8 :ref:`v3.3 <v3.3>` is the latest stable release.
13 Clone the git-cola repo to get the latest development version:
15 ``git clone git://github.com/git-cola/git-cola.git``
22 Usability, bells and whistles
23 -----------------------------
24 * The file browser now includes "Blame" in its context menu.
25 (`#953 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/953>`_)
27 * The "Push" action now uses "git push --force-with-lease" when using
28 the "Force" option with Git v1.8.5 and newer.
29 (`#946 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/946>`_)
31 * Updated German translation.
32 (`#936 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/936>`_)
34 * The `Status` widget learned to optionally display file counts in its
35 category headers, and indent the files displayed in each category.
36 (`#931 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/931>`_)
38 * The `Branches` widget can now sort branches by their most recent commit.
39 (`#930 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/930>`_)
41 * `git cola` now includes configurable GUI themes that can be used to style
42 the user interface. Enable the new themes by configuring `cola.theme`
43 in the preferences window. See the
44 `cola.theme documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#cola-theme>`_
45 for more details. (`#924 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/924>`_)
47 * `git cola` now has built-in support for HiDPI displays by enabling
48 Qt's 5.6's `QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR` feature.
49 (`#938 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/938>`_)
51 * `git cola` now uses HiDPI pixmaps when rendering icons, and the builtin
52 icons have been updated to look sharp when displayed in HiDPI.
53 (`#932 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/932>`_)
57 * `git cola`'s "Revert Unstaged Edits" previously checked out from "HEAD^",
58 when in "Amend" mode, and removing staged changes. This behavior has been
59 changed to always checkout from the index, which avoids data loss.
60 (`#947 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/947>`_)
62 * `git cola` has been updated to work with newer versions of `gnome-terminal`
63 and no longer shell-quotes its arguments when launching `gnome-terminal`.
64 The `cola.terminalshellquote` configuration variable can be set to `true` to
65 get the old behavior, or to handle other terminals that take the command to run
66 as a single string instead of as arguments to `execv()`.
67 (`#935 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/935>`_)
69 * `git dag` now properly handles arbitrary input on Python3.
70 Previously, an exception would be raised when entering `--grep=xxx` where
71 `xxx` is a quoted string with a missing end-quote.
72 (`#941 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/941>`_)
76 * The contribution guidelines for contributors has been updated to mention
77 how to regenerate the `*.mo` message files.
78 (`#934 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/934>`_)
85 Usability, bells and whistles
86 -----------------------------
87 * `git dag` improved how it renders parent commits.
88 (`#921 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/921>`_)
90 * The `Branches` widget now checks out branches when double-clicked.
91 (`#920 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/920>`_)
93 * The new `Submodules` widget makes it easy to interact with submodules.
94 Additionally, submodules can now be updated using the `Status` widget.
95 (`#916 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/916>`_)
97 * Updated Japanese translation.
98 (`#914 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/914>`_)
100 * The "Open Terminal" action now launches a Git Bash shell on Windows.
101 (`#913 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/913>`_)
103 * New menu actions for updating all submodules.
104 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
106 * The status widget can now update submodules.
107 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
109 * The "Apply Patch" `git cola am` dialog now includes a diff viewer
110 to display the contents of the selected patch.
112 * The "Alt+D" diffstat hotkey now selects the staged/modified/etc.
113 header in the Status widget, which shows the totality of everything
114 that will be committed.
115 (`#771 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/771>`_)
117 * Running "Launch Editor" from the diff editor now opens the editor at the
119 (`#898 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/898>`_)
121 * The textwidth and tabwidth configuration values can now be set
122 per-repository, rather than globally only.
124 * Text entry widgets switched to using a block cursor in `v3.2`.
125 This has been reverted to the original line cursor for consistency
126 with other applications and user expectations.
127 (`#889 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/889>`_)
129 * The "edit at line" feature, used by the "Grep" tool, now supports
130 the Sublime text editor.
131 (`#894 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/894>`_)
135 * Launching external programs has been improved on Windows.
136 (`#925 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/925>`_)
138 * Improve compatibility when using PySide2.
139 (`#912 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/912>`_)
141 * The Diff Editor was not honoring the configured tab width on startup.
142 (`#900 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/900>`_)
144 * The "Delete Files" feature was creating an unreadable display when
145 many files were selected. Word-wrap the list of files so that the
146 display stays within a sensible size.
147 (`#895 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/895>`_)
149 * Spelling and grammar fixes.
150 (`#915 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/915>`_)
151 (`#891 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/891>`_)
155 * The logo was run through `tidy` to give it a consistent style.
156 Some technical issues with the logo were improved.
157 (`#877 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/877>`_)
159 * The entire codebase is now checked by `flake8`, rather than just
160 the module and test directories. This catches things like
161 the pynsist installer scripts.
162 (`#884 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/884>`_)
163 (`#882 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/882>`_)
164 (`#879 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/879>`_)
168 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.6`.
170 * The Windows installer's wrapper scripts were missing an import.
171 (`#878 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/878>`_)
178 Usability, bells and whistles
179 -----------------------------
180 * The `git cola dag` DAG window now supports `git revert`.
181 (`#843 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/843>`_)
183 * `git stash pop` is now supported by the stash dialog.
184 (`#844 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/844>`_)
186 * The status widget now ensures that each item is visible when selection
187 changes. Previously, if you scrolled to the right to see the name of
188 a long filename, and then selected a short filename above it, the widget
189 may not have shown the short filename in the viewport. We now ensure
190 that the filenames are visible when the selection changes.
191 (`#828 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/828>`_)
193 * The `git xbase` rebase editor no longer displays an error when
194 cancelling an interactive rebase.
195 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
197 * The dialog shown when renaming remotes has been simplified.
198 (`#840 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/840>`_)
199 (`#838 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/838>`_)
201 * The help dialog in the `git-xbase` Rebase editor is now scrollable.
202 (`#855 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/855>`_)
206 * Updated Brazilian translation.
207 (`#845 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/845>`_)
209 * Updated Czech translation.
210 (`#854 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/854>`_)
211 (`#853 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/853>`_)
212 (`#835 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/835>`_)
213 (`#813 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/813>`_)
215 * Update Spanish translation.
216 (`#862 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/862>`_)
217 (`#867 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/867>`_)
221 * The original `#!/usr/bin/env python` shebang lines can now be
222 retained by passing `USE_ENV_PYTHON=1` to `make` when installing.
223 (`#850 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/850>`_)
225 * The Makefile is now resilient to DESTDIR and prefix containing whitespace.
226 (`#858 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/858>`_)
228 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.4.2`.
230 * `python3-distutils` is needed to build cola on Debian.
231 (`#837 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/837>`_)
235 * The "C" key no longer closes the message dialogs, for example the
236 one that is shown when a commit fails its pre-commit hooks.
237 This allows "Ctrl+C" copy to work, rather than closing the dialog.
238 (`#734 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/734>`_)
240 * Dock widgets sizes are now properly saved and restored when the main
242 (`#848 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/848>`_)
244 * The spellcheck feature was broken under Python3.
245 (`#857 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/857>`_)
247 * A regression when saving stashes was fixed.
248 (`#847 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/847>`_)
250 * Diffing image files was not updating the available context menus,
251 which prevented the "Stage" action from being present in the menu.
252 (`#841 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/841>`_)
254 * `git cola` now detects when `git lfs uninstall` has been run. This allows
255 you to re-initialize "Git LFS" in an existing repository where it had been
256 previously uninstalled.
257 (`#842 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/842>`_)
259 * Custom color values that did not contain any hexadecimal digits in the
260 `a-f` range were being converted into integers by the config reader. This
261 then caused the configured colors to be ignored.
263 These color values are now interpreted correctly. Additionally, color
264 values can now use an optional HTML-like `#` prefix.
266 Example `.gitconfig` snippet::
271 (`#836 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/836>`_)
272 (`#849 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/849>`_)
274 * We now display an error message graphically when `Git` is not installed.
275 Previously, the message went to stderr only.
276 (`#830 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/830>`_)
278 * Changing diff options was causing resulting in an exception.
279 (`#833 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/833>`_)
280 (`#834 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/834>`_)
282 * The DAG window now updates itself when branches and tags are created.
283 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
285 * The user's `$PATH` environment variable can now contain utf-8
286 encoded paths. Previously, launching external commands could
288 (`#807 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/807>`_)
290 * Git Cola development sandboxes can now be stored on utf-8 encoded
291 filesystem paths. Previously, the interactive rebase feature
292 could be broken when running in that environment.
293 (`#825 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/825>`_)
295 * The log window now uses an ISO-8601 timestamp, which
296 avoids localized output in the log window.
297 (`#817 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/817>`_)
301 * The code base has been thoroughly sanitized using `pylint`, and
302 travis is now running pylint over the entire project.
304 * Miscellaneous improvements and code improvements.
305 (`#874 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/874>`_)
312 Usability, bells and whistles
313 -----------------------------
314 * The "Browser" widget learned to rename files using "git mv".
315 (`#239 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/239>`_)
317 * The "Diff" widget learned to diff images. Side-by-side and pixel diff
318 modes allow you to inspect changes to common images formats.
319 (`#444 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/444>`_)
320 (`#803 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/803>`_)
322 * Git LFS and Git Annex are natively supported by the image diff viewer.
324 * Git Annex operations are now included. `git annex init` can be performed on
325 repositories, and `git annex add` can be run on untracked files from the
326 status widget. Install `git-annex` to activate this feature.
328 * Git LFS operations are now included. `git lfs install` can be performed on
329 repositories, and `git lfs track` can be run on untracked files from the
330 status widget. Install `git-lfs` to activate this feature.
332 * The "Stash" tool learned to stash staged changes only. Select the
333 "Stage Index" option and only staged changes will be stashed away.
334 (`#413 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/413>`_)
336 * The "Stash" tool learned to use vim-like navigation keyboard shortcuts,
337 shows error messages when things go wrong, and now saves the "Stash Index"
338 and "Keep Index" options across sessions.
340 * The Edit menu's "Copy" and "Select All" actions now forward to either the
341 diff, status, recent, or favorites widgets, based on which widget has focus.
343 * The "File" and "Edit" menu can now be activated using `Alt-{f,e}` hotkeys.
344 (`#759 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/759>`_)
346 * It was easy to accidentally trigger the first action in the `Status` tool's
347 context menu when using a quick right-click to bring up the menu.
348 A short sub-second delay was added to ensure that the top-most action is not
349 triggered unless enough time has passed. This prevents accidental
350 activation of the first item (typically "Stage" or "Unstage") without
351 burdening common use cases.
352 (`#755 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/755>`_)
353 (`#643 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/643>`_)
355 * The "Ctrl+S" hotkey now works for the header items in the Status tool.
356 Selected the "Modified" header item and activating the "Stage" hotkey,
357 for example, will stage all modified files. This works for the "Staged",
358 "Modified", and "Untracked" headers. This is not enabled for the
359 "Unmerged" header by design.
