8 :ref:`v3.2 <v3.2>` 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 * Text entry widgets switched to using a block cursor in `v3.2`.
25 This has been reverted to the original line cursor for consistency
26 with other applications and user expectations.
28 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/889
30 * The "edit at line" feature, used by the "Grep" tool, now supports
31 the Sublime text editor.
33 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/894
37 * The Diff Editor was not honoring the configured tab width on startup.
39 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/900
41 * The "Delete Files" feature was creating an unreadable display when
42 many files were selected. Word-wrap the list of files so that the
43 display stays within a sensible size.
45 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/895
47 * Spelling and grammar fixes.
49 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/891
53 * The logo was run through `tidy` to give it a consistent style.
54 Some technical issues with the logo were improved.
56 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/877
58 * The entire codebase is now checked by `flake8`, rather than just
59 the module and test directories. This catches things like
60 the pynsist installer scripts.
62 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/884
64 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/882
66 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/879
70 * The Windows installer's wrapper scripts were missing an import.
72 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/878
79 Usability, bells and whistles
80 -----------------------------
81 * The `git cola dag` DAG window now supports `git revert`.
83 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/843
85 * `git stash pop` is now supported by the stash dialog.
87 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/844
89 * The status widget now ensures that each item is visible when selection
90 changes. Previously, if you scrolled to the right to see the name of
91 a long filename, and then selected a short filename above it, the widget
92 may not have shown the short filename in the viewport. We now ensure
93 that the filenames are visible when the selection changes.
95 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/828
97 * The `git xbase` rebase editor no longer displays an error when
98 cancelling an interactive rebase.
100 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814
102 * The dialog shown when renaming remotes has been simplified.
104 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/840
106 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/838
108 * The help dialog in the `git-xbase` Rebase editor is now scrollable.
110 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/855
114 * Updated Brazilian translation
116 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/845
118 * Updated Czech translation
120 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/854
122 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/853
124 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/835
126 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/813
128 * Update Spanish translation
130 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/862
132 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/867
136 * The original `#!/usr/bin/env python` shebang lines can now be
137 retained by passing `USE_ENV_PYTHON=1` to `make` when installing.
139 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/850
141 * The Makefile is now resilient to DESTDIR and prefix containing whitespace.
143 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/858
145 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.4.2`.
147 * `python3-distutils` is needed to build cola on Debian.
149 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/837
153 * The "C" key no longer closes the message dialogs, for example the
154 one that is shown when a commit fails its pre-commit hooks.
155 This allows "Ctrl+C" copy to work, rather than closing the dialog.
157 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/734
159 * Dock widgets sizes are now properly saved and restored when the main
162 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/848
164 * The spellcheck feature was broken under Python3.
166 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/857
168 * A regression when saving stashes was fixed.
170 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/847
172 * Diffing image files was not updating the available context menus,
173 which prevented the "Stage" action from being present in the menu.
175 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/841
177 * `git cola` now detects when `git lfs uninstall` has been run. This allows
178 you to re-initialize "Git LFS" in an existing repository where it had been
179 previously uninstalled.
181 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/842
183 * Custom color values that did not contain any hexadecimal digits in the
184 `a-f` range were being converted into integers by the config reader. This
185 then caused the configured colors to be ignored.
187 These color values are now interpreted correctly. Additionally, color
188 values can now use an optional HTML-like `#` prefix.
190 Example `.gitconfig` snippet::
195 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/836
197 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/849
199 * We now display an error message graphically when `Git` is not installed.
200 Previously, the message went to stderr only.
202 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/830
204 * Changing diff options was causing resulting in an exception.
206 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/833
208 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/834
210 * The DAG window now updates itself when branches and tags are created.
212 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814
214 * The user's `$PATH` environment variable can now contain utf-8
215 encoded paths. Previously, launching external commands could
218 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/807
220 * Git Cola development sandboxes can now be stored on utf-8 encoded
221 filesystem paths. Previously, the interactive rebase feature
222 could be broken when running in that environment.
224 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/825
226 * The log window now uses an ISO-8601 timestamp, which
227 avoids localized output in the log window.
229 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/817
233 * The code base has been thoroughly sanitized using `pylint`, and
234 travis is now running pylint over the entire project.
236 * Miscellaneous improvements and code improvements.
238 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/874
245 Usability, bells and whistles
246 -----------------------------
247 * The "Browser" widget learned to rename files using "git mv".
249 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/239
251 * The "Diff" widget learned to diff images. Side-by-side and pixel diff
252 modes allow you to inspect changes to common images formats.
254 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/444
256 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/803
258 * Git LFS and Git Annex are natively supported by the image diff viewer.
260 * Git Annex operations are now included. `git annex init` can be performed on
261 repositories, and `git annex add` can be run on untracked files from the
262 status widget. Install `git-annex` to activate this feature.
264 * Git LFS operations are now included. `git lfs install` can be performed on
265 repositories, and `git lfs track` can be run on untracked files from the
266 status widget. Install `git-lfs` to activate this feature.
268 * The "Stash" tool learned to stash staged changes only. Select the
269 "Stage Index" option and only staged changes will be stashed away.
271 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.
282 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/759
284 * It was easy to accidentally trigger the first action in the `Status` tool's
285 context menu when using a quick right-click to bring up the menu.
286 A short sub-second delay was added to ensure that the top-most action is not
287 triggered unless enough time has passed. This prevents accidental
288 activation of the first item (typically "Stage" or "Unstage") without
289 burdening common use cases.
291 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/755
293 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/643
295 * The "Ctrl+S" hotkey now works for the header items in the Status tool.
296 Selected the "Modified" header item and activating the "Stage" hotkey,
297 for example, will stage all modified files. This works for the "Staged",
298 "Modified", and "Untracked" headers. This is not enabled for the
299 "Unmerged" header by design.
301 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/772
303 * The list of "Recent" repositories previously capped the number of
304 repositories shown to 8 repositories. This can be set to a higher
305 value by setting the `cola.maxrecent` configuration variable.
307 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/752
309 * The "Create Branch" dialog now prevents invalid branch names.
311 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/765
313 * Updated Turkish translation.
315 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/756
317 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
319 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/753
321 * Updated German translation.
323 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/802
325 * Updated Czech translation
327 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/792
329 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/806
331 * The window title can be configured to not display the absolute path of the
334 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/775
336 * The "Edit Remotes" editor learned to edit remote URLS.
338 * Bare repositories can now be created by selecting the
339 "New Bare Repository..." action from the `File` menu.
341 * The "Branches" widget learned to configure upstream branches.
343 * A new `git cola clone` sub-command was added for cloning repositories.
347 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.3.1`.
349 * The macOS installation was made simpler for better compatibility with
352 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/636
354 * The Windows installer is now much simpler. Git Cola now bundles
355 Python and PyQt5, so users need only install the "Git for Windows"
356 and "Git Cola" installers to get things working.
360 * Uninitialized difftool errors will now be displayed graphically.
361 They were previously going to the shell.
363 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/457
365 * Translations marked "fuzzy" will no longer be used when translating strings.
367 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/782
369 * Deleted unmerged files will now correctly use a deleted icon.
371 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/479
373 * The `Ctrl+C` "Copy" hotkey on the diff viewer has been fixed.
375 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/767
377 * The "Create Tag" dialog did not correctly handle the case when a signed
378 tag is requested, but no message is provided, and the user chooses to
379 create an unannotated tag instead. This convenience fallback will now
380 properly create an unsigned, unannotated tag.
382 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/696
384 * `.gitconfig` and `.git/config` values editable by the Preferences dialog
385 (aka `git cola config`) will now get unset when set to an empty value.
386 For example, setting a different `user.email` in the current repository,
387 followed by a subsequent emptying of that field, would previously result in
388 an empty string getting stored in the config. This has been fixed so that
389 the value will now get unset in the config instead.
391 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/406
393 * Spelling and typofixes.
395 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/748
397 * `core.commentChar` is now honored when set in the local repository
400 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/766
402 * The log window was using a format string that did not display
403 correctly in all locales. A locale-aware format is now used.
405 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/800
407 * The dialog displayed when prompting for a reference could sometimes
410 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/804
417 Usability, bells and whistles
418 -----------------------------
419 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
421 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/726
423 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
425 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/723
427 * New Czech translation.
429 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/736
431 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/737
433 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/740
435 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/743
437 * The "name" field in the "Create Tag" dialog now includes autocompletion,
438 which makes it easy to see which tags currently exist.
440 * `git cola` now has configurable toolbars. Use the `View -> Add toolbar`
441 menu item to add a toolbar.
443 * Setting `cola.expandtab` to `true` will now expand tabs into spaces
444 in the commit message editor. The number of spaces to insert is determined
445 by consulting `cola.tabwidth`, which defaults to `8`.
447 * The "Copy SHA-1" hotkey is now `Alt + Ctrl + C`, to avoid clobbering the
448 ability to copy text from the DAG window.
450 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/705
452 * The "Prepare Commit Message" action can now be invoked via the
453 `Ctrl+Shift+Return` shortcut.
455 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/707
457 * The `Branches` pane now has a filter field that highlights branches whose
458 names match the string entered into its text field.
460 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/713
462 * Actions that are triggered in response to button presses were being
463 triggered when the button was pressed, rather than when it was released,
464 which was a usability flaw. All buttons now respond when clicked
465 rather than when pressed.
467 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/715
469 * The DAG window will now only refresh when object IDs change.
