6 Usability, bells and whistles
7 -----------------------------
8 * `git dag` now displays commit metadata more similarly to `git log`.
9 The commit date is now displayed and the subject field is displayed
10 directly above the extended description.
12 * `git dag` now supports a `cola.logdate` configuration for controlling
13 the date format. The configured value is passed to `git log --date=<format>`.
14 (`#1319 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1319>`_)
15 (`#1312 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1312>`_)
17 * The default `patches` directory that is used when exporting patches
18 is now configurable using the `cola.patchesdirectory` configuration
19 variable and the Preferences dialog.
21 * The Diff Editor can now export the diff selection, or the current
22 diff hunk, to a `*.patch` file from the `Patches` context menu action.
24 * Existing patches can be appended to by choosing a patch file from
25 the `Append Patch` sub-menu in the `Patches` context menu action.
27 * Patches can now be applied by dragging and dropping patches files from
28 a file browser onto the diff editor. The "Apply Patches" dialog is
29 launched with the drag-and-dropped patch files.
33 * ``QApplication::desktop()`` is no longer available on PyQt6.
34 Git Cola no longer relies on this method.
38 * Git Cola can now be installed on Windows using `winget`.
39 See the ``README.md`` file for more details.
40 (`#1318 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1318>`_)
50 * Diffs for repositories with a single commit have been fixed.
51 (`#1306 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1306>`_)
53 * The toolbars follow the Qt toolbar style, as they did prior to `v4.2.0`.
54 (`#1307 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1307>`_)
56 * The "Checkout Branch" dialog was fixed to display all completions when first shown.
57 (`#1308 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1308>`_)
65 Usability, bells and whistles
66 -----------------------------
67 * The Diff Editor can now send diffs to your favorite editor before the diffs are applied.
68 The right-click "Edit Diff ..." menu actions and the `Ctrl + Shift + S` /
69 `Ctrl + Shift + U` hotkeys send the current diff hunk, or the selected diff, to your
70 editor before they are applied to the worktree / staging area.
71 (`#1290 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1290>`_)
72 (`#794 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/794>`_)
74 * The Diff Editor and DAG viewer can now search within their diffs using
75 `Ctrl + F` and `Ctrl + G` hotkeys.
76 (`#1116 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1116>`_)
78 * A new *Diff Mode* can be used to diff and unstage edits relative to any commit.
79 (`#816 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/816>`_)
81 * The Commit Message Editor can now spell-check the summary field. Previously only the
82 "Extended Description..." field supported spell checking.
83 (`#633 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/633>`_)
84 (`#1070 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1070>`_)
86 * Repositories in your "Recents" and "Favorites" can now be searched using the new
87 "Search" tool button. Quickly switch between these repositories using the `Alt + P`
88 hotkey and "Quick Open..." File menu action.
89 (`#1282 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1282>`_)
91 * "Favorites", "Recents" and the startup dialog now display a case-insensitively
92 sorted list of repositories.
93 (`#1047 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1047>`_)
95 * The startup dialog now has a right-click context menu that allows you to prune
96 stale entries and other actions that were not previously accessible from
98 (`#1199 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1199>`_)
99 (`#1280 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1280>`_)
101 * The "Copy Leading Paths" action in the Status tool's right-click "Copy" sub-menu
102 can now strip off an arbitrary number of leading paths.
103 (`#784 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/784>`_)
105 * The "Cherry-Pick" action now reports errors when "git cherry-pick" fails.
106 A new "Abort Cherry-Pick" action has been added for aborting a failed cherry-pick.
107 (`#1062 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1062>`_)
109 * The diff text can now be quickly zoomed using `Ctrl + Mouse wheel` scroll.
110 This will quickly change the text size within the current session only.
111 (`#1029 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1029>`_)
113 * The Console and Diff widgets learned to open URLs. Right-click on a line
114 that contains http URLs and context-menu actions for opening each URL
115 using your default web browser will be displayed.
116 (`#1139 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1139>`_)
118 * Drag-and-drop has been improved when dragging filenames from the Status tool.
119 Dragging multiple files requires special handling to improve usability.
120 Some terminals (such as `kitty`) consume multiple file URLs by separating paths with
121 newlines. This is useful when you'd like to capture raw filenames but is less
122 convenient when dropping filenames onto a command-line. Drag with the `Alt`-modifier
123 held down to drag-and-drop filenames for command-line use. Using the `Alt` modifier
124 omits URLs so that the drag-and-drop payload includes only space-delimited,
126 (`#719 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/719>`_)
128 * The DAG viewer now displays the diff between the start and end commits when
129 multiple commits are selected. The diffs are displayed in the DAG's diff viewer.
130 (`#552 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/552>`_)
132 * The DAG viewer learned to checkout branches and initiate rebases from its right-click menu.
133 (`#1113 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1113>`_)
135 * The DAG diff viewer learned to word-wrap the diff text.
136 (`#1242 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1242>`_)
138 * The spelling dictionaries are now discovered dynamically at runtime.
139 `dict/words` and `dict/propernames` are now discovered via `$XDG_DATA_DIRS`
140 by the spell checker. This allows a spelling dictionary to be placed in eg.
141 `~/.local/share/dict/words` to override the default `/usr/share/dict/words`.
142 (`#873 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/873>`_)
144 * The File menu now has a "Patches" sub-menu with a full set of "git am" Patch actions.
146 * The Diff Editor and various Diff widgets now have a "Copy Diff" action with an
147 `Alt + Shift + C` hotkey that copies the selected diff text to the clipboard with the
148 `+`, `-` and `<Space>` diff prefix characters removed.
149 (`#1288 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1288>`_)
151 * The "Revert" action for reverting commits from the DAG tool now displays error
152 messages when ``git revert`` fails.
153 (`#885 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/885>`_)
155 * The Diff Editor now uses an easier-to-see *block cursor* by default.
156 Disable `cola.blockcursor <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#cola-blockcursor>`_
157 to continue using original *line cursor* by running
158 ``git config --global cola.blockcursor false``, or by editing the settings in the menu.
160 * The "Unmerged" header item in the Status tool now displays a summary list of unmerged files.
162 * The hotkeys documentation has been updated to clarify that the "Copy Commit ID"
163 action is available in several tools.
164 (`#779 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/779>`_)
166 * Saving files when using "Browse Other Branch" now displays errors from
167 ``git show`` when saving files from arbitrary commits.
168 (`#1065 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1065>`_)
170 * The Apply Patches dialog now reports errors when patches fail to apply.
171 (`#673 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/673>`_)
173 * The "Status" tool now disables "Copy" actions in its context menu when no
174 files have been selected.
175 (`#697 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/697>`_)
177 * The "Unstage" menu item in the Status tool now uses a "Remove" icon.
178 (`#1289 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1289>`_)
182 * The vendored `qtpy` module was modified to sever its dependency on the
183 `packaging.version` module. This mostly affects users that want to run
184 Git Cola directly from the the source tree outside of any virtualenv.
185 (`#1286 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1286>`_)
193 Usability, bells and whistles
194 -----------------------------
195 * The rebase editor was taught to handle stacked branch workflows enabled by
196 ``git rebase --update-refs``. The ``git cola rebase`` sub-command now has
197 an ``--update-refs`` option and the menu actions display a prompt that allows
198 you to enable the updating of stacked branches.
199 (`#1261 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1261>`_)
200 (`#571 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/571>`_)
202 * The status widget now respects `diff.ignoreSubmodules`.
203 (`#1269 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1269>`_)
205 Packaging and Dependencies
206 --------------------------
207 * PyQt6 is now officially supported.
208 (`#1211 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1211>`_)
209 (`#1273 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1273>`_)
211 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v2.3.0`.
215 * Fixes and updates to Git Cola's CI actions.
216 (`#1278 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1278>`_)
217 (`#1277 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1277>`_)
227 * The "T" hotkey for "Find Files" was removed to avoid issues in some configurations.
228 (`#1270 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1270>`_)
230 * Some context menus entries were erroring out on binary files.
231 (`#1271 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1271>`_)
239 Usability, bells and whistles
240 -----------------------------
241 * The branches widget no longer loses its selection state in response to
242 notifications and UI actions.
243 (`#1221 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1221>`_)
245 * The use of ``gravatar.com`` to fetch icons associated with author emails
246 can now be disabled by setting `git config --global cola.gravatar false`.
247 (`#933 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/933>`_)
251 * The config reader has been revamped to better read settings when git config
252 files are located in unexpected locations.
253 (`#927 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/927>`_)
254 (`#1264 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1264>`_)
256 * The preferences dialog no longer throws an error when the editor has not
258 (`#1263 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1263>`_)
260 * Context menu actions for staging files has been added when diffing images.
261 (`#1265 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1265>`_)
263 * The stash editor now properly displays stashes with slashes ("/") in
264 their names or messsages.
265 (`#1267 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1267>`_)
267 * The settings file is now written-to and read-from in a robust manner to avoid data
268 loss when doing an ACPI shutdown or forced shutdown of a machine.
269 (`#1241 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1241>`_)
271 * Git Cola now displays an error message when attempting to open a repository that
272 cannot be accessed due to the new `safe.directory` protections in Git v2.30.3.
273 (`#1243 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1243>`_)
277 * The .po and .pot files now contain location information.
278 (`#880 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/880>`_)
286 Usability, bells and whistles
287 -----------------------------
288 * The Rebase editor (`git-cola-sequence-editor`) now supports multi-select.
289 Use `Shift-{Up,Down}` to select multiple lines and the keyboard hotkeys
290 listed in the `?` dialog to drive the UI.
291 (`#1257 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1257>`_)
293 * The `$GIT_VISUAL` and `$VISUAL` environment variable are now consulted in addition
294 to `$GIT_EDITOR` and `$EDITOR` when the `gui.editor` configuration is unset.
295 (`#1237 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1237>`_)
297 * The application window icon is now enabled when running on Wayland.
298 (`#1240 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1240>`_)
300 * The Status widget now has an "Open Worktree" action.
301 (`#1245 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1245>`_)
303 * The "Open Using Default Application", "Open Directory",
304 "Open Parent Directory" and "Open Worktree" actions are now available on Windows.
306 * The dialog for opening repositories is now a read-only dialog that omits the
307 ability to create folders and modify the filesystem.
308 (`#1168 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1168>`_)
310 * A few more `git` calls have been eliminated from the startup sequence.
311 This further improved the startup time for Git Cola.
312 (`#1259 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1259>`_)
316 * Documentation rendering errors have been fixed.
317 (`#1256 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1256>`_)
319 * Use of a `~/.config/git-cola/language` file to override the language has been fixed.
320 (`#1246 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1246>`_)
322 * We no longer write the `cola.spellcheck` configuration value on launch.
323 (`#1238 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1238>`_)
327 * Updated Spanish translation.
328 (`#1244 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1244>`_)
330 * Updated Japanese translation.
331 (`#1249 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1249>`_)
335 * Building documentation offline is supported again.
336 (`#1250 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1250>`_)
338 * The Appstream Metadata files were missing in the v4.0.0 release are included again.
339 (`#1254 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1254>`_)
340 (`#1253 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1253>`_)
348 Usability, bells and whistles
349 -----------------------------
350 * Double-clicking dock widgets no longer creates sub-windows when the layout is locked.
351 (`#1176 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1176>`_)
352 (`#1198 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1198>`_)
356 * We now guard against `locale.getdefaultlocale()` returning `None` in some
357 configurations, notably on macOS if none of 'LC_ALL', 'LC_CTYPE', 'LANG' or 'LANGUAGE'
359 (`#1234 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1234>`_)
361 * The preferences dialog has been fixed to properly handle booleans.
362 (`#1235 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1235>`_)
364 * The `docs/` directory was restructured to avoid missing `setup.py` errors.
365 `share/doc/git-cola` is now a symlink pointing to `docs/`.
366 (`#1230 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1230>`_)
368 * Message boxes could sometimes display off-screen or using geometry that is larger
369 than the current desktop. Message box sizes are now clamped to the desktop size.
370 (`#1228 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1228>`_)
380 These changes are primarily breaking changes for packagers of Git Cola.
381 For example, Linux distribution and Homebrew package maintainers may need to
382 be aware of these changes.
384 Changes have been made build infrastructure and the resulting filesystem artifacts.
386 * The build system is now Python3-only and has been modernized for PEP-517/518.
387 While Git Cola still builds and runs under Python2, it is no longer officially
388 supported and may stop working in a future release without notice.
389 (`#1201 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1201>`_)
391 * The `#!/usr/bin/env python` shebang lines in the `git-cola` and `git-dag` wrapper
392 scripts have been updated to use `python3`.
393 (`#1204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1204>`_)
395 * The build system was switched to `setuptools` and no longer depends on `distutils`.
396 ``python setup.py {build,install,build_pot,build_mo}`` are no longer provided.
397 Use the https://pypa-build.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation.html
398 ``python -m build`` tool to generate sdist and wheel distributions,
399 and ``pip install .`` to install Git Cola from source.
400 (`#1204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1204>`_)
402 * The `git-cola`, `git-dag` and `git-cola-sequence-editor` commands are now installed
403 using setuptools entry points.
405 * The `bin/` wrapper scripts in the source tree continue to be provided for convenience
406 but they are not the scripts that get installed.
408 * The `qtpy` Python package is no longer installed alongside the `cola` Python package.
410 * The `cola` package is now installed into the standard Python site-packages location.
412 * The `share/git-cola/lib` private Python modules directory no longer exists.
414 * The `NO_VENDOR_LIBS` and `NO_PRIVATE_LIBS` Makefile options are no longer necessary.
416 * The `share/git-cola` filesystem namespace no longer exists. All of cola's package data
417 is distributed alongside the `cola` module as package data.
419 * Building the Sphinx documentation now also requires the `jaraco.packaging` and
420 `rst.linker` packages. See `requirements/requirements-dev.txt` for the package
423 Usability, bells and whistles
424 -----------------------------
426 <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#custom-themes>`_
427 can be used by adding `*.qss` Qt stylesheet files to `~/.config/git-cola/themes/`.
428 (`#1222 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1222>`_)
429 (`#1226 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1226>`_)
431 * Git Cola now keeps track of child Browser windows and will close all of them when
432 the main window is closed.
433 (`#1200 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1200>`_)
437 * Staging conflicted binary files has been fixed to avoid Unicode decoding errors.
438 (`#1189 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1189>`_)
440 * Ensure that secure permissions are used when creating temporary files.
441 (`#1209 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1209>`_)
443 * The line numbering in the diff viewer was corrected when displaying merge diffs.
444 (`#1208 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1208>`_)
446 * Documentation typofixes.
