8 :ref:`v3.2 <v3.2>` is the latest stable release.
13 Clone the git-cola repo to get the latest development version:
15 ``git clone git://github.com/git-cola/git-cola.git``
19 git-cola v3.3 (unreleased)
20 ==========================
22 Usability, bells and whistles
23 -----------------------------
24 * The "Apply Patch" `git cola am` dialog now includes a diff viewer
25 to display the contents of the selected patch.
27 * The "Alt+D" diffstat hotkey now selects the staged/modified/etc.
28 header in the Status widget, which shows the totality of everything
29 that will be committed.
30 (`#771 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/771>`_)
32 * Running "Launch Editor" from the diff editor now opens the editor at the
35 (`#898 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/898>`_)
37 * The textwidth and tabwidth configuration values can now be set
38 per-repository, rather than globally only.
40 * Text entry widgets switched to using a block cursor in `v3.2`.
41 This has been reverted to the original line cursor for consistency
42 with other applications and user expectations.
43 (`#889 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/889>`_)
45 * The "edit at line" feature, used by the "Grep" tool, now supports
46 the Sublime text editor.
47 (`#894 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/894>`_)
51 * The Diff Editor was not honoring the configured tab width on startup.
52 (`#900 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/900>`_)
54 * The "Delete Files" feature was creating an unreadable display when
55 many files were selected. Word-wrap the list of files so that the
56 display stays within a sensible size.
57 (`#895 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/895>`_)
59 * Spelling and grammar fixes.
60 (`#891 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/891>`_)
64 * The logo was run through `tidy` to give it a consistent style.
65 Some technical issues with the logo were improved.
66 (`#877 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/877>`_)
68 * The entire codebase is now checked by `flake8`, rather than just
69 the module and test directories. This catches things like
70 the pynsist installer scripts.
71 (`#884 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/884>`_)
72 (`#882 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/882>`_)
73 (`#879 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/879>`_)
77 * The Windows installer's wrapper scripts were missing an import.
78 (`#878 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/878>`_)
85 Usability, bells and whistles
86 -----------------------------
87 * The `git cola dag` DAG window now supports `git revert`.
88 (`#843 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/843>`_)
90 * `git stash pop` is now supported by the stash dialog.
91 (`#844 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/844>`_)
93 * The status widget now ensures that each item is visible when selection
94 changes. Previously, if you scrolled to the right to see the name of
95 a long filename, and then selected a short filename above it, the widget
96 may not have shown the short filename in the viewport. We now ensure
97 that the filenames are visible when the selection changes.
98 (`#828 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/828>`_)
100 * The `git xbase` rebase editor no longer displays an error when
101 cancelling an interactive rebase.
102 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
104 * The dialog shown when renaming remotes has been simplified.
105 (`#840 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/840>`_)
106 (`#838 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/838>`_)
108 * The help dialog in the `git-xbase` Rebase editor is now scrollable.
109 (`#855 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/855>`_)
113 * Updated Brazilian translation
114 (`#845 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/845>`_)
116 * Updated Czech translation
117 (`#854 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/854>`_)
118 (`#853 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/853>`_)
119 (`#835 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/835>`_)
120 (`#813 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/813>`_)
122 * Update Spanish translation
123 (`#862 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/862>`_)
124 (`#867 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/867>`_)
128 * The original `#!/usr/bin/env python` shebang lines can now be
129 retained by passing `USE_ENV_PYTHON=1` to `make` when installing.
130 (`#850 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/850>`_)
132 * The Makefile is now resilient to DESTDIR and prefix containing whitespace.
133 (`#858 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/858>`_)
135 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.4.2`.
137 * `python3-distutils` is needed to build cola on Debian.
138 (`#837 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/837>`_)
142 * The "C" key no longer closes the message dialogs, for example the
143 one that is shown when a commit fails its pre-commit hooks.
144 This allows "Ctrl+C" copy to work, rather than closing the dialog.
145 (`#734 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/734>`_)
147 * Dock widgets sizes are now properly saved and restored when the main
149 (`#848 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/848>`_)
151 * The spellcheck feature was broken under Python3.
152 (`#857 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/857>`_)
154 * A regression when saving stashes was fixed.
155 (`#847 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/847>`_)
157 * Diffing image files was not updating the available context menus,
158 which prevented the "Stage" action from being present in the menu.
159 (`#841 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/841>`_)
161 * `git cola` now detects when `git lfs uninstall` has been run. This allows
162 you to re-initialize "Git LFS" in an existing repository where it had been
163 previously uninstalled.
164 (`#842 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/842>`_)
166 * Custom color values that did not contain any hexadecimal digits in the
167 `a-f` range were being converted into integers by the config reader. This
168 then caused the configured colors to be ignored.
170 These color values are now interpreted correctly. Additionally, color
171 values can now use an optional HTML-like `#` prefix.
173 Example `.gitconfig` snippet::
178 (`#836 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/836>`_)
179 (`#849 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/849>`_)
181 * We now display an error message graphically when `Git` is not installed.
182 Previously, the message went to stderr only.
183 (`#830 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/830>`_)
185 * Changing diff options was causing resulting in an exception.
186 (`#833 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/833>`_)
187 (`#834 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/834>`_)
189 * The DAG window now updates itself when branches and tags are created.
190 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
192 * The user's `$PATH` environment variable can now contain utf-8
193 encoded paths. Previously, launching external commands could
195 (`#807 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/807>`_)
197 * Git Cola development sandboxes can now be stored on utf-8 encoded
198 filesystem paths. Previously, the interactive rebase feature
199 could be broken when running in that environment.
200 (`#825 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/825>`_)
202 * The log window now uses an ISO-8601 timestamp, which
203 avoids localized output in the log window.
204 (`#817 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/817>`_)
208 * The code base has been thoroughly sanitized using `pylint`, and
209 travis is now running pylint over the entire project.
211 * Miscellaneous improvements and code improvements.
212 (`#874 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/874>`_)
219 Usability, bells and whistles
220 -----------------------------
221 * The "Browser" widget learned to rename files using "git mv".
222 (`#239 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/239>`_)
224 * The "Diff" widget learned to diff images. Side-by-side and pixel diff
225 modes allow you to inspect changes to common images formats.
226 (`#444 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/444>`_)
227 (`#803 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/803>`_)
229 * Git LFS and Git Annex are natively supported by the image diff viewer.
231 * Git Annex operations are now included. `git annex init` can be performed on
232 repositories, and `git annex add` can be run on untracked files from the
233 status widget. Install `git-annex` to activate this feature.
235 * Git LFS operations are now included. `git lfs install` can be performed on
236 repositories, and `git lfs track` can be run on untracked files from the
237 status widget. Install `git-lfs` to activate this feature.
239 * The "Stash" tool learned to stash staged changes only. Select the
240 "Stage Index" option and only staged changes will be stashed away.
241 (`#413 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/413>`_)
243 * The "Stash" tool learned to use vim-like navigation keyboard shortcuts,
244 shows error messages when things go wrong, and now saves the "Stash Index"
245 and "Keep Index" options across sessions.
247 * The Edit menu's "Copy" and "Select All" actions now forward to either the
248 diff, status, recent, or favorites widgets, based on which widget has focus.
250 * The "File" and "Edit" menu can now be activated using `Alt-{f,e}` hotkeys.
251 (`#759 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/759>`_)
253 * It was easy to accidentally trigger the first action in the `Status` tool's
254 context menu when using a quick right-click to bring up the menu.
255 A short sub-second delay was added to ensure that the top-most action is not
256 triggered unless enough time has passed. This prevents accidental
257 activation of the first item (typically "Stage" or "Unstage") without
258 burdening common use cases.
259 (`#755 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/755>`_)
260 (`#643 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/643>`_)
262 * The "Ctrl+S" hotkey now works for the header items in the Status tool.
263 Selected the "Modified" header item and activating the "Stage" hotkey,
264 for example, will stage all modified files. This works for the "Staged",
265 "Modified", and "Untracked" headers. This is not enabled for the
266 "Unmerged" header by design.
267 (`#772 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/772>`_)
269 * The list of "Recent" repositories previously capped the number of
270 repositories shown to 8 repositories. This can be set to a higher
271 value by setting the `cola.maxrecent` configuration variable.
272 (`#752 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/752>`_)
274 * The "Create Branch" dialog now prevents invalid branch names.
275 (`#765 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/765>`_)
277 * Updated Turkish translation.
278 (`#756 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/756>`_)
280 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
281 (`#753 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/753>`_)
283 * Updated German translation.
284 (`#802 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/802>`_)
286 * Updated Czech translation
287 (`#792 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/792>`_)
288 (`#806 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/806>`_)
290 * The window title can be configured to not display the absolute path of the
292 (`#775 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/775>`_)
294 * The "Edit Remotes" editor learned to edit remote URLS.
296 * Bare repositories can now be created by selecting the
297 "New Bare Repository..." action from the `File` menu.
299 * The "Branches" widget learned to configure upstream branches.
301 * A new `git cola clone` sub-command was added for cloning repositories.
305 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.3.1`.
307 * The macOS installation was made simpler for better compatibility with
309 (`#636 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/636>`_)
311 * The Windows installer is now much simpler. Git Cola now bundles
312 Python and PyQt5, so users need only install the "Git for Windows"
313 and "Git Cola" installers to get things working.
317 * Uninitialized difftool errors will now be displayed graphically.
318 They were previously going to the shell.
319 (`#457 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/457>`_)
321 * Translations marked "fuzzy" will no longer be used when translating strings.
322 (`#782 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/782>`_)
324 * Deleted unmerged files will now correctly use a deleted icon.
325 (`#479 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/479>`_)
327 * The `Ctrl+C` "Copy" hotkey on the diff viewer has been fixed.
328 (`#767 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/767>`_)
330 * The "Create Tag" dialog did not correctly handle the case when a signed
331 tag is requested, but no message is provided, and the user chooses to
332 create an unannotated tag instead. This convenience fallback will now
333 properly create an unsigned, unannotated tag.
334 (`#696 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/696>`_)
336 * `.gitconfig` and `.git/config` values editable by the Preferences dialog
337 (aka `git cola config`) will now get unset when set to an empty value.
338 For example, setting a different `user.email` in the current repository,
339 followed by a subsequent emptying of that field, would previously result in
340 an empty string getting stored in the config. This has been fixed so that
341 the value will now get unset in the config instead.
342 (`#406 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/406>`_)
344 * Spelling and typofixes.
345 (`#748 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/748>`_)
347 * `core.commentChar` is now honored when set in the local repository
349 (`#766 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/766>`_)
351 * The log window was using a format string that did not display
352 correctly in all locales. A locale-aware format is now used.