470 Previously, the DAG would redraw itself in response to inotify events,
471 such as filesystem operations, which was disruptive when inspecting a large
472 diff in its diff viewer. The DAG will now only redraw when the object IDs
473 corresponding to its query input changes. Furthermore, when redrawing, the
474 scrollbar positions are retained to minimize disruption to the viewport
477 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/620
479 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/724
481 * The "About" dialog now includes the SHA-1 where Git Cola was built.
483 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/530
485 * The "Status" widget now has "Copy Leading Path to Clipboard" and
486 "Copy Basename to Clipboard" actions.
488 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/435
490 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/436
492 * The "Status" widget now supports custom "Copy ... to Clipboard" actions.
494 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/437
496 * The main menu now has an "Edit" menu.
498 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/725
500 * `git dag` learned to checkout commits into a detached HEAD state.
502 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/698
504 * The `status` widget's context menus now omit actions selection-dependent
505 actions when no file is selected.
507 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/731
509 * The startup dialog now focuses the repository list so that repositories
510 can be selected with the keyboard without mouse intervention.
512 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/741
516 * `git dag` now prevents nodes from overlapping in more situations.
518 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/689
520 * Adding untracked Git submodule repo directories previously ran
521 `git add submodule/` but we now call `git add submodule` without
522 the trailing slash (`/`) to avoid staging files that belong to the
523 submodule (which is possibly a `git` bug). By working around the
524 buggy behavior we allow users to recover by issuing the appropriate
525 `git submodule add` command to properly register the submodule.
527 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/681
529 * We now avoid `git for-each-ref --sort=version:refname` on versions
530 of `git` older than `v2.7.0`. Previously we only avoided it for
531 versions older than `v2.0.0`, which was a mistake.
533 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686
535 * The error message displayed when `git` is not installed has been fixed.
537 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686
539 * Adding new remotes was silently broken.
541 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/684
543 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/685
545 * The repo selection dialog had errors during startup when the
546 `cola.refreshonfocus` feature was enabled, as reported on Ubuntu 16.04.
548 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/690
550 * Restored support for PyQt 4.6 (Centos 6.8)
552 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/692
554 * Switching repositories now resets the "Amend Mode" and other settings
557 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/710
559 * `git rebase` error messages now displayed when rebasing fails or stops
560 via the standalone `git cola rebase` front-end.
562 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/721
564 * `git cola` learned to stage broken symlinks.
566 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/727
568 * The "View History" feature in the `Browser` tool was fixed, and now
569 disambiguates between refs and paths.
571 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/732
573 * The diff editor now has better support for files with CRLF `\r\n`
576 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/730
578 * `cola.inotify` in a repo-local config is now honored
579 when `git cola` is launched from a desktop entry (`git cola --prompt`).
581 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/695
588 Usability, bells and whistles
589 -----------------------------
590 * New Ukrainian translation.
592 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/670
594 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/672
596 * New and improved French translations.
598 * The new `Branches` widget makes it easier to checkout, merge, push,
599 and pull branches from a single interface.
601 * `git cola` now includes a dark icon theme. The dark icon theme can be
602 activated either by setting the `GIT_COLA_ICON_THEME` environment variable
603 to `dark`, by configuring `cola.icontheme` to `dark`, or by specifying
604 `--icon-theme=dark` on the command line.
606 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/638
608 * Autocompletion was added to the `Fetch`, `Push`, and `Pull` dialogs.
610 * The commit message editor now remembers the "Spellcheck" setting
613 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/645
615 * `git dag` now uses an improved algorithm for laying out the graph,
616 which avoids collisions under certain graph configurations, and
617 avoids overlapping tag with commits.
619 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/648
621 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/651
623 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/654
625 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/656
627 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/659
629 * `git dag` now remembers its column sizes across sessions.
631 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/674
633 * `Grep` now shows a preview of the selected file's content in a split window
634 below the grep results.
636 * `Grep` now includes line numbers in the preview pane's output.
638 * `Edit Remotes` now remembers its window settings after exiting.
640 * `Diff` now has an option to display line numbers in the editor.
642 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/136
644 * `Amend Last Commit` can now be triggered via the `Commit` menu in addition
645 to the commit message editor's options.
647 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/640
649 * The `File Browser` tool was made much faster and can now operate on
650 much larger repositories.
652 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/499
654 * A new "turbo" mode was added that allows you to opt-out of operations
655 that can slow `git cola` on large repositories. The turbo mode is
656 enabled by configuring `git config cola.turbo true`. Turbo mode
657 disables the background loading of Git commit messages and other
658 details in the `File Browser` widget.
660 * A new GitIgnore dialog allows adding custom gitignore patterns.
662 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/653
664 * The spellchecker in `git cola` can now use an additional dictionary
665 by configuring `cola.dictionary` to the path to a file containing
666 a newline-separated list of words.
668 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663
670 * The stash, export patches, diff, and gitignore dialogs now remember
673 * A new `git cola recent` sub-command was added for finding recently
676 * The `Fetch` dialog now allows pruning remote branches.
678 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/639
680 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/680
684 * `git cola`'s spellchecker now supports the new `dict-common` filesystem
685 layout, and prefers the `/usr/share/dict/cracklib-small` file over the
686 `/usr/share/dict/words` provided on older distributions.
687 This makes the spellchecker compatible with Arch, which does not provide
688 a `words` symlink like Debian.
690 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663
692 * Properly handle the case where an existing file is untracked using
695 * Fix a quirk where the "Create Branch" dialog sometimes required clicking
696 twice on the radio buttons.
698 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/662
700 * Fixed a focus issue to ensure that "Push", "Fetch", and "Pull" can
701 be executed with the press of a single enter key after being shown.
703 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/661
705 * Committing is now allowed in when resolving a merge results in no
706 changes. This state was previously prevented by the commit message editor,
707 which prevented users from resolving merges that result in no changes.
709 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/679
711 * The filesystem monitor would sometimes emit backtraces when directories
712 are modified. This has been fixed.
714 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1438522
716 * Absolute paths are now returned when querying for `.git`-relative paths
717 from within a submodule, which uses `.git`-files.
718 This fixes launching `git cola` from within a subdirectory of a submodule.
720 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/675
727 Usability, bells and whistles
728 -----------------------------
729 * `git cola` can now invoke the `.git/hooks/cola-prepare-commit-msg`
730 hook to update the commit message. This hook takes the same parameters
731 as Git's `prepare-commit-message` hook. The default path to this hook
732 can be overridden by setting the `cola.prepareCommitMessageHook`
733 configuration variable.
735 http://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#prepare-commit-message
737 * `git cola diff` (and the corresponding `Diff` menu actions) can now
738 launch difftool with the standard `Ctrl+D` hotkey. The `Ctrl+E` hotkey was
739 also added for launching an editor.
741 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
745 * `git cola` now works when installed in non-ascii, utf8-encoded paths.
747 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/629
749 * Styling issues that caused black backgrounds in various widgets when using
750 PyQ5 on Mac OS X have been fixed.
752 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/624
754 * The "Open Recent" menu action was broken and has been fixed.
756 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/634
758 * Exiting `git cola` with a maximized main window would hang when reopened
761 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/641
765 * `appdata.xml` files are now provided at
766 `share/appdata/git-cola.xml` and `share/appdata/git-dag.xml`
767 for use by the Linux software gallery.
769 https://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appdata/
771 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/627
780 * The "Open Recent" menu was updated to new bookmarks format.
782 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/628
789 Usability, bells and whistles
790 -----------------------------
791 * New Polish translation thanks to Łukasz Wojniłowicz
793 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/598
795 * The `Bypass Commit Hooks` feature now disables itself automatically
796 when a new commit is created. The new behavior turns the option into a
797 single-use flag, which helps prevent users from accidentally leaving it
798 active longer than intended.
800 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/595
802 * `git dag` learned to launch an external diff viewer on selected commits.
803 The standard `Ctrl+D` shortcut can be used to view diffs.
805 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468
807 * `git dag` learned to launch directory diffs via `git difftool --dir-diff`.
808 The `Ctrl+Shift+D` shortcut launches difftool in directory-diff mode.
810 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468
812 * Items in the "Favorites" list can now be renamed, which makes it
813 easier to differentiate between several checkouts of the same repository.
815 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/599
817 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/601
819 * The startup screen now includes a logo and `git cola` version information.
821 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/526
823 * The `About` page was revamped to contain multiple tabs. A new tab was added
824 that provides details about `git cola`''s dependencies. New tabs were also
825 added for giving credit to `git cola`'s authors and translators.
827 * The `About` page can now be accessed via `git cola about`.
829 * The "Fast-forward only" and "No fast-forward" options supported by
830 `git pull` are now accessible via `git cola pull`.
832 * Doing a forced push no longer requires selecting the remote branch.
834 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/618
836 * `git cola push` now has an option to suppress the prompt that is shown
837 when pushing would create new remote branches.
839 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/605
841 * `git dag` now shows commit messages in a more readable color.
843 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/574
845 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch the OS-specified
846 default action for a file. When used on directories via `git cola browse`,
847 or when "Open Parent Directory" is used on files, the OS-specified
848 file browser will typically be used.
850 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch terminals.
854 * `git cola browse` was not updating when expanding items.
856 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/588
858 * Typofixes in comments, naming, and strings have been applied.
860 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/593
862 * The inotify and win32 filesystem monitoring no longer refreshes
863 when updates are made to ignored files.
865 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/517
867 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/516
869 * The `Refresh` button on the actions panel no longer raises an
870 exception when using PyQt5.
872 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/604
874 * Fixed a typo in the inotify backend that is triggered when files are removed.