360 (`#772 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/772>`_)
362 * The list of "Recent" repositories previously capped the number of
363 repositories shown to 8 repositories. This can be set to a higher
364 value by setting the `cola.maxrecent` configuration variable.
365 (`#752 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/752>`_)
367 * The "Create Branch" dialog now prevents invalid branch names.
368 (`#765 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/765>`_)
370 * Updated Turkish translation.
371 (`#756 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/756>`_)
373 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
374 (`#753 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/753>`_)
376 * Updated German translation.
377 (`#802 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/802>`_)
379 * Updated Czech translation
380 (`#792 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/792>`_)
381 (`#806 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/806>`_)
383 * The window title can be configured to not display the absolute path of the
385 (`#775 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/775>`_)
387 * The "Edit Remotes" editor learned to edit remote URLS.
389 * Bare repositories can now be created by selecting the
390 "New Bare Repository..." action from the `File` menu.
392 * The "Branches" widget learned to configure upstream branches.
394 * A new `git cola clone` sub-command was added for cloning repositories.
398 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.3.1`.
400 * The macOS installation was made simpler for better compatibility with
402 (`#636 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/636>`_)
404 * The Windows installer is now much simpler. Git Cola now bundles
405 Python and PyQt5, so users need only install the "Git for Windows"
406 and "Git Cola" installers to get things working.
410 * Uninitialized difftool errors will now be displayed graphically.
411 They were previously going to the shell.
412 (`#457 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/457>`_)
414 * Translations marked "fuzzy" will no longer be used when translating strings.
415 (`#782 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/782>`_)
417 * Deleted unmerged files will now correctly use a deleted icon.
418 (`#479 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/479>`_)
420 * The `Ctrl+C` "Copy" hotkey on the diff viewer has been fixed.
421 (`#767 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/767>`_)
423 * The "Create Tag" dialog did not correctly handle the case when a signed
424 tag is requested, but no message is provided, and the user chooses to
425 create an unannotated tag instead. This convenience fallback will now
426 properly create an unsigned, unannotated tag.
427 (`#696 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/696>`_)
429 * `.gitconfig` and `.git/config` values editable by the Preferences dialog
430 (aka `git cola config`) will now get unset when set to an empty value.
431 For example, setting a different `user.email` in the current repository,
432 followed by a subsequent emptying of that field, would previously result in
433 an empty string getting stored in the config. This has been fixed so that
434 the value will now get unset in the config instead.
435 (`#406 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/406>`_)
437 * Spelling and typofixes.
438 (`#748 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/748>`_)
440 * `core.commentChar` is now honored when set in the local repository
442 (`#766 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/766>`_)
444 * The log window was using a format string that did not display
445 correctly in all locales. A locale-aware format is now used.
446 (`#800 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/800>`_)
448 * The dialog displayed when prompting for a reference could sometimes
450 (`#804 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/804>`_)
457 Usability, bells and whistles
458 -----------------------------
459 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
460 (`#726 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/726>`_)
462 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
463 (`#723 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/723>`_)
465 * New Czech translation.
466 (`#736 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/736>`_)
467 (`#737 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/737>`_)
468 (`#740 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/740>`_)
469 (`#743 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/743>`_)
471 * The "name" field in the "Create Tag" dialog now includes autocompletion,
472 which makes it easy to see which tags currently exist.
474 * `git cola` now has configurable toolbars. Use the `View -> Add toolbar`
475 menu item to add a toolbar.
477 * Setting `cola.expandtab` to `true` will now expand tabs into spaces
478 in the commit message editor. The number of spaces to insert is determined
479 by consulting `cola.tabwidth`, which defaults to `8`.
481 * The "Copy SHA-1" hotkey is now `Alt + Ctrl + C`, to avoid clobbering the
482 ability to copy text from the DAG window.
483 (`#705 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/705>`_)
485 * The "Prepare Commit Message" action can now be invoked via the
486 `Ctrl+Shift+Return` shortcut.
487 (`#707 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/707>`_)
489 * The `Branches` pane now has a filter field that highlights branches whose
490 names match the string entered into its text field.
491 (`#713 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/713>`_)
493 * Actions that are triggered in response to button presses were being
494 triggered when the button was pressed, rather than when it was released,
495 which was a usability flaw. All buttons now respond when clicked
496 rather than when pressed.
497 (`#715 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/715>`_)
499 * The DAG window will now only refresh when object IDs change.
500 Previously, the DAG would redraw itself in response to inotify events,
501 such as filesystem operations, which was disruptive when inspecting a large
502 diff in its diff viewer. The DAG will now only redraw when the object IDs
503 corresponding to its query input changes. Furthermore, when redrawing, the
504 scrollbar positions are retained to minimize disruption to the viewport
506 (`#620 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/620>`_)
507 (`#724 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/724>`_)
509 * The "About" dialog now includes the SHA-1 where Git Cola was built.
510 (`#530 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/530>`_)
512 * The "Status" widget now has "Copy Leading Path to Clipboard" and
513 "Copy Basename to Clipboard" actions.
514 (`#435 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/435>`_)
515 (`#436 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/436>`_)
517 * The "Status" widget now supports custom "Copy ... to Clipboard" actions.
518 (`#437 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/437>`_)
520 * The main menu now has an "Edit" menu.
521 (`#725 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/725>`_)
523 * `git dag` learned to checkout commits into a detached HEAD state.
524 (`#698 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/698>`_)
526 * The `status` widget's context menus now omit actions selection-dependent
527 actions when no file is selected.
528 (`#731 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/731>`_)
530 * The startup dialog now focuses the repository list so that repositories
531 can be selected with the keyboard without mouse intervention.
532 (`#741 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/741>`_)
536 * `git dag` now prevents nodes from overlapping in more situations.
537 (`#689 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/689>`_)
539 * Adding untracked Git submodule repo directories previously ran
540 `git add submodule/` but we now call `git add submodule` without
541 the trailing slash (`/`) to avoid staging files that belong to the
542 submodule (which is possibly a `git` bug). By working around the
543 buggy behavior we allow users to recover by issuing the appropriate
544 `git submodule add` command to properly register the submodule.
545 (`#681 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/681>`_)
547 * We now avoid `git for-each-ref --sort=version:refname` on versions
548 of `git` older than `v2.7.0`. Previously we only avoided it for
549 versions older than `v2.0.0`, which was a mistake.
550 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
552 * The error message displayed when `git` is not installed has been fixed.
553 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
555 * Adding new remotes was silently broken.
556 (`#684 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/684>`_)
557 (`#685 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/685>`_)
559 * The repo selection dialog had errors during startup when the
560 `cola.refreshonfocus` feature was enabled, as reported on Ubuntu 16.04.
561 (`#690 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/690>`_)
563 * Restored support for PyQt 4.6 (Centos 6.8)
564 (`#692 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/692>`_)
566 * Switching repositories now resets the "Amend Mode" and other settings
568 (`#710 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/710>`_)
570 * `git rebase` error messages now displayed when rebasing fails or stops
571 via the standalone `git cola rebase` front-end.
572 (`#721 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/721>`_)
574 * `git cola` learned to stage broken symlinks.
575 (`#727 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/727>`_)
577 * The "View History" feature in the `Browser` tool was fixed, and now
578 disambiguates between refs and paths.
579 (`#732 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/732>`_)
581 * The diff editor now has better support for files with CRLF `\r\n`
583 (`#730 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/730>`_)
585 * `cola.inotify` in a repo-local config is now honored
586 when `git cola` is launched from a desktop entry (`git cola --prompt`).
587 (`#695 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/695>`_)
594 Usability, bells and whistles
595 -----------------------------
596 * New Ukrainian translation.
597 (`#670 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/670>`_)
598 (`#672 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/672>`_)
600 * New and improved French translations.
602 * The new `Branches` widget makes it easier to checkout, merge, push,
603 and pull branches from a single interface.
605 * `git cola` now includes a dark icon theme. The dark icon theme can be
606 activated either by setting the `GIT_COLA_ICON_THEME` environment variable
607 to `dark`, by configuring `cola.icontheme` to `dark`, or by specifying
608 `--icon-theme=dark` on the command line.
609 (`#638 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/638>`_)
611 * Autocompletion was added to the `Fetch`, `Push`, and `Pull` dialogs.
613 * The commit message editor now remembers the "Spellcheck" setting
615 (`#645 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/645>`_)
617 * `git dag` now uses an improved algorithm for laying out the graph,
618 which avoids collisions under certain graph configurations, and
619 avoids overlapping tag with commits.
620 (`#648 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/648>`_)
621 (`#651 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/651>`_)
622 (`#654 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/654>`_)
623 (`#656 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/656>`_)
624 (`#659 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/659>`_)
626 * `git dag` now remembers its column sizes across sessions.
627 (`#674 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/674>`_)
629 * `Grep` now shows a preview of the selected file's content in a split window
630 below the grep results.
632 * `Grep` now includes line numbers in the preview pane's output.
634 * `Edit Remotes` now remembers its window settings after exiting.
636 * `Diff` now has an option to display line numbers in the editor.
637 (`#136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/136>`_)
639 * `Amend Last Commit` can now be triggered via the `Commit` menu in addition
640 to the commit message editor's options.
641 (`#640 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/640>`_)
643 * The `File Browser` tool was made much faster and can now operate on
644 much larger repositories.
645 (`#499 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/499>`_)
647 * A new "turbo" mode was added that allows you to opt-out of operations
648 that can slow `git cola` on large repositories. The turbo mode is
649 enabled by configuring `git config cola.turbo true`. Turbo mode
650 disables the background loading of Git commit messages and other
651 details in the `File Browser` widget.
653 * A new GitIgnore dialog allows adding custom gitignore patterns.
654 (`#653 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/653>`_)
656 * The spellchecker in `git cola` can now use an additional dictionary
657 by configuring `cola.dictionary` to the path to a file containing
658 a newline-separated list of words.
659 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
661 * The stash, export patches, diff, and gitignore dialogs now remember
664 * A new `git cola recent` sub-command was added for finding recently
667 * The `Fetch` dialog now allows pruning remote branches.
668 (`#639 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/639>`_)
669 (`#680 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/680>`_)
673 * `git cola`'s spellchecker now supports the new `dict-common` filesystem
674 layout, and prefers the `/usr/share/dict/cracklib-small` file over the
675 `/usr/share/dict/words` provided on older distributions.
676 This makes the spellchecker compatible with Arch, which does not provide
677 a `words` symlink like Debian.
678 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
680 * Properly handle the case where an existing file is untracked using
683 * Fix a quirk where the "Create Branch" dialog sometimes required clicking
684 twice on the radio buttons.
685 (`#662 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/662>`_)
687 * Fixed a focus issue to ensure that "Push", "Fetch", and "Pull" can
688 be executed with the press of a single enter key after being shown.
689 (`#661 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/661>`_)
691 * Committing is now allowed in when resolving a merge results in no
692 changes. This state was previously prevented by the commit message editor,
693 which prevented users from resolving merges that result in no changes.