353 (`#800 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/800>`_)
355 * The dialog displayed when prompting for a reference could sometimes
357 (`#804 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/804>`_)
364 Usability, bells and whistles
365 -----------------------------
366 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
367 (`#726 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/726>`_)
369 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
370 (`#723 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/723>`_)
372 * New Czech translation.
373 (`#736 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/736>`_)
374 (`#737 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/737>`_)
375 (`#740 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/740>`_)
376 (`#743 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/743>`_)
378 * The "name" field in the "Create Tag" dialog now includes autocompletion,
379 which makes it easy to see which tags currently exist.
381 * `git cola` now has configurable toolbars. Use the `View -> Add toolbar`
382 menu item to add a toolbar.
384 * Setting `cola.expandtab` to `true` will now expand tabs into spaces
385 in the commit message editor. The number of spaces to insert is determined
386 by consulting `cola.tabwidth`, which defaults to `8`.
388 * The "Copy SHA-1" hotkey is now `Alt + Ctrl + C`, to avoid clobbering the
389 ability to copy text from the DAG window.
390 (`#705 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/705>`_)
392 * The "Prepare Commit Message" action can now be invoked via the
393 `Ctrl+Shift+Return` shortcut.
394 (`#707 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/707>`_)
396 * The `Branches` pane now has a filter field that highlights branches whose
397 names match the string entered into its text field.
398 (`#713 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/713>`_)
400 * Actions that are triggered in response to button presses were being
401 triggered when the button was pressed, rather than when it was released,
402 which was a usability flaw. All buttons now respond when clicked
403 rather than when pressed.
404 (`#715 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/715>`_)
406 * The DAG window will now only refresh when object IDs change.
407 Previously, the DAG would redraw itself in response to inotify events,
408 such as filesystem operations, which was disruptive when inspecting a large
409 diff in its diff viewer. The DAG will now only redraw when the object IDs
410 corresponding to its query input changes. Furthermore, when redrawing, the
411 scrollbar positions are retained to minimize disruption to the viewport
413 (`#620 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/620>`_)
414 (`#724 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/724>`_)
416 * The "About" dialog now includes the SHA-1 where Git Cola was built.
417 (`#530 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/530>`_)
419 * The "Status" widget now has "Copy Leading Path to Clipboard" and
420 "Copy Basename to Clipboard" actions.
421 (`#435 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/435>`_)
422 (`#436 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/436>`_)
424 * The "Status" widget now supports custom "Copy ... to Clipboard" actions.
425 (`#437 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/437>`_)
427 * The main menu now has an "Edit" menu.
428 (`#725 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/725>`_)
430 * `git dag` learned to checkout commits into a detached HEAD state.
431 (`#698 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/698>`_)
433 * The `status` widget's context menus now omit actions selection-dependent
434 actions when no file is selected.
435 (`#731 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/731>`_)
437 * The startup dialog now focuses the repository list so that repositories
438 can be selected with the keyboard without mouse intervention.
439 (`#741 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/741>`_)
443 * `git dag` now prevents nodes from overlapping in more situations.
444 (`#689 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/689>`_)
446 * Adding untracked Git submodule repo directories previously ran
447 `git add submodule/` but we now call `git add submodule` without
448 the trailing slash (`/`) to avoid staging files that belong to the
449 submodule (which is possibly a `git` bug). By working around the
450 buggy behavior we allow users to recover by issuing the appropriate
451 `git submodule add` command to properly register the submodule.
452 (`#681 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/681>`_)
454 * We now avoid `git for-each-ref --sort=version:refname` on versions
455 of `git` older than `v2.7.0`. Previously we only avoided it for
456 versions older than `v2.0.0`, which was a mistake.
457 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
459 * The error message displayed when `git` is not installed has been fixed.
460 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
462 * Adding new remotes was silently broken.
463 (`#684 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/684>`_)
464 (`#685 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/685>`_)
466 * The repo selection dialog had errors during startup when the
467 `cola.refreshonfocus` feature was enabled, as reported on Ubuntu 16.04.
468 (`#690 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/690>`_)
470 * Restored support for PyQt 4.6 (Centos 6.8)
471 (`#692 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/692>`_)
473 * Switching repositories now resets the "Amend Mode" and other settings
475 (`#710 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/710>`_)
477 * `git rebase` error messages now displayed when rebasing fails or stops
478 via the standalone `git cola rebase` front-end.
479 (`#721 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/721>`_)
481 * `git cola` learned to stage broken symlinks.
482 (`#727 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/727>`_)
484 * The "View History" feature in the `Browser` tool was fixed, and now
485 disambiguates between refs and paths.
486 (`#732 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/732>`_)
488 * The diff editor now has better support for files with CRLF `\r\n`
490 (`#730 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/730>`_)
492 * `cola.inotify` in a repo-local config is now honored
493 when `git cola` is launched from a desktop entry (`git cola --prompt`).
494 (`#695 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/695>`_)
501 Usability, bells and whistles
502 -----------------------------
503 * New Ukrainian translation.
504 (`#670 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/670>`_)
505 (`#672 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/672>`_)
507 * New and improved French translations.
509 * The new `Branches` widget makes it easier to checkout, merge, push,
510 and pull branches from a single interface.
512 * `git cola` now includes a dark icon theme. The dark icon theme can be
513 activated either by setting the `GIT_COLA_ICON_THEME` environment variable
514 to `dark`, by configuring `cola.icontheme` to `dark`, or by specifying
515 `--icon-theme=dark` on the command line.
516 (`#638 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/638>`_)
518 * Autocompletion was added to the `Fetch`, `Push`, and `Pull` dialogs.
520 * The commit message editor now remembers the "Spellcheck" setting
522 (`#645 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/645>`_)
524 * `git dag` now uses an improved algorithm for laying out the graph,
525 which avoids collisions under certain graph configurations, and
526 avoids overlapping tag with commits.
527 (`#648 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/648>`_)
528 (`#651 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/651>`_)
529 (`#654 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/654>`_)
530 (`#656 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/656>`_)
531 (`#659 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/659>`_)
533 * `git dag` now remembers its column sizes across sessions.
534 (`#674 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/674>`_)
536 * `Grep` now shows a preview of the selected file's content in a split window
537 below the grep results.
539 * `Grep` now includes line numbers in the preview pane's output.
541 * `Edit Remotes` now remembers its window settings after exiting.
543 * `Diff` now has an option to display line numbers in the editor.
544 (`#136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/136>`_)
546 * `Amend Last Commit` can now be triggered via the `Commit` menu in addition
547 to the commit message editor's options.
548 (`#640 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/640>`_)
550 * The `File Browser` tool was made much faster and can now operate on
551 much larger repositories.
552 (`#499 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/499>`_)
554 * A new "turbo" mode was added that allows you to opt-out of operations
555 that can slow `git cola` on large repositories. The turbo mode is
556 enabled by configuring `git config cola.turbo true`. Turbo mode
557 disables the background loading of Git commit messages and other
558 details in the `File Browser` widget.
560 * A new GitIgnore dialog allows adding custom gitignore patterns.
561 (`#653 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/653>`_)
563 * The spellchecker in `git cola` can now use an additional dictionary
564 by configuring `cola.dictionary` to the path to a file containing
565 a newline-separated list of words.
566 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
568 * The stash, export patches, diff, and gitignore dialogs now remember
571 * A new `git cola recent` sub-command was added for finding recently
574 * The `Fetch` dialog now allows pruning remote branches.
575 (`#639 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/639>`_)
576 (`#680 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/680>`_)
580 * `git cola`'s spellchecker now supports the new `dict-common` filesystem
581 layout, and prefers the `/usr/share/dict/cracklib-small` file over the
582 `/usr/share/dict/words` provided on older distributions.
583 This makes the spellchecker compatible with Arch, which does not provide
584 a `words` symlink like Debian.
585 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
587 * Properly handle the case where an existing file is untracked using
590 * Fix a quirk where the "Create Branch" dialog sometimes required clicking
591 twice on the radio buttons.
592 (`#662 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/662>`_)
594 * Fixed a focus issue to ensure that "Push", "Fetch", and "Pull" can
595 be executed with the press of a single enter key after being shown.
596 (`#661 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/661>`_)
598 * Committing is now allowed in when resolving a merge results in no
599 changes. This state was previously prevented by the commit message editor,
600 which prevented users from resolving merges that result in no changes.
601 (`#679 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/679>`_)
603 * The filesystem monitor would sometimes emit backtraces when directories
604 are modified. This has been fixed.
605 (`bz #1438522 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1438522>`_)
607 * Absolute paths are now returned when querying for `.git`-relative paths
608 from within a submodule, which uses `.git`-files.
609 This fixes launching `git cola` from within a subdirectory of a submodule.
610 (`#675 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/675>`_)
617 Usability, bells and whistles
618 -----------------------------
619 * `git cola` can now invoke the `.git/hooks/cola-prepare-commit-msg`
620 hook to update the commit message. This hook takes the same parameters
621 as Git's `prepare-commit-message` hook. The default path to this hook
622 can be overridden by setting the `cola.prepareCommitMessageHook`
623 configuration variable.
624 (`Documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#prepare-commit-message>`_)
626 * `git cola diff` (and the corresponding `Diff` menu actions) can now
627 launch difftool with the standard `Ctrl+D` hotkey. The `Ctrl+E` hotkey was
628 also added for launching an editor.
630 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
634 * `git cola` now works when installed in non-ascii, utf8-encoded paths.
635 (`#629 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/629>`_)
637 * Styling issues that caused black backgrounds in various widgets when using
638 PyQ5 on Mac OS X have been fixed.
639 (`#624 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/624>`_)
641 * The "Open Recent" menu action was broken and has been fixed.
642 (`#634 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/634>`_)
644 * Exiting `git cola` with a maximized main window would hang when reopened
646 (`#641 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/641>`_)
650 * `appdata.xml` files are now provided at
651 `share/appdata/git-cola.xml` and `share/appdata/git-dag.xml`
652 for use by the Linux software gallery.
653 (`#627 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/627>`_)
654 (`Appdata <https://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appdata/>`_)
663 * The "Open Recent" menu was updated to new bookmarks format.
664 (`#628 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/628>`_)
671 Usability, bells and whistles
672 -----------------------------
673 * New Polish translation thanks to Łukasz Wojniłowicz
674 (`#598 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/598>`_)
676 * The `Bypass Commit Hooks` feature now disables itself automatically
677 when a new commit is created. The new behavior turns the option into a
678 single-use flag, which helps prevent users from accidentally leaving it
679 active longer than intended.