876 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/607
878 * Fixed a typo when recovering from a failed attempt to open a repository.
880 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/606
882 * `git dag` now properly updates itself when launched from the menubar.
884 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/613
886 * If git-cola is invoked on Windows using `start pythonw git-cola`,
887 a console window will briefly flash on the screen each time
888 `git cola` invokes `git`. The console window is now suppressed.
890 * We now avoid some problematic Popen flags on Windows which were
891 breaking the `git rebase` feature on Windows.
893 * The `Save` button in `git dag`'s "Grab File..." feature now properly
894 prompts for a filename when saving files.
896 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/617
900 * The `qtpy` symlink in the source tree has been removed to allow for easier
901 development on Windows.
903 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/626
910 Usability, bells and whistles
911 -----------------------------
912 * `git cola push` learned to configure upstream branches.
914 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/563
918 * The diffstat view is now properly updated when notifications are
919 received via inotify filesystem monitoring.
921 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/577
923 * Python3 with PyQt5 had a bug that prevented `git cola` from starting.
925 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/589
935 * When repositories stored in non-ASCII, UTF-8-encoded filesystem paths
936 were operated upon with `LC_ALL=C` set in the environment, unicode errors
937 would occur when using `python2`. `git cola` was made more robust and will
938 now operate correctly within this environment.
940 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/581
942 * Support for the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment variable was fixed.
944 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/582
949 * The `unittest.mock` module is now used instead of the original `mock` module
950 when running the `git cola` test suite using Python3.
952 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/569
957 * `git cola` is now compatible with *PyQt5*, *PyQt4*, and *Pyside*.
958 `git cola` previously supported *PyQt4* only, but will now use whichever
959 library is available. Users are not required to upgrade at this time,
960 but *PyQt5* support can be enabled anytime by making its python
963 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/232
965 *NOTE*: We do not yet recommend using *PyQt5* because there are known
966 exit-on-segfault bugs in *Qt5* that have not yet been addressed.
967 `git cola` is sensitive to this bug and is known to crash on exit
968 when using `git dag` or the interactive rebase feature on *PyQt5*.
970 https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-52988
972 *PyQt4* is stable and there are no known issues when using it so
973 we recommend using it until the Qt5 bugs have been resolved.
975 * `git cola` now depends on *QtPy* and includes a bundled copy of the
976 `qtpy` library. If you are packaging `git cola` and would prefer to use
977 `qtpy` from your distribution instead of the built-in version then use
978 `make NO_VENDOR_LIBS=1` when building `git cola`. This will prevent
979 vendored libraries from being installed.
986 Usability, bells and whistles
987 -----------------------------
989 * A new "Reset" sub-menu provides access to running "git reset --mixed"
990 when resetting branch heads and "git reset --merge" when resetting
993 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/542
995 * `git cola` now supports linked worktrees, i.e. worktrees created by
998 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/554
1003 * Diff highlighting is now robust to the user having
1004 diff.supressBlankEmpty=true in their git config.
1006 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/541
1008 * The filesystem monitor now properly handles repositories that use
1009 `.git`-files, e.g. when using submodules.
1011 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/545
1013 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pulls/546
1015 * Per-repository git configuration is now properly detected when launching
1016 `git cola` from an application launcher.
1018 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/548
1020 * `git cola` now cleans up after itself immediately to avoid leaving behind
1021 empty `/tmp/git-cola-XXXXXX` directories when the user uses `Ctrl+C`
1024 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/566
1029 * It is now possible to install `git cola` to and from utf8-encoded filesystem
1030 paths. Previously, Python's stdlib would throw an encoding error during
1031 installation. We workaround the stdlib by forcing python2 to use utf-8,
1032 thus fixing assumptions in the stdlib library code.
1034 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/551
1041 Usability, bells and whistles
1042 -----------------------------
1044 * The icon for untracked files was adjusted to better differentiate
1045 between files and the "Untracked" header.
1047 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/509
1049 * Ctrl+O was added as a hotkey for opening repositories.
1051 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/507
1053 * `git dag` now uses consistent edge colors across updates.
1055 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/512
1057 * `git cola`'s Bookmarks widget can now be used to set a "Default Repository".
1058 Under the hood, we set the `cola.defaultrepo` configuration variable.
1059 The default repository is used whenever `git cola` is launched outside of
1060 a Git repository. When unset, or when set to a bogus value, `git cola`
1061 will prompt for a repository, as it previously did.
1063 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/513
1065 * `git cola`'s Russian and Spanish translations were improved
1066 thanks to Vaiz and Zeioth.
1068 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/514
1070 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/515
1072 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/523
1074 * `git cola` was translated to Turkish thanks to Barış ÇELİK.
1076 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/520
1078 * The status view now supports launching `git gui blame`. It can be
1079 configured to use a different command by setting `cola.blameviewer`.
1081 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/521
1083 * `git dag` now allows selecting non-contiguous ranges in the log widget.
1085 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468
1087 * Any font can now be chosen for the diff editor, not just monospace fonts.
1089 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/525
1094 * `xfce4-terminal` and `gnome-terminal` are now supported when launching
1095 `git mergetool` to resolve merges. These terminals require that the command
1096 to execute is shell-quoted and passed as a single string argument to `-e`
1097 rather than as additional command line arguments.
1099 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/524
1101 * Fixed a unicode problem when formatting the error message that is shown
1102 when `gitk` is not installed. We now handle unicode data in tracebacks
1103 generated by python itself.
1105 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/528
1107 * The `New repository` feature was fixed.
1109 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/533
1111 * We now use omit the extended description when creating "fixup!" commits,
1112 for consistency with the Git CLI. We now include only the one-line summary
1113 in the final commit message.
1115 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/522
1122 Usability, bells and whistles
1123 -----------------------------
1125 * The user interface is now HiDPI-capable. git-cola now uses SVG
1126 icons, and its interface can be scaled by setting the `GIT_COLA_SCALE`
1127 environment variable.
1129 * `git dag` now supports the standard editor, difftool, and history hotkeys.
1130 It is now possible to invoke these actions from file widget's context
1131 menu and through the standard hotkeys.
1133 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/473
1135 * The `Status` tool also learned about the history hotkey.
1136 Additionally, the `Alt-{j,k}` aliases are also supported in the `Status`
1137 tool for consistency with the other tools where the non-Alt hotkeys are not
1140 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/488
1142 * The `File Browser` tool now has better default column sizes,
1143 and remembers its window size and placement.
1145 * The `File Browser` now supports the refresh hotkey, and has better
1146 behavior when refreshing. The selection is now retained, and new and
1147 removed files are found when refreshing.
1149 * A new `git-cola-completion.bash` completion script is provided in the
1150 `contrib/` directory. It must be used alongside Git's completion script.
1151 Source it from your `~/.bashrc` (or `~/.zshrc`, etc) after sourcing
1152 the `git-completion.bash` script and you will have command-line completion
1153 support for the `git cola` and `git dag` sub-commands.
1155 * The "checkout" dialog now offers completion for remote branches and other
1156 git refs. This makes it easier to checkout remote branches in a detached
1157 head state. Additionally, the checkout dialog also offers completion for
1158 remote branches that have not yet been checked out, which makes it easier to
1159 create a local tracking branch by just completing for that potential name.
1161 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/390
1163 * The "create branch" and "create tag" dialogs now save and restore their
1166 * The "status" widget can now be configured to use a bold font with a darker
1167 background for the header items.
1169 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/506
1171 * The "status" widget now remembers its horizontol scrollbar position across
1172 updates. This is helpful when working on projects with long paths.
1174 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/494
1179 * When using *Git for Windows*, a `git` window would appear
1180 when running *Windows 8*. We now pass additional flags to
1181 `subprocess.Popen` to prevent a `git` window from appearing.
1183 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/477
1185 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/486
1187 * Launching difftool with `.PY` in `$PATHEXT` on Windows was fixed.
1189 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/492
1191 * Creating a local branch tracking a remote branch that contains
1192 slashes in its name is now properly handled.
1194 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/496
1196 * The "Browse Other Branch" feature was broken by Python3, and is now fixed.
1198 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/501
1200 * We now avoid `long` for better Python3 compatibility.
1202 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/502
1204 * We now use Git's default merge message when merging branches.
1206 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/508
1208 * Miscellaneous fixes
1210 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/485
1215 * git-cola's documentation no longer uses an intersphinx link mapping
1216 to docs.python.org. This fixes warnings when building rpms using koji,
1217 where network access is prevented.
1219 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231812
1226 Usability, bells and whistles
1227 -----------------------------
1229 * The Interactive Rebase feature now works on Windows!
1231 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/463
1233 * The `diff` editor now understands vim-style `hjkl` navigation hotkeys.
1235 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/476
1237 * `Alt-{j,k}` navigation hotkeys were added to allow changing to the
1238 next/previous file from the diff and commit editors.
1240 * The `Rename branch` menu action is now disabled in empty repositories.
1242 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/475
1244 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/459
1246 * `git cola` now checks unmerged files for conflict markers before
1247 staging them. This feature can be disabled in the preferences.
1249 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/464
1251 * `git dag` now remembers which commits were selected when refreshing
1252 so that it can restore the selection afterwards.
1254 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/480
1256 * "Launch Editor", "Launch Difftool", "Stage/Unstage",
1257 and "Move Up/Down" hotkeys now work when the commit message
1260 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453
1262 * The diff editor now supports the `Ctrl+u` hotkey for reverting
1263 diff hunks and selected lines.