447 (`#1193 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1193>`_)
449 * Git Cola was revamped to use Qt signals and slots for all of its notifications.
450 This made its notification system more robust.
451 (`#1202 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1202>`_)
452 (`#1203 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1203>`_)
453 (`#1205 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1205>`_)
454 (`#1206 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1206>`_)
458 * `vcruntime140.dll` and `msvcp140.dll` are now included in the Windows installation.
459 (`#1207 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1207>`_)
467 Usability, bells and whistles
468 -----------------------------
469 * The git config guitool action can now be grouped under user-defined menus.
470 This is done by using slash (``/``) delimiters in the action name.
471 Entries before the final slash are treated like submenus inside the
472 top-level ``Actions`` menu.
473 (`#1150 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1150>`_)
475 * Toolbars now have a full set of icons. The icons follow the system theme
476 and can be configured to display text, just icons, or text and icons.
477 (`#1177 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1177>`_)
479 * The startup dialog will now open the selected repository when the "enter"
481 (`#1162 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1162>`_)
483 * ``Shift+S`` will stage selected lines (in addition to ``s``).
484 (`#1187 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1187>`_)
488 * The vendored qtpy library was patched to retain Python2 compatibility.
490 * The "Unstage" toolbar action was fixed.
491 (`#1178 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1178>`_)
493 * We now avoid `setWidth(float)` for compatibility with newer Qt versions.
494 (`#1183 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1183>`_)
496 * Documentation typofixes.
497 (`#1185 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1185>`_)
501 * Updated Polish translation.
502 (`#1184 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1184>`_)
506 * Git Cola now uses Github Actions for running its continuous integration tests.
507 (`#1179 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1179>`_)
515 Usability, bells and whistles
516 -----------------------------
517 * The Status tool was improved to better retain selected files when
518 the state changes and the display is refreshed.
519 (`#1130 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1130>`_)
520 (`#1131 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1131>`_)
522 * The Diff editor can now stage selected lines for untracked files.
523 Git Cola will detect when a file is untracked and will allow you to
524 partially stage it, just like existing tracked files.
525 (`#1146 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1146>`_)
526 (`#1084 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1084>`_)
528 * Diffing of staged files has been implemented for repositories that contain
530 (`#1149 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1149>`_)
531 (`#1110 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1110>`_)
533 * Documentation improvements and typofixes.
534 (`#1163 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1163>`_)
535 (`#1164 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1164>`_)
539 * The `FIPS security mode
540 <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/FIPS_Mode_-_an_explanation>`_
541 is now supported by Git Cola when running on FIPS-enabled Python
542 (Python 3.9+ or centos8/rhel8's patched Python 3.6).
543 (`#1157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1157>`_)
547 * The `argparse` usage was adjusted to remain compatible with older Pythons.
548 (`#1155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1155>`_)
550 * The window restoration logic was fixed to properly save/restore settings
551 when different languages are used.
552 (`#1071 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1071>`_)
553 (`#1161 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1161>`_)
554 (`#382 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/382>`_)
556 * `git dag` no longer passes floats to `QPen::setWidth()` for better compatibility.
557 (`bz #2014950 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2014950>`_)
561 * The Windows installer was slimmed down by removing unused Qt DLLs.
562 (`#1152 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1152>`_)
572 * Patch release to fix a typo in the Interactive Rebase feature.
579 Usability, bells and whistles
580 -----------------------------
581 * The git config reader now supports the `include.path` directive
582 for including config files.
583 (`#1136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1136>`_)
584 (`#1137 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1137>`_)
586 * The dialog for selecting commits now support filtering.
587 (`#1121 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1121>`_)
589 * The diff editor now wraps long lines by default. The diff options
590 menu can be used to enable/disable line wrapping.
591 (`#1123 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1123>`_)
593 * Git Cola now honors `core.hooksPath` for configuring custom Git hooks,
594 which was introduced in Git v2.9.
595 (`#1118 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1118>`_)
597 * A new `Ctrl + Shift + S` hotkey was added for staging/unstaging all
598 files, both modified and untracked.
600 * The `Status` tool now supports `Ctrl + A` for selecting all files and
601 it behaves more predictably when performing operations when multiple
602 categories of files are selected (eg. when both modified and untracked
603 header items are selected).
604 (`#1117 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1117>`_)
608 * Updated Hungarian translation.
609 (`#1135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1135>`_)
613 * The "Interactive Rebase" feature was updated to work with Windows.
615 * `make install-man` was updated to support Sphinx 4.0.
616 (`#1141 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1141>`_)
618 * `git cola --help-commands` was updated for newer versions of argparse.
619 (`#1133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1133>`_)
623 * Git Cola can now be started as a Python module.
624 (`#1119 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1119>`_)
632 Usability, bells and whistles
633 -----------------------------
634 * The startup dialog now detects when Recent and Favorite repositories no
635 longer exist on disk, and offers to remove these entries when selected.
636 (`#1089 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1089>`_)
638 * The startup dialog now includes a simpler and more condensed folder view
639 that can be used for selecting Favorites and Recent repositories.
640 (`#1086 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1086>`_)
642 * The "Commit" menu now includes an "Undo Last Commit" action.
643 (`#890 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/890>`_)
645 * The "Reset" menu was revamped to expose all of Git's reset modes alongside a
646 new "Restore Worktree" action that updates the worktree using "git read-tree".
647 (`#890 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/890>`_)
651 * Updated Polish translation.
652 (`#1107 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1107>`_)
654 * Updated Japanese translation.
655 (`#1098 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1098>`_)
657 * Updated Brazilian translation.
658 (`#1091 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1091>`_)
662 * The ``--use-env-python`` option for ``setup.py`` is now Python3 compatible.
663 (`#1102 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1102>`_)
671 Usability, bells and whistles
672 -----------------------------
673 * The submodules widget can now be used to add submodules.
674 Submodules are now updated recursively.
675 (`#534 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/534>`_)
677 * The image diff viewer can now be toggled between text and image modes.
678 This is helpful when, for example, diffing .svg files where it can be useful
679 to see diffs in both an image and text representation.
680 (`#859 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/859>`_)
681 (`#1035 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1035>`_)
683 * The default `ssh-askpass` username + password dialog included with Git Cola
684 can now toggle between showing and masking the password input field.
685 (`#1069 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1069>`_)
689 * Updated Polish translation.
690 (`#1076 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1076>`_)
692 * Updated Hungarian translation.
693 (`#1067 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1067>`_)
697 * The `share/appdata` AppStream data was renamed to `share/metainfo`
698 in accordance with `AppStream standard changes from 2016
699 <https://github.com/ximion/appstream/blob/master/NEWS#L1363>`_.
700 (`#1079 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1079>`_)
702 * The ``cola`` modules are now installed into the Python ``site-packages``
703 directory by default. This allows distributions to package ``git-cola`` for
704 multiple versions of Python. See the PACKAGING NOTES section in the README
705 for details about suppressing the installation of the private
706 ``share/git-cola/lib/cola`` modules when building cola.
707 (`#181 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/181>`_)
709 * Git Cola's rebase / sequence editor, formerly known as ``git-xbase`` and
710 installed as ``share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase``, has been renamed to
711 ``git-cola-sequence-editor`` and is now installed into the default
712 ``bin/git-cola-sequence-editor`` executable location to enable external
713 reuse of this general-purpose tool.
715 * A workaround used by the pynsist installer preamble script was obsoleted by
716 `takluyver/pynsist#149 <https://github.com/takluyver/pynsist/pull/149>`_
717 and has now been removed.
718 (`#1073 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1073>`_)
722 * `git dag` now uses integer widths when initializing its brushes.
723 (`#1080 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1080>`_)
731 Usability, bells and whistles
732 -----------------------------
733 * The ``git-xbase`` rebase editor now includes a file list for filtering
734 the changes displayed in the diff view.
735 (`#1051 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1051>`_)
737 * The fallback `ssh-askpass` script, which provides the Username/Password
738 login dialog when performing remote operations, previously presented both
739 the username and password input fields with ``***`` asterisks.
740 The dialog now uses asterisks for the password field only.
741 (`#1026 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1026>`_)
743 * Stashes can now be applied using the `Ctrl + Enter` hotkey, popped with the
744 `Ctrl + Backspace` hotkey, and dropped with the `Ctrl + Shift + Backspace`
745 hotkey when inside the stash dialog. This enables a keyboard-centric
746 mouse-free workflow when using the stash dialog.
748 * When amending a commit, `git cola` will check whether the commit has been
749 published to a remote branch using ``git branch -r --contains HEAD``.
750 This command can be slow when operating on a repository with many
751 remote branches. The new `cola.checkpublishedcommits` configuration
752 variable allows you to opt-out of this check, which improves performance
753 when amending a commit. The settings widget exposes this variable as,
754 "Check Published Commits when Amending".
755 (`#1021 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1021>`_)
756 (`#1027 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1027>`_)
760 * Updated Polish translation.
761 (`#1033 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1033>`_)
765 * ``git-dag.appdata.xml`` was updated to allow network access for author icons.
766 (`#1050 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1050>`_)
768 * The inotify filesystem monitor now handles
769 `OSError: [Errno 24] Too many open files` errors by disabling inotify.
770 (`#1015 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1015>`_)
772 * Typos in various documentation files have been fixed.
773 (`#1025 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1025>`_)
775 * The "Recent Repositories" limit was off by one, and now correctly
776 remembers the configured number of repositories in the menu.
777 (`#1024 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1024>`_)
779 * The "revert" action in the DAG and other tools now uses
780 ``git revert --no-edit``, which avoids launching an editor
781 when reverting the commit. Use `Ctrl+m` in the commit message
782 editor after reverting a commit to rewrite its commit message.
783 (`#1020 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1020>`_)
791 Usability, bells and whistles
792 -----------------------------
793 * The remote editor is much faster since it no longer queries
794 remotes, and uses the cached information instead.
795 (`#986 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/986>`_)
797 * Commit message templates can now be loaded automatically by setting
798 ``git config cola.autoloadcommittemplate true``.
799 (`#1013 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1013>`_)
800 (`#735 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/735>`_)
802 * The UI layout can now be reset back to its initial state by selecting
803 the "Reset Layout" action. This reverts the layout to the same state
804 as when the app first launched.
805 (`#1008 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1008>`_)
806 (`#994 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/994>`_)
808 * Files can now be ignored in either the project's `.gitignore`, or in the
809 repository's private local `.git/info/exclude` ignore file.
810 (`#1006 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1006>`_)
811 (`#1000 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1000>`_)
813 * New remotes are now selected when they are added in the "Edit Remotes" tool.
814 (`#1002 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1002>`_)
816 * The "Recent" repositories list is now saved to disk when opening a
817 repository. Previously, this list was only updated when exiting the app.
818 (`#1001 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1001>`_)
820 * The bookmarks tool now has a "Delete" option in its right-click menu.
821 (`#999 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/999>`_)
823 * The current repository is no longer listed in the "File/Open Recent" menu.
824 (`#998 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/998>`_)
828 * Updated Hungarian translation.
829 (`#1005 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1005>`_)
830 (`#1018 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1018>`_)
832 * Updated Turkish translation.
833 (`#1003 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1003>`_)
834 (`#1011 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1011>`_)
838 * Better support for Python 3.8's line buffering modes.
839 (`#1014 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1014>`_)
841 * The default `ssh-askpass` script now uses a more generic `#!` shebang line.
842 (`#1012 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1012>`_)
844 * Fetch, push, and pull operations will now refresh the model and display when
846 (`#996 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/996>`_)
848 * The branches widget now refreshes its display when changing branches.
849 (`#992 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/992>`_)
853 * The `share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase` script will now have its `#!` lines
854 updated during installation.
855 (`#991 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/991>`_)
859 * The unit tests were made more platform-independent.
860 (`#993 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/993>`_)
868 Usability, bells and whistles
869 -----------------------------
870 * Auto-completion for filenames can now be disabled. This speeds up
871 revision completion when working in large repositories with many files.
872 (`#981 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/981>`_)
874 * The Stash dialog now shows the stash date as a tooltip when hovering
875 over a stashed change.
876 (`#982 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/982>`_)
878 * Qt HiDPI settings are overridden by the `git cola` HiDPI appearance settings.
879 These overrides can now be disabled by selecting the "Disable" mode.
880 This allows users to control Qt's HiDPI settings through environment
881 variables. Additionally, the "Auto" mode now detects the presence of
882 the Qt HiDPI variables and no longer overrides them when the user has
883 configured their environment explicitly.
884 (`#963 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/963>`_)
886 * Confirmation dialogs can now focus buttons using the Tab key.
887 Previously, the "Y" and "N" keys could be used to confirm or deny
888 using the keyboard, but "Tab" is more familiar.
889 (`#965 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/965>`_)
891 * Error dialogs (for example, when a commit hook fails) will now always
892 show the details. The details were previously hidden behind a toggle.
893 (`#968 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/968>`_)
897 * Updated Japanese translation.
898 (`#973 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/973>`_)
899 (`#974 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/974>`_)
901 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
902 (`#950 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/950>`_)
906 * The filesystem monitor no longer logs that it has been enabled after the
907 inotify watch limit is reached on Linux.
908 (`#984 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/984>`_)
910 * Better unicode robustness.
911 (`#990 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/990>`_)
912 (`#910 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/991>`_)
914 * The "Branches" widget did not always update itself when deleting branches
915 (for example, when inotify is disabled or unavailable).
916 (`#978 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/978>`_)
918 * Non-ascii unicode byte strings are more robustly handled by the log widget.
919 (`#977 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/977>`_)
921 * Non-unicode results from the `gettext` library are more robustly handled.
922 (`#969 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/969>`_)
924 * Launching `git cola` from within a directory that has since been deleted
925 would previously result in a traceback, and is now robustly handled.
926 (`#961 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/961>`_)
930 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.9`.
938 Usability, bells and whistles
939 -----------------------------
940 * The file browser now includes "Blame" in its context menu.
941 (`#953 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/953>`_)
943 * The "Push" action now uses "git push --force-with-lease" when using
944 the "Force" option with Git v1.8.5 and newer.
945 (`#946 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/946>`_)
947 * Updated German translation.
948 (`#936 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/936>`_)
950 * The `Status` widget learned to optionally display file counts in its
951 category headers, and indent the files displayed in each category.
952 (`#931 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/931>`_)
954 * The `Branches` widget can now sort branches by their most recent commit.
