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 `Branches` widget now checks out branches when double-clicked.
25 (`#920 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/920>`_)
27 * The new `Submodules` widget makes it easy to interact with submodules.
28 Additionally, submodules can now be updated using the `Status` widget.
29 (`#916 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/916>`_)
31 * Updated Japanese translation.
32 (`#914 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/914>`_)
34 * The "Open Terminal" action now launches a Git Bash shell on Windows.
35 (`#913 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/913>`_)
37 * New menu actions for updating all submodules.
38 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
40 * The status widget can now update submodules.
41 (`#911 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/911>`_)
43 * The "Apply Patch" `git cola am` dialog now includes a diff viewer
44 to display the contents of the selected patch.
46 * The "Alt+D" diffstat hotkey now selects the staged/modified/etc.
47 header in the Status widget, which shows the totality of everything
48 that will be committed.
49 (`#771 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/771>`_)
51 * Running "Launch Editor" from the diff editor now opens the editor at the
53 (`#898 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/898>`_)
55 * The textwidth and tabwidth configuration values can now be set
56 per-repository, rather than globally only.
58 * Text entry widgets switched to using a block cursor in `v3.2`.
59 This has been reverted to the original line cursor for consistency
60 with other applications and user expectations.
61 (`#889 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/889>`_)
63 * The "edit at line" feature, used by the "Grep" tool, now supports
64 the Sublime text editor.
65 (`#894 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/894>`_)
69 * Improve compatibility when using PySide2.
70 (`#912 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/912>`_)
72 * The Diff Editor was not honoring the configured tab width on startup.
73 (`#900 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/900>`_)
75 * The "Delete Files" feature was creating an unreadable display when
76 many files were selected. Word-wrap the list of files so that the
77 display stays within a sensible size.
78 (`#895 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/895>`_)
80 * Spelling and grammar fixes.
81 (`#915 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/915>`_)
82 (`#891 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/891>`_)
86 * The logo was run through `tidy` to give it a consistent style.
87 Some technical issues with the logo were improved.
88 (`#877 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/877>`_)
90 * The entire codebase is now checked by `flake8`, rather than just
91 the module and test directories. This catches things like
92 the pynsist installer scripts.
93 (`#884 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/884>`_)
94 (`#882 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/882>`_)
95 (`#879 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/879>`_)
99 * The Windows installer's wrapper scripts were missing an import.
100 (`#878 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/878>`_)
107 Usability, bells and whistles
108 -----------------------------
109 * The `git cola dag` DAG window now supports `git revert`.
110 (`#843 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/843>`_)
112 * `git stash pop` is now supported by the stash dialog.
113 (`#844 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/844>`_)
115 * The status widget now ensures that each item is visible when selection
116 changes. Previously, if you scrolled to the right to see the name of
117 a long filename, and then selected a short filename above it, the widget
118 may not have shown the short filename in the viewport. We now ensure
119 that the filenames are visible when the selection changes.
120 (`#828 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/828>`_)
122 * The `git xbase` rebase editor no longer displays an error when
123 cancelling an interactive rebase.
124 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
126 * The dialog shown when renaming remotes has been simplified.
127 (`#840 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/840>`_)
128 (`#838 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/838>`_)
130 * The help dialog in the `git-xbase` Rebase editor is now scrollable.
131 (`#855 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/855>`_)
135 * Updated Brazilian translation.
136 (`#845 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/845>`_)
138 * Updated Czech translation.
139 (`#854 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/854>`_)
140 (`#853 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/853>`_)
141 (`#835 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/835>`_)
142 (`#813 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/813>`_)
144 * Update Spanish translation.
145 (`#862 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/862>`_)
146 (`#867 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/867>`_)
150 * The original `#!/usr/bin/env python` shebang lines can now be
151 retained by passing `USE_ENV_PYTHON=1` to `make` when installing.
152 (`#850 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/850>`_)
154 * The Makefile is now resilient to DESTDIR and prefix containing whitespace.
155 (`#858 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/858>`_)
157 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.4.2`.
159 * `python3-distutils` is needed to build cola on Debian.
