6 Usability, bells and whistles
7 -----------------------------
8 * The `$GIT_VISUAL` and `$VISUAL` environment variable are now consulted in addition
9 to `$GIT_EDITOR` and `$EDITOR` when the `gui.editor` configuration is unset.
10 (`#1237 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1237>`_)
12 * The application window icon is now enabled when running on Wayland.
13 (`#1240 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1240>`_)
15 * The Status widget now has an "Open Worktree" action.
16 (`#1245 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1245>`_)
18 * The "Open Using Default Application", "Open Directory",
19 "Open Parent Directory" and "Open Worktree" actions are now available on Windows.
21 * The dialog for opening repositories is now a read-only dialog that omits the
22 ability to create folders and modify the filesystem.
23 (`#1168 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1168>`_)
27 * Use of a `~/.config/git-cola/language` file to override the language has been fixed.
28 (`#1246 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1246>`_)
30 * We no longer write the `cola.spellcheck` configuration value on launch.
31 (`#1238 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1238>`_)
35 * Updated Spanish translation.
36 (`#1244 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1244>`_)
38 * Updated Japanese translation.
39 (`#1249 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1249>`_)
44 * Building documentation offline is supported again.
45 (`#1250 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1250>`_)
53 Usability, bells and whistles
54 -----------------------------
55 * Double-clicking dock widgets no longer creates sub-windows when the layout is locked.
56 (`#1176 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1176>`_)
57 (`#1198 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1198>`_)
61 * We now guard against `locale.getdefaultlocale()` returning `None` in some
62 configurations, notably on macOS if none of 'LC_ALL', 'LC_CTYPE', 'LANG' or 'LANGUAGE'
64 (`#1234 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1234>`_)
66 * The preferences dialog has been fixed to properly handle booleans.
67 (`#1235 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1235>`_)
69 * The `docs/` directory was restructured to avoid missing `setup.py` errors.
70 `share/doc/git-cola` is now a symlink pointing to `docs/`.
71 (`#1230 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1230>`_)
73 * Message boxes could sometimes display off-screen or using geometry that is larger
74 than the current desktop. Message box sizes are now clamped to the desktop size.
75 (`#1228 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1228>`_)
85 These changes are primarily breaking changes for packagers of Git Cola.
86 For example, Linux distribution and Homebrew package maintainers may need to
87 be aware of these changes.
89 Changes have been made build infrastructure and the resulting filesystem artifacts.
91 * The build system is now Python3-only and has been modernized for PEP-517/518.
92 While Git Cola still builds and runs under Python2, it is no longer officially
93 supported and may stop working in a future release without notice.
94 (`#1201 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1201>`_)
96 * The `#!/usr/bin/env python` shebang lines in the `git-cola` and `git-dag` wrapper
97 scripts have been updated to use `python3`.
98 (`#1204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1204>`_)
100 * The build system was switched to `setuptools` and no longer depends on `distutils`.
101 ``python setup.py {build,install,build_pot,build_mo}`` are no longer provided.
102 Use the https://pypa-build.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation.html
103 ``python -m build`` tool to generate sdist and wheel distributions,
104 and ``pip install .`` to install Git Cola from source.
105 (`#1204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1204>`_)
107 * The `git-cola`, `git-dag` and `git-cola-sequence-editor` commands are now installed
108 using setuptools entry points.
110 * The `bin/` wrapper scripts in the source tree continue to be provided for convenience
111 but they are not the scripts that get installed.
113 * The `qtpy` Python package is no longer installed alongside the `cola` Python package.
115 * The `cola` package is now installed into the standard Python site-packages location.
117 * The `share/git-cola/lib` private Python modules directory no longer exists.
119 * The `NO_VENDOR_LIBS` and `NO_PRIVATE_LIBS` Makefile options are no longer necessary.
121 * The `share/git-cola` filesystem namespace no longer exists. All of cola's package data
122 is distributed alongside the `cola` module as package data.
124 * Building the Sphinx documentation now also requires the `jaraco.packaging` and
125 `rst.linker` packages. See `requirements/requirements-dev.txt` for the package
128 Usability, bells and whistles
129 -----------------------------
131 <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#custom-themes>`_
132 can be used by adding `*.qss` Qt stylesheet files to `~/.config/git-cola/themes/`.
133 (`#1222 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1222>`_)
134 (`#1226 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1226>`_)
136 * Git Cola now keeps track of child Browser windows and will close all of them when
137 the main window is closed.
138 (`#1200 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1200>`_)
142 * Staging conflicted binary files has been fixed to avoid Unicode decoding errors.
143 (`#1189 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1189>`_)
145 * Ensure that secure permissions are used when creating temporary files.
146 (`#1209 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1209>`_)
148 * The line numbering in the diff viewer was corrected when displaying merge diffs.
149 (`#1208 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1208>`_)
151 * Documentation typofixes.
152 (`#1193 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1193>`_)
154 * Git Cola was revamped to use Qt signals and slots for all of its notifications.
155 This made its notification system more robust.
156 (`#1202 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1202>`_)
157 (`#1203 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1203>`_)
158 (`#1205 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1205>`_)
159 (`#1206 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1206>`_)
163 * `vcruntime140.dll` and `msvcp140.dll` are now included in the Windows installation.
164 (`#1207 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1207>`_)
172 Usability, bells and whistles
173 -----------------------------
174 * The git config guitool action can now be grouped under user-defined menus.
175 This is done by using slash (``/``) delimiters in the action name.
176 Entries before the final slash are treated like submenus inside the
177 top-level ``Actions`` menu.
178 (`#1150 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1150>`_)
180 * Toolbars now have a full set of icons. The icons follow the system theme
181 and can be configured to display text, just icons, or text and icons.
182 (`#1177 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1177>`_)
184 * The startup dialog will now open the selected repository when the "enter"
186 (`#1162 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1162>`_)
188 * ``Shift+S`` will stage selected lines (in addition to ``s``).
189 (`#1187 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1187>`_)
193 * The vendored qtpy library was patched to retain Python2 compatibility.
195 * The "Unstage" toolbar action was fixed.
196 (`#1178 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1178>`_)
198 * We now avoid `setWidth(float)` for compatibility with newer Qt versions.
199 (`#1183 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1183>`_)
201 * Documentation typofixes.
202 (`#1185 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1185>`_)
206 * Updated Polish translation.
207 (`#1184 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1184>`_)
211 * Git Cola now uses Github Actions for running its continuous integration tests.
212 (`#1179 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1179>`_)
220 Usability, bells and whistles
221 -----------------------------
222 * The Status tool was improved to better retain selected files when
223 the state changes and the display is refreshed.
224 (`#1130 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1130>`_)
225 (`#1131 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1131>`_)
227 * The Diff editor can now stage selected lines for untracked files.
228 Git Cola will detect when a file is untracked and will allow you to
229 partially stage it, just like existing tracked files.
230 (`#1146 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1146>`_)
231 (`#1084 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1084>`_)
233 * Diffing of staged files has been implemented for repositories that contain
235 (`#1149 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1149>`_)
236 (`#1110 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1110>`_)
238 * Documentation improvements and typofixes.
239 (`#1163 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1163>`_)
240 (`#1164 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1164>`_)
244 * The `FIPS security mode
245 <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/FIPS_Mode_-_an_explanation>`_
246 is now supported by Git Cola when running on FIPS-enabled Python
247 (Python 3.9+ or centos8/rhel8's patched Python 3.6).
248 (`#1157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1157>`_)
252 * The `argparse` usage was adjusted to remain compatible with older Pythons.
253 (`#1155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1155>`_)
255 * The window restoration logic was fixed to properly save/restore settings
256 when different languages are used.
257 (`#1071 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1071>`_)
258 (`#1161 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1161>`_)
259 (`#382 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/382>`_)
261 * `git dag` no longer passes floats to `QPen::setWidth()` for better compatibility.
262 (`bz #2014950 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2014950>`_)
266 * The Windows installer was slimmed down by removing unused Qt DLLs.
267 (`#1152 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1152>`_)
277 * Patch release to fix a typo in the Interactive Rebase feature.
284 Usability, bells and whistles
285 -----------------------------
286 * The git config reader now supports the `include.path` directive
287 for including config files.
288 (`#1136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1136>`_)
289 (`#1137 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1137>`_)
291 * The dialog for selecting commits now support filtering.
292 (`#1121 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1121>`_)
294 * The diff editor now wraps long lines by default. The diff options
295 menu can be used to enable/disable line wrapping.
296 (`#1123 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1123>`_)
298 * Git Cola now honors `core.hooksPath` for configuring custom Git hooks,
299 which was introduced in Git v2.9.
300 (`#1118 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1118>`_)
302 * A new `Ctrl + Shift + S` hotkey was added for staging/unstaging all
303 files, both modified and untracked.
305 * The `Status` tool now supports `Ctrl + A` for selecting all files and
306 it behaves more predictably when performing operations when multiple
307 categories of files are selected (eg. when both modified and untracked
308 header items are selected).
309 (`#1117 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1117>`_)
313 * Updated Hungarian translation.
314 (`#1135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1135>`_)
318 * The "Interactive Rebase" feature was updated to work with Windows.
320 * `make install-man` was updated to support Sphinx 4.0.
321 (`#1141 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1141>`_)
323 * `git cola --help-commands` was updated for newer versions of argparse.
324 (`#1133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1133>`_)
328 * Git Cola can now be started as a Python module.
329 (`#1119 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1119>`_)
337 Usability, bells and whistles
338 -----------------------------
339 * The startup dialog now detects when Recent and Favorite repositories no
340 longer exist on disk, and offers to remove these entries when selected.
341 (`#1089 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1089>`_)
343 * The startup dialog now includes a simpler and more condensed folder view
344 that can be used for selecting Favorites and Recent repositories.
345 (`#1086 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1086>`_)
347 * The "Commit" menu now includes an "Undo Last Commit" action.
348 (`#890 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/890>`_)
350 * The "Reset" menu was revamped to expose all of Git's reset modes alongside a
351 new "Restore Worktree" action that updates the worktree using "git read-tree".
352 (`#890 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/890>`_)
356 * Updated Polish translation.
357 (`#1107 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1107>`_)
359 * Updated Japanese translation.
360 (`#1098 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1098>`_)
362 * Updated Brazilian translation.
363 (`#1091 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1091>`_)
367 * The ``--use-env-python`` option for ``setup.py`` is now Python3 compatible.
368 (`#1102 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1102>`_)
376 Usability, bells and whistles
377 -----------------------------
378 * The submodules widget can now be used to add submodules.
379 Submodules are now updated recursively.
380 (`#534 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/534>`_)
382 * The image diff viewer can now be toggled between text and image modes.
383 This is helpful when, for example, diffing .svg files where it can be useful
384 to see diffs in both an image and text representation.
385 (`#859 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/859>`_)
386 (`#1035 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1035>`_)
388 * The default `ssh-askpass` username + password dialog included with Git Cola
389 can now toggle between showing and masking the password input field.
390 (`#1069 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1069>`_)
394 * Updated Polish translation.
395 (`#1076 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1076>`_)
397 * Updated Hungarian translation.
398 (`#1067 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1067>`_)
402 * The `share/appdata` AppStream data was renamed to `share/metainfo`
403 in accordance with `AppStream standard changes from 2016
404 <https://github.com/ximion/appstream/blob/master/NEWS#L1363>`_.
405 (`#1079 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1079>`_)
407 * The ``cola`` modules are now installed into the Python ``site-packages``
408 directory by default. This allows distributions to package ``git-cola`` for
409 multiple versions of Python. See the PACKAGING NOTES section in the README
410 for details about suppressing the installation of the private
411 ``share/git-cola/lib/cola`` modules when building cola.
412 (`#181 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/181>`_)
414 * Git Cola's rebase / sequence editor, formerly known as ``git-xbase`` and
415 installed as ``share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase``, has been renamed to
416 ``git-cola-sequence-editor`` and is now installed into the default
417 ``bin/git-cola-sequence-editor`` executable location to enable external
418 reuse of this general-purpose tool.
420 * A workaround used by the pynsist installer preamble script was obsoleted by
421 `takluyver/pynsist#149 <https://github.com/takluyver/pynsist/pull/149>`_
422 and has now been removed.
423 (`#1073 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1073>`_)
427 * `git dag` now uses integer widths when initializing its brushes.
428 (`#1080 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1080>`_)
436 Usability, bells and whistles
437 -----------------------------
438 * The ``git-xbase`` rebase editor now includes a file list for filtering
439 the changes displayed in the diff view.
440 (`#1051 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1051>`_)
442 * The fallback `ssh-askpass` script, which provides the Username/Password
443 login dialog when performing remote operations, previously presented both
444 the username and password input fields with ``***`` asterisks.
445 The dialog now uses asterisks for the password field only.
446 (`#1026 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1026>`_)
448 * Stashes can now be applied using the `Ctrl + Enter` hotkey, popped with the
449 `Ctrl + Backspace` hotkey, and dropped with the `Ctrl + Shift + Backspace`
450 hotkey when inside the stash dialog. This enables a keyboard-centric
451 mouse-free workflow when using the stash dialog.
453 * When amending a commit, `git cola` will check whether the commit has been
454 published to a remote branch using ``git branch -r --contains HEAD``.