955 (`#930 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/930>`_)
957 * `git cola` now includes configurable GUI themes that can be used to style
958 the user interface. Enable the new themes by configuring `cola.theme`
959 in the preferences window. See the
960 `cola.theme documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#cola-theme>`_
961 for more details. (`#924 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/924>`_)
963 * `git cola` now has built-in support for HiDPI displays by enabling
964 Qt's 5.6's `QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR` feature.
965 (`#938 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/938>`_)
967 * `git cola` now uses HiDPI pixmaps when rendering icons, and the builtin
968 icons have been updated to look sharp when displayed in HiDPI.
969 (`#932 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/932>`_)
973 * `git cola`'s "Revert Unstaged Edits" previously checked out from "HEAD^",
974 when in "Amend" mode, and removing staged changes. This behavior has been
975 changed to always checkout from the index, which avoids data loss.
976 (`#947 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/947>`_)
978 * `git cola` has been updated to work with newer versions of `gnome-terminal`
979 and no longer shell-quotes its arguments when launching `gnome-terminal`.
980 The `cola.terminalshellquote` configuration variable can be set to `true` to
981 get the old behavior, or to handle other terminals that take the command to run
982 as a single string instead of as arguments to `execv()`.
983 (`#935 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/935>`_)
985 * `git dag` now properly handles arbitrary input on Python3.
986 Previously, an exception would be raised when entering `--grep=xxx` where
987 `xxx` is a quoted string with a missing end-quote.
988 (`#941 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/941>`_)
992 * The contribution guidelines for contributors has been updated to mention
993 how to regenerate the `*.mo` message files.
994 (`#934 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/934>`_)
1002 Usability, bells and whistles
1003 -----------------------------
1004 * `git dag` improved how it renders parent commits.
1005 (`#921 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/921>`_)
1007 * The `Branches` widget now checks out branches when double-clicked.
1008 (`#920 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/920>`_)
1010 * The new `Submodules` widget makes it easy to interact with submodules.
1011 Additionally, submodules can now be updated using the `Status` widget.
1012 (`#916 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/916>`_)
1014 * Updated Japanese translation.
1015 (`#914 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/914>`_)
1017 * The "Open Terminal" action now launches a Git Bash shell on Windows.
1018 (`#913 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/913>`_)
1020 * New menu actions for updating all submodules.
1021 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
1023 * The status widget can now update submodules.
1024 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
1026 * The "Apply Patch" `git cola am` dialog now includes a diff viewer
1027 to display the contents of the selected patch.
1029 * The "Alt+D" diffstat hotkey now selects the staged/modified/etc.
1030 header in the Status widget, which shows the totality of everything
1031 that will be committed.
1032 (`#771 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/771>`_)
1034 * Running "Launch Editor" from the diff editor now opens the editor at the
1036 (`#898 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/898>`_)
1038 * The textwidth and tabwidth configuration values can now be set
1039 per-repository, rather than globally only.
1041 * Text entry widgets switched to using a block cursor in `v3.2`.
1042 This has been reverted to the original line cursor for consistency
1043 with other applications and user expectations.
1044 (`#889 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/889>`_)
1046 * The "edit at line" feature, used by the "Grep" tool, now supports
1047 the Sublime text editor.
1048 (`#894 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/894>`_)
1052 * Launching external programs has been improved on Windows.
1053 (`#925 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/925>`_)
1055 * Improve compatibility when using PySide2.
1056 (`#912 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/912>`_)
1058 * The Diff Editor was not honoring the configured tab width on startup.
1059 (`#900 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/900>`_)
1061 * The "Delete Files" feature was creating an unreadable display when
1062 many files were selected. Word-wrap the list of files so that the
1063 display stays within a sensible size.
1064 (`#895 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/895>`_)
1066 * Spelling and grammar fixes.
1067 (`#915 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/915>`_)
1068 (`#891 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/891>`_)
1072 * The logo was run through `tidy` to give it a consistent style.
1073 Some technical issues with the logo were improved.
1074 (`#877 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/877>`_)
1076 * The entire codebase is now checked by `flake8`, rather than just
1077 the module and test directories. This catches things like
1078 the pynsist installer scripts.
1079 (`#884 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/884>`_)
1080 (`#882 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/882>`_)
1081 (`#879 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/879>`_)
1085 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.6`.
1087 * The Windows installer's wrapper scripts were missing an import.
1088 (`#878 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/878>`_)
1096 Usability, bells and whistles
1097 -----------------------------
1098 * The `git cola dag` DAG window now supports `git revert`.
1099 (`#843 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/843>`_)
1101 * `git stash pop` is now supported by the stash dialog.
1102 (`#844 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/844>`_)
1104 * The status widget now ensures that each item is visible when selection
1105 changes. Previously, if you scrolled to the right to see the name of
1106 a long filename, and then selected a short filename above it, the widget
1107 may not have shown the short filename in the viewport. We now ensure
1108 that the filenames are visible when the selection changes.
1109 (`#828 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/828>`_)
1111 * The `git xbase` rebase editor no longer displays an error when
1112 cancelling an interactive rebase.
1113 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
1115 * The dialog shown when renaming remotes has been simplified.
1116 (`#840 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/840>`_)
1117 (`#838 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/838>`_)
1119 * The help dialog in the `git-xbase` Rebase editor is now scrollable.
1120 (`#855 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/855>`_)
1124 * Updated Brazilian translation.
1125 (`#845 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/845>`_)
1127 * Updated Czech translation.
1128 (`#854 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/854>`_)
1129 (`#853 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/853>`_)
1130 (`#835 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/835>`_)
1131 (`#813 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/813>`_)
1133 * Update Spanish translation.
1134 (`#862 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/862>`_)
1135 (`#867 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/867>`_)
1139 * The original `#!/usr/bin/env python` shebang lines can now be
1140 retained by passing `USE_ENV_PYTHON=1` to `make` when installing.
1141 (`#850 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/850>`_)
1143 * The Makefile is now resilient to DESTDIR and prefix containing whitespace.
1144 (`#858 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/858>`_)
1146 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.4.2`.
1148 * `python3-distutils` is needed to build cola on Debian.
1149 (`#837 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/837>`_)
1153 * The "C" key no longer closes the message dialogs, for example the
1154 one that is shown when a commit fails its pre-commit hooks.
1155 This allows "Ctrl+C" copy to work, rather than closing the dialog.
1156 (`#734 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/734>`_)
1158 * Dock widgets sizes are now properly saved and restored when the main
1159 window is maximized.
1160 (`#848 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/848>`_)
1162 * The spellcheck feature was broken under Python3.
1163 (`#857 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/857>`_)
1165 * A regression when saving stashes was fixed.
1166 (`#847 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/847>`_)
1168 * Diffing image files was not updating the available context menus,
1169 which prevented the "Stage" action from being present in the menu.
1170 (`#841 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/841>`_)
1172 * `git cola` now detects when `git lfs uninstall` has been run. This allows
1173 you to re-initialize "Git LFS" in an existing repository where it had been
1174 previously uninstalled.
1175 (`#842 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/842>`_)
1177 * Custom color values that did not contain any hexadecimal digits in the
1178 `a-f` range were being converted into integers by the config reader. This
1179 then caused the configured colors to be ignored.
1181 These color values are now interpreted correctly. Additionally, color
1182 values can now use an optional HTML-like `#` prefix.
1184 Example `.gitconfig` snippet::
1189 (`#836 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/836>`_)
1190 (`#849 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/849>`_)
1192 * We now display an error message graphically when `Git` is not installed.
1193 Previously, the message went to stderr only.
1194 (`#830 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/830>`_)
1196 * Changing diff options was causing resulting in an exception.
1197 (`#833 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/833>`_)
1198 (`#834 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/834>`_)
1200 * The DAG window now updates itself when branches and tags are created.
1201 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
1203 * The user's `$PATH` environment variable can now contain utf-8
1204 encoded paths. Previously, launching external commands could
1206 (`#807 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/807>`_)
1208 * Git Cola development sandboxes can now be stored on utf-8 encoded
1209 filesystem paths. Previously, the interactive rebase feature
1210 could be broken when running in that environment.
1211 (`#825 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/825>`_)
1213 * The log window now uses an ISO-8601 timestamp, which
1214 avoids localized output in the log window.
1215 (`#817 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/817>`_)
1219 * The code base has been thoroughly sanitized using `pylint`, and
1220 travis is now running pylint over the entire project.
1222 * Miscellaneous improvements and code improvements.
1223 (`#874 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/874>`_)
1231 Usability, bells and whistles
1232 -----------------------------
1233 * The "Browser" widget learned to rename files using "git mv".
1234 (`#239 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/239>`_)
1236 * The "Diff" widget learned to diff images. Side-by-side and pixel diff
1237 modes allow you to inspect changes to common images formats.
1238 (`#444 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/444>`_)
1239 (`#803 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/803>`_)
1241 * Git LFS and Git Annex are natively supported by the image diff viewer.
1243 * Git Annex operations are now included. `git annex init` can be performed on
1244 repositories, and `git annex add` can be run on untracked files from the
1245 status widget. Install `git-annex` to activate this feature.
1247 * Git LFS operations are now included. `git lfs install` can be performed on
1248 repositories, and `git lfs track` can be run on untracked files from the
1249 status widget. Install `git-lfs` to activate this feature.
1251 * The "Stash" tool learned to stash staged changes only. Select the
1252 "Stage Index" option and only staged changes will be stashed away.
1253 (`#413 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/413>`_)
1255 * The "Stash" tool learned to use vim-like navigation keyboard shortcuts,
1256 shows error messages when things go wrong, and now saves the "Stash Index"
1257 and "Keep Index" options across sessions.
1259 * The Edit menu's "Copy" and "Select All" actions now forward to either the
1260 diff, status, recent, or favorites widgets, based on which widget has focus.
1262 * The "File" and "Edit" menu can now be activated using `Alt + {F,E}` hotkeys.
1263 (`#759 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/759>`_)
1265 * It was easy to accidentally trigger the first action in the `Status` tool's
1266 context menu when using a quick right-click to bring up the menu.
1267 A short sub-second delay was added to ensure that the top-most action is not
1268 triggered unless enough time has passed. This prevents accidental
1269 activation of the first item (typically "Stage" or "Unstage") without
1270 burdening common use cases.
1271 (`#755 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/755>`_)
1272 (`#643 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/643>`_)
1274 * The "Ctrl+S" hotkey now works for the header items in the Status tool.
1275 Selected the "Modified" header item and activating the "Stage" hotkey,
1276 for example, will stage all modified files. This works for the "Staged",
1277 "Modified", and "Untracked" headers. This is not enabled for the
1278 "Unmerged" header by design.
1279 (`#772 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/772>`_)
1281 * The list of "Recent" repositories previously capped the number of
1282 repositories shown to 8 repositories. This can be set to a higher
1283 value by setting the `cola.maxrecent` configuration variable.
1284 (`#752 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/752>`_)
1286 * The "Create Branch" dialog now prevents invalid branch names.
1287 (`#765 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/765>`_)
1289 * Updated Turkish translation.
1290 (`#756 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/756>`_)
1292 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
1293 (`#753 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/753>`_)
1295 * Updated German translation.
1296 (`#802 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/802>`_)
1298 * Updated Czech translation
1299 (`#792 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/792>`_)
1300 (`#806 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/806>`_)
1302 * The window title can be configured to not display the absolute path of the
1304 (`#775 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/775>`_)
1306 * The "Edit Remotes" editor learned to edit remote URLS.
1308 * Bare repositories can now be created by selecting the
1309 "New Bare Repository..." action from the `File` menu.
1311 * The "Branches" widget learned to configure upstream branches.
1313 * A new `git cola clone` sub-command was added for cloning repositories.
1317 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.3.1`.
1319 * The macOS installation was made simpler for better compatibility with
1321 (`#636 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/636>`_)
1323 * The Windows installer is now much simpler. Git Cola now bundles
1324 Python and PyQt5, so users need only install the "Git for Windows"
1325 and "Git Cola" installers to get things working.
1329 * Uninitialized difftool errors will now be displayed graphically.
1330 They were previously going to the shell.
1331 (`#457 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/457>`_)
1333 * Translations marked "fuzzy" will no longer be used when translating strings.
1334 (`#782 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/782>`_)
1336 * Deleted unmerged files will now correctly use a deleted icon.
1337 (`#479 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/479>`_)
1339 * The `Ctrl+C` "Copy" hotkey on the diff viewer has been fixed.
1340 (`#767 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/767>`_)
1342 * The "Create Tag" dialog did not correctly handle the case when a signed
1343 tag is requested, but no message is provided, and the user chooses to
1344 create an unannotated tag instead. This convenience fallback will now
1345 properly create an unsigned, unannotated tag.
1346 (`#696 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/696>`_)
1348 * `.gitconfig` and `.git/config` values editable by the Preferences dialog
1349 (aka `git cola config`) will now get unset when set to an empty value.
1350 For example, setting a different `user.email` in the current repository,
1351 followed by a subsequent emptying of that field, would previously result in
1352 an empty string getting stored in the config. This has been fixed so that
1353 the value will now get unset in the config instead.
1354 (`#406 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/406>`_)
1356 * Spelling and typofixes.
1357 (`#748 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/748>`_)
1359 * `core.commentChar` is now honored when set in the local repository
1361 (`#766 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/766>`_)
1363 * The log window was using a format string that did not display
1364 correctly in all locales. A locale-aware format is now used.
1365 (`#800 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/800>`_)
1367 * The dialog displayed when prompting for a reference could sometimes
1369 (`#804 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/804>`_)
1377 Usability, bells and whistles
1378 -----------------------------
1379 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
1380 (`#726 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/726>`_)
1382 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
1383 (`#723 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/723>`_)
1385 * New Czech translation.
1386 (`#736 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/736>`_)
1387 (`#737 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/737>`_)
1388 (`#740 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/740>`_)
1389 (`#743 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/743>`_)
1391 * The "name" field in the "Create Tag" dialog now includes autocompletion,
1392 which makes it easy to see which tags currently exist.
1394 * `git cola` now has configurable toolbars. Use the `View -> Add toolbar`
1395 menu item to add a toolbar.
1397 * Setting `cola.expandtab` to `true` will now expand tabs into spaces
1398 in the commit message editor. The number of spaces to insert is determined
1399 by consulting `cola.tabwidth`, which defaults to `8`.
1401 * The "Copy SHA-1" hotkey is now `Alt + Ctrl + C`, to avoid clobbering the
1402 ability to copy text from the DAG window.
1403 (`#705 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/705>`_)
1405 * The "Prepare Commit Message" action can now be invoked via the
1406 `Ctrl+Shift+Return` shortcut.
1407 (`#707 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/707>`_)
1409 * The `Branches` pane now has a filter field that highlights branches whose
1410 names match the string entered into its text field.
1411 (`#713 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/713>`_)
1413 * Actions that are triggered in response to button presses were being
1414 triggered when the button was pressed, rather than when it was released,
1415 which was a usability flaw. All buttons now respond when clicked
1416 rather than when pressed.