160 (`#837 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/837>`_)
164 * The "C" key no longer closes the message dialogs, for example the
165 one that is shown when a commit fails its pre-commit hooks.
166 This allows "Ctrl+C" copy to work, rather than closing the dialog.
167 (`#734 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/734>`_)
169 * Dock widgets sizes are now properly saved and restored when the main
171 (`#848 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/848>`_)
173 * The spellcheck feature was broken under Python3.
174 (`#857 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/857>`_)
176 * A regression when saving stashes was fixed.
177 (`#847 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/847>`_)
179 * Diffing image files was not updating the available context menus,
180 which prevented the "Stage" action from being present in the menu.
181 (`#841 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/841>`_)
183 * `git cola` now detects when `git lfs uninstall` has been run. This allows
184 you to re-initialize "Git LFS" in an existing repository where it had been
185 previously uninstalled.
186 (`#842 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/842>`_)
188 * Custom color values that did not contain any hexadecimal digits in the
189 `a-f` range were being converted into integers by the config reader. This
190 then caused the configured colors to be ignored.
192 These color values are now interpreted correctly. Additionally, color
193 values can now use an optional HTML-like `#` prefix.
195 Example `.gitconfig` snippet::
200 (`#836 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/836>`_)
201 (`#849 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/849>`_)
203 * We now display an error message graphically when `Git` is not installed.
204 Previously, the message went to stderr only.
205 (`#830 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/830>`_)
207 * Changing diff options was causing resulting in an exception.
208 (`#833 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/833>`_)
209 (`#834 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/834>`_)
211 * The DAG window now updates itself when branches and tags are created.
212 (`#814 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814>`_)
214 * The user's `$PATH` environment variable can now contain utf-8
215 encoded paths. Previously, launching external commands could
217 (`#807 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/807>`_)
219 * Git Cola development sandboxes can now be stored on utf-8 encoded
220 filesystem paths. Previously, the interactive rebase feature
221 could be broken when running in that environment.
222 (`#825 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/825>`_)
224 * The log window now uses an ISO-8601 timestamp, which
225 avoids localized output in the log window.
226 (`#817 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/817>`_)
230 * The code base has been thoroughly sanitized using `pylint`, and
231 travis is now running pylint over the entire project.
233 * Miscellaneous improvements and code improvements.
234 (`#874 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/874>`_)
241 Usability, bells and whistles
242 -----------------------------
243 * The "Browser" widget learned to rename files using "git mv".
244 (`#239 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/239>`_)
246 * The "Diff" widget learned to diff images. Side-by-side and pixel diff
247 modes allow you to inspect changes to common images formats.
248 (`#444 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/444>`_)
249 (`#803 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/803>`_)
251 * Git LFS and Git Annex are natively supported by the image diff viewer.
253 * Git Annex operations are now included. `git annex init` can be performed on
254 repositories, and `git annex add` can be run on untracked files from the
255 status widget. Install `git-annex` to activate this feature.
257 * Git LFS operations are now included. `git lfs install` can be performed on
258 repositories, and `git lfs track` can be run on untracked files from the
259 status widget. Install `git-lfs` to activate this feature.
261 * The "Stash" tool learned to stash staged changes only. Select the
262 "Stage Index" option and only staged changes will be stashed away.
263 (`#413 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/413>`_)
265 * The "Stash" tool learned to use vim-like navigation keyboard shortcuts,
266 shows error messages when things go wrong, and now saves the "Stash Index"
267 and "Keep Index" options across sessions.
269 * The Edit menu's "Copy" and "Select All" actions now forward to either the
270 diff, status, recent, or favorites widgets, based on which widget has focus.
272 * The "File" and "Edit" menu can now be activated using `Alt-{f,e}` hotkeys.
273 (`#759 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/759>`_)
275 * It was easy to accidentally trigger the first action in the `Status` tool's
276 context menu when using a quick right-click to bring up the menu.
277 A short sub-second delay was added to ensure that the top-most action is not
278 triggered unless enough time has passed. This prevents accidental
279 activation of the first item (typically "Stage" or "Unstage") without
280 burdening common use cases.