455 This command can be slow when operating on a repository with many
456 remote branches. The new `cola.checkpublishedcommits` configuration
457 variable allows you to opt-out of this check, which improves performance
458 when amending a commit. The settings widget exposes this variable as,
459 "Check Published Commits when Amending".
460 (`#1021 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1021>`_)
461 (`#1027 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1027>`_)
465 * Updated Polish translation.
466 (`#1033 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1033>`_)
470 * ``git-dag.appdata.xml`` was updated to allow network access for author icons.
471 (`#1050 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1050>`_)
473 * The inotify filesystem monitor now handles
474 `OSError: [Errno 24] Too many open files` errors by disabling inotify.
475 (`#1015 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1015>`_)
477 * Typos in various documentation files have been fixed.
478 (`#1025 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1025>`_)
480 * The "Recent Repositories" limit was off by one, and now correctly
481 remembers the configured number of repositories in the menu.
482 (`#1024 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1024>`_)
484 * The "revert" action in the DAG and other tools now uses
485 ``git revert --no-edit``, which avoids launching an editor
486 when reverting the commit. Use `Ctrl+m` in the commit message
487 editor after reverting a commit to rewrite its commit message.
488 (`#1020 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1020>`_)
496 Usability, bells and whistles
497 -----------------------------
498 * The remote editor is much faster since it no longer queries
499 remotes, and uses the cached information instead.
500 (`#986 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/986>`_)
502 * Commit message templates can now be loaded automatically by setting
503 ``git config cola.autoloadcommittemplate true``.
504 (`#1013 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1013>`_)
505 (`#735 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/735>`_)
507 * The UI layout can now be reset back to its initial state by selecting
508 the "Reset Layout" action. This reverts the layout to the same state
509 as when the app first launched.
510 (`#1008 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1008>`_)
511 (`#994 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/994>`_)
513 * Files can now be ignored in either the project's `.gitignore`, or in the
514 repository's private local `.git/info/exclude` ignore file.
515 (`#1006 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1006>`_)
516 (`#1000 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1000>`_)
518 * New remotes are now selected when they are added in the "Edit Remotes" tool.
519 (`#1002 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1002>`_)
521 * The "Recent" repositories list is now saved to disk when opening a
522 repository. Previously, this list was only updated when exiting the app.
523 (`#1001 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1001>`_)
525 * The bookmarks tool now has a "Delete" option in its right-click menu.
526 (`#999 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/999>`_)
528 * The current repository is no longer listed in the "File/Open Recent" menu.
529 (`#998 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/998>`_)
533 * Updated Hungarian translation.
534 (`#1005 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1005>`_)
535 (`#1018 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1018>`_)
537 * Updated Turkish translation.
538 (`#1003 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1003>`_)
539 (`#1011 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1011>`_)
543 * Better support for Python 3.8's line buffering modes.
544 (`#1014 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1014>`_)
546 * The default `ssh-askpass` script now uses a more generic `#!` shebang line.
547 (`#1012 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1012>`_)
549 * Fetch, push, and pull operations will now refresh the model and display when
551 (`#996 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/996>`_)
553 * The branches widget now refreshes its display when changing branches.
554 (`#992 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/992>`_)
558 * The `share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase` script will now have its `#!` lines
559 updated during installation.
560 (`#991 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/991>`_)
564 * The unit tests were made more platform-independent.
565 (`#993 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/993>`_)
573 Usability, bells and whistles
574 -----------------------------
575 * Auto-completion for filenames can now be disabled. This speeds up
576 revision completion when working in large repositories with many files.
577 (`#981 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/981>`_)
579 * The Stash dialog now shows the stash date as a tooltip when hovering
580 over a stashed change.
581 (`#982 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/982>`_)
583 * Qt HiDPI settings are overridden by the `git cola` HiDPI appearance settings.
584 These overrides can now be disabled by selecting the "Disable" mode.
585 This allows users to control Qt's HiDPI settings through environment
586 variables. Additionally, the "Auto" mode now detects the presence of
587 the Qt HiDPI variables and no longer overrides them when the user has
588 configured their environment explicitly.
589 (`#963 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/963>`_)
591 * Confirmation dialogs can now focus buttons using the Tab key.
592 Previously, the "Y" and "N" keys could be used to confirm or deny
593 using the keyboard, but "Tab" is more familiar.
594 (`#965 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/965>`_)
596 * Error dialogs (for example, when a commit hook fails) will now always
597 show the details. The details were previously hidden behind a toggle.
598 (`#968 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/968>`_)
602 * Updated Japanese translation.
603 (`#973 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/973>`_)
604 (`#974 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/974>`_)
606 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
607 (`#950 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/950>`_)
611 * The filesystem monitor no longer logs that it has been enabled after the
612 inotify watch limit is reached on Linux.
613 (`#984 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/984>`_)
615 * Better unicode robustness.
616 (`#990 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/990>`_)
617 (`#910 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/991>`_)
619 * The "Branches" widget did not always update itself when deleting branches
620 (for example, when inotify is disabled or unavailable).
621 (`#978 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/978>`_)
623 * Non-ascii unicode byte strings are more robustly handled by the log widget.
624 (`#977 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/977>`_)
626 * Non-unicode results from the `gettext` library are more robustly handled.
627 (`#969 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/969>`_)
629 * Launching `git cola` from within a directory that has since been deleted
630 would previously result in a traceback, and is now robustly handled.
631 (`#961 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/961>`_)
635 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.9`.
643 Usability, bells and whistles
644 -----------------------------
645 * The file browser now includes "Blame" in its context menu.
646 (`#953 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/953>`_)
648 * The "Push" action now uses "git push --force-with-lease" when using
649 the "Force" option with Git v1.8.5 and newer.
650 (`#946 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/946>`_)
652 * Updated German translation.
653 (`#936 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/936>`_)
655 * The `Status` widget learned to optionally display file counts in its
656 category headers, and indent the files displayed in each category.
657 (`#931 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/931>`_)
659 * The `Branches` widget can now sort branches by their most recent commit.
660 (`#930 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/930>`_)
662 * `git cola` now includes configurable GUI themes that can be used to style
663 the user interface. Enable the new themes by configuring `cola.theme`
664 in the preferences window. See the
665 `cola.theme documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#cola-theme>`_
666 for more details. (`#924 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/924>`_)
668 * `git cola` now has built-in support for HiDPI displays by enabling
669 Qt's 5.6's `QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR` feature.
670 (`#938 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/938>`_)
672 * `git cola` now uses HiDPI pixmaps when rendering icons, and the builtin
673 icons have been updated to look sharp when displayed in HiDPI.
674 (`#932 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/932>`_)
678 * `git cola`'s "Revert Unstaged Edits" previously checked out from "HEAD^",
679 when in "Amend" mode, and removing staged changes. This behavior has been
680 changed to always checkout from the index, which avoids data loss.
681 (`#947 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/947>`_)
683 * `git cola` has been updated to work with newer versions of `gnome-terminal`
684 and no longer shell-quotes its arguments when launching `gnome-terminal`.
685 The `cola.terminalshellquote` configuration variable can be set to `true` to
686 get the old behavior, or to handle other terminals that take the command to run
687 as a single string instead of as arguments to `execv()`.
688 (`#935 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/935>`_)
690 * `git dag` now properly handles arbitrary input on Python3.
691 Previously, an exception would be raised when entering `--grep=xxx` where
692 `xxx` is a quoted string with a missing end-quote.
693 (`#941 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/941>`_)
697 * The contribution guidelines for contributors has been updated to mention
698 how to regenerate the `*.mo` message files.
699 (`#934 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/934>`_)
707 Usability, bells and whistles
708 -----------------------------
709 * `git dag` improved how it renders parent commits.
710 (`#921 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/921>`_)
712 * The `Branches` widget now checks out branches when double-clicked.
713 (`#920 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/920>`_)
715 * The new `Submodules` widget makes it easy to interact with submodules.
716 Additionally, submodules can now be updated using the `Status` widget.
717 (`#916 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/916>`_)
719 * Updated Japanese translation.
720 (`#914 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/914>`_)
722 * The "Open Terminal" action now launches a Git Bash shell on Windows.
723 (`#913 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/913>`_)
725 * New menu actions for updating all submodules.
726 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
728 * The status widget can now update submodules.
729 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
731 * The "Apply Patch" `git cola am` dialog now includes a diff viewer
732 to display the contents of the selected patch.
734 * The "Alt+D" diffstat hotkey now selects the staged/modified/etc.
735 header in the Status widget, which shows the totality of everything
736 that will be committed.
737 (`#771 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/771>`_)
739 * Running "Launch Editor" from the diff editor now opens the editor at the
741 (`#898 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/898>`_)
743 * The textwidth and tabwidth configuration values can now be set
744 per-repository, rather than globally only.
746 * Text entry widgets switched to using a block cursor in `v3.2`.
747 This has been reverted to the original line cursor for consistency
748 with other applications and user expectations.
749 (`#889 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/889>`_)
751 * The "edit at line" feature, used by the "Grep" tool, now supports
752 the Sublime text editor.
753 (`#894 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/894>`_)
757 * Launching external programs has been improved on Windows.
758 (`#925 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/925>`_)
760 * Improve compatibility when using PySide2.
761 (`#912 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/912>`_)
763 * The Diff Editor was not honoring the configured tab width on startup.
764 (`#900 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/900>`_)
766 * The "Delete Files" feature was creating an unreadable display when
767 many files were selected. Word-wrap the list of files so that the
768 display stays within a sensible size.
769 (`#895 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/895>`_)
771 * Spelling and grammar fixes.
772 (`#915 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/915>`_)
773 (`#891 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/891>`_)
777 * The logo was run through `tidy` to give it a consistent style.
778 Some technical issues with the logo were improved.
779 (`#877 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/877>`_)
781 * The entire codebase is now checked by `flake8`, rather than just
782 the module and test directories. This catches things like
783 the pynsist installer scripts.
784 (`#884 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/884>`_)
785 (`#882 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/882>`_)
786 (`#879 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/879>`_)
790 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.6`.
792 * The Windows installer's wrapper scripts were missing an import.
793 (`#878 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/878>`_)
801 Usability, bells and whistles
802 -----------------------------
803 * The `git cola dag` DAG window now supports `git revert`.
804 (`#843 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/843>`_)
806 * `git stash pop` is now supported by the stash dialog.
807 (`#844 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/844>`_)
809 * The status widget now ensures that each item is visible when selection
810 changes. Previously, if you scrolled to the right to see the name of
811 a long filename, and then selected a short filename above it, the widget
812 may not have shown the short filename in the viewport. We now ensure
813 that the filenames are visible when the selection changes.
814 (`#828 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/828>`_)
816 * The `git xbase` rebase editor no longer displays an error when
817 cancelling an interactive rebase.
818 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
820 * The dialog shown when renaming remotes has been simplified.
821 (`#840 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/840>`_)
822 (`#838 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/838>`_)
824 * The help dialog in the `git-xbase` Rebase editor is now scrollable.
825 (`#855 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/855>`_)
829 * Updated Brazilian translation.
830 (`#845 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/845>`_)
832 * Updated Czech translation.
833 (`#854 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/854>`_)
834 (`#853 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/853>`_)
835 (`#835 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/835>`_)
836 (`#813 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/813>`_)
838 * Update Spanish translation.
839 (`#862 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/862>`_)
840 (`#867 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/867>`_)
844 * The original `#!/usr/bin/env python` shebang lines can now be
845 retained by passing `USE_ENV_PYTHON=1` to `make` when installing.
846 (`#850 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/850>`_)
848 * The Makefile is now resilient to DESTDIR and prefix containing whitespace.
849 (`#858 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/858>`_)
851 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.4.2`.
853 * `python3-distutils` is needed to build cola on Debian.
854 (`#837 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/837>`_)
858 * The "C" key no longer closes the message dialogs, for example the
859 one that is shown when a commit fails its pre-commit hooks.
860 This allows "Ctrl+C" copy to work, rather than closing the dialog.
861 (`#734 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/734>`_)
863 * Dock widgets sizes are now properly saved and restored when the main
865 (`#848 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/848>`_)
867 * The spellcheck feature was broken under Python3.
868 (`#857 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/857>`_)
870 * A regression when saving stashes was fixed.
871 (`#847 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/847>`_)
873 * Diffing image files was not updating the available context menus,
874 which prevented the "Stage" action from being present in the menu.
875 (`#841 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/841>`_)
877 * `git cola` now detects when `git lfs uninstall` has been run. This allows
878 you to re-initialize "Git LFS" in an existing repository where it had been
879 previously uninstalled.
880 (`#842 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/842>`_)
882 * Custom color values that did not contain any hexadecimal digits in the
883 `a-f` range were being converted into integers by the config reader. This
884 then caused the configured colors to be ignored.
886 These color values are now interpreted correctly. Additionally, color
887 values can now use an optional HTML-like `#` prefix.
889 Example `.gitconfig` snippet::
894 (`#836 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/836>`_)
895 (`#849 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/849>`_)
897 * We now display an error message graphically when `Git` is not installed.
898 Previously, the message went to stderr only.
899 (`#830 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/830>`_)
901 * Changing diff options was causing resulting in an exception.
902 (`#833 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/833>`_)
903 (`#834 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/834>`_)
905 * The DAG window now updates itself when branches and tags are created.
906 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
908 * The user's `$PATH` environment variable can now contain utf-8
909 encoded paths. Previously, launching external commands could
911 (`#807 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/807>`_)
913 * Git Cola development sandboxes can now be stored on utf-8 encoded
914 filesystem paths. Previously, the interactive rebase feature
915 could be broken when running in that environment.