1265 * The `core.commentChar` Git configuration value is now honored.
1266 Commit messages and rebase instruction sheets will now use
1267 the configured character for comments. This allows having
1268 commit messages that start with `#` when `core.commentChar`
1269 is configured to its non-default value.
1271 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/446
1276 * Diff syntax highlighting was improved to handle more edge cases
1277 and false positives.
1279 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/467
1281 * Setting commands in the interactive rebase editor was fixed.
1283 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/472
1285 * git-cola no longer clobbers the Ctrl+Backspace text editing shortcut
1286 in the commit message editor.
1288 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453
1290 * The copy/paste clipboard now persists after `git cola` exits.
1292 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/484
1301 * Fixed the "Sign off" feature in the commit message editor.
1308 Usability, bells and whistles
1309 -----------------------------
1310 * Double-click will now choose a commit in the "Select commit" dialog.
1312 * `git cola` has a feature that reads `.git/MERGE_MSG` and friends for the
1313 commit message when a merge is in-progress. Upon refresh, `git cola` will
1314 now detect when a merge has completed and reset the commit message back to
1315 its previous state. It is only reset if the editor contains a message
1316 that was read from the file and has not been manually edited by the user.
1318 * The commit message editor's context menu now has a "Clear..." action for
1319 clearing the message across both the summary and description fields.
1321 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
1323 * The system theme's icons are now used wherever possible.
1325 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/458
1329 * The stash viewer now uses ``git show --no-ext-diff`` to avoid running
1330 user-configured diff tools.
1332 * `git cola` now uses the `setsid()` system call to ensure that the
1333 `GIT_ASKPASS` and `SSH_ASKPASS` helper programs are used when pushing
1334 changes using `git`. The askpass helpers will now be used even when
1335 `git cola` is launched from a terminal.
1337 The behavior without `setsid()` is that `git cola` can appear to hang while
1338 pushing changes. The hang happens when `git` prompts the user for a
1339 password using the terminal, but the user never sees the prompt. `setsid()`
1340 detaches the terminal, which ensures that the askpass helpers are used.
1342 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/218
1344 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/262
1346 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/377
1348 * `git dag`'s file list tool was updated to properly handle unicode paths.
1350 * `gnome-terminal` is no longer used by default when `cola.terminal` is unset.
1351 It is broken, as was detailed in #456.
1353 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/456
1355 * The interactive rebase feature was not always setting `$GIT_EDITOR`
1356 to the value of `gui.editor`, thus there could be instances where rebase
1357 will seem to not stop, or hang, when performing "reword" actions.
1359 We now set the `$GIT_EDITOR` environment variable when performing the
1360 "Continue", "Skip", and "Edit Todo" rebase actions so that the correct
1361 editor is used during the rebase.
1363 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/445
1367 * `git cola` moved from a 3-part version number to a simpler 2-part "vX.Y"
1368 version number. Most of our releases tend to contain new features.
1375 Usability, bells and whistles
1376 -----------------------------
1377 * Updated zh_TW translations.
1379 * `git cola rebase` now defaults to `@{upstream}`, and generally uses the same
1380 CLI syntax as `git rebase`.
1382 * The commit message editor now allows you to bypass commit hooks by selecting
1383 the "Bypass Commit Hooks" option. This is equivalent to passing the
1384 `--no-verify` option to `git commit`.
1386 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/357
1388 * We now prevent the "Delete Files" action from creating a dialog that does
1391 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/378
1393 * `git xbase` learned to edit rebase instruction sheets that contain
1396 * The diff colors are now configurable. `cola.color.{text,add,remove,header}`
1397 can now be set with 6-digit hexadecimal colors.
1398 See the `git cola manual <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#configuration-variables>_`
1401 * Improved hotkey documentation.
1405 * `git cola` will now allow starting an interactive rebase with a dirty
1406 worktree when `rebase.autostash` is set.
1408 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/360
1415 Usability, bells and whistles
1416 -----------------------------
1417 * A new "Find files" widget was added, and can be activated by
1418 using the `Ctrl+t` or `t` hotkeys.
1420 * A new `git cola find` sub-command was added for finding files.
1422 * `git cola` now remembers the text cursor's position when staging
1423 interactively with the keyboard. This makes it easier to use the keyboard
1424 arrows to select and stage lines.
1426 * The completion widgets will now select the top completion item
1427 when `Enter` or `Return` are pressed.
1429 * You can now refresh using `F5` in addition to the existing `Ctrl+R` hotkey.
1433 * `git cola` now passes `--no-abbrev-commit` to `git log` to override
1434 having `log.abbrevCommit = true` set in `.gitconfig`.
1440 Usability, bells and whistles
1441 -----------------------------
1442 * `git dag` now forwards all unknown arguments along to `git log`.
1444 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/389
1446 * Line-by-line interactive staging was made more robust.
1448 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/399
1450 * "Bookmarks" was renamed to "Favorites".
1452 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/392
1454 * Untracked files are now displayed using a unique icon.
1456 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/388
1460 * `git dag` was triggering a traceback on Fedora when parsing Git logs.
1462 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181686
1464 * inotify expects unicode paths on Python3.
1466 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/393
1468 * Untracked files are now assumed to be utf-8 encoded.
1470 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/401
1476 Usability, bells and whistles
1477 -----------------------------
1478 * `git cola` can now create GPG-signed commits and merges.
1480 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/149
1482 See the documentation for details about setting up a GPG agent.
1484 * The status widget learned to copy relative paths when `Ctrl+x` is pressed.
1486 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/358
1488 * Custom GUI actions can now define their own keyboard shortcuts by
1489 setting `guitool.$name.shortcut` to a string understood by Qt's
1490 `QAction::setShortcut()` API, e.g. `Alt+X`.
1492 See http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qkeysequence.html#QKeySequence-2
1493 for more details about the supported values.
1495 * `git cola` learned to rename branches.
1497 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/364
1499 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/278
1501 * `git dag` now has a "Show history" context menu which can be used to filter
1502 history using the selected paths.
1506 * `sphinxtogithub.py` was fixed for Python3.
1508 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/353
1510 * The commit that changed how we read remotes from `git remote`
1511 to parsing `git config` was reverted since it created problems
1514 * Fixed a crash when using the `rebase edit` feature.
1516 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/351
1518 * Better drag-and-drop behavior when dropping into gnome-terminal.
1520 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/373
1524 * The `git-cola-folder-handler.desktop` file handler was fixed
1525 to pass validation by `desktop-file-validate`.
1527 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/356
1529 * The `git.svg` icon was renamed to `git-cola.svg`, and `git cola` was taught
1530 to prefer icons from the desktop theme when available.
1536 Usability, bells and whistles
1537 -----------------------------
1538 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+Shift+M` merges branches.
1540 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+R` refreshes the DAG viewer.
1542 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/347
1546 * We now use `git config` to parse the list of remotes
1547 instead of parsing the output of `git remote`, which
1548 is a Git porcelain and should not be used by scripts.
1550 * Avoid "C++ object has been deleted" errors from PyQt4.
1552 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/346
1556 * The `make install` target now uses `install` instead of `cp`.
1562 Usability, bells and whistles
1563 -----------------------------
1564 * Updated Brazillian Portuguese translation.
1566 * The status and browse widgets now allow drag-and-drop into
1567 external applications.
1569 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/335
1571 * We now show a progress bar when cloning repositories.
1573 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/312
1575 * The bookmarks widget was simplified to not need a
1578 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/289
1580 * Updated Traditional Chinese translation.
1582 * We now display a warning when trying to rebase with uncommitted changes.
1584 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/338
1586 * The status widget learned to filter paths.
1587 `Ctrl+Shift+S` toggles the filter widget.
1589 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/337
1591 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/339
1593 * The status widget learned to move files to the trash
1594 when the `send2trash <https://github.com/hsoft/send2trash>`_
1595 module is installed.
1597 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/341
1599 * "Recent repositories" is now a dedicated widget.
1601 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/342
1603 * New Spanish translation thanks to Pilar Molina Lopez.
1605 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/344
1609 * Newly added remotes are now properly seen by the fetch/push/pull dialogs.
1611 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/343
1617 Usability, bells and whistles
1618 -----------------------------
1619 * New Brazillian Portuguese translation thanks to Vitor Lobo.
1621 * New Indonesian translation thanks to Samsul Ma'arif.
1623 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation thanks to Zhang Han.
1625 * `Ctrl+Backspace` is now a hotkey for "delete untracked files" in
1628 * Fetch/Push/Pull dialogs now use the configured remote of the current
1631 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/324
1635 * We now use `os.getcwd()` on Python3.
1637 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/316
1639 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/326
1641 * The `Ctrl+P` hotkey was overloaded to both "push" and "cherry-pick",
1642 so "cherry-pick" was moved to `Ctrl+Shift+C`.
1644 * Custom GUI tools with mixed-case names are now properly supported.
1646 * "Diff Region" is now referred to as "Diff Hunk" for consistency
1647 with common terminology from diff/patch tools.
1649 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/328
1651 * git-cola's test suite is now portable to MS Windows.
1653 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/332
1659 Usability, bells and whistles
1660 -----------------------------
1661 * We now handle the case when inotify `add_watch()` fails
1662 and display instructions on how to increase the number of watches.
1664 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/263
1666 * New and improved zh_TW localization thanks to V字龍(Vdragon).
1668 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/265
1670 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/267
1672 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/268
1674 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/269
1676 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/270
1678 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/271
1680 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/272
1682 * New hotkeys: `Ctrl+F` for fetch, `Ctrl+P` for push,
1683 and `Ctrl+Shift+P` for pull.
