only, but will now use whichever
1809 library is available. Users are not required to upgrade at this time,
1810 but *PyQt5* support can be enabled anytime by making its python
1812 (`#232 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/232>`_)
1814 *NOTE*: We do not yet recommend using *PyQt5* because there are known
1815 exit-on-segfault bugs in *Qt5* that have not yet been addressed.
1816 `git cola` is sensitive to this bug and is known to crash on exit
1817 when using `git dag` or the interactive rebase feature on *PyQt5*.
1819 https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-52988
1821 *PyQt4* is stable and there are no known issues when using it so
1822 we recommend using it until the Qt5 bugs have been resolved.
1824 * `git cola` now depends on *QtPy* and includes a bundled copy of the
1825 `qtpy` library. If you are packaging `git cola` and would prefer to use
1826 `qtpy` from your distribution instead of the built-in version then use
1827 `make NO_VENDOR_LIBS=1` when building `git cola`. This will prevent
1828 vendored libraries from being installed.
1836 Usability, bells and whistles
1837 -----------------------------
1839 * A new "Reset" sub-menu provides access to running "git reset --mixed"
1840 when resetting branch heads and "git reset --merge" when resetting
1842 (`#542 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/542>`_)
1844 * `git cola` now supports linked worktrees, i.e. worktrees created by
1846 (`#554 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/554>`_)
1851 * Diff highlighting is now robust to the user having
1852 diff.supressBlankEmpty=true in their git config.
1853 (`#541 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/541>`_)
1855 * The filesystem monitor now properly handles repositories that use
1856 `.git`-files, e.g. when using submodules.
1857 (`#545 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/545>`_)
1858 (`#546 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pulls/546>`_)
1860 * Per-repository git configuration is now properly detected when launching
1861 `git cola` from an application launcher.
1862 (`#548 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/548>`_)
1864 * `git cola` now cleans up after itself immediately to avoid leaving behind
1865 empty `/tmp/git-cola-XXXXXX` directories when the user uses `Ctrl+C`
1867 (`#566 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/566>`_)
1872 * It is now possible to install `git cola` to and from utf8-encoded filesystem
1873 paths. Previously, Python's stdlib would throw an encoding error during
1874 installation. We workaround the stdlib by forcing python2 to use utf-8,
1875 thus fixing assumptions in the stdlib library code.
1876 (`#551 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/551>`_)
1884 Usability, bells and whistles
1885 -----------------------------
1887 * The icon for untracked files was adjusted to better differentiate
1888 between files and the "Untracked" header.
1889 (`#509 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/509>`_)
1891 * Ctrl+O was added as a hotkey for opening repositories.
1892 (`#507 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/507>`_)
1894 * `git dag` now uses consistent edge colors across updates.
1895 (`#512 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/512>`_)
1897 * `git cola`'s Bookmarks widget can now be used to set a "Default Repository".
1898 Under the hood, we set the `cola.defaultrepo` configuration variable.
1899 The default repository is used whenever `git cola` is launched outside of
1900 a Git repository. When unset, or when set to a bogus value, `git cola`
1901 will prompt for a repository, as it previously did.
1902 (`#513 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/513>`_)
1904 * `git cola`'s Russian and Spanish translations were improved
1905 thanks to Vaiz and Zeioth.
1906 (`#514 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/514>`_)
1907 (`#515 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/515>`_)
1908 (`#523 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/523>`_)
1910 * `git cola` was translated to Turkish thanks to Barış ÇELİK.
1911 (`#520 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/520>`_)
1913 * The status view now supports launching `git gui blame`. It can be
1914 configured to use a different command by setting `cola.blameviewer`.
1915 (`#521 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/521>`_)
1917 * `git dag` now allows selecting non-contiguous ranges in the log widget.
1918 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1920 * Any font can now be chosen for the diff editor, not just monospace fonts.
1921 (`#525 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/525>`_)
1926 * `xfce4-terminal` and `gnome-terminal` are now supported when launching
1927 `git mergetool` to resolve merges. These terminals require that the command
1928 to execute is shell-quoted and passed as a single string argument to `-e`
1929 rather than as additional command line arguments.
1930 (`#524 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/524>`_)
1932 * Fixed a unicode problem when formatting the error message that is shown
1933 when `gitk` is not installed. We now handle unicode data in tracebacks
1934 generated by python itself.
1935 (`#528 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/528>`_)
1937 * The `New repository` feature was fixed.
1938 (`#533 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/533>`_)
1940 * We now use omit the extended description when creating "fixup!" commits,
1941 for consistency with the Git CLI. We now include only the one-line summary
1942 in the final commit message.
1943 (`#522 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/522>`_)
1951 Usability, bells and whistles
1952 -----------------------------
1954 * The user interface is now HiDPI-capable. git-cola now uses SVG
1955 icons, and its interface can be scaled by setting the `GIT_COLA_SCALE`
1956 environment variable.
1958 * `git dag` now supports the standard editor, difftool, and history hotkeys.
1959 It is now possible to invoke these actions from file widget's context
1960 menu and through the standard hotkeys.
1961 (`#473 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/473>`_)
1963 * The `Status` tool also learned about the history hotkey.
1964 Additionally, the `Alt + {J,K}` aliases are also supported in the `Status`
1965 tool for consistency with the other tools where the non-Alt hotkeys are not
1967 (`#488 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/488>`_)
1969 * The `File Browser` tool now has better default column sizes,
1970 and remembers its window size and placement.
1972 * The `File Browser` now supports the refresh hotkey, and has better
1973 behavior when refreshing. The selection is now retained, and new and
1974 removed files are found when refreshing.
1976 * A new `git-cola-completion.bash` completion script is provided in the
1977 `contrib/` directory. It must be used alongside Git's completion script.
1978 Source it from your `~/.bashrc` (or `~/.zshrc`, etc) after sourcing
1979 the `git-completion.bash` script and you will have command-line completion
1980 support for the `git cola` and `git dag` sub-commands.
1982 * The "checkout" dialog now offers completion for remote branches and other
1983 git refs. This makes it easier to checkout remote branches in a detached
1984 head state. Additionally, the checkout dialog also offers completion for
1985 remote branches that have not yet been checked out, which makes it easier to
1986 create a local tracking branch by just completing for that potential name.
1987 (`#390 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/390>`_)
1989 * The "create branch" and "create tag" dialogs now save and restore their
1992 * The "status" widget can now be configured to use a bold font with a darker
1993 background for the header items.
1994 (`#506 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/506>`_)
1996 * The "status" widget now remembers its horizontol scrollbar position across
1997 updates. This is helpful when working on projects with long paths.
1998 (`#494 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/494>`_)
2003 * When using *Git for Windows*, a `git` window would appear
2004 when running *Windows 8*. We now pass additional flags to
2005 `subprocess.Popen` to prevent a `git` window from appearing.
2006 (`#477 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/477>`_)
2007 (`#486 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/486>`_)
2009 * Launching difftool with `.PY` in `$PATHEXT` on Windows was fixed.
2010 (`#492 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/492>`_)
2012 * Creating a local branch tracking a remote branch that contains
2013 slashes in its name is now properly handled.
2014 (`#496 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/496>`_)
2016 * The "Browse Other Branch" feature was broken by Python3, and is now fixed.
2017 (`#501 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/501>`_)
2019 * We now avoid `long` for better Python3 compatibility.
2020 (`#502 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/502>`_)
2022 * We now use Git's default merge message when merging branches.