916 (`#825 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/825>`_)
918 * The log window now uses an ISO-8601 timestamp, which
919 avoids localized output in the log window.
920 (`#817 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/817>`_)
924 * The code base has been thoroughly sanitized using `pylint`, and
925 travis is now running pylint over the entire project.
927 * Miscellaneous improvements and code improvements.
928 (`#874 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/874>`_)
936 Usability, bells and whistles
937 -----------------------------
938 * The "Browser" widget learned to rename files using "git mv".
939 (`#239 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/239>`_)
941 * The "Diff" widget learned to diff images. Side-by-side and pixel diff
942 modes allow you to inspect changes to common images formats.
943 (`#444 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/444>`_)
944 (`#803 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/803>`_)
946 * Git LFS and Git Annex are natively supported by the image diff viewer.
948 * Git Annex operations are now included. `git annex init` can be performed on
949 repositories, and `git annex add` can be run on untracked files from the
950 status widget. Install `git-annex` to activate this feature.
952 * Git LFS operations are now included. `git lfs install` can be performed on
953 repositories, and `git lfs track` can be run on untracked files from the
954 status widget. Install `git-lfs` to activate this feature.
956 * The "Stash" tool learned to stash staged changes only. Select the
957 "Stage Index" option and only staged changes will be stashed away.
958 (`#413 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/413>`_)
960 * The "Stash" tool learned to use vim-like navigation keyboard shortcuts,
961 shows error messages when things go wrong, and now saves the "Stash Index"
962 and "Keep Index" options across sessions.
964 * The Edit menu's "Copy" and "Select All" actions now forward to either the
965 diff, status, recent, or favorites widgets, based on which widget has focus.
967 * The "File" and "Edit" menu can now be activated using `Alt-{f,e}` hotkeys.
968 (`#759 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/759>`_)
970 * It was easy to accidentally trigger the first action in the `Status` tool's
971 context menu when using a quick right-click to bring up the menu.
972 A short sub-second delay was added to ensure that the top-most action is not
973 triggered unless enough time has passed. This prevents accidental
974 activation of the first item (typically "Stage" or "Unstage") without
975 burdening common use cases.
976 (`#755 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/755>`_)
977 (`#643 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/643>`_)
979 * The "Ctrl+S" hotkey now works for the header items in the Status tool.
980 Selected the "Modified" header item and activating the "Stage" hotkey,
981 for example, will stage all modified files. This works for the "Staged",
982 "Modified", and "Untracked" headers. This is not enabled for the
983 "Unmerged" header by design.
984 (`#772 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/772>`_)
986 * The list of "Recent" repositories previously capped the number of
987 repositories shown to 8 repositories. This can be set to a higher
988 value by setting the `cola.maxrecent` configuration variable.
989 (`#752 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/752>`_)
991 * The "Create Branch" dialog now prevents invalid branch names.
992 (`#765 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/765>`_)
994 * Updated Turkish translation.
995 (`#756 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/756>`_)
997 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
998 (`#753 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/753>`_)
1000 * Updated German translation.
1001 (`#802 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/802>`_)
1003 * Updated Czech translation
1004 (`#792 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/792>`_)
1005 (`#806 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/806>`_)
1007 * The window title can be configured to not display the absolute path of the
1009 (`#775 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/775>`_)
1011 * The "Edit Remotes" editor learned to edit remote URLS.
1013 * Bare repositories can now be created by selecting the
1014 "New Bare Repository..." action from the `File` menu.
1016 * The "Branches" widget learned to configure upstream branches.
1018 * A new `git cola clone` sub-command was added for cloning repositories.
1022 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.3.1`.
1024 * The macOS installation was made simpler for better compatibility with
1026 (`#636 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/636>`_)
1028 * The Windows installer is now much simpler. Git Cola now bundles
1029 Python and PyQt5, so users need only install the "Git for Windows"
1030 and "Git Cola" installers to get things working.
1034 * Uninitialized difftool errors will now be displayed graphically.
1035 They were previously going to the shell.
1036 (`#457 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/457>`_)
1038 * Translations marked "fuzzy" will no longer be used when translating strings.
1039 (`#782 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/782>`_)
1041 * Deleted unmerged files will now correctly use a deleted icon.
1042 (`#479 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/479>`_)
1044 * The `Ctrl+C` "Copy" hotkey on the diff viewer has been fixed.
1045 (`#767 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/767>`_)
1047 * The "Create Tag" dialog did not correctly handle the case when a signed
1048 tag is requested, but no message is provided, and the user chooses to
1049 create an unannotated tag instead. This convenience fallback will now
1050 properly create an unsigned, unannotated tag.
1051 (`#696 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/696>`_)
1053 * `.gitconfig` and `.git/config` values editable by the Preferences dialog
1054 (aka `git cola config`) will now get unset when set to an empty value.
1055 For example, setting a different `user.email` in the current repository,
1056 followed by a subsequent emptying of that field, would previously result in
1057 an empty string getting stored in the config. This has been fixed so that
1058 the value will now get unset in the config instead.
1059 (`#406 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/406>`_)
1061 * Spelling and typofixes.
1062 (`#748 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/748>`_)
1064 * `core.commentChar` is now honored when set in the local repository
1066 (`#766 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/766>`_)
1068 * The log window was using a format string that did not display
1069 correctly in all locales. A locale-aware format is now used.
1070 (`#800 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/800>`_)
1072 * The dialog displayed when prompting for a reference could sometimes
1074 (`#804 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/804>`_)
1082 Usability, bells and whistles
1083 -----------------------------
1084 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
1085 (`#726 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/726>`_)
1087 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
1088 (`#723 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/723>`_)
1090 * New Czech translation.
1091 (`#736 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/736>`_)
1092 (`#737 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/737>`_)
1093 (`#740 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/740>`_)
1094 (`#743 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/743>`_)
1096 * The "name" field in the "Create Tag" dialog now includes autocompletion,
1097 which makes it easy to see which tags currently exist.
1099 * `git cola` now has configurable toolbars. Use the `View -> Add toolbar`
1100 menu item to add a toolbar.
1102 * Setting `cola.expandtab` to `true` will now expand tabs into spaces
1103 in the commit message editor. The number of spaces to insert is determined
1104 by consulting `cola.tabwidth`, which defaults to `8`.
1106 * The "Copy SHA-1" hotkey is now `Alt + Ctrl + C`, to avoid clobbering the
1107 ability to copy text from the DAG window.
1108 (`#705 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/705>`_)
1110 * The "Prepare Commit Message" action can now be invoked via the
1111 `Ctrl+Shift+Return` shortcut.
1112 (`#707 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/707>`_)
1114 * The `Branches` pane now has a filter field that highlights branches whose
1115 names match the string entered into its text field.
1116 (`#713 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/713>`_)
1118 * Actions that are triggered in response to button presses were being
1119 triggered when the button was pressed, rather than when it was released,
1120 which was a usability flaw. All buttons now respond when clicked
1121 rather than when pressed.
1122 (`#715 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/715>`_)
1124 * The DAG window will now only refresh when object IDs change.
1125 Previously, the DAG would redraw itself in response to inotify events,
1126 such as filesystem operations, which was disruptive when inspecting a large
1127 diff in its diff viewer. The DAG will now only redraw when the object IDs
1128 corresponding to its query input changes. Furthermore, when redrawing, the
1129 scrollbar positions are retained to minimize disruption to the viewport
1131 (`#620 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/620>`_)
1132 (`#724 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/724>`_)
1134 * The "About" dialog now includes the SHA-1 where Git Cola was built.
1135 (`#530 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/530>`_)
1137 * The "Status" widget now has "Copy Leading Path to Clipboard" and
1138 "Copy Basename to Clipboard" actions.
1139 (`#435 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/435>`_)
1140 (`#436 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/436>`_)
1142 * The "Status" widget now supports custom "Copy ... to Clipboard" actions.
1143 (`#437 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/437>`_)
1145 * The main menu now has an "Edit" menu.
1146 (`#725 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/725>`_)
1148 * `git dag` learned to checkout commits into a detached HEAD state.
1149 (`#698 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/698>`_)
1151 * The `status` widget's context menus now omit actions selection-dependent
1152 actions when no file is selected.
1153 (`#731 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/731>`_)
1155 * The startup dialog now focuses the repository list so that repositories
1156 can be selected with the keyboard without mouse intervention.
1157 (`#741 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/741>`_)
1161 * `git dag` now prevents nodes from overlapping in more situations.
1162 (`#689 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/689>`_)
1164 * Adding untracked Git submodule repo directories previously ran
1165 `git add submodule/` but we now call `git add submodule` without
1166 the trailing slash (`/`) to avoid staging files that belong to the
1167 submodule (which is possibly a `git` bug). By working around the
1168 buggy behavior we allow users to recover by issuing the appropriate
1169 `git submodule add` command to properly register the submodule.
1170 (`#681 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/681>`_)
1172 * We now avoid `git for-each-ref --sort=version:refname` on versions
1173 of `git` older than `v2.7.0`. Previously we only avoided it for
1174 versions older than `v2.0.0`, which was a mistake.
1175 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
1177 * The error message displayed when `git` is not installed has been fixed.
1178 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
1180 * Adding new remotes was silently broken.
1181 (`#684 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/684>`_)
1182 (`#685 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/685>`_)
1184 * The repo selection dialog had errors during startup when the
1185 `cola.refreshonfocus` feature was enabled, as reported on Ubuntu 16.04.
1186 (`#690 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/690>`_)
1188 * Restored support for PyQt 4.6 (Centos 6.8)
1189 (`#692 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/692>`_)
1191 * Switching repositories now resets the "Amend Mode" and other settings
1193 (`#710 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/710>`_)
1195 * `git rebase` error messages now displayed when rebasing fails or stops
1196 via the standalone `git cola rebase` front-end.
1197 (`#721 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/721>`_)
1199 * `git cola` learned to stage broken symlinks.
1200 (`#727 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/727>`_)
1202 * The "View History" feature in the `Browser` tool was fixed, and now
1203 disambiguates between refs and paths.
1204 (`#732 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/732>`_)
1206 * The diff editor now has better support for files with CRLF `\r\n`
1208 (`#730 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/730>`_)
1210 * `cola.inotify` in a repo-local config is now honored
1211 when `git cola` is launched from a desktop entry (`git cola --prompt`).
1212 (`#695 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/695>`_)
1220 Usability, bells and whistles
1221 -----------------------------
1222 * New Ukrainian translation.
1223 (`#670 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/670>`_)
1224 (`#672 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/672>`_)
1226 * New and improved French translations.
1228 * The new `Branches` widget makes it easier to checkout, merge, push,
1229 and pull branches from a single interface.
1231 * `git cola` now includes a dark icon theme. The dark icon theme can be
1232 activated either by setting the `GIT_COLA_ICON_THEME` environment variable
1233 to `dark`, by configuring `cola.icontheme` to `dark`, or by specifying
1234 `--icon-theme=dark` on the command line.
1235 (`#638 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/638>`_)
1237 * Autocompletion was added to the `Fetch`, `Push`, and `Pull` dialogs.
1239 * The commit message editor now remembers the "Spellcheck" setting
1241 (`#645 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/645>`_)
1243 * `git dag` now uses an improved algorithm for laying out the graph,
1244 which avoids collisions under certain graph configurations, and
1245 avoids overlapping tag with commits.
1246 (`#648 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/648>`_)
1247 (`#651 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/651>`_)
1248 (`#654 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/654>`_)
1249 (`#656 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/656>`_)
1250 (`#659 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/659>`_)
1252 * `git dag` now remembers its column sizes across sessions.
1253 (`#674 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/674>`_)
1255 * `Grep` now shows a preview of the selected file's content in a split window
1256 below the grep results.
1258 * `Grep` now includes line numbers in the preview pane's output.
1260 * `Edit Remotes` now remembers its window settings after exiting.
1262 * `Diff` now has an option to display line numbers in the editor.
1263 (`#136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/136>`_)
1265 * `Amend Last Commit` can now be triggered via the `Commit` menu in addition
1266 to the commit message editor's options.
1267 (`#640 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/640>`_)
1269 * The `File Browser` tool was made much faster and can now operate on
1270 much larger repositories.
1271 (`#499 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/499>`_)
1273 * A new "turbo" mode was added that allows you to opt-out of operations
1274 that can slow `git cola` on large repositories. The turbo mode is
1275 enabled by configuring `git config cola.turbo true`. Turbo mode
1276 disables the background loading of Git commit messages and other
1277 details in the `File Browser` widget.
1279 * A new GitIgnore dialog allows adding custom gitignore patterns.
1280 (`#653 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/653>`_)
1282 * The spellchecker in `git cola` can now use an additional dictionary
1283 by configuring `cola.dictionary` to the path to a file containing
1284 a newline-separated list of words.
1285 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
1287 * The stash, export patches, diff, and gitignore dialogs now remember
1290 * A new `git cola recent` sub-command was added for finding recently
1293 * The `Fetch` dialog now allows pruning remote branches.
1294 (`#639 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/639>`_)
1295 (`#680 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/680>`_)
1299 * `git cola`'s spellchecker now supports the new `dict-common` filesystem
1300 layout, and prefers the `/usr/share/dict/cracklib-small` file over the
1301 `/usr/share/dict/words` provided on older distributions.
