8 :ref:`v3.3 <v3.3>` is the latest stable release.
13 Clone the git-cola repo to get the latest development version:
15 ``git clone git://github.com/git-cola/git-cola.git``
19 git-cola v3.3 (unreleased)
20 ==========================
22 Usability, bells and whistles
23 -----------------------------
24 * `git dag` improved how it renders parent commits.
25 (`#921 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/921>`_)
27 * The `Branches` widget now checks out branches when double-clicked.
28 (`#920 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/920>`_)
30 * The new `Submodules` widget makes it easy to interact with submodules.
31 Additionally, submodules can now be updated using the `Status` widget.
32 (`#916 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/916>`_)
34 * Updated Japanese translation.
35 (`#914 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/914>`_)
37 * The "Open Terminal" action now launches a Git Bash shell on Windows.
38 (`#913 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/913>`_)
40 * New menu actions for updating all submodules.
41 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
43 * The status widget can now update submodules.
44 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
46 * The "Apply Patch" `git cola am` dialog now includes a diff viewer
47 to display the contents of the selected patch.
49 * The "Alt+D" diffstat hotkey now selects the staged/modified/etc.
50 header in the Status widget, which shows the totality of everything
51 that will be committed.
52 (`#771 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/771>`_)
54 * Running "Launch Editor" from the diff editor now opens the editor at the
56 (`#898 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/898>`_)
58 * The textwidth and tabwidth configuration values can now be set
59 per-repository, rather than globally only.
61 * Text entry widgets switched to using a block cursor in `v3.2`.
62 This has been reverted to the original line cursor for consistency
63 with other applications and user expectations.
64 (`#889 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/889>`_)
66 * The "edit at line" feature, used by the "Grep" tool, now supports
67 the Sublime text editor.
68 (`#894 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/894>`_)
72 * Launching external programs has been improved on Windows.
73 (`#925 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/925>`_)
75 * Improve compatibility when using PySide2.
76 (`#912 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/912>`_)
78 * The Diff Editor was not honoring the configured tab width on startup.
79 (`#900 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/900>`_)
81 * The "Delete Files" feature was creating an unreadable display when
82 many files were selected. Word-wrap the list of files so that the
83 display stays within a sensible size.
84 (`#895 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/895>`_)
86 * Spelling and grammar fixes.
87 (`#915 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/915>`_)
88 (`#891 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/891>`_)
92 * The logo was run through `tidy` to give it a consistent style.
93 Some technical issues with the logo were improved.
94 (`#877 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/877>`_)
96 * The entire codebase is now checked by `flake8`, rather than just
97 the module and test directories. This catches things like
98 the pynsist installer scripts.
99 (`#884 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/884>`_)
100 (`#882 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/882>`_)
101 (`#879 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/879>`_)
105 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.6`.
107 * The Windows installer's wrapper scripts were missing an import.
108 (`#878 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/878>`_)
115 Usability, bells and whistles
116 -----------------------------
117 * The `git cola dag` DAG window now supports `git revert`.
118 (`#843 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/843>`_)
120 * `git stash pop` is now supported by the stash dialog.
121 (`#844 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/844>`_)
123 * The status widget now ensures that each item is visible when selection
124 changes. Previously, if you scrolled to the right to see the name of
125 a long filename, and then selected a short filename above it, the widget
126 may not have shown the short filename in the viewport. We now ensure
127 that the filenames are visible when the selection changes.
128 (`#828 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/828>`_)
130 * The `git xbase` rebase editor no longer displays an error when
131 cancelling an interactive rebase.
132 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
134 * The dialog shown when renaming remotes has been simplified.
135 (`#840 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/840>`_)
136 (`#838 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/838>`_)
138 * The help dialog in the `git-xbase` Rebase editor is now scrollable.
139 (`#855 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/855>`_)
143 * Updated Brazilian translation.
144 (`#845 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/845>`_)
146 * Updated Czech translation.
147 (`#854 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/854>`_)
148 (`#853 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/853>`_)
149 (`#835 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/835>`_)
150 (`#813 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/813>`_)
152 * Update Spanish translation.
153 (`#862 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/862>`_)
154 (`#867 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/867>`_)
158 * The original `#!/usr/bin/env python` shebang lines can now be
159 retained by passing `USE_ENV_PYTHON=1` to `make` when installing.
160 (`#850 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/850>`_)
162 * The Makefile is now resilient to DESTDIR and prefix containing whitespace.
163 (`#858 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/858>`_)
165 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.4.2`.
167 * `python3-distutils` is needed to build cola on Debian.
168 (`#837 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/837>`_)
172 * The "C" key no longer closes the message dialogs, for example the
173 one that is shown when a commit fails its pre-commit hooks.
174 This allows "Ctrl+C" copy to work, rather than closing the dialog.
175 (`#734 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/734>`_)
177 * Dock widgets sizes are now properly saved and restored when the main
179 (`#848 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/848>`_)
181 * The spellcheck feature was broken under Python3.
182 (`#857 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/857>`_)
184 * A regression when saving stashes was fixed.
185 (`#847 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/847>`_)
187 * Diffing image files was not updating the available context menus,
188 which prevented the "Stage" action from being present in the menu.
189 (`#841 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/841>`_)
191 * `git cola` now detects when `git lfs uninstall` has been run. This allows
192 you to re-initialize "Git LFS" in an existing repository where it had been
193 previously uninstalled.
194 (`#842 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/842>`_)
196 * Custom color values that did not contain any hexadecimal digits in the
197 `a-f` range were being converted into integers by the config reader. This
198 then caused the configured colors to be ignored.
200 These color values are now interpreted correctly. Additionally, color
201 values can now use an optional HTML-like `#` prefix.
203 Example `.gitconfig` snippet::
208 (`#836 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/836>`_)
209 (`#849 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/849>`_)
211 * We now display an error message graphically when `Git` is not installed.
212 Previously, the message went to stderr only.
213 (`#830 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/830>`_)
215 * Changing diff options was causing resulting in an exception.
216 (`#833 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/833>`_)
217 (`#834 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/834>`_)
219 * The DAG window now updates itself when branches and tags are created.
220 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
222 * The user's `$PATH` environment variable can now contain utf-8
223 encoded paths. Previously, launching external commands could
225 (`#807 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/807>`_)
227 * Git Cola development sandboxes can now be stored on utf-8 encoded
228 filesystem paths. Previously, the interactive rebase feature
229 could be broken when running in that environment.
230 (`#825 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/825>`_)
232 * The log window now uses an ISO-8601 timestamp, which
233 avoids localized output in the log window.
234 (`#817 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/817>`_)
238 * The code base has been thoroughly sanitized using `pylint`, and
239 travis is now running pylint over the entire project.
241 * Miscellaneous improvements and code improvements.
242 (`#874 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/874>`_)
249 Usability, bells and whistles
250 -----------------------------
251 * The "Browser" widget learned to rename files using "git mv".
252 (`#239 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/239>`_)
254 * The "Diff" widget learned to diff images. Side-by-side and pixel diff
255 modes allow you to inspect changes to common images formats.
256 (`#444 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/444>`_)
257 (`#803 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/803>`_)
259 * Git LFS and Git Annex are natively supported by the image diff viewer.
261 * Git Annex operations are now included. `git annex init` can be performed on
262 repositories, and `git annex add` can be run on untracked files from the
263 status widget. Install `git-annex` to activate this feature.
265 * Git LFS operations are now included. `git lfs install` can be performed on
266 repositories, and `git lfs track` can be run on untracked files from the
267 status widget. Install `git-lfs` to activate this feature.
269 * The "Stash" tool learned to stash staged changes only. Select the
270 "Stage Index" option and only staged changes will be stashed away.
271 (`#413 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/413>`_)
273 * The "Stash" tool learned to use vim-like navigation keyboard shortcuts,
274 shows error messages when things go wrong, and now saves the "Stash Index"
275 and "Keep Index" options across sessions.
277 * The Edit menu's "Copy" and "Select All" actions now forward to either the
278 diff, status, recent, or favorites widgets, based on which widget has focus.
280 * The "File" and "Edit" menu can now be activated using `Alt-{f,e}` hotkeys.
281 (`#759 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/759>`_)
283 * It was easy to accidentally trigger the first action in the `Status` tool's
284 context menu when using a quick right-click to bring up the menu.
285 A short sub-second delay was added to ensure that the top-most action is not
286 triggered unless enough time has passed. This prevents accidental
287 activation of the first item (typically "Stage" or "Unstage") without
288 burdening common use cases.
289 (`#755 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/755>`_)
290 (`#643 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/643>`_)
292 * The "Ctrl+S" hotkey now works for the header items in the Status tool.
293 Selected the "Modified" header item and activating the "Stage" hotkey,
294 for example, will stage all modified files. This works for the "Staged",
295 "Modified", and "Untracked" headers. This is not enabled for the
296 "Unmerged" header by design.
297 (`#772 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/772>`_)
299 * The list of "Recent" repositories previously capped the number of
300 repositories shown to 8 repositories. This can be set to a higher
301 value by setting the `cola.maxrecent` configuration variable.
302 (`#752 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/752>`_)
304 * The "Create Branch" dialog now prevents invalid branch names.
305 (`#765 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/765>`_)
307 * Updated Turkish translation.
308 (`#756 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/756>`_)
310 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
311 (`#753 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/753>`_)
313 * Updated German translation.
314 (`#802 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/802>`_)
316 * Updated Czech translation
317 (`#792 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/792>`_)
318 (`#806 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/806>`_)
320 * The window title can be configured to not display the absolute path of the
322 (`#775 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/775>`_)
324 * The "Edit Remotes" editor learned to edit remote URLS.
326 * Bare repositories can now be created by selecting the
327 "New Bare Repository..." action from the `File` menu.
329 * The "Branches" widget learned to configure upstream branches.
331 * A new `git cola clone` sub-command was added for cloning repositories.
335 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.3.1`.
337 * The macOS installation was made simpler for better compatibility with
339 (`#636 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/636>`_)
341 * The Windows installer is now much simpler. Git Cola now bundles
342 Python and PyQt5, so users need only install the "Git for Windows"
343 and "Git Cola" installers to get things working.
347 * Uninitialized difftool errors will now be displayed graphically.
348 They were previously going to the shell.
349 (`#457 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/457>`_)
351 * Translations marked "fuzzy" will no longer be used when translating strings.
352 (`#782 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/782>`_)
354 * Deleted unmerged files will now correctly use a deleted icon.
355 (`#479 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/479>`_)
357 * The `Ctrl+C` "Copy" hotkey on the diff viewer has been fixed.
358 (`#767 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/767>`_)
360 * The "Create Tag" dialog did not correctly handle the case when a signed
361 tag is requested, but no message is provided, and the user chooses to
362 create an unannotated tag instead. This convenience fallback will now
363 properly create an unsigned, unannotated tag.