281 (`#755 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/755>`_)
282 (`#643 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/643>`_)
284 * The "Ctrl+S" hotkey now works for the header items in the Status tool.
285 Selected the "Modified" header item and activating the "Stage" hotkey,
286 for example, will stage all modified files. This works for the "Staged",
287 "Modified", and "Untracked" headers. This is not enabled for the
288 "Unmerged" header by design.
289 (`#772 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/772>`_)
291 * The list of "Recent" repositories previously capped the number of
292 repositories shown to 8 repositories. This can be set to a higher
293 value by setting the `cola.maxrecent` configuration variable.
294 (`#752 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/752>`_)
296 * The "Create Branch" dialog now prevents invalid branch names.
297 (`#765 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/765>`_)
299 * Updated Turkish translation.
300 (`#756 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/756>`_)
302 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
303 (`#753 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/753>`_)
305 * Updated German translation.
306 (`#802 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/802>`_)
308 * Updated Czech translation
309 (`#792 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/792>`_)
310 (`#806 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/806>`_)
312 * The window title can be configured to not display the absolute path of the
314 (`#775 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/775>`_)
316 * The "Edit Remotes" editor learned to edit remote URLS.
318 * Bare repositories can now be created by selecting the
319 "New Bare Repository..." action from the `File` menu.
321 * The "Branches" widget learned to configure upstream branches.
323 * A new `git cola clone` sub-command was added for cloning repositories.
327 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.3.1`.
329 * The macOS installation was made simpler for better compatibility with
331 (`#636 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/636>`_)
333 * The Windows installer is now much simpler. Git Cola now bundles
334 Python and PyQt5, so users need only install the "Git for Windows"
335 and "Git Cola" installers to get things working.
339 * Uninitialized difftool errors will now be displayed graphically.
340 They were previously going to the shell.
341 (`#457 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/457>`_)
343 * Translations marked "fuzzy" will no longer be used when translating strings.
344 (`#782 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/782>`_)
346 * Deleted unmerged files will now correctly use a deleted icon.
347 (`#479 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/479>`_)
349 * The `Ctrl+C` "Copy" hotkey on the diff viewer has been fixed.
350 (`#767 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/767>`_)
352 * The "Create Tag" dialog did not correctly handle the case when a signed
353 tag is requested, but no message is provided, and the user chooses to
354 create an unannotated tag instead. This convenience fallback will now
355 properly create an unsigned, unannotated tag.
356 (`#696 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/696>`_)
358 * `.gitconfig` and `.git/config` values editable by the Preferences dialog
359 (aka `git cola config`) will now get unset when set to an empty value.
360 For example, setting a different `user.email` in the current repository,
361 followed by a subsequent emptying of that field, would previously result in
362 an empty string getting stored in the config. This has been fixed so that
363 the value will now get unset in the config instead.
364 (`#406 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/406>`_)
366 * Spelling and typofixes.
367 (`#748 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/748>`_)
369 * `core.commentChar` is now honored when set in the local repository
371 (`#766 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/766>`_)
373 * The log window was using a format string that did not display
374 correctly in all locales. A locale-aware format is now used.
375 (`#800 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/800>`_)
377 * The dialog displayed when prompting for a reference could sometimes
379 (`#804 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/804>`_)
386 Usability, bells and whistles
387 -----------------------------
388 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
389 (`#726 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/726>`_)
391 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
392 (`#723 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/723>`_)
394 * New Czech translation.
395 (`#736 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/736>`_)
396 (`#737 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/737>`_)
397 (`#740 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/740>`_)
398 (`#743 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/743>`_)
400 * The "name" field in the "Create Tag" dialog now includes autocompletion,
401 which makes it easy to see which tags currently exist.
403 * `git cola` now has configurable toolbars. Use the `View -> Add toolbar`
404 menu item to add a toolbar.
406 * Setting `cola.expandtab` to `true` will now expand tabs into spaces
407 in the commit message editor. The number of spaces to insert is determined
408 by consulting `cola.tabwidth`, which defaults to `8`.