2023 (`#508 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/508>`_)
2025 * Miscellaneous fixes
2026 (`#485 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/485>`_)
2031 * git-cola's documentation no longer uses an intersphinx link mapping
2032 to docs.python.org. This fixes warnings when building rpms using koji,
2033 where network access is prevented.
2035 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231812
2043 Usability, bells and whistles
2044 -----------------------------
2046 * The Interactive Rebase feature now works on Windows!
2047 (`#463 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/463>`_)
2049 * The `diff` editor now understands vim-style `hjkl` navigation hotkeys.
2050 (`#476 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/476>`_)
2052 * `Alt + {J,K}` navigation hotkeys were added to allow changing to the
2053 next/previous file from the diff and commit editors.
2055 * The `Rename branch` menu action is now disabled in empty repositories.
2056 (`#475 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/475>`_)
2057 (`#459 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/459>`_)
2059 * `git cola` now checks unmerged files for conflict markers before
2060 staging them. This feature can be disabled in the preferences.
2061 (`#464 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/464>`_)
2063 * `git dag` now remembers which commits were selected when refreshing
2064 so that it can restore the selection afterwards.
2065 (`#480 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/480>`_)
2067 * "Launch Editor", "Launch Difftool", "Stage/Unstage",
2068 and "Move Up/Down" hotkeys now work when the commit message
2070 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
2072 * The diff editor now supports the `Ctrl+u` hotkey for reverting
2073 diff hunks and selected lines.
2075 * The `core.commentChar` Git configuration value is now honored.
2076 Commit messages and rebase instruction sheets will now use
2077 the configured character for comments. This allows having
2078 commit messages that start with `#` when `core.commentChar`
2079 is configured to its non-default value.
2080 (`#446 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/446>`_)
2085 * Diff syntax highlighting was improved to handle more edge cases
2086 and false positives.
2087 (`#467 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/467>`_)
2089 * Setting commands in the interactive rebase editor was fixed.
2090 (`#472 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/472>`_)
2092 * git-cola no longer clobbers the Ctrl+Backspace text editing shortcut
2093 in the commit message editor.
2094 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
2096 * The copy/paste clipboard now persists after `git cola` exits.
2097 (`#484 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/484>`_)
2107 * Fixed the "Sign off" feature in the commit message editor.
2115 Usability, bells and whistles
2116 -----------------------------
2117 * Double-click will now choose a commit in the "Select commit" dialog.
2119 * `git cola` has a feature that reads `.git/MERGE_MSG` and friends for the
2120 commit message when a merge is in-progress. Upon refresh, `git cola` will
2121 now detect when a merge has completed and reset the commit message back to
2122 its previous state. It is only reset if the editor contains a message
2123 that was read from the file and has not been manually edited by the user.
2125 * The commit message editor's context menu now has a "Clear..." action for
2126 clearing the message across both the summary and description fields.
2128 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
2130 * The system theme's icons are now used wherever possible.
2131 (`#458 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/458>`_)
2135 * The stash viewer now uses ``git show --no-ext-diff`` to avoid running
2136 user-configured diff tools.
2138 * `git cola` now uses the `setsid()` system call to ensure that the
2139 `GIT_ASKPASS` and `SSH_ASKPASS` helper programs are used when pushing
2140 changes using `git`. The askpass helpers will now be used even when
2141 `git cola` is launched from a terminal.
2143 The behavior without `setsid()` is that `git cola` can appear to hang while
2144 pushing changes. The hang happens when `git` prompts the user for a
2145 password using the terminal, but the user never sees the prompt. `setsid()`
2146 detaches the terminal, which ensures that the askpass helpers are used.
2147 (`#218 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/218>`_)
2148 (`#262 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/262>`_)
2149 (`#377 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/377>`_)
2151 * `git dag`'s file list tool was updated to properly handle unicode paths.
2153 * `gnome-terminal` is no longer used by default when `cola.terminal` is unset.
2154 It is broken, as was detailed in #456.
2155 (`#456 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/456>`_)
2157 * The interactive rebase feature was not always setting `$GIT_EDITOR`
2158 to the value of `gui.editor`, thus there could be instances where rebase
2159 will seem to not stop, or hang, when performing "reword" actions.
2161 We now set the `$GIT_EDITOR` environment variable when performing the
2162 "Continue", "Skip", and "Edit Todo" rebase actions so that the correct
2163 editor is used during the rebase.
2164 (`#445 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/445>`_)
2168 * `git cola` moved from a 3-part version number to a simpler 2-part "vX.Y"
2169 version number. Most of our releases tend to contain new features.
2176 Usability, bells and whistles
2177 -----------------------------
2178 * Updated zh_TW translations.
2180 * `git cola rebase` now defaults to `@{upstream}`, and generally uses the same
2181 CLI syntax as `git rebase`.
2183 * The commit message editor now allows you to bypass commit hooks by selecting
2184 the "Bypass Commit Hooks" option. This is equivalent to passing the
2185 `--no-verify` option to `git commit`.
2186 (`#357 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/357>`_)
2188 * We now prevent the "Delete Files" action from creating a dialog that does
2190 (`#378 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/378>`_)
2192 * `git xbase` learned to edit rebase instruction sheets that contain
2195 * The diff colors are now configurable. `cola.color.{text,add,remove,header}`
2196 can now be set with 6-digit hexadecimal colors.
2197 See the `git cola manual <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#configuration-variables>_`
2200 * Improved hotkey documentation.
2204 * `git cola` will now allow starting an interactive rebase with a dirty
2205 worktree when `rebase.autostash` is set.
2206 (`#360 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/360>`_)
2213 Usability, bells and whistles
2214 -----------------------------
2215 * A new "Find files" widget was added, and can be activated by
2216 using the `Ctrl+t` or `t` hotkeys.
2218 * A new `git cola find` sub-command was added for finding files.
2220 * `git cola` now remembers the text cursor's position when staging
2221 interactively with the keyboard. This makes it easier to use the keyboard
2222 arrows to select and stage lines.
2224 * The completion widgets will now select the top completion item
2225 when `Enter` or `Return` are pressed.
2227 * You can now refresh using `F5` in addition to the existing `Ctrl+R` hotkey.
2231 * `git cola` now passes `--no-abbrev-commit` to `git log` to override
2232 having `log.abbrevCommit = true` set in `.gitconfig`.
2239 Usability, bells and whistles
2240 -----------------------------
2241 * `git dag` now forwards all unknown arguments along to `git log`.
2242 (`#389 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/389>`_)
2244 * Line-by-line interactive staging was made more robust.
2245 (`#399 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/399>`_)
2247 * "Bookmarks" was renamed to "Favorites".
2248 (`#392 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/392>`_)
2250 * Untracked files are now displayed using a unique icon.
2251 (`#388 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/388>`_)
2255 * `git dag` was triggering a traceback on Fedora when parsing Git logs.
2256 (`bz #181676 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181686>`_)
2258 * inotify expects unicode paths on Python3.
2259 (`#393 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/393>`_)
2261 * Untracked files are now assumed to be utf-8 encoded.
2262 (`#401 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/401>`_)
2269 Usability, bells and whistles
2270 -----------------------------
2271 * `git cola` can now create GPG-signed commits and merges.
2272 See the documentation for details about setting up a GPG agent.
2273 (`#149 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/149>`_)
2275 * The status widget learned to copy relative paths when `Ctrl+x` is pressed.
2276 (`#358 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/358>`_)
2278 * Custom GUI actions can now define their own keyboard shortcuts by
2279 setting `guitool.$name.shortcut` to a string understood by Qt's
2280 `QAction::setShortcut()` API, e.g. `Alt+X`.