1417 (`#715 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/715>`_)
1419 * The DAG window will now only refresh when object IDs change.
1420 Previously, the DAG would redraw itself in response to inotify events,
1421 such as filesystem operations, which was disruptive when inspecting a large
1422 diff in its diff viewer. The DAG will now only redraw when the object IDs
1423 corresponding to its query input changes. Furthermore, when redrawing, the
1424 scrollbar positions are retained to minimize disruption to the viewport
1426 (`#620 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/620>`_)
1427 (`#724 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/724>`_)
1429 * The "About" dialog now includes the SHA-1 where Git Cola was built.
1430 (`#530 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/530>`_)
1432 * The "Status" widget now has "Copy Leading Path to Clipboard" and
1433 "Copy Basename to Clipboard" actions.
1434 (`#435 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/435>`_)
1435 (`#436 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/436>`_)
1437 * The "Status" widget now supports custom "Copy ... to Clipboard" actions.
1438 (`#437 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/437>`_)
1440 * The main menu now has an "Edit" menu.
1441 (`#725 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/725>`_)
1443 * `git dag` learned to checkout commits into a detached HEAD state.
1444 (`#698 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/698>`_)
1446 * The `status` widget's context menus now omit actions selection-dependent
1447 actions when no file is selected.
1448 (`#731 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/731>`_)
1450 * The startup dialog now focuses the repository list so that repositories
1451 can be selected with the keyboard without mouse intervention.
1452 (`#741 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/741>`_)
1456 * `git dag` now prevents nodes from overlapping in more situations.
1457 (`#689 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/689>`_)
1459 * Adding untracked Git submodule repo directories previously ran
1460 `git add submodule/` but we now call `git add submodule` without
1461 the trailing slash (`/`) to avoid staging files that belong to the
1462 submodule (which is possibly a `git` bug). By working around the
1463 buggy behavior we allow users to recover by issuing the appropriate
1464 `git submodule add` command to properly register the submodule.
1465 (`#681 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/681>`_)
1467 * We now avoid `git for-each-ref --sort=version:refname` on versions
1468 of `git` older than `v2.7.0`. Previously we only avoided it for
1469 versions older than `v2.0.0`, which was a mistake.
1470 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
1472 * The error message displayed when `git` is not installed has been fixed.
1473 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
1475 * Adding new remotes was silently broken.
1476 (`#684 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/684>`_)
1477 (`#685 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/685>`_)
1479 * The repo selection dialog had errors during startup when the
1480 `cola.refreshonfocus` feature was enabled, as reported on Ubuntu 16.04.
1481 (`#690 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/690>`_)
1483 * Restored support for PyQt 4.6 (Centos 6.8)
1484 (`#692 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/692>`_)
1486 * Switching repositories now resets the "Amend Mode" and other settings
1488 (`#710 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/710>`_)
1490 * `git rebase` error messages now displayed when rebasing fails or stops
1491 via the standalone `git cola rebase` front-end.
1492 (`#721 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/721>`_)
1494 * `git cola` learned to stage broken symlinks.
1495 (`#727 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/727>`_)
1497 * The "View History" feature in the `Browser` tool was fixed, and now
1498 disambiguates between refs and paths.
1499 (`#732 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/732>`_)
1501 * The diff editor now has better support for files with CRLF `\r\n`
1503 (`#730 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/730>`_)
1505 * `cola.inotify` in a repo-local config is now honored
1506 when `git cola` is launched from a desktop entry (`git cola --prompt`).
1507 (`#695 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/695>`_)
1515 Usability, bells and whistles
1516 -----------------------------
1517 * New Ukrainian translation.
1518 (`#670 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/670>`_)
1519 (`#672 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/672>`_)
1521 * New and improved French translations.
1523 * The new `Branches` widget makes it easier to checkout, merge, push,
1524 and pull branches from a single interface.
1526 * `git cola` now includes a dark icon theme. The dark icon theme can be
1527 activated either by setting the `GIT_COLA_ICON_THEME` environment variable
1528 to `dark`, by configuring `cola.icontheme` to `dark`, or by specifying
1529 `--icon-theme=dark` on the command line.
1530 (`#638 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/638>`_)
1532 * Autocompletion was added to the `Fetch`, `Push`, and `Pull` dialogs.
1534 * The commit message editor now remembers the "Spellcheck" setting
1536 (`#645 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/645>`_)
1538 * `git dag` now uses an improved algorithm for laying out the graph,
1539 which avoids collisions under certain graph configurations, and
1540 avoids overlapping tag with commits.
1541 (`#648 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/648>`_)
1542 (`#651 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/651>`_)
1543 (`#654 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/654>`_)
1544 (`#656 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/656>`_)
1545 (`#659 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/659>`_)
1547 * `git dag` now remembers its column sizes across sessions.
1548 (`#674 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/674>`_)
1550 * `Grep` now shows a preview of the selected file's content in a split window
1551 below the grep results.
1553 * `Grep` now includes line numbers in the preview pane's output.
1555 * `Edit Remotes` now remembers its window settings after exiting.
1557 * `Diff` now has an option to display line numbers in the editor.
1558 (`#136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/136>`_)
1560 * `Amend Last Commit` can now be triggered via the `Commit` menu in addition
1561 to the commit message editor's options.
1562 (`#640 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/640>`_)
1564 * The `File Browser` tool was made much faster and can now operate on
1565 much larger repositories.
1566 (`#499 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/499>`_)
1568 * A new "turbo" mode was added that allows you to opt-out of operations
1569 that can slow `git cola` on large repositories. The turbo mode is
1570 enabled by configuring `git config cola.turbo true`. Turbo mode
1571 disables the background loading of Git commit messages and other
1572 details in the `File Browser` widget.
1574 * A new GitIgnore dialog allows adding custom gitignore patterns.
1575 (`#653 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/653>`_)
1577 * The spellchecker in `git cola` can now use an additional dictionary
1578 by configuring `cola.dictionary` to the path to a file containing
1579 a newline-separated list of words.
1580 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
1582 * The stash, export patches, diff, and gitignore dialogs now remember
1585 * A new `git cola recent` sub-command was added for finding recently
1588 * The `Fetch` dialog now allows pruning remote branches.
1589 (`#639 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/639>`_)
1590 (`#680 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/680>`_)
1594 * `git cola`'s spellchecker now supports the new `dict-common` filesystem
1595 layout, and prefers the `/usr/share/dict/cracklib-small` file over the
1596 `/usr/share/dict/words` provided on older distributions.
1597 This makes the spellchecker compatible with Arch, which does not provide
1598 a `words` symlink like Debian.
1599 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
1601 * Properly handle the case where an existing file is untracked using
1604 * Fix a quirk where the "Create Branch" dialog sometimes required clicking
1605 twice on the radio buttons.
1606 (`#662 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/662>`_)
1608 * Fixed a focus issue to ensure that "Push", "Fetch", and "Pull" can
1609 be executed with the press of a single enter key after being shown.
1610 (`#661 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/661>`_)
1612 * Committing is now allowed in when resolving a merge results in no
1613 changes. This state was previously prevented by the commit message editor,
1614 which prevented users from resolving merges that result in no changes.
1615 (`#679 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/679>`_)
1617 * The filesystem monitor would sometimes emit backtraces when directories
1618 are modified. This has been fixed.
1619 (`bz #1438522 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1438522>`_)
1621 * Absolute paths are now returned when querying for `.git`-relative paths
1622 from within a submodule, which uses `.git`-files.
1623 This fixes launching `git cola` from within a subdirectory of a submodule.
1624 (`#675 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/675>`_)
1632 Usability, bells and whistles
1633 -----------------------------
1634 * `git cola` can now invoke the `.git/hooks/cola-prepare-commit-msg`
1635 hook to update the commit message. This hook takes the same parameters
1636 as Git's `prepare-commit-message` hook. The default path to this hook
1637 can be overridden by setting the `cola.prepareCommitMessageHook`
1638 configuration variable.
1639 (`Documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#prepare-commit-message>`_)
1641 * `git cola diff` (and the corresponding `Diff` menu actions) can now
1642 launch difftool with the standard `Ctrl+D` hotkey. The `Ctrl+E` hotkey was
1643 also added for launching an editor.
1645 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
1649 * `git cola` now works when installed in non-ascii, utf8-encoded paths.
1650 (`#629 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/629>`_)
1652 * Styling issues that caused black backgrounds in various widgets when using
1653 PyQ5 on Mac OS X have been fixed.
1654 (`#624 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/624>`_)
1656 * The "Open Recent" menu action was broken and has been fixed.
1657 (`#634 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/634>`_)
1659 * Exiting `git cola` with a maximized main window would hang when reopened
1661 (`#641 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/641>`_)
1665 * `appdata.xml` files are now provided at
1666 `share/appdata/git-cola.xml` and `share/appdata/git-dag.xml`
1667 for use by the Linux software gallery.
1668 (`#627 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/627>`_)
1669 (`Appdata <https://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appdata/>`_)
1679 * The "Open Recent" menu was updated to new bookmarks format.
1680 (`#628 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/628>`_)
1688 Usability, bells and whistles
1689 -----------------------------
1690 * New Polish translation thanks to Łukasz Wojniłowicz
1691 (`#598 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/598>`_)
1693 * The `Bypass Commit Hooks` feature now disables itself automatically
1694 when a new commit is created. The new behavior turns the option into a
1695 single-use flag, which helps prevent users from accidentally leaving it
1696 active longer than intended.
1697 (`#595 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/595>`_)
1699 * `git dag` learned to launch an external diff viewer on selected commits.
1700 The standard `Ctrl+D` shortcut can be used to view diffs.
1701 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1703 * `git dag` learned to launch directory diffs via `git difftool --dir-diff`.
1704 The `Ctrl+Shift+D` shortcut launches difftool in directory-diff mode.
1705 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1707 * Items in the "Favorites" list can now be renamed, which makes it
1708 easier to differentiate between several checkouts of the same repository.
1709 (`#599 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/599>`_)
1710 (`#601 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/601>`_)
1712 * The startup screen now includes a logo and `git cola` version information.
1713 (`#526 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/526>`_)
1715 * The `About` page was revamped to contain multiple tabs. A new tab was added
1716 that provides details about `git cola`''s dependencies. New tabs were also
1717 added for giving credit to `git cola`'s authors and translators.
1719 * The `About` page can now be accessed via `git cola about`.
1721 * The "Fast-forward only" and "No fast-forward" options supported by
1722 `git pull` are now accessible via `git cola pull`.
1724 * Doing a forced push no longer requires selecting the remote branch.
1725 (`#618 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/618>`_)
1727 * `git cola push` now has an option to suppress the prompt that is shown
1728 when pushing would create new remote branches.
1729 (`#605 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/605>`_)
1731 * `git dag` now shows commit messages in a more readable color.
1732 (`#574 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/574>`_)
1734 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch the OS-specified
1735 default action for a file. When used on directories via `git cola browse`,
1736 or when "Open Parent Directory" is used on files, the OS-specified
1737 file browser will typically be used.
1739 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch terminals.
1743 * `git cola browse` was not updating when expanding items.
1744 (`#588 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/588>`_)
1746 * Typofixes in comments, naming, and strings have been applied.
1747 (`#593 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/593>`_)
1749 * The inotify and win32 filesystem monitoring no longer refreshes
1750 when updates are made to ignored files.
1751 (`#517 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/517>`_)
1752 (`#516 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/516>`_)
1754 * The `Refresh` button on the actions panel no longer raises an
1755 exception when using PyQt5.
1756 (`#604 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/604>`_)
1758 * Fixed a typo in the inotify backend that is triggered when files are removed.
1759 (`#607 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/607>`_)
1761 * Fixed a typo when recovering from a failed attempt to open a repository.
1762 (`#606 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/606>`_)
1764 * `git dag` now properly updates itself when launched from the menubar.
1765 (`#613 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/613>`_)
1767 * If git-cola is invoked on Windows using `start pythonw git-cola`,
1768 a console window will briefly flash on the screen each time
1769 `git cola` invokes `git`. The console window is now suppressed.
1771 * We now avoid some problematic Popen flags on Windows which were
1772 breaking the `git rebase` feature on Windows.
1774 * The `Save` button in `git dag`'s "Grab File..." feature now properly
1775 prompts for a filename when saving files.
1776 (`#617 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/617>`_)
1780 * The `qtpy` symlink in the source tree has been removed to allow for easier
1781 development on Windows.
1782 (`#626 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/626>`_)
1790 Usability, bells and whistles
1791 -----------------------------
1792 * `git cola push` learned to configure upstream branches.
1793 (`#563 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/563>`_)
1797 * The diffstat view is now properly updated when notifications are
1798 received via inotify filesystem monitoring.
1799 (`#577 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/577>`_)
1801 * Python3 with PyQt5 had a bug that prevented `git cola` from starting.
1802 (`#589 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/589>`_)
1813 * When repositories stored in non-ASCII, UTF-8-encoded filesystem paths
1814 were operated upon with `LC_ALL=C` set in the environment, unicode errors
1815 would occur when using `python2`. `git cola` was made more robust and will
1816 now operate correctly within this environment.
1817 (`#581 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/581>`_)
1819 * Support for the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment variable was fixed.
1820 (`#582 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/582>`_)
1825 * The `unittest.mock` module is now used instead of the original `mock` module
1826 when running the `git cola` test suite using Python3.
1827 (`#569 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/569>`_)
1832 * `git cola` is now compatible with *PyQt5*, *PyQt4*, and *Pyside*.
1833 `git cola` previously supported *PyQt4* only, but will now use whichever
1834 library is available. Users are not required to upgrade at this time,
1835 but *PyQt5* support can be enabled anytime by making its python
1837 (`#232 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/232>`_)
1839 *NOTE*: We do not yet recommend using *PyQt5* because there are known
1840 exit-on-segfault bugs in *Qt5* that have not yet been addressed.
1841 `git cola` is sensitive to this bug and is known to crash on exit
1842 when using `git dag` or the interactive rebase feature on *PyQt5*.
1844 https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-52988
1846 *PyQt4* is stable and there are no known issues when using it so
1847 we recommend using it until the Qt5 bugs have been resolved.
1849 * `git cola` now depends on *QtPy* and includes a bundled copy of the
1850 `qtpy` library. If you are packaging `git cola` and would prefer to use
1851 `qtpy` from your distribution instead of the built-in version then use
1852 `make NO_VENDOR_LIBS=1` when building `git cola`. This will prevent
1853 vendored libraries from being installed.