410 * The "Copy SHA-1" hotkey is now `Alt + Ctrl + C`, to avoid clobbering the
411 ability to copy text from the DAG window.
412 (`#705 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/705>`_)
414 * The "Prepare Commit Message" action can now be invoked via the
415 `Ctrl+Shift+Return` shortcut.
416 (`#707 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/707>`_)
418 * The `Branches` pane now has a filter field that highlights branches whose
419 names match the string entered into its text field.
420 (`#713 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/713>`_)
422 * Actions that are triggered in response to button presses were being
423 triggered when the button was pressed, rather than when it was released,
424 which was a usability flaw. All buttons now respond when clicked
425 rather than when pressed.
426 (`#715 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/715>`_)
428 * The DAG window will now only refresh when object IDs change.
429 Previously, the DAG would redraw itself in response to inotify events,
430 such as filesystem operations, which was disruptive when inspecting a large
431 diff in its diff viewer. The DAG will now only redraw when the object IDs
432 corresponding to its query input changes. Furthermore, when redrawing, the
433 scrollbar positions are retained to minimize disruption to the viewport
435 (`#620 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/620>`_)
436 (`#724 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/724>`_)
438 * The "About" dialog now includes the SHA-1 where Git Cola was built.
439 (`#530 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/530>`_)
441 * The "Status" widget now has "Copy Leading Path to Clipboard" and
442 "Copy Basename to Clipboard" actions.
443 (`#435 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/435>`_)
444 (`#436 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/436>`_)
446 * The "Status" widget now supports custom "Copy ... to Clipboard" actions.
447 (`#437 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/437>`_)
449 * The main menu now has an "Edit" menu.
450 (`#725 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/725>`_)
452 * `git dag` learned to checkout commits into a detached HEAD state.
453 (`#698 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/698>`_)
455 * The `status` widget's context menus now omit actions selection-dependent
456 actions when no file is selected.
457 (`#731 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/731>`_)
459 * The startup dialog now focuses the repository list so that repositories
460 can be selected with the keyboard without mouse intervention.
461 (`#741 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/741>`_)
465 * `git dag` now prevents nodes from overlapping in more situations.
466 (`#689 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/689>`_)
468 * Adding untracked Git submodule repo directories previously ran
469 `git add submodule/` but we now call `git add submodule` without
470 the trailing slash (`/`) to avoid staging files that belong to the
471 submodule (which is possibly a `git` bug). By working around the
472 buggy behavior we allow users to recover by issuing the appropriate
473 `git submodule add` command to properly register the submodule.
474 (`#681 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/681>`_)
476 * We now avoid `git for-each-ref --sort=version:refname` on versions
477 of `git` older than `v2.7.0`. Previously we only avoided it for
478 versions older than `v2.0.0`, which was a mistake.
479 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
481 * The error message displayed when `git` is not installed has been fixed.
482 (`#686 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686>`_)
484 * Adding new remotes was silently broken.
485 (`#684 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/684>`_)
486 (`#685 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/685>`_)
488 * The repo selection dialog had errors during startup when the
489 `cola.refreshonfocus` feature was enabled, as reported on Ubuntu 16.04.
490 (`#690 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/690>`_)
492 * Restored support for PyQt 4.6 (Centos 6.8)
493 (`#692 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/692>`_)
495 * Switching repositories now resets the "Amend Mode" and other settings
497 (`#710 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/710>`_)
499 * `git rebase` error messages now displayed when rebasing fails or stops
500 via the standalone `git cola rebase` front-end.
501 (`#721 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/721>`_)
503 * `git cola` learned to stage broken symlinks.
504 (`#727 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/727>`_)
506 * The "View History" feature in the `Browser` tool was fixed, and now
507 disambiguates between refs and paths.
508 (`#732 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/732>`_)
510 * The diff editor now has better support for files with CRLF `\r\n`
512 (`#730 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/730>`_)
514 * `cola.inotify` in a repo-local config is now honored
515 when `git cola` is launched from a desktop entry (`git cola --prompt`).
516 (`#695 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/695>`_)
523 Usability, bells and whistles
524 -----------------------------
525 * New Ukrainian translation.