2282 `Qt docs <http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qkeysequence.html#QKeySequence-2>`_
2283 for more details about the supported values.
2285 * `git cola` learned to rename branches.
2286 (`#364 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/364>`_)
2287 (`#278 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/278>`_)
2289 * `git dag` now has a "Show history" context menu which can be used to filter
2290 history using the selected paths.
2294 * `sphinxtogithub.py` was fixed for Python3.
2295 (`#353 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/353>`_)
2297 * The commit that changed how we read remotes from `git remote`
2298 to parsing `git config` was reverted since it created problems
2301 * Fixed a crash when using the `rebase edit` feature.
2302 (`#351 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/351>`_)
2304 * Better drag-and-drop behavior when dropping into gnome-terminal.
2305 (`#373 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/373>`_)
2309 * The `git-cola-folder-handler.desktop` file handler was fixed
2310 to pass validation by `desktop-file-validate`.
2311 (`#356 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/356>`_)
2313 * The `git.svg` icon was renamed to `git-cola.svg`, and `git cola` was taught
2314 to prefer icons from the desktop theme when available.
2321 Usability, bells and whistles
2322 -----------------------------
2323 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+Shift+M` merges branches.
2325 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+R` refreshes the DAG viewer.
2326 (`#347 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/347>`_)
2330 * We now use `git config` to parse the list of remotes
2331 instead of parsing the output of `git remote`, which
2332 is a Git porcelain and should not be used by scripts.
2334 * Avoid "C++ object has been deleted" errors from PyQt4.
2335 (`#346 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/346>`_)
2339 * The `make install` target now uses `install` instead of `cp`.
2346 Usability, bells and whistles
2347 -----------------------------
2348 * Updated Brazilian Portuguese translation.
2350 * The status and browse widgets now allow drag-and-drop into
2351 external applications.
2352 (`#335 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/335>`_)
2354 * We now show a progress bar when cloning repositories.
2355 (`#312 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/312>`_)
2357 * The bookmarks widget was simplified to not need a
2359 (`#289 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/289>`_)
2361 * Updated Traditional Chinese translation.
2363 * We now display a warning when trying to rebase with uncommitted changes.
2364 (`#338 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/338>`_)
2366 * The status widget learned to filter paths.
2367 `Ctrl+Shift+S` toggles the filter widget.
2368 (`#337 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/337>`_)
2369 (`#339 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/339>`_)
2371 * The status widget learned to move files to the trash
2372 when the `send2trash <https://github.com/hsoft/send2trash>`_
2373 module is installed.
2374 (`#341 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/341>`_)
2376 * "Recent repositories" is now a dedicated widget.
2377 (`#342 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/342>`_)
2379 * New Spanish translation thanks to Pilar Molina Lopez.
2380 (`#344 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/344>`_)
2384 * Newly added remotes are now properly seen by the fetch/push/pull dialogs.
2385 (`#343 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/343>`_)
2392 Usability, bells and whistles
2393 -----------------------------
2394 * New Brazilian Portuguese translation thanks to Vitor Lobo.
2396 * New Indonesian translation thanks to Samsul Ma'arif.
2398 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation thanks to Zhang Han.
2400 * `Ctrl+Backspace` is now a hotkey for "delete untracked files" in
2403 * Fetch/Push/Pull dialogs now use the configured remote of the current
2405 (`#324 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/324>`_)
2409 * We now use `os.getcwd()` on Python3.
2410 (`#316 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/316>`_)
2411 (`#326 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/326>`_)
2413 * The `Ctrl+P` hotkey was overloaded to both "push" and "cherry-pick",
2414 so "cherry-pick" was moved to `Ctrl+Shift+C`.
2416 * Custom GUI tools with mixed-case names are now properly supported.
2418 * "Diff Region" is now referred to as "Diff Hunk" for consistency
2419 with common terminology from diff/patch tools.
2420 (`#328 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/328>`_)
2422 * git-cola's test suite is now portable to MS Windows.
2423 (`#332 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/332>`_)
2430 Usability, bells and whistles
2431 -----------------------------
2432 * We now handle the case when inotify `add_watch()` fails
2433 and display instructions on how to increase the number of watches.
2434 (`#263 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/263>`_)
2436 * New and improved zh_TW localization thanks to V字龍(Vdragon).
2437 (`#265 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/265>`_)
2438 (`#267 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/267>`_)
2439 (`#268 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/268>`_)
2440 (`#269 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/269>`_)
2441 (`#270 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/270>`_)
2442 (`#271 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/271>`_)
2443 (`#272 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/272>`_)
2445 * New hotkeys: `Ctrl+F` for fetch, `Ctrl+P` for push,
2446 and `Ctrl+Shift+P` for pull.
2448 * The bookmarks widget's context menu actions were made clearer.
2449 (`#281 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/281>`_)
2451 * The term "Staging Area" is used consistently in the UI
2452 to allow for better localization.
2453 (`#283 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/283>`_)
2455 * The "Section" term is now referred to as "Diff Region"
2457 (`#297 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/297>`_)
2459 * The localization documentation related to the LANGUAGE
2460 environment variable was improved.
2461 (`#293 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/293>`_)
2463 * The "Actions" panel now contains tooltips for each button
2464 in case the button labels gets truncated by Qt.
2465 (`#292 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/292>`_)
2467 * Custom `git config`-defined actions can now be run in the
2468 background by setting `guitool.<name>.background` to `true`.
2472 * We now use bold fonts instead of SmallCaps to avoid
2473 artifacts on several configurations.
2475 * We now pickup `user.email`, `cola.tabwidth`, and similar settings
2476 when defined in /etc/gitconfig.
2477 (`#259 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/259>`_)
2479 * Better support for unicode paths when using inotify.
2480 (`bz #1104181 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104181>`_)
2482 * Unicode fixes for non-ascii locales.
2483 (`#266 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/266>`_)
2484 (`#273 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/273>`_)
2485 (`#276 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/276>`_)
2486 (`#282 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/282>`_)
2487 (`#298 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/298>`_)
2488 (`#302 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/302>`_)
2489 (`#303 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/303>`_)
2490 (`#305 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/305>`_)
2492 * Viewing history from the file browser was fixed for Python3.
2493 (`#274 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/274>`_)
2495 * setup.py was fixed to install the `*.rst` documentation.
2496 (`#279 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/279>`_)
2498 * Patch export was fixed for Python3.
2499 (`#290 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/290>`_)
2501 * Fixed adding a bookmark with trailing slashes.
2502 (`#295 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/295>`_)
2504 * The default `git dag` layout is now setup so that its widgets
2505 can be freely resized on Linux.
2506 (`#299 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/299>`_)
2508 * Invalid tag names are now reported when creating tags.
2509 (`#296 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/296>`_)
2516 Usability, bells and whistles
2517 -----------------------------
2518 * `git cola` no longer prompts after successfully creating a new branch.
2519 (`#251 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/251>`_)
2521 * Hitting enter on simple dialogs now accepts them.
2522 (`#255 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/255>`_)
2526 * `git dag` no longer relies on `sys.maxint`, which is
2527 not available in Python3.
2528 (`#249 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/249>`_)
2530 * Python3-related fixes.
2531 (`#254 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/254>`_)
2533 * Python3-on-Windows-related fixes.
2534 (`#250 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/250>`_)
2535 (`#252 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/252>`_)
2536 (`#253 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/253>`_)
2538 * Switching repositories using the bookmarks widget was not
2539 refreshing the inotify watcher.
2540 (`#256 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/256>`_)
2542 * Special commit messages trailers (e.g. "Acked-by:") are now special-cased to
2543 fix word wrapping lines that start with "foo:".