364 (`#696 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/696>`_)
366 * `.gitconfig` and `.git/config` values editable by the Preferences dialog
367 (aka `git cola config`) will now get unset when set to an empty value.
368 For example, setting a different `user.email` in the current repository,
369 followed by a subsequent emptying of that field, would previously result in
370 an empty string getting stored in the config. This has been fixed so that
371 the value will now get unset in the config instead.
372 (`#406 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/406>`_)
374 * Spelling and typofixes.
375 (`#748 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/748>`_)
377 * `core.commentChar` is now honored when set in the local repository
379 (`#766 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/766>`_)
381 * The log window was using a format string that did not display
382 correctly in all locales. A locale-aware format is now used.
383 (`#800 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/800>`_)
385 * The dialog displayed when prompting for a reference could sometimes
387 (`#804 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/804>`_)
394 Usability, bells and whistles
395 -----------------------------
396 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
397 (`#726 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/726>`_)
399 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
400 (`#723 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/723>`_)
402 * New Czech translation.
403 (`#736 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/736>`_)
404 (`#737 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/737>`_)
405 (`#740 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/740>`_)
406 (`#743 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/743>`_)
408 * The "name" field in the "Create Tag" dialog now includes autocompletion,
409 which makes it easy to see which tags currently exist.
411 * `git cola` now has configurable toolbars. Use the `View -> Add toolbar`
412 menu item to add a toolbar.
414 * Setting `cola.expandtab` to `true` will now expand tabs into spaces
415 in the commit message editor. The number of spaces to insert is determined
416 by consulting `cola.tabwidth`, which defaults to `8`.
418 * The "Copy SHA-1" hotkey is now `Alt + Ctrl + C`, to avoid clobbering the
419 ability to copy text from the DAG window.
420 (`#705 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/705>`_)
422 * The "Prepare Commit Message" action can now be invoked via the
423 `Ctrl+Shift+Return` shortcut.
424 (`#707 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/707>`_)
426 * The `Branches` pane now has a filter field that highlights branches whose
427 names match the string entered into its text field.
428 (`#713 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/713>`_)
430 * Actions that are triggered in response to button presses were being
431 triggered when the button was pressed, rather than when it was released,
432 which was a usability flaw. All buttons now respond when clicked
433 rather than when pressed.
434 (`#715 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/715>`_)
436 * The DAG window will now only refresh when object IDs change.
437 Previously, the DAG would redraw itself in response to inotify events,
438 such as filesystem operations, which was disruptive when inspecting a large
439 diff in its diff viewer. The DAG will now only redraw when the object IDs
440 corresponding to its query input changes. Furthermore, when redrawing, the
441 scrollbar positions are retained to minimize disruption to the viewport
443 (`#620 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/620>`_)
444 (`#724 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/724>`_)
446 * The "About" dialog now includes the SHA-1 where Git Cola was built.
447 (`#530 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/530>`_)
449 * The "Status" widget now has "Copy Leading Path to Clipboard" and
450 "Copy Basename to Clipboard" actions.
451 (`#435 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/435>`_)
452 (`#436 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/436>`_)
454 * The "Status" widget now supports custom "Copy ... to Clipboard" actions.
455 (`#437 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/437>`_)
457 * The main menu now has an "Edit" menu.
458 (`#725 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/725>`_)
460 * `git dag` learned to checkout commits into a detached HEAD state.
461 (`#698 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/698>`_)
463 * The `status` widget's context menus now omit actions selection-dependent
464 actions when no file is selected.
465 (`#731 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/731>`_)
467 * The startup dialog now focuses the repository list so that repositories
468 can be selected with the keyboard without mouse intervention.
469 (`#741 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/741>`_)
473 * `git dag` now prevents nodes from overlapping in more situations.
474 (`#689 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/689>`_)
476 * Adding untracked Git submodule repo directories previously ran
477 `git add submodule/` but we now call `git add submodule` without
478 the trailing slash (`/`) to avoid staging files that belong to the
479 submodule (which is possibly a `git` bug). By working around the
480 buggy behavior we allow users to recover by issuing the appropriate
481 `git submodule add` command to properly register the submodule.
482 (`#681 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/681>`_)
484 * We now avoid `git for-each-ref --sort=version:refname` on versions
485 of `git` older than `v2.7.0`. Previously we only avoided it for
486 versions older than `v2.0.0`, which was a mistake.
487 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
489 * The error message displayed when `git` is not installed has been fixed.
490 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
492 * Adding new remotes was silently broken.
493 (`#684 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/684>`_)
494 (`#685 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/685>`_)
496 * The repo selection dialog had errors during startup when the
497 `cola.refreshonfocus` feature was enabled, as reported on Ubuntu 16.04.
498 (`#690 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/690>`_)
500 * Restored support for PyQt 4.6 (Centos 6.8)
501 (`#692 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/692>`_)
503 * Switching repositories now resets the "Amend Mode" and other settings
505 (`#710 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/710>`_)
507 * `git rebase` error messages now displayed when rebasing fails or stops
508 via the standalone `git cola rebase` front-end.
509 (`#721 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/721>`_)
511 * `git cola` learned to stage broken symlinks.
512 (`#727 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/727>`_)
514 * The "View History" feature in the `Browser` tool was fixed, and now
515 disambiguates between refs and paths.
516 (`#732 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/732>`_)
518 * The diff editor now has better support for files with CRLF `\r\n`
520 (`#730 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/730>`_)
522 * `cola.inotify` in a repo-local config is now honored
523 when `git cola` is launched from a desktop entry (`git cola --prompt`).
524 (`#695 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/695>`_)
531 Usability, bells and whistles
532 -----------------------------
533 * New Ukrainian translation.
534 (`#670 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/670>`_)
535 (`#672 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/672>`_)
537 * New and improved French translations.
539 * The new `Branches` widget makes it easier to checkout, merge, push,
540 and pull branches from a single interface.
542 * `git cola` now includes a dark icon theme. The dark icon theme can be
543 activated either by setting the `GIT_COLA_ICON_THEME` environment variable
544 to `dark`, by configuring `cola.icontheme` to `dark`, or by specifying
545 `--icon-theme=dark` on the command line.
546 (`#638 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/638>`_)
548 * Autocompletion was added to the `Fetch`, `Push`, and `Pull` dialogs.
550 * The commit message editor now remembers the "Spellcheck" setting
552 (`#645 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/645>`_)
554 * `git dag` now uses an improved algorithm for laying out the graph,
555 which avoids collisions under certain graph configurations, and
556 avoids overlapping tag with commits.
557 (`#648 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/648>`_)
558 (`#651 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/651>`_)
559 (`#654 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/654>`_)
560 (`#656 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/656>`_)
561 (`#659 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/659>`_)
563 * `git dag` now remembers its column sizes across sessions.
564 (`#674 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/674>`_)
566 * `Grep` now shows a preview of the selected file's content in a split window
567 below the grep results.
569 * `Grep` now includes line numbers in the preview pane's output.
571 * `Edit Remotes` now remembers its window settings after exiting.
573 * `Diff` now has an option to display line numbers in the editor.
574 (`#136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/136>`_)
576 * `Amend Last Commit` can now be triggered via the `Commit` menu in addition
577 to the commit message editor's options.
578 (`#640 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/640>`_)
580 * The `File Browser` tool was made much faster and can now operate on
581 much larger repositories.
582 (`#499 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/499>`_)
584 * A new "turbo" mode was added that allows you to opt-out of operations
585 that can slow `git cola` on large repositories. The turbo mode is
586 enabled by configuring `git config cola.turbo true`. Turbo mode
587 disables the background loading of Git commit messages and other
588 details in the `File Browser` widget.
590 * A new GitIgnore dialog allows adding custom gitignore patterns.
591 (`#653 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/653>`_)
593 * The spellchecker in `git cola` can now use an additional dictionary
594 by configuring `cola.dictionary` to the path to a file containing
595 a newline-separated list of words.
596 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
598 * The stash, export patches, diff, and gitignore dialogs now remember
601 * A new `git cola recent` sub-command was added for finding recently
604 * The `Fetch` dialog now allows pruning remote branches.
605 (`#639 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/639>`_)
606 (`#680 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/680>`_)
610 * `git cola`'s spellchecker now supports the new `dict-common` filesystem
611 layout, and prefers the `/usr/share/dict/cracklib-small` file over the
612 `/usr/share/dict/words` provided on older distributions.
613 This makes the spellchecker compatible with Arch, which does not provide
614 a `words` symlink like Debian.
615 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
617 * Properly handle the case where an existing file is untracked using
620 * Fix a quirk where the "Create Branch" dialog sometimes required clicking
621 twice on the radio buttons.
622 (`#662 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/662>`_)
624 * Fixed a focus issue to ensure that "Push", "Fetch", and "Pull" can
625 be executed with the press of a single enter key after being shown.
626 (`#661 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/661>`_)
628 * Committing is now allowed in when resolving a merge results in no
629 changes. This state was previously prevented by the commit message editor,
630 which prevented users from resolving merges that result in no changes.
631 (`#679 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/679>`_)
633 * The filesystem monitor would sometimes emit backtraces when directories
634 are modified. This has been fixed.
635 (`bz #1438522 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1438522>`_)
637 * Absolute paths are now returned when querying for `.git`-relative paths
638 from within a submodule, which uses `.git`-files.
639 This fixes launching `git cola` from within a subdirectory of a submodule.
640 (`#675 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/675>`_)
647 Usability, bells and whistles
648 -----------------------------
649 * `git cola` can now invoke the `.git/hooks/cola-prepare-commit-msg`
650 hook to update the commit message. This hook takes the same parameters
651 as Git's `prepare-commit-message` hook. The default path to this hook
652 can be overridden by setting the `cola.prepareCommitMessageHook`
653 configuration variable.
654 (`Documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#prepare-commit-message>`_)
656 * `git cola diff` (and the corresponding `Diff` menu actions) can now
657 launch difftool with the standard `Ctrl+D` hotkey. The `Ctrl+E` hotkey was
658 also added for launching an editor.
660 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
664 * `git cola` now works when installed in non-ascii, utf8-encoded paths.
665 (`#629 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/629>`_)
667 * Styling issues that caused black backgrounds in various widgets when using
668 PyQ5 on Mac OS X have been fixed.
669 (`#624 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/624>`_)
671 * The "Open Recent" menu action was broken and has been fixed.
672 (`#634 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/634>`_)
674 * Exiting `git cola` with a maximized main window would hang when reopened
676 (`#641 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/641>`_)
680 * `appdata.xml` files are now provided at
681 `share/appdata/git-cola.xml` and `share/appdata/git-dag.xml`
682 for use by the Linux software gallery.