526 (`#670 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/670>`_)
527 (`#672 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/672>`_)
529 * New and improved French translations.
531 * The new `Branches` widget makes it easier to checkout, merge, push,
532 and pull branches from a single interface.
534 * `git cola` now includes a dark icon theme. The dark icon theme can be
535 activated either by setting the `GIT_COLA_ICON_THEME` environment variable
536 to `dark`, by configuring `cola.icontheme` to `dark`, or by specifying
537 `--icon-theme=dark` on the command line.
538 (`#638 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/638>`_)
540 * Autocompletion was added to the `Fetch`, `Push`, and `Pull` dialogs.
542 * The commit message editor now remembers the "Spellcheck" setting
544 (`#645 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/645>`_)
546 * `git dag` now uses an improved algorithm for laying out the graph,
547 which avoids collisions under certain graph configurations, and
548 avoids overlapping tag with commits.
549 (`#648 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/648>`_)
550 (`#651 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/651>`_)
551 (`#654 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/654>`_)
552 (`#656 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/656>`_)
553 (`#659 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/659>`_)
555 * `git dag` now remembers its column sizes across sessions.
556 (`#674 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/674>`_)
558 * `Grep` now shows a preview of the selected file's content in a split window
559 below the grep results.
561 * `Grep` now includes line numbers in the preview pane's output.
563 * `Edit Remotes` now remembers its window settings after exiting.
565 * `Diff` now has an option to display line numbers in the editor.
566 (`#136 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/136>`_)
568 * `Amend Last Commit` can now be triggered via the `Commit` menu in addition
569 to the commit message editor's options.
570 (`#640 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/640>`_)
572 * The `File Browser` tool was made much faster and can now operate on
573 much larger repositories.
574 (`#499 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/499>`_)
576 * A new "turbo" mode was added that allows you to opt-out of operations
577 that can slow `git cola` on large repositories. The turbo mode is
578 enabled by configuring `git config cola.turbo true`. Turbo mode
579 disables the background loading of Git commit messages and other
580 details in the `File Browser` widget.
582 * A new GitIgnore dialog allows adding custom gitignore patterns.
583 (`#653 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/653>`_)
585 * The spellchecker in `git cola` can now use an additional dictionary
586 by configuring `cola.dictionary` to the path to a file containing
587 a newline-separated list of words.
588 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
590 * The stash, export patches, diff, and gitignore dialogs now remember
593 * A new `git cola recent` sub-command was added for finding recently
596 * The `Fetch` dialog now allows pruning remote branches.
597 (`#639 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/639>`_)
598 (`#680 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/680>`_)
602 * `git cola`'s spellchecker now supports the new `dict-common` filesystem
603 layout, and prefers the `/usr/share/dict/cracklib-small` file over the
604 `/usr/share/dict/words` provided on older distributions.
605 This makes the spellchecker compatible with Arch, which does not provide
606 a `words` symlink like Debian.
607 (`#663 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663>`_)
609 * Properly handle the case where an existing file is untracked using
612 * Fix a quirk where the "Create Branch" dialog sometimes required clicking
613 twice on the radio buttons.
614 (`#662 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/662>`_)
616 * Fixed a focus issue to ensure that "Push", "Fetch", and "Pull" can
617 be executed with the press of a single enter key after being shown.
618 (`#661 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/661>`_)
620 * Committing is now allowed in when resolving a merge results in no
621 changes. This state was previously prevented by the commit message editor,
622 which prevented users from resolving merges that result in no changes.
623 (`#679 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/679>`_)
625 * The filesystem monitor would sometimes emit backtraces when directories
626 are modified. This has been fixed.
627 (`bz #1438522 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1438522>`_)
629 * Absolute paths are now returned when querying for `.git`-relative paths
630 from within a submodule, which uses `.git`-files.
631 This fixes launching `git cola` from within a subdirectory of a submodule.
632 (`#675 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/675>`_)
639 Usability, bells and whistles
640 -----------------------------
641 * `git cola` can now invoke the `.git/hooks/cola-prepare-commit-msg`
642 hook to update the commit message. This hook takes the same parameters
643 as Git's `prepare-commit-message` hook. The default path to this hook
644 can be overridden by setting the `cola.prepareCommitMessageHook`
645 configuration variable.