694 (`#679 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/679>`_)
696 * The filesystem monitor would sometimes emit backtraces when directories
697 are modified. This has been fixed.
698 (`bz #1438522 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1438522>`_)
700 * Absolute paths are now returned when querying for `.git`-relative paths
701 from within a submodule, which uses `.git`-files.
702 This fixes launching `git cola` from within a subdirectory of a submodule.
703 (`#675 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/675>`_)
710 Usability, bells and whistles
711 -----------------------------
712 * `git cola` can now invoke the `.git/hooks/cola-prepare-commit-msg`
713 hook to update the commit message. This hook takes the same parameters
714 as Git's `prepare-commit-message` hook. The default path to this hook
715 can be overridden by setting the `cola.prepareCommitMessageHook`
716 configuration variable.
717 (`Documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#prepare-commit-message>`_)
719 * `git cola diff` (and the corresponding `Diff` menu actions) can now
720 launch difftool with the standard `Ctrl+D` hotkey. The `Ctrl+E` hotkey was
721 also added for launching an editor.
723 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
727 * `git cola` now works when installed in non-ascii, utf8-encoded paths.
728 (`#629 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/629>`_)
730 * Styling issues that caused black backgrounds in various widgets when using
731 PyQ5 on Mac OS X have been fixed.
732 (`#624 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/624>`_)
734 * The "Open Recent" menu action was broken and has been fixed.
735 (`#634 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/634>`_)
737 * Exiting `git cola` with a maximized main window would hang when reopened
739 (`#641 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/641>`_)
743 * `appdata.xml` files are now provided at
744 `share/appdata/git-cola.xml` and `share/appdata/git-dag.xml`
745 for use by the Linux software gallery.
746 (`#627 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/627>`_)
747 (`Appdata <https://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appdata/>`_)
756 * The "Open Recent" menu was updated to new bookmarks format.
757 (`#628 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/628>`_)
764 Usability, bells and whistles
765 -----------------------------
766 * New Polish translation thanks to Łukasz Wojniłowicz
767 (`#598 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/598>`_)
769 * The `Bypass Commit Hooks` feature now disables itself automatically
770 when a new commit is created. The new behavior turns the option into a
771 single-use flag, which helps prevent users from accidentally leaving it
772 active longer than intended.
773 (`#595 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/595>`_)
775 * `git dag` learned to launch an external diff viewer on selected commits.
776 The standard `Ctrl+D` shortcut can be used to view diffs.
777 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
779 * `git dag` learned to launch directory diffs via `git difftool --dir-diff`.
780 The `Ctrl+Shift+D` shortcut launches difftool in directory-diff mode.
781 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
783 * Items in the "Favorites" list can now be renamed, which makes it
784 easier to differentiate between several checkouts of the same repository.
785 (`#599 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/599>`_)
786 (`#601 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/601>`_)
788 * The startup screen now includes a logo and `git cola` version information.
789 (`#526 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/526>`_)
791 * The `About` page was revamped to contain multiple tabs. A new tab was added
792 that provides details about `git cola`''s dependencies. New tabs were also
793 added for giving credit to `git cola`'s authors and translators.
795 * The `About` page can now be accessed via `git cola about`.
797 * The "Fast-forward only" and "No fast-forward" options supported by
798 `git pull` are now accessible via `git cola pull`.
800 * Doing a forced push no longer requires selecting the remote branch.
801 (`#618 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/618>`_)
803 * `git cola push` now has an option to suppress the prompt that is shown
804 when pushing would create new remote branches.
805 (`#605 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/605>`_)
807 * `git dag` now shows commit messages in a more readable color.
808 (`#574 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/574>`_)
810 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch the OS-specified
811 default action for a file. When used on directories via `git cola browse`,
812 or when "Open Parent Directory" is used on files, the OS-specified
813 file browser will typically be used.
815 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch terminals.
819 * `git cola browse` was not updating when expanding items.
820 (`#588 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/588>`_)
822 * Typofixes in comments, naming, and strings have been applied.
823 (`#593 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/593>`_)
825 * The inotify and win32 filesystem monitoring no longer refreshes
826 when updates are made to ignored files.
827 (`#517 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/517>`_)
828 (`#516 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/516>`_)
830 * The `Refresh` button on the actions panel no longer raises an
831 exception when using PyQt5.
832 (`#604 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/604>`_)
834 * Fixed a typo in the inotify backend that is triggered when files are removed.
835 (`#607 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/607>`_)
837 * Fixed a typo when recovering from a failed attempt to open a repository.
838 (`#606 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/606>`_)
840 * `git dag` now properly updates itself when launched from the menubar.
841 (`#613 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/613>`_)
843 * If git-cola is invoked on Windows using `start pythonw git-cola`,
844 a console window will briefly flash on the screen each time
845 `git cola` invokes `git`. The console window is now suppressed.
847 * We now avoid some problematic Popen flags on Windows which were
848 breaking the `git rebase` feature on Windows.
850 * The `Save` button in `git dag`'s "Grab File..." feature now properly
851 prompts for a filename when saving files.
852 (`#617 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/617>`_)
856 * The `qtpy` symlink in the source tree has been removed to allow for easier
857 development on Windows.
858 (`#626 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/626>`_)
865 Usability, bells and whistles
866 -----------------------------
867 * `git cola push` learned to configure upstream branches.
868 (`#563 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/563>`_)
872 * The diffstat view is now properly updated when notifications are
873 received via inotify filesystem monitoring.
874 (`#577 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/577>`_)
876 * Python3 with PyQt5 had a bug that prevented `git cola` from starting.
877 (`#589 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/589>`_)
887 * When repositories stored in non-ASCII, UTF-8-encoded filesystem paths
888 were operated upon with `LC_ALL=C` set in the environment, unicode errors
889 would occur when using `python2`. `git cola` was made more robust and will
890 now operate correctly within this environment.
891 (`#581 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/581>`_)
893 * Support for the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment variable was fixed.
894 (`#582 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/582>`_)
899 * The `unittest.mock` module is now used instead of the original `mock` module
900 when running the `git cola` test suite using Python3.
901 (`#569 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/569>`_)
906 * `git cola` is now compatible with *PyQt5*, *PyQt4*, and *Pyside*.
907 `git cola` previously supported *PyQt4* only, but will now use whichever
908 library is available. Users are not required to upgrade at this time,
909 but *PyQt5* support can be enabled anytime by making its python
911 (`#232 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/232>`_)
913 *NOTE*: We do not yet recommend using *PyQt5* because there are known
914 exit-on-segfault bugs in *Qt5* that have not yet been addressed.
915 `git cola` is sensitive to this bug and is known to crash on exit
916 when using `git dag` or the interactive rebase feature on *PyQt5*.
918 https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-52988
920 *PyQt4* is stable and there are no known issues when using it so
921 we recommend using it until the Qt5 bugs have been resolved.
923 * `git cola` now depends on *QtPy* and includes a bundled copy of the
924 `qtpy` library. If you are packaging `git cola` and would prefer to use
925 `qtpy` from your distribution instead of the built-in version then use
926 `make NO_VENDOR_LIBS=1` when building `git cola`. This will prevent
927 vendored libraries from being installed.
934 Usability, bells and whistles
935 -----------------------------
937 * A new "Reset" sub-menu provides access to running "git reset --mixed"
938 when resetting branch heads and "git reset --merge" when resetting
940 (`#542 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/542>`_)
942 * `git cola` now supports linked worktrees, i.e. worktrees created by
944 (`#554 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/554>`_)
949 * Diff highlighting is now robust to the user having
950 diff.supressBlankEmpty=true in their git config.
951 (`#541 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/541>`_)
953 * The filesystem monitor now properly handles repositories that use
954 `.git`-files, e.g. when using submodules.
955 (`#545 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/545>`_)
956 (`#546 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pulls/546>`_)
958 * Per-repository git configuration is now properly detected when launching
959 `git cola` from an application launcher.
960 (`#548 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/548>`_)
962 * `git cola` now cleans up after itself immediately to avoid leaving behind
963 empty `/tmp/git-cola-XXXXXX` directories when the user uses `Ctrl+C`
965 (`#566 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/566>`_)
970 * It is now possible to install `git cola` to and from utf8-encoded filesystem
971 paths. Previously, Python's stdlib would throw an encoding error during
972 installation. We workaround the stdlib by forcing python2 to use utf-8,
973 thus fixing assumptions in the stdlib library code.
974 (`#551 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/551>`_)
981 Usability, bells and whistles
982 -----------------------------
984 * The icon for untracked files was adjusted to better differentiate
985 between files and the "Untracked" header.
986 (`#509 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/509>`_)
988 * Ctrl+O was added as a hotkey for opening repositories.
989 (`#507 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/507>`_)
991 * `git dag` now uses consistent edge colors across updates.
992 (`#512 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/512>`_)
994 * `git cola`'s Bookmarks widget can now be used to set a "Default Repository".
995 Under the hood, we set the `cola.defaultrepo` configuration variable.
996 The default repository is used whenever `git cola` is launched outside of
997 a Git repository. When unset, or when set to a bogus value, `git cola`
998 will prompt for a repository, as it previously did.
999 (`#513 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/513>`_)
1001 * `git cola`'s Russian and Spanish translations were improved
1002 thanks to Vaiz and Zeioth.
1003 (`#514 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/514>`_)
1004 (`#515 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/515>`_)
1005 (`#523 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/523>`_)
1007 * `git cola` was translated to Turkish thanks to Barış ÇELİK.
1008 (`#520 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/520>`_)
1010 * The status view now supports launching `git gui blame`. It can be
1011 configured to use a different command by setting `cola.blameviewer`.
1012 (`#521 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/521>`_)
1014 * `git dag` now allows selecting non-contiguous ranges in the log widget.
1015 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
1017 * Any font can now be chosen for the diff editor, not just monospace fonts.
1018 (`#525 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/525>`_)
1023 * `xfce4-terminal` and `gnome-terminal` are now supported when launching
1024 `git mergetool` to resolve merges. These terminals require that the command
1025 to execute is shell-quoted and passed as a single string argument to `-e`
1026 rather than as additional command line arguments.
1027 (`#524 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/524>`_)
1029 * Fixed a unicode problem when formatting the error message that is shown
1030 when `gitk` is not installed. We now handle unicode data in tracebacks
1031 generated by python itself.
1032 (`#528 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/528>`_)
1034 * The `New repository` feature was fixed.
1035 (`#533 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/533>`_)
1037 * We now use omit the extended description when creating "fixup!" commits,
1038 for consistency with the Git CLI. We now include only the one-line summary
1039 in the final commit message.
1040 (`#522 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/522>`_)
1047 Usability, bells and whistles
1048 -----------------------------
1050 * The user interface is now HiDPI-capable. git-cola now uses SVG
1051 icons, and its interface can be scaled by setting the `GIT_COLA_SCALE`
1052 environment variable.
1054 * `git dag` now supports the standard editor, difftool, and history hotkeys.
1055 It is now possible to invoke these actions from file widget's context
1056 menu and through the standard hotkeys.