683 (`#627 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/627>`_)
684 (`Appdata <https://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appdata/>`_)
693 * The "Open Recent" menu was updated to new bookmarks format.
694 (`#628 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/628>`_)
701 Usability, bells and whistles
702 -----------------------------
703 * New Polish translation thanks to Łukasz Wojniłowicz
704 (`#598 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/598>`_)
706 * The `Bypass Commit Hooks` feature now disables itself automatically
707 when a new commit is created. The new behavior turns the option into a
708 single-use flag, which helps prevent users from accidentally leaving it
709 active longer than intended.
710 (`#595 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/595>`_)
712 * `git dag` learned to launch an external diff viewer on selected commits.
713 The standard `Ctrl+D` shortcut can be used to view diffs.
714 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
716 * `git dag` learned to launch directory diffs via `git difftool --dir-diff`.
717 The `Ctrl+Shift+D` shortcut launches difftool in directory-diff mode.
718 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
720 * Items in the "Favorites" list can now be renamed, which makes it
721 easier to differentiate between several checkouts of the same repository.
722 (`#599 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/599>`_)
723 (`#601 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/601>`_)
725 * The startup screen now includes a logo and `git cola` version information.
726 (`#526 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/526>`_)
728 * The `About` page was revamped to contain multiple tabs. A new tab was added
729 that provides details about `git cola`''s dependencies. New tabs were also
730 added for giving credit to `git cola`'s authors and translators.
732 * The `About` page can now be accessed via `git cola about`.
734 * The "Fast-forward only" and "No fast-forward" options supported by
735 `git pull` are now accessible via `git cola pull`.
737 * Doing a forced push no longer requires selecting the remote branch.
738 (`#618 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/618>`_)
740 * `git cola push` now has an option to suppress the prompt that is shown
741 when pushing would create new remote branches.
742 (`#605 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/605>`_)
744 * `git dag` now shows commit messages in a more readable color.
745 (`#574 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/574>`_)
747 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch the OS-specified
748 default action for a file. When used on directories via `git cola browse`,
749 or when "Open Parent Directory" is used on files, the OS-specified
750 file browser will typically be used.
752 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch terminals.
756 * `git cola browse` was not updating when expanding items.
757 (`#588 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/588>`_)
759 * Typofixes in comments, naming, and strings have been applied.
760 (`#593 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/593>`_)
762 * The inotify and win32 filesystem monitoring no longer refreshes
763 when updates are made to ignored files.
764 (`#517 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/517>`_)
765 (`#516 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/516>`_)
767 * The `Refresh` button on the actions panel no longer raises an
768 exception when using PyQt5.
769 (`#604 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/604>`_)
771 * Fixed a typo in the inotify backend that is triggered when files are removed.
772 (`#607 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/607>`_)
774 * Fixed a typo when recovering from a failed attempt to open a repository.
775 (`#606 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/606>`_)
777 * `git dag` now properly updates itself when launched from the menubar.
778 (`#613 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/613>`_)
780 * If git-cola is invoked on Windows using `start pythonw git-cola`,
781 a console window will briefly flash on the screen each time
782 `git cola` invokes `git`. The console window is now suppressed.
784 * We now avoid some problematic Popen flags on Windows which were
785 breaking the `git rebase` feature on Windows.
787 * The `Save` button in `git dag`'s "Grab File..." feature now properly
788 prompts for a filename when saving files.
789 (`#617 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/617>`_)
793 * The `qtpy` symlink in the source tree has been removed to allow for easier
794 development on Windows.
795 (`#626 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/626>`_)
802 Usability, bells and whistles
803 -----------------------------
804 * `git cola push` learned to configure upstream branches.
805 (`#563 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/563>`_)
809 * The diffstat view is now properly updated when notifications are
810 received via inotify filesystem monitoring.
811 (`#577 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/577>`_)
813 * Python3 with PyQt5 had a bug that prevented `git cola` from starting.
814 (`#589 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/589>`_)
824 * When repositories stored in non-ASCII, UTF-8-encoded filesystem paths
825 were operated upon with `LC_ALL=C` set in the environment, unicode errors
826 would occur when using `python2`. `git cola` was made more robust and will
827 now operate correctly within this environment.
828 (`#581 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/581>`_)
830 * Support for the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment variable was fixed.
831 (`#582 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/582>`_)
836 * The `unittest.mock` module is now used instead of the original `mock` module
837 when running the `git cola` test suite using Python3.
838 (`#569 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/569>`_)
843 * `git cola` is now compatible with *PyQt5*, *PyQt4*, and *Pyside*.
844 `git cola` previously supported *PyQt4* only, but will now use whichever
845 library is available. Users are not required to upgrade at this time,
846 but *PyQt5* support can be enabled anytime by making its python
848 (`#232 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/232>`_)
850 *NOTE*: We do not yet recommend using *PyQt5* because there are known
851 exit-on-segfault bugs in *Qt5* that have not yet been addressed.
852 `git cola` is sensitive to this bug and is known to crash on exit
853 when using `git dag` or the interactive rebase feature on *PyQt5*.
855 https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-52988
857 *PyQt4* is stable and there are no known issues when using it so
858 we recommend using it until the Qt5 bugs have been resolved.
860 * `git cola` now depends on *QtPy* and includes a bundled copy of the
861 `qtpy` library. If you are packaging `git cola` and would prefer to use
862 `qtpy` from your distribution instead of the built-in version then use
863 `make NO_VENDOR_LIBS=1` when building `git cola`. This will prevent
864 vendored libraries from being installed.
871 Usability, bells and whistles
872 -----------------------------
874 * A new "Reset" sub-menu provides access to running "git reset --mixed"
875 when resetting branch heads and "git reset --merge" when resetting
877 (`#542 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/542>`_)
879 * `git cola` now supports linked worktrees, i.e. worktrees created by
881 (`#554 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/554>`_)
886 * Diff highlighting is now robust to the user having
887 diff.supressBlankEmpty=true in their git config.
888 (`#541 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/541>`_)
890 * The filesystem monitor now properly handles repositories that use
891 `.git`-files, e.g. when using submodules.
892 (`#545 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/545>`_)
893 (`#546 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pulls/546>`_)
895 * Per-repository git configuration is now properly detected when launching
896 `git cola` from an application launcher.
897 (`#548 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/548>`_)
899 * `git cola` now cleans up after itself immediately to avoid leaving behind
900 empty `/tmp/git-cola-XXXXXX` directories when the user uses `Ctrl+C`
902 (`#566 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/566>`_)
907 * It is now possible to install `git cola` to and from utf8-encoded filesystem
908 paths. Previously, Python's stdlib would throw an encoding error during
909 installation. We workaround the stdlib by forcing python2 to use utf-8,
910 thus fixing assumptions in the stdlib library code.
911 (`#551 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/551>`_)
918 Usability, bells and whistles
919 -----------------------------
921 * The icon for untracked files was adjusted to better differentiate
922 between files and the "Untracked" header.
923 (`#509 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/509>`_)
925 * Ctrl+O was added as a hotkey for opening repositories.
926 (`#507 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/507>`_)
928 * `git dag` now uses consistent edge colors across updates.
929 (`#512 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/512>`_)
931 * `git cola`'s Bookmarks widget can now be used to set a "Default Repository".
932 Under the hood, we set the `cola.defaultrepo` configuration variable.
933 The default repository is used whenever `git cola` is launched outside of
934 a Git repository. When unset, or when set to a bogus value, `git cola`
935 will prompt for a repository, as it previously did.
936 (`#513 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/513>`_)
938 * `git cola`'s Russian and Spanish translations were improved
939 thanks to Vaiz and Zeioth.
940 (`#514 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/514>`_)
941 (`#515 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/515>`_)
942 (`#523 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/523>`_)
944 * `git cola` was translated to Turkish thanks to Barış ÇELİK.
945 (`#520 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/520>`_)
947 * The status view now supports launching `git gui blame`. It can be
948 configured to use a different command by setting `cola.blameviewer`.
949 (`#521 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/521>`_)
951 * `git dag` now allows selecting non-contiguous ranges in the log widget.
952 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
954 * Any font can now be chosen for the diff editor, not just monospace fonts.
955 (`#525 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/525>`_)
960 * `xfce4-terminal` and `gnome-terminal` are now supported when launching
961 `git mergetool` to resolve merges. These terminals require that the command
962 to execute is shell-quoted and passed as a single string argument to `-e`
963 rather than as additional command line arguments.
964 (`#524 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/524>`_)
966 * Fixed a unicode problem when formatting the error message that is shown
967 when `gitk` is not installed. We now handle unicode data in tracebacks
968 generated by python itself.
969 (`#528 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/528>`_)
971 * The `New repository` feature was fixed.
972 (`#533 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/533>`_)
974 * We now use omit the extended description when creating "fixup!" commits,
975 for consistency with the Git CLI. We now include only the one-line summary
976 in the final commit message.
977 (`#522 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/522>`_)
984 Usability, bells and whistles
985 -----------------------------
987 * The user interface is now HiDPI-capable. git-cola now uses SVG
988 icons, and its interface can be scaled by setting the `GIT_COLA_SCALE`
989 environment variable.
991 * `git dag` now supports the standard editor, difftool, and history hotkeys.
992 It is now possible to invoke these actions from file widget's context
993 menu and through the standard hotkeys.
994 (`#473 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/473>`_)
996 * The `Status` tool also learned about the history hotkey.
997 Additionally, the `Alt-{j,k}` aliases are also supported in the `Status`
998 tool for consistency with the other tools where the non-Alt hotkeys are not
1000 (`#488 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/488>`_)
1002 * The `File Browser` tool now has better default column sizes,
1003 and remembers its window size and placement.
1005 * The `File Browser` now supports the refresh hotkey, and has better
1006 behavior when refreshing. The selection is now retained, and new and
1007 removed files are found when refreshing.
1009 * A new `git-cola-completion.bash` completion script is provided in the
1010 `contrib/` directory. It must be used alongside Git's completion script.
1011 Source it from your `~/.bashrc` (or `~/.zshrc`, etc) after sourcing
1012 the `git-completion.bash` script and you will have command-line completion
1013 support for the `git cola` and `git dag` sub-commands.
1015 * The "checkout" dialog now offers completion for remote branches and other
1016 git refs. This makes it easier to checkout remote branches in a detached
1017 head state. Additionally, the checkout dialog also offers completion for
1018 remote branches that have not yet been checked out, which makes it easier to
1019 create a local tracking branch by just completing for that potential name.
1020 (`#390 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/390>`_)
1022 * The "create branch" and "create tag" dialogs now save and restore their
1025 * The "status" widget can now be configured to use a bold font with a darker
1026 background for the header items.