2544 (`#257 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/257>`_)
2546 * `git dag` sometimes left behind selection artifacts.
2547 We now refresh the view to avoid them.
2548 (`#204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/204>`_)
2555 Usability, bells and whistles
2556 -----------------------------
2557 * Better inotify support for file creation and deletion.
2558 (`#240 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/240>`_)
2560 * `git cola` now supports the X11 Session Management Protocol
2561 and remembers its state across logout/reboot.
2562 (`#164 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/164>`_)
2564 * `git cola` has a new icon.
2565 (`#190 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/190>`_)
2569 * Building the documentation no longer requires `asciidoc`.
2570 We now use `Sphinx <http://sphinx-doc.org/>`_ for building
2571 html documentation and man pages.
2575 * Reworked the git-dag gravatar icon code to avoid a unicode
2578 * Commit message line-wrapping was made to better match the GUI editor.
2579 (`#242 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/242>`_)
2581 * Better support for Python3 on Windows
2582 (`#246 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/246>`_)
2586 * git-cola no longer depends on Asciidoc for building its documentation
2587 and man-pages. We now depend on [Sphinx](http://sphinx-doc.org/) only.
2594 Usability, bells and whistles
2595 -----------------------------
2596 * Some context menu actions are now hidden when selected
2598 (`#238 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/238>`_)
2602 * The build-git-cola.sh contrib script was improved.
2603 (`#235 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/235>`_)
2605 * Non-ascii worktrees work properly again.
2606 (`#234 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/234>`_)
2608 * The browser now guards itself against missing files.
2609 (`bz #1041378 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071378>`_)
2611 * Saving widget state now works under Python3.
2612 (`#236 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/236>`_)
2621 * git-cola now runs on Python 3 thanks to Virgil Dupras.
2622 (`#233 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/233>`_)
2624 * Python 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2+ are now supported.
2625 Python 2.5 is no longer supported.
2629 * i18n test fixes thanks to Virgil Dupras.
2630 (`#231 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/231>`_)
2632 * git-cola.app build fixes thanks to Maicon D. Filippsen.
2633 (`#230 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/230>`_)
2635 * Lots of pylint improvements thanks to Alex Chernetz.
2636 (`#229 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/229>`_)
2643 Usability, bells and whistles
2644 -----------------------------
2645 * The new `Bookmarks` tool makes it really easy to switch between repositories.
2647 * There is now a dedicated dialog for applying patches.
2648 See the ``File -> Apply Patches`` menu item.
2649 (`#215 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/215>`_)
2651 * A new `git cola am` sub-command was added for applying patches.
2655 * Fixed a typo that caused inotify events to be silently ignored.
2657 * Fixed the sys.path setup for Mac OS X (Homebrew).
2658 (`#221 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/221>`_)
2660 * Lots of pylint fixes thanks to Alex Chernetz.
2667 Usability, bells and whistles
2668 -----------------------------
2669 * `git cola --amend` now starts the editor in `amend` mode.
2670 (`#187 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/187>`_)
2672 * Multiple lines of text can now be pasted into the `summary` field.
2673 All text beyond the first newline will be automatically moved to the
2674 `extended description` field.
2675 (`#212 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/212>`_)
2679 * Stray whitespace in `.git` files is now ignored.
2680 (`#213 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/213>`_)
2682 * Fix "known incorrect sRGB profile" in `staged-item.png`.
2683 (`gentoo-devel message #85066
2684 <http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/85066>`_)
2693 * Fix a traceback when `git push` fails.
2694 (`bz #1034778 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034778>`_)
2698 * Most of the git-cola sub-packages have been removed.
2699 The only remaining packages are `cola`, `cola.models`,
2702 * The translation file for Simplified Chinese was renamed
2704 (`#209 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/209>`_)
2713 * `git cola version --brief` now prints the brief version number.
2717 * Resurrected the "make dist" target, for those that prefer to create
2720 * Fixed the typo that broke the preferences dialog.
2727 Usability, bells and whistles
2728 -----------------------------
2729 * We now ship a full-featured interactive `git rebase` editor.
2730 The rebase todo file is edited using the `git xbase` script which
2731 is provided at `$prefix/share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase`.
2732 This script can be used standalone by setting the `$GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR`
2733 before running `git rebase --interactive`.
2734 (`#1 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1>`_)
2736 * Fixup commit messages can now be loaded from the commit message editor.
2738 * Tool widgets can be locked in place by using the "Tools/Lock Layout"
2740 (`#202 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/202>`_)
2742 * You can now push to several remotes simultaneously by selecting
2743 multiple remotes in the "Push" dialog.
2744 (`#148 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/148>`_)
2746 * The `grep` tool learned to search using three different modes:
2747 basic regular expressions (default), extended regular expressions,
2752 * `git cola` now depends on the `argparse` Python module.
2753 This module is part of the stdlib in Python 2.7 and must
2754 be installed separately when using Python 2.6 and below.
2758 * Support unicode in the output from `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`.
2765 Usability, bells and whistles
2766 -----------------------------
2767 * We now detect when the editor or history browser are misconfigured.
2768 (`#197 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/197>`_)
2769 (`bz #886826 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886826>`_)
2771 * Display of untracked files can be disabled from the Preferences dialog
2772 or by setting the `gui.displayuntracked` configuration variable to `false`.
2773 (`Git Mailing List on 2013-08-21
2774 <https://public-inbox.org/git/20130821032913.GA6092@wheezy.local/>`_)
2778 * Unicode stash names are now supported
2779 (`#198 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/198>`_)
2781 * The diffs produced when reverting workspace changes were made more robust.
2788 Usability, bells and whistles
2789 -----------------------------
2790 * Brand new German translation thanks to Sven Claussner.
2792 * The "File" menu now provides a "New Repository..." menu action.
2794 * `git dag` now uses a dock-widget interface so that its widgets can
2795 be laid-out and arranged. Customizations are saved and restored
2796 the next time `git dag` is launched.
2798 * `git dag` now has a "Zoom Best Fit" button next alongside the
2799 "Zoom In" and "Zoom Out" buttons.
2801 * `Ctrl+L` now focuses the "Search" field in the `git dag` tool.
2803 * Right-clicking in the "diff" viewer now updates the cursor position
2804 before performing actions, which makes it much easier to click around
2805 and selectively stage sections. Previously, the current cursor position
2806 was used which meant that it required two clicks (left-click to update
2807 the position followed by right-click to get the context menu) for the
2808 desired section to be used. This is now a single right-click operation.
2810 * The `Ctrl+D` "Launch Diff Tool" action learned to automatically choose
2811 between `git difftool` and `git mergetool`. If the file is unmerged then
2812 we automatically launch `git mergetool` on the path, otherwise we use
2813 `git difftool`. We do this because `git difftool` is not intended to
2814 be used on unmerged paths. Automatically using `git mergetool` when
2815 appropriate is the most intuitive and muscle-memory-friendly thing to do.
2817 * You can now right-click on folders in your standard file browser
2818 and choose "Open With -> Git Cola" (Linux-only).
2822 * Python 2.6 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard does not provide a namedtuple
2823 at `sys.version_info`. We now avoid using that variable for better
2826 * We now read the user's Git configuration from `~/.config/git/config`
2827 if that file is available, otherwise we use the traditional `~/.gitconfig`
2828 path, just like Git itself.
2830 * Some edge cases were fixed when applying partial/selected diffs.
2832 * The diff viewer is now properly cleared when refreshing.