680 (`#595 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/595>`_)
682 * `git dag` learned to launch an external diff viewer on selected commits.
683 The standard `Ctrl+D` shortcut can be used to view diffs.
684 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
686 * `git dag` learned to launch directory diffs via `git difftool --dir-diff`.
687 The `Ctrl+Shift+D` shortcut launches difftool in directory-diff mode.
688 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
690 * Items in the "Favorites" list can now be renamed, which makes it
691 easier to differentiate between several checkouts of the same repository.
692 (`#599 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/599>`_)
693 (`#601 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/601>`_)
695 * The startup screen now includes a logo and `git cola` version information.
696 (`#526 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/526>`_)
698 * The `About` page was revamped to contain multiple tabs. A new tab was added
699 that provides details about `git cola`''s dependencies. New tabs were also
700 added for giving credit to `git cola`'s authors and translators.
702 * The `About` page can now be accessed via `git cola about`.
704 * The "Fast-forward only" and "No fast-forward" options supported by
705 `git pull` are now accessible via `git cola pull`.
707 * Doing a forced push no longer requires selecting the remote branch.
708 (`#618 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/618>`_)
710 * `git cola push` now has an option to suppress the prompt that is shown
711 when pushing would create new remote branches.
712 (`#605 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/605>`_)
714 * `git dag` now shows commit messages in a more readable color.
715 (`#574 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/574>`_)
717 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch the OS-specified
718 default action for a file. When used on directories via `git cola browse`,
719 or when "Open Parent Directory" is used on files, the OS-specified
720 file browser will typically be used.
722 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch terminals.
726 * `git cola browse` was not updating when expanding items.
727 (`#588 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/588>`_)
729 * Typofixes in comments, naming, and strings have been applied.
730 (`#593 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/593>`_)
732 * The inotify and win32 filesystem monitoring no longer refreshes
733 when updates are made to ignored files.
734 (`#517 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/517>`_)
735 (`#516 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/516>`_)
737 * The `Refresh` button on the actions panel no longer raises an
738 exception when using PyQt5.
739 (`#604 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/604>`_)
741 * Fixed a typo in the inotify backend that is triggered when files are removed.
742 (`#607 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/607>`_)
744 * Fixed a typo when recovering from a failed attempt to open a repository.
745 (`#606 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/606>`_)
747 * `git dag` now properly updates itself when launched from the menubar.
748 (`#613 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/613>`_)
750 * If git-cola is invoked on Windows using `start pythonw git-cola`,
751 a console window will briefly flash on the screen each time
752 `git cola` invokes `git`. The console window is now suppressed.
754 * We now avoid some problematic Popen flags on Windows which were
755 breaking the `git rebase` feature on Windows.
757 * The `Save` button in `git dag`'s "Grab File..." feature now properly
758 prompts for a filename when saving files.
759 (`#617 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/617>`_)
763 * The `qtpy` symlink in the source tree has been removed to allow for easier
764 development on Windows.
765 (`#626 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/626>`_)
772 Usability, bells and whistles
773 -----------------------------
774 * `git cola push` learned to configure upstream branches.
775 (`#563 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/563>`_)
779 * The diffstat view is now properly updated when notifications are
780 received via inotify filesystem monitoring.
781 (`#577 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/577>`_)
783 * Python3 with PyQt5 had a bug that prevented `git cola` from starting.
784 (`#589 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/589>`_)
794 * When repositories stored in non-ASCII, UTF-8-encoded filesystem paths
795 were operated upon with `LC_ALL=C` set in the environment, unicode errors
796 would occur when using `python2`. `git cola` was made more robust and will
797 now operate correctly within this environment.
798 (`#581 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/581>`_)
800 * Support for the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment variable was fixed.
801 (`#582 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/582>`_)
806 * The `unittest.mock` module is now used instead of the original `mock` module
807 when running the `git cola` test suite using Python3.
808 (`#569 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/569>`_)
813 * `git cola` is now compatible with *PyQt5*, *PyQt4*, and *Pyside*.
814 `git cola` previously supported *PyQt4* only, but will now use whichever
815 library is available. Users are not required to upgrade at this time,
816 but *PyQt5* support can be enabled anytime by making its python
818 (`#232 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/232>`_)
820 *NOTE*: We do not yet recommend using *PyQt5* because there are known
821 exit-on-segfault bugs in *Qt5* that have not yet been addressed.
822 `git cola` is sensitive to this bug and is known to crash on exit
823 when using `git dag` or the interactive rebase feature on *PyQt5*.
825 https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-52988
827 *PyQt4* is stable and there are no known issues when using it so
828 we recommend using it until the Qt5 bugs have been resolved.
830 * `git cola` now depends on *QtPy* and includes a bundled copy of the
831 `qtpy` library. If you are packaging `git cola` and would prefer to use
832 `qtpy` from your distribution instead of the built-in version then use
833 `make NO_VENDOR_LIBS=1` when building `git cola`. This will prevent
834 vendored libraries from being installed.
841 Usability, bells and whistles
842 -----------------------------
844 * A new "Reset" sub-menu provides access to running "git reset --mixed"
845 when resetting branch heads and "git reset --merge" when resetting
847 (`#542 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/542>`_)
849 * `git cola` now supports linked worktrees, i.e. worktrees created by
851 (`#554 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/554>`_)
856 * Diff highlighting is now robust to the user having
857 diff.supressBlankEmpty=true in their git config.
858 (`#541 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/541>`_)
860 * The filesystem monitor now properly handles repositories that use
861 `.git`-files, e.g. when using submodules.
862 (`#545 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/545>`_)
863 (`#546 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pulls/546>`_)
865 * Per-repository git configuration is now properly detected when launching
866 `git cola` from an application launcher.
867 (`#548 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/548>`_)
869 * `git cola` now cleans up after itself immediately to avoid leaving behind
870 empty `/tmp/git-cola-XXXXXX` directories when the user uses `Ctrl+C`
872 (`#566 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/566>`_)
877 * It is now possible to install `git cola` to and from utf8-encoded filesystem
878 paths. Previously, Python's stdlib would throw an encoding error during
879 installation. We workaround the stdlib by forcing python2 to use utf-8,
880 thus fixing assumptions in the stdlib library code.
881 (`#551 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/551>`_)
888 Usability, bells and whistles
889 -----------------------------
891 * The icon for untracked files was adjusted to better differentiate
892 between files and the "Untracked" header.
893 (`#509 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/509>`_)
895 * Ctrl+O was added as a hotkey for opening repositories.
896 (`#507 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/507>`_)
898 * `git dag` now uses consistent edge colors across updates.
899 (`#512 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/512>`_)
901 * `git cola`'s Bookmarks widget can now be used to set a "Default Repository".
902 Under the hood, we set the `cola.defaultrepo` configuration variable.
903 The default repository is used whenever `git cola` is launched outside of
904 a Git repository. When unset, or when set to a bogus value, `git cola`
905 will prompt for a repository, as it previously did.
906 (`#513 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/513>`_)
908 * `git cola`'s Russian and Spanish translations were improved
909 thanks to Vaiz and Zeioth.
910 (`#514 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/514>`_)
911 (`#515 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/515>`_)
912 (`#523 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/523>`_)
914 * `git cola` was translated to Turkish thanks to Barış ÇELİK.
915 (`#520 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/520>`_)
917 * The status view now supports launching `git gui blame`. It can be
918 configured to use a different command by setting `cola.blameviewer`.
919 (`#521 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/521>`_)
921 * `git dag` now allows selecting non-contiguous ranges in the log widget.
922 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
924 * Any font can now be chosen for the diff editor, not just monospace fonts.
925 (`#525 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/525>`_)
930 * `xfce4-terminal` and `gnome-terminal` are now supported when launching
931 `git mergetool` to resolve merges. These terminals require that the command
932 to execute is shell-quoted and passed as a single string argument to `-e`
933 rather than as additional command line arguments.
934 (`#524 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/524>`_)
936 * Fixed a unicode problem when formatting the error message that is shown
937 when `gitk` is not installed. We now handle unicode data in tracebacks
938 generated by python itself.
939 (`#528 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/528>`_)
941 * The `New repository` feature was fixed.
942 (`#533 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/533>`_)
944 * We now use omit the extended description when creating "fixup!" commits,
945 for consistency with the Git CLI. We now include only the one-line summary
946 in the final commit message.
947 (`#522 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/522>`_)
954 Usability, bells and whistles
955 -----------------------------
957 * The user interface is now HiDPI-capable. git-cola now uses SVG
958 icons, and its interface can be scaled by setting the `GIT_COLA_SCALE`
959 environment variable.
961 * `git dag` now supports the standard editor, difftool, and history hotkeys.
962 It is now possible to invoke these actions from file widget's context
963 menu and through the standard hotkeys.
964 (`#473 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/473>`_)
966 * The `Status` tool also learned about the history hotkey.
967 Additionally, the `Alt-{j,k}` aliases are also supported in the `Status`
968 tool for consistency with the other tools where the non-Alt hotkeys are not
970 (`#488 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/488>`_)
972 * The `File Browser` tool now has better default column sizes,
973 and remembers its window size and placement.
975 * The `File Browser` now supports the refresh hotkey, and has better
976 behavior when refreshing. The selection is now retained, and new and
977 removed files are found when refreshing.
979 * A new `git-cola-completion.bash` completion script is provided in the
980 `contrib/` directory. It must be used alongside Git's completion script.
981 Source it from your `~/.bashrc` (or `~/.zshrc`, etc) after sourcing
982 the `git-completion.bash` script and you will have command-line completion
983 support for the `git cola` and `git dag` sub-commands.
985 * The "checkout" dialog now offers completion for remote branches and other
986 git refs. This makes it easier to checkout remote branches in a detached
987 head state. Additionally, the checkout dialog also offers completion for
988 remote branches that have not yet been checked out, which makes it easier to
989 create a local tracking branch by just completing for that potential name.
990 (`#390 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/390>`_)
992 * The "create branch" and "create tag" dialogs now save and restore their
995 * The "status" widget can now be configured to use a bold font with a darker
996 background for the header items.
997 (`#506 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/506>`_)
999 * The "status" widget now remembers its horizontol scrollbar position across
1000 updates. This is helpful when working on projects with long paths.
1001 (`#494 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/494>`_)
1006 * When using *Git for Windows*, a `git` window would appear
1007 when running *Windows 8*. We now pass additional flags to
1008 `subprocess.Popen` to prevent a `git` window from appearing.
1009 (`#477 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/477>`_)
1010 (`#486 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/486>`_)
1012 * Launching difftool with `.PY` in `$PATHEXT` on Windows was fixed.