1057 (`#473 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/473>`_)
1059 * The `Status` tool also learned about the history hotkey.
1060 Additionally, the `Alt-{j,k}` aliases are also supported in the `Status`
1061 tool for consistency with the other tools where the non-Alt hotkeys are not
1063 (`#488 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/488>`_)
1065 * The `File Browser` tool now has better default column sizes,
1066 and remembers its window size and placement.
1068 * The `File Browser` now supports the refresh hotkey, and has better
1069 behavior when refreshing. The selection is now retained, and new and
1070 removed files are found when refreshing.
1072 * A new `git-cola-completion.bash` completion script is provided in the
1073 `contrib/` directory. It must be used alongside Git's completion script.
1074 Source it from your `~/.bashrc` (or `~/.zshrc`, etc) after sourcing
1075 the `git-completion.bash` script and you will have command-line completion
1076 support for the `git cola` and `git dag` sub-commands.
1078 * The "checkout" dialog now offers completion for remote branches and other
1079 git refs. This makes it easier to checkout remote branches in a detached
1080 head state. Additionally, the checkout dialog also offers completion for
1081 remote branches that have not yet been checked out, which makes it easier to
1082 create a local tracking branch by just completing for that potential name.
1083 (`#390 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/390>`_)
1085 * The "create branch" and "create tag" dialogs now save and restore their
1088 * The "status" widget can now be configured to use a bold font with a darker
1089 background for the header items.
1090 (`#506 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/506>`_)
1092 * The "status" widget now remembers its horizontol scrollbar position across
1093 updates. This is helpful when working on projects with long paths.
1094 (`#494 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/494>`_)
1099 * When using *Git for Windows*, a `git` window would appear
1100 when running *Windows 8*. We now pass additional flags to
1101 `subprocess.Popen` to prevent a `git` window from appearing.
1102 (`#477 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/477>`_)
1103 (`#486 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/486>`_)
1105 * Launching difftool with `.PY` in `$PATHEXT` on Windows was fixed.
1106 (`#492 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/492>`_)
1108 * Creating a local branch tracking a remote branch that contains
1109 slashes in its name is now properly handled.
1110 (`#496 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/496>`_)
1112 * The "Browse Other Branch" feature was broken by Python3, and is now fixed.
1113 (`#501 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/501>`_)
1115 * We now avoid `long` for better Python3 compatibility.
1116 (`#502 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/502>`_)
1118 * We now use Git's default merge message when merging branches.
1119 (`#508 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/508>`_)
1121 * Miscellaneous fixes
1122 (`#485 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/485>`_)
1127 * git-cola's documentation no longer uses an intersphinx link mapping
1128 to docs.python.org. This fixes warnings when building rpms using koji,
1129 where network access is prevented.
1131 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231812
1138 Usability, bells and whistles
1139 -----------------------------
1141 * The Interactive Rebase feature now works on Windows!
1142 (`#463 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/463>`_)
1144 * The `diff` editor now understands vim-style `hjkl` navigation hotkeys.
1145 (`#476 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/476>`_)
1147 * `Alt-{j,k}` navigation hotkeys were added to allow changing to the
1148 next/previous file from the diff and commit editors.
1150 * The `Rename branch` menu action is now disabled in empty repositories.
1151 (`#475 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/475>`_)
1152 (`#459 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/459>`_)
1154 * `git cola` now checks unmerged files for conflict markers before
1155 staging them. This feature can be disabled in the preferences.
1156 (`#464 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/464>`_)
1158 * `git dag` now remembers which commits were selected when refreshing
1159 so that it can restore the selection afterwards.
1160 (`#480 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/480>`_)
1162 * "Launch Editor", "Launch Difftool", "Stage/Unstage",
1163 and "Move Up/Down" hotkeys now work when the commit message
1165 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
1167 * The diff editor now supports the `Ctrl+u` hotkey for reverting
1168 diff hunks and selected lines.
1170 * The `core.commentChar` Git configuration value is now honored.
1171 Commit messages and rebase instruction sheets will now use
1172 the configured character for comments. This allows having
1173 commit messages that start with `#` when `core.commentChar`
1174 is configured to its non-default value.
1175 (`#446 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/446>`_)
1180 * Diff syntax highlighting was improved to handle more edge cases
1181 and false positives.
1182 (`#467 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/467>`_)
1184 * Setting commands in the interactive rebase editor was fixed.
1185 (`#472 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/472>`_)
1187 * git-cola no longer clobbers the Ctrl+Backspace text editing shortcut
1188 in the commit message editor.
1189 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
1191 * The copy/paste clipboard now persists after `git cola` exits.
1192 (`#484 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/484>`_)
1201 * Fixed the "Sign off" feature in the commit message editor.
1208 Usability, bells and whistles
1209 -----------------------------
1210 * Double-click will now choose a commit in the "Select commit" dialog.
1212 * `git cola` has a feature that reads `.git/MERGE_MSG` and friends for the
1213 commit message when a merge is in-progress. Upon refresh, `git cola` will
1214 now detect when a merge has completed and reset the commit message back to
1215 its previous state. It is only reset if the editor contains a message
1216 that was read from the file and has not been manually edited by the user.
1218 * The commit message editor's context menu now has a "Clear..." action for
1219 clearing the message across both the summary and description fields.
1221 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
1223 * The system theme's icons are now used wherever possible.
1224 (`#458 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/458>`_)
1228 * The stash viewer now uses ``git show --no-ext-diff`` to avoid running
1229 user-configured diff tools.
1231 * `git cola` now uses the `setsid()` system call to ensure that the
1232 `GIT_ASKPASS` and `SSH_ASKPASS` helper programs are used when pushing
1233 changes using `git`. The askpass helpers will now be used even when
1234 `git cola` is launched from a terminal.
1236 The behavior without `setsid()` is that `git cola` can appear to hang while
1237 pushing changes. The hang happens when `git` prompts the user for a
1238 password using the terminal, but the user never sees the prompt. `setsid()`
1239 detaches the terminal, which ensures that the askpass helpers are used.
1240 (`#218 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/218>`_)
1241 (`#262 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/262>`_)
1242 (`#377 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/377>`_)
1244 * `git dag`'s file list tool was updated to properly handle unicode paths.
1246 * `gnome-terminal` is no longer used by default when `cola.terminal` is unset.
1247 It is broken, as was detailed in #456.
1248 (`#456 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/456>`_)
1250 * The interactive rebase feature was not always setting `$GIT_EDITOR`
1251 to the value of `gui.editor`, thus there could be instances where rebase
1252 will seem to not stop, or hang, when performing "reword" actions.
1254 We now set the `$GIT_EDITOR` environment variable when performing the
1255 "Continue", "Skip", and "Edit Todo" rebase actions so that the correct
1256 editor is used during the rebase.
1257 (`#445 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/445>`_)
1261 * `git cola` moved from a 3-part version number to a simpler 2-part "vX.Y"
1262 version number. Most of our releases tend to contain new features.
1269 Usability, bells and whistles
1270 -----------------------------
1271 * Updated zh_TW translations.
1273 * `git cola rebase` now defaults to `@{upstream}`, and generally uses the same
1274 CLI syntax as `git rebase`.
1276 * The commit message editor now allows you to bypass commit hooks by selecting
1277 the "Bypass Commit Hooks" option. This is equivalent to passing the
1278 `--no-verify` option to `git commit`.
1279 (`#357 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/357>`_)
1281 * We now prevent the "Delete Files" action from creating a dialog that does
1283 (`#378 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/378>`_)
1285 * `git xbase` learned to edit rebase instruction sheets that contain
1288 * The diff colors are now configurable. `cola.color.{text,add,remove,header}`
1289 can now be set with 6-digit hexadecimal colors.
1290 See the `git cola manual <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#configuration-variables>_`
1293 * Improved hotkey documentation.
1297 * `git cola` will now allow starting an interactive rebase with a dirty
1298 worktree when `rebase.autostash` is set.
1299 (`#360 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/360>`_)
1306 Usability, bells and whistles
1307 -----------------------------
1308 * A new "Find files" widget was added, and can be activated by
1309 using the `Ctrl+t` or `t` hotkeys.
1311 * A new `git cola find` sub-command was added for finding files.
1313 * `git cola` now remembers the text cursor's position when staging
1314 interactively with the keyboard. This makes it easier to use the keyboard
1315 arrows to select and stage lines.
1317 * The completion widgets will now select the top completion item
1318 when `Enter` or `Return` are pressed.
1320 * You can now refresh using `F5` in addition to the existing `Ctrl+R` hotkey.
1324 * `git cola` now passes `--no-abbrev-commit` to `git log` to override
1325 having `log.abbrevCommit = true` set in `.gitconfig`.
1331 Usability, bells and whistles
1332 -----------------------------
1333 * `git dag` now forwards all unknown arguments along to `git log`.
1334 (`#389 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/389>`_)
1336 * Line-by-line interactive staging was made more robust.
1337 (`#399 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/399>`_)
1339 * "Bookmarks" was renamed to "Favorites".
1340 (`#392 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/392>`_)
1342 * Untracked files are now displayed using a unique icon.
1343 (`#388 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/388>`_)
1347 * `git dag` was triggering a traceback on Fedora when parsing Git logs.
1348 (`bz #181676 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181686>`_)
1350 * inotify expects unicode paths on Python3.
1351 (`#393 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/393>`_)
1353 * Untracked files are now assumed to be utf-8 encoded.
1354 (`#401 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/401>`_)
1360 Usability, bells and whistles
1361 -----------------------------
1362 * `git cola` can now create GPG-signed commits and merges.
1363 See the documentation for details about setting up a GPG agent.
1364 (`#149 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/149>`_)
1366 * The status widget learned to copy relative paths when `Ctrl+x` is pressed.
1367 (`#358 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/358>`_)
1369 * Custom GUI actions can now define their own keyboard shortcuts by
1370 setting `guitool.$name.shortcut` to a string understood by Qt's
1371 `QAction::setShortcut()` API, e.g. `Alt+X`.
1373 `Qt docs <http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qkeysequence.html#QKeySequence-2>`_
1374 for more details about the supported values.
1376 * `git cola` learned to rename branches.
1377 (`#364 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/364>`_)
1378 (`#278 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/278>`_)
1380 * `git dag` now has a "Show history" context menu which can be used to filter
1381 history using the selected paths.
1385 * `sphinxtogithub.py` was fixed for Python3.
1386 (`#353 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/353>`_)
1388 * The commit that changed how we read remotes from `git remote`
1389 to parsing `git config` was reverted since it created problems
1392 * Fixed a crash when using the `rebase edit` feature.
1393 (`#351 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/351>`_)
1395 * Better drag-and-drop behavior when dropping into gnome-terminal.
1396 (`#373 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/373>`_)
1400 * The `git-cola-folder-handler.desktop` file handler was fixed
1401 to pass validation by `desktop-file-validate`.
1402 (`#356 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/356>`_)
1404 * The `git.svg` icon was renamed to `git-cola.svg`, and `git cola` was taught
1405 to prefer icons from the desktop theme when available.