1685 * The bookmarks widget's context menu actions were made clearer.
1687 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/281
1689 * The term "Staging Area" is used consistently in the UI
1690 to allow for better localization.
1692 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/283
1694 * The "Section" term is now referred to as "Diff Region"
1697 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/297
1699 * The localization documentation related to the LANGUAGE
1700 environment variable was improved.
1702 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/293
1704 * The "Actions" panel now contains tooltips for each button
1705 in case the button labels gets truncated by Qt.
1707 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/292
1709 * Custom `git config`-defined actions can now be run in the
1710 background by setting `guitool.<name>.background` to `true`.
1714 * We now use bold fonts instead of SmallCaps to avoid
1715 artifacts on several configurations.
1717 * We now pickup `user.email`, `cola.tabwidth`, and similar settings
1718 when defined in /etc/gitconfig.
1720 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/259
1722 * Better support for unicode paths when using inotify.
1724 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104181
1726 * Unicode fixes for non-ascii locales.
1728 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/266
1730 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/273
1732 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/276
1734 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/282
1736 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/298
1738 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/302
1740 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/303
1742 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/305
1744 * Viewing history from the file browser was fixed for Python3.
1746 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/274
1748 * setup.py was fixed to install the `*.rst` documentation.
1750 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/279
1752 * Patch export was fixed for Python3.
1754 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/290
1756 * Fixed adding a bookmark with trailing slashes.
1758 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/295
1760 * The default `git dag` layout is now setup so that its widgets
1761 can be freely resized on Linux.
1763 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/299
1765 * Invalid tag names are now reported when creating tags.
1767 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/296
1773 Usability, bells and whistles
1774 -----------------------------
1775 * `git cola` no longer prompts after successfully creating a new branch.
1777 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/251
1779 * Hitting enter on simple dialogs now accepts them.
1781 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/255
1785 * `git dag` no longer relies on `sys.maxint`, which is
1786 not available in Python3.
1788 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/249
1790 * Python3-related fixes.
1792 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/254
1794 * Python3-on-Windows-related fixes.
1796 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/250
1798 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/252
1800 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/253
1802 * Switching repositories using the bookmarks widget was not
1803 refreshing the inotify watcher.
1805 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/256
1807 * Special commit messages trailers (e.g. "Acked-by:") are now special-cased to
1808 fix word wrapping lines that start with "foo:".
1810 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/257
1812 * `git dag` sometimes left behind selection artifacts.
1813 We now refresh the view to avoid them.
1815 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/204
1821 Usability, bells and whistles
1822 -----------------------------
1823 * Better inotify support for file creation and deletion.
1825 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/240
1827 * `git cola` now supports the X11 Session Management Protocol
1828 and remembers its state across logout/reboot.
1830 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/164
1832 * `git cola` has a new icon.
1834 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/190
1838 * Building the documentation no longer requires `asciidoc`.
1839 We now use `Sphinx <http://sphinx-doc.org/>`_ for building
1840 html documentation and man pages.
1844 * Reworked the git-dag gravatar icon code to avoid a unicode
1847 * Commit message line-wrapping was made to better match the GUI editor.
1849 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/242
1851 * Better support for Python3 on Windows
1853 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/246
1857 * git-cola no longer depends on Asciidoc for building its documentation
1858 and man-pages. We now depend on [Sphinx](http://sphinx-doc.org/) only.
1864 Usability, bells and whistles
1865 -----------------------------
1866 * Some context menu actions are now hidden when selected
1869 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/238
1873 * The build-git-cola.sh contrib script was improved.
1875 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/235
1877 * Non-ascii worktrees work properly again.
1879 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/234
1881 * The browser now guards itself against missing files.
1883 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071378
1885 * Saving widget state now works under Python3.
1887 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/236
1895 * git-cola now runs on Python 3 thanks to Virgil Dupras.
1897 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/233
1899 * Python 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2+ are now supported.
1900 Python 2.5 is no longer supported.
1904 * i18n test fixes thanks to Virgil Dupras.
1906 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/231
1908 * git-cola.app build fixes thanks to Maicon D. Filippsen.
1910 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/230
1912 * Lots of pylint improvements thanks to Alex Chernetz.
1914 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/229
1920 Usability, bells and whistles
1921 -----------------------------
1922 * The new `Bookmarks` tool makes it really easy to switch between repositories.
1924 * There is now a dedicated dialog for applying patches.
1925 See the ``File -> Apply Patches`` menu item.
1927 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/215
1929 * A new `git cola am` sub-command was added for applying patches.
1933 * Fixed a typo that caused inotify events to be silently ignored.
1935 * Fixed the sys.path setup for Mac OS X (Homebrew).
1937 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/221
1939 * Lots of pylint fixes thanks to Alex Chernetz.
1945 Usability, bells and whistles
1946 -----------------------------
1947 * `git cola --amend` now starts the editor in `amend` mode.
1949 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/187
1951 * Multiple lines of text can now be pasted into the `summary` field.
1952 All text beyond the first newline will be automatically moved to the
1953 `extended description` field.
1955 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/212
1959 * Stray whitespace in `.git` files is now ignored.
1961 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/213
1963 * Fix "known incorrect sRGB profile" in `staged-item.png`.
1965 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/85066
1973 * Fix a traceback when `git push` fails.
1975 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034778
1979 * Most of the git-cola sub-packages have been removed.
1980 The only remaining packages are `cola`, `cola.models`,
1983 * The translation file for Simplified Chinese was renamed
1986 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/209
1994 * `git cola version --brief` now prints the brief version number.
1998 * Resurrected the "make dist" target, for those that prefer to create
2001 * Fixed the typo that broke the preferences dialog.
2007 Usability, bells and whistles
2008 -----------------------------
2009 * We now ship a full-featured interactive `git rebase` editor.
2010 The rebase todo file is edited using the `git xbase` script which
2011 is provided at `$prefix/share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase`.
2012 This script can be used standalone by setting the `$GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR`
2013 before running `git rebase --interactive`.
2015 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1
2017 * Fixup commit messages can now be loaded from the commit message editor.
2019 * Tool widgets can be locked in place by using the "Tools/Lock Layout"
2022 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/202
2024 * You can now push to several remotes simultaneously by selecting
2025 multiple remotes in the "Push" dialog.
2027 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/148
2029 * The `grep` tool learned to search using three different modes:
2030 basic regular expressions (default), extended regular expressions,
2035 * `git cola` now depends on the `argparse` Python module.
2036 This module is part of the stdlib in Python 2.7 and must
2037 be installed separately when using Python 2.6 and below.
2041 * Support unicode in the output from `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`.
2047 Usability, bells and whistles
2048 -----------------------------
2049 * We now detect when the editor or history browser are misconfigured.
2051 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/197
2053 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886826
2055 * Display of untracked files can be disabled from the Preferences dialog
2056 or by setting the `gui.displayuntracked` configuration variable to `false`.
2058 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/232683
2062 * Unicode stash names are now supported
2064 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/198
2066 * The diffs produced when reverting workspace changes were made more robust.
2071 =======================
2072 Usability, bells and whistles
2073 -----------------------------
2074 * Brand new German translation thanks to Sven Claussner.
2076 * The "File" menu now provides a "New Repository..." menu action.
2078 * `git dag` now uses a dock-widget interface so that its widgets can
2079 be laid-out and arranged. Customizations are saved and restored
2080 the next time `git dag` is launched.
2082 * `git dag` now has a "Zoom Best Fit" button next alongside the
2083 "Zoom In" and "Zoom Out" buttons.
2085 * `Ctrl+L` now focuses the "Search" field in the `git dag` tool.
2087 * Right-clicking in the "diff" viewer now updates the cursor position
2088 before performing actions, which makes it much easier to click around
2089 and selectively stage sections. Previously, the current cursor position
2090 was used which meant that it required two clicks (left-click to update
2091 the position followed by right-click to get the context menu) for the
2092 desired section to be used. This is now a single right-click operation.
2094 * The `Ctrl+D` "Launch Diff Tool" action learned to automatically choose
2095 between `git difftool` and `git mergetool`. If the file is unmerged then
2096 we automatically launch `git mergetool` on the path, otherwise we use
2097 `git difftool`. We do this because `git difftool` is not intended to
2098 be used on unmerged paths. Automatically using `git mergetool` when
2099 appropriate is the most intuitive and muscle-memory-friendly thing to do.
2101 * You can now right-click on folders in your standard file browser
2102 and choose "Open With -> Git Cola" (Linux-only).
2106 * Python 2.6 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard does not provide a namedtuple
2107 at `sys.version_info`. We now avoid using that variable for better
2110 * We now read the user's Git configuration from `~/.config/git/config`
2111 if that file is available, otherwise we use the traditional `~/.gitconfig`
2112 path, just like Git itself.
2114 * Some edge cases were fixed when applying partial/selected diffs.
2116 * The diff viewer is now properly cleared when refreshing.
2118 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/194
2124 Usability, bells and whistles
2125 -----------------------------
2126 * The diff viewer now has an "Options" menu which can be
2127 used to set "git diff" options. This can be used to
2128 ignore whitespace changes or to show a change with its
2129 surrounding function as context.
2131 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/150
2133 * `git cola` now remembers your commit message and will restore it
2134 when `git cola` is restarted.
2136 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/175
2138 * `Ctrl+M` can now be used to toggle the "Amend last commit"
2139 checkbox in the commit message editor.