1861 Usability, bells and whistles
1862 -----------------------------
1864 * A new "Reset" sub-menu provides access to running "git reset --mixed"
1865 when resetting branch heads and "git reset --merge" when resetting
1867 (`#542 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/542>`_)
1869 * `git cola` now supports linked worktrees, i.e. worktrees created by
1871 (`#554 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/554>`_)
1876 * Diff highlighting is now robust to the user having
1877 diff.supressBlankEmpty=true in their git config.
1878 (`#541 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/541>`_)
1880 * The filesystem monitor now properly handles repositories that use
1881 `.git`-files, e.g. when using submodules.
1882 (`#545 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/545>`_)
1883 (`#546 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pulls/546>`_)
1885 * Per-repository git configuration is now properly detected when launching
1886 `git cola` from an application launcher.
1887 (`#548 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/548>`_)
1889 * `git cola` now cleans up after itself immediately to avoid leaving behind
1890 empty `/tmp/git-cola-XXXXXX` directories when the user uses `Ctrl+C`
1892 (`#566 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/566>`_)
1897 * It is now possible to install `git cola` to and from utf8-encoded filesystem
1898 paths. Previously, Python's stdlib would throw an encoding error during
1899 installation. We workaround the stdlib by forcing python2 to use utf-8,
1900 thus fixing assumptions in the stdlib library code.
1901 (`#551 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/551>`_)
1909 Usability, bells and whistles
1910 -----------------------------
1912 * The icon for untracked files was adjusted to better differentiate
1913 between files and the "Untracked" header.
1914 (`#509 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/509>`_)
1916 * Ctrl+O was added as a hotkey for opening repositories.
1917 (`#507 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/507>`_)
1919 * `git dag` now uses consistent edge colors across updates.
1920 (`#512 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/512>`_)
1922 * `git cola`'s Bookmarks widget can now be used to set a "Default Repository".
1923 Under the hood, we set the `cola.defaultrepo` configuration variable.
1924 The default repository is used whenever `git cola` is launched outside of
1925 a Git repository. When unset, or when set to a bogus value, `git cola`
1926 will prompt for a repository, as it previously did.
1927 (`#513 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/513>`_)
1929 * `git cola`'s Russian and Spanish translations were improved
1930 thanks to Vaiz and Zeioth.
1931 (`#514 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/514>`_)
1932 (`#515 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/515>`_)
1933 (`#523 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/523>`_)
1935 * `git cola` was translated to Turkish thanks to Barış ÇELİK.
1936 (`#520 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/520>`_)
1938 * The status view now supports launching `git gui blame`. It can be
1939 configured to use a different command by setting `cola.blameviewer`.
1940 (`#521 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/521>`_)
1942 * `git dag` now allows selecting non-contiguous ranges in the log widget.
1943 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1945 * Any font can now be chosen for the diff editor, not just monospace fonts.
1946 (`#525 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/525>`_)
1951 * `xfce4-terminal` and `gnome-terminal` are now supported when launching
1952 `git mergetool` to resolve merges. These terminals require that the command
1953 to execute is shell-quoted and passed as a single string argument to `-e`
1954 rather than as additional command line arguments.
1955 (`#524 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/524>`_)
1957 * Fixed a unicode problem when formatting the error message that is shown
1958 when `gitk` is not installed. We now handle unicode data in tracebacks
1959 generated by python itself.
1960 (`#528 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/528>`_)
1962 * The `New repository` feature was fixed.
1963 (`#533 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/533>`_)
1965 * We now use omit the extended description when creating "fixup!" commits,
1966 for consistency with the Git CLI. We now include only the one-line summary
1967 in the final commit message.
1968 (`#522 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/522>`_)
1976 Usability, bells and whistles
1977 -----------------------------
1979 * The user interface is now HiDPI-capable. git-cola now uses SVG
1980 icons, and its interface can be scaled by setting the `GIT_COLA_SCALE`
1981 environment variable.
1983 * `git dag` now supports the standard editor, difftool, and history hotkeys.
1984 It is now possible to invoke these actions from file widget's context
1985 menu and through the standard hotkeys.
1986 (`#473 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/473>`_)
1988 * The `Status` tool also learned about the history hotkey.
1989 Additionally, the `Alt + {J,K}` aliases are also supported in the `Status`
1990 tool for consistency with the other tools where the non-Alt hotkeys are not
1992 (`#488 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/488>`_)
1994 * The `File Browser` tool now has better default column sizes,
1995 and remembers its window size and placement.
1997 * The `File Browser` now supports the refresh hotkey, and has better
1998 behavior when refreshing. The selection is now retained, and new and
1999 removed files are found when refreshing.
2001 * A new `git-cola-completion.bash` completion script is provided in the
2002 `contrib/` directory. It must be used alongside Git's completion script.
2003 Source it from your `~/.bashrc` (or `~/.zshrc`, etc) after sourcing
2004 the `git-completion.bash` script and you will have command-line completion
2005 support for the `git cola` and `git dag` sub-commands.
2007 * The "checkout" dialog now offers completion for remote branches and other
2008 git refs. This makes it easier to checkout remote branches in a detached
2009 head state. Additionally, the checkout dialog also offers completion for
2010 remote branches that have not yet been checked out, which makes it easier to
2011 create a local tracking branch by just completing for that potential name.
2012 (`#390 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/390>`_)
2014 * The "create branch" and "create tag" dialogs now save and restore their
2017 * The "status" widget can now be configured to use a bold font with a darker
2018 background for the header items.
2019 (`#506 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/506>`_)
2021 * The "status" widget now remembers its horizontol scrollbar position across
2022 updates. This is helpful when working on projects with long paths.
2023 (`#494 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/494>`_)
2028 * When using *Git for Windows*, a `git` window would appear
2029 when running *Windows 8*. We now pass additional flags to
2030 `subprocess.Popen` to prevent a `git` window from appearing.
2031 (`#477 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/477>`_)
2032 (`#486 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/486>`_)
2034 * Launching difftool with `.PY` in `$PATHEXT` on Windows was fixed.
2035 (`#492 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/492>`_)
2037 * Creating a local branch tracking a remote branch that contains
2038 slashes in its name is now properly handled.
2039 (`#496 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/496>`_)
2041 * The "Browse Other Branch" feature was broken by Python3, and is now fixed.
2042 (`#501 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/501>`_)
2044 * We now avoid `long` for better Python3 compatibility.
2045 (`#502 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/502>`_)
2047 * We now use Git's default merge message when merging branches.
2048 (`#508 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/508>`_)
2050 * Miscellaneous fixes
2051 (`#485 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/485>`_)
2056 * git-cola's documentation no longer uses an intersphinx link mapping
2057 to docs.python.org. This fixes warnings when building rpms using koji,
2058 where network access is prevented.
2060 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231812
2068 Usability, bells and whistles
2069 -----------------------------
2071 * The Interactive Rebase feature now works on Windows!
2072 (`#463 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/463>`_)
2074 * The `diff` editor now understands vim-style `hjkl` navigation hotkeys.
2075 (`#476 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/476>`_)
2077 * `Alt + {J,K}` navigation hotkeys were added to allow changing to the
2078 next/previous file from the diff and commit editors.
2080 * The `Rename branch` menu action is now disabled in empty repositories.
2081 (`#475 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/475>`_)
2082 (`#459 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/459>`_)
2084 * `git cola` now checks unmerged files for conflict markers before
2085 staging them. This feature can be disabled in the preferences.
2086 (`#464 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/464>`_)
2088 * `git dag` now remembers which commits were selected when refreshing
2089 so that it can restore the selection afterwards.
2090 (`#480 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/480>`_)
2092 * "Launch Editor", "Launch Difftool", "Stage/Unstage",
2093 and "Move Up/Down" hotkeys now work when the commit message
2095 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
2097 * The diff editor now supports the `Ctrl+u` hotkey for reverting
2098 diff hunks and selected lines.
2100 * The `core.commentChar` Git configuration value is now honored.
2101 Commit messages and rebase instruction sheets will now use
2102 the configured character for comments. This allows having
2103 commit messages that start with `#` when `core.commentChar`
2104 is configured to its non-default value.
2105 (`#446 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/446>`_)
2110 * Diff syntax highlighting was improved to handle more edge cases
2111 and false positives.
2112 (`#467 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/467>`_)
2114 * Setting commands in the interactive rebase editor was fixed.
2115 (`#472 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/472>`_)
2117 * git-cola no longer clobbers the Ctrl+Backspace text editing shortcut
2118 in the commit message editor.
2119 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
2121 * The copy/paste clipboard now persists after `git cola` exits.
2122 (`#484 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/484>`_)
2132 * Fixed the "Sign off" feature in the commit message editor.
2140 Usability, bells and whistles
2141 -----------------------------
2142 * Double-click will now choose a commit in the "Select commit" dialog.
2144 * `git cola` has a feature that reads `.git/MERGE_MSG` and friends for the
2145 commit message when a merge is in-progress. Upon refresh, `git cola` will
2146 now detect when a merge has completed and reset the commit message back to
2147 its previous state. It is only reset if the editor contains a message
2148 that was read from the file and has not been manually edited by the user.
2150 * The commit message editor's context menu now has a "Clear..." action for
2151 clearing the message across both the summary and description fields.
2153 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
2155 * The system theme's icons are now used wherever possible.
2156 (`#458 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/458>`_)
2160 * The stash viewer now uses ``git show --no-ext-diff`` to avoid running
2161 user-configured diff tools.
2163 * `git cola` now uses the `setsid()` system call to ensure that the
2164 `GIT_ASKPASS` and `SSH_ASKPASS` helper programs are used when pushing
2165 changes using `git`. The askpass helpers will now be used even when
2166 `git cola` is launched from a terminal.
2168 The behavior without `setsid()` is that `git cola` can appear to hang while
2169 pushing changes. The hang happens when `git` prompts the user for a
2170 password using the terminal, but the user never sees the prompt. `setsid()`
2171 detaches the terminal, which ensures that the askpass helpers are used.
2172 (`#218 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/218>`_)
2173 (`#262 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/262>`_)
2174 (`#377 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/377>`_)
2176 * `git dag`'s file list tool was updated to properly handle unicode paths.
2178 * `gnome-terminal` is no longer used by default when `cola.terminal` is unset.
2179 It is broken, as was detailed in #456.
2180 (`#456 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/456>`_)
2182 * The interactive rebase feature was not always setting `$GIT_EDITOR`
2183 to the value of `gui.editor`, thus there could be instances where rebase
2184 will seem to not stop, or hang, when performing "reword" actions.
2186 We now set the `$GIT_EDITOR` environment variable when performing the
2187 "Continue", "Skip", and "Edit Todo" rebase actions so that the correct
2188 editor is used during the rebase.
2189 (`#445 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/445>`_)
2193 * `git cola` moved from a 3-part version number to a simpler 2-part "vX.Y"
2194 version number. Most of our releases tend to contain new features.
2201 Usability, bells and whistles
2202 -----------------------------
2203 * Updated zh_TW translations.
2205 * `git cola rebase` now defaults to `@{upstream}`, and generally uses the same
2206 CLI syntax as `git rebase`.
2208 * The commit message editor now allows you to bypass commit hooks by selecting
2209 the "Bypass Commit Hooks" option. This is equivalent to passing the
2210 `--no-verify` option to `git commit`.
2211 (`#357 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/357>`_)
2213 * We now prevent the "Delete Files" action from creating a dialog that does
2215 (`#378 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/378>`_)
2217 * `git xbase` learned to edit rebase instruction sheets that contain
2220 * The diff colors are now configurable. `cola.color.{text,add,remove,header}`
2221 can now be set with 6-digit hexadecimal colors.
2222 See the `git cola manual <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#configuration-variables>_`
2225 * Improved hotkey documentation.
2229 * `git cola` will now allow starting an interactive rebase with a dirty
2230 worktree when `rebase.autostash` is set.
2231 (`#360 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/360>`_)
2238 Usability, bells and whistles
2239 -----------------------------
2240 * A new "Find files" widget was added, and can be activated by
2241 using the `Ctrl+t` or `t` hotkeys.
2243 * A new `git cola find` sub-command was added for finding files.
2245 * `git cola` now remembers the text cursor's position when staging
2246 interactively with the keyboard. This makes it easier to use the keyboard
2247 arrows to select and stage lines.
2249 * The completion widgets will now select the top completion item
2250 when `Enter` or `Return` are pressed.
2252 * You can now refresh using `F5` in addition to the existing `Ctrl+R` hotkey.
2256 * `git cola` now passes `--no-abbrev-commit` to `git log` to override
2257 having `log.abbrevCommit = true` set in `.gitconfig`.
2264 Usability, bells and whistles
2265 -----------------------------
2266 * `git dag` now forwards all unknown arguments along to `git log`.
2267 (`#389 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/389>`_)
2269 * Line-by-line interactive staging was made more robust.
2270 (`#399 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/399>`_)
2272 * "Bookmarks" was renamed to "Favorites".
2273 (`#392 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/392>`_)
2275 * Untracked files are now displayed using a unique icon.
2276 (`#388 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/388>`_)
2280 * `git dag` was triggering a traceback on Fedora when parsing Git logs.
2281 (`bz #181676 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181686>`_)
2283 * inotify expects unicode paths on Python3.
2284 (`#393 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/393>`_)
2286 * Untracked files are now assumed to be utf-8 encoded.
2287 (`#401 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/401>`_)
2294 Usability, bells and whistles
2295 -----------------------------
2296 * `git cola` can now create GPG-signed commits and merges.
2297 See the documentation for details about setting up a GPG agent.
2298 (`#149 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/149>`_)
2300 * The status widget learned to copy relative paths when `Ctrl+x` is pressed.
2301 (`#358 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/358>`_)
2303 * Custom GUI actions can now define their own keyboard shortcuts by
2304 setting `guitool.$name.shortcut` to a string understood by Qt's
2305 `QAction::setShortcut()` API, e.g. `Alt+X`.
2307 `Qt docs <http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qkeysequence.html#QKeySequence-2>`_
2308 for more details about the supported values.
2310 * `git cola` learned to rename branches.
2311 (`#364 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/364>`_)
2312 (`#278 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/278>`_)
2314 * `git dag` now has a "Show history" context menu which can be used to filter
2315 history using the selected paths.
2319 * `sphinxtogithub.py` was fixed for Python3.
2320 (`#353 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/353>`_)
2322 * The commit that changed how we read remotes from `git remote`
2323 to parsing `git config` was reverted since it created problems
2326 * Fixed a crash when using the `rebase edit` feature.
2327 (`#351 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/351>`_)
2329 * Better drag-and-drop behavior when dropping into gnome-terminal.