1302 This makes the spellchecker compatible with Arch, which does not provide
1303 a `words` symlink like Debian.
1304 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
1306 * Properly handle the case where an existing file is untracked using
1309 * Fix a quirk where the "Create Branch" dialog sometimes required clicking
1310 twice on the radio buttons.
1311 (`#662 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/662>`_)
1313 * Fixed a focus issue to ensure that "Push", "Fetch", and "Pull" can
1314 be executed with the press of a single enter key after being shown.
1315 (`#661 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/661>`_)
1317 * Committing is now allowed in when resolving a merge results in no
1318 changes. This state was previously prevented by the commit message editor,
1319 which prevented users from resolving merges that result in no changes.
1320 (`#679 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/679>`_)
1322 * The filesystem monitor would sometimes emit backtraces when directories
1323 are modified. This has been fixed.
1324 (`bz #1438522 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1438522>`_)
1326 * Absolute paths are now returned when querying for `.git`-relative paths
1327 from within a submodule, which uses `.git`-files.
1328 This fixes launching `git cola` from within a subdirectory of a submodule.
1329 (`#675 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/675>`_)
1337 Usability, bells and whistles
1338 -----------------------------
1339 * `git cola` can now invoke the `.git/hooks/cola-prepare-commit-msg`
1340 hook to update the commit message. This hook takes the same parameters
1341 as Git's `prepare-commit-message` hook. The default path to this hook
1342 can be overridden by setting the `cola.prepareCommitMessageHook`
1343 configuration variable.
1344 (`Documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#prepare-commit-message>`_)
1346 * `git cola diff` (and the corresponding `Diff` menu actions) can now
1347 launch difftool with the standard `Ctrl+D` hotkey. The `Ctrl+E` hotkey was
1348 also added for launching an editor.
1350 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
1354 * `git cola` now works when installed in non-ascii, utf8-encoded paths.
1355 (`#629 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/629>`_)
1357 * Styling issues that caused black backgrounds in various widgets when using
1358 PyQ5 on Mac OS X have been fixed.
1359 (`#624 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/624>`_)
1361 * The "Open Recent" menu action was broken and has been fixed.
1362 (`#634 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/634>`_)
1364 * Exiting `git cola` with a maximized main window would hang when reopened
1366 (`#641 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/641>`_)
1370 * `appdata.xml` files are now provided at
1371 `share/appdata/git-cola.xml` and `share/appdata/git-dag.xml`
1372 for use by the Linux software gallery.
1373 (`#627 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/627>`_)
1374 (`Appdata <https://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appdata/>`_)
1384 * The "Open Recent" menu was updated to new bookmarks format.
1385 (`#628 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/628>`_)
1393 Usability, bells and whistles
1394 -----------------------------
1395 * New Polish translation thanks to Łukasz Wojniłowicz
1396 (`#598 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/598>`_)
1398 * The `Bypass Commit Hooks` feature now disables itself automatically
1399 when a new commit is created. The new behavior turns the option into a
1400 single-use flag, which helps prevent users from accidentally leaving it
1401 active longer than intended.
1402 (`#595 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/595>`_)
1404 * `git dag` learned to launch an external diff viewer on selected commits.
1405 The standard `Ctrl+D` shortcut can be used to view diffs.
1406 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1408 * `git dag` learned to launch directory diffs via `git difftool --dir-diff`.
1409 The `Ctrl+Shift+D` shortcut launches difftool in directory-diff mode.
1410 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1412 * Items in the "Favorites" list can now be renamed, which makes it
1413 easier to differentiate between several checkouts of the same repository.
1414 (`#599 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/599>`_)
1415 (`#601 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/601>`_)
1417 * The startup screen now includes a logo and `git cola` version information.
1418 (`#526 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/526>`_)
1420 * The `About` page was revamped to contain multiple tabs. A new tab was added
1421 that provides details about `git cola`''s dependencies. New tabs were also
1422 added for giving credit to `git cola`'s authors and translators.
1424 * The `About` page can now be accessed via `git cola about`.
1426 * The "Fast-forward only" and "No fast-forward" options supported by
1427 `git pull` are now accessible via `git cola pull`.
1429 * Doing a forced push no longer requires selecting the remote branch.
1430 (`#618 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/618>`_)
1432 * `git cola push` now has an option to suppress the prompt that is shown
1433 when pushing would create new remote branches.
1434 (`#605 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/605>`_)
1436 * `git dag` now shows commit messages in a more readable color.
1437 (`#574 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/574>`_)
1439 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch the OS-specified
1440 default action for a file. When used on directories via `git cola browse`,
1441 or when "Open Parent Directory" is used on files, the OS-specified
1442 file browser will typically be used.
1444 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch terminals.
1448 * `git cola browse` was not updating when expanding items.
1449 (`#588 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/588>`_)
1451 * Typofixes in comments, naming, and strings have been applied.
1452 (`#593 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/593>`_)
1454 * The inotify and win32 filesystem monitoring no longer refreshes
1455 when updates are made to ignored files.
1456 (`#517 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/517>`_)
1457 (`#516 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/516>`_)
1459 * The `Refresh` button on the actions panel no longer raises an
1460 exception when using PyQt5.
1461 (`#604 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/604>`_)
1463 * Fixed a typo in the inotify backend that is triggered when files are removed.
1464 (`#607 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/607>`_)
1466 * Fixed a typo when recovering from a failed attempt to open a repository.
1467 (`#606 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/606>`_)
1469 * `git dag` now properly updates itself when launched from the menubar.
1470 (`#613 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/613>`_)
1472 * If git-cola is invoked on Windows using `start pythonw git-cola`,
1473 a console window will briefly flash on the screen each time
1474 `git cola` invokes `git`. The console window is now suppressed.
1476 * We now avoid some problematic Popen flags on Windows which were
1477 breaking the `git rebase` feature on Windows.
1479 * The `Save` button in `git dag`'s "Grab File..." feature now properly
1480 prompts for a filename when saving files.
1481 (`#617 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/617>`_)
1485 * The `qtpy` symlink in the source tree has been removed to allow for easier
1486 development on Windows.
1487 (`#626 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/626>`_)
1495 Usability, bells and whistles
1496 -----------------------------
1497 * `git cola push` learned to configure upstream branches.
1498 (`#563 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/563>`_)
1502 * The diffstat view is now properly updated when notifications are
1503 received via inotify filesystem monitoring.
1504 (`#577 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/577>`_)
1506 * Python3 with PyQt5 had a bug that prevented `git cola` from starting.
1507 (`#589 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/589>`_)
1518 * When repositories stored in non-ASCII, UTF-8-encoded filesystem paths
1519 were operated upon with `LC_ALL=C` set in the environment, unicode errors
1520 would occur when using `python2`. `git cola` was made more robust and will
1521 now operate correctly within this environment.
1522 (`#581 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/581>`_)
1524 * Support for the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment variable was fixed.
1525 (`#582 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/582>`_)
1530 * The `unittest.mock` module is now used instead of the original `mock` module
1531 when running the `git cola` test suite using Python3.
1532 (`#569 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/569>`_)
1537 * `git cola` is now compatible with *PyQt5*, *PyQt4*, and *Pyside*.
1538 `git cola` previously supported *PyQt4* only, but will now use whichever
1539 library is available. Users are not required to upgrade at this time,
1540 but *PyQt5* support can be enabled anytime by making its python
1542 (`#232 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/232>`_)
1544 *NOTE*: We do not yet recommend using *PyQt5* because there are known
1545 exit-on-segfault bugs in *Qt5* that have not yet been addressed.
1546 `git cola` is sensitive to this bug and is known to crash on exit
1547 when using `git dag` or the interactive rebase feature on *PyQt5*.
1549 https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-52988
1551 *PyQt4* is stable and there are no known issues when using it so
1552 we recommend using it until the Qt5 bugs have been resolved.
1554 * `git cola` now depends on *QtPy* and includes a bundled copy of the
1555 `qtpy` library. If you are packaging `git cola` and would prefer to use
1556 `qtpy` from your distribution instead of the built-in version then use
1557 `make NO_VENDOR_LIBS=1` when building `git cola`. This will prevent
1558 vendored libraries from being installed.
1566 Usability, bells and whistles
1567 -----------------------------
1569 * A new "Reset" sub-menu provides access to running "git reset --mixed"
1570 when resetting branch heads and "git reset --merge" when resetting
1572 (`#542 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/542>`_)
1574 * `git cola` now supports linked worktrees, i.e. worktrees created by
1576 (`#554 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/554>`_)
1581 * Diff highlighting is now robust to the user having
1582 diff.supressBlankEmpty=true in their git config.
1583 (`#541 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/541>`_)
1585 * The filesystem monitor now properly handles repositories that use
1586 `.git`-files, e.g. when using submodules.
1587 (`#545 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/545>`_)
1588 (`#546 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pulls/546>`_)
1590 * Per-repository git configuration is now properly detected when launching
1591 `git cola` from an application launcher.
1592 (`#548 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/548>`_)
1594 * `git cola` now cleans up after itself immediately to avoid leaving behind
1595 empty `/tmp/git-cola-XXXXXX` directories when the user uses `Ctrl+C`
1597 (`#566 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/566>`_)
1602 * It is now possible to install `git cola` to and from utf8-encoded filesystem
1603 paths. Previously, Python's stdlib would throw an encoding error during
1604 installation. We workaround the stdlib by forcing python2 to use utf-8,
1605 thus fixing assumptions in the stdlib library code.
1606 (`#551 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/551>`_)
1614 Usability, bells and whistles
1615 -----------------------------
1617 * The icon for untracked files was adjusted to better differentiate
1618 between files and the "Untracked" header.
1619 (`#509 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/509>`_)
1621 * Ctrl+O was added as a hotkey for opening repositories.
1622 (`#507 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/507>`_)
1624 * `git dag` now uses consistent edge colors across updates.
1625 (`#512 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/512>`_)
1627 * `git cola`'s Bookmarks widget can now be used to set a "Default Repository".
1628 Under the hood, we set the `cola.defaultrepo` configuration variable.
1629 The default repository is used whenever `git cola` is launched outside of
1630 a Git repository. When unset, or when set to a bogus value, `git cola`
1631 will prompt for a repository, as it previously did.
1632 (`#513 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/513>`_)
1634 * `git cola`'s Russian and Spanish translations were improved
1635 thanks to Vaiz and Zeioth.
1636 (`#514 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/514>`_)
1637 (`#515 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/515>`_)
1638 (`#523 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/523>`_)
1640 * `git cola` was translated to Turkish thanks to Barış ÇELİK.
1641 (`#520 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/520>`_)
1643 * The status view now supports launching `git gui blame`. It can be
1644 configured to use a different command by setting `cola.blameviewer`.
1645 (`#521 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/521>`_)
1647 * `git dag` now allows selecting non-contiguous ranges in the log widget.
1648 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1650 * Any font can now be chosen for the diff editor, not just monospace fonts.
1651 (`#525 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/525>`_)
1656 * `xfce4-terminal` and `gnome-terminal` are now supported when launching
1657 `git mergetool` to resolve merges. These terminals require that the command
1658 to execute is shell-quoted and passed as a single string argument to `-e`
1659 rather than as additional command line arguments.
1660 (`#524 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/524>`_)
1662 * Fixed a unicode problem when formatting the error message that is shown
1663 when `gitk` is not installed. We now handle unicode data in tracebacks
1664 generated by python itself.
1665 (`#528 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/528>`_)
1667 * The `New repository` feature was fixed.
1668 (`#533 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/533>`_)
1670 * We now use omit the extended description when creating "fixup!" commits,
1671 for consistency with the Git CLI. We now include only the one-line summary
1672 in the final commit message.
1673 (`#522 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/522>`_)
1681 Usability, bells and whistles
1682 -----------------------------
1684 * The user interface is now HiDPI-capable. git-cola now uses SVG
1685 icons, and its interface can be scaled by setting the `GIT_COLA_SCALE`
1686 environment variable.
1688 * `git dag` now supports the standard editor, difftool, and history hotkeys.
1689 It is now possible to invoke these actions from file widget's context
1690 menu and through the standard hotkeys.
1691 (`#473 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/473>`_)
1693 * The `Status` tool also learned about the history hotkey.
1694 Additionally, the `Alt-{j,k}` aliases are also supported in the `Status`
1695 tool for consistency with the other tools where the non-Alt hotkeys are not
1697 (`#488 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/488>`_)
1699 * The `File Browser` tool now has better default column sizes,
1700 and remembers its window size and placement.
1702 * The `File Browser` now supports the refresh hotkey, and has better
1703 behavior when refreshing. The selection is now retained, and new and
1704 removed files are found when refreshing.
1706 * A new `git-cola-completion.bash` completion script is provided in the
1707 `contrib/` directory. It must be used alongside Git's completion script.
1708 Source it from your `~/.bashrc` (or `~/.zshrc`, etc) after sourcing
1709 the `git-completion.bash` script and you will have command-line completion
1710 support for the `git cola` and `git dag` sub-commands.
1712 * The "checkout" dialog now offers completion for remote branches and other
1713 git refs. This makes it easier to checkout remote branches in a detached
1714 head state. Additionally, the checkout dialog also offers completion for
1715 remote branches that have not yet been checked out, which makes it easier to
1716 create a local tracking branch by just completing for that potential name.