2141 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/161
2143 * Deleting remote branches can now be done from the "Branch" menu.
2145 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/152
2147 * The commit message editor now has a built-in spell checker.
2151 * We now avoid invoking external diffs when showing diffstats.
2153 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/163
2155 * The `Status` tool learned to reselect files when refreshing.
2157 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/165
2159 * `git cola` now remembers whether it has been maximized and will restore the
2160 maximized state when `git cola` is restarted.
2162 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/172
2164 * Performance is now vastly improved when staging hundreds or
2167 * `git cola` was not correctly saving repo-specific configuration.
2169 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/174
2171 * Fix a UnicodeDecode in sphinxtogithub when building from source.
2177 Usability, bells and whistles
2178 -----------------------------
2179 * We now automatically remove missing repositories from the
2180 "Select Repository" dialog.
2182 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/145
2184 * A new `git cola diff` sub-command was added for diffing changed files.
2188 * The inotify auto-refresh feature makes it difficult to select text in
2189 the "diff" editor when files are being continually modified by another
2190 process. The auto-refresh causes it to lose the currently selected text,
2191 which is not wanted. We now avoid this problem by saving and restoring
2192 the selection when refreshing the editor.
2194 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/155
2196 * More strings have been marked for l10n.
2198 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/157
2200 * Fixed the Alt+D Diffstat shortcut.
2202 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/159
2206 * Better error handling when cloning repositories.
2208 We were not handling the case where a git URL has
2209 no basename, e.g. `https://git.example.com/`.
2210 `git cola` originally rejected these URLs instead of
2211 allowing users to clone them. It now allows these URLs
2212 when they point to valid git repositories.
2214 Additionally, `git cola` learned to echo the errors
2215 reported by `git clone` when it fails.
2217 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/156
2223 Usability, bells and whistles
2224 -----------------------------
2225 * `git dag` got a big visual upgrade.
2227 * `Ctrl+G` now launches the "Grep" tool.
2229 * `Ctrl+D` launches difftool and `Ctrl+E` launches your editor
2230 when in the diff panel.
2232 * git-cola can now be told to use an alternative language.
2233 For example, if the native language is German and we want git-cola to
2234 use English then we can create a `~/.config/git-cola/language` file with
2235 "en" as its contents:
2237 $ echo en >~/.config/git-cola/language
2239 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/140
2241 * A new `git cola merge` sub-command was added for merging branches.
2243 * Less blocking in the main UI
2247 * Autocomplete issues on KDE
2249 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/144
2251 * The "recently opened repositories" startup dialog did not
2252 display itself in the absence of bookmarks.
2254 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/139
2260 Usability, bells and whistles
2261 -----------------------------
2262 * `git cola` learned to honor `.gitattributes` when showing and
2263 interactively applying diffs. This makes it possible to store
2264 files in git using a non-utf-8 encoding and `git cola` will
2265 properly accept them. This must be enabled by settings
2266 `cola.fileattributes` to true, as it incurs a small performance
2269 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/96
2271 * `git cola` now wraps commit messages at 72 columns automatically.
2272 This is configurable using the `cola.linebreak` variable to enable/disable
2273 the feature, and `cola.textwidth` to configure the limit.
2275 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/133
2277 * A new "Open Recent" sub-menu was added to the "File" menu.
2278 This makes it easy to open a recently-edited repository.
2280 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/135
2282 * We now show a preview for untracked files when they are clicked
2283 using the `Status` tool.
2284 * A new "Open Using Default Application" action was added to the
2285 `Status` tool. It is activated using either `Spacebar` or through
2286 the context menu. This action uses `xdg-open` on Linux and
2288 * A new "Open Parent Directory" action was added to the `Status` tool.
2289 It is activated using either `Shift+Spacebar` or through the
2291 * `git dag` learned to honor the `log.date` git configuration variable.
2292 This makes the date display follow whatever format the user has
2294 * A new `git cola config` sub-command was added for quickly
2295 tweaking `git cola`'s git configuration settings.
2296 * Some small usability tweaks -- some user confirmation prompts
2297 were defaulting to "Cancel" when they should have been defaulting
2298 to the affirmative option instead.
2302 * Properly handle arbitrarily-named branches.
2303 * We went back to launching `git mergetool` using an xterm.
2304 The reason is that there are a couple of places where `git mergetool`
2305 requires a terminal for user interaction not covered by `--no-prompt`.
2306 * We now properly handle an edge case when applying short diffs at
2307 the start of a file.
2313 Usability, bells and whistles
2314 -----------------------------
2315 * New and improved `grep` mode lets you instantly find and edit files.
2316 * New `git cola grep` standalone mode.
2317 * Support for passing arguments to the configured editors, e.g. `gvim -p`
2318 This makes it possible to select multiple files in the status
2319 window and use `Ctrl-e` to edit them all at once.
2320 * Remote operations now prompt on errors only.
2321 * The `Tab` key now jumps to the extended description when editing the summary.
2322 * More shortcut key labels and misc. UX improvements.
2326 * Selecting an item no longer copies its filename to the copy/paste buffer.
2327 `Ctrl-c` or the "Copy" context-menu action can be used instead.
2328 * The repository monitoring feature on Windows learned to ignore
2329 changes within the ".git" directory. Thanks to Andreas Sommer.
2331 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/120
2337 Usability, bells and whistles
2338 -----------------------------
2339 * `git dag` learned to color-code branchy edges.
2340 The edge colors change when a new branch is detected,
2341 which makes the history much easier to follow.
2342 A huge thanks to Uri Okrent for making it happen.
2344 * New GUI for editing remote repositories.
2346 * New `git cola archive` and `git cola remote` sub-commands.
2348 * `git cola browser` learned an 'Untrack' command.
2350 * The diff editor learned to staged/unstaged while amending.
2352 * The status tool can now scroll horizontally.
2354 * New git repositories can be created by clicking 'New' on the
2355 `git cola --prompt` startup screen.
2361 Usability, bells and whistles
2362 -----------------------------
2363 * Auto-completion was added to more tools.
2365 * `git dag` is easier to use on smaller displays -- the author
2366 field elides its text which allows for a more compact display.
2368 * Selected commits in `git dag` were made more prominent and
2371 * 'Create Branch' learned to fetch remote branches and uses a
2372 background thread to do so.
2374 * User-configured GUI tools are listed alphabetically in the 'Actions' menu.
2376 * The 'Pull' dialog remembers the value of the 'Rebase' checkbox
2377 between invocations.
2385 * Detect Homebrew so that OS X users do not need to set PYTHONPATH.
2387 * `git dag` can export patches again.
2393 Usability, bells and whistles
2394 -----------------------------
2395 * The 'Classic' tool was renamed to 'Browser' and learned to
2396 limit history to the current branch.
2398 * `git dag` learned about gravatar and uses it to show images
2401 * `git dag` learned to use OpenGL for rendering resulting in
2402 much faster rendering.
2404 * More dialogs learned vim-style keyboard shortcuts.
2406 * The commit message editor learned better arrow key navigation.
2412 Usability, bells and whistles
2413 -----------------------------
2414 * `git cola` learned a few new sub commands:
2422 * `Return` in the summary field jumps to the extended description.
2424 * `Ctrl+Return` is now a shortcut for 'Commit'.
2426 * Better French translation for 'Sign-off'.
2428 * The 'Search' widget now has a much simpler and streamlined
2431 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the DAG widget.
2433 * `git dag` no longer prompts for files when diffing commits if the
2434 text field contains paths.
2436 * General user interface and performance improvements.
2440 * The diff viewer no longer changes font size when holding `Control`
2441 while scrolling with the mouse wheel.
2443 * Files with a typechange (e.g. symlinks that become files, etc.)
2444 are now correctly identified as being modified.
2448 * The `cola.controllers` and `cola.views` packages were removed.
2454 Usability, bells and whistles
2455 -----------------------------
2456 * `git cola` can now launch sub commands, e.g.:
2467 * `git dag` is more responsive when gathering auto-completions.
2469 * Keyboard shortcuts are displayed when the '?' key is pressed.
2471 * Various keyboard shortcuts were added for improved usability.
2473 * The status widget now lists unmerged files before modified files.
2475 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the status widget.
2477 * A 'Recently Modified Files...' tool was added.
2479 * Tools can now be hidden with `Alt + #` (where `#` is a keyboard number)
2480 and focused with `Alt + Shift + #`.
2482 * The syntax highlighting colors for diffs was made less intrusive.
2484 * The commit message editor was redesigned to have a more compact
2485 and keyboard-convenient user interface.
2487 * Keyboard shortcuts for adding a Signed-off-by (`Ctrl + i`)
2488 and creating a commit (`Ctrl + m`) were added.
2490 * The status widget was adjusted to use less screen real-estate.
2494 * Avoid updating the index when responding to inotify events.
2495 This avoids interfering with operations such as `git rebase --interactive`.
2497 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/99
2501 * Create `git-dag.pyw` in the win32 installer.
2503 * win32 shortcuts now contain explicit calls to `pythonw.exe` instead of
2504 calling the `.pyw` file directly.
2508 * The 'Apply Changes from Branch...' feature was removed.
2509 `git dag`'s 'Grab File...' feature used alongside the index/worktree editor
2510 is a simpler alternative.
2518 * Further enhanced the staging/unstaging behavior in the status widget.
2520 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97
2522 * Unmerged files are no longer listed as modified.
2526 The `cola-$version` tarballs on github were originally setup to
2527 have the same contents as the old tarballs hosted on tuxfamily.