2833 (`#194 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/194>`_)
2840 Usability, bells and whistles
2841 -----------------------------
2842 * The diff viewer now has an "Options" menu which can be
2843 used to set "git diff" options. This can be used to
2844 ignore whitespace changes or to show a change with its
2845 surrounding function as context.
2846 (`#150 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/150>`_)
2848 * `git cola` now remembers your commit message and will restore it
2849 when `git cola` is restarted.
2850 (`#175 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/175>`_)
2852 * `Ctrl+M` can now be used to toggle the "Amend last commit"
2853 checkbox in the commit message editor.
2854 (`#161 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/161>`_)
2856 * Deleting remote branches can now be done from the "Branch" menu.
2857 (`#152 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/152>`_)
2859 * The commit message editor now has a built-in spell checker.
2863 * We now avoid invoking external diffs when showing diffstats.
2864 (`#163 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/163>`_)
2866 * The `Status` tool learned to reselect files when refreshing.
2867 (`#165 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/165>`_)
2869 * `git cola` now remembers whether it has been maximized and will restore the
2870 maximized state when `git cola` is restarted.
2871 (`#172 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/172>`_)
2873 * Performance is now vastly improved when staging hundreds or
2876 * `git cola` was not correctly saving repo-specific configuration.
2877 (`#174 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/174>`_)
2879 * Fix a UnicodeDecode in sphinxtogithub when building from source.
2887 Usability, bells and whistles
2888 -----------------------------
2889 * We now automatically remove missing repositories from the
2890 "Select Repository" dialog.
2891 (`#145 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/145>`_)
2893 * A new `git cola diff` sub-command was added for diffing changed files.
2897 * The inotify auto-refresh feature makes it difficult to select text in
2898 the "diff" editor when files are being continually modified by another
2899 process. The auto-refresh causes it to lose the currently selected text,
2900 which is not wanted. We now avoid this problem by saving and restoring
2901 the selection when refreshing the editor.
2902 (`#155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/155>`_)
2904 * More strings have been marked for l10n.
2905 (`#157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/157>`_)
2907 * Fixed the Alt+D Diffstat shortcut.
2908 (`#159 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/159>`_)
2912 * Better error handling when cloning repositories.
2914 We were not handling the case where a git URL has
2915 no basename, e.g. `https://git.example.com/`.
2916 `git cola` originally rejected these URLs instead of
2917 allowing users to clone them. It now allows these URLs
2918 when they point to valid git repositories.
2920 Additionally, `git cola` learned to echo the errors
2921 reported by `git clone` when it fails.
2922 (`#156 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/156>`_)
2930 Usability, bells and whistles
2931 -----------------------------
2932 * `git dag` got a big visual upgrade.
2934 * `Ctrl+G` now launches the "Grep" tool.
2936 * `Ctrl+D` launches difftool and `Ctrl+E` launches your editor
2937 when in the diff panel.
2939 * git-cola can now be told to use an alternative language.
2940 For example, if the native language is German and we want git-cola to
2941 use English then we can create a `~/.config/git-cola/language` file with
2942 "en" as its contents: ``echo en >~/.config/git-cola/language``
2943 (`#140 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/140>`_)
2945 * A new `git cola merge` sub-command was added for merging branches.
2947 * Less blocking in the main UI
2951 * Autocomplete issues on KDE
2952 (`#144 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/144>`_)
2954 * The "recently opened repositories" startup dialog did not
2955 display itself in the absence of bookmarks.
2956 (`#139 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/139>`_)
2964 Usability, bells and whistles
2965 -----------------------------
2966 * `git cola` learned to honor `.gitattributes` when showing and
2967 interactively applying diffs. This makes it possible to store
2968 files in git using a non-utf-8 encoding and `git cola` will
2969 properly accept them. This must be enabled by settings
2970 `cola.fileattributes` to true, as it incurs a small performance
2972 (`#96 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/96>`_)
2974 * `git cola` now wraps commit messages at 72 columns automatically.
2975 This is configurable using the `cola.linebreak` variable to enable/disable
2976 the feature, and `cola.textwidth` to configure the limit.
2977 (`#133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/133>`_)
2979 * A new "Open Recent" sub-menu was added to the "File" menu.
2980 This makes it easy to open a recently-edited repository.
2981 (`#135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/135>`_)
2983 * We now show a preview for untracked files when they are clicked
2984 using the `Status` tool.
2985 * A new "Open Using Default Application" action was added to the
2986 `Status` tool. It is activated using either `Spacebar` or through
2987 the context menu. This action uses `xdg-open` on Linux and
2989 * A new "Open Parent Directory" action was added to the `Status` tool.
2990 It is activated using either `Shift+Spacebar` or through the
2992 * `git dag` learned to honor the `log.date` git configuration variable.
2993 This makes the date display follow whatever format the user has
2995 * A new `git cola config` sub-command was added for quickly
2996 tweaking `git cola`'s git configuration settings.
2997 * Some small usability tweaks -- some user confirmation prompts
2998 were defaulting to "Cancel" when they should have been defaulting
2999 to the affirmative option instead.
3003 * Properly handle arbitrarily-named branches.
3004 * We went back to launching `git mergetool` using an xterm.
3005 The reason is that there are a couple of places where `git mergetool`
3006 requires a terminal for user interaction not covered by `--no-prompt`.
3007 * We now properly handle an edge case when applying short diffs at
3008 the start of a file.
3016 Usability, bells and whistles
3017 -----------------------------
3018 * New and improved `grep` mode lets you instantly find and edit files.
3019 * New `git cola grep` standalone mode.
3020 * Support for passing arguments to the configured editors, e.g. `gvim -p`
3021 This makes it possible to select multiple files in the status
3022 window and use `Ctrl + E` to edit them all at once.
3023 * Remote operations now prompt on errors only.
3024 * The `Tab` key now jumps to the extended description when editing the summary.
3025 * More shortcut key labels and misc. UX improvements.
3029 * Selecting an item no longer copies its filename to the copy/paste buffer.
3030 `Ctrl + C` or the "Copy" context-menu action can be used instead.
3031 * The repository monitoring feature on Windows learned to ignore
3032 changes within the ".git" directory. Thanks to Andreas Sommer.
3033 (`#120 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/120>`_)
3041 Usability, bells and whistles
3042 -----------------------------
3043 * `git dag` learned to color-code branchy edges.
3044 The edge colors change when a new branch is detected,
3045 which makes the history much easier to follow.
3046 A huge thanks to Uri Okrent for making it happen.
3048 * New GUI for editing remote repositories.
3050 * New `git cola archive` and `git cola remote` sub-commands.
3052 * `git cola browser` learned an 'Untrack' command.
3054 * The diff editor learned to staged/unstaged while amending.
3056 * The status tool can now scroll horizontally.
3058 * New git repositories can be created by clicking 'New' on the
3059 `git cola --prompt` startup screen.
3067 Usability, bells and whistles
3068 -----------------------------
3069 * Auto-completion was added to more tools.
3071 * `git dag` is easier to use on smaller displays -- the author
3072 field elides its text which allows for a more compact display.
3074 * Selected commits in `git dag` were made more prominent and
3077 * 'Create Branch' learned to fetch remote branches and uses a
3078 background thread to do so.
3080 * User-configured GUI tools are listed alphabetically in the 'Actions' menu.
3082 * The 'Pull' dialog remembers the value of the 'Rebase' checkbox
3083 between invocations.
3093 * Detect Homebrew so that OS X users do not need to set PYTHONPATH.
3095 * `git dag` can export patches again.