1013 (`#492 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/492>`_)
1015 * Creating a local branch tracking a remote branch that contains
1016 slashes in its name is now properly handled.
1017 (`#496 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/496>`_)
1019 * The "Browse Other Branch" feature was broken by Python3, and is now fixed.
1020 (`#501 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/501>`_)
1022 * We now avoid `long` for better Python3 compatibility.
1023 (`#502 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/502>`_)
1025 * We now use Git's default merge message when merging branches.
1026 (`#508 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/508>`_)
1028 * Miscellaneous fixes
1029 (`#485 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/485>`_)
1034 * git-cola's documentation no longer uses an intersphinx link mapping
1035 to docs.python.org. This fixes warnings when building rpms using koji,
1036 where network access is prevented.
1038 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231812
1045 Usability, bells and whistles
1046 -----------------------------
1048 * The Interactive Rebase feature now works on Windows!
1049 (`#463 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/463>`_)
1051 * The `diff` editor now understands vim-style `hjkl` navigation hotkeys.
1052 (`#476 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/476>`_)
1054 * `Alt-{j,k}` navigation hotkeys were added to allow changing to the
1055 next/previous file from the diff and commit editors.
1057 * The `Rename branch` menu action is now disabled in empty repositories.
1058 (`#475 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/475>`_)
1059 (`#459 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/459>`_)
1061 * `git cola` now checks unmerged files for conflict markers before
1062 staging them. This feature can be disabled in the preferences.
1063 (`#464 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/464>`_)
1065 * `git dag` now remembers which commits were selected when refreshing
1066 so that it can restore the selection afterwards.
1067 (`#480 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/480>`_)
1069 * "Launch Editor", "Launch Difftool", "Stage/Unstage",
1070 and "Move Up/Down" hotkeys now work when the commit message
1072 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
1074 * The diff editor now supports the `Ctrl+u` hotkey for reverting
1075 diff hunks and selected lines.
1077 * The `core.commentChar` Git configuration value is now honored.
1078 Commit messages and rebase instruction sheets will now use
1079 the configured character for comments. This allows having
1080 commit messages that start with `#` when `core.commentChar`
1081 is configured to its non-default value.
1082 (`#446 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/446>`_)
1087 * Diff syntax highlighting was improved to handle more edge cases
1088 and false positives.
1089 (`#467 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/467>`_)
1091 * Setting commands in the interactive rebase editor was fixed.
1092 (`#472 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/472>`_)
1094 * git-cola no longer clobbers the Ctrl+Backspace text editing shortcut
1095 in the commit message editor.
1096 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
1098 * The copy/paste clipboard now persists after `git cola` exits.
1099 (`#484 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/484>`_)
1108 * Fixed the "Sign off" feature in the commit message editor.
1115 Usability, bells and whistles
1116 -----------------------------
1117 * Double-click will now choose a commit in the "Select commit" dialog.
1119 * `git cola` has a feature that reads `.git/MERGE_MSG` and friends for the
1120 commit message when a merge is in-progress. Upon refresh, `git cola` will
1121 now detect when a merge has completed and reset the commit message back to
1122 its previous state. It is only reset if the editor contains a message
1123 that was read from the file and has not been manually edited by the user.
1125 * The commit message editor's context menu now has a "Clear..." action for
1126 clearing the message across both the summary and description fields.
1128 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
1130 * The system theme's icons are now used wherever possible.
1131 (`#458 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/458>`_)
1135 * The stash viewer now uses ``git show --no-ext-diff`` to avoid running
1136 user-configured diff tools.
1138 * `git cola` now uses the `setsid()` system call to ensure that the
1139 `GIT_ASKPASS` and `SSH_ASKPASS` helper programs are used when pushing
1140 changes using `git`. The askpass helpers will now be used even when
1141 `git cola` is launched from a terminal.
1143 The behavior without `setsid()` is that `git cola` can appear to hang while
1144 pushing changes. The hang happens when `git` prompts the user for a
1145 password using the terminal, but the user never sees the prompt. `setsid()`
1146 detaches the terminal, which ensures that the askpass helpers are used.
1147 (`#218 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/218>`_)
1148 (`#262 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/262>`_)
1149 (`#377 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/377>`_)
1151 * `git dag`'s file list tool was updated to properly handle unicode paths.
1153 * `gnome-terminal` is no longer used by default when `cola.terminal` is unset.
1154 It is broken, as was detailed in #456.
1155 (`#456 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/456>`_)
1157 * The interactive rebase feature was not always setting `$GIT_EDITOR`
1158 to the value of `gui.editor`, thus there could be instances where rebase
1159 will seem to not stop, or hang, when performing "reword" actions.
1161 We now set the `$GIT_EDITOR` environment variable when performing the
1162 "Continue", "Skip", and "Edit Todo" rebase actions so that the correct
1163 editor is used during the rebase.
1164 (`#445 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/445>`_)
1168 * `git cola` moved from a 3-part version number to a simpler 2-part "vX.Y"
1169 version number. Most of our releases tend to contain new features.
1176 Usability, bells and whistles
1177 -----------------------------
1178 * Updated zh_TW translations.
1180 * `git cola rebase` now defaults to `@{upstream}`, and generally uses the same
1181 CLI syntax as `git rebase`.
1183 * The commit message editor now allows you to bypass commit hooks by selecting
1184 the "Bypass Commit Hooks" option. This is equivalent to passing the
1185 `--no-verify` option to `git commit`.
1186 (`#357 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/357>`_)
1188 * We now prevent the "Delete Files" action from creating a dialog that does
1190 (`#378 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/378>`_)
1192 * `git xbase` learned to edit rebase instruction sheets that contain
1195 * The diff colors are now configurable. `cola.color.{text,add,remove,header}`
1196 can now be set with 6-digit hexadecimal colors.
1197 See the `git cola manual <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#configuration-variables>_`
1200 * Improved hotkey documentation.
1204 * `git cola` will now allow starting an interactive rebase with a dirty
1205 worktree when `rebase.autostash` is set.
1206 (`#360 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/360>`_)
1213 Usability, bells and whistles
1214 -----------------------------
1215 * A new "Find files" widget was added, and can be activated by
1216 using the `Ctrl+t` or `t` hotkeys.
1218 * A new `git cola find` sub-command was added for finding files.
1220 * `git cola` now remembers the text cursor's position when staging
1221 interactively with the keyboard. This makes it easier to use the keyboard
1222 arrows to select and stage lines.
1224 * The completion widgets will now select the top completion item
1225 when `Enter` or `Return` are pressed.
1227 * You can now refresh using `F5` in addition to the existing `Ctrl+R` hotkey.
1231 * `git cola` now passes `--no-abbrev-commit` to `git log` to override
1232 having `log.abbrevCommit = true` set in `.gitconfig`.
1238 Usability, bells and whistles
1239 -----------------------------
1240 * `git dag` now forwards all unknown arguments along to `git log`.
1241 (`#389 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/389>`_)
1243 * Line-by-line interactive staging was made more robust.
1244 (`#399 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/399>`_)
1246 * "Bookmarks" was renamed to "Favorites".
1247 (`#392 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/392>`_)
1249 * Untracked files are now displayed using a unique icon.
1250 (`#388 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/388>`_)
1254 * `git dag` was triggering a traceback on Fedora when parsing Git logs.
1255 (`bz #181676 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181686>`_)
1257 * inotify expects unicode paths on Python3.
1258 (`#393 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/393>`_)
1260 * Untracked files are now assumed to be utf-8 encoded.
1261 (`#401 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/401>`_)
1267 Usability, bells and whistles
1268 -----------------------------
1269 * `git cola` can now create GPG-signed commits and merges.
1270 See the documentation for details about setting up a GPG agent.
1271 (`#149 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/149>`_)
1273 * The status widget learned to copy relative paths when `Ctrl+x` is pressed.
1274 (`#358 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/358>`_)
1276 * Custom GUI actions can now define their own keyboard shortcuts by
1277 setting `guitool.$name.shortcut` to a string understood by Qt's
1278 `QAction::setShortcut()` API, e.g. `Alt+X`.
1280 `Qt docs <http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qkeysequence.html#QKeySequence-2>`_
1281 for more details about the supported values.
1283 * `git cola` learned to rename branches.
1284 (`#364 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/364>`_)
1285 (`#278 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/278>`_)
1287 * `git dag` now has a "Show history" context menu which can be used to filter
1288 history using the selected paths.
1292 * `sphinxtogithub.py` was fixed for Python3.
1293 (`#353 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/353>`_)
1295 * The commit that changed how we read remotes from `git remote`
1296 to parsing `git config` was reverted since it created problems
1299 * Fixed a crash when using the `rebase edit` feature.
1300 (`#351 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/351>`_)
1302 * Better drag-and-drop behavior when dropping into gnome-terminal.
1303 (`#373 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/373>`_)
1307 * The `git-cola-folder-handler.desktop` file handler was fixed
1308 to pass validation by `desktop-file-validate`.
1309 (`#356 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/356>`_)
1311 * The `git.svg` icon was renamed to `git-cola.svg`, and `git cola` was taught
1312 to prefer icons from the desktop theme when available.
1318 Usability, bells and whistles
1319 -----------------------------
1320 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+Shift+M` merges branches.
1322 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+R` refreshes the DAG viewer.
1323 (`#347 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/347>`_)
1327 * We now use `git config` to parse the list of remotes
1328 instead of parsing the output of `git remote`, which
1329 is a Git porcelain and should not be used by scripts.
1331 * Avoid "C++ object has been deleted" errors from PyQt4.
1332 (`#346 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/346>`_)
1336 * The `make install` target now uses `install` instead of `cp`.
1342 Usability, bells and whistles
1343 -----------------------------
1344 * Updated Brazillian Portuguese translation.
1346 * The status and browse widgets now allow drag-and-drop into
1347 external applications.
1348 (`#335 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/335>`_)
1350 * We now show a progress bar when cloning repositories.
1351 (`#312 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/312>`_)
1353 * The bookmarks widget was simplified to not need a
1355 (`#289 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/289>`_)
1357 * Updated Traditional Chinese translation.
1359 * We now display a warning when trying to rebase with uncommitted changes.
1360 (`#338 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/338>`_)
1362 * The status widget learned to filter paths.
1363 `Ctrl+Shift+S` toggles the filter widget.
1364 (`#337 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/337>`_)
1365 (`#339 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/339>`_)
1367 * The status widget learned to move files to the trash
1368 when the `send2trash <https://github.com/hsoft/send2trash>`_
1369 module is installed.