646 (`Documentation <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#prepare-commit-message>`_)
648 * `git cola diff` (and the corresponding `Diff` menu actions) can now
649 launch difftool with the standard `Ctrl+D` hotkey. The `Ctrl+E` hotkey was
650 also added for launching an editor.
652 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
656 * `git cola` now works when installed in non-ascii, utf8-encoded paths.
657 (`#629 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/629>`_)
659 * Styling issues that caused black backgrounds in various widgets when using
660 PyQ5 on Mac OS X have been fixed.
661 (`#624 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/624>`_)
663 * The "Open Recent" menu action was broken and has been fixed.
664 (`#634 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/634>`_)
666 * Exiting `git cola` with a maximized main window would hang when reopened
668 (`#641 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/641>`_)
672 * `appdata.xml` files are now provided at
673 `share/appdata/git-cola.xml` and `share/appdata/git-dag.xml`
674 for use by the Linux software gallery.
675 (`#627 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/627>`_)
676 (`Appdata <https://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appdata/>`_)
685 * The "Open Recent" menu was updated to new bookmarks format.
686 (`#628 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/628>`_)
693 Usability, bells and whistles
694 -----------------------------
695 * New Polish translation thanks to Łukasz Wojniłowicz
696 (`#598 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/598>`_)
698 * The `Bypass Commit Hooks` feature now disables itself automatically
699 when a new commit is created. The new behavior turns the option into a
700 single-use flag, which helps prevent users from accidentally leaving it
701 active longer than intended.
702 (`#595 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/595>`_)
704 * `git dag` learned to launch an external diff viewer on selected commits.
705 The standard `Ctrl+D` shortcut can be used to view diffs.
706 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
708 * `git dag` learned to launch directory diffs via `git difftool --dir-diff`.
709 The `Ctrl+Shift+D` shortcut launches difftool in directory-diff mode.
710 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
712 * Items in the "Favorites" list can now be renamed, which makes it
713 easier to differentiate between several checkouts of the same repository.
714 (`#599 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/599>`_)
715 (`#601 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/601>`_)
717 * The startup screen now includes a logo and `git cola` version information.
718 (`#526 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/526>`_)
720 * The `About` page was revamped to contain multiple tabs. A new tab was added
721 that provides details about `git cola`''s dependencies. New tabs were also
722 added for giving credit to `git cola`'s authors and translators.
724 * The `About` page can now be accessed via `git cola about`.
726 * The "Fast-forward only" and "No fast-forward" options supported by
727 `git pull` are now accessible via `git cola pull`.
729 * Doing a forced push no longer requires selecting the remote branch.
730 (`#618 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/618>`_)
732 * `git cola push` now has an option to suppress the prompt that is shown
733 when pushing would create new remote branches.
734 (`#605 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/605>`_)
736 * `git dag` now shows commit messages in a more readable color.
737 (`#574 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/574>`_)
739 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch the OS-specified
740 default action for a file. When used on directories via `git cola browse`,
741 or when "Open Parent Directory" is used on files, the OS-specified
742 file browser will typically be used.
744 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch terminals.
748 * `git cola browse` was not updating when expanding items.
749 (`#588 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/588>`_)
751 * Typofixes in comments, naming, and strings have been applied.
752 (`#593 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/593>`_)
754 * The inotify and win32 filesystem monitoring no longer refreshes
755 when updates are made to ignored files.
756 (`#517 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/517>`_)
757 (`#516 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/516>`_)
759 * The `Refresh` button on the actions panel no longer raises an
760 exception when using PyQt5.
761 (`#604 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/604>`_)
763 * Fixed a typo in the inotify backend that is triggered when files are removed.
764 (`#607 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/607>`_)
766 * Fixed a typo when recovering from a failed attempt to open a repository.
767 (`#606 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/606>`_)
769 * `git dag` now properly updates itself when launched from the menubar.