1411 Usability, bells and whistles
1412 -----------------------------
1413 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+Shift+M` merges branches.
1415 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+R` refreshes the DAG viewer.
1416 (`#347 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/347>`_)
1420 * We now use `git config` to parse the list of remotes
1421 instead of parsing the output of `git remote`, which
1422 is a Git porcelain and should not be used by scripts.
1424 * Avoid "C++ object has been deleted" errors from PyQt4.
1425 (`#346 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/346>`_)
1429 * The `make install` target now uses `install` instead of `cp`.
1435 Usability, bells and whistles
1436 -----------------------------
1437 * Updated Brazillian Portuguese translation.
1439 * The status and browse widgets now allow drag-and-drop into
1440 external applications.
1441 (`#335 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/335>`_)
1443 * We now show a progress bar when cloning repositories.
1444 (`#312 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/312>`_)
1446 * The bookmarks widget was simplified to not need a
1448 (`#289 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/289>`_)
1450 * Updated Traditional Chinese translation.
1452 * We now display a warning when trying to rebase with uncommitted changes.
1453 (`#338 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/338>`_)
1455 * The status widget learned to filter paths.
1456 `Ctrl+Shift+S` toggles the filter widget.
1457 (`#337 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/337>`_)
1458 (`#339 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/339>`_)
1460 * The status widget learned to move files to the trash
1461 when the `send2trash <https://github.com/hsoft/send2trash>`_
1462 module is installed.
1463 (`#341 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/341>`_)
1465 * "Recent repositories" is now a dedicated widget.
1466 (`#342 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/342>`_)
1468 * New Spanish translation thanks to Pilar Molina Lopez.
1469 (`#344 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/344>`_)
1473 * Newly added remotes are now properly seen by the fetch/push/pull dialogs.
1474 (`#343 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/343>`_)
1480 Usability, bells and whistles
1481 -----------------------------
1482 * New Brazillian Portuguese translation thanks to Vitor Lobo.
1484 * New Indonesian translation thanks to Samsul Ma'arif.
1486 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation thanks to Zhang Han.
1488 * `Ctrl+Backspace` is now a hotkey for "delete untracked files" in
1491 * Fetch/Push/Pull dialogs now use the configured remote of the current
1493 (`#324 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/324>`_)
1497 * We now use `os.getcwd()` on Python3.
1498 (`#316 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/316>`_)
1499 (`#326 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/326>`_)
1501 * The `Ctrl+P` hotkey was overloaded to both "push" and "cherry-pick",
1502 so "cherry-pick" was moved to `Ctrl+Shift+C`.
1504 * Custom GUI tools with mixed-case names are now properly supported.
1506 * "Diff Region" is now referred to as "Diff Hunk" for consistency
1507 with common terminology from diff/patch tools.
1508 (`#328 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/328>`_)
1510 * git-cola's test suite is now portable to MS Windows.
1511 (`#332 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/332>`_)
1517 Usability, bells and whistles
1518 -----------------------------
1519 * We now handle the case when inotify `add_watch()` fails
1520 and display instructions on how to increase the number of watches.
1521 (`#263 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/263>`_)
1523 * New and improved zh_TW localization thanks to V字龍(Vdragon).
1524 (`#265 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/265>`_)
1525 (`#267 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/267>`_)
1526 (`#268 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/268>`_)
1527 (`#269 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/269>`_)
1528 (`#270 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/270>`_)
1529 (`#271 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/271>`_)
1530 (`#272 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/272>`_)
1532 * New hotkeys: `Ctrl+F` for fetch, `Ctrl+P` for push,
1533 and `Ctrl+Shift+P` for pull.
1535 * The bookmarks widget's context menu actions were made clearer.
1536 (`#281 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/281>`_)
1538 * The term "Staging Area" is used consistently in the UI
1539 to allow for better localization.
1540 (`#283 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/283>`_)
1542 * The "Section" term is now referred to as "Diff Region"
1544 (`#297 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/297>`_)
1546 * The localization documentation related to the LANGUAGE
1547 environment variable was improved.
1548 (`#293 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/293>`_)
1550 * The "Actions" panel now contains tooltips for each button
1551 in case the button labels gets truncated by Qt.
1552 (`#292 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/292>`_)
1554 * Custom `git config`-defined actions can now be run in the
1555 background by setting `guitool.<name>.background` to `true`.
1559 * We now use bold fonts instead of SmallCaps to avoid
1560 artifacts on several configurations.
1562 * We now pickup `user.email`, `cola.tabwidth`, and similar settings
1563 when defined in /etc/gitconfig.
1564 (`#259 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/259>`_)
1566 * Better support for unicode paths when using inotify.
1567 (`bz #1104181 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104181>`_)
1569 * Unicode fixes for non-ascii locales.
1570 (`#266 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/266>`_)
1571 (`#273 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/273>`_)
1572 (`#276 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/276>`_)
1573 (`#282 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/282>`_)
1574 (`#298 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/298>`_)
1575 (`#302 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/302>`_)
1576 (`#303 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/303>`_)
1577 (`#305 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/305>`_)
1579 * Viewing history from the file browser was fixed for Python3.
1580 (`#274 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/274>`_)
1582 * setup.py was fixed to install the `*.rst` documentation.
1583 (`#279 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/279>`_)
1585 * Patch export was fixed for Python3.
1586 (`#290 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/290>`_)
1588 * Fixed adding a bookmark with trailing slashes.
1589 (`#295 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/295>`_)
1591 * The default `git dag` layout is now setup so that its widgets
1592 can be freely resized on Linux.
1593 (`#299 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/299>`_)
1595 * Invalid tag names are now reported when creating tags.
1596 (`#296 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/296>`_)
1602 Usability, bells and whistles
1603 -----------------------------
1604 * `git cola` no longer prompts after successfully creating a new branch.
1605 (`#251 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/251>`_)
1607 * Hitting enter on simple dialogs now accepts them.
1608 (`#255 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/255>`_)
1612 * `git dag` no longer relies on `sys.maxint`, which is
1613 not available in Python3.
1614 (`#249 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/249>`_)
1616 * Python3-related fixes.
1617 (`#254 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/254>`_)
1619 * Python3-on-Windows-related fixes.
1620 (`#250 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/250>`_)
1621 (`#252 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/252>`_)
1622 (`#253 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/253>`_)
1624 * Switching repositories using the bookmarks widget was not
1625 refreshing the inotify watcher.
1626 (`#256 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/256>`_)
1628 * Special commit messages trailers (e.g. "Acked-by:") are now special-cased to
1629 fix word wrapping lines that start with "foo:".
1630 (`#257 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/257>`_)
1632 * `git dag` sometimes left behind selection artifacts.
1633 We now refresh the view to avoid them.
1634 (`#204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/204>`_)
1640 Usability, bells and whistles
1641 -----------------------------
1642 * Better inotify support for file creation and deletion.
1643 (`#240 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/240>`_)
1645 * `git cola` now supports the X11 Session Management Protocol
1646 and remembers its state across logout/reboot.
1647 (`#164 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/164>`_)
1649 * `git cola` has a new icon.
1650 (`#190 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/190>`_)
1654 * Building the documentation no longer requires `asciidoc`.
1655 We now use `Sphinx <http://sphinx-doc.org/>`_ for building
1656 html documentation and man pages.
1660 * Reworked the git-dag gravatar icon code to avoid a unicode
1663 * Commit message line-wrapping was made to better match the GUI editor.
1664 (`#242 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/242>`_)
1666 * Better support for Python3 on Windows
1667 (`#246 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/246>`_)
1671 * git-cola no longer depends on Asciidoc for building its documentation
1672 and man-pages. We now depend on [Sphinx](http://sphinx-doc.org/) only.
1678 Usability, bells and whistles
1679 -----------------------------
1680 * Some context menu actions are now hidden when selected
1682 (`#238 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/238>`_)
1686 * The build-git-cola.sh contrib script was improved.
1687 (`#235 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/235>`_)
1689 * Non-ascii worktrees work properly again.
1690 (`#234 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/234>`_)
1692 * The browser now guards itself against missing files.
1693 (`bz #1041378 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071378>`_)
1695 * Saving widget state now works under Python3.
1696 (`#236 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/236>`_)
1704 * git-cola now runs on Python 3 thanks to Virgil Dupras.
1705 (`#233 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/233>`_)
1707 * Python 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2+ are now supported.
1708 Python 2.5 is no longer supported.
1712 * i18n test fixes thanks to Virgil Dupras.
1713 (`#231 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/231>`_)
1715 * git-cola.app build fixes thanks to Maicon D. Filippsen.
1716 (`#230 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/230>`_)
1718 * Lots of pylint improvements thanks to Alex Chernetz.
1719 (`#229 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/229>`_)
1725 Usability, bells and whistles
1726 -----------------------------
1727 * The new `Bookmarks` tool makes it really easy to switch between repositories.
1729 * There is now a dedicated dialog for applying patches.
1730 See the ``File -> Apply Patches`` menu item.
1731 (`#215 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/215>`_)
1733 * A new `git cola am` sub-command was added for applying patches.
1737 * Fixed a typo that caused inotify events to be silently ignored.
1739 * Fixed the sys.path setup for Mac OS X (Homebrew).
1740 (`#221 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/221>`_)
1742 * Lots of pylint fixes thanks to Alex Chernetz.
1748 Usability, bells and whistles
1749 -----------------------------
1750 * `git cola --amend` now starts the editor in `amend` mode.
1751 (`#187 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/187>`_)
1753 * Multiple lines of text can now be pasted into the `summary` field.
1754 All text beyond the first newline will be automatically moved to the
1755 `extended description` field.
1756 (`#212 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/212>`_)
1760 * Stray whitespace in `.git` files is now ignored.
1761 (`#213 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/213>`_)
1763 * Fix "known incorrect sRGB profile" in `staged-item.png`.
1764 (`gentoo-devel message #85066
1765 <http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/85066>`_)
1773 * Fix a traceback when `git push` fails.
1774 (`bz #1034778 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034778>`_)
1778 * Most of the git-cola sub-packages have been removed.
1779 The only remaining packages are `cola`, `cola.models`,
1782 * The translation file for Simplified Chinese was renamed
1784 (`#209 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/209>`_)
1792 * `git cola version --brief` now prints the brief version number.
1796 * Resurrected the "make dist" target, for those that prefer to create
1799 * Fixed the typo that broke the preferences dialog.
1805 Usability, bells and whistles
1806 -----------------------------
1807 * We now ship a full-featured interactive `git rebase` editor.
1808 The rebase todo file is edited using the `git xbase` script which
1809 is provided at `$prefix/share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase`.
1810 This script can be used standalone by setting the `$GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR`
1811 before running `git rebase --interactive`.
1812 (`#1 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1>`_)
1814 * Fixup commit messages can now be loaded from the commit message editor.