1370 (`#341 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/341>`_)
1372 * "Recent repositories" is now a dedicated widget.
1373 (`#342 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/342>`_)
1375 * New Spanish translation thanks to Pilar Molina Lopez.
1376 (`#344 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/344>`_)
1380 * Newly added remotes are now properly seen by the fetch/push/pull dialogs.
1381 (`#343 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/343>`_)
1387 Usability, bells and whistles
1388 -----------------------------
1389 * New Brazillian Portuguese translation thanks to Vitor Lobo.
1391 * New Indonesian translation thanks to Samsul Ma'arif.
1393 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation thanks to Zhang Han.
1395 * `Ctrl+Backspace` is now a hotkey for "delete untracked files" in
1398 * Fetch/Push/Pull dialogs now use the configured remote of the current
1400 (`#324 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/324>`_)
1404 * We now use `os.getcwd()` on Python3.
1405 (`#316 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/316>`_)
1406 (`#326 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/326>`_)
1408 * The `Ctrl+P` hotkey was overloaded to both "push" and "cherry-pick",
1409 so "cherry-pick" was moved to `Ctrl+Shift+C`.
1411 * Custom GUI tools with mixed-case names are now properly supported.
1413 * "Diff Region" is now referred to as "Diff Hunk" for consistency
1414 with common terminology from diff/patch tools.
1415 (`#328 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/328>`_)
1417 * git-cola's test suite is now portable to MS Windows.
1418 (`#332 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/332>`_)
1424 Usability, bells and whistles
1425 -----------------------------
1426 * We now handle the case when inotify `add_watch()` fails
1427 and display instructions on how to increase the number of watches.
1428 (`#263 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/263>`_)
1430 * New and improved zh_TW localization thanks to V字龍(Vdragon).
1431 (`#265 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/265>`_)
1432 (`#267 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/267>`_)
1433 (`#268 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/268>`_)
1434 (`#269 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/269>`_)
1435 (`#270 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/270>`_)
1436 (`#271 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/271>`_)
1437 (`#272 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/272>`_)
1439 * New hotkeys: `Ctrl+F` for fetch, `Ctrl+P` for push,
1440 and `Ctrl+Shift+P` for pull.
1442 * The bookmarks widget's context menu actions were made clearer.
1443 (`#281 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/281>`_)
1445 * The term "Staging Area" is used consistently in the UI
1446 to allow for better localization.
1447 (`#283 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/283>`_)
1449 * The "Section" term is now referred to as "Diff Region"
1451 (`#297 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/297>`_)
1453 * The localization documentation related to the LANGUAGE
1454 environment variable was improved.
1455 (`#293 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/293>`_)
1457 * The "Actions" panel now contains tooltips for each button
1458 in case the button labels gets truncated by Qt.
1459 (`#292 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/292>`_)
1461 * Custom `git config`-defined actions can now be run in the
1462 background by setting `guitool.<name>.background` to `true`.
1466 * We now use bold fonts instead of SmallCaps to avoid
1467 artifacts on several configurations.
1469 * We now pickup `user.email`, `cola.tabwidth`, and similar settings
1470 when defined in /etc/gitconfig.
1471 (`#259 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/259>`_)
1473 * Better support for unicode paths when using inotify.
1474 (`bz #1104181 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104181>`_)
1476 * Unicode fixes for non-ascii locales.
1477 (`#266 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/266>`_)
1478 (`#273 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/273>`_)
1479 (`#276 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/276>`_)
1480 (`#282 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/282>`_)
1481 (`#298 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/298>`_)
1482 (`#302 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/302>`_)
1483 (`#303 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/303>`_)
1484 (`#305 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/305>`_)
1486 * Viewing history from the file browser was fixed for Python3.
1487 (`#274 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/274>`_)
1489 * setup.py was fixed to install the `*.rst` documentation.
1490 (`#279 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/279>`_)
1492 * Patch export was fixed for Python3.
1493 (`#290 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/290>`_)
1495 * Fixed adding a bookmark with trailing slashes.
1496 (`#295 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/295>`_)
1498 * The default `git dag` layout is now setup so that its widgets
1499 can be freely resized on Linux.
1500 (`#299 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/299>`_)
1502 * Invalid tag names are now reported when creating tags.
1503 (`#296 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/296>`_)
1509 Usability, bells and whistles
1510 -----------------------------
1511 * `git cola` no longer prompts after successfully creating a new branch.
1512 (`#251 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/251>`_)
1514 * Hitting enter on simple dialogs now accepts them.
1515 (`#255 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/255>`_)
1519 * `git dag` no longer relies on `sys.maxint`, which is
1520 not available in Python3.
1521 (`#249 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/249>`_)
1523 * Python3-related fixes.
1524 (`#254 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/254>`_)
1526 * Python3-on-Windows-related fixes.
1527 (`#250 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/250>`_)
1528 (`#252 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/252>`_)
1529 (`#253 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/253>`_)
1531 * Switching repositories using the bookmarks widget was not
1532 refreshing the inotify watcher.
1533 (`#256 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/256>`_)
1535 * Special commit messages trailers (e.g. "Acked-by:") are now special-cased to
1536 fix word wrapping lines that start with "foo:".
1537 (`#257 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/257>`_)
1539 * `git dag` sometimes left behind selection artifacts.
1540 We now refresh the view to avoid them.
1541 (`#204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/204>`_)
1547 Usability, bells and whistles
1548 -----------------------------
1549 * Better inotify support for file creation and deletion.
1550 (`#240 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/240>`_)
1552 * `git cola` now supports the X11 Session Management Protocol
1553 and remembers its state across logout/reboot.
1554 (`#164 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/164>`_)
1556 * `git cola` has a new icon.
1557 (`#190 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/190>`_)
1561 * Building the documentation no longer requires `asciidoc`.
1562 We now use `Sphinx <http://sphinx-doc.org/>`_ for building
1563 html documentation and man pages.
1567 * Reworked the git-dag gravatar icon code to avoid a unicode
1570 * Commit message line-wrapping was made to better match the GUI editor.
1571 (`#242 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/242>`_)
1573 * Better support for Python3 on Windows
1574 (`#246 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/246>`_)
1578 * git-cola no longer depends on Asciidoc for building its documentation
1579 and man-pages. We now depend on [Sphinx](http://sphinx-doc.org/) only.
1585 Usability, bells and whistles
1586 -----------------------------
1587 * Some context menu actions are now hidden when selected
1589 (`#238 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/238>`_)
1593 * The build-git-cola.sh contrib script was improved.
1594 (`#235 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/235>`_)
1596 * Non-ascii worktrees work properly again.
1597 (`#234 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/234>`_)
1599 * The browser now guards itself against missing files.
1600 (`bz #1041378 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071378>`_)
1602 * Saving widget state now works under Python3.
1603 (`#236 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/236>`_)
1611 * git-cola now runs on Python 3 thanks to Virgil Dupras.
1612 (`#233 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/233>`_)
1614 * Python 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2+ are now supported.
1615 Python 2.5 is no longer supported.
1619 * i18n test fixes thanks to Virgil Dupras.
1620 (`#231 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/231>`_)
1622 * git-cola.app build fixes thanks to Maicon D. Filippsen.
1623 (`#230 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/230>`_)
1625 * Lots of pylint improvements thanks to Alex Chernetz.
1626 (`#229 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/229>`_)
1632 Usability, bells and whistles
1633 -----------------------------
1634 * The new `Bookmarks` tool makes it really easy to switch between repositories.
1636 * There is now a dedicated dialog for applying patches.
1637 See the ``File -> Apply Patches`` menu item.
1638 (`#215 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/215>`_)
1640 * A new `git cola am` sub-command was added for applying patches.
1644 * Fixed a typo that caused inotify events to be silently ignored.
1646 * Fixed the sys.path setup for Mac OS X (Homebrew).
1647 (`#221 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/221>`_)
1649 * Lots of pylint fixes thanks to Alex Chernetz.
1655 Usability, bells and whistles
1656 -----------------------------
1657 * `git cola --amend` now starts the editor in `amend` mode.
1658 (`#187 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/187>`_)
1660 * Multiple lines of text can now be pasted into the `summary` field.
1661 All text beyond the first newline will be automatically moved to the
1662 `extended description` field.
1663 (`#212 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/212>`_)
1667 * Stray whitespace in `.git` files is now ignored.
1668 (`#213 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/213>`_)
1670 * Fix "known incorrect sRGB profile" in `staged-item.png`.
1671 (`Thread <http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/85066>`_)
1679 * Fix a traceback when `git push` fails.
1680 (`bz #1034778 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034778>`_)
1684 * Most of the git-cola sub-packages have been removed.
1685 The only remaining packages are `cola`, `cola.models`,
1688 * The translation file for Simplified Chinese was renamed
1690 (`#209 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/209>`_)
1698 * `git cola version --brief` now prints the brief version number.
1702 * Resurrected the "make dist" target, for those that prefer to create
1705 * Fixed the typo that broke the preferences dialog.
1711 Usability, bells and whistles
1712 -----------------------------
1713 * We now ship a full-featured interactive `git rebase` editor.
1714 The rebase todo file is edited using the `git xbase` script which
1715 is provided at `$prefix/share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase`.
1716 This script can be used standalone by setting the `$GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR`
1717 before running `git rebase --interactive`.
1718 (`#1 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1>`_)
1720 * Fixup commit messages can now be loaded from the commit message editor.
1722 * Tool widgets can be locked in place by using the "Tools/Lock Layout"
1724 (`#202 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/202>`_)
1726 * You can now push to several remotes simultaneously by selecting
1727 multiple remotes in the "Push" dialog.
1728 (`#148 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/148>`_)
1730 * The `grep` tool learned to search using three different modes:
1731 basic regular expressions (default), extended regular expressions,
1736 * `git cola` now depends on the `argparse` Python module.
1737 This module is part of the stdlib in Python 2.7 and must
1738 be installed separately when using Python 2.6 and below.
1742 * Support unicode in the output from `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`.
1748 Usability, bells and whistles
1749 -----------------------------
1750 * We now detect when the editor or history browser are misconfigured.
1751 (`#197 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/197>`_)
1752 (`bz #886826 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886826>`_)
1754 * Display of untracked files can be disabled from the Preferences dialog
1755 or by setting the `gui.displayuntracked` configuration variable to `false`.
1756 (`Thread <https://public-inbox.org/git/20130821032913.GA6092@wheezy.local/>`_)
1760 * Unicode stash names are now supported
1761 (`#198 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/198>`_)
1763 * The diffs produced when reverting workspace changes were made more robust.
1768 =======================
1769 Usability, bells and whistles
1770 -----------------------------
1771 * Brand new German translation thanks to Sven Claussner.