1027 (`#506 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/506>`_)
1029 * The "status" widget now remembers its horizontol scrollbar position across
1030 updates. This is helpful when working on projects with long paths.
1031 (`#494 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/494>`_)
1036 * When using *Git for Windows*, a `git` window would appear
1037 when running *Windows 8*. We now pass additional flags to
1038 `subprocess.Popen` to prevent a `git` window from appearing.
1039 (`#477 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/477>`_)
1040 (`#486 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/486>`_)
1042 * Launching difftool with `.PY` in `$PATHEXT` on Windows was fixed.
1043 (`#492 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/492>`_)
1045 * Creating a local branch tracking a remote branch that contains
1046 slashes in its name is now properly handled.
1047 (`#496 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/496>`_)
1049 * The "Browse Other Branch" feature was broken by Python3, and is now fixed.
1050 (`#501 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/501>`_)
1052 * We now avoid `long` for better Python3 compatibility.
1053 (`#502 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/502>`_)
1055 * We now use Git's default merge message when merging branches.
1056 (`#508 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/508>`_)
1058 * Miscellaneous fixes
1059 (`#485 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/485>`_)
1064 * git-cola's documentation no longer uses an intersphinx link mapping
1065 to docs.python.org. This fixes warnings when building rpms using koji,
1066 where network access is prevented.
1068 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231812
1075 Usability, bells and whistles
1076 -----------------------------
1078 * The Interactive Rebase feature now works on Windows!
1079 (`#463 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/463>`_)
1081 * The `diff` editor now understands vim-style `hjkl` navigation hotkeys.
1082 (`#476 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/476>`_)
1084 * `Alt-{j,k}` navigation hotkeys were added to allow changing to the
1085 next/previous file from the diff and commit editors.
1087 * The `Rename branch` menu action is now disabled in empty repositories.
1088 (`#475 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/475>`_)
1089 (`#459 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/459>`_)
1091 * `git cola` now checks unmerged files for conflict markers before
1092 staging them. This feature can be disabled in the preferences.
1093 (`#464 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/464>`_)
1095 * `git dag` now remembers which commits were selected when refreshing
1096 so that it can restore the selection afterwards.
1097 (`#480 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/480>`_)
1099 * "Launch Editor", "Launch Difftool", "Stage/Unstage",
1100 and "Move Up/Down" hotkeys now work when the commit message
1102 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
1104 * The diff editor now supports the `Ctrl+u` hotkey for reverting
1105 diff hunks and selected lines.
1107 * The `core.commentChar` Git configuration value is now honored.
1108 Commit messages and rebase instruction sheets will now use
1109 the configured character for comments. This allows having
1110 commit messages that start with `#` when `core.commentChar`
1111 is configured to its non-default value.
1112 (`#446 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/446>`_)
1117 * Diff syntax highlighting was improved to handle more edge cases
1118 and false positives.
1119 (`#467 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/467>`_)
1121 * Setting commands in the interactive rebase editor was fixed.
1122 (`#472 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/472>`_)
1124 * git-cola no longer clobbers the Ctrl+Backspace text editing shortcut
1125 in the commit message editor.
1126 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
1128 * The copy/paste clipboard now persists after `git cola` exits.
1129 (`#484 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/484>`_)
1138 * Fixed the "Sign off" feature in the commit message editor.
1145 Usability, bells and whistles
1146 -----------------------------
1147 * Double-click will now choose a commit in the "Select commit" dialog.
1149 * `git cola` has a feature that reads `.git/MERGE_MSG` and friends for the
1150 commit message when a merge is in-progress. Upon refresh, `git cola` will
1151 now detect when a merge has completed and reset the commit message back to
1152 its previous state. It is only reset if the editor contains a message
1153 that was read from the file and has not been manually edited by the user.
1155 * The commit message editor's context menu now has a "Clear..." action for
1156 clearing the message across both the summary and description fields.
1158 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
1160 * The system theme's icons are now used wherever possible.
1161 (`#458 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/458>`_)
1165 * The stash viewer now uses ``git show --no-ext-diff`` to avoid running
1166 user-configured diff tools.
1168 * `git cola` now uses the `setsid()` system call to ensure that the
1169 `GIT_ASKPASS` and `SSH_ASKPASS` helper programs are used when pushing
1170 changes using `git`. The askpass helpers will now be used even when
1171 `git cola` is launched from a terminal.
1173 The behavior without `setsid()` is that `git cola` can appear to hang while
1174 pushing changes. The hang happens when `git` prompts the user for a
1175 password using the terminal, but the user never sees the prompt. `setsid()`
1176 detaches the terminal, which ensures that the askpass helpers are used.
1177 (`#218 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/218>`_)
1178 (`#262 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/262>`_)
1179 (`#377 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/377>`_)
1181 * `git dag`'s file list tool was updated to properly handle unicode paths.
1183 * `gnome-terminal` is no longer used by default when `cola.terminal` is unset.
1184 It is broken, as was detailed in #456.
1185 (`#456 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/456>`_)
1187 * The interactive rebase feature was not always setting `$GIT_EDITOR`
1188 to the value of `gui.editor`, thus there could be instances where rebase
1189 will seem to not stop, or hang, when performing "reword" actions.
1191 We now set the `$GIT_EDITOR` environment variable when performing the
1192 "Continue", "Skip", and "Edit Todo" rebase actions so that the correct
1193 editor is used during the rebase.
1194 (`#445 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/445>`_)
1198 * `git cola` moved from a 3-part version number to a simpler 2-part "vX.Y"
1199 version number. Most of our releases tend to contain new features.
1206 Usability, bells and whistles
1207 -----------------------------
1208 * Updated zh_TW translations.
1210 * `git cola rebase` now defaults to `@{upstream}`, and generally uses the same
1211 CLI syntax as `git rebase`.
1213 * The commit message editor now allows you to bypass commit hooks by selecting
1214 the "Bypass Commit Hooks" option. This is equivalent to passing the
1215 `--no-verify` option to `git commit`.
1216 (`#357 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/357>`_)
1218 * We now prevent the "Delete Files" action from creating a dialog that does
1220 (`#378 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/378>`_)
1222 * `git xbase` learned to edit rebase instruction sheets that contain
1225 * The diff colors are now configurable. `cola.color.{text,add,remove,header}`
1226 can now be set with 6-digit hexadecimal colors.
1227 See the `git cola manual <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#configuration-variables>_`
1230 * Improved hotkey documentation.
1234 * `git cola` will now allow starting an interactive rebase with a dirty
1235 worktree when `rebase.autostash` is set.
1236 (`#360 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/360>`_)
1243 Usability, bells and whistles
1244 -----------------------------
1245 * A new "Find files" widget was added, and can be activated by
1246 using the `Ctrl+t` or `t` hotkeys.
1248 * A new `git cola find` sub-command was added for finding files.
1250 * `git cola` now remembers the text cursor's position when staging
1251 interactively with the keyboard. This makes it easier to use the keyboard
1252 arrows to select and stage lines.
1254 * The completion widgets will now select the top completion item
1255 when `Enter` or `Return` are pressed.
1257 * You can now refresh using `F5` in addition to the existing `Ctrl+R` hotkey.
1261 * `git cola` now passes `--no-abbrev-commit` to `git log` to override
1262 having `log.abbrevCommit = true` set in `.gitconfig`.
1268 Usability, bells and whistles
1269 -----------------------------
1270 * `git dag` now forwards all unknown arguments along to `git log`.
1271 (`#389 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/389>`_)
1273 * Line-by-line interactive staging was made more robust.
1274 (`#399 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/399>`_)
1276 * "Bookmarks" was renamed to "Favorites".
1277 (`#392 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/392>`_)
1279 * Untracked files are now displayed using a unique icon.
1280 (`#388 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/388>`_)
1284 * `git dag` was triggering a traceback on Fedora when parsing Git logs.
1285 (`bz #181676 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181686>`_)
1287 * inotify expects unicode paths on Python3.
1288 (`#393 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/393>`_)
1290 * Untracked files are now assumed to be utf-8 encoded.
1291 (`#401 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/401>`_)
1297 Usability, bells and whistles
1298 -----------------------------
1299 * `git cola` can now create GPG-signed commits and merges.
1300 See the documentation for details about setting up a GPG agent.
1301 (`#149 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/149>`_)
1303 * The status widget learned to copy relative paths when `Ctrl+x` is pressed.
1304 (`#358 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/358>`_)
1306 * Custom GUI actions can now define their own keyboard shortcuts by
1307 setting `guitool.$name.shortcut` to a string understood by Qt's
1308 `QAction::setShortcut()` API, e.g. `Alt+X`.
1310 `Qt docs <http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qkeysequence.html#QKeySequence-2>`_
1311 for more details about the supported values.
1313 * `git cola` learned to rename branches.
1314 (`#364 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/364>`_)
1315 (`#278 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/278>`_)
1317 * `git dag` now has a "Show history" context menu which can be used to filter
1318 history using the selected paths.
1322 * `sphinxtogithub.py` was fixed for Python3.
1323 (`#353 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/353>`_)
1325 * The commit that changed how we read remotes from `git remote`
1326 to parsing `git config` was reverted since it created problems
1329 * Fixed a crash when using the `rebase edit` feature.
1330 (`#351 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/351>`_)
1332 * Better drag-and-drop behavior when dropping into gnome-terminal.
1333 (`#373 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/373>`_)
1337 * The `git-cola-folder-handler.desktop` file handler was fixed
1338 to pass validation by `desktop-file-validate`.
1339 (`#356 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/356>`_)
1341 * The `git.svg` icon was renamed to `git-cola.svg`, and `git cola` was taught
1342 to prefer icons from the desktop theme when available.
1348 Usability, bells and whistles
1349 -----------------------------
1350 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+Shift+M` merges branches.
1352 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+R` refreshes the DAG viewer.
1353 (`#347 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/347>`_)
1357 * We now use `git config` to parse the list of remotes
1358 instead of parsing the output of `git remote`, which
1359 is a Git porcelain and should not be used by scripts.
1361 * Avoid "C++ object has been deleted" errors from PyQt4.
1362 (`#346 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/346>`_)
1366 * The `make install` target now uses `install` instead of `cp`.
1372 Usability, bells and whistles
1373 -----------------------------
1374 * Updated Brazillian Portuguese translation.
1376 * The status and browse widgets now allow drag-and-drop into
1377 external applications.
1378 (`#335 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/335>`_)
1380 * We now show a progress bar when cloning repositories.
1381 (`#312 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/312>`_)
1383 * The bookmarks widget was simplified to not need a
1385 (`#289 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/289>`_)
1387 * Updated Traditional Chinese translation.
1389 * We now display a warning when trying to rebase with uncommitted changes.