3103 Usability, bells and whistles
3104 -----------------------------
3105 * The 'Classic' tool was renamed to 'Browser' and learned to
3106 limit history to the current branch.
3108 * `git dag` learned about gravatar and uses it to show images
3111 * `git dag` learned to use OpenGL for rendering resulting in
3112 much faster rendering.
3114 * More dialogs learned vim-style keyboard shortcuts.
3116 * The commit message editor learned better arrow key navigation.
3124 Usability, bells and whistles
3125 -----------------------------
3126 * `git cola` learned a few new sub commands:
3134 * `Return` in the summary field jumps to the extended description.
3136 * `Ctrl+Return` is now a shortcut for 'Commit'.
3138 * Better French translation for 'Sign-off'.
3140 * The 'Search' widget now has a much simpler and streamlined
3143 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the DAG widget.
3145 * `git dag` no longer prompts for files when diffing commits if the
3146 text field contains paths.
3148 * General user interface and performance improvements.
3152 * The diff viewer no longer changes font size when holding `Control`
3153 while scrolling with the mouse wheel.
3155 * Files with a typechange (e.g. symlinks that become files, etc.)
3156 are now correctly identified as being modified.
3160 * The `cola.controllers` and `cola.views` packages were removed.
3168 Usability, bells and whistles
3169 -----------------------------
3170 * `git cola` can now launch sub commands, e.g.:
3181 * `git dag` is more responsive when gathering auto-completions.
3183 * Keyboard shortcuts are displayed when the '?' key is pressed.
3185 * Various keyboard shortcuts were added for improved usability.
3187 * The status widget now lists unmerged files before modified files.
3189 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the status widget.
3191 * A 'Recently Modified Files...' tool was added.
3193 * Tools can now be hidden with `Alt + #` (where `#` is a keyboard number)
3194 and focused with `Alt + Shift + #`.
3196 * The syntax highlighting colors for diffs was made less intrusive.
3198 * The commit message editor was redesigned to have a more compact
3199 and keyboard-convenient user interface.
3201 * Keyboard shortcuts for adding a Signed-off-by (`Ctrl + i`)
3202 and creating a commit (`Ctrl + m`) were added.
3204 * The status widget was adjusted to use less screen real-estate.
3208 * Avoid updating the index when responding to inotify events.
3209 This avoids interfering with operations such as `git rebase --interactive`.
3210 (`#99 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/99>`_)
3214 * Create `git-dag.pyw` in the win32 installer.
3216 * win32 shortcuts now contain explicit calls to `pythonw.exe` instead of
3217 calling the `.pyw` file directly.
3221 * The 'Apply Changes from Branch...' feature was removed.
3222 `git dag`'s 'Grab File...' feature used alongside the index/worktree editor
3223 is a simpler alternative.
3233 * Further enhanced the staging/unstaging behavior in the status widget.
3234 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
3236 * Unmerged files are no longer listed as modified.
3240 The `cola-$version` tarballs on github were originally setup to
3241 have the same contents as the old tarballs hosted on tuxfamily.
3242 The `make dist` target was changed to write files to a
3243 `git-cola-$version` subdirectory and tarball.
3245 This makes the filenames consistent for the source tarball,
3246 the darwin .app tarball, and the win32 .exe installer.
3254 Usability, bells and whistles
3255 -----------------------------
3256 * Refined the staging/unstaging behavior for code reviews.
3257 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
3259 * Added more styling and icons to menus and buttons.
3261 * Adjusted some terminology to more closely match the git CLI.
3265 * Boolean `git config` settings with no value are now supported
3266 (these are not created by git these days but exist in legacy repositories).
3268 * Unicode branches and tags are supported in the "branch diff" tool.
3270 * Guard against low-memory conditions and more interrupted system calls.
3274 * Added desktop launchers for git-cola.desktop and git-dag.desktop.
3275 This replaces the old cola.desktop, so some adjustments to RPM .spec
3276 and debian/ files will be needed.
3278 * Fixed the darwin app-tarball Makefile target to create relative paths.
3282 * The `--style` option was removed. `git cola` follows the system theme
3283 so there's no need for this option these days.
3291 Usability, bells and whistles
3292 -----------------------------
3293 * Export a patch series from `git dag` into a `patches/` directory.
3295 * `git dag` learned to diff commits, slice history along paths, etc.
3297 * Added instant-preview to the `git stash` widget.
3299 * A simpler preferences editor is used to edit `git config` values.
3300 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
3301 (`#89 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/89>`_)
3303 * Previous commit messages can be re-loaded from the message editor.
3304 (`#33 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/33>`_)
3308 * Display commits with no file changes.
3309 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
3311 * Improved the diff editor's copy/paste behavior
3312 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
3316 * Bumped version number to ceil(minimum git version).
3317 `git cola` now requires `git` >= 1.6.3.
3319 * Simplified git-cola's versioning when building from tarballs
3320 outside of git. We no longer check for a 'version' file at
3321 the root of the repository. We instead keep a default version
3322 in `cola/version.py` and use it when `git cola`'s `.git` repository
3331 Usability, bells and whistles
3332 -----------------------------
3333 * inotify is much snappier and available on Windows
3334 thanks to Karl Bielefeldt.
3336 * New right-click command to add untracked files to .gitignore
3337 thanks to Audrius Karabanovas.
3339 * Stash, fetch, push, and pull usability improvements
3341 * General usability improvements
3343 * stderr is logged when applying partial diffs.
3347 * Files can be unstaged when amending.
3348 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
3350 * Show the configured remote.$remote.pushurl in the GUI
3351 (`#83 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/83>`_)
3353 * Removed usage of the "user" module.
3354 (`#86 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/86>`_)
3356 * Avoids an extra `git update-index` call during startup.
3364 Usability, bells and whistles
3365 -----------------------------
3366 * We now provide better feedback when `git push` fails.
3367 (`#69 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/69>`_)
3369 * The Fetch, Push, and Pull dialogs now give better feedback
3370 when interacting with remotes. The dialogs are modal and
3371 a progress dialog is used.
3375 * More unicode fixes, again. It is now possible to have
3376 unicode branch names, repository paths, home directories, etc.
3377 This continued the work initiated by Redhat's bugzilla #694806.
3379 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806
3387 Usability, bells and whistles
3388 -----------------------------
3389 * The `git cola` desktop launchers now prompt for a repo
3390 by default. This is done by using the new `--prompt`
3391 flag which tells `git cola` to ignore any git repositories
3392 in the current directory and prompt for one instead.
3396 * More Unicode fixes for repositories and home directories with
3397 embedded unicode characters. Thanks to Christian Jann for
3398 patience and helpful bug reports.
3400 * Fix the 'Clone' button in the startup dialog.
3408 Usability, bells and whistles
3409 -----------------------------
3410 * Faster startup time! `git cola` now offloads initialization
3411 to a background thread so that the GUI appears almost instantly.
3413 * Specialized diff options for p4merge, vimdiff, araxis, emerge,
3414 and ecmerge in difftool (backported from git.git).
3418 * Fix launching commands in the background on Windows
3419 (e.g. when launching `git difftool`).
3421 * Fix unicode errors when home or repository directories contain
3423 (`#74 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/74>`_)
3424 (`bz #694806 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806>`_)
3432 Usability, bells and whistles
3433 -----------------------------
3434 * The `cola classic` tool can be now configured to be dockable.
3435 (`#56 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/56>`_)
3437 * The `cola classic` tool now uses visual sigils to indicate a file's status.
3438 The idea and icons were provided by Uri Okrent.
3440 * Include the 'Rescan' button in the 'Actions' widget regardless
3441 of whether inotify is installed.