1717 (`#390 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/390>`_)
1719 * The "create branch" and "create tag" dialogs now save and restore their
1722 * The "status" widget can now be configured to use a bold font with a darker
1723 background for the header items.
1724 (`#506 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/506>`_)
1726 * The "status" widget now remembers its horizontol scrollbar position across
1727 updates. This is helpful when working on projects with long paths.
1728 (`#494 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/494>`_)
1733 * When using *Git for Windows*, a `git` window would appear
1734 when running *Windows 8*. We now pass additional flags to
1735 `subprocess.Popen` to prevent a `git` window from appearing.
1736 (`#477 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/477>`_)
1737 (`#486 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/486>`_)
1739 * Launching difftool with `.PY` in `$PATHEXT` on Windows was fixed.
1740 (`#492 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/492>`_)
1742 * Creating a local branch tracking a remote branch that contains
1743 slashes in its name is now properly handled.
1744 (`#496 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/496>`_)
1746 * The "Browse Other Branch" feature was broken by Python3, and is now fixed.
1747 (`#501 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/501>`_)
1749 * We now avoid `long` for better Python3 compatibility.
1750 (`#502 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/502>`_)
1752 * We now use Git's default merge message when merging branches.
1753 (`#508 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/508>`_)
1755 * Miscellaneous fixes
1756 (`#485 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/485>`_)
1761 * git-cola's documentation no longer uses an intersphinx link mapping
1762 to docs.python.org. This fixes warnings when building rpms using koji,
1763 where network access is prevented.
1765 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231812
1773 Usability, bells and whistles
1774 -----------------------------
1776 * The Interactive Rebase feature now works on Windows!
1777 (`#463 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/463>`_)
1779 * The `diff` editor now understands vim-style `hjkl` navigation hotkeys.
1780 (`#476 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/476>`_)
1782 * `Alt-{j,k}` navigation hotkeys were added to allow changing to the
1783 next/previous file from the diff and commit editors.
1785 * The `Rename branch` menu action is now disabled in empty repositories.
1786 (`#475 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/475>`_)
1787 (`#459 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/459>`_)
1789 * `git cola` now checks unmerged files for conflict markers before
1790 staging them. This feature can be disabled in the preferences.
1791 (`#464 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/464>`_)
1793 * `git dag` now remembers which commits were selected when refreshing
1794 so that it can restore the selection afterwards.
1795 (`#480 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/480>`_)
1797 * "Launch Editor", "Launch Difftool", "Stage/Unstage",
1798 and "Move Up/Down" hotkeys now work when the commit message
1800 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
1802 * The diff editor now supports the `Ctrl+u` hotkey for reverting
1803 diff hunks and selected lines.
1805 * The `core.commentChar` Git configuration value is now honored.
1806 Commit messages and rebase instruction sheets will now use
1807 the configured character for comments. This allows having
1808 commit messages that start with `#` when `core.commentChar`
1809 is configured to its non-default value.
1810 (`#446 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/446>`_)
1815 * Diff syntax highlighting was improved to handle more edge cases
1816 and false positives.
1817 (`#467 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/467>`_)
1819 * Setting commands in the interactive rebase editor was fixed.
1820 (`#472 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/472>`_)
1822 * git-cola no longer clobbers the Ctrl+Backspace text editing shortcut
1823 in the commit message editor.
1824 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
1826 * The copy/paste clipboard now persists after `git cola` exits.
1827 (`#484 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/484>`_)
1837 * Fixed the "Sign off" feature in the commit message editor.
1845 Usability, bells and whistles
1846 -----------------------------
1847 * Double-click will now choose a commit in the "Select commit" dialog.
1849 * `git cola` has a feature that reads `.git/MERGE_MSG` and friends for the
1850 commit message when a merge is in-progress. Upon refresh, `git cola` will
1851 now detect when a merge has completed and reset the commit message back to
1852 its previous state. It is only reset if the editor contains a message
1853 that was read from the file and has not been manually edited by the user.
1855 * The commit message editor's context menu now has a "Clear..." action for
1856 clearing the message across both the summary and description fields.
1858 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
1860 * The system theme's icons are now used wherever possible.
1861 (`#458 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/458>`_)
1865 * The stash viewer now uses ``git show --no-ext-diff`` to avoid running
1866 user-configured diff tools.
1868 * `git cola` now uses the `setsid()` system call to ensure that the
1869 `GIT_ASKPASS` and `SSH_ASKPASS` helper programs are used when pushing
1870 changes using `git`. The askpass helpers will now be used even when
1871 `git cola` is launched from a terminal.
1873 The behavior without `setsid()` is that `git cola` can appear to hang while
1874 pushing changes. The hang happens when `git` prompts the user for a
1875 password using the terminal, but the user never sees the prompt. `setsid()`
1876 detaches the terminal, which ensures that the askpass helpers are used.
1877 (`#218 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/218>`_)
1878 (`#262 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/262>`_)
1879 (`#377 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/377>`_)
1881 * `git dag`'s file list tool was updated to properly handle unicode paths.
1883 * `gnome-terminal` is no longer used by default when `cola.terminal` is unset.
1884 It is broken, as was detailed in #456.
1885 (`#456 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/456>`_)
1887 * The interactive rebase feature was not always setting `$GIT_EDITOR`
1888 to the value of `gui.editor`, thus there could be instances where rebase
1889 will seem to not stop, or hang, when performing "reword" actions.
1891 We now set the `$GIT_EDITOR` environment variable when performing the
1892 "Continue", "Skip", and "Edit Todo" rebase actions so that the correct
1893 editor is used during the rebase.
1894 (`#445 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/445>`_)
1898 * `git cola` moved from a 3-part version number to a simpler 2-part "vX.Y"
1899 version number. Most of our releases tend to contain new features.
1906 Usability, bells and whistles
1907 -----------------------------
1908 * Updated zh_TW translations.
1910 * `git cola rebase` now defaults to `@{upstream}`, and generally uses the same
1911 CLI syntax as `git rebase`.
1913 * The commit message editor now allows you to bypass commit hooks by selecting
1914 the "Bypass Commit Hooks" option. This is equivalent to passing the
1915 `--no-verify` option to `git commit`.
1916 (`#357 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/357>`_)
1918 * We now prevent the "Delete Files" action from creating a dialog that does
1920 (`#378 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/378>`_)
1922 * `git xbase` learned to edit rebase instruction sheets that contain
1925 * The diff colors are now configurable. `cola.color.{text,add,remove,header}`
1926 can now be set with 6-digit hexadecimal colors.
1927 See the `git cola manual <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#configuration-variables>_`
1930 * Improved hotkey documentation.
1934 * `git cola` will now allow starting an interactive rebase with a dirty
1935 worktree when `rebase.autostash` is set.
1936 (`#360 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/360>`_)
1943 Usability, bells and whistles
1944 -----------------------------
1945 * A new "Find files" widget was added, and can be activated by
1946 using the `Ctrl+t` or `t` hotkeys.
1948 * A new `git cola find` sub-command was added for finding files.
1950 * `git cola` now remembers the text cursor's position when staging
1951 interactively with the keyboard. This makes it easier to use the keyboard
1952 arrows to select and stage lines.
1954 * The completion widgets will now select the top completion item
1955 when `Enter` or `Return` are pressed.
1957 * You can now refresh using `F5` in addition to the existing `Ctrl+R` hotkey.
1961 * `git cola` now passes `--no-abbrev-commit` to `git log` to override
1962 having `log.abbrevCommit = true` set in `.gitconfig`.
1969 Usability, bells and whistles
1970 -----------------------------
1971 * `git dag` now forwards all unknown arguments along to `git log`.
1972 (`#389 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/389>`_)
1974 * Line-by-line interactive staging was made more robust.
1975 (`#399 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/399>`_)
1977 * "Bookmarks" was renamed to "Favorites".
1978 (`#392 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/392>`_)
1980 * Untracked files are now displayed using a unique icon.
1981 (`#388 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/388>`_)
1985 * `git dag` was triggering a traceback on Fedora when parsing Git logs.
1986 (`bz #181676 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181686>`_)
1988 * inotify expects unicode paths on Python3.
1989 (`#393 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/393>`_)
1991 * Untracked files are now assumed to be utf-8 encoded.
1992 (`#401 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/401>`_)
1999 Usability, bells and whistles
2000 -----------------------------
2001 * `git cola` can now create GPG-signed commits and merges.
2002 See the documentation for details about setting up a GPG agent.
2003 (`#149 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/149>`_)
2005 * The status widget learned to copy relative paths when `Ctrl+x` is pressed.
2006 (`#358 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/358>`_)
2008 * Custom GUI actions can now define their own keyboard shortcuts by
2009 setting `guitool.$name.shortcut` to a string understood by Qt's
2010 `QAction::setShortcut()` API, e.g. `Alt+X`.
2012 `Qt docs <http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qkeysequence.html#QKeySequence-2>`_
2013 for more details about the supported values.
2015 * `git cola` learned to rename branches.
2016 (`#364 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/364>`_)
2017 (`#278 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/278>`_)
2019 * `git dag` now has a "Show history" context menu which can be used to filter
2020 history using the selected paths.
2024 * `sphinxtogithub.py` was fixed for Python3.
2025 (`#353 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/353>`_)
2027 * The commit that changed how we read remotes from `git remote`
2028 to parsing `git config` was reverted since it created problems
2031 * Fixed a crash when using the `rebase edit` feature.
2032 (`#351 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/351>`_)
2034 * Better drag-and-drop behavior when dropping into gnome-terminal.
2035 (`#373 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/373>`_)
2039 * The `git-cola-folder-handler.desktop` file handler was fixed
2040 to pass validation by `desktop-file-validate`.
2041 (`#356 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/356>`_)
2043 * The `git.svg` icon was renamed to `git-cola.svg`, and `git cola` was taught
2044 to prefer icons from the desktop theme when available.
2051 Usability, bells and whistles
2052 -----------------------------
2053 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+Shift+M` merges branches.
2055 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+R` refreshes the DAG viewer.
2056 (`#347 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/347>`_)
2060 * We now use `git config` to parse the list of remotes
2061 instead of parsing the output of `git remote`, which
2062 is a Git porcelain and should not be used by scripts.
2064 * Avoid "C++ object has been deleted" errors from PyQt4.
2065 (`#346 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/346>`_)
2069 * The `make install` target now uses `install` instead of `cp`.
2076 Usability, bells and whistles
2077 -----------------------------
2078 * Updated Brazilian Portuguese translation.
2080 * The status and browse widgets now allow drag-and-drop into
2081 external applications.
2082 (`#335 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/335>`_)
2084 * We now show a progress bar when cloning repositories.
2085 (`#312 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/312>`_)
2087 * The bookmarks widget was simplified to not need a
2089 (`#289 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/289>`_)
2091 * Updated Traditional Chinese translation.
2093 * We now display a warning when trying to rebase with uncommitted changes.
2094 (`#338 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/338>`_)
2096 * The status widget learned to filter paths.
2097 `Ctrl+Shift+S` toggles the filter widget.
2098 (`#337 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/337>`_)
2099 (`#339 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/339>`_)
2101 * The status widget learned to move files to the trash
2102 when the `send2trash <https://github.com/hsoft/send2trash>`_
2103 module is installed.
2104 (`#341 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/341>`_)
2106 * "Recent repositories" is now a dedicated widget.
2107 (`#342 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/342>`_)
2109 * New Spanish translation thanks to Pilar Molina Lopez.
2110 (`#344 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/344>`_)
2114 * Newly added remotes are now properly seen by the fetch/push/pull dialogs.
2115 (`#343 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/343>`_)
2122 Usability, bells and whistles
2123 -----------------------------
2124 * New Brazilian Portuguese translation thanks to Vitor Lobo.
2126 * New Indonesian translation thanks to Samsul Ma'arif.
2128 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation thanks to Zhang Han.
2130 * `Ctrl+Backspace` is now a hotkey for "delete untracked files" in
2133 * Fetch/Push/Pull dialogs now use the configured remote of the current
2135 (`#324 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/324>`_)
2139 * We now use `os.getcwd()` on Python3.
2140 (`#316 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/316>`_)
2141 (`#326 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/326>`_)
2143 * The `Ctrl+P` hotkey was overloaded to both "push" and "cherry-pick",
2144 so "cherry-pick" was moved to `Ctrl+Shift+C`.
2146 * Custom GUI tools with mixed-case names are now properly supported.
2148 * "Diff Region" is now referred to as "Diff Hunk" for consistency
2149 with common terminology from diff/patch tools.
2150 (`#328 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/328>`_)
2152 * git-cola's test suite is now portable to MS Windows.
2153 (`#332 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/332>`_)
2160 Usability, bells and whistles
2161 -----------------------------
2162 * We now handle the case when inotify `add_watch()` fails
2163 and display instructions on how to increase the number of watches.
2164 (`#263 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/263>`_)
2166 * New and improved zh_TW localization thanks to V字龍(Vdragon).
2167 (`#265 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/265>`_)
2168 (`#267 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/267>`_)
2169 (`#268 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/268>`_)
2170 (`#269 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/269>`_)
2171 (`#270 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/270>`_)
2172 (`#271 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/271>`_)
2173 (`#272 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/272>`_)
2175 * New hotkeys: `Ctrl+F` for fetch, `Ctrl+P` for push,
2176 and `Ctrl+Shift+P` for pull.
2178 * The bookmarks widget's context menu actions were made clearer.