2330 (`#373 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/373>`_)
2334 * The `git-cola-folder-handler.desktop` file handler was fixed
2335 to pass validation by `desktop-file-validate`.
2336 (`#356 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/356>`_)
2338 * The `git.svg` icon was renamed to `git-cola.svg`, and `git cola` was taught
2339 to prefer icons from the desktop theme when available.
2346 Usability, bells and whistles
2347 -----------------------------
2348 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+Shift+M` merges branches.
2350 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+R` refreshes the DAG viewer.
2351 (`#347 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/347>`_)
2355 * We now use `git config` to parse the list of remotes
2356 instead of parsing the output of `git remote`, which
2357 is a Git porcelain and should not be used by scripts.
2359 * Avoid "C++ object has been deleted" errors from PyQt4.
2360 (`#346 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/346>`_)
2364 * The `make install` target now uses `install` instead of `cp`.
2371 Usability, bells and whistles
2372 -----------------------------
2373 * Updated Brazilian Portuguese translation.
2375 * The status and browse widgets now allow drag-and-drop into
2376 external applications.
2377 (`#335 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/335>`_)
2379 * We now show a progress bar when cloning repositories.
2380 (`#312 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/312>`_)
2382 * The bookmarks widget was simplified to not need a
2384 (`#289 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/289>`_)
2386 * Updated Traditional Chinese translation.
2388 * We now display a warning when trying to rebase with uncommitted changes.
2389 (`#338 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/338>`_)
2391 * The status widget learned to filter paths.
2392 `Ctrl+Shift+S` toggles the filter widget.
2393 (`#337 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/337>`_)
2394 (`#339 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/339>`_)
2396 * The status widget learned to move files to the trash
2397 when the `send2trash <https://github.com/hsoft/send2trash>`_
2398 module is installed.
2399 (`#341 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/341>`_)
2401 * "Recent repositories" is now a dedicated widget.
2402 (`#342 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/342>`_)
2404 * New Spanish translation thanks to Pilar Molina Lopez.
2405 (`#344 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/344>`_)
2409 * Newly added remotes are now properly seen by the fetch/push/pull dialogs.
2410 (`#343 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/343>`_)
2417 Usability, bells and whistles
2418 -----------------------------
2419 * New Brazilian Portuguese translation thanks to Vitor Lobo.
2421 * New Indonesian translation thanks to Samsul Ma'arif.
2423 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation thanks to Zhang Han.
2425 * `Ctrl+Backspace` is now a hotkey for "delete untracked files" in
2428 * Fetch/Push/Pull dialogs now use the configured remote of the current
2430 (`#324 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/324>`_)
2434 * We now use `os.getcwd()` on Python3.
2435 (`#316 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/316>`_)
2436 (`#326 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/326>`_)
2438 * The `Ctrl+P` hotkey was overloaded to both "push" and "cherry-pick",
2439 so "cherry-pick" was moved to `Ctrl+Shift+C`.
2441 * Custom GUI tools with mixed-case names are now properly supported.
2443 * "Diff Region" is now referred to as "Diff Hunk" for consistency
2444 with common terminology from diff/patch tools.
2445 (`#328 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/328>`_)
2447 * git-cola's test suite is now portable to MS Windows.
2448 (`#332 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/332>`_)
2455 Usability, bells and whistles
2456 -----------------------------
2457 * We now handle the case when inotify `add_watch()` fails
2458 and display instructions on how to increase the number of watches.
2459 (`#263 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/263>`_)
2461 * New and improved zh_TW localization thanks to V字龍(Vdragon).
2462 (`#265 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/265>`_)
2463 (`#267 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/267>`_)
2464 (`#268 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/268>`_)
2465 (`#269 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/269>`_)
2466 (`#270 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/270>`_)
2467 (`#271 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/271>`_)
2468 (`#272 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/272>`_)
2470 * New hotkeys: `Ctrl+F` for fetch, `Ctrl+P` for push,
2471 and `Ctrl+Shift+P` for pull.
2473 * The bookmarks widget's context menu actions were made clearer.
2474 (`#281 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/281>`_)
2476 * The term "Staging Area" is used consistently in the UI
2477 to allow for better localization.
2478 (`#283 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/283>`_)
2480 * The "Section" term is now referred to as "Diff Region"
2482 (`#297 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/297>`_)
2484 * The localization documentation related to the LANGUAGE
2485 environment variable was improved.
2486 (`#293 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/293>`_)
2488 * The "Actions" panel now contains tooltips for each button
2489 in case the button labels gets truncated by Qt.
2490 (`#292 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/292>`_)
2492 * Custom `git config`-defined actions can now be run in the
2493 background by setting `guitool.<name>.background` to `true`.
2497 * We now use bold fonts instead of SmallCaps to avoid
2498 artifacts on several configurations.
2500 * We now pickup `user.email`, `cola.tabwidth`, and similar settings
2501 when defined in /etc/gitconfig.
2502 (`#259 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/259>`_)
2504 * Better support for unicode paths when using inotify.
2505 (`bz #1104181 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104181>`_)
2507 * Unicode fixes for non-ascii locales.
2508 (`#266 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/266>`_)
2509 (`#273 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/273>`_)
2510 (`#276 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/276>`_)
2511 (`#282 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/282>`_)
2512 (`#298 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/298>`_)
2513 (`#302 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/302>`_)
2514 (`#303 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/303>`_)
2515 (`#305 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/305>`_)
2517 * Viewing history from the file browser was fixed for Python3.
2518 (`#274 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/274>`_)
2520 * setup.py was fixed to install the `*.rst` documentation.
2521 (`#279 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/279>`_)
2523 * Patch export was fixed for Python3.
2524 (`#290 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/290>`_)
2526 * Fixed adding a bookmark with trailing slashes.
2527 (`#295 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/295>`_)
2529 * The default `git dag` layout is now setup so that its widgets
2530 can be freely resized on Linux.
2531 (`#299 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/299>`_)
2533 * Invalid tag names are now reported when creating tags.
2534 (`#296 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/296>`_)
2541 Usability, bells and whistles
2542 -----------------------------
2543 * `git cola` no longer prompts after successfully creating a new branch.
2544 (`#251 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/251>`_)
2546 * Hitting enter on simple dialogs now accepts them.
2547 (`#255 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/255>`_)
2551 * `git dag` no longer relies on `sys.maxint`, which is
2552 not available in Python3.
2553 (`#249 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/249>`_)
2555 * Python3-related fixes.
2556 (`#254 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/254>`_)
2558 * Python3-on-Windows-related fixes.
2559 (`#250 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/250>`_)
2560 (`#252 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/252>`_)
2561 (`#253 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/253>`_)
2563 * Switching repositories using the bookmarks widget was not
2564 refreshing the inotify watcher.
2565 (`#256 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/256>`_)
2567 * Special commit messages trailers (e.g. "Acked-by:") are now special-cased to
2568 fix word wrapping lines that start with "foo:".
2569 (`#257 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/257>`_)
2571 * `git dag` sometimes left behind selection artifacts.
2572 We now refresh the view to avoid them.
2573 (`#204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/204>`_)
2580 Usability, bells and whistles
2581 -----------------------------
2582 * Better inotify support for file creation and deletion.
2583 (`#240 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/240>`_)
2585 * `git cola` now supports the X11 Session Management Protocol
2586 and remembers its state across logout/reboot.
2587 (`#164 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/164>`_)
2589 * `git cola` has a new icon.
2590 (`#190 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/190>`_)
2594 * Building the documentation no longer requires `asciidoc`.
2595 We now use `Sphinx <http://sphinx-doc.org/>`_ for building
2596 html documentation and man pages.
2600 * Reworked the git-dag gravatar icon code to avoid a unicode
2603 * Commit message line-wrapping was made to better match the GUI editor.
2604 (`#242 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/242>`_)
2606 * Better support for Python3 on Windows
2607 (`#246 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/246>`_)
2611 * git-cola no longer depends on Asciidoc for building its documentation
2612 and man-pages. We now depend on [Sphinx](http://sphinx-doc.org/) only.
2619 Usability, bells and whistles
2620 -----------------------------
2621 * Some context menu actions are now hidden when selected
2623 (`#238 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/238>`_)
2627 * The build-git-cola.sh contrib script was improved.
2628 (`#235 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/235>`_)
2630 * Non-ascii worktrees work properly again.
2631 (`#234 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/234>`_)
2633 * The browser now guards itself against missing files.
2634 (`bz #1041378 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071378>`_)
2636 * Saving widget state now works under Python3.
2637 (`#236 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/236>`_)
2646 * git-cola now runs on Python 3 thanks to Virgil Dupras.
2647 (`#233 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/233>`_)
2649 * Python 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2+ are now supported.
2650 Python 2.5 is no longer supported.
2654 * i18n test fixes thanks to Virgil Dupras.
2655 (`#231 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/231>`_)
2657 * git-cola.app build fixes thanks to Maicon D. Filippsen.
2658 (`#230 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/230>`_)
2660 * Lots of pylint improvements thanks to Alex Chernetz.
2661 (`#229 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/229>`_)
2668 Usability, bells and whistles
2669 -----------------------------
2670 * The new `Bookmarks` tool makes it really easy to switch between repositories.
2672 * There is now a dedicated dialog for applying patches.
2673 See the ``File -> Apply Patches`` menu item.
2674 (`#215 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/215>`_)
2676 * A new `git cola am` sub-command was added for applying patches.
2680 * Fixed a typo that caused inotify events to be silently ignored.
2682 * Fixed the sys.path setup for Mac OS X (Homebrew).
2683 (`#221 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/221>`_)
2685 * Lots of pylint fixes thanks to Alex Chernetz.
2692 Usability, bells and whistles
2693 -----------------------------
2694 * `git cola --amend` now starts the editor in `amend` mode.
2695 (`#187 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/187>`_)
2697 * Multiple lines of text can now be pasted into the `summary` field.
2698 All text beyond the first newline will be automatically moved to the
2699 `extended description` field.
2700 (`#212 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/212>`_)
2704 * Stray whitespace in `.git` files is now ignored.
2705 (`#213 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/213>`_)
2707 * Fix "known incorrect sRGB profile" in `staged-item.png`.
2708 (`gentoo-devel message #85066
2709 <http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/85066>`_)
2718 * Fix a traceback when `git push` fails.
2719 (`bz #1034778 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034778>`_)
2723 * Most of the git-cola sub-packages have been removed.
2724 The only remaining packages are `cola`, `cola.models`,
2727 * The translation file for Simplified Chinese was renamed
2729 (`#209 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/209>`_)
2738 * `git cola version --brief` now prints the brief version number.
2742 * Resurrected the "make dist" target, for those that prefer to create
2745 * Fixed the typo that broke the preferences dialog.
2752 Usability, bells and whistles
2753 -----------------------------
2754 * We now ship a full-featured interactive `git rebase` editor.
2755 The rebase todo file is edited using the `git xbase` script which
2756 is provided at `$prefix/share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase`.
2757 This script can be used standalone by setting the `$GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR`
2758 before running `git rebase --interactive`.
2759 (`#1 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1>`_)
2761 * Fixup commit messages can now be loaded from the commit message editor.
2763 * Tool widgets can be locked in place by using the "Tools/Lock Layout"
2765 (`#202 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/202>`_)
2767 * You can now push to several remotes simultaneously by selecting
2768 multiple remotes in the "Push" dialog.
2769 (`#148 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/148>`_)
2771 * The `grep` tool learned to search using three different modes:
2772 basic regular expressions (default), extended regular expressions,
2777 * `git cola` now depends on the `argparse` Python module.
2778 This module is part of the stdlib in Python 2.7 and must
2779 be installed separately when using Python 2.6 and below.
2783 * Support unicode in the output from `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`.
2790 Usability, bells and whistles
2791 -----------------------------
2792 * We now detect when the editor or history browser are misconfigured.
2793 (`#197 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/197>`_)
2794 (`bz #886826 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886826>`_)
2796 * Display of untracked files can be disabled from the Preferences dialog
2797 or by setting the `gui.displayuntracked` configuration variable to `false`.
2798 (`Git Mailing List on 2013-08-21
2799 <https://public-inbox.org/git/20130821032913.GA6092@wheezy.local/>`_)
2803 * Unicode stash names are now supported
2804 (`#198 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/198>`_)
2806 * The diffs produced when reverting workspace changes were made more robust.
2813 Usability, bells and whistles
2814 -----------------------------
2815 * Brand new German translation thanks to Sven Claussner.
2817 * The "File" menu now provides a "New Repository..." menu action.
2819 * `git dag` now uses a dock-widget interface so that its widgets can
2820 be laid-out and arranged. Customizations are saved and restored
2821 the next time `git dag` is launched.
2823 * `git dag` now has a "Zoom Best Fit" button next alongside the
2824 "Zoom In" and "Zoom Out" buttons.
2826 * `Ctrl+L` now focuses the "Search" field in the `git dag` tool.
2828 * Right-clicking in the "diff" viewer now updates the cursor position
2829 before performing actions, which makes it much easier to click around
2830 and selectively stage sections. Previously, the current cursor position
2831 was used which meant that it required two clicks (left-click to update
2832 the position followed by right-click to get the context menu) for the
2833 desired section to be used. This is now a single right-click operation.
2835 * The `Ctrl+D` "Launch Diff Tool" action learned to automatically choose
2836 between `git difftool` and `git mergetool`. If the file is unmerged then
2837 we automatically launch `git mergetool` on the path, otherwise we use
2838 `git difftool`. We do this because `git difftool` is not intended to
2839 be used on unmerged paths. Automatically using `git mergetool` when
2840 appropriate is the most intuitive and muscle-memory-friendly thing to do.
2842 * You can now right-click on folders in your standard file browser
2843 and choose "Open With -> Git Cola" (Linux-only).
2847 * Python 2.6 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard does not provide a namedtuple
2848 at `sys.version_info`. We now avoid using that variable for better
2851 * We now read the user's Git configuration from `~/.config/git/config`
2852 if that file is available, otherwise we use the traditional `~/.gitconfig`
2853 path, just like Git itself.
2855 * Some edge cases were fixed when applying partial/selected diffs.
2857 * The diff viewer is now properly cleared when refreshing.
2858 (`#194 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/194>`_)
2865 Usability, bells and whistles
2866 -----------------------------
2867 * The diff viewer now has an "Options" menu which can be
2868 used to set "git diff" options. This can be used to
2869 ignore whitespace changes or to show a change with its
2870 surrounding function as context.
2871 (`#150 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/150>`_)
2873 * `git cola` now remembers your commit message and will restore it
2874 when `git cola` is restarted.
2875 (`#175 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/175>`_)
2877 * `Ctrl+M` can now be used to toggle the "Amend last commit"
2878 checkbox in the commit message editor.