3445 * Fix installation of translations per Fedora
3446 This incorporates Fedora's fix for the translations path
3447 which originally appeared in cola-1.4.3-translations.patch.
3449 * Mac OS X git-cola developers can now generate git-cola.app
3450 application bundles using 'make app-bundle'.
3454 * Fixed a stacktrace when trying to use "Get Commit Message Template"
3455 with an unconfigured "commit.template" git config variable.
3456 (`bz #67521 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675721>`_)
3457 (`#72 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/72>`_)
3459 * Properly raise the main window on Mac OS X.
3461 * Properly handle staging a huge numbers of files at once.
3463 * Speed up 'git config' usage by fixing cola's caching proxy.
3465 * Guard against damaged ~/.cola files.
3473 Usability, bells and whistles
3474 -----------------------------
3475 * `git dag` now has a separate display area
3476 for displaying commit metadata. This area will soon
3477 grow additional functionality such as cherry-picking,
3482 * Fixed tests from a previous refactoring.
3484 * Guard against 'diff.external' configuration by always
3485 calling 'git diff' with the '--no-ext-diff' option.
3486 (`#67 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/67>`_)
3488 * Respect 'gui.diffcontext' so that cola's diff display
3489 shows the correct number of context lines.
3491 * Raise the GUI so that it is in the foreground on OS X.
3495 * We now allow distutils to rewrite cola's shebang line.
3496 This allows us to run on systems where "which python"
3497 is Python3k. This is exposed by setting the `PYTHON`
3498 Makefile variable to the location of python2.x.
3500 * git-cola.app is now a tiny download because it no longer
3501 contains Qt and PyQt. These libraries are provided as a
3503 (`Link <http://code.google.com/p/git-cola/downloads/list>`_)
3511 Usability, bells and whistles
3512 -----------------------------
3513 * Clicking on paths in the status widget copies them into the
3514 copy/paste buffer for easy middle-clicking into terminals.
3516 * `Ctrl+C` in diff viewer copies the selected diff to the clipboard.
3520 * Fixed the disappearing actions buttons on PyQt 4.7.4
3521 as reported by Arch and Ubuntu 10.10.
3522 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
3524 * Fixed mouse interaction with the status widget where some
3525 items could not be de-selected.
3529 * Removed hard-coded reference to lib/ when calculating Python's
3530 site-packages directory.
3538 Usability, bells and whistles
3539 -----------------------------
3540 * Removed "single-click to (un)stage" in the status view.
3541 This is a usability improvement since we no longer perform
3542 different actions depending on where a row is clicked.
3544 * Added ability to create unsigned, annotated tags.
3548 * Updated documentation to use `cola.git` instead of `cola.gitcmd`.
3556 Usability, bells and whistles
3557 -----------------------------
3558 * Allow un/staging by right-clicking top-level items
3559 (`#57 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/57>`_)
3561 * Running 'commit' with no staged changes prompts to allow
3563 (`#55 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/55>`_)
3565 * Fetch, Push, and Pull are now available via the menus
3566 (`#58 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/58>`_)
3570 * Simplified the actions widget to work around a regression
3572 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
3580 Usability, bells and whistles
3581 -----------------------------
3582 * `git dag` interaction was made faster.
3586 * Added '...' indicators to the buttons for
3587 'Fetch...', 'Push...', 'Pull...', and 'Stash...'.
3588 (`#51 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/51>`_)
3590 * Fixed a hang-on-exit bug in the cola-provided
3591 'ssh-askpass' implementation.
3599 Usability, bells and whistles
3600 -----------------------------
3601 * Staging and unstaging is faster.
3602 (`#48 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/48>`_)
3604 * `git dag` reads history in a background thread.
3608 * Added :data:`cola.compat.hashlib` for `Python 2.4` compatibility
3609 * Improved `PyQt 4.1.x` compatibility.
3613 * Configured menu actions use ``sh -c`` for Windows portability.
3621 Usability, bells and whistles
3622 -----------------------------
3623 * Added support for the configurable ``guitool.<tool>.*``
3624 actions as described in the ``git config`` documentation.
3625 (`git-config(1) <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config>`_)
3626 (`#44 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/44>`_)
3628 This makes it possible to add new actions to `git cola`
3629 by simply editing ``~/.gitconfig``. This implements the
3630 same guitool support as `git gui`.
3632 * Introduced a stat cache to speed up `git config` and
3633 repository status checks.
3635 * Added Alt-key shortcuts to the main `git cola` interface.
3637 * The `Actions` dock widget switches between a horizontal
3638 and vertical layout when resized.
3640 * We now use ``git diff --submodule`` for submodules
3641 (used when git >= 1.6.6).
3643 * The context menu for modified submodules includes an option
3644 to launch `git cola`.
3645 (`#17 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/17>`_)
3647 * Prefer ``$VISUAL`` over ``$EDITOR`` when both are defined.
3648 These are used to set a default editor in lieu of `core.editor`
3651 * Force the editor to be ``gvim`` when we see ``vim``.
3652 This prevents us from launching an editor in the (typically
3653 unattached) parent terminal and creating zombie editors
3654 that cannot be easily killed.
3656 * Selections are remembered and restored across updates.
3657 This makes the `partial-staging` workflow easier since the
3658 diff view will show the updated diff after staging.
3660 * Show the path to the current repository in a tooltip
3661 over the commit message editor.
3662 (`#45 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/45>`_)
3664 * Log internal ``git`` commands when ``GIT_COLA_TRACE`` is defined.
3665 (`#39 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/39>`_)
3669 * Improved backwards compatibility for Python 2.4.
3671 * `Review mode` can now review the current branch; it no longer
3672 requires you to checkout the branch into which the reviewed
3673 branch will be merged.
3675 * Guard against `color.ui = always` configuration when using
3676 `git log` by passing ``--no-color``.
3678 * ``yes`` and ``no`` are now supported as valid booleans
3679 by the `git config` parser.
3681 * Better defaults are used for `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`..
3682 (`#43 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/43>`_)
3686 * Removed colon (`:`) from the applilcation name on Windows
3687 (`#41 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/41>`_)
3689 * Fixed bugs with the Windows installer
3690 (`#40 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/40>`_)
3692 * Added a more standard i18n infrastructure. The install
3693 tree now has the common ``share/locale/$lang/LC_MESSAGES/git-cola.mo``
3694 layout in use by several projects.
3696 * Started trying to accommodate Mac OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
3697 in the ``darwin/`` build scripts but our tester is yet to
3698 report success building a `.app` bundle.
3700 * Replaced use of ``perl`` in Sphinx/documentation Makefile
3701 with more-portable ``sed`` constructs. Thanks to
3702 Stefan Naewe for discovering the portability issues and
3703 providing msysgit-friendly patches.
3711 Usability, bells and whistles
3712 -----------------------------
3713 * It is now possible to checkout from the index as well
3714 as from `HEAD`. This corresponds to the
3715 `Removed Unstaged Changes` action in the `Repository Status` tool.
3717 * The `remote` dialogs (fetch, push, pull) are now slightly
3720 * Bookmarks can be selected when `git cola` is run outside of a git repository.
3722 * Added more user documentation. We now include many links to
3723 external git resources.
3725 * Added `git dag` to the available tools.
3726 `git dag` is a node-based DAG history browser.
3727 It doesn't do much yet, but it's been merged so that we can start
3728 building and improving upon it.
3732 * Fixed a missing ``import`` when showing `right-click` actions
3733 for unmerged files in the `Repository Status` tool.