1816 * Tool widgets can be locked in place by using the "Tools/Lock Layout"
1818 (`#202 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/202>`_)
1820 * You can now push to several remotes simultaneously by selecting
1821 multiple remotes in the "Push" dialog.
1822 (`#148 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/148>`_)
1824 * The `grep` tool learned to search using three different modes:
1825 basic regular expressions (default), extended regular expressions,
1830 * `git cola` now depends on the `argparse` Python module.
1831 This module is part of the stdlib in Python 2.7 and must
1832 be installed separately when using Python 2.6 and below.
1836 * Support unicode in the output from `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`.
1842 Usability, bells and whistles
1843 -----------------------------
1844 * We now detect when the editor or history browser are misconfigured.
1845 (`#197 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/197>`_)
1846 (`bz #886826 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886826>`_)
1848 * Display of untracked files can be disabled from the Preferences dialog
1849 or by setting the `gui.displayuntracked` configuration variable to `false`.
1850 (`Git Mailing List on 2013-08-21
1851 <https://public-inbox.org/git/20130821032913.GA6092@wheezy.local/>`_)
1855 * Unicode stash names are now supported
1856 (`#198 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/198>`_)
1858 * The diffs produced when reverting workspace changes were made more robust.
1863 =======================
1864 Usability, bells and whistles
1865 -----------------------------
1866 * Brand new German translation thanks to Sven Claussner.
1868 * The "File" menu now provides a "New Repository..." menu action.
1870 * `git dag` now uses a dock-widget interface so that its widgets can
1871 be laid-out and arranged. Customizations are saved and restored
1872 the next time `git dag` is launched.
1874 * `git dag` now has a "Zoom Best Fit" button next alongside the
1875 "Zoom In" and "Zoom Out" buttons.
1877 * `Ctrl+L` now focuses the "Search" field in the `git dag` tool.
1879 * Right-clicking in the "diff" viewer now updates the cursor position
1880 before performing actions, which makes it much easier to click around
1881 and selectively stage sections. Previously, the current cursor position
1882 was used which meant that it required two clicks (left-click to update
1883 the position followed by right-click to get the context menu) for the
1884 desired section to be used. This is now a single right-click operation.
1886 * The `Ctrl+D` "Launch Diff Tool" action learned to automatically choose
1887 between `git difftool` and `git mergetool`. If the file is unmerged then
1888 we automatically launch `git mergetool` on the path, otherwise we use
1889 `git difftool`. We do this because `git difftool` is not intended to
1890 be used on unmerged paths. Automatically using `git mergetool` when
1891 appropriate is the most intuitive and muscle-memory-friendly thing to do.
1893 * You can now right-click on folders in your standard file browser
1894 and choose "Open With -> Git Cola" (Linux-only).
1898 * Python 2.6 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard does not provide a namedtuple
1899 at `sys.version_info`. We now avoid using that variable for better
1902 * We now read the user's Git configuration from `~/.config/git/config`
1903 if that file is available, otherwise we use the traditional `~/.gitconfig`
1904 path, just like Git itself.
1906 * Some edge cases were fixed when applying partial/selected diffs.
1908 * The diff viewer is now properly cleared when refreshing.
1909 (`#194 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/194>`_)
1915 Usability, bells and whistles
1916 -----------------------------
1917 * The diff viewer now has an "Options" menu which can be
1918 used to set "git diff" options. This can be used to
1919 ignore whitespace changes or to show a change with its
1920 surrounding function as context.
1921 (`#150 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/150>`_)
1923 * `git cola` now remembers your commit message and will restore it
1924 when `git cola` is restarted.
1925 (`#175 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/175>`_)
1927 * `Ctrl+M` can now be used to toggle the "Amend last commit"
1928 checkbox in the commit message editor.
1929 (`#161 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/161>`_)
1931 * Deleting remote branches can now be done from the "Branch" menu.
1932 (`#152 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/152>`_)
1934 * The commit message editor now has a built-in spell checker.
1938 * We now avoid invoking external diffs when showing diffstats.
1939 (`#163 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/163>`_)
1941 * The `Status` tool learned to reselect files when refreshing.
1942 (`#165 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/165>`_)
1944 * `git cola` now remembers whether it has been maximized and will restore the
1945 maximized state when `git cola` is restarted.
1946 (`#172 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/172>`_)
1948 * Performance is now vastly improved when staging hundreds or
1951 * `git cola` was not correctly saving repo-specific configuration.
1952 (`#174 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/174>`_)
1954 * Fix a UnicodeDecode in sphinxtogithub when building from source.
1960 Usability, bells and whistles
1961 -----------------------------
1962 * We now automatically remove missing repositories from the
1963 "Select Repository" dialog.
1964 (`#145 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/145>`_)
1966 * A new `git cola diff` sub-command was added for diffing changed files.
1970 * The inotify auto-refresh feature makes it difficult to select text in
1971 the "diff" editor when files are being continually modified by another
1972 process. The auto-refresh causes it to lose the currently selected text,
1973 which is not wanted. We now avoid this problem by saving and restoring
1974 the selection when refreshing the editor.
1975 (`#155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/155>`_)
1977 * More strings have been marked for l10n.
1978 (`#157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/157>`_)
1980 * Fixed the Alt+D Diffstat shortcut.
1981 (`#159 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/159>`_)
1985 * Better error handling when cloning repositories.
1987 We were not handling the case where a git URL has
1988 no basename, e.g. `https://git.example.com/`.
1989 `git cola` originally rejected these URLs instead of
1990 allowing users to clone them. It now allows these URLs
1991 when they point to valid git repositories.
1993 Additionally, `git cola` learned to echo the errors
1994 reported by `git clone` when it fails.
1995 (`#156 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/156>`_)
2001 Usability, bells and whistles
2002 -----------------------------
2003 * `git dag` got a big visual upgrade.
2005 * `Ctrl+G` now launches the "Grep" tool.
2007 * `Ctrl+D` launches difftool and `Ctrl+E` launches your editor
2008 when in the diff panel.
2010 * git-cola can now be told to use an alternative language.
2011 For example, if the native language is German and we want git-cola to
2012 use English then we can create a `~/.config/git-cola/language` file with
2013 "en" as its contents: ``echo en >~/.config/git-cola/language``
2014 (`#140 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/140>`_)
2016 * A new `git cola merge` sub-command was added for merging branches.
2018 * Less blocking in the main UI
2022 * Autocomplete issues on KDE
2023 (`#144 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/144>`_)
2025 * The "recently opened repositories" startup dialog did not
2026 display itself in the absence of bookmarks.
2027 (`#139 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/139>`_)
2033 Usability, bells and whistles
2034 -----------------------------
2035 * `git cola` learned to honor `.gitattributes` when showing and
2036 interactively applying diffs. This makes it possible to store
2037 files in git using a non-utf-8 encoding and `git cola` will
2038 properly accept them. This must be enabled by settings
2039 `cola.fileattributes` to true, as it incurs a small performance
2041 (`#96 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/96>`_)
2043 * `git cola` now wraps commit messages at 72 columns automatically.
2044 This is configurable using the `cola.linebreak` variable to enable/disable
2045 the feature, and `cola.textwidth` to configure the limit.
2046 (`#133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/133>`_)
2048 * A new "Open Recent" sub-menu was added to the "File" menu.
2049 This makes it easy to open a recently-edited repository.
2050 (`#135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/135>`_)
2052 * We now show a preview for untracked files when they are clicked
2053 using the `Status` tool.
2054 * A new "Open Using Default Application" action was added to the
2055 `Status` tool. It is activated using either `Spacebar` or through
2056 the context menu. This action uses `xdg-open` on Linux and
2058 * A new "Open Parent Directory" action was added to the `Status` tool.
2059 It is activated using either `Shift+Spacebar` or through the
2061 * `git dag` learned to honor the `log.date` git configuration variable.
2062 This makes the date display follow whatever format the user has
2064 * A new `git cola config` sub-command was added for quickly
2065 tweaking `git cola`'s git configuration settings.
2066 * Some small usability tweaks -- some user confirmation prompts
2067 were defaulting to "Cancel" when they should have been defaulting
2068 to the affirmative option instead.
2072 * Properly handle arbitrarily-named branches.
2073 * We went back to launching `git mergetool` using an xterm.
2074 The reason is that there are a couple of places where `git mergetool`
2075 requires a terminal for user interaction not covered by `--no-prompt`.
2076 * We now properly handle an edge case when applying short diffs at
2077 the start of a file.
2083 Usability, bells and whistles
2084 -----------------------------
2085 * New and improved `grep` mode lets you instantly find and edit files.
2086 * New `git cola grep` standalone mode.
2087 * Support for passing arguments to the configured editors, e.g. `gvim -p`
2088 This makes it possible to select multiple files in the status
2089 window and use `Ctrl-e` to edit them all at once.
2090 * Remote operations now prompt on errors only.
2091 * The `Tab` key now jumps to the extended description when editing the summary.
2092 * More shortcut key labels and misc. UX improvements.
2096 * Selecting an item no longer copies its filename to the copy/paste buffer.
2097 `Ctrl-c` or the "Copy" context-menu action can be used instead.
2098 * The repository monitoring feature on Windows learned to ignore
2099 changes within the ".git" directory. Thanks to Andreas Sommer.
2100 (`#120 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/120>`_)
2106 Usability, bells and whistles
2107 -----------------------------
2108 * `git dag` learned to color-code branchy edges.
2109 The edge colors change when a new branch is detected,
2110 which makes the history much easier to follow.
2111 A huge thanks to Uri Okrent for making it happen.
2113 * New GUI for editing remote repositories.
2115 * New `git cola archive` and `git cola remote` sub-commands.
2117 * `git cola browser` learned an 'Untrack' command.
2119 * The diff editor learned to staged/unstaged while amending.
2121 * The status tool can now scroll horizontally.
2123 * New git repositories can be created by clicking 'New' on the
2124 `git cola --prompt` startup screen.
2130 Usability, bells and whistles
2131 -----------------------------
2132 * Auto-completion was added to more tools.
2134 * `git dag` is easier to use on smaller displays -- the author
2135 field elides its text which allows for a more compact display.
2137 * Selected commits in `git dag` were made more prominent and
2140 * 'Create Branch' learned to fetch remote branches and uses a
2141 background thread to do so.
2143 * User-configured GUI tools are listed alphabetically in the 'Actions' menu.
2145 * The 'Pull' dialog remembers the value of the 'Rebase' checkbox
2146 between invocations.
2154 * Detect Homebrew so that OS X users do not need to set PYTHONPATH.
2156 * `git dag` can export patches again.
2162 Usability, bells and whistles
2163 -----------------------------
2164 * The 'Classic' tool was renamed to 'Browser' and learned to
2165 limit history to the current branch.
2167 * `git dag` learned about gravatar and uses it to show images
2170 * `git dag` learned to use OpenGL for rendering resulting in
2171 much faster rendering.
2173 * More dialogs learned vim-style keyboard shortcuts.
2175 * The commit message editor learned better arrow key navigation.