1390 (`#338 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/338>`_)
1392 * The status widget learned to filter paths.
1393 `Ctrl+Shift+S` toggles the filter widget.
1394 (`#337 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/337>`_)
1395 (`#339 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/339>`_)
1397 * The status widget learned to move files to the trash
1398 when the `send2trash <https://github.com/hsoft/send2trash>`_
1399 module is installed.
1400 (`#341 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/341>`_)
1402 * "Recent repositories" is now a dedicated widget.
1403 (`#342 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/342>`_)
1405 * New Spanish translation thanks to Pilar Molina Lopez.
1406 (`#344 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/344>`_)
1410 * Newly added remotes are now properly seen by the fetch/push/pull dialogs.
1411 (`#343 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/343>`_)
1417 Usability, bells and whistles
1418 -----------------------------
1419 * New Brazillian Portuguese translation thanks to Vitor Lobo.
1421 * New Indonesian translation thanks to Samsul Ma'arif.
1423 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation thanks to Zhang Han.
1425 * `Ctrl+Backspace` is now a hotkey for "delete untracked files" in
1428 * Fetch/Push/Pull dialogs now use the configured remote of the current
1430 (`#324 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/324>`_)
1434 * We now use `os.getcwd()` on Python3.
1435 (`#316 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/316>`_)
1436 (`#326 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/326>`_)
1438 * The `Ctrl+P` hotkey was overloaded to both "push" and "cherry-pick",
1439 so "cherry-pick" was moved to `Ctrl+Shift+C`.
1441 * Custom GUI tools with mixed-case names are now properly supported.
1443 * "Diff Region" is now referred to as "Diff Hunk" for consistency
1444 with common terminology from diff/patch tools.
1445 (`#328 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/328>`_)
1447 * git-cola's test suite is now portable to MS Windows.
1448 (`#332 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/332>`_)
1454 Usability, bells and whistles
1455 -----------------------------
1456 * We now handle the case when inotify `add_watch()` fails
1457 and display instructions on how to increase the number of watches.
1458 (`#263 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/263>`_)
1460 * New and improved zh_TW localization thanks to V字龍(Vdragon).
1461 (`#265 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/265>`_)
1462 (`#267 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/267>`_)
1463 (`#268 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/268>`_)
1464 (`#269 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/269>`_)
1465 (`#270 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/270>`_)
1466 (`#271 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/271>`_)
1467 (`#272 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/272>`_)
1469 * New hotkeys: `Ctrl+F` for fetch, `Ctrl+P` for push,
1470 and `Ctrl+Shift+P` for pull.
1472 * The bookmarks widget's context menu actions were made clearer.
1473 (`#281 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/281>`_)
1475 * The term "Staging Area" is used consistently in the UI
1476 to allow for better localization.
1477 (`#283 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/283>`_)
1479 * The "Section" term is now referred to as "Diff Region"
1481 (`#297 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/297>`_)
1483 * The localization documentation related to the LANGUAGE
1484 environment variable was improved.
1485 (`#293 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/293>`_)
1487 * The "Actions" panel now contains tooltips for each button
1488 in case the button labels gets truncated by Qt.
1489 (`#292 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/292>`_)
1491 * Custom `git config`-defined actions can now be run in the
1492 background by setting `guitool.<name>.background` to `true`.
1496 * We now use bold fonts instead of SmallCaps to avoid
1497 artifacts on several configurations.
1499 * We now pickup `user.email`, `cola.tabwidth`, and similar settings
1500 when defined in /etc/gitconfig.
1501 (`#259 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/259>`_)
1503 * Better support for unicode paths when using inotify.
1504 (`bz #1104181 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104181>`_)
1506 * Unicode fixes for non-ascii locales.
1507 (`#266 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/266>`_)
1508 (`#273 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/273>`_)
1509 (`#276 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/276>`_)
1510 (`#282 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/282>`_)
1511 (`#298 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/298>`_)
1512 (`#302 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/302>`_)
1513 (`#303 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/303>`_)
1514 (`#305 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/305>`_)
1516 * Viewing history from the file browser was fixed for Python3.
1517 (`#274 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/274>`_)
1519 * setup.py was fixed to install the `*.rst` documentation.
1520 (`#279 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/279>`_)
1522 * Patch export was fixed for Python3.
1523 (`#290 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/290>`_)
1525 * Fixed adding a bookmark with trailing slashes.
1526 (`#295 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/295>`_)
1528 * The default `git dag` layout is now setup so that its widgets
1529 can be freely resized on Linux.
1530 (`#299 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/299>`_)
1532 * Invalid tag names are now reported when creating tags.
1533 (`#296 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/296>`_)
1539 Usability, bells and whistles
1540 -----------------------------
1541 * `git cola` no longer prompts after successfully creating a new branch.
1542 (`#251 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/251>`_)
1544 * Hitting enter on simple dialogs now accepts them.
1545 (`#255 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/255>`_)
1549 * `git dag` no longer relies on `sys.maxint`, which is
1550 not available in Python3.
1551 (`#249 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/249>`_)
1553 * Python3-related fixes.
1554 (`#254 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/254>`_)
1556 * Python3-on-Windows-related fixes.
1557 (`#250 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/250>`_)
1558 (`#252 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/252>`_)
1559 (`#253 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/253>`_)
1561 * Switching repositories using the bookmarks widget was not
1562 refreshing the inotify watcher.
1563 (`#256 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/256>`_)
1565 * Special commit messages trailers (e.g. "Acked-by:") are now special-cased to
1566 fix word wrapping lines that start with "foo:".
1567 (`#257 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/257>`_)
1569 * `git dag` sometimes left behind selection artifacts.
1570 We now refresh the view to avoid them.
1571 (`#204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/204>`_)
1577 Usability, bells and whistles
1578 -----------------------------
1579 * Better inotify support for file creation and deletion.
1580 (`#240 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/240>`_)
1582 * `git cola` now supports the X11 Session Management Protocol
1583 and remembers its state across logout/reboot.
1584 (`#164 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/164>`_)
1586 * `git cola` has a new icon.
1587 (`#190 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/190>`_)
1591 * Building the documentation no longer requires `asciidoc`.
1592 We now use `Sphinx <http://sphinx-doc.org/>`_ for building
1593 html documentation and man pages.
1597 * Reworked the git-dag gravatar icon code to avoid a unicode
1600 * Commit message line-wrapping was made to better match the GUI editor.
1601 (`#242 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/242>`_)
1603 * Better support for Python3 on Windows
1604 (`#246 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/246>`_)
1608 * git-cola no longer depends on Asciidoc for building its documentation
1609 and man-pages. We now depend on [Sphinx](http://sphinx-doc.org/) only.
1615 Usability, bells and whistles
1616 -----------------------------
1617 * Some context menu actions are now hidden when selected
1619 (`#238 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/238>`_)
1623 * The build-git-cola.sh contrib script was improved.
1624 (`#235 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/235>`_)
1626 * Non-ascii worktrees work properly again.
1627 (`#234 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/234>`_)
1629 * The browser now guards itself against missing files.
1630 (`bz #1041378 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071378>`_)
1632 * Saving widget state now works under Python3.
1633 (`#236 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/236>`_)
1641 * git-cola now runs on Python 3 thanks to Virgil Dupras.
1642 (`#233 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/233>`_)
1644 * Python 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2+ are now supported.
1645 Python 2.5 is no longer supported.
1649 * i18n test fixes thanks to Virgil Dupras.
1650 (`#231 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/231>`_)
1652 * git-cola.app build fixes thanks to Maicon D. Filippsen.
1653 (`#230 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/230>`_)
1655 * Lots of pylint improvements thanks to Alex Chernetz.
1656 (`#229 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/229>`_)
1662 Usability, bells and whistles
1663 -----------------------------
1664 * The new `Bookmarks` tool makes it really easy to switch between repositories.
1666 * There is now a dedicated dialog for applying patches.
1667 See the ``File -> Apply Patches`` menu item.
1668 (`#215 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/215>`_)
1670 * A new `git cola am` sub-command was added for applying patches.
1674 * Fixed a typo that caused inotify events to be silently ignored.
1676 * Fixed the sys.path setup for Mac OS X (Homebrew).
1677 (`#221 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/221>`_)
1679 * Lots of pylint fixes thanks to Alex Chernetz.
1685 Usability, bells and whistles
1686 -----------------------------
1687 * `git cola --amend` now starts the editor in `amend` mode.
1688 (`#187 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/187>`_)
1690 * Multiple lines of text can now be pasted into the `summary` field.
1691 All text beyond the first newline will be automatically moved to the
1692 `extended description` field.
1693 (`#212 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/212>`_)
1697 * Stray whitespace in `.git` files is now ignored.
1698 (`#213 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/213>`_)
1700 * Fix "known incorrect sRGB profile" in `staged-item.png`.
1701 (`gentoo-devel message #85066
1702 <http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/85066>`_)
1710 * Fix a traceback when `git push` fails.
1711 (`bz #1034778 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034778>`_)
1715 * Most of the git-cola sub-packages have been removed.
1716 The only remaining packages are `cola`, `cola.models`,
1719 * The translation file for Simplified Chinese was renamed
1721 (`#209 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/209>`_)
1729 * `git cola version --brief` now prints the brief version number.
1733 * Resurrected the "make dist" target, for those that prefer to create
1736 * Fixed the typo that broke the preferences dialog.
1742 Usability, bells and whistles
1743 -----------------------------
1744 * We now ship a full-featured interactive `git rebase` editor.
1745 The rebase todo file is edited using the `git xbase` script which
1746 is provided at `$prefix/share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase`.
1747 This script can be used standalone by setting the `$GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR`
1748 before running `git rebase --interactive`.
1749 (`#1 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1>`_)
1751 * Fixup commit messages can now be loaded from the commit message editor.
1753 * Tool widgets can be locked in place by using the "Tools/Lock Layout"
1755 (`#202 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/202>`_)
1757 * You can now push to several remotes simultaneously by selecting
1758 multiple remotes in the "Push" dialog.
1759 (`#148 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/148>`_)
1761 * The `grep` tool learned to search using three different modes:
1762 basic regular expressions (default), extended regular expressions,
1767 * `git cola` now depends on the `argparse` Python module.
1768 This module is part of the stdlib in Python 2.7 and must
1769 be installed separately when using Python 2.6 and below.
1773 * Support unicode in the output from `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`.
1779 Usability, bells and whistles
1780 -----------------------------
1781 * We now detect when the editor or history browser are misconfigured.
1782 (`#197 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/197>`_)
1783 (`bz #886826 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886826>`_)
1785 * Display of untracked files can be disabled from the Preferences dialog
1786 or by setting the `gui.displayuntracked` configuration variable to `false`.