3735 * ``git update-index --refresh`` is no longer run every time
3736 ``git cola version`` is run.
3738 * Don't try to watch non-existent directories when using `inotify`.
3740 * Use ``git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name`` plumbing to find
3741 the name of the current branch.
3745 * The ``Makefile`` will now conditionally include a ``config.mak``
3746 file located at the root of the project. This allows for user
3747 customizations such as changes to the `prefix` variable
3748 to be stored in a file so that custom settings do not need to
3749 be specified every time on the command-line.
3751 * The build scripts no longer require a ``.git`` directory to
3752 generate the ``builtin_version.py`` module. The release tarballs
3753 now include a ``version`` file at the root of the project which
3754 is used in lieu of having the git repository available.
3755 This allows for ``make clean && make`` to function outside of
3758 * Added maintainer's ``make dist`` target to the ``Makefile``.
3760 * The built-in `simplejson` and `jsonpickle` libraries can be
3761 excluded from ``make install`` by specifying the ``standalone=true``
3762 `make` variable. For example, ``make standalone=true install``.
3763 This corresponds to the ``--standalone`` option to ``setup.py``.
3771 Usability, bells and whistles
3772 -----------------------------
3773 * We now use patience diff by default when it is available via
3774 `git diff --patience`.
3776 * Allow closing the `cola classic` tool with `Ctrl+W`.
3780 * Fixed an unbound variable error in the `push` dialog.
3784 * Don't include `simplejson` in MANIFEST.in.
3786 * Update desktop entry to read `Cola Git GUI`.
3794 This feature release adds two new features directly from
3795 `git cola`'s github issues backlog. On the developer
3796 front, further work was done towards modularizing the code base.
3798 Usability, bells and whistles
3799 -----------------------------
3800 * Dragging and dropping patches invokes `git am`
3801 (`#3 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/3>`_)
3803 * A dialog to allow opening or cloning a repository
3804 is presented when `git cola` is launched outside of a git repository.
3805 (`#22 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/22>`_)
3807 * Warn when `push` is used to create a new branch
3808 (`#35 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/35>`_)
3810 * Optimized startup time by removing several calls to `git`.
3815 * `git cola` is once again compatible with PyQt 4.3.x.
3819 * `cola.gitcmds` was added to factor out git command-line utilities
3821 * `cola.gitcfg` was added for interacting with `git config`
3823 * `cola.models.browser` was added to factor out repobrowser data
3835 * Fix launching external applications on Windows
3837 * Ensure that the `amend` checkbox is unchecked when switching modes
3839 * Update the status tree when amending commits
3849 * Fix Lintian warnings
3859 * Fix X11 warnings on application startup
3869 * Added missing 'Exit Diff Mode' button for 'Diff Expression' mode
3870 (`#31 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/31>`_)
3872 * Fix a bug when initializing fonts on Windows
3873 (`#32 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/32>`_)
3883 * Keep entries in sorted order in the `cola classic` tool
3885 * Fix staging untracked files
3886 (`#27 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/27>`_)
3888 * Fix the `show` command in the Stash dialog
3889 (`#29 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/29>`_)
3891 * Fix a typo when loading merge commit messages
3892 (`#30 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/30>`_)
3900 This release focuses on a redesign of the git-cola user interface,
3901 a tags interface, and better integration of the `cola classic` tool.
3902 A flexible interface based on configurable docks is used to manage the
3903 various cola widgets.
3905 Usability, bells and whistles
3906 -----------------------------
3907 * New GUI is flexible and user-configurable
3909 * Individual widgets can be detached and rearranged arbitrarily
3911 * Add an interface for creating tags
3913 * Provide a fallback `SSH_ASKPASS` implementation to prompt for
3914 SSH passwords on fetch/push/pull
3916 * The commit message editor displays the current row/column and
3917 warns when lines get too long
3919 * The `cola classic` tool displays upstream changes
3921 * `git cola --classic` launches `cola classic` in standalone mode
3923 * Provide more information in log messages
3927 * Inherit the window manager's font settings
3929 * Miscellaneous PyQt4 bug fixes and workarounds
3933 * Removed all usage of Qt Designer `.ui` files
3935 * Simpler model/view architecture
3937 * Selection is now shared across tools
3939 * Centralized notifications are used to keep views in sync
3941 * The `cola.git` command class was made thread-safe
3943 * Less coupling between model and view actions
3945 * The status view was rewritten to use the MVC architecture
3947 * Added more documentation and tests
3955 Usability, bells and whistles
3956 -----------------------------
3957 * Added a `cola classic` tool for browsing the entire repository
3959 * Handle diff expressions with spaces
3961 * Handle renamed files
3965 * Handle carat `^` characters in diff expressions on Windows
3967 * Worked around a PyQt 4.5/4.6 QThreadPool bug
3971 * Added a keyboard shortcuts reference page
3973 * Added developer API documentation
3977 * Fix the diff expression used when reviewing branches
3979 * Fix a bug when pushing branches
3981 * Fix X11 warnings at startup
3983 * Fix more interrupted system calls on Mac OS X
3991 Usability, bells and whistles
3992 -----------------------------
3993 * Fresh and tasty SVG logos
3995 * Added `Branch Review` mode for reviewing topic branches
3997 * Added diff modes for diffing between tags, branches,
3998 or arbitrary `git diff` expressions
4000 * The push dialog selects the current branch by default.
4001 This is in preparation for `git 1.7.0` where unconfigured `git push`
4002 will refuse to push when run without specifying the remote name
4003 and branch. See the `git` release notes for more information
4005 * Support `open` and `clone` commands on Windows
4007 * Allow saving cola UI layouts
4009 * Re-enabled `double-click-to-stage` for unmerged entries.
4010 Disabling it for unmerged items was inconsistent, though safer.
4012 * Show diffs when navigating the status tree with the keyboard
4016 * Worked around `pyuic4` bugs in the `setup.py` build script
4018 * Added Mac OSX application bundles to the download page
4028 * `git difftool` became an official git command in `git 1.6.3`.
4030 * `git difftool` learned `--no-prompt` / `-y` and a corresponding
4031 `difftool.prompt` configuration variable
4033 Usability, bells and whistles
4034 -----------------------------
4035 * Warn when `non-fast-forward` is used with fetch, push or pull
4037 * Allow `Ctrl+C` to exit cola when run from the command line
4041 * Support Unicode font names
4043 * Handle interrupted system calls
4047 * `PEP-8`-ified more of the cola code base
4053 * All resources are now installed into `$prefix/share/git-cola`.
4054 Closed Debian bug #519972
4056 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519972
4066 * Added support for Kompare in `git difftool`
4068 * Added a separate configuration namespace for `git difftool`
4070 * Added the `diff.tool` configuration variable to define the default diff tool
4072 Usability, bells and whistles
4073 -----------------------------
4074 * The stash dialog allows passing the `--keep-index` option to `git stash`
4076 * Amending a published commit warns at commit time
4078 * Simplified the file-across-revisions comparison dialog
4080 * `origin` is selected by default in fetch/push/pull
4082 * Removed the search field from the log widget
4084 * The log window moved into a drawer widget at the bottom of the UI
4086 * Log window display can be configured with
4087 `cola.showoutput` = `{never, always, errors}`. `errors` is the default.
4089 * `NOTE` -- `cola.showoutput` was removed with the GUI rewrite in 1.4.0.
4093 * Improved nose unittest usage
4097 * Added a Windows/msysGit installer
4099 * Included private versions of `simplejson` and `jsonpickle`
4100 for ease of installation and development