1773 * The "File" menu now provides a "New Repository..." menu action.
1775 * `git dag` now uses a dock-widget interface so that its widgets can
1776 be laid-out and arranged. Customizations are saved and restored
1777 the next time `git dag` is launched.
1779 * `git dag` now has a "Zoom Best Fit" button next alongside the
1780 "Zoom In" and "Zoom Out" buttons.
1782 * `Ctrl+L` now focuses the "Search" field in the `git dag` tool.
1784 * Right-clicking in the "diff" viewer now updates the cursor position
1785 before performing actions, which makes it much easier to click around
1786 and selectively stage sections. Previously, the current cursor position
1787 was used which meant that it required two clicks (left-click to update
1788 the position followed by right-click to get the context menu) for the
1789 desired section to be used. This is now a single right-click operation.
1791 * The `Ctrl+D` "Launch Diff Tool" action learned to automatically choose
1792 between `git difftool` and `git mergetool`. If the file is unmerged then
1793 we automatically launch `git mergetool` on the path, otherwise we use
1794 `git difftool`. We do this because `git difftool` is not intended to
1795 be used on unmerged paths. Automatically using `git mergetool` when
1796 appropriate is the most intuitive and muscle-memory-friendly thing to do.
1798 * You can now right-click on folders in your standard file browser
1799 and choose "Open With -> Git Cola" (Linux-only).
1803 * Python 2.6 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard does not provide a namedtuple
1804 at `sys.version_info`. We now avoid using that variable for better
1807 * We now read the user's Git configuration from `~/.config/git/config`
1808 if that file is available, otherwise we use the traditional `~/.gitconfig`
1809 path, just like Git itself.
1811 * Some edge cases were fixed when applying partial/selected diffs.
1813 * The diff viewer is now properly cleared when refreshing.
1814 (`#194 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/194>`_)
1820 Usability, bells and whistles
1821 -----------------------------
1822 * The diff viewer now has an "Options" menu which can be
1823 used to set "git diff" options. This can be used to
1824 ignore whitespace changes or to show a change with its
1825 surrounding function as context.
1826 (`#150 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/150>`_)
1828 * `git cola` now remembers your commit message and will restore it
1829 when `git cola` is restarted.
1830 (`#175 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/175>`_)
1832 * `Ctrl+M` can now be used to toggle the "Amend last commit"
1833 checkbox in the commit message editor.
1834 (`#161 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/161>`_)
1836 * Deleting remote branches can now be done from the "Branch" menu.
1837 (`#152 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/152>`_)
1839 * The commit message editor now has a built-in spell checker.
1843 * We now avoid invoking external diffs when showing diffstats.
1844 (`#163 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/163>`_)
1846 * The `Status` tool learned to reselect files when refreshing.
1847 (`#165 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/165>`_)
1849 * `git cola` now remembers whether it has been maximized and will restore the
1850 maximized state when `git cola` is restarted.
1851 (`#172 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/172>`_)
1853 * Performance is now vastly improved when staging hundreds or
1856 * `git cola` was not correctly saving repo-specific configuration.
1857 (`#174 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/174>`_)
1859 * Fix a UnicodeDecode in sphinxtogithub when building from source.
1865 Usability, bells and whistles
1866 -----------------------------
1867 * We now automatically remove missing repositories from the
1868 "Select Repository" dialog.
1869 (`#145 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/145>`_)
1871 * A new `git cola diff` sub-command was added for diffing changed files.
1875 * The inotify auto-refresh feature makes it difficult to select text in
1876 the "diff" editor when files are being continually modified by another
1877 process. The auto-refresh causes it to lose the currently selected text,
1878 which is not wanted. We now avoid this problem by saving and restoring
1879 the selection when refreshing the editor.
1880 (`#155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/155>`_)
1882 * More strings have been marked for l10n.
1883 (`#157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/157>`_)
1885 * Fixed the Alt+D Diffstat shortcut.
1886 (`#159 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/159>`_)
1890 * Better error handling when cloning repositories.
1892 We were not handling the case where a git URL has
1893 no basename, e.g. `https://git.example.com/`.
1894 `git cola` originally rejected these URLs instead of
1895 allowing users to clone them. It now allows these URLs
1896 when they point to valid git repositories.
1898 Additionally, `git cola` learned to echo the errors
1899 reported by `git clone` when it fails.
1900 (`#156 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/156>`_)
1906 Usability, bells and whistles
1907 -----------------------------
1908 * `git dag` got a big visual upgrade.
1910 * `Ctrl+G` now launches the "Grep" tool.
1912 * `Ctrl+D` launches difftool and `Ctrl+E` launches your editor
1913 when in the diff panel.
1915 * git-cola can now be told to use an alternative language.
1916 For example, if the native language is German and we want git-cola to
1917 use English then we can create a `~/.config/git-cola/language` file with
1918 "en" as its contents: ``echo en >~/.config/git-cola/language``
1919 (`#140 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/140>`_)
1921 * A new `git cola merge` sub-command was added for merging branches.
1923 * Less blocking in the main UI
1927 * Autocomplete issues on KDE
1928 (`#144 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/144>`_)
1930 * The "recently opened repositories" startup dialog did not
1931 display itself in the absence of bookmarks.
1932 (`#139 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/139>`_)
1938 Usability, bells and whistles
1939 -----------------------------
1940 * `git cola` learned to honor `.gitattributes` when showing and
1941 interactively applying diffs. This makes it possible to store
1942 files in git using a non-utf-8 encoding and `git cola` will
1943 properly accept them. This must be enabled by settings
1944 `cola.fileattributes` to true, as it incurs a small performance
1946 (`#96 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/96>`_)
1948 * `git cola` now wraps commit messages at 72 columns automatically.
1949 This is configurable using the `cola.linebreak` variable to enable/disable
1950 the feature, and `cola.textwidth` to configure the limit.
1951 (`#133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/133>`_)
1953 * A new "Open Recent" sub-menu was added to the "File" menu.
1954 This makes it easy to open a recently-edited repository.
1955 (`#135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/135>`_)
1957 * We now show a preview for untracked files when they are clicked
1958 using the `Status` tool.
1959 * A new "Open Using Default Application" action was added to the
1960 `Status` tool. It is activated using either `Spacebar` or through
1961 the context menu. This action uses `xdg-open` on Linux and
1963 * A new "Open Parent Directory" action was added to the `Status` tool.
1964 It is activated using either `Shift+Spacebar` or through the
1966 * `git dag` learned to honor the `log.date` git configuration variable.
1967 This makes the date display follow whatever format the user has
1969 * A new `git cola config` sub-command was added for quickly
1970 tweaking `git cola`'s git configuration settings.
1971 * Some small usability tweaks -- some user confirmation prompts
1972 were defaulting to "Cancel" when they should have been defaulting
1973 to the affirmative option instead.
1977 * Properly handle arbitrarily-named branches.
1978 * We went back to launching `git mergetool` using an xterm.
1979 The reason is that there are a couple of places where `git mergetool`
1980 requires a terminal for user interaction not covered by `--no-prompt`.
1981 * We now properly handle an edge case when applying short diffs at
1982 the start of a file.
1988 Usability, bells and whistles
1989 -----------------------------
1990 * New and improved `grep` mode lets you instantly find and edit files.
1991 * New `git cola grep` standalone mode.
1992 * Support for passing arguments to the configured editors, e.g. `gvim -p`
1993 This makes it possible to select multiple files in the status
1994 window and use `Ctrl-e` to edit them all at once.
1995 * Remote operations now prompt on errors only.
1996 * The `Tab` key now jumps to the extended description when editing the summary.
1997 * More shortcut key labels and misc. UX improvements.
2001 * Selecting an item no longer copies its filename to the copy/paste buffer.
2002 `Ctrl-c` or the "Copy" context-menu action can be used instead.
2003 * The repository monitoring feature on Windows learned to ignore
2004 changes within the ".git" directory. Thanks to Andreas Sommer.
2005 (`#120 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/120>`_)
2011 Usability, bells and whistles
2012 -----------------------------
2013 * `git dag` learned to color-code branchy edges.
2014 The edge colors change when a new branch is detected,
2015 which makes the history much easier to follow.
2016 A huge thanks to Uri Okrent for making it happen.
2018 * New GUI for editing remote repositories.
2020 * New `git cola archive` and `git cola remote` sub-commands.
2022 * `git cola browser` learned an 'Untrack' command.
2024 * The diff editor learned to staged/unstaged while amending.
2026 * The status tool can now scroll horizontally.
2028 * New git repositories can be created by clicking 'New' on the
2029 `git cola --prompt` startup screen.
2035 Usability, bells and whistles
2036 -----------------------------
2037 * Auto-completion was added to more tools.
2039 * `git dag` is easier to use on smaller displays -- the author
2040 field elides its text which allows for a more compact display.
2042 * Selected commits in `git dag` were made more prominent and
2045 * 'Create Branch' learned to fetch remote branches and uses a
2046 background thread to do so.
2048 * User-configured GUI tools are listed alphabetically in the 'Actions' menu.
2050 * The 'Pull' dialog remembers the value of the 'Rebase' checkbox
2051 between invocations.
2059 * Detect Homebrew so that OS X users do not need to set PYTHONPATH.
2061 * `git dag` can export patches again.
2067 Usability, bells and whistles
2068 -----------------------------
2069 * The 'Classic' tool was renamed to 'Browser' and learned to
2070 limit history to the current branch.
2072 * `git dag` learned about gravatar and uses it to show images
2075 * `git dag` learned to use OpenGL for rendering resulting in
2076 much faster rendering.
2078 * More dialogs learned vim-style keyboard shortcuts.
2080 * The commit message editor learned better arrow key navigation.
2086 Usability, bells and whistles
2087 -----------------------------
2088 * `git cola` learned a few new sub commands:
2096 * `Return` in the summary field jumps to the extended description.
2098 * `Ctrl+Return` is now a shortcut for 'Commit'.
2100 * Better French translation for 'Sign-off'.
2102 * The 'Search' widget now has a much simpler and streamlined
2105 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the DAG widget.
2107 * `git dag` no longer prompts for files when diffing commits if the
2108 text field contains paths.
2110 * General user interface and performance improvements.
2114 * The diff viewer no longer changes font size when holding `Control`
2115 while scrolling with the mouse wheel.
2117 * Files with a typechange (e.g. symlinks that become files, etc.)
2118 are now correctly identified as being modified.
2122 * The `cola.controllers` and `cola.views` packages were removed.