2879 (`#161 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/161>`_)
2881 * Deleting remote branches can now be done from the "Branch" menu.
2882 (`#152 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/152>`_)
2884 * The commit message editor now has a built-in spell checker.
2888 * We now avoid invoking external diffs when showing diffstats.
2889 (`#163 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/163>`_)
2891 * The `Status` tool learned to reselect files when refreshing.
2892 (`#165 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/165>`_)
2894 * `git cola` now remembers whether it has been maximized and will restore the
2895 maximized state when `git cola` is restarted.
2896 (`#172 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/172>`_)
2898 * Performance is now vastly improved when staging hundreds or
2901 * `git cola` was not correctly saving repo-specific configuration.
2902 (`#174 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/174>`_)
2904 * Fix a UnicodeDecode in sphinxtogithub when building from source.
2912 Usability, bells and whistles
2913 -----------------------------
2914 * We now automatically remove missing repositories from the
2915 "Select Repository" dialog.
2916 (`#145 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/145>`_)
2918 * A new `git cola diff` sub-command was added for diffing changed files.
2922 * The inotify auto-refresh feature makes it difficult to select text in
2923 the "diff" editor when files are being continually modified by another
2924 process. The auto-refresh causes it to lose the currently selected text,
2925 which is not wanted. We now avoid this problem by saving and restoring
2926 the selection when refreshing the editor.
2927 (`#155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/155>`_)
2929 * More strings have been marked for l10n.
2930 (`#157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/157>`_)
2932 * Fixed the Alt+D Diffstat shortcut.
2933 (`#159 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/159>`_)
2937 * Better error handling when cloning repositories.
2939 We were not handling the case where a git URL has
2940 no basename, e.g. `https://git.example.com/`.
2941 `git cola` originally rejected these URLs instead of
2942 allowing users to clone them. It now allows these URLs
2943 when they point to valid git repositories.
2945 Additionally, `git cola` learned to echo the errors
2946 reported by `git clone` when it fails.
2947 (`#156 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/156>`_)
2955 Usability, bells and whistles
2956 -----------------------------
2957 * `git dag` got a big visual upgrade.
2959 * `Ctrl+G` now launches the "Grep" tool.
2961 * `Ctrl+D` launches difftool and `Ctrl+E` launches your editor
2962 when in the diff panel.
2964 * git-cola can now be told to use an alternative language.
2965 For example, if the native language is German and we want git-cola to
2966 use English then we can create a `~/.config/git-cola/language` file with
2967 "en" as its contents: ``echo en >~/.config/git-cola/language``
2968 (`#140 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/140>`_)
2970 * A new `git cola merge` sub-command was added for merging branches.
2972 * Less blocking in the main UI
2976 * Autocomplete issues on KDE
2977 (`#144 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/144>`_)
2979 * The "recently opened repositories" startup dialog did not
2980 display itself in the absence of bookmarks.
2981 (`#139 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/139>`_)
2989 Usability, bells and whistles
2990 -----------------------------
2991 * `git cola` learned to honor `.gitattributes` when showing and
2992 interactively applying diffs. This makes it possible to store
2993 files in git using a non-utf-8 encoding and `git cola` will
2994 properly accept them. This must be enabled by settings
2995 `cola.fileattributes` to true, as it incurs a small performance
2997 (`#96 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/96>`_)
2999 * `git cola` now wraps commit messages at 72 columns automatically.
3000 This is configurable using the `cola.linebreak` variable to enable/disable
3001 the feature, and `cola.textwidth` to configure the limit.
3002 (`#133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/133>`_)
3004 * A new "Open Recent" sub-menu was added to the "File" menu.
3005 This makes it easy to open a recently-edited repository.
3006 (`#135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/135>`_)
3008 * We now show a preview for untracked files when they are clicked
3009 using the `Status` tool.
3010 * A new "Open Using Default Application" action was added to the
3011 `Status` tool. It is activated using either `Spacebar` or through
3012 the context menu. This action uses `xdg-open` on Linux and
3014 * A new "Open Parent Directory" action was added to the `Status` tool.
3015 It is activated using either `Shift+Spacebar` or through the
3017 * `git dag` learned to honor the `log.date` git configuration variable.
3018 This makes the date display follow whatever format the user has
3020 * A new `git cola config` sub-command was added for quickly
3021 tweaking `git cola`'s git configuration settings.
3022 * Some small usability tweaks -- some user confirmation prompts
3023 were defaulting to "Cancel" when they should have been defaulting
3024 to the affirmative option instead.
3028 * Properly handle arbitrarily-named branches.
3029 * We went back to launching `git mergetool` using an xterm.
3030 The reason is that there are a couple of places where `git mergetool`
3031 requires a terminal for user interaction not covered by `--no-prompt`.
3032 * We now properly handle an edge case when applying short diffs at
3033 the start of a file.
3041 Usability, bells and whistles
3042 -----------------------------
3043 * New and improved `grep` mode lets you instantly find and edit files.
3044 * New `git cola grep` standalone mode.
3045 * Support for passing arguments to the configured editors, e.g. `gvim -p`
3046 This makes it possible to select multiple files in the status
3047 window and use `Ctrl + E` to edit them all at once.
3048 * Remote operations now prompt on errors only.
3049 * The `Tab` key now jumps to the extended description when editing the summary.
3050 * More shortcut key labels and misc. UX improvements.
3054 * Selecting an item no longer copies its filename to the copy/paste buffer.
3055 `Ctrl + C` or the "Copy" context-menu action can be used instead.
3056 * The repository monitoring feature on Windows learned to ignore
3057 changes within the ".git" directory. Thanks to Andreas Sommer.
3058 (`#120 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/120>`_)
3066 Usability, bells and whistles
3067 -----------------------------
3068 * `git dag` learned to color-code branchy edges.
3069 The edge colors change when a new branch is detected,
3070 which makes the history much easier to follow.
3071 A huge thanks to Uri Okrent for making it happen.
3073 * New GUI for editing remote repositories.
3075 * New `git cola archive` and `git cola remote` sub-commands.
3077 * `git cola browser` learned an 'Untrack' command.
3079 * The diff editor learned to staged/unstaged while amending.
3081 * The status tool can now scroll horizontally.
3083 * New git repositories can be created by clicking 'New' on the
3084 `git cola --prompt` startup screen.
3092 Usability, bells and whistles
3093 -----------------------------
3094 * Auto-completion was added to more tools.
3096 * `git dag` is easier to use on smaller displays -- the author
3097 field elides its text which allows for a more compact display.
3099 * Selected commits in `git dag` were made more prominent and
3102 * 'Create Branch' learned to fetch remote branches and uses a
3103 background thread to do so.
3105 * User-configured GUI tools are listed alphabetically in the 'Actions' menu.
3107 * The 'Pull' dialog remembers the value of the 'Rebase' checkbox
3108 between invocations.
3118 * Detect Homebrew so that OS X users do not need to set PYTHONPATH.
3120 * `git dag` can export patches again.
3128 Usability, bells and whistles
3129 -----------------------------
3130 * The 'Classic' tool was renamed to 'Browser' and learned to
3131 limit history to the current branch.
3133 * `git dag` learned about gravatar and uses it to show images
3136 * `git dag` learned to use OpenGL for rendering resulting in
3137 much faster rendering.
3139 * More dialogs learned vim-style keyboard shortcuts.
3141 * The commit message editor learned better arrow key navigation.
3149 Usability, bells and whistles
3150 -----------------------------
3151 * `git cola` learned a few new sub commands:
3159 * `Return` in the summary field jumps to the extended description.
3161 * `Ctrl+Return` is now a shortcut for 'Commit'.
3163 * Better French translation for 'Sign-off'.
3165 * The 'Search' widget now has a much simpler and streamlined
3168 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the DAG widget.
3170 * `git dag` no longer prompts for files when diffing commits if the
3171 text field contains paths.
3173 * General user interface and performance improvements.
3177 * The diff viewer no longer changes font size when holding `Control`
3178 while scrolling with the mouse wheel.
3180 * Files with a typechange (e.g. symlinks that become files, etc.)
3181 are now correctly identified as being modified.
3185 * The `cola.controllers` and `cola.views` packages were removed.
3193 Usability, bells and whistles
3194 -----------------------------
3195 * `git cola` can now launch sub commands, e.g.:
3206 * `git dag` is more responsive when gathering auto-completions.
3208 * Keyboard shortcuts are displayed when the '?' key is pressed.
3210 * Various keyboard shortcuts were added for improved usability.
3212 * The status widget now lists unmerged files before modified files.
3214 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the status widget.
3216 * A 'Recently Modified Files...' tool was added.
3218 * Tools can now be hidden with `Alt + #` (where `#` is a keyboard number)
3219 and focused with `Alt + Shift + #`.
3221 * The syntax highlighting colors for diffs was made less intrusive.
3223 * The commit message editor was redesigned to have a more compact
3224 and keyboard-convenient user interface.
3226 * Keyboard shortcuts for adding a Signed-off-by (`Ctrl + i`)
3227 and creating a commit (`Ctrl + m`) were added.
3229 * The status widget was adjusted to use less screen real-estate.
3233 * Avoid updating the index when responding to inotify events.
3234 This avoids interfering with operations such as `git rebase --interactive`.
3235 (`#99 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/99>`_)
3239 * Create `git-dag.pyw` in the win32 installer.
3241 * win32 shortcuts now contain explicit calls to `pythonw.exe` instead of
3242 calling the `.pyw` file directly.
3246 * The 'Apply Changes from Branch...' feature was removed.
3247 `git dag`'s 'Grab File...' feature used alongside the index/worktree editor
3248 is a simpler alternative.
3258 * Further enhanced the staging/unstaging behavior in the status widget.
3259 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
3261 * Unmerged files are no longer listed as modified.
3265 The `cola-$version` tarballs on github were originally setup to
3266 have the same contents as the old tarballs hosted on tuxfamily.
3267 The `make dist` target was changed to write files to a
3268 `git-cola-$version` subdirectory and tarball.
3270 This makes the filenames consistent for the source tarball,
3271 the darwin .app tarball, and the win32 .exe installer.
3279 Usability, bells and whistles
3280 -----------------------------
3281 * Refined the staging/unstaging behavior for code reviews.
3282 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
3284 * Added more styling and icons to menus and buttons.
3286 * Adjusted some terminology to more closely match the git CLI.
3290 * Boolean `git config` settings with no value are now supported
3291 (these are not created by git these days but exist in legacy repositories).
3293 * Unicode branches and tags are supported in the "branch diff" tool.
3295 * Guard against low-memory conditions and more interrupted system calls.
3299 * Added desktop launchers for git-cola.desktop and git-dag.desktop.
3300 This replaces the old cola.desktop, so some adjustments to RPM .spec
3301 and debian/ files will be needed.
3303 * Fixed the darwin app-tarball Makefile target to create relative paths.
3307 * The `--style` option was removed. `git cola` follows the system theme
3308 so there's no need for this option these days.
3316 Usability, bells and whistles
3317 -----------------------------
3318 * Export a patch series from `git dag` into a `patches/` directory.
3320 * `git dag` learned to diff commits, slice history along paths, etc.
3322 * Added instant-preview to the `git stash` widget.
3324 * A simpler preferences editor is used to edit `git config` values.
3325 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
3326 (`#89 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/89>`_)
3328 * Previous commit messages can be re-loaded from the message editor.
3329 (`#33 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/33>`_)
3333 * Display commits with no file changes.
3334 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
3336 * Improved the diff editor's copy/paste behavior
3337 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
3341 * Bumped version number to ceil(minimum git version).
3342 `git cola` now requires `git` >= 1.6.3.
3344 * Simplified git-cola's versioning when building from tarballs
3345 outside of git. We no longer check for a 'version' file at
3346 the root of the repository. We instead keep a default version
3347 in `cola/version.py` and use it when `git cola`'s `.git` repository
3356 Usability, bells and whistles
3357 -----------------------------
3358 * inotify is much snappier and available on Windows
3359 thanks to Karl Bielefeldt.
3361 * New right-click command to add untracked files to .gitignore
3362 thanks to Audrius Karabanovas.
3364 * Stash, fetch, push, and pull usability improvements
3366 * General usability improvements
3368 * stderr is logged when applying partial diffs.
3372 * Files can be unstaged when amending.
3373 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
3375 * Show the configured remote.$remote.pushurl in the GUI
3376 (`#83 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/83>`_)
3378 * Removed usage of the "user" module.
3379 (`#86 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/86>`_)
3381 * Avoids an extra `git update-index` call during startup.
3389 Usability, bells and whistles
3390 -----------------------------
3391 * We now provide better feedback when `git push` fails.
3392 (`#69 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/69>`_)
3394 * The Fetch, Push, and Pull dialogs now give better feedback
3395 when interacting with remotes. The dialogs are modal and
3396 a progress dialog is used.
3400 * More unicode fixes, again. It is now possible to have
3401 unicode branch names, repository paths, home directories, etc.
3402 This continued the work initiated by Redhat's bugzilla #694806.
3404 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806
3412 Usability, bells and whistles
3413 -----------------------------
3414 * The `git cola` desktop launchers now prompt for a repo
3415 by default. This is done by using the new `--prompt`
3416 flag which tells `git cola` to ignore any git repositories
3417 in the current directory and prompt for one instead.
3421 * More Unicode fixes for repositories and home directories with
3422 embedded unicode characters. Thanks to Christian Jann for
3423 patience and helpful bug reports.
3425 * Fix the 'Clone' button in the startup dialog.
3433 Usability, bells and whistles
3434 -----------------------------
3435 * Faster startup time! `git cola` now offloads initialization
3436 to a background thread so that the GUI appears almost instantly.
3438 * Specialized diff options for p4merge, vimdiff, araxis, emerge,
3439 and ecmerge in difftool (backported from git.git).
3443 * Fix launching commands in the background on Windows
3444 (e.g. when launching `git difftool`).
3446 * Fix unicode errors when home or repository directories contain
3448 (`#74 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/74>`_)
3449 (`bz #694806 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806>`_)
3457 Usability, bells and whistles
3458 -----------------------------
3459 * The `cola classic` tool can be now configured to be dockable.
3460 (`#56 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/56>`_)
3462 * The `cola classic` tool now uses visual sigils to indicate a file's status.
3463 The idea and icons were provided by Uri Okrent.
3465 * Include the 'Rescan' button in the 'Actions' widget regardless
3466 of whether inotify is installed.
3470 * Fix installation of translations per Fedora
3471 This incorporates Fedora's fix for the translations path
3472 which originally appeared in cola-1.4.3-translations.patch.