2179 (`#281 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/281>`_)
2181 * The term "Staging Area" is used consistently in the UI
2182 to allow for better localization.
2183 (`#283 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/283>`_)
2185 * The "Section" term is now referred to as "Diff Region"
2187 (`#297 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/297>`_)
2189 * The localization documentation related to the LANGUAGE
2190 environment variable was improved.
2191 (`#293 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/293>`_)
2193 * The "Actions" panel now contains tooltips for each button
2194 in case the button labels gets truncated by Qt.
2195 (`#292 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/292>`_)
2197 * Custom `git config`-defined actions can now be run in the
2198 background by setting `guitool.<name>.background` to `true`.
2202 * We now use bold fonts instead of SmallCaps to avoid
2203 artifacts on several configurations.
2205 * We now pickup `user.email`, `cola.tabwidth`, and similar settings
2206 when defined in /etc/gitconfig.
2207 (`#259 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/259>`_)
2209 * Better support for unicode paths when using inotify.
2210 (`bz #1104181 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104181>`_)
2212 * Unicode fixes for non-ascii locales.
2213 (`#266 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/266>`_)
2214 (`#273 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/273>`_)
2215 (`#276 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/276>`_)
2216 (`#282 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/282>`_)
2217 (`#298 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/298>`_)
2218 (`#302 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/302>`_)
2219 (`#303 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/303>`_)
2220 (`#305 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/305>`_)
2222 * Viewing history from the file browser was fixed for Python3.
2223 (`#274 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/274>`_)
2225 * setup.py was fixed to install the `*.rst` documentation.
2226 (`#279 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/279>`_)
2228 * Patch export was fixed for Python3.
2229 (`#290 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/290>`_)
2231 * Fixed adding a bookmark with trailing slashes.
2232 (`#295 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/295>`_)
2234 * The default `git dag` layout is now setup so that its widgets
2235 can be freely resized on Linux.
2236 (`#299 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/299>`_)
2238 * Invalid tag names are now reported when creating tags.
2239 (`#296 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/296>`_)
2246 Usability, bells and whistles
2247 -----------------------------
2248 * `git cola` no longer prompts after successfully creating a new branch.
2249 (`#251 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/251>`_)
2251 * Hitting enter on simple dialogs now accepts them.
2252 (`#255 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/255>`_)
2256 * `git dag` no longer relies on `sys.maxint`, which is
2257 not available in Python3.
2258 (`#249 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/249>`_)
2260 * Python3-related fixes.
2261 (`#254 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/254>`_)
2263 * Python3-on-Windows-related fixes.
2264 (`#250 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/250>`_)
2265 (`#252 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/252>`_)
2266 (`#253 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/253>`_)
2268 * Switching repositories using the bookmarks widget was not
2269 refreshing the inotify watcher.
2270 (`#256 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/256>`_)
2272 * Special commit messages trailers (e.g. "Acked-by:") are now special-cased to
2273 fix word wrapping lines that start with "foo:".
2274 (`#257 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/257>`_)
2276 * `git dag` sometimes left behind selection artifacts.
2277 We now refresh the view to avoid them.
2278 (`#204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/204>`_)
2285 Usability, bells and whistles
2286 -----------------------------
2287 * Better inotify support for file creation and deletion.
2288 (`#240 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/240>`_)
2290 * `git cola` now supports the X11 Session Management Protocol
2291 and remembers its state across logout/reboot.
2292 (`#164 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/164>`_)
2294 * `git cola` has a new icon.
2295 (`#190 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/190>`_)
2299 * Building the documentation no longer requires `asciidoc`.
2300 We now use `Sphinx <http://sphinx-doc.org/>`_ for building
2301 html documentation and man pages.
2305 * Reworked the git-dag gravatar icon code to avoid a unicode
2308 * Commit message line-wrapping was made to better match the GUI editor.
2309 (`#242 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/242>`_)
2311 * Better support for Python3 on Windows
2312 (`#246 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/246>`_)
2316 * git-cola no longer depends on Asciidoc for building its documentation
2317 and man-pages. We now depend on [Sphinx](http://sphinx-doc.org/) only.
2324 Usability, bells and whistles
2325 -----------------------------
2326 * Some context menu actions are now hidden when selected
2328 (`#238 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/238>`_)
2332 * The build-git-cola.sh contrib script was improved.
2333 (`#235 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/235>`_)
2335 * Non-ascii worktrees work properly again.
2336 (`#234 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/234>`_)
2338 * The browser now guards itself against missing files.
2339 (`bz #1041378 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071378>`_)
2341 * Saving widget state now works under Python3.
2342 (`#236 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/236>`_)
2351 * git-cola now runs on Python 3 thanks to Virgil Dupras.
2352 (`#233 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/233>`_)
2354 * Python 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2+ are now supported.
2355 Python 2.5 is no longer supported.
2359 * i18n test fixes thanks to Virgil Dupras.
2360 (`#231 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/231>`_)
2362 * git-cola.app build fixes thanks to Maicon D. Filippsen.
2363 (`#230 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/230>`_)
2365 * Lots of pylint improvements thanks to Alex Chernetz.
2366 (`#229 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/229>`_)
2373 Usability, bells and whistles
2374 -----------------------------
2375 * The new `Bookmarks` tool makes it really easy to switch between repositories.
2377 * There is now a dedicated dialog for applying patches.
2378 See the ``File -> Apply Patches`` menu item.
2379 (`#215 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/215>`_)
2381 * A new `git cola am` sub-command was added for applying patches.
2385 * Fixed a typo that caused inotify events to be silently ignored.
2387 * Fixed the sys.path setup for Mac OS X (Homebrew).
2388 (`#221 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/221>`_)
2390 * Lots of pylint fixes thanks to Alex Chernetz.
2397 Usability, bells and whistles
2398 -----------------------------
2399 * `git cola --amend` now starts the editor in `amend` mode.
2400 (`#187 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/187>`_)
2402 * Multiple lines of text can now be pasted into the `summary` field.
2403 All text beyond the first newline will be automatically moved to the
2404 `extended description` field.
2405 (`#212 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/212>`_)
2409 * Stray whitespace in `.git` files is now ignored.
2410 (`#213 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/213>`_)
2412 * Fix "known incorrect sRGB profile" in `staged-item.png`.
2413 (`gentoo-devel message #85066
2414 <http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/85066>`_)
2423 * Fix a traceback when `git push` fails.
2424 (`bz #1034778 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034778>`_)
2428 * Most of the git-cola sub-packages have been removed.
2429 The only remaining packages are `cola`, `cola.models`,
2432 * The translation file for Simplified Chinese was renamed
2434 (`#209 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/209>`_)
2443 * `git cola version --brief` now prints the brief version number.
2447 * Resurrected the "make dist" target, for those that prefer to create
2450 * Fixed the typo that broke the preferences dialog.
2457 Usability, bells and whistles
2458 -----------------------------
2459 * We now ship a full-featured interactive `git rebase` editor.
2460 The rebase todo file is edited using the `git xbase` script which
2461 is provided at `$prefix/share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase`.
2462 This script can be used standalone by setting the `$GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR`
2463 before running `git rebase --interactive`.
2464 (`#1 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1>`_)
2466 * Fixup commit messages can now be loaded from the commit message editor.
2468 * Tool widgets can be locked in place by using the "Tools/Lock Layout"
2470 (`#202 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/202>`_)
2472 * You can now push to several remotes simultaneously by selecting
2473 multiple remotes in the "Push" dialog.
2474 (`#148 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/148>`_)
2476 * The `grep` tool learned to search using three different modes:
2477 basic regular expressions (default), extended regular expressions,
2482 * `git cola` now depends on the `argparse` Python module.
2483 This module is part of the stdlib in Python 2.7 and must
2484 be installed separately when using Python 2.6 and below.
2488 * Support unicode in the output from `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`.
2495 Usability, bells and whistles
2496 -----------------------------
2497 * We now detect when the editor or history browser are misconfigured.
2498 (`#197 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/197>`_)
2499 (`bz #886826 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886826>`_)
2501 * Display of untracked files can be disabled from the Preferences dialog
2502 or by setting the `gui.displayuntracked` configuration variable to `false`.
2503 (`Git Mailing List on 2013-08-21
2504 <https://public-inbox.org/git/20130821032913.GA6092@wheezy.local/>`_)
2508 * Unicode stash names are now supported
2509 (`#198 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/198>`_)
2511 * The diffs produced when reverting workspace changes were made more robust.
2518 Usability, bells and whistles
2519 -----------------------------
2520 * Brand new German translation thanks to Sven Claussner.
2522 * The "File" menu now provides a "New Repository..." menu action.
2524 * `git dag` now uses a dock-widget interface so that its widgets can
2525 be laid-out and arranged. Customizations are saved and restored
2526 the next time `git dag` is launched.
2528 * `git dag` now has a "Zoom Best Fit" button next alongside the
2529 "Zoom In" and "Zoom Out" buttons.
2531 * `Ctrl+L` now focuses the "Search" field in the `git dag` tool.
2533 * Right-clicking in the "diff" viewer now updates the cursor position
2534 before performing actions, which makes it much easier to click around
2535 and selectively stage sections. Previously, the current cursor position
2536 was used which meant that it required two clicks (left-click to update
2537 the position followed by right-click to get the context menu) for the
2538 desired section to be used. This is now a single right-click operation.
2540 * The `Ctrl+D` "Launch Diff Tool" action learned to automatically choose
2541 between `git difftool` and `git mergetool`. If the file is unmerged then
2542 we automatically launch `git mergetool` on the path, otherwise we use
2543 `git difftool`. We do this because `git difftool` is not intended to
2544 be used on unmerged paths. Automatically using `git mergetool` when
2545 appropriate is the most intuitive and muscle-memory-friendly thing to do.
2547 * You can now right-click on folders in your standard file browser
2548 and choose "Open With -> Git Cola" (Linux-only).
2552 * Python 2.6 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard does not provide a namedtuple
2553 at `sys.version_info`. We now avoid using that variable for better
2556 * We now read the user's Git configuration from `~/.config/git/config`
2557 if that file is available, otherwise we use the traditional `~/.gitconfig`
2558 path, just like Git itself.
2560 * Some edge cases were fixed when applying partial/selected diffs.
2562 * The diff viewer is now properly cleared when refreshing.
2563 (`#194 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/194>`_)
2570 Usability, bells and whistles
2571 -----------------------------
2572 * The diff viewer now has an "Options" menu which can be
2573 used to set "git diff" options. This can be used to
2574 ignore whitespace changes or to show a change with its
2575 surrounding function as context.
2576 (`#150 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/150>`_)
2578 * `git cola` now remembers your commit message and will restore it
2579 when `git cola` is restarted.
2580 (`#175 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/175>`_)
2582 * `Ctrl+M` can now be used to toggle the "Amend last commit"
2583 checkbox in the commit message editor.
2584 (`#161 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/161>`_)
2586 * Deleting remote branches can now be done from the "Branch" menu.
2587 (`#152 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/152>`_)
2589 * The commit message editor now has a built-in spell checker.
2593 * We now avoid invoking external diffs when showing diffstats.
2594 (`#163 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/163>`_)
2596 * The `Status` tool learned to reselect files when refreshing.
2597 (`#165 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/165>`_)
2599 * `git cola` now remembers whether it has been maximized and will restore the
2600 maximized state when `git cola` is restarted.
2601 (`#172 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/172>`_)
2603 * Performance is now vastly improved when staging hundreds or
2606 * `git cola` was not correctly saving repo-specific configuration.
2607 (`#174 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/174>`_)
2609 * Fix a UnicodeDecode in sphinxtogithub when building from source.
2617 Usability, bells and whistles
2618 -----------------------------
2619 * We now automatically remove missing repositories from the
2620 "Select Repository" dialog.
2621 (`#145 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/145>`_)
2623 * A new `git cola diff` sub-command was added for diffing changed files.
2627 * The inotify auto-refresh feature makes it difficult to select text in
2628 the "diff" editor when files are being continually modified by another
2629 process. The auto-refresh causes it to lose the currently selected text,
2630 which is not wanted. We now avoid this problem by saving and restoring
2631 the selection when refreshing the editor.
2632 (`#155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/155>`_)
2634 * More strings have been marked for l10n.
2635 (`#157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/157>`_)
2637 * Fixed the Alt+D Diffstat shortcut.
2638 (`#159 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/159>`_)
2642 * Better error handling when cloning repositories.
2644 We were not handling the case where a git URL has
2645 no basename, e.g. `https://git.example.com/`.
2646 `git cola` originally rejected these URLs instead of
2647 allowing users to clone them. It now allows these URLs
2648 when they point to valid git repositories.
2650 Additionally, `git cola` learned to echo the errors
2651 reported by `git clone` when it fails.
2652 (`#156 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/156>`_)
2660 Usability, bells and whistles
2661 -----------------------------
2662 * `git dag` got a big visual upgrade.
2664 * `Ctrl+G` now launches the "Grep" tool.
2666 * `Ctrl+D` launches difftool and `Ctrl+E` launches your editor
2667 when in the diff panel.
2669 * git-cola can now be told to use an alternative language.
2670 For example, if the native language is German and we want git-cola to
2671 use English then we can create a `~/.config/git-cola/language` file with
2672 "en" as its contents: ``echo en >~/.config/git-cola/language``
2673 (`#140 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/140>`_)
2675 * A new `git cola merge` sub-command was added for merging branches.