2128 Usability, bells and whistles
2129 -----------------------------
2130 * `git cola` can now launch sub commands, e.g.:
2141 * `git dag` is more responsive when gathering auto-completions.
2143 * Keyboard shortcuts are displayed when the '?' key is pressed.
2145 * Various keyboard shortcuts were added for improved usability.
2147 * The status widget now lists unmerged files before modified files.
2149 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the status widget.
2151 * A 'Recently Modified Files...' tool was added.
2153 * Tools can now be hidden with `Alt + #` (where `#` is a keyboard number)
2154 and focused with `Alt + Shift + #`.
2156 * The syntax highlighting colors for diffs was made less intrusive.
2158 * The commit message editor was redesigned to have a more compact
2159 and keyboard-convenient user interface.
2161 * Keyboard shortcuts for adding a Signed-off-by (`Ctrl + i`)
2162 and creating a commit (`Ctrl + m`) were added.
2164 * The status widget was adjusted to use less screen real-estate.
2168 * Avoid updating the index when responding to inotify events.
2169 This avoids interfering with operations such as `git rebase --interactive`.
2170 (`#99 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/99>`_)
2174 * Create `git-dag.pyw` in the win32 installer.
2176 * win32 shortcuts now contain explicit calls to `pythonw.exe` instead of
2177 calling the `.pyw` file directly.
2181 * The 'Apply Changes from Branch...' feature was removed.
2182 `git dag`'s 'Grab File...' feature used alongside the index/worktree editor
2183 is a simpler alternative.
2191 * Further enhanced the staging/unstaging behavior in the status widget.
2192 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
2194 * Unmerged files are no longer listed as modified.
2198 The `cola-$version` tarballs on github were originally setup to
2199 have the same contents as the old tarballs hosted on tuxfamily.
2200 The `make dist` target was changed to write files to a
2201 `git-cola-$version` subdirectory and tarball.
2203 This makes the filenames consistent for the source tarball,
2204 the darwin .app tarball, and the win32 .exe installer.
2210 Usability, bells and whistles
2211 -----------------------------
2212 * Refined the staging/unstaging behavior for code reviews.
2213 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
2215 * Added more styling and icons to menus and buttons.
2217 * Adjusted some terminology to more closely match the git CLI.
2221 * Boolean `git config` settings with no value are now supported
2222 (these are not created by git these days but exist in legacy repositories).
2224 * Unicode branches and tags are supported in the "branch diff" tool.
2226 * Guard against low-memory conditions and more interrupted system calls.
2230 * Added desktop launchers for git-cola.desktop and git-dag.desktop.
2231 This replaces the old cola.desktop, so some adjustments to RPM .spec
2232 and debian/ files will be needed.
2234 * Fixed the darwin app-tarball Makefile target to create relative paths.
2238 * The `--style` option was removed. `git cola` follows the system theme
2239 so there's no need for this option these days.
2245 Usability, bells and whistles
2246 -----------------------------
2247 * Export a patch series from `git dag` into a `patches/` directory.
2249 * `git dag` learned to diff commits, slice history along paths, etc.
2251 * Added instant-preview to the `git stash` widget.
2253 * A simpler preferences editor is used to edit `git config` values.
2254 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
2255 (`#89 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/89>`_)
2257 * Previous commit messages can be re-loaded from the message editor.
2258 (`#33 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/33>`_)
2262 * Display commits with no file changes.
2263 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
2265 * Improved the diff editor's copy/paste behavior
2266 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
2270 * Bumped version number to ceil(minimum git version).
2271 `git cola` now requires `git` >= 1.6.3.
2273 * Simplified git-cola's versioning when building from tarballs
2274 outside of git. We no longer check for a 'version' file at
2275 the root of the repository. We instead keep a default version
2276 in `cola/version.py` and use it when `git cola`'s `.git` repository
2283 Usability, bells and whistles
2284 -----------------------------
2285 * inotify is much snappier and available on Windows
2286 thanks to Karl Bielefeldt.
2288 * New right-click command to add untracked files to .gitignore
2289 thanks to Audrius Karabanovas.
2291 * Stash, fetch, push, and pull usability improvements
2293 * General usability improvements
2295 * stderr is logged when applying partial diffs.
2299 * Files can be unstaged when amending.
2300 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
2302 * Show the configured remote.$remote.pushurl in the GUI
2303 (`#83 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/83>`_)
2305 * Removed usage of the "user" module.
2306 (`#86 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/86>`_)
2308 * Avoids an extra `git update-index` call during startup.
2315 Usability, bells and whistles
2316 -----------------------------
2317 * We now provide better feedback when `git push` fails.
2318 (`#69 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/69>`_)
2320 * The Fetch, Push, and Pull dialogs now give better feedback
2321 when interacting with remotes. The dialogs are modal and
2322 a progress dialog is used.
2326 * More unicode fixes, again. It is now possible to have
2327 unicode branch names, repository paths, home directories, etc.
2328 This continued the work initiated by Redhat's bugzilla #694806.
2330 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806
2336 Usability, bells and whistles
2337 -----------------------------
2338 * The `git cola` desktop launchers now prompt for a repo
2339 by default. This is done by using the new `--prompt`
2340 flag which tells `git cola` to ignore any git repositories
2341 in the current directory and prompt for one instead.
2345 * More Unicode fixes for repositories and home directories with
2346 embedded unicode characters. Thanks to Christian Jann for
2347 patience and helpful bug reports.
2349 * Fix the 'Clone' button in the startup dialog.
2355 Usability, bells and whistles
2356 -----------------------------
2357 * Faster startup time! `git cola` now offloads initialization
2358 to a background thread so that the GUI appears almost instantly.
2360 * Specialized diff options for p4merge, vimdiff, araxis, emerge,
2361 and ecmerge in difftool (backported from git.git).
2365 * Fix launching commands in the background on Windows
2366 (e.g. when launching `git difftool`).
2368 * Fix unicode errors when home or repository directories contain
2370 (`#74 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/74>`_)
2371 (`bz #694806 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806>`_)
2377 Usability, bells and whistles
2378 -----------------------------
2379 * The `cola classic` tool can be now configured to be dockable.
2380 (`#56 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/56>`_)
2382 * The `cola classic` tool now uses visual sigils to indicate a file's status.
2383 The idea and icons were provided by Uri Okrent.
2385 * Include the 'Rescan' button in the 'Actions' widget regardless
2386 of whether inotify is installed.
2390 * Fix installation of translations per Fedora
2391 This incorporates Fedora's fix for the translations path
2392 which originally appeared in cola-1.4.3-translations.patch.
2394 * Mac OS X git-cola developers can now generate git-cola.app
2395 application bundles using 'make app-bundle'.
2399 * Fixed a stacktrace when trying to use "Get Commit Message Template"
2400 with an unconfigured "commit.template" git config variable.
2401 (`bz #67521 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675721>`_)
2402 (`#72 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/72>`_)
2404 * Properly raise the main window on Mac OS X.
2406 * Properly handle staging a huge numbers of files at once.
2408 * Speed up 'git config' usage by fixing cola's caching proxy.
2410 * Guard against damaged ~/.cola files.
2416 Usability, bells and whistles
2417 -----------------------------
2418 * `git dag` now has a separate display area
2419 for displaying commit metadata. This area will soon
2420 grow additional functionality such as cherry-picking,
2425 * Fixed tests from a previous refactoring.
2427 * Guard against 'diff.external' configuration by always
2428 calling 'git diff' with the '--no-ext-diff' option.
2429 (`#67 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/67>`_)
2431 * Respect 'gui.diffcontext' so that cola's diff display
2432 shows the correct number of context lines.
2434 * Raise the GUI so that it is in the foreground on OS X.
2438 * We now allow distutils to rewrite cola's shebang line.
2439 This allows us to run on systems where "which python"
2440 is Python3k. This is exposed by setting the `PYTHON`
2441 Makefile variable to the location of python2.x.
2443 * git-cola.app is now a tiny download because it no longer
2444 contains Qt and PyQt. These libraries are provided as a
2446 (`Link <http://code.google.com/p/git-cola/downloads/list>`_)
2452 Usability, bells and whistles
2453 -----------------------------
2454 * Clicking on paths in the status widget copies them into the
2455 copy/paste buffer for easy middle-clicking into terminals.
2457 * `Ctrl+C` in diff viewer copies the selected diff to the clipboard.
2461 * Fixed the disappearing actions buttons on PyQt 4.7.4
2462 as reported by Arch and Ubuntu 10.10.
2463 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
2465 * Fixed mouse interaction with the status widget where some
2466 items could not be de-selected.
2470 * Removed hard-coded reference to lib/ when calculating Python's
2471 site-packages directory.
2477 Usability, bells and whistles
2478 -----------------------------
2479 * Removed "single-click to (un)stage" in the status view.
2480 This is a usability improvement since we no longer perform
2481 different actions depending on where a row is clicked.
2483 * Added ability to create unsigned, annotated tags.
2487 * Updated documentation to use `cola.git` instead of `cola.gitcmd`.
2493 Usability, bells and whistles
2494 -----------------------------
2495 * Allow un/staging by right-clicking top-level items
2496 (`#57 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/57>`_)
2498 * Running 'commit' with no staged changes prompts to allow
2500 (`#55 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/55>`_)
2502 * Fetch, Push, and Pull are now available via the menus
2503 (`#58 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/58>`_)
2507 * Simplified the actions widget to work around a regression
2509 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
2515 Usability, bells and whistles
2516 -----------------------------
2517 * `git dag` interaction was made faster.
2521 * Added '...' indicators to the buttons for
2522 'Fetch...', 'Push...', 'Pull...', and 'Stash...'.
2523 (`#51 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/51>`_)
2525 * Fixed a hang-on-exit bug in the cola-provided
2526 'ssh-askpass' implementation.
2532 Usability, bells and whistles
2533 -----------------------------
2534 * Staging and unstaging is faster.
2535 (`#48 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/48>`_)
2537 * `git dag` reads history in a background thread.
2541 * Added :data:`cola.compat.hashlib` for `Python 2.4` compatibility
2542 * Improved `PyQt 4.1.x` compatibility.
2546 * Configured menu actions use ``sh -c`` for Windows portability.
2553 Usability, bells and whistles
2554 -----------------------------
2555 * Added support for the configurable ``guitool.<tool>.*``
2556 actions as described in the ``git config`` documentation.
2557 (`git-config(1) <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config>`_)
2558 (`#44 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/44>`_)
2560 This makes it possible to add new actions to `git cola`
2561 by simply editing ``~/.gitconfig``. This implements the
2562 same guitool support as `git gui`.
2564 * Introduced a stat cache to speed up `git config` and
2565 repository status checks.