2181 Usability, bells and whistles
2182 -----------------------------
2183 * `git cola` learned a few new sub commands:
2191 * `Return` in the summary field jumps to the extended description.
2193 * `Ctrl+Return` is now a shortcut for 'Commit'.
2195 * Better French translation for 'Sign-off'.
2197 * The 'Search' widget now has a much simpler and streamlined
2200 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the DAG widget.
2202 * `git dag` no longer prompts for files when diffing commits if the
2203 text field contains paths.
2205 * General user interface and performance improvements.
2209 * The diff viewer no longer changes font size when holding `Control`
2210 while scrolling with the mouse wheel.
2212 * Files with a typechange (e.g. symlinks that become files, etc.)
2213 are now correctly identified as being modified.
2217 * The `cola.controllers` and `cola.views` packages were removed.
2223 Usability, bells and whistles
2224 -----------------------------
2225 * `git cola` can now launch sub commands, e.g.:
2236 * `git dag` is more responsive when gathering auto-completions.
2238 * Keyboard shortcuts are displayed when the '?' key is pressed.
2240 * Various keyboard shortcuts were added for improved usability.
2242 * The status widget now lists unmerged files before modified files.
2244 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the status widget.
2246 * A 'Recently Modified Files...' tool was added.
2248 * Tools can now be hidden with `Alt + #` (where `#` is a keyboard number)
2249 and focused with `Alt + Shift + #`.
2251 * The syntax highlighting colors for diffs was made less intrusive.
2253 * The commit message editor was redesigned to have a more compact
2254 and keyboard-convenient user interface.
2256 * Keyboard shortcuts for adding a Signed-off-by (`Ctrl + i`)
2257 and creating a commit (`Ctrl + m`) were added.
2259 * The status widget was adjusted to use less screen real-estate.
2263 * Avoid updating the index when responding to inotify events.
2264 This avoids interfering with operations such as `git rebase --interactive`.
2265 (`#99 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/99>`_)
2269 * Create `git-dag.pyw` in the win32 installer.
2271 * win32 shortcuts now contain explicit calls to `pythonw.exe` instead of
2272 calling the `.pyw` file directly.
2276 * The 'Apply Changes from Branch...' feature was removed.
2277 `git dag`'s 'Grab File...' feature used alongside the index/worktree editor
2278 is a simpler alternative.
2286 * Further enhanced the staging/unstaging behavior in the status widget.
2287 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
2289 * Unmerged files are no longer listed as modified.
2293 The `cola-$version` tarballs on github were originally setup to
2294 have the same contents as the old tarballs hosted on tuxfamily.
2295 The `make dist` target was changed to write files to a
2296 `git-cola-$version` subdirectory and tarball.
2298 This makes the filenames consistent for the source tarball,
2299 the darwin .app tarball, and the win32 .exe installer.
2305 Usability, bells and whistles
2306 -----------------------------
2307 * Refined the staging/unstaging behavior for code reviews.
2308 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
2310 * Added more styling and icons to menus and buttons.
2312 * Adjusted some terminology to more closely match the git CLI.
2316 * Boolean `git config` settings with no value are now supported
2317 (these are not created by git these days but exist in legacy repositories).
2319 * Unicode branches and tags are supported in the "branch diff" tool.
2321 * Guard against low-memory conditions and more interrupted system calls.
2325 * Added desktop launchers for git-cola.desktop and git-dag.desktop.
2326 This replaces the old cola.desktop, so some adjustments to RPM .spec
2327 and debian/ files will be needed.
2329 * Fixed the darwin app-tarball Makefile target to create relative paths.
2333 * The `--style` option was removed. `git cola` follows the system theme
2334 so there's no need for this option these days.
2340 Usability, bells and whistles
2341 -----------------------------
2342 * Export a patch series from `git dag` into a `patches/` directory.
2344 * `git dag` learned to diff commits, slice history along paths, etc.
2346 * Added instant-preview to the `git stash` widget.
2348 * A simpler preferences editor is used to edit `git config` values.
2349 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
2350 (`#89 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/89>`_)
2352 * Previous commit messages can be re-loaded from the message editor.
2353 (`#33 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/33>`_)
2357 * Display commits with no file changes.
2358 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
2360 * Improved the diff editor's copy/paste behavior
2361 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
2365 * Bumped version number to ceil(minimum git version).
2366 `git cola` now requires `git` >= 1.6.3.
2368 * Simplified git-cola's versioning when building from tarballs
2369 outside of git. We no longer check for a 'version' file at
2370 the root of the repository. We instead keep a default version
2371 in `cola/version.py` and use it when `git cola`'s `.git` repository
2378 Usability, bells and whistles
2379 -----------------------------
2380 * inotify is much snappier and available on Windows
2381 thanks to Karl Bielefeldt.
2383 * New right-click command to add untracked files to .gitignore
2384 thanks to Audrius Karabanovas.
2386 * Stash, fetch, push, and pull usability improvements
2388 * General usability improvements
2390 * stderr is logged when applying partial diffs.
2394 * Files can be unstaged when amending.
2395 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
2397 * Show the configured remote.$remote.pushurl in the GUI
2398 (`#83 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/83>`_)
2400 * Removed usage of the "user" module.
2401 (`#86 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/86>`_)
2403 * Avoids an extra `git update-index` call during startup.
2410 Usability, bells and whistles
2411 -----------------------------
2412 * We now provide better feedback when `git push` fails.
2413 (`#69 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/69>`_)
2415 * The Fetch, Push, and Pull dialogs now give better feedback
2416 when interacting with remotes. The dialogs are modal and
2417 a progress dialog is used.
2421 * More unicode fixes, again. It is now possible to have
2422 unicode branch names, repository paths, home directories, etc.
2423 This continued the work initiated by Redhat's bugzilla #694806.
2425 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806
2431 Usability, bells and whistles
2432 -----------------------------
2433 * The `git cola` desktop launchers now prompt for a repo
2434 by default. This is done by using the new `--prompt`
2435 flag which tells `git cola` to ignore any git repositories
2436 in the current directory and prompt for one instead.
2440 * More Unicode fixes for repositories and home directories with
2441 embedded unicode characters. Thanks to Christian Jann for
2442 patience and helpful bug reports.
2444 * Fix the 'Clone' button in the startup dialog.
2450 Usability, bells and whistles
2451 -----------------------------
2452 * Faster startup time! `git cola` now offloads initialization
2453 to a background thread so that the GUI appears almost instantly.
2455 * Specialized diff options for p4merge, vimdiff, araxis, emerge,
2456 and ecmerge in difftool (backported from git.git).
2460 * Fix launching commands in the background on Windows
2461 (e.g. when launching `git difftool`).
2463 * Fix unicode errors when home or repository directories contain
2465 (`#74 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/74>`_)
2466 (`bz #694806 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806>`_)
2472 Usability, bells and whistles
2473 -----------------------------
2474 * The `cola classic` tool can be now configured to be dockable.
2475 (`#56 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/56>`_)
2477 * The `cola classic` tool now uses visual sigils to indicate a file's status.
2478 The idea and icons were provided by Uri Okrent.
2480 * Include the 'Rescan' button in the 'Actions' widget regardless
2481 of whether inotify is installed.
2485 * Fix installation of translations per Fedora
2486 This incorporates Fedora's fix for the translations path
2487 which originally appeared in cola-1.4.3-translations.patch.
2489 * Mac OS X git-cola developers can now generate git-cola.app
2490 application bundles using 'make app-bundle'.
2494 * Fixed a stacktrace when trying to use "Get Commit Message Template"
2495 with an unconfigured "commit.template" git config variable.
2496 (`bz #67521 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675721>`_)
2497 (`#72 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/72>`_)
2499 * Properly raise the main window on Mac OS X.
2501 * Properly handle staging a huge numbers of files at once.
2503 * Speed up 'git config' usage by fixing cola's caching proxy.
2505 * Guard against damaged ~/.cola files.
2511 Usability, bells and whistles
2512 -----------------------------
2513 * `git dag` now has a separate display area
2514 for displaying commit metadata. This area will soon
2515 grow additional functionality such as cherry-picking,
2520 * Fixed tests from a previous refactoring.
2522 * Guard against 'diff.external' configuration by always
2523 calling 'git diff' with the '--no-ext-diff' option.
2524 (`#67 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/67>`_)
2526 * Respect 'gui.diffcontext' so that cola's diff display
2527 shows the correct number of context lines.
2529 * Raise the GUI so that it is in the foreground on OS X.
2533 * We now allow distutils to rewrite cola's shebang line.
2534 This allows us to run on systems where "which python"
2535 is Python3k. This is exposed by setting the `PYTHON`
2536 Makefile variable to the location of python2.x.
2538 * git-cola.app is now a tiny download because it no longer
2539 contains Qt and PyQt. These libraries are provided as a
2541 (`Link <http://code.google.com/p/git-cola/downloads/list>`_)
2547 Usability, bells and whistles
2548 -----------------------------
2549 * Clicking on paths in the status widget copies them into the
2550 copy/paste buffer for easy middle-clicking into terminals.
2552 * `Ctrl+C` in diff viewer copies the selected diff to the clipboard.
2556 * Fixed the disappearing actions buttons on PyQt 4.7.4
2557 as reported by Arch and Ubuntu 10.10.
2558 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
2560 * Fixed mouse interaction with the status widget where some
2561 items could not be de-selected.
2565 * Removed hard-coded reference to lib/ when calculating Python's
2566 site-packages directory.
2572 Usability, bells and whistles
2573 -----------------------------
2574 * Removed "single-click to (un)stage" in the status view.
2575 This is a usability improvement since we no longer perform
2576 different actions depending on where a row is clicked.
2578 * Added ability to create unsigned, annotated tags.
2582 * Updated documentation to use `cola.git` instead of `cola.gitcmd`.
2588 Usability, bells and whistles
2589 -----------------------------
2590 * Allow un/staging by right-clicking top-level items
2591 (`#57 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/57>`_)
2593 * Running 'commit' with no staged changes prompts to allow
2595 (`#55 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/55>`_)
2597 * Fetch, Push, and Pull are now available via the menus
2598 (`#58 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/58>`_)
2602 * Simplified the actions widget to work around a regression
2604 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
2610 Usability, bells and whistles
2611 -----------------------------
2612 * `git dag` interaction was made faster.
2616 * Added '...' indicators to the buttons for
2617 'Fetch...', 'Push...', 'Pull...', and 'Stash...'.
2618 (`#51 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/51>`_)
2620 * Fixed a hang-on-exit bug in the cola-provided
2621 'ssh-askpass' implementation.
2627 Usability, bells and whistles
2628 -----------------------------
2629 * Staging and unstaging is faster.
2630 (`#48 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/48>`_)
2632 * `git dag` reads history in a background thread.
2636 * Added :data:`cola.compat.hashlib` for `Python 2.4` compatibility
2637 * Improved `PyQt 4.1.x` compatibility.
2641 * Configured menu actions use ``sh -c`` for Windows portability.