2677 * Less blocking in the main UI
2681 * Autocomplete issues on KDE
2682 (`#144 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/144>`_)
2684 * The "recently opened repositories" startup dialog did not
2685 display itself in the absence of bookmarks.
2686 (`#139 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/139>`_)
2694 Usability, bells and whistles
2695 -----------------------------
2696 * `git cola` learned to honor `.gitattributes` when showing and
2697 interactively applying diffs. This makes it possible to store
2698 files in git using a non-utf-8 encoding and `git cola` will
2699 properly accept them. This must be enabled by settings
2700 `cola.fileattributes` to true, as it incurs a small performance
2702 (`#96 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/96>`_)
2704 * `git cola` now wraps commit messages at 72 columns automatically.
2705 This is configurable using the `cola.linebreak` variable to enable/disable
2706 the feature, and `cola.textwidth` to configure the limit.
2707 (`#133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/133>`_)
2709 * A new "Open Recent" sub-menu was added to the "File" menu.
2710 This makes it easy to open a recently-edited repository.
2711 (`#135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/135>`_)
2713 * We now show a preview for untracked files when they are clicked
2714 using the `Status` tool.
2715 * A new "Open Using Default Application" action was added to the
2716 `Status` tool. It is activated using either `Spacebar` or through
2717 the context menu. This action uses `xdg-open` on Linux and
2719 * A new "Open Parent Directory" action was added to the `Status` tool.
2720 It is activated using either `Shift+Spacebar` or through the
2722 * `git dag` learned to honor the `log.date` git configuration variable.
2723 This makes the date display follow whatever format the user has
2725 * A new `git cola config` sub-command was added for quickly
2726 tweaking `git cola`'s git configuration settings.
2727 * Some small usability tweaks -- some user confirmation prompts
2728 were defaulting to "Cancel" when they should have been defaulting
2729 to the affirmative option instead.
2733 * Properly handle arbitrarily-named branches.
2734 * We went back to launching `git mergetool` using an xterm.
2735 The reason is that there are a couple of places where `git mergetool`
2736 requires a terminal for user interaction not covered by `--no-prompt`.
2737 * We now properly handle an edge case when applying short diffs at
2738 the start of a file.
2746 Usability, bells and whistles
2747 -----------------------------
2748 * New and improved `grep` mode lets you instantly find and edit files.
2749 * New `git cola grep` standalone mode.
2750 * Support for passing arguments to the configured editors, e.g. `gvim -p`
2751 This makes it possible to select multiple files in the status
2752 window and use `Ctrl-e` to edit them all at once.
2753 * Remote operations now prompt on errors only.
2754 * The `Tab` key now jumps to the extended description when editing the summary.
2755 * More shortcut key labels and misc. UX improvements.
2759 * Selecting an item no longer copies its filename to the copy/paste buffer.
2760 `Ctrl-c` or the "Copy" context-menu action can be used instead.
2761 * The repository monitoring feature on Windows learned to ignore
2762 changes within the ".git" directory. Thanks to Andreas Sommer.
2763 (`#120 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/120>`_)
2771 Usability, bells and whistles
2772 -----------------------------
2773 * `git dag` learned to color-code branchy edges.
2774 The edge colors change when a new branch is detected,
2775 which makes the history much easier to follow.
2776 A huge thanks to Uri Okrent for making it happen.
2778 * New GUI for editing remote repositories.
2780 * New `git cola archive` and `git cola remote` sub-commands.
2782 * `git cola browser` learned an 'Untrack' command.
2784 * The diff editor learned to staged/unstaged while amending.
2786 * The status tool can now scroll horizontally.
2788 * New git repositories can be created by clicking 'New' on the
2789 `git cola --prompt` startup screen.
2797 Usability, bells and whistles
2798 -----------------------------
2799 * Auto-completion was added to more tools.
2801 * `git dag` is easier to use on smaller displays -- the author
2802 field elides its text which allows for a more compact display.
2804 * Selected commits in `git dag` were made more prominent and
2807 * 'Create Branch' learned to fetch remote branches and uses a
2808 background thread to do so.
2810 * User-configured GUI tools are listed alphabetically in the 'Actions' menu.
2812 * The 'Pull' dialog remembers the value of the 'Rebase' checkbox
2813 between invocations.
2823 * Detect Homebrew so that OS X users do not need to set PYTHONPATH.
2825 * `git dag` can export patches again.
2833 Usability, bells and whistles
2834 -----------------------------
2835 * The 'Classic' tool was renamed to 'Browser' and learned to
2836 limit history to the current branch.
2838 * `git dag` learned about gravatar and uses it to show images
2841 * `git dag` learned to use OpenGL for rendering resulting in
2842 much faster rendering.
2844 * More dialogs learned vim-style keyboard shortcuts.
2846 * The commit message editor learned better arrow key navigation.
2854 Usability, bells and whistles
2855 -----------------------------
2856 * `git cola` learned a few new sub commands:
2864 * `Return` in the summary field jumps to the extended description.
2866 * `Ctrl+Return` is now a shortcut for 'Commit'.
2868 * Better French translation for 'Sign-off'.
2870 * The 'Search' widget now has a much simpler and streamlined
2873 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the DAG widget.
2875 * `git dag` no longer prompts for files when diffing commits if the
2876 text field contains paths.
2878 * General user interface and performance improvements.
2882 * The diff viewer no longer changes font size when holding `Control`
2883 while scrolling with the mouse wheel.
2885 * Files with a typechange (e.g. symlinks that become files, etc.)
2886 are now correctly identified as being modified.
2890 * The `cola.controllers` and `cola.views` packages were removed.
2898 Usability, bells and whistles
2899 -----------------------------
2900 * `git cola` can now launch sub commands, e.g.:
2911 * `git dag` is more responsive when gathering auto-completions.
2913 * Keyboard shortcuts are displayed when the '?' key is pressed.
2915 * Various keyboard shortcuts were added for improved usability.
2917 * The status widget now lists unmerged files before modified files.
2919 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the status widget.
2921 * A 'Recently Modified Files...' tool was added.
2923 * Tools can now be hidden with `Alt + #` (where `#` is a keyboard number)
2924 and focused with `Alt + Shift + #`.
2926 * The syntax highlighting colors for diffs was made less intrusive.
2928 * The commit message editor was redesigned to have a more compact
2929 and keyboard-convenient user interface.
2931 * Keyboard shortcuts for adding a Signed-off-by (`Ctrl + i`)
2932 and creating a commit (`Ctrl + m`) were added.
2934 * The status widget was adjusted to use less screen real-estate.
2938 * Avoid updating the index when responding to inotify events.
2939 This avoids interfering with operations such as `git rebase --interactive`.
2940 (`#99 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/99>`_)
2944 * Create `git-dag.pyw` in the win32 installer.
2946 * win32 shortcuts now contain explicit calls to `pythonw.exe` instead of
2947 calling the `.pyw` file directly.
2951 * The 'Apply Changes from Branch...' feature was removed.
2952 `git dag`'s 'Grab File...' feature used alongside the index/worktree editor
2953 is a simpler alternative.
2963 * Further enhanced the staging/unstaging behavior in the status widget.
2964 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
2966 * Unmerged files are no longer listed as modified.
2970 The `cola-$version` tarballs on github were originally setup to
2971 have the same contents as the old tarballs hosted on tuxfamily.
2972 The `make dist` target was changed to write files to a
2973 `git-cola-$version` subdirectory and tarball.
2975 This makes the filenames consistent for the source tarball,
2976 the darwin .app tarball, and the win32 .exe installer.
2984 Usability, bells and whistles
2985 -----------------------------
2986 * Refined the staging/unstaging behavior for code reviews.
2987 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
2989 * Added more styling and icons to menus and buttons.
2991 * Adjusted some terminology to more closely match the git CLI.
2995 * Boolean `git config` settings with no value are now supported
2996 (these are not created by git these days but exist in legacy repositories).
2998 * Unicode branches and tags are supported in the "branch diff" tool.
3000 * Guard against low-memory conditions and more interrupted system calls.
3004 * Added desktop launchers for git-cola.desktop and git-dag.desktop.
3005 This replaces the old cola.desktop, so some adjustments to RPM .spec
3006 and debian/ files will be needed.
3008 * Fixed the darwin app-tarball Makefile target to create relative paths.
3012 * The `--style` option was removed. `git cola` follows the system theme
3013 so there's no need for this option these days.
3021 Usability, bells and whistles
3022 -----------------------------
3023 * Export a patch series from `git dag` into a `patches/` directory.
3025 * `git dag` learned to diff commits, slice history along paths, etc.
3027 * Added instant-preview to the `git stash` widget.
3029 * A simpler preferences editor is used to edit `git config` values.
3030 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
3031 (`#89 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/89>`_)
3033 * Previous commit messages can be re-loaded from the message editor.
3034 (`#33 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/33>`_)
3038 * Display commits with no file changes.
3039 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
3041 * Improved the diff editor's copy/paste behavior
3042 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
3046 * Bumped version number to ceil(minimum git version).
3047 `git cola` now requires `git` >= 1.6.3.
3049 * Simplified git-cola's versioning when building from tarballs
3050 outside of git. We no longer check for a 'version' file at
3051 the root of the repository. We instead keep a default version
3052 in `cola/version.py` and use it when `git cola`'s `.git` repository
3061 Usability, bells and whistles
3062 -----------------------------
3063 * inotify is much snappier and available on Windows
3064 thanks to Karl Bielefeldt.
3066 * New right-click command to add untracked files to .gitignore
3067 thanks to Audrius Karabanovas.
3069 * Stash, fetch, push, and pull usability improvements
3071 * General usability improvements
3073 * stderr is logged when applying partial diffs.
3077 * Files can be unstaged when amending.
3078 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
3080 * Show the configured remote.$remote.pushurl in the GUI
3081 (`#83 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/83>`_)
3083 * Removed usage of the "user" module.
3084 (`#86 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/86>`_)
3086 * Avoids an extra `git update-index` call during startup.
3094 Usability, bells and whistles
3095 -----------------------------
3096 * We now provide better feedback when `git push` fails.
3097 (`#69 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/69>`_)
3099 * The Fetch, Push, and Pull dialogs now give better feedback
3100 when interacting with remotes. The dialogs are modal and
3101 a progress dialog is used.
3105 * More unicode fixes, again. It is now possible to have
3106 unicode branch names, repository paths, home directories, etc.
3107 This continued the work initiated by Redhat's bugzilla #694806.
3109 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806
3117 Usability, bells and whistles
3118 -----------------------------
3119 * The `git cola` desktop launchers now prompt for a repo
3120 by default. This is done by using the new `--prompt`
3121 flag which tells `git cola` to ignore any git repositories
3122 in the current directory and prompt for one instead.
3126 * More Unicode fixes for repositories and home directories with
3127 embedded unicode characters. Thanks to Christian Jann for
3128 patience and helpful bug reports.
3130 * Fix the 'Clone' button in the startup dialog.
3138 Usability, bells and whistles
3139 -----------------------------
3140 * Faster startup time! `git cola` now offloads initialization
3141 to a background thread so that the GUI appears almost instantly.
3143 * Specialized diff options for p4merge, vimdiff, araxis, emerge,
3144 and ecmerge in difftool (backported from git.git).
3148 * Fix launching commands in the background on Windows
3149 (e.g. when launching `git difftool`).
3151 * Fix unicode errors when home or repository directories contain
3153 (`#74 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/74>`_)
3154 (`bz #694806 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806>`_)
3162 Usability, bells and whistles
3163 -----------------------------
3164 * The `cola classic` tool can be now configured to be dockable.
3165 (`#56 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/56>`_)
3167 * The `cola classic` tool now uses visual sigils to indicate a file's status.
3168 The idea and icons were provided by Uri Okrent.
3170 * Include the 'Rescan' button in the 'Actions' widget regardless
3171 of whether inotify is installed.
3175 * Fix installation of translations per Fedora
3176 This incorporates Fedora's fix for the translations path
3177 which originally appeared in cola-1.4.3-translations.patch.
3179 * Mac OS X git-cola developers can now generate git-cola.app
3180 application bundles using 'make app-bundle'.
3184 * Fixed a stacktrace when trying to use "Get Commit Message Template"
3185 with an unconfigured "commit.template" git config variable.
3186 (`bz #67521 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675721>`_)
3187 (`#72 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/72>`_)
3189 * Properly raise the main window on Mac OS X.
3191 * Properly handle staging a huge numbers of files at once.
3193 * Speed up 'git config' usage by fixing cola's caching proxy.
3195 * Guard against damaged ~/.cola files.
3203 Usability, bells and whistles
3204 -----------------------------
3205 * `git dag` now has a separate display area
3206 for displaying commit metadata. This area will soon
3207 grow additional functionality such as cherry-picking,
3212 * Fixed tests from a previous refactoring.
3214 * Guard against 'diff.external' configuration by always
3215 calling 'git diff' with the '--no-ext-diff' option.
3216 (`#67 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/67>`_)
3218 * Respect 'gui.diffcontext' so that cola's diff display
3219 shows the correct number of context lines.
3221 * Raise the GUI so that it is in the foreground on OS X.
3225 * We now allow distutils to rewrite cola's shebang line.