2567 * Added Alt-key shortcuts to the main `git cola` interface.
2569 * The `Actions` dock widget switches between a horizontal
2570 and vertical layout when resized.
2572 * We now use ``git diff --submodule`` for submodules
2573 (used when git >= 1.6.6).
2575 * The context menu for modified submodules includes an option
2576 to launch `git cola`.
2577 (`#17 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/17>`_)
2579 * Prefer ``$VISUAL`` over ``$EDITOR`` when both are defined.
2580 These are used to set a default editor in lieu of `core.editor`
2583 * Force the editor to be ``gvim`` when we see ``vim``.
2584 This prevents us from launching an editor in the (typically
2585 unattached) parent terminal and creating zombie editors
2586 that cannot be easily killed.
2588 * Selections are remembered and restored across updates.
2589 This makes the `partial-staging` workflow easier since the
2590 diff view will show the updated diff after staging.
2592 * Show the path to the current repository in a tooltip
2593 over the commit message editor.
2594 (`#45 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/45>`_)
2596 * Log internal ``git`` commands when ``GIT_COLA_TRACE`` is defined.
2597 (`#39 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/39>`_)
2601 * Improved backwards compatibility for Python 2.4.
2603 * `Review mode` can now review the current branch; it no longer
2604 requires you to checkout the branch into which the reviewed
2605 branch will be merged.
2607 * Guard against `color.ui = always` configuration when using
2608 `git log` by passing ``--no-color``.
2610 * ``yes`` and ``no`` are now supported as valid booleans
2611 by the `git config` parser.
2613 * Better defaults are used for `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`..
2614 (`#43 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/43>`_)
2618 * Removed colon (`:`) from the applilcation name on Windows
2619 (`#41 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/41>`_)
2621 * Fixed bugs with the Windows installer
2622 (`#40 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/40>`_)
2624 * Added a more standard i18n infrastructure. The install
2625 tree now has the common ``share/locale/$lang/LC_MESSAGES/git-cola.mo``
2626 layout in use by several projects.
2628 * Started trying to accommodate Mac OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
2629 in the ``darwin/`` build scripts but our tester is yet to
2630 report success building a `.app` bundle.
2632 * Replaced use of ``perl`` in Sphinx/documentation Makefile
2633 with more-portable ``sed`` constructs. Thanks to
2634 Stefan Naewe for discovering the portability issues and
2635 providing msysgit-friendly patches.
2641 Usability, bells and whistles
2642 -----------------------------
2643 * It is now possible to checkout from the index as well
2644 as from `HEAD`. This corresponds to the
2645 `Removed Unstaged Changes` action in the `Repository Status` tool.
2647 * The `remote` dialogs (fetch, push, pull) are now slightly
2650 * Bookmarks can be selected when `git cola` is run outside of a git repository.
2652 * Added more user documentation. We now include many links to
2653 external git resources.
2655 * Added `git dag` to the available tools.
2656 `git dag` is a node-based DAG history browser.
2657 It doesn't do much yet, but it's been merged so that we can start
2658 building and improving upon it.
2662 * Fixed a missing ``import`` when showing `right-click` actions
2663 for unmerged files in the `Repository Status` tool.
2665 * ``git update-index --refresh`` is no longer run every time
2666 ``git cola version`` is run.
2668 * Don't try to watch non-existent directories when using `inotify`.
2670 * Use ``git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name`` plumbing to find
2671 the name of the current branch.
2675 * The ``Makefile`` will now conditionally include a ``config.mak``
2676 file located at the root of the project. This allows for user
2677 customizations such as changes to the `prefix` variable
2678 to be stored in a file so that custom settings do not need to
2679 be specified every time on the command-line.
2681 * The build scripts no longer require a ``.git`` directory to
2682 generate the ``builtin_version.py`` module. The release tarballs
2683 now include a ``version`` file at the root of the project which
2684 is used in lieu of having the git repository available.
2685 This allows for ``make clean && make`` to function outside of
2688 * Added maintainer's ``make dist`` target to the ``Makefile``.
2690 * The built-in `simplejson` and `jsonpickle` libraries can be
2691 excluded from ``make install`` by specifying the ``standalone=true``
2692 `make` variable. For example, ``make standalone=true install``.
2693 This corresponds to the ``--standalone`` option to ``setup.py``.
2700 Usability, bells and whistles
2701 -----------------------------
2702 * We now use patience diff by default when it is available via
2703 `git diff --patience`.
2705 * Allow closing the `cola classic` tool with `Ctrl+W`.
2709 * Fixed an unbound variable error in the `push` dialog.
2713 * Don't include `simplejson` in MANIFEST.in.
2715 * Update desktop entry to read `Cola Git GUI`.
2722 This feature release adds two new features directly from
2723 `git cola`'s github issues backlog. On the developer
2724 front, further work was done towards modularizing the code base.
2726 Usability, bells and whistles
2727 -----------------------------
2728 * Dragging and dropping patches invokes `git am`
2729 (`#3 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/3>`_)
2731 * A dialog to allow opening or cloning a repository
2732 is presented when `git cola` is launched outside of a git repository.
2733 (`#22 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/22>`_)
2735 * Warn when `push` is used to create a new branch
2736 (`#35 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/35>`_)
2738 * Optimized startup time by removing several calls to `git`.
2743 * `git cola` is once again compatible with PyQt 4.3.x.
2747 * `cola.gitcmds` was added to factor out git command-line utilities
2749 * `cola.gitcfg` was added for interacting with `git config`
2751 * `cola.models.browser` was added to factor out repobrowser data
2762 * Fix launching external applications on Windows
2764 * Ensure that the `amend` checkbox is unchecked when switching modes
2766 * Update the status tree when amending commits
2775 * Fix Lintian warnings
2784 * Fix X11 warnings on application startup
2793 * Added missing 'Exit Diff Mode' button for 'Diff Expression' mode
2794 (`#31 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/31>`_)
2796 * Fix a bug when initializing fonts on Windows
2797 (`#32 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/32>`_)
2806 * Keep entries in sorted order in the `cola classic` tool
2808 * Fix staging untracked files
2809 (`#27 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/27>`_)
2811 * Fix the `show` command in the Stash dialog
2812 (`#29 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/29>`_)
2814 * Fix a typo when loading merge commit messages
2815 (`#30 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/30>`_)
2822 This release focuses on a redesign of the git-cola user interface,
2823 a tags interface, and better integration of the `cola classic` tool.
2824 A flexible interface based on configurable docks is used to manage the
2825 various cola widgets.
2827 Usability, bells and whistles
2828 -----------------------------
2829 * New GUI is flexible and user-configurable
2831 * Individual widgets can be detached and rearranged arbitrarily
2833 * Add an interface for creating tags
2835 * Provide a fallback `SSH_ASKPASS` implementation to prompt for
2836 SSH passwords on fetch/push/pull
2838 * The commit message editor displays the current row/column and
2839 warns when lines get too long
2841 * The `cola classic` tool displays upstream changes
2843 * `git cola --classic` launches `cola classic` in standalone mode
2845 * Provide more information in log messages
2849 * Inherit the window manager's font settings
2851 * Miscellaneous PyQt4 bug fixes and workarounds
2855 * Removed all usage of Qt Designer `.ui` files
2857 * Simpler model/view architecture
2859 * Selection is now shared across tools
2861 * Centralized notifications are used to keep views in sync
2863 * The `cola.git` command class was made thread-safe
2865 * Less coupling between model and view actions
2867 * The status view was rewritten to use the MVC architecture
2869 * Added more documentation and tests
2876 Usability, bells and whistles
2877 -----------------------------
2878 * Added a `cola classic` tool for browsing the entire repository
2880 * Handle diff expressions with spaces
2882 * Handle renamed files
2886 * Handle carat `^` characters in diff expressions on Windows
2888 * Worked around a PyQt 4.5/4.6 QThreadPool bug
2892 * Added a keyboard shortcuts reference page
2894 * Added developer API documentation
2898 * Fix the diff expression used when reviewing branches
2900 * Fix a bug when pushing branches
2902 * Fix X11 warnings at startup
2904 * Fix more interrupted system calls on Mac OS X
2911 Usability, bells and whistles
2912 -----------------------------
2913 * Fresh and tasty SVG logos
2915 * Added `Branch Review` mode for reviewing topic branches
2917 * Added diff modes for diffing between tags, branches,
2918 or arbitrary `git diff` expressions
2920 * The push dialog selects the current branch by default.
2921 This is in preparation for `git 1.7.0` where unconfigured `git push`
2922 will refuse to push when run without specifying the remote name
2923 and branch. See the `git` release notes for more information
2925 * Support `open` and `clone` commands on Windows
2927 * Allow saving cola UI layouts
2929 * Re-enabled `double-click-to-stage` for unmerged entries.
2930 Disabling it for unmerged items was inconsistent, though safer.
2932 * Show diffs when navigating the status tree with the keyboard
2936 * Worked around `pyuic4` bugs in the `setup.py` build script
2938 * Added Mac OSX application bundles to the download page
2947 * `git difftool` became an official git command in `git 1.6.3`.
2949 * `git difftool` learned `--no-prompt` / `-y` and a corresponding
2950 `difftool.prompt` configuration variable
2952 Usability, bells and whistles
2953 -----------------------------
2954 * Warn when `non-fast-forward` is used with fetch, push or pull
2956 * Allow `Ctrl+C` to exit cola when run from the command line
2960 * Support Unicode font names
2962 * Handle interrupted system calls
2966 * `PEP-8`-ified more of the cola code base
2972 * All resources are now installed into `$prefix/share/git-cola`.
2973 Closed Debian bug #519972
2975 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519972
2984 * Added support for Kompare in `git difftool`
2986 * Added a separate configuration namespace for `git difftool`
2988 * Added the `diff.tool` configuration variable to define the default diff tool
2990 Usability, bells and whistles
2991 -----------------------------
2992 * The stash dialog allows passing the `--keep-index` option to `git stash`
2994 * Amending a published commit warns at commit time
2996 * Simplified the file-across-revisions comparison dialog
2998 * `origin` is selected by default in fetch/push/pull
3000 * Removed the search field from the log widget
3002 * The log window moved into a drawer widget at the bottom of the UI
3004 * Log window display can be configured with
3005 `cola.showoutput` = `{never, always, errors}`. `errors` is the default.
3007 * `NOTE` -- `cola.showoutput` was removed with the GUI rewrite in 1.4.0.
3011 * Improved nose unittest usage
3015 * Added a Windows/msysGit installer
3017 * Included private versions of `simplejson` and `jsonpickle`
3018 for ease of installation and development