1787 (`Git Mailing List on 2013-08-21
1788 <https://public-inbox.org/git/20130821032913.GA6092@wheezy.local/>`_)
1792 * Unicode stash names are now supported
1793 (`#198 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/198>`_)
1795 * The diffs produced when reverting workspace changes were made more robust.
1800 =======================
1801 Usability, bells and whistles
1802 -----------------------------
1803 * Brand new German translation thanks to Sven Claussner.
1805 * The "File" menu now provides a "New Repository..." menu action.
1807 * `git dag` now uses a dock-widget interface so that its widgets can
1808 be laid-out and arranged. Customizations are saved and restored
1809 the next time `git dag` is launched.
1811 * `git dag` now has a "Zoom Best Fit" button next alongside the
1812 "Zoom In" and "Zoom Out" buttons.
1814 * `Ctrl+L` now focuses the "Search" field in the `git dag` tool.
1816 * Right-clicking in the "diff" viewer now updates the cursor position
1817 before performing actions, which makes it much easier to click around
1818 and selectively stage sections. Previously, the current cursor position
1819 was used which meant that it required two clicks (left-click to update
1820 the position followed by right-click to get the context menu) for the
1821 desired section to be used. This is now a single right-click operation.
1823 * The `Ctrl+D` "Launch Diff Tool" action learned to automatically choose
1824 between `git difftool` and `git mergetool`. If the file is unmerged then
1825 we automatically launch `git mergetool` on the path, otherwise we use
1826 `git difftool`. We do this because `git difftool` is not intended to
1827 be used on unmerged paths. Automatically using `git mergetool` when
1828 appropriate is the most intuitive and muscle-memory-friendly thing to do.
1830 * You can now right-click on folders in your standard file browser
1831 and choose "Open With -> Git Cola" (Linux-only).
1835 * Python 2.6 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard does not provide a namedtuple
1836 at `sys.version_info`. We now avoid using that variable for better
1839 * We now read the user's Git configuration from `~/.config/git/config`
1840 if that file is available, otherwise we use the traditional `~/.gitconfig`
1841 path, just like Git itself.
1843 * Some edge cases were fixed when applying partial/selected diffs.
1845 * The diff viewer is now properly cleared when refreshing.
1846 (`#194 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/194>`_)
1852 Usability, bells and whistles
1853 -----------------------------
1854 * The diff viewer now has an "Options" menu which can be
1855 used to set "git diff" options. This can be used to
1856 ignore whitespace changes or to show a change with its
1857 surrounding function as context.
1858 (`#150 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/150>`_)
1860 * `git cola` now remembers your commit message and will restore it
1861 when `git cola` is restarted.
1862 (`#175 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/175>`_)
1864 * `Ctrl+M` can now be used to toggle the "Amend last commit"
1865 checkbox in the commit message editor.
1866 (`#161 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/161>`_)
1868 * Deleting remote branches can now be done from the "Branch" menu.
1869 (`#152 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/152>`_)
1871 * The commit message editor now has a built-in spell checker.
1875 * We now avoid invoking external diffs when showing diffstats.
1876 (`#163 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/163>`_)
1878 * The `Status` tool learned to reselect files when refreshing.
1879 (`#165 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/165>`_)
1881 * `git cola` now remembers whether it has been maximized and will restore the
1882 maximized state when `git cola` is restarted.
1883 (`#172 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/172>`_)
1885 * Performance is now vastly improved when staging hundreds or
1888 * `git cola` was not correctly saving repo-specific configuration.
1889 (`#174 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/174>`_)
1891 * Fix a UnicodeDecode in sphinxtogithub when building from source.
1897 Usability, bells and whistles
1898 -----------------------------
1899 * We now automatically remove missing repositories from the
1900 "Select Repository" dialog.
1901 (`#145 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/145>`_)
1903 * A new `git cola diff` sub-command was added for diffing changed files.
1907 * The inotify auto-refresh feature makes it difficult to select text in
1908 the "diff" editor when files are being continually modified by another
1909 process. The auto-refresh causes it to lose the currently selected text,
1910 which is not wanted. We now avoid this problem by saving and restoring
1911 the selection when refreshing the editor.
1912 (`#155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/155>`_)
1914 * More strings have been marked for l10n.
1915 (`#157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/157>`_)
1917 * Fixed the Alt+D Diffstat shortcut.
1918 (`#159 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/159>`_)
1922 * Better error handling when cloning repositories.
1924 We were not handling the case where a git URL has
1925 no basename, e.g. `https://git.example.com/`.
1926 `git cola` originally rejected these URLs instead of
1927 allowing users to clone them. It now allows these URLs
1928 when they point to valid git repositories.
1930 Additionally, `git cola` learned to echo the errors
1931 reported by `git clone` when it fails.
1932 (`#156 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/156>`_)
1938 Usability, bells and whistles
1939 -----------------------------
1940 * `git dag` got a big visual upgrade.
1942 * `Ctrl+G` now launches the "Grep" tool.
1944 * `Ctrl+D` launches difftool and `Ctrl+E` launches your editor
1945 when in the diff panel.
1947 * git-cola can now be told to use an alternative language.
1948 For example, if the native language is German and we want git-cola to
1949 use English then we can create a `~/.config/git-cola/language` file with
1950 "en" as its contents: ``echo en >~/.config/git-cola/language``
1951 (`#140 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/140>`_)
1953 * A new `git cola merge` sub-command was added for merging branches.
1955 * Less blocking in the main UI
1959 * Autocomplete issues on KDE
1960 (`#144 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/144>`_)
1962 * The "recently opened repositories" startup dialog did not
1963 display itself in the absence of bookmarks.
1964 (`#139 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/139>`_)
1970 Usability, bells and whistles
1971 -----------------------------
1972 * `git cola` learned to honor `.gitattributes` when showing and
1973 interactively applying diffs. This makes it possible to store
1974 files in git using a non-utf-8 encoding and `git cola` will
1975 properly accept them. This must be enabled by settings
1976 `cola.fileattributes` to true, as it incurs a small performance
1978 (`#96 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/96>`_)
1980 * `git cola` now wraps commit messages at 72 columns automatically.
1981 This is configurable using the `cola.linebreak` variable to enable/disable
1982 the feature, and `cola.textwidth` to configure the limit.
1983 (`#133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/133>`_)
1985 * A new "Open Recent" sub-menu was added to the "File" menu.
1986 This makes it easy to open a recently-edited repository.
1987 (`#135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/135>`_)
1989 * We now show a preview for untracked files when they are clicked
1990 using the `Status` tool.
1991 * A new "Open Using Default Application" action was added to the
1992 `Status` tool. It is activated using either `Spacebar` or through
1993 the context menu. This action uses `xdg-open` on Linux and
1995 * A new "Open Parent Directory" action was added to the `Status` tool.
1996 It is activated using either `Shift+Spacebar` or through the
1998 * `git dag` learned to honor the `log.date` git configuration variable.
1999 This makes the date display follow whatever format the user has
2001 * A new `git cola config` sub-command was added for quickly
2002 tweaking `git cola`'s git configuration settings.
2003 * Some small usability tweaks -- some user confirmation prompts
2004 were defaulting to "Cancel" when they should have been defaulting
2005 to the affirmative option instead.
2009 * Properly handle arbitrarily-named branches.
2010 * We went back to launching `git mergetool` using an xterm.
2011 The reason is that there are a couple of places where `git mergetool`
2012 requires a terminal for user interaction not covered by `--no-prompt`.
2013 * We now properly handle an edge case when applying short diffs at
2014 the start of a file.
2020 Usability, bells and whistles
2021 -----------------------------
2022 * New and improved `grep` mode lets you instantly find and edit files.
2023 * New `git cola grep` standalone mode.
2024 * Support for passing arguments to the configured editors, e.g. `gvim -p`
2025 This makes it possible to select multiple files in the status
2026 window and use `Ctrl-e` to edit them all at once.
2027 * Remote operations now prompt on errors only.
2028 * The `Tab` key now jumps to the extended description when editing the summary.
2029 * More shortcut key labels and misc. UX improvements.
2033 * Selecting an item no longer copies its filename to the copy/paste buffer.
2034 `Ctrl-c` or the "Copy" context-menu action can be used instead.
2035 * The repository monitoring feature on Windows learned to ignore
2036 changes within the ".git" directory. Thanks to Andreas Sommer.
2037 (`#120 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/120>`_)
2043 Usability, bells and whistles
2044 -----------------------------
2045 * `git dag` learned to color-code branchy edges.
2046 The edge colors change when a new branch is detected,
2047 which makes the history much easier to follow.
2048 A huge thanks to Uri Okrent for making it happen.
2050 * New GUI for editing remote repositories.
2052 * New `git cola archive` and `git cola remote` sub-commands.
2054 * `git cola browser` learned an 'Untrack' command.
2056 * The diff editor learned to staged/unstaged while amending.
2058 * The status tool can now scroll horizontally.
2060 * New git repositories can be created by clicking 'New' on the
2061 `git cola --prompt` startup screen.
2067 Usability, bells and whistles
2068 -----------------------------
2069 * Auto-completion was added to more tools.
2071 * `git dag` is easier to use on smaller displays -- the author
2072 field elides its text which allows for a more compact display.
2074 * Selected commits in `git dag` were made more prominent and
2077 * 'Create Branch' learned to fetch remote branches and uses a
2078 background thread to do so.
2080 * User-configured GUI tools are listed alphabetically in the 'Actions' menu.
2082 * The 'Pull' dialog remembers the value of the 'Rebase' checkbox
2083 between invocations.
2091 * Detect Homebrew so that OS X users do not need to set PYTHONPATH.
2093 * `git dag` can export patches again.
2099 Usability, bells and whistles
2100 -----------------------------
2101 * The 'Classic' tool was renamed to 'Browser' and learned to
2102 limit history to the current branch.
2104 * `git dag` learned about gravatar and uses it to show images
2107 * `git dag` learned to use OpenGL for rendering resulting in
2108 much faster rendering.
2110 * More dialogs learned vim-style keyboard shortcuts.
2112 * The commit message editor learned better arrow key navigation.
2118 Usability, bells and whistles
2119 -----------------------------
2120 * `git cola` learned a few new sub commands:
2128 * `Return` in the summary field jumps to the extended description.
2130 * `Ctrl+Return` is now a shortcut for 'Commit'.
2132 * Better French translation for 'Sign-off'.
2134 * The 'Search' widget now has a much simpler and streamlined
2137 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the DAG widget.
2139 * `git dag` no longer prompts for files when diffing commits if the
2140 text field contains paths.
2142 * General user interface and performance improvements.
2146 * The diff viewer no longer changes font size when holding `Control`
2147 while scrolling with the mouse wheel.