2528 The `make dist` target was changed to write files to a
2529 `git-cola-$version` subdirectory and tarball.
2531 This makes the filenames consistent for the source tarball,
2532 the darwin .app tarball, and the win32 .exe installer.
2538 Usability, bells and whistles
2539 -----------------------------
2540 * Refined the staging/unstaging behavior for code reviews.
2542 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97
2544 * Added more styling and icons to menus and buttons.
2546 * Adjusted some terminology to more closely match the git CLI.
2550 * Boolean `git config` settings with no value are now supported
2551 (these are not created by git these days but exist in legacy repositories).
2553 * Unicode branches and tags are supported in the "branch diff" tool.
2555 * Guard against low-memory conditions and more interrupted system calls.
2559 * Added desktop launchers for git-cola.desktop and git-dag.desktop.
2560 This replaces the old cola.desktop, so some adjustments to RPM .spec
2561 and debian/ files will be needed.
2563 * Fixed the darwin app-tarball Makefile target to create relative paths.
2567 * The `--style` option was removed. `git cola` follows the system theme
2568 so there's no need for this option these days.
2574 Usability, bells and whistles
2575 -----------------------------
2576 * Export a patch series from `git dag` into a `patches/` directory.
2578 * `git dag` learned to diff commits, slice history along paths, etc.
2580 * Added instant-preview to the `git stash` widget.
2582 * A simpler preferences editor is used to edit `git config` values.
2584 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90
2586 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/89
2588 * Previous commit messages can be re-loaded from the message editor.
2590 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/33
2594 * Display commits with no file changes.
2596 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82
2598 * Improved the diff editor's copy/paste behavior
2600 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90
2604 * Bumped version number to ceil(minimum git version).
2605 `git cola` now requires `git` >= 1.6.3.
2607 * Simplified git-cola's versioning when building from tarballs
2608 outside of git. We no longer check for a 'version' file at
2609 the root of the repository. We instead keep a default version
2610 in `cola/version.py` and use it when `git cola`'s `.git` repository
2617 Usability, bells and whistles
2618 -----------------------------
2619 * inotify is much snappier and available on Windows
2620 thanks to Karl Bielefeldt.
2622 * New right-click command to add untracked files to .gitignore
2623 thanks to Audrius Karabanovas.
2625 * Stash, fetch, push, and pull usability improvements
2627 * General usability improvements
2629 * stderr is logged when applying partial diffs.
2633 * Files can be unstaged when amending.
2635 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82
2637 * Show the configured remote.$remote.pushurl in the GUI
2639 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/83
2641 * Removed usage of the "user" module.
2643 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/86
2645 * Avoids an extra `git update-index` call during startup.
2652 Usability, bells and whistles
2653 -----------------------------
2654 * We now provide better feedback when `git push` fails.
2656 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/69
2658 * The Fetch, Push, and Pull dialogs now give better feedback
2659 when interacting with remotes. The dialogs are modal and
2660 a progress dialog is used.
2664 * More unicode fixes, again. It is now possible to have
2665 unicode branch names, repository paths, home directories, etc.
2666 This continued the work initiated by Redhat's bugzilla #694806.
2668 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806
2674 Usability, bells and whistles
2675 -----------------------------
2676 * The `git cola` desktop launchers now prompt for a repo
2677 by default. This is done by using the new `--prompt`
2678 flag which tells `git cola` to ignore any git repositories
2679 in the current directory and prompt for one instead.
2683 * More Unicode fixes for repositories and home directories with
2684 embedded unicode characters. Thanks to Christian Jann for
2685 patience and helpful bug reports.
2687 * Fix the 'Clone' button in the startup dialog.
2693 Usability, bells and whistles
2694 -----------------------------
2695 * Faster startup time! `git cola` now offloads initialization
2696 to a background thread so that the GUI appears almost instantly.
2698 * Specialized diff options for p4merge, vimdiff, araxis, emerge,
2699 and ecmerge in difftool (backported from git.git).
2703 * Fix launching commands in the background on Windows
2704 (e.g. when launching `git difftool`).
2706 * Fix unicode errors when home or repository directories contain
2709 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/74
2711 Redhat's bugzilla #694806
2713 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806
2719 Usability, bells and whistles
2720 -----------------------------
2721 * The `cola classic` tool can be now configured to be dockable.
2723 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/56
2725 * The `cola classic` tool now uses visual sigils to indicate a file's status.
2726 The idea and icons were provided by Uri Okrent.
2728 * Include the 'Rescan' button in the 'Actions' widget regardless
2729 of whether inotify is installed.
2733 * Fix installation of translations per Fedora
2734 This incorporates Fedora's fix for the translations path
2735 which originally appeared in cola-1.4.3-translations.patch.
2737 * Mac OS X git-cola developers can now generate git-cola.app
2738 application bundles using 'make app-bundle'.
2742 * Fixed a stacktrace when trying to use "Get Commit Message Template"
2743 with an unconfigured "commit.template" git config variable.
2745 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/72
2747 This bug originated in Redhat's bugzilla #675721 via a Fedora user.
2749 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675721
2751 * Properly raise the main window on Mac OS X.
2753 * Properly handle staging a huge numbers of files at once.
2755 * Speed up 'git config' usage by fixing cola's caching proxy.
2757 * Guard against damaged ~/.cola files.
2763 Usability, bells and whistles
2764 -----------------------------
2765 * `git dag` now has a separate display area
2766 for displaying commit metadata. This area will soon
2767 grow additional functionality such as cherry-picking,
2772 * Fixed tests from a previous refactoring.
2774 * Guard against 'diff.external' configuration by always
2775 calling 'git diff' with the '--no-ext-diff' option.
2777 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/67
2779 * Respect 'gui.diffcontext' so that cola's diff display
2780 shows the correct number of context lines.
2782 * Raise the GUI so that it is in the foreground on OS X.
2786 * We now allow distutils to rewrite cola's shebang line.
2787 This allows us to run on systems where "which python"
2788 is Python3k. This is exposed by setting the `PYTHON`
2789 Makefile variable to the location of python2.x.
2791 * git-cola.app is now a tiny download because it no longer
2792 contains Qt and PyQt. These libraries are provided as a
2795 http://code.google.com/p/git-cola/downloads/list
2801 Usability, bells and whistles
2802 -----------------------------
2803 * Clicking on paths in the status widget copies them into the
2804 copy/paste buffer for easy middle-clicking into terminals.
2806 * `Ctrl+C` in diff viewer copies the selected diff to the clipboard.
2810 * Fixed the disappearing actions buttons on PyQt 4.7.4
2811 as reported by Arch and Ubuntu 10.10.
2813 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62
2815 * Fixed mouse interaction with the status widget where some
2816 items could not be de-selected.
2820 * Removed hard-coded reference to lib/ when calculating Python's
2821 site-packages directory.
2827 Usability, bells and whistles
2828 -----------------------------
2829 * Removed "single-click to (un)stage" in the status view.
2830 This is a usability improvement since we no longer perform
2831 different actions depending on where a row is clicked.
2833 * Added ability to create unsigned, annotated tags.
2837 * Updated documentation to use `cola.git` instead of `cola.gitcmd`.
2843 Usability, bells and whistles
2844 -----------------------------
2845 * Allow un/staging by right-clicking top-level items
2847 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/57
2849 * Running 'commit' with no staged changes prompts to allow
2852 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/55
2854 * Fetch, Push, and Pull are now available via the menus
2856 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/58
2860 * Simplified the actions widget to work around a regression
2863 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62
2869 Usability, bells and whistles
2870 -----------------------------
2871 * `git dag` interaction was made faster.
2875 * Added '...' indicators to the buttons for
2876 'Fetch...', 'Push...', 'Pull...', and 'Stash...'.
2878 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/51
2880 * Fixed a hang-on-exit bug in the cola-provided
2881 'ssh-askpass' implementation.
2887 Usability, bells and whistles
2888 -----------------------------
2889 * Staging and unstaging is faster.
2891 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/48
2893 * `git dag` reads history in a background thread.
2897 * Added :data:`cola.compat.hashlib` for `Python 2.4` compatibility
2898 * Improved `PyQt 4.1.x` compatibility.
2902 * Configured menu actions use ``sh -c`` for Windows portability.
2909 Usability, bells and whistles
2910 -----------------------------
2911 * Added support for the configurable ``guitool.<tool>.*``
2912 actions as described in ``git-config(1)``.
2914 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/44
2916 http://schacon.github.com/git/git-config.html
2918 This makes it possible to add new actions to `git cola`
2919 by simply editing ``~/.gitconfig``. This implements the
2920 same guitool support as `git gui`.
2921 * Introduced a stat cache to speed up `git config` and
2922 repository status checks.
2923 * Added Alt-key shortcuts to the main `git cola` interface.
2924 * The `Actions` dock widget switches between a horizontal
2925 and vertical layout when resized.
2926 * We now use ``git diff --submodule`` for submodules
2927 (used when git >= 1.6.6).
2928 * The context menu for modified submodules includes an option
2929 to launch `git cola`.
2931 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/17
2933 * Prefer ``$VISUAL`` over ``$EDITOR`` when both are defined.
2934 These are used to set a default editor in lieu of `core.editor`
2936 * Force the editor to be ``gvim`` when we see ``vim``.
2937 This prevents us from launching an editor in the (typically
2938 unattached) parent terminal and creating zombie editors
2939 that cannot be easily killed.
2940 * Selections are remembered and restored across updates.