3226 This allows us to run on systems where "which python"
3227 is Python3k. This is exposed by setting the `PYTHON`
3228 Makefile variable to the location of python2.x.
3230 * git-cola.app is now a tiny download because it no longer
3231 contains Qt and PyQt. These libraries are provided as a
3233 (`Link <http://code.google.com/p/git-cola/downloads/list>`_)
3241 Usability, bells and whistles
3242 -----------------------------
3243 * Clicking on paths in the status widget copies them into the
3244 copy/paste buffer for easy middle-clicking into terminals.
3246 * `Ctrl+C` in diff viewer copies the selected diff to the clipboard.
3250 * Fixed the disappearing actions buttons on PyQt 4.7.4
3251 as reported by Arch and Ubuntu 10.10.
3252 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
3254 * Fixed mouse interaction with the status widget where some
3255 items could not be de-selected.
3259 * Removed hard-coded reference to lib/ when calculating Python's
3260 site-packages directory.
3268 Usability, bells and whistles
3269 -----------------------------
3270 * Removed "single-click to (un)stage" in the status view.
3271 This is a usability improvement since we no longer perform
3272 different actions depending on where a row is clicked.
3274 * Added ability to create unsigned, annotated tags.
3278 * Updated documentation to use `cola.git` instead of `cola.gitcmd`.
3286 Usability, bells and whistles
3287 -----------------------------
3288 * Allow un/staging by right-clicking top-level items
3289 (`#57 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/57>`_)
3291 * Running 'commit' with no staged changes prompts to allow
3293 (`#55 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/55>`_)
3295 * Fetch, Push, and Pull are now available via the menus
3296 (`#58 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/58>`_)
3300 * Simplified the actions widget to work around a regression
3302 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
3310 Usability, bells and whistles
3311 -----------------------------
3312 * `git dag` interaction was made faster.
3316 * Added '...' indicators to the buttons for
3317 'Fetch...', 'Push...', 'Pull...', and 'Stash...'.
3318 (`#51 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/51>`_)
3320 * Fixed a hang-on-exit bug in the cola-provided
3321 'ssh-askpass' implementation.
3329 Usability, bells and whistles
3330 -----------------------------
3331 * Staging and unstaging is faster.
3332 (`#48 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/48>`_)
3334 * `git dag` reads history in a background thread.
3338 * Added :data:`cola.compat.hashlib` for `Python 2.4` compatibility
3339 * Improved `PyQt 4.1.x` compatibility.
3343 * Configured menu actions use ``sh -c`` for Windows portability.
3351 Usability, bells and whistles
3352 -----------------------------
3353 * Added support for the configurable ``guitool.<tool>.*``
3354 actions as described in the ``git config`` documentation.
3355 (`git-config(1) <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config>`_)
3356 (`#44 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/44>`_)
3358 This makes it possible to add new actions to `git cola`
3359 by simply editing ``~/.gitconfig``. This implements the
3360 same guitool support as `git gui`.
3362 * Introduced a stat cache to speed up `git config` and
3363 repository status checks.
3365 * Added Alt-key shortcuts to the main `git cola` interface.
3367 * The `Actions` dock widget switches between a horizontal
3368 and vertical layout when resized.
3370 * We now use ``git diff --submodule`` for submodules
3371 (used when git >= 1.6.6).
3373 * The context menu for modified submodules includes an option
3374 to launch `git cola`.
3375 (`#17 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/17>`_)
3377 * Prefer ``$VISUAL`` over ``$EDITOR`` when both are defined.
3378 These are used to set a default editor in lieu of `core.editor`
3381 * Force the editor to be ``gvim`` when we see ``vim``.
3382 This prevents us from launching an editor in the (typically
3383 unattached) parent terminal and creating zombie editors
3384 that cannot be easily killed.
3386 * Selections are remembered and restored across updates.
3387 This makes the `partial-staging` workflow easier since the
3388 diff view will show the updated diff after staging.
3390 * Show the path to the current repository in a tooltip
3391 over the commit message editor.
3392 (`#45 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/45>`_)
3394 * Log internal ``git`` commands when ``GIT_COLA_TRACE`` is defined.
3395 (`#39 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/39>`_)
3399 * Improved backwards compatibility for Python 2.4.
3401 * `Review mode` can now review the current branch; it no longer
3402 requires you to checkout the branch into which the reviewed
3403 branch will be merged.
3405 * Guard against `color.ui = always` configuration when using
3406 `git log` by passing ``--no-color``.
3408 * ``yes`` and ``no`` are now supported as valid booleans
3409 by the `git config` parser.
3411 * Better defaults are used for `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`..
3412 (`#43 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/43>`_)
3416 * Removed colon (`:`) from the applilcation name on Windows
3417 (`#41 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/41>`_)
3419 * Fixed bugs with the Windows installer
3420 (`#40 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/40>`_)
3422 * Added a more standard i18n infrastructure. The install
3423 tree now has the common ``share/locale/$lang/LC_MESSAGES/git-cola.mo``
3424 layout in use by several projects.
3426 * Started trying to accommodate Mac OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
3427 in the ``darwin/`` build scripts but our tester is yet to
3428 report success building a `.app` bundle.
3430 * Replaced use of ``perl`` in Sphinx/documentation Makefile
3431 with more-portable ``sed`` constructs. Thanks to
3432 Stefan Naewe for discovering the portability issues and
3433 providing msysgit-friendly patches.
3441 Usability, bells and whistles
3442 -----------------------------
3443 * It is now possible to checkout from the index as well
3444 as from `HEAD`. This corresponds to the
3445 `Removed Unstaged Changes` action in the `Repository Status` tool.
3447 * The `remote` dialogs (fetch, push, pull) are now slightly
3450 * Bookmarks can be selected when `git cola` is run outside of a git repository.
3452 * Added more user documentation. We now include many links to
3453 external git resources.
3455 * Added `git dag` to the available tools.
3456 `git dag` is a node-based DAG history browser.
3457 It doesn't do much yet, but it's been merged so that we can start
3458 building and improving upon it.
3462 * Fixed a missing ``import`` when showing `right-click` actions
3463 for unmerged files in the `Repository Status` tool.
3465 * ``git update-index --refresh`` is no longer run every time
3466 ``git cola version`` is run.
3468 * Don't try to watch non-existent directories when using `inotify`.
3470 * Use ``git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name`` plumbing to find
3471 the name of the current branch.
3475 * The ``Makefile`` will now conditionally include a ``config.mak``
3476 file located at the root of the project. This allows for user
3477 customizations such as changes to the `prefix` variable
3478 to be stored in a file so that custom settings do not need to
3479 be specified every time on the command-line.
3481 * The build scripts no longer require a ``.git`` directory to
3482 generate the ``builtin_version.py`` module. The release tarballs
3483 now include a ``version`` file at the root of the project which
3484 is used in lieu of having the git repository available.
3485 This allows for ``make clean && make`` to function outside of
3488 * Added maintainer's ``make dist`` target to the ``Makefile``.
3490 * The built-in `simplejson` and `jsonpickle` libraries can be
3491 excluded from ``make install`` by specifying the ``standalone=true``
3492 `make` variable. For example, ``make standalone=true install``.
3493 This corresponds to the ``--standalone`` option to ``setup.py``.
3501 Usability, bells and whistles
3502 -----------------------------
3503 * We now use patience diff by default when it is available via
3504 `git diff --patience`.
3506 * Allow closing the `cola classic` tool with `Ctrl+W`.
3510 * Fixed an unbound variable error in the `push` dialog.
3514 * Don't include `simplejson` in MANIFEST.in.
3516 * Update desktop entry to read `Cola Git GUI`.
3524 This feature release adds two new features directly from
3525 `git cola`'s github issues backlog. On the developer
3526 front, further work was done towards modularizing the code base.
3528 Usability, bells and whistles
3529 -----------------------------
3530 * Dragging and dropping patches invokes `git am`
3531 (`#3 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/3>`_)
3533 * A dialog to allow opening or cloning a repository
3534 is presented when `git cola` is launched outside of a git repository.
3535 (`#22 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/22>`_)
3537 * Warn when `push` is used to create a new branch
3538 (`#35 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/35>`_)
3540 * Optimized startup time by removing several calls to `git`.
3545 * `git cola` is once again compatible with PyQt 4.3.x.
3549 * `cola.gitcmds` was added to factor out git command-line utilities
3551 * `cola.gitcfg` was added for interacting with `git config`
3553 * `cola.models.browser` was added to factor out repobrowser data
3565 * Fix launching external applications on Windows
3567 * Ensure that the `amend` checkbox is unchecked when switching modes
3569 * Update the status tree when amending commits
3579 * Fix Lintian warnings
3589 * Fix X11 warnings on application startup
3599 * Added missing 'Exit Diff Mode' button for 'Diff Expression' mode
3600 (`#31 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/31>`_)
3602 * Fix a bug when initializing fonts on Windows
3603 (`#32 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/32>`_)
3613 * Keep entries in sorted order in the `cola classic` tool
3615 * Fix staging untracked files
3616 (`#27 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/27>`_)
3618 * Fix the `show` command in the Stash dialog
3619 (`#29 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/29>`_)
3621 * Fix a typo when loading merge commit messages
3622 (`#30 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/30>`_)
3630 This release focuses on a redesign of the git-cola user interface,
3631 a tags interface, and better integration of the `cola classic` tool.
3632 A flexible interface based on configurable docks is used to manage the
3633 various cola widgets.
3635 Usability, bells and whistles
3636 -----------------------------
3637 * New GUI is flexible and user-configurable
3639 * Individual widgets can be detached and rearranged arbitrarily
3641 * Add an interface for creating tags
3643 * Provide a fallback `SSH_ASKPASS` implementation to prompt for
3644 SSH passwords on fetch/push/pull
3646 * The commit message editor displays the current row/column and
3647 warns when lines get too long
3649 * The `cola classic` tool displays upstream changes
3651 * `git cola --classic` launches `cola classic` in standalone mode
3653 * Provide more information in log messages
3657 * Inherit the window manager's font settings
3659 * Miscellaneous PyQt4 bug fixes and workarounds
3663 * Removed all usage of Qt Designer `.ui` files
3665 * Simpler model/view architecture
3667 * Selection is now shared across tools
3669 * Centralized notifications are used to keep views in sync
3671 * The `cola.git` command class was made thread-safe
3673 * Less coupling between model and view actions
3675 * The status view was rewritten to use the MVC architecture
3677 * Added more documentation and tests
3685 Usability, bells and whistles
3686 -----------------------------
3687 * Added a `cola classic` tool for browsing the entire repository
3689 * Handle diff expressions with spaces
3691 * Handle renamed files
3695 * Handle carat `^` characters in diff expressions on Windows
3697 * Worked around a PyQt 4.5/4.6 QThreadPool bug
3701 * Added a keyboard shortcuts reference page
3703 * Added developer API documentation
3707 * Fix the diff expression used when reviewing branches
3709 * Fix a bug when pushing branches
3711 * Fix X11 warnings at startup
3713 * Fix more interrupted system calls on Mac OS X
3721 Usability, bells and whistles
3722 -----------------------------
3723 * Fresh and tasty SVG logos
3725 * Added `Branch Review` mode for reviewing topic branches
3727 * Added diff modes for diffing between tags, branches,
3728 or arbitrary `git diff` expressions
3730 * The push dialog selects the current branch by default.
3731 This is in preparation for `git 1.7.0` where unconfigured `git push`
3732 will refuse to push when run without specifying the remote name
3733 and branch. See the `git` release notes for more information
3735 * Support `open` and `clone` commands on Windows
3737 * Allow saving cola UI layouts
3739 * Re-enabled `double-click-to-stage` for unmerged entries.
3740 Disabling it for unmerged items was inconsistent, though safer.
3742 * Show diffs when navigating the status tree with the keyboard
3746 * Worked around `pyuic4` bugs in the `setup.py` build script
3748 * Added Mac OSX application bundles to the download page
3758 * `git difftool` became an official git command in `git 1.6.3`.
3760 * `git difftool` learned `--no-prompt` / `-y` and a corresponding
3761 `difftool.prompt` configuration variable
3763 Usability, bells and whistles
3764 -----------------------------
3765 * Warn when `non-fast-forward` is used with fetch, push or pull
3767 * Allow `Ctrl+C` to exit cola when run from the command line
3771 * Support Unicode font names
3773 * Handle interrupted system calls
3777 * `PEP-8`-ified more of the cola code base
3783 * All resources are now installed into `$prefix/share/git-cola`.
3784 Closed Debian bug #519972
3786 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519972
3796 * Added support for Kompare in `git difftool`
3798 * Added a separate configuration namespace for `git difftool`
3800 * Added the `diff.tool` configuration variable to define the default diff tool
3802 Usability, bells and whistles
3803 -----------------------------
3804 * The stash dialog allows passing the `--keep-index` option to `git stash`
3806 * Amending a published commit warns at commit time
3808 * Simplified the file-across-revisions comparison dialog
3810 * `origin` is selected by default in fetch/push/pull
3812 * Removed the search field from the log widget
3814 * The log window moved into a drawer widget at the bottom of the UI
3816 * Log window display can be configured with
3817 `cola.showoutput` = `{never, always, errors}`. `errors` is the default.
3819 * `NOTE` -- `cola.showoutput` was removed with the GUI rewrite in 1.4.0.
3823 * Improved nose unittest usage
3827 * Added a Windows/msysGit installer
3829 * Included private versions of `simplejson` and `jsonpickle`
3830 for ease of installation and development