2149 * Files with a typechange (e.g. symlinks that become files, etc.)
2150 are now correctly identified as being modified.
2154 * The `cola.controllers` and `cola.views` packages were removed.
2160 Usability, bells and whistles
2161 -----------------------------
2162 * `git cola` can now launch sub commands, e.g.:
2173 * `git dag` is more responsive when gathering auto-completions.
2175 * Keyboard shortcuts are displayed when the '?' key is pressed.
2177 * Various keyboard shortcuts were added for improved usability.
2179 * The status widget now lists unmerged files before modified files.
2181 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the status widget.
2183 * A 'Recently Modified Files...' tool was added.
2185 * Tools can now be hidden with `Alt + #` (where `#` is a keyboard number)
2186 and focused with `Alt + Shift + #`.
2188 * The syntax highlighting colors for diffs was made less intrusive.
2190 * The commit message editor was redesigned to have a more compact
2191 and keyboard-convenient user interface.
2193 * Keyboard shortcuts for adding a Signed-off-by (`Ctrl + i`)
2194 and creating a commit (`Ctrl + m`) were added.
2196 * The status widget was adjusted to use less screen real-estate.
2200 * Avoid updating the index when responding to inotify events.
2201 This avoids interfering with operations such as `git rebase --interactive`.
2202 (`#99 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/99>`_)
2206 * Create `git-dag.pyw` in the win32 installer.
2208 * win32 shortcuts now contain explicit calls to `pythonw.exe` instead of
2209 calling the `.pyw` file directly.
2213 * The 'Apply Changes from Branch...' feature was removed.
2214 `git dag`'s 'Grab File...' feature used alongside the index/worktree editor
2215 is a simpler alternative.
2223 * Further enhanced the staging/unstaging behavior in the status widget.
2224 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
2226 * Unmerged files are no longer listed as modified.
2230 The `cola-$version` tarballs on github were originally setup to
2231 have the same contents as the old tarballs hosted on tuxfamily.
2232 The `make dist` target was changed to write files to a
2233 `git-cola-$version` subdirectory and tarball.
2235 This makes the filenames consistent for the source tarball,
2236 the darwin .app tarball, and the win32 .exe installer.
2242 Usability, bells and whistles
2243 -----------------------------
2244 * Refined the staging/unstaging behavior for code reviews.
2245 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
2247 * Added more styling and icons to menus and buttons.
2249 * Adjusted some terminology to more closely match the git CLI.
2253 * Boolean `git config` settings with no value are now supported
2254 (these are not created by git these days but exist in legacy repositories).
2256 * Unicode branches and tags are supported in the "branch diff" tool.
2258 * Guard against low-memory conditions and more interrupted system calls.
2262 * Added desktop launchers for git-cola.desktop and git-dag.desktop.
2263 This replaces the old cola.desktop, so some adjustments to RPM .spec
2264 and debian/ files will be needed.
2266 * Fixed the darwin app-tarball Makefile target to create relative paths.
2270 * The `--style` option was removed. `git cola` follows the system theme
2271 so there's no need for this option these days.
2277 Usability, bells and whistles
2278 -----------------------------
2279 * Export a patch series from `git dag` into a `patches/` directory.
2281 * `git dag` learned to diff commits, slice history along paths, etc.
2283 * Added instant-preview to the `git stash` widget.
2285 * A simpler preferences editor is used to edit `git config` values.
2286 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
2287 (`#89 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/89>`_)
2289 * Previous commit messages can be re-loaded from the message editor.
2290 (`#33 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/33>`_)
2294 * Display commits with no file changes.
2295 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
2297 * Improved the diff editor's copy/paste behavior
2298 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
2302 * Bumped version number to ceil(minimum git version).
2303 `git cola` now requires `git` >= 1.6.3.
2305 * Simplified git-cola's versioning when building from tarballs
2306 outside of git. We no longer check for a 'version' file at
2307 the root of the repository. We instead keep a default version
2308 in `cola/version.py` and use it when `git cola`'s `.git` repository
2315 Usability, bells and whistles
2316 -----------------------------
2317 * inotify is much snappier and available on Windows
2318 thanks to Karl Bielefeldt.
2320 * New right-click command to add untracked files to .gitignore
2321 thanks to Audrius Karabanovas.
2323 * Stash, fetch, push, and pull usability improvements
2325 * General usability improvements
2327 * stderr is logged when applying partial diffs.
2331 * Files can be unstaged when amending.
2332 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
2334 * Show the configured remote.$remote.pushurl in the GUI
2335 (`#83 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/83>`_)
2337 * Removed usage of the "user" module.
2338 (`#86 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/86>`_)
2340 * Avoids an extra `git update-index` call during startup.
2347 Usability, bells and whistles
2348 -----------------------------
2349 * We now provide better feedback when `git push` fails.
2350 (`#69 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/69>`_)
2352 * The Fetch, Push, and Pull dialogs now give better feedback
2353 when interacting with remotes. The dialogs are modal and
2354 a progress dialog is used.
2358 * More unicode fixes, again. It is now possible to have
2359 unicode branch names, repository paths, home directories, etc.
2360 This continued the work initiated by Redhat's bugzilla #694806.
2362 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806
2368 Usability, bells and whistles
2369 -----------------------------
2370 * The `git cola` desktop launchers now prompt for a repo
2371 by default. This is done by using the new `--prompt`
2372 flag which tells `git cola` to ignore any git repositories
2373 in the current directory and prompt for one instead.
2377 * More Unicode fixes for repositories and home directories with
2378 embedded unicode characters. Thanks to Christian Jann for
2379 patience and helpful bug reports.
2381 * Fix the 'Clone' button in the startup dialog.
2387 Usability, bells and whistles
2388 -----------------------------
2389 * Faster startup time! `git cola` now offloads initialization
2390 to a background thread so that the GUI appears almost instantly.
2392 * Specialized diff options for p4merge, vimdiff, araxis, emerge,
2393 and ecmerge in difftool (backported from git.git).
2397 * Fix launching commands in the background on Windows
2398 (e.g. when launching `git difftool`).
2400 * Fix unicode errors when home or repository directories contain
2402 (`#74 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/74>`_)
2403 (`bz #694806 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806>`_)
2409 Usability, bells and whistles
2410 -----------------------------
2411 * The `cola classic` tool can be now configured to be dockable.
2412 (`#56 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/56>`_)
2414 * The `cola classic` tool now uses visual sigils to indicate a file's status.
2415 The idea and icons were provided by Uri Okrent.
2417 * Include the 'Rescan' button in the 'Actions' widget regardless
2418 of whether inotify is installed.
2422 * Fix installation of translations per Fedora
2423 This incorporates Fedora's fix for the translations path
2424 which originally appeared in cola-1.4.3-translations.patch.
2426 * Mac OS X git-cola developers can now generate git-cola.app
2427 application bundles using 'make app-bundle'.
2431 * Fixed a stacktrace when trying to use "Get Commit Message Template"
2432 with an unconfigured "commit.template" git config variable.
2433 (`bz #67521 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675721>`_)
2434 (`#72 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/72>`_)
2436 * Properly raise the main window on Mac OS X.
2438 * Properly handle staging a huge numbers of files at once.
2440 * Speed up 'git config' usage by fixing cola's caching proxy.
2442 * Guard against damaged ~/.cola files.
2448 Usability, bells and whistles
2449 -----------------------------
2450 * `git dag` now has a separate display area
2451 for displaying commit metadata. This area will soon
2452 grow additional functionality such as cherry-picking,
2457 * Fixed tests from a previous refactoring.
2459 * Guard against 'diff.external' configuration by always
2460 calling 'git diff' with the '--no-ext-diff' option.
2461 (`#67 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/67>`_)
2463 * Respect 'gui.diffcontext' so that cola's diff display
2464 shows the correct number of context lines.
2466 * Raise the GUI so that it is in the foreground on OS X.
2470 * We now allow distutils to rewrite cola's shebang line.
2471 This allows us to run on systems where "which python"
2472 is Python3k. This is exposed by setting the `PYTHON`
2473 Makefile variable to the location of python2.x.
2475 * git-cola.app is now a tiny download because it no longer
2476 contains Qt and PyQt. These libraries are provided as a
2478 (`Link <http://code.google.com/p/git-cola/downloads/list>`_)
2484 Usability, bells and whistles
2485 -----------------------------
2486 * Clicking on paths in the status widget copies them into the
2487 copy/paste buffer for easy middle-clicking into terminals.
2489 * `Ctrl+C` in diff viewer copies the selected diff to the clipboard.
2493 * Fixed the disappearing actions buttons on PyQt 4.7.4
2494 as reported by Arch and Ubuntu 10.10.
2495 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
2497 * Fixed mouse interaction with the status widget where some
2498 items could not be de-selected.
2502 * Removed hard-coded reference to lib/ when calculating Python's
2503 site-packages directory.
2509 Usability, bells and whistles
2510 -----------------------------
2511 * Removed "single-click to (un)stage" in the status view.
2512 This is a usability improvement since we no longer perform
2513 different actions depending on where a row is clicked.
2515 * Added ability to create unsigned, annotated tags.
2519 * Updated documentation to use `cola.git` instead of `cola.gitcmd`.
2525 Usability, bells and whistles
2526 -----------------------------
2527 * Allow un/staging by right-clicking top-level items
2528 (`#57 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/57>`_)
2530 * Running 'commit' with no staged changes prompts to allow
2532 (`#55 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/55>`_)
2534 * Fetch, Push, and Pull are now available via the menus
2535 (`#58 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/58>`_)
2539 * Simplified the actions widget to work around a regression
2541 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
2547 Usability, bells and whistles
2548 -----------------------------
2549 * `git dag` interaction was made faster.
2553 * Added '...' indicators to the buttons for
2554 'Fetch...', 'Push...', 'Pull...', and 'Stash...'.
2555 (`#51 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/51>`_)
2557 * Fixed a hang-on-exit bug in the cola-provided
2558 'ssh-askpass' implementation.
2564 Usability, bells and whistles
2565 -----------------------------
2566 * Staging and unstaging is faster.
2567 (`#48 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/48>`_)
2569 * `git dag` reads history in a background thread.
2573 * Added :data:`cola.compat.hashlib` for `Python 2.4` compatibility
2574 * Improved `PyQt 4.1.x` compatibility.
2578 * Configured menu actions use ``sh -c`` for Windows portability.
2585 Usability, bells and whistles
2586 -----------------------------
2587 * Added support for the configurable ``guitool.<tool>.*``
2588 actions as described in the ``git config`` documentation.
2589 (`git-config(1) <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config>`_)
2590 (`#44 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/44>`_)
2592 This makes it possible to add new actions to `git cola`
2593 by simply editing ``~/.gitconfig``. This implements the
2594 same guitool support as `git gui`.