3474 * Mac OS X git-cola developers can now generate git-cola.app
3475 application bundles using 'make app-bundle'.
3479 * Fixed a stacktrace when trying to use "Get Commit Message Template"
3480 with an unconfigured "commit.template" git config variable.
3481 (`bz #67521 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675721>`_)
3482 (`#72 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/72>`_)
3484 * Properly raise the main window on Mac OS X.
3486 * Properly handle staging a huge numbers of files at once.
3488 * Speed up 'git config' usage by fixing cola's caching proxy.
3490 * Guard against damaged ~/.cola files.
3498 Usability, bells and whistles
3499 -----------------------------
3500 * `git dag` now has a separate display area
3501 for displaying commit metadata. This area will soon
3502 grow additional functionality such as cherry-picking,
3507 * Fixed tests from a previous refactoring.
3509 * Guard against 'diff.external' configuration by always
3510 calling 'git diff' with the '--no-ext-diff' option.
3511 (`#67 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/67>`_)
3513 * Respect 'gui.diffcontext' so that cola's diff display
3514 shows the correct number of context lines.
3516 * Raise the GUI so that it is in the foreground on OS X.
3520 * We now allow distutils to rewrite cola's shebang line.
3521 This allows us to run on systems where "which python"
3522 is Python3k. This is exposed by setting the `PYTHON`
3523 Makefile variable to the location of python2.x.
3525 * git-cola.app is now a tiny download because it no longer
3526 contains Qt and PyQt. These libraries are provided as a
3528 (`Link <http://code.google.com/p/git-cola/downloads/list>`_)
3536 Usability, bells and whistles
3537 -----------------------------
3538 * Clicking on paths in the status widget copies them into the
3539 copy/paste buffer for easy middle-clicking into terminals.
3541 * `Ctrl+C` in diff viewer copies the selected diff to the clipboard.
3545 * Fixed the disappearing actions buttons on PyQt 4.7.4
3546 as reported by Arch and Ubuntu 10.10.
3547 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
3549 * Fixed mouse interaction with the status widget where some
3550 items could not be de-selected.
3554 * Removed hard-coded reference to lib/ when calculating Python's
3555 site-packages directory.
3563 Usability, bells and whistles
3564 -----------------------------
3565 * Removed "single-click to (un)stage" in the status view.
3566 This is a usability improvement since we no longer perform
3567 different actions depending on where a row is clicked.
3569 * Added ability to create unsigned, annotated tags.
3573 * Updated documentation to use `cola.git` instead of `cola.gitcmd`.
3581 Usability, bells and whistles
3582 -----------------------------
3583 * Allow un/staging by right-clicking top-level items
3584 (`#57 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/57>`_)
3586 * Running 'commit' with no staged changes prompts to allow
3588 (`#55 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/55>`_)
3590 * Fetch, Push, and Pull are now available via the menus
3591 (`#58 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/58>`_)
3595 * Simplified the actions widget to work around a regression
3597 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
3605 Usability, bells and whistles
3606 -----------------------------
3607 * `git dag` interaction was made faster.
3611 * Added '...' indicators to the buttons for
3612 'Fetch...', 'Push...', 'Pull...', and 'Stash...'.
3613 (`#51 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/51>`_)
3615 * Fixed a hang-on-exit bug in the cola-provided
3616 'ssh-askpass' implementation.
3624 Usability, bells and whistles
3625 -----------------------------
3626 * Staging and unstaging is faster.
3627 (`#48 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/48>`_)
3629 * `git dag` reads history in a background thread.
3633 * Added :data:`cola.compat.hashlib` for `Python 2.4` compatibility
3634 * Improved `PyQt 4.1.x` compatibility.
3638 * Configured menu actions use ``sh -c`` for Windows portability.
3646 Usability, bells and whistles
3647 -----------------------------
3648 * Added support for the configurable ``guitool.<tool>.*``
3649 actions as described in the ``git config`` documentation.
3650 (`git-config(1) <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config>`_)
3651 (`#44 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/44>`_)
3653 This makes it possible to add new actions to `git cola`
3654 by simply editing ``~/.gitconfig``. This implements the
3655 same guitool support as `git gui`.
3657 * Introduced a stat cache to speed up `git config` and
3658 repository status checks.
3660 * Added Alt-key shortcuts to the main `git cola` interface.
3662 * The `Actions` dock widget switches between a horizontal
3663 and vertical layout when resized.
3665 * We now use ``git diff --submodule`` for submodules
3666 (used when git >= 1.6.6).
3668 * The context menu for modified submodules includes an option
3669 to launch `git cola`.
3670 (`#17 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/17>`_)
3672 * Prefer ``$VISUAL`` over ``$EDITOR`` when both are defined.
3673 These are used to set a default editor in lieu of `core.editor`
3676 * Force the editor to be ``gvim`` when we see ``vim``.
3677 This prevents us from launching an editor in the (typically
3678 unattached) parent terminal and creating zombie editors
3679 that cannot be easily killed.
3681 * Selections are remembered and restored across updates.
3682 This makes the `partial-staging` workflow easier since the
3683 diff view will show the updated diff after staging.
3685 * Show the path to the current repository in a tooltip
3686 over the commit message editor.
3687 (`#45 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/45>`_)
3689 * Log internal ``git`` commands when ``GIT_COLA_TRACE`` is defined.
3690 (`#39 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/39>`_)
3694 * Improved backwards compatibility for Python 2.4.
3696 * `Review mode` can now review the current branch; it no longer
3697 requires you to checkout the branch into which the reviewed
3698 branch will be merged.
3700 * Guard against `color.ui = always` configuration when using
3701 `git log` by passing ``--no-color``.
3703 * ``yes`` and ``no`` are now supported as valid booleans
3704 by the `git config` parser.
3706 * Better defaults are used for `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`..
3707 (`#43 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/43>`_)
3711 * Removed colon (`:`) from the applilcation name on Windows
3712 (`#41 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/41>`_)
3714 * Fixed bugs with the Windows installer
3715 (`#40 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/40>`_)
3717 * Added a more standard i18n infrastructure. The install
3718 tree now has the common ``share/locale/$lang/LC_MESSAGES/git-cola.mo``
3719 layout in use by several projects.
3721 * Started trying to accommodate Mac OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
3722 in the ``darwin/`` build scripts but our tester is yet to
3723 report success building a `.app` bundle.
3725 * Replaced use of ``perl`` in Sphinx/documentation Makefile
3726 with more-portable ``sed`` constructs. Thanks to
3727 Stefan Naewe for discovering the portability issues and
3728 providing msysgit-friendly patches.
3736 Usability, bells and whistles
3737 -----------------------------
3738 * It is now possible to checkout from the index as well
3739 as from `HEAD`. This corresponds to the
3740 `Removed Unstaged Changes` action in the `Repository Status` tool.
3742 * The `remote` dialogs (fetch, push, pull) are now slightly
3745 * Bookmarks can be selected when `git cola` is run outside of a git repository.
3747 * Added more user documentation. We now include many links to
3748 external git resources.
3750 * Added `git dag` to the available tools.
3751 `git dag` is a node-based DAG history browser.
3752 It doesn't do much yet, but it's been merged so that we can start
3753 building and improving upon it.
3757 * Fixed a missing ``import`` when showing `right-click` actions
3758 for unmerged files in the `Repository Status` tool.
3760 * ``git update-index --refresh`` is no longer run every time
3761 ``git cola version`` is run.
3763 * Don't try to watch non-existent directories when using `inotify`.
3765 * Use ``git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name`` plumbing to find
3766 the name of the current branch.
3770 * The ``Makefile`` will now conditionally include a ``config.mak``
3771 file located at the root of the project. This allows for user
3772 customizations such as changes to the `prefix` variable
3773 to be stored in a file so that custom settings do not need to
3774 be specified every time on the command-line.
3776 * The build scripts no longer require a ``.git`` directory to
3777 generate the ``builtin_version.py`` module. The release tarballs
3778 now include a ``version`` file at the root of the project which
3779 is used in lieu of having the git repository available.
3780 This allows for ``make clean && make`` to function outside of
3783 * Added maintainer's ``make dist`` target to the ``Makefile``.
3785 * The built-in `simplejson` and `jsonpickle` libraries can be
3786 excluded from ``make install`` by specifying the ``standalone=true``
3787 `make` variable. For example, ``make standalone=true install``.
3788 This corresponds to the ``--standalone`` option to ``setup.py``.
3796 Usability, bells and whistles
3797 -----------------------------
3798 * We now use patience diff by default when it is available via
3799 `git diff --patience`.
3801 * Allow closing the `cola classic` tool with `Ctrl+W`.
3805 * Fixed an unbound variable error in the `push` dialog.
3809 * Don't include `simplejson` in MANIFEST.in.
3811 * Update desktop entry to read `Cola Git GUI`.
3819 This feature release adds two new features directly from
3820 `git cola`'s github issues backlog. On the developer
3821 front, further work was done towards modularizing the code base.
3823 Usability, bells and whistles
3824 -----------------------------
3825 * Dragging and dropping patches invokes `git am`
3826 (`#3 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/3>`_)
3828 * A dialog to allow opening or cloning a repository
3829 is presented when `git cola` is launched outside of a git repository.
3830 (`#22 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/22>`_)
3832 * Warn when `push` is used to create a new branch
3833 (`#35 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/35>`_)
3835 * Optimized startup time by removing several calls to `git`.
3840 * `git cola` is once again compatible with PyQt 4.3.x.
3844 * `cola.gitcmds` was added to factor out git command-line utilities
3846 * `cola.gitcfg` was added for interacting with `git config`
3848 * `cola.models.browser` was added to factor out repobrowser data
3860 * Fix launching external applications on Windows
3862 * Ensure that the `amend` checkbox is unchecked when switching modes
3864 * Update the status tree when amending commits
3874 * Fix Lintian warnings
3884 * Fix X11 warnings on application startup
3894 * Added missing 'Exit Diff Mode' button for 'Diff Expression' mode
3895 (`#31 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/31>`_)
3897 * Fix a bug when initializing fonts on Windows
3898 (`#32 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/32>`_)
3908 * Keep entries in sorted order in the `cola classic` tool
3910 * Fix staging untracked files
3911 (`#27 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/27>`_)
3913 * Fix the `show` command in the Stash dialog
3914 (`#29 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/29>`_)
3916 * Fix a typo when loading merge commit messages
3917 (`#30 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/30>`_)
3925 This release focuses on a redesign of the git-cola user interface,
3926 a tags interface, and better integration of the `cola classic` tool.
3927 A flexible interface based on configurable docks is used to manage the
3928 various cola widgets.
3930 Usability, bells and whistles
3931 -----------------------------
3932 * New GUI is flexible and user-configurable
3934 * Individual widgets can be detached and rearranged arbitrarily
3936 * Add an interface for creating tags
3938 * Provide a fallback `SSH_ASKPASS` implementation to prompt for
3939 SSH passwords on fetch/push/pull
3941 * The commit message editor displays the current row/column and
3942 warns when lines get too long
3944 * The `cola classic` tool displays upstream changes
3946 * `git cola --classic` launches `cola classic` in standalone mode
3948 * Provide more information in log messages
3952 * Inherit the window manager's font settings
3954 * Miscellaneous PyQt4 bug fixes and workarounds
3958 * Removed all usage of Qt Designer `.ui` files
3960 * Simpler model/view architecture
3962 * Selection is now shared across tools
3964 * Centralized notifications are used to keep views in sync
3966 * The `cola.git` command class was made thread-safe
3968 * Less coupling between model and view actions
3970 * The status view was rewritten to use the MVC architecture
3972 * Added more documentation and tests
3980 Usability, bells and whistles
3981 -----------------------------
3982 * Added a `cola classic` tool for browsing the entire repository
3984 * Handle diff expressions with spaces
3986 * Handle renamed files
3990 * Handle carat `^` characters in diff expressions on Windows
3992 * Worked around a PyQt 4.5/4.6 QThreadPool bug
3996 * Added a keyboard shortcuts reference page
3998 * Added developer API documentation
4002 * Fix the diff expression used when reviewing branches
4004 * Fix a bug when pushing branches
4006 * Fix X11 warnings at startup
4008 * Fix more interrupted system calls on Mac OS X
4016 Usability, bells and whistles
4017 -----------------------------
4018 * Fresh and tasty SVG logos
4020 * Added `Branch Review` mode for reviewing topic branches
4022 * Added diff modes for diffing between tags, branches,
4023 or arbitrary `git diff` expressions
4025 * The push dialog selects the current branch by default.
4026 This is in preparation for `git 1.7.0` where unconfigured `git push`
4027 will refuse to push when run without specifying the remote name
4028 and branch. See the `git` release notes for more information
4030 * Support `open` and `clone` commands on Windows
4032 * Allow saving cola UI layouts
4034 * Re-enabled `double-click-to-stage` for unmerged entries.
4035 Disabling it for unmerged items was inconsistent, though safer.
4037 * Show diffs when navigating the status tree with the keyboard
4041 * Worked around `pyuic4` bugs in the `setup.py` build script
4043 * Added Mac OSX application bundles to the download page
4053 * `git difftool` became an official git command in `git 1.6.3`.
4055 * `git difftool` learned `--no-prompt` / `-y` and a corresponding
4056 `difftool.prompt` configuration variable
4058 Usability, bells and whistles
4059 -----------------------------
4060 * Warn when `non-fast-forward` is used with fetch, push or pull
4062 * Allow `Ctrl+C` to exit cola when run from the command line
4066 * Support Unicode font names
4068 * Handle interrupted system calls
4072 * `PEP-8`-ified more of the cola code base
4078 * All resources are now installed into `$prefix/share/git-cola`.
4079 Closed Debian bug #519972
4081 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519972
4091 * Added support for Kompare in `git difftool`
4093 * Added a separate configuration namespace for `git difftool`
4095 * Added the `diff.tool` configuration variable to define the default diff tool
4097 Usability, bells and whistles
4098 -----------------------------
4099 * The stash dialog allows passing the `--keep-index` option to `git stash`
4101 * Amending a published commit warns at commit time
4103 * Simplified the file-across-revisions comparison dialog
4105 * `origin` is selected by default in fetch/push/pull
4107 * Removed the search field from the log widget
4109 * The log window moved into a drawer widget at the bottom of the UI
4111 * Log window display can be configured with
4112 `cola.showoutput` = `{never, always, errors}`. `errors` is the default.
4114 * `NOTE` -- `cola.showoutput` was removed with the GUI rewrite in 1.4.0.
4118 * Improved nose unittest usage
4122 * Added a Windows/msysGit installer
4124 * Included private versions of `simplejson` and `jsonpickle`
4125 for ease of installation and development