2648 Usability, bells and whistles
2649 -----------------------------
2650 * Added support for the configurable ``guitool.<tool>.*``
2651 actions as described in the ``git config`` documentation.
2652 (`git-config(1) <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config>`_)
2653 (`#44 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/44>`_)
2655 This makes it possible to add new actions to `git cola`
2656 by simply editing ``~/.gitconfig``. This implements the
2657 same guitool support as `git gui`.
2659 * Introduced a stat cache to speed up `git config` and
2660 repository status checks.
2662 * Added Alt-key shortcuts to the main `git cola` interface.
2664 * The `Actions` dock widget switches between a horizontal
2665 and vertical layout when resized.
2667 * We now use ``git diff --submodule`` for submodules
2668 (used when git >= 1.6.6).
2670 * The context menu for modified submodules includes an option
2671 to launch `git cola`.
2672 (`#17 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/17>`_)
2674 * Prefer ``$VISUAL`` over ``$EDITOR`` when both are defined.
2675 These are used to set a default editor in lieu of `core.editor`
2678 * Force the editor to be ``gvim`` when we see ``vim``.
2679 This prevents us from launching an editor in the (typically
2680 unattached) parent terminal and creating zombie editors
2681 that cannot be easily killed.
2683 * Selections are remembered and restored across updates.
2684 This makes the `partial-staging` workflow easier since the
2685 diff view will show the updated diff after staging.
2687 * Show the path to the current repository in a tooltip
2688 over the commit message editor.
2689 (`#45 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/45>`_)
2691 * Log internal ``git`` commands when ``GIT_COLA_TRACE`` is defined.
2692 (`#39 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/39>`_)
2696 * Improved backwards compatibility for Python 2.4.
2698 * `Review mode` can now review the current branch; it no longer
2699 requires you to checkout the branch into which the reviewed
2700 branch will be merged.
2702 * Guard against `color.ui = always` configuration when using
2703 `git log` by passing ``--no-color``.
2705 * ``yes`` and ``no`` are now supported as valid booleans
2706 by the `git config` parser.
2708 * Better defaults are used for `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`..
2709 (`#43 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/43>`_)
2713 * Removed colon (`:`) from the applilcation name on Windows
2714 (`#41 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/41>`_)
2716 * Fixed bugs with the Windows installer
2717 (`#40 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/40>`_)
2719 * Added a more standard i18n infrastructure. The install
2720 tree now has the common ``share/locale/$lang/LC_MESSAGES/git-cola.mo``
2721 layout in use by several projects.
2723 * Started trying to accommodate Mac OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
2724 in the ``darwin/`` build scripts but our tester is yet to
2725 report success building a `.app` bundle.
2727 * Replaced use of ``perl`` in Sphinx/documentation Makefile
2728 with more-portable ``sed`` constructs. Thanks to
2729 Stefan Naewe for discovering the portability issues and
2730 providing msysgit-friendly patches.
2736 Usability, bells and whistles
2737 -----------------------------
2738 * It is now possible to checkout from the index as well
2739 as from `HEAD`. This corresponds to the
2740 `Removed Unstaged Changes` action in the `Repository Status` tool.
2742 * The `remote` dialogs (fetch, push, pull) are now slightly
2745 * Bookmarks can be selected when `git cola` is run outside of a git repository.
2747 * Added more user documentation. We now include many links to
2748 external git resources.
2750 * Added `git dag` to the available tools.
2751 `git dag` is a node-based DAG history browser.
2752 It doesn't do much yet, but it's been merged so that we can start
2753 building and improving upon it.
2757 * Fixed a missing ``import`` when showing `right-click` actions
2758 for unmerged files in the `Repository Status` tool.
2760 * ``git update-index --refresh`` is no longer run every time
2761 ``git cola version`` is run.
2763 * Don't try to watch non-existent directories when using `inotify`.
2765 * Use ``git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name`` plumbing to find
2766 the name of the current branch.
2770 * The ``Makefile`` will now conditionally include a ``config.mak``
2771 file located at the root of the project. This allows for user
2772 customizations such as changes to the `prefix` variable
2773 to be stored in a file so that custom settings do not need to
2774 be specified every time on the command-line.
2776 * The build scripts no longer require a ``.git`` directory to
2777 generate the ``builtin_version.py`` module. The release tarballs
2778 now include a ``version`` file at the root of the project which
2779 is used in lieu of having the git repository available.
2780 This allows for ``make clean && make`` to function outside of
2783 * Added maintainer's ``make dist`` target to the ``Makefile``.
2785 * The built-in `simplejson` and `jsonpickle` libraries can be
2786 excluded from ``make install`` by specifying the ``standalone=true``
2787 `make` variable. For example, ``make standalone=true install``.
2788 This corresponds to the ``--standalone`` option to ``setup.py``.
2795 Usability, bells and whistles
2796 -----------------------------
2797 * We now use patience diff by default when it is available via
2798 `git diff --patience`.
2800 * Allow closing the `cola classic` tool with `Ctrl+W`.
2804 * Fixed an unbound variable error in the `push` dialog.
2808 * Don't include `simplejson` in MANIFEST.in.
2810 * Update desktop entry to read `Cola Git GUI`.
2817 This feature release adds two new features directly from
2818 `git cola`'s github issues backlog. On the developer
2819 front, further work was done towards modularizing the code base.
2821 Usability, bells and whistles
2822 -----------------------------
2823 * Dragging and dropping patches invokes `git am`
2824 (`#3 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/3>`_)
2826 * A dialog to allow opening or cloning a repository
2827 is presented when `git cola` is launched outside of a git repository.
2828 (`#22 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/22>`_)
2830 * Warn when `push` is used to create a new branch
2831 (`#35 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/35>`_)
2833 * Optimized startup time by removing several calls to `git`.
2838 * `git cola` is once again compatible with PyQt 4.3.x.
2842 * `cola.gitcmds` was added to factor out git command-line utilities
2844 * `cola.gitcfg` was added for interacting with `git config`
2846 * `cola.models.browser` was added to factor out repobrowser data
2857 * Fix launching external applications on Windows
2859 * Ensure that the `amend` checkbox is unchecked when switching modes
2861 * Update the status tree when amending commits
2870 * Fix Lintian warnings
2879 * Fix X11 warnings on application startup
2888 * Added missing 'Exit Diff Mode' button for 'Diff Expression' mode
2889 (`#31 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/31>`_)
2891 * Fix a bug when initializing fonts on Windows
2892 (`#32 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/32>`_)
2901 * Keep entries in sorted order in the `cola classic` tool
2903 * Fix staging untracked files
2904 (`#27 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/27>`_)
2906 * Fix the `show` command in the Stash dialog
2907 (`#29 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/29>`_)
2909 * Fix a typo when loading merge commit messages
2910 (`#30 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/30>`_)
2917 This release focuses on a redesign of the git-cola user interface,
2918 a tags interface, and better integration of the `cola classic` tool.
2919 A flexible interface based on configurable docks is used to manage the
2920 various cola widgets.
2922 Usability, bells and whistles
2923 -----------------------------
2924 * New GUI is flexible and user-configurable
2926 * Individual widgets can be detached and rearranged arbitrarily
2928 * Add an interface for creating tags
2930 * Provide a fallback `SSH_ASKPASS` implementation to prompt for
2931 SSH passwords on fetch/push/pull
2933 * The commit message editor displays the current row/column and
2934 warns when lines get too long
2936 * The `cola classic` tool displays upstream changes
2938 * `git cola --classic` launches `cola classic` in standalone mode
2940 * Provide more information in log messages
2944 * Inherit the window manager's font settings
2946 * Miscellaneous PyQt4 bug fixes and workarounds
2950 * Removed all usage of Qt Designer `.ui` files
2952 * Simpler model/view architecture
2954 * Selection is now shared across tools
2956 * Centralized notifications are used to keep views in sync
2958 * The `cola.git` command class was made thread-safe
2960 * Less coupling between model and view actions
2962 * The status view was rewritten to use the MVC architecture
2964 * Added more documentation and tests
2971 Usability, bells and whistles
2972 -----------------------------
2973 * Added a `cola classic` tool for browsing the entire repository
2975 * Handle diff expressions with spaces
2977 * Handle renamed files
2981 * Handle carat `^` characters in diff expressions on Windows
2983 * Worked around a PyQt 4.5/4.6 QThreadPool bug
2987 * Added a keyboard shortcuts reference page
2989 * Added developer API documentation
2993 * Fix the diff expression used when reviewing branches
2995 * Fix a bug when pushing branches
2997 * Fix X11 warnings at startup
2999 * Fix more interrupted system calls on Mac OS X
3006 Usability, bells and whistles
3007 -----------------------------
3008 * Fresh and tasty SVG logos
3010 * Added `Branch Review` mode for reviewing topic branches
3012 * Added diff modes for diffing between tags, branches,
3013 or arbitrary `git diff` expressions
3015 * The push dialog selects the current branch by default.
3016 This is in preparation for `git 1.7.0` where unconfigured `git push`
3017 will refuse to push when run without specifying the remote name
3018 and branch. See the `git` release notes for more information
3020 * Support `open` and `clone` commands on Windows
3022 * Allow saving cola UI layouts
3024 * Re-enabled `double-click-to-stage` for unmerged entries.
3025 Disabling it for unmerged items was inconsistent, though safer.
3027 * Show diffs when navigating the status tree with the keyboard
3031 * Worked around `pyuic4` bugs in the `setup.py` build script
3033 * Added Mac OSX application bundles to the download page
3042 * `git difftool` became an official git command in `git 1.6.3`.
3044 * `git difftool` learned `--no-prompt` / `-y` and a corresponding
3045 `difftool.prompt` configuration variable
3047 Usability, bells and whistles
3048 -----------------------------
3049 * Warn when `non-fast-forward` is used with fetch, push or pull
3051 * Allow `Ctrl+C` to exit cola when run from the command line
3055 * Support Unicode font names
3057 * Handle interrupted system calls
3061 * `PEP-8`-ified more of the cola code base
3067 * All resources are now installed into `$prefix/share/git-cola`.
3068 Closed Debian bug #519972
3070 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519972
3079 * Added support for Kompare in `git difftool`
3081 * Added a separate configuration namespace for `git difftool`
3083 * Added the `diff.tool` configuration variable to define the default diff tool
3085 Usability, bells and whistles
3086 -----------------------------
3087 * The stash dialog allows passing the `--keep-index` option to `git stash`
3089 * Amending a published commit warns at commit time
3091 * Simplified the file-across-revisions comparison dialog
3093 * `origin` is selected by default in fetch/push/pull
3095 * Removed the search field from the log widget
3097 * The log window moved into a drawer widget at the bottom of the UI
3099 * Log window display can be configured with
3100 `cola.showoutput` = `{never, always, errors}`. `errors` is the default.
3102 * `NOTE` -- `cola.showoutput` was removed with the GUI rewrite in 1.4.0.
3106 * Improved nose unittest usage
3110 * Added a Windows/msysGit installer
3112 * Included private versions of `simplejson` and `jsonpickle`
3113 for ease of installation and development