2941 This makes the `partial-staging` workflow easier since the
2942 diff view will show the updated diff after staging.
2943 * Show the path to the current repository in a tooltip
2944 over the commit message editor.
2946 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/45
2948 * Log internal ``git`` commands when ``GIT_COLA_TRACE`` is defined.
2950 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/39
2954 * Improved backwards compatibility for Python 2.4.
2955 * `Review mode` can now review the current branch; it no longer
2956 requires you to checkout the branch into which the reviewed
2957 branch will be merged.
2958 * Guard against `color.ui = always` configuration when using
2959 `git log` by passing ``--no-color``.
2960 * ``yes`` and ``no`` are now supported as valid booleans
2961 by the `git config` parser.
2962 * Better defaults are used for `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`..
2964 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/43
2968 * Removed colon (`:`) from the applilcation name on Windows
2970 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/41
2972 * Fixed bugs with the Windows installer
2974 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/40
2976 * Added a more standard i18n infrastructure. The install
2977 tree now has the common ``share/locale/$lang/LC_MESSAGES/git-cola.mo``
2978 layout in use by several projects.
2980 * Started trying to accommodate Mac OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
2981 in the ``darwin/`` build scripts but our tester is yet to
2982 report success building a `.app` bundle.
2984 * Replaced use of ``perl`` in Sphinx/documentation Makefile
2985 with more-portable ``sed`` constructs. Thanks to
2986 Stefan Naewe for discovering the portability issues and
2987 providing msysgit-friendly patches.
2993 Usability, bells and whistles
2994 -----------------------------
2995 * It is now possible to checkout from the index as well
2996 as from `HEAD`. This corresponds to the
2997 `Removed Unstaged Changes` action in the `Repository Status` tool.
2998 * The `remote` dialogs (fetch, push, pull) are now slightly
3000 * Bookmarks can be selected when `git cola` is run outside of a git repository.
3001 * Added more user documentation. We now include many links to
3002 external git resources.
3003 * Added `git dag` to the available tools.
3004 `git dag` is a node-based DAG history browser.
3005 It doesn't do much yet, but it's been merged so that we can start
3006 building and improving upon it.
3010 * Fixed a missing ``import`` when showing `right-click` actions
3011 for unmerged files in the `Repository Status` tool.
3012 * ``git update-index --refresh`` is no longer run every time
3013 ``git cola version`` is run.
3014 * Don't try to watch non-existent directories when using `inotify`.
3015 * Use ``git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name`` plumbing to find
3016 the name of the current branch.
3020 * The ``Makefile`` will now conditionally include a ``config.mak``
3021 file located at the root of the project. This allows for user
3022 customizations such as changes to the `prefix` variable
3023 to be stored in a file so that custom settings do not need to
3024 be specified every time on the command-line.
3025 * The build scripts no longer require a ``.git`` directory to
3026 generate the ``builtin_version.py`` module. The release tarballs
3027 now include a ``version`` file at the root of the project which
3028 is used in lieu of having the git repository available.
3029 This allows for ``make clean && make`` to function outside of
3031 * Added maintainer's ``make dist`` target to the ``Makefile``.
3032 * The built-in `simplejson` and `jsonpickle` libraries can be
3033 excluded from ``make install`` by specifying the ``standalone=true``
3034 `make` variable. For example, ``make standalone=true install``.
3035 This corresponds to the ``--standalone`` option to ``setup.py``.
3042 Usability, bells and whistles
3043 -----------------------------
3044 * We now use patience diff by default when it is available via
3045 `git diff --patience`.
3046 * Allow closing the `cola classic` tool with `Ctrl+W`.
3050 * Fixed an unbound variable error in the `push` dialog.
3054 * Don't include `simplejson` in MANIFEST.in.
3055 * Update desktop entry to read `Cola Git GUI`.
3062 This feature release adds two new features directly from
3063 `git cola`'s github issues backlog. On the developer
3064 front, further work was done towards modularizing the code base.
3066 Usability, bells and whistles
3067 -----------------------------
3068 * Dragging and dropping patches invokes `git am`
3070 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/3
3072 * A dialog to allow opening or cloning a repository
3073 is presented when `git cola` is launched outside of a git repository.
3075 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/22
3077 * Warn when `push` is used to create a new branch
3079 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/35
3081 * Optimized startup time by removing several calls to `git`.
3086 * `git cola` is once again compatible with PyQt 4.3.x.
3090 * `cola.gitcmds` was added to factor out git command-line utilities
3091 * `cola.gitcfg` was added for interacting with `git config`
3092 * `cola.models.browser` was added to factor out repobrowser data
3102 * Fix launching external applications on Windows
3103 * Ensure that the `amend` checkbox is unchecked when switching modes
3104 * Update the status tree when amending commits
3113 * Fix Lintian warnings
3122 * Fix X11 warnings on application startup
3131 * Added missing 'Exit Diff Mode' button for 'Diff Expression' mode
3133 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/31
3135 * Fix a bug when initializing fonts on Windows
3137 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/32
3146 * Keep entries in sorted order in the `cola classic` tool
3147 * Fix staging untracked files
3149 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/27
3151 * Fix the `show` command in the Stash dialog
3153 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/29
3155 * Fix a typo when loading merge commit messages
3157 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/30
3164 This release focuses on a redesign of the git-cola user interface,
3165 a tags interface, and better integration of the `cola classic` tool.
3166 A flexible interface based on configurable docks is used to manage the
3167 various cola widgets.
3169 Usability, bells and whistles
3170 -----------------------------
3171 * New GUI is flexible and user-configurable
3172 * Individual widgets can be detached and rearranged arbitrarily
3173 * Add an interface for creating tags
3174 * Provide a fallback `SSH_ASKPASS` implementation to prompt for
3175 SSH passwords on fetch/push/pull
3176 * The commit message editor displays the current row/column and
3177 warns when lines get too long
3178 * The `cola classic` tool displays upstream changes
3179 * `git cola --classic` launches `cola classic` in standalone mode
3180 * Provide more information in log messages
3184 * Inherit the window manager's font settings
3185 * Miscellaneous PyQt4 bug fixes and workarounds
3189 * Removed all usage of Qt Designer `.ui` files
3190 * Simpler model/view architecture
3191 * Selection is now shared across tools
3192 * Centralized notifications are used to keep views in sync
3193 * The `cola.git` command class was made thread-safe
3194 * Less coupling between model and view actions
3195 * The status view was rewritten to use the MVC architecture
3196 * Added more documentation and tests
3203 Usability, bells and whistles
3204 -----------------------------
3205 * Added a `cola classic` tool for browsing the entire repository
3206 * Handle diff expressions with spaces
3207 * Handle renamed files
3211 * Handle carat `^` characters in diff expressions on Windows
3212 * Worked around a PyQt 4.5/4.6 QThreadPool bug
3216 * Added a keyboard shortcuts reference page
3217 * Added developer API documentation
3221 * Fix the diff expression used when reviewing branches
3222 * Fix a bug when pushing branches
3223 * Fix X11 warnings at startup
3224 * Fix more interrupted system calls on Mac OS X
3231 Usability, bells and whistles
3232 -----------------------------
3233 * Fresh and tasty SVG logos
3234 * Added `Branch Review` mode for reviewing topic branches
3235 * Added diff modes for diffing between tags, branches,
3236 or arbitrary `git diff` expressions
3237 * The push dialog selects the current branch by default.
3238 This is in preparation for `git 1.7.0` where unconfigured `git push`
3239 will refuse to push when run without specifying the remote name
3240 and branch. See the `git` release notes for more information
3241 * Support `open` and `clone` commands on Windows
3242 * Allow saving cola UI layouts
3243 * Re-enabled `double-click-to-stage` for unmerged entries.
3244 Disabling it for unmerged items was inconsistent, though safer.
3245 * Show diffs when navigating the status tree with the keyboard
3249 * Worked around `pyuic4` bugs in the `setup.py` build script
3250 * Added Mac OSX application bundles to the download page
3259 * `git difftool` became an official git command in `git 1.6.3`.
3260 * `git difftool` learned `--no-prompt` / `-y` and a corresponding
3261 `difftool.prompt` configuration variable
3263 Usability, bells and whistles
3264 -----------------------------
3265 * Warn when `non-fast-forward` is used with fetch, push or pull
3266 * Allow `Ctrl+C` to exit cola when run from the command line
3270 * Support Unicode font names
3271 * Handle interrupted system calls
3275 * `PEP-8`-ified more of the cola code base
3280 * All resources are now installed into `$prefix/share/git-cola`.
3281 Closed Debian bug #519972
3283 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519972
3292 * Added support for Kompare in `git difftool`
3293 * Added a separate configuration namespace for `git difftool`
3294 * Added the `diff.tool` configuration variable to define the default diff tool
3296 Usability, bells and whistles
3297 -----------------------------
3298 * The stash dialog allows passing the `--keep-index` option to `git stash`
3299 * Amending a published commit warns at commit time
3300 * Simplified the file-across-revisions comparison dialog
3301 * `origin` is selected by default in fetch/push/pull
3302 * Removed the search field from the log widget
3303 * The log window moved into a drawer widget at the bottom of the UI
3304 * Log window display can be configured with
3305 `cola.showoutput` = `{never, always, errors}`. `errors` is the default.
3306 * `NOTE` -- `cola.showoutput` was removed with the GUI rewrite in 1.4.0.
3310 * Improved nose unittest usage
3314 * Added a Windows/msysGit installer
3315 * Included private versions of `simplejson` and `jsonpickle`
3316 for ease of installation and development