2596 * Introduced a stat cache to speed up `git config` and
2597 repository status checks.
2599 * Added Alt-key shortcuts to the main `git cola` interface.
2601 * The `Actions` dock widget switches between a horizontal
2602 and vertical layout when resized.
2604 * We now use ``git diff --submodule`` for submodules
2605 (used when git >= 1.6.6).
2607 * The context menu for modified submodules includes an option
2608 to launch `git cola`.
2609 (`#17 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/17>`_)
2611 * Prefer ``$VISUAL`` over ``$EDITOR`` when both are defined.
2612 These are used to set a default editor in lieu of `core.editor`
2615 * Force the editor to be ``gvim`` when we see ``vim``.
2616 This prevents us from launching an editor in the (typically
2617 unattached) parent terminal and creating zombie editors
2618 that cannot be easily killed.
2620 * Selections are remembered and restored across updates.
2621 This makes the `partial-staging` workflow easier since the
2622 diff view will show the updated diff after staging.
2624 * Show the path to the current repository in a tooltip
2625 over the commit message editor.
2626 (`#45 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/45>`_)
2628 * Log internal ``git`` commands when ``GIT_COLA_TRACE`` is defined.
2629 (`#39 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/39>`_)
2633 * Improved backwards compatibility for Python 2.4.
2635 * `Review mode` can now review the current branch; it no longer
2636 requires you to checkout the branch into which the reviewed
2637 branch will be merged.
2639 * Guard against `color.ui = always` configuration when using
2640 `git log` by passing ``--no-color``.
2642 * ``yes`` and ``no`` are now supported as valid booleans
2643 by the `git config` parser.
2645 * Better defaults are used for `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`..
2646 (`#43 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/43>`_)
2650 * Removed colon (`:`) from the applilcation name on Windows
2651 (`#41 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/41>`_)
2653 * Fixed bugs with the Windows installer
2654 (`#40 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/40>`_)
2656 * Added a more standard i18n infrastructure. The install
2657 tree now has the common ``share/locale/$lang/LC_MESSAGES/git-cola.mo``
2658 layout in use by several projects.
2660 * Started trying to accommodate Mac OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
2661 in the ``darwin/`` build scripts but our tester is yet to
2662 report success building a `.app` bundle.
2664 * Replaced use of ``perl`` in Sphinx/documentation Makefile
2665 with more-portable ``sed`` constructs. Thanks to
2666 Stefan Naewe for discovering the portability issues and
2667 providing msysgit-friendly patches.
2673 Usability, bells and whistles
2674 -----------------------------
2675 * It is now possible to checkout from the index as well
2676 as from `HEAD`. This corresponds to the
2677 `Removed Unstaged Changes` action in the `Repository Status` tool.
2679 * The `remote` dialogs (fetch, push, pull) are now slightly
2682 * Bookmarks can be selected when `git cola` is run outside of a git repository.
2684 * Added more user documentation. We now include many links to
2685 external git resources.
2687 * Added `git dag` to the available tools.
2688 `git dag` is a node-based DAG history browser.
2689 It doesn't do much yet, but it's been merged so that we can start
2690 building and improving upon it.
2694 * Fixed a missing ``import`` when showing `right-click` actions
2695 for unmerged files in the `Repository Status` tool.
2697 * ``git update-index --refresh`` is no longer run every time
2698 ``git cola version`` is run.
2700 * Don't try to watch non-existent directories when using `inotify`.
2702 * Use ``git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name`` plumbing to find
2703 the name of the current branch.
2707 * The ``Makefile`` will now conditionally include a ``config.mak``
2708 file located at the root of the project. This allows for user
2709 customizations such as changes to the `prefix` variable
2710 to be stored in a file so that custom settings do not need to
2711 be specified every time on the command-line.
2713 * The build scripts no longer require a ``.git`` directory to
2714 generate the ``builtin_version.py`` module. The release tarballs
2715 now include a ``version`` file at the root of the project which
2716 is used in lieu of having the git repository available.
2717 This allows for ``make clean && make`` to function outside of
2720 * Added maintainer's ``make dist`` target to the ``Makefile``.
2722 * The built-in `simplejson` and `jsonpickle` libraries can be
2723 excluded from ``make install`` by specifying the ``standalone=true``
2724 `make` variable. For example, ``make standalone=true install``.
2725 This corresponds to the ``--standalone`` option to ``setup.py``.
2732 Usability, bells and whistles
2733 -----------------------------
2734 * We now use patience diff by default when it is available via
2735 `git diff --patience`.
2737 * Allow closing the `cola classic` tool with `Ctrl+W`.
2741 * Fixed an unbound variable error in the `push` dialog.
2745 * Don't include `simplejson` in MANIFEST.in.
2747 * Update desktop entry to read `Cola Git GUI`.
2754 This feature release adds two new features directly from
2755 `git cola`'s github issues backlog. On the developer
2756 front, further work was done towards modularizing the code base.
2758 Usability, bells and whistles
2759 -----------------------------
2760 * Dragging and dropping patches invokes `git am`
2761 (`#3 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/3>`_)
2763 * A dialog to allow opening or cloning a repository
2764 is presented when `git cola` is launched outside of a git repository.
2765 (`#22 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/22>`_)
2767 * Warn when `push` is used to create a new branch
2768 (`#35 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/35>`_)
2770 * Optimized startup time by removing several calls to `git`.
2775 * `git cola` is once again compatible with PyQt 4.3.x.
2779 * `cola.gitcmds` was added to factor out git command-line utilities
2781 * `cola.gitcfg` was added for interacting with `git config`
2783 * `cola.models.browser` was added to factor out repobrowser data
2794 * Fix launching external applications on Windows
2796 * Ensure that the `amend` checkbox is unchecked when switching modes
2798 * Update the status tree when amending commits
2807 * Fix Lintian warnings
2816 * Fix X11 warnings on application startup
2825 * Added missing 'Exit Diff Mode' button for 'Diff Expression' mode
2826 (`#31 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/31>`_)
2828 * Fix a bug when initializing fonts on Windows
2829 (`#32 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/32>`_)
2838 * Keep entries in sorted order in the `cola classic` tool
2840 * Fix staging untracked files
2841 (`#27 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/27>`_)
2843 * Fix the `show` command in the Stash dialog
2844 (`#29 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/29>`_)
2846 * Fix a typo when loading merge commit messages
2847 (`#30 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/30>`_)
2854 This release focuses on a redesign of the git-cola user interface,
2855 a tags interface, and better integration of the `cola classic` tool.
2856 A flexible interface based on configurable docks is used to manage the
2857 various cola widgets.
2859 Usability, bells and whistles
2860 -----------------------------
2861 * New GUI is flexible and user-configurable
2863 * Individual widgets can be detached and rearranged arbitrarily
2865 * Add an interface for creating tags
2867 * Provide a fallback `SSH_ASKPASS` implementation to prompt for
2868 SSH passwords on fetch/push/pull
2870 * The commit message editor displays the current row/column and
2871 warns when lines get too long
2873 * The `cola classic` tool displays upstream changes
2875 * `git cola --classic` launches `cola classic` in standalone mode
2877 * Provide more information in log messages
2881 * Inherit the window manager's font settings
2883 * Miscellaneous PyQt4 bug fixes and workarounds
2887 * Removed all usage of Qt Designer `.ui` files
2889 * Simpler model/view architecture
2891 * Selection is now shared across tools
2893 * Centralized notifications are used to keep views in sync
2895 * The `cola.git` command class was made thread-safe
2897 * Less coupling between model and view actions
2899 * The status view was rewritten to use the MVC architecture
2901 * Added more documentation and tests
2908 Usability, bells and whistles
2909 -----------------------------
2910 * Added a `cola classic` tool for browsing the entire repository
2912 * Handle diff expressions with spaces
2914 * Handle renamed files
2918 * Handle carat `^` characters in diff expressions on Windows
2920 * Worked around a PyQt 4.5/4.6 QThreadPool bug
2924 * Added a keyboard shortcuts reference page
2926 * Added developer API documentation
2930 * Fix the diff expression used when reviewing branches
2932 * Fix a bug when pushing branches
2934 * Fix X11 warnings at startup
2936 * Fix more interrupted system calls on Mac OS X
2943 Usability, bells and whistles
2944 -----------------------------
2945 * Fresh and tasty SVG logos
2947 * Added `Branch Review` mode for reviewing topic branches
2949 * Added diff modes for diffing between tags, branches,
2950 or arbitrary `git diff` expressions
2952 * The push dialog selects the current branch by default.
2953 This is in preparation for `git 1.7.0` where unconfigured `git push`
2954 will refuse to push when run without specifying the remote name
2955 and branch. See the `git` release notes for more information
2957 * Support `open` and `clone` commands on Windows
2959 * Allow saving cola UI layouts
2961 * Re-enabled `double-click-to-stage` for unmerged entries.
2962 Disabling it for unmerged items was inconsistent, though safer.
2964 * Show diffs when navigating the status tree with the keyboard
2968 * Worked around `pyuic4` bugs in the `setup.py` build script
2970 * Added Mac OSX application bundles to the download page
2979 * `git difftool` became an official git command in `git 1.6.3`.
2981 * `git difftool` learned `--no-prompt` / `-y` and a corresponding
2982 `difftool.prompt` configuration variable
2984 Usability, bells and whistles
2985 -----------------------------
2986 * Warn when `non-fast-forward` is used with fetch, push or pull
2988 * Allow `Ctrl+C` to exit cola when run from the command line
2992 * Support Unicode font names
2994 * Handle interrupted system calls
2998 * `PEP-8`-ified more of the cola code base
3004 * All resources are now installed into `$prefix/share/git-cola`.
3005 Closed Debian bug #519972
3007 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519972
3016 * Added support for Kompare in `git difftool`
3018 * Added a separate configuration namespace for `git difftool`
3020 * Added the `diff.tool` configuration variable to define the default diff tool
3022 Usability, bells and whistles
3023 -----------------------------
3024 * The stash dialog allows passing the `--keep-index` option to `git stash`
3026 * Amending a published commit warns at commit time
3028 * Simplified the file-across-revisions comparison dialog
3030 * `origin` is selected by default in fetch/push/pull
3032 * Removed the search field from the log widget
3034 * The log window moved into a drawer widget at the bottom of the UI
3036 * Log window display can be configured with
3037 `cola.showoutput` = `{never, always, errors}`. `errors` is the default.
3039 * `NOTE` -- `cola.showoutput` was removed with the GUI rewrite in 1.4.0.
3043 * Improved nose unittest usage
3047 * Added a Windows/msysGit installer
3049 * Included private versions of `simplejson` and `jsonpickle`
3050 for ease of installation and development