770 (`#613 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/613>`_)
772 * If git-cola is invoked on Windows using `start pythonw git-cola`,
773 a console window will briefly flash on the screen each time
774 `git cola` invokes `git`. The console window is now suppressed.
776 * We now avoid some problematic Popen flags on Windows which were
777 breaking the `git rebase` feature on Windows.
779 * The `Save` button in `git dag`'s "Grab File..." feature now properly
780 prompts for a filename when saving files.
781 (`#617 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/617>`_)
785 * The `qtpy` symlink in the source tree has been removed to allow for easier
786 development on Windows.
787 (`#626 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/626>`_)
794 Usability, bells and whistles
795 -----------------------------
796 * `git cola push` learned to configure upstream branches.
797 (`#563 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/563>`_)
801 * The diffstat view is now properly updated when notifications are
802 received via inotify filesystem monitoring.
803 (`#577 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/577>`_)
805 * Python3 with PyQt5 had a bug that prevented `git cola` from starting.
806 (`#589 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/589>`_)
816 * When repositories stored in non-ASCII, UTF-8-encoded filesystem paths
817 were operated upon with `LC_ALL=C` set in the environment, unicode errors
818 would occur when using `python2`. `git cola` was made more robust and will
819 now operate correctly within this environment.
820 (`#581 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/581>`_)
822 * Support for the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment variable was fixed.
823 (`#582 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/582>`_)
828 * The `unittest.mock` module is now used instead of the original `mock` module
829 when running the `git cola` test suite using Python3.
830 (`#569 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/569>`_)
835 * `git cola` is now compatible with *PyQt5*, *PyQt4*, and *Pyside*.
836 `git cola` previously supported *PyQt4* only, but will now use whichever
837 library is available. Users are not required to upgrade at this time,
838 but *PyQt5* support can be enabled anytime by making its python
840 (`#232 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/232>`_)
842 *NOTE*: We do not yet recommend using *PyQt5* because there are known
843 exit-on-segfault bugs in *Qt5* that have not yet been addressed.
844 `git cola` is sensitive to this bug and is known to crash on exit
845 when using `git dag` or the interactive rebase feature on *PyQt5*.
847 https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-52988
849 *PyQt4* is stable and there are no known issues when using it so
850 we recommend using it until the Qt5 bugs have been resolved.
852 * `git cola` now depends on *QtPy* and includes a bundled copy of the
853 `qtpy` library. If you are packaging `git cola` and would prefer to use
854 `qtpy` from your distribution instead of the built-in version then use
855 `make NO_VENDOR_LIBS=1` when building `git cola`. This will prevent
856 vendored libraries from being installed.
863 Usability, bells and whistles
864 -----------------------------
866 * A new "Reset" sub-menu provides access to running "git reset --mixed"
867 when resetting branch heads and "git reset --merge" when resetting
869 (`#542 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/542>`_)
871 * `git cola` now supports linked worktrees, i.e. worktrees created by
873 (`#554 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/554>`_)
878 * Diff highlighting is now robust to the user having
879 diff.supressBlankEmpty=true in their git config.
880 (`#541 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/541>`_)
882 * The filesystem monitor now properly handles repositories that use
883 `.git`-files, e.g. when using submodules.
884 (`#545 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/545>`_)
885 (`#546 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pulls/546>`_)
887 * Per-repository git configuration is now properly detected when launching
888 `git cola` from an application launcher.
889 (`#548 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/548>`_)
891 * `git cola` now cleans up after itself immediately to avoid leaving behind
892 empty `/tmp/git-cola-XXXXXX` directories when the user uses `Ctrl+C`
894 (`#566 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/566>`_)
899 * It is now possible to install `git cola` to and from utf8-encoded filesystem
900 paths. Previously, Python's stdlib would throw an encoding error during
901 installation. We workaround the stdlib by forcing python2 to use utf-8,
902 thus fixing assumptions in the stdlib library code.
903 (`#551 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/551>`_)
910 Usability, bells and whistles
911 -----------------------------
913 * The icon for untracked files was adjusted to better differentiate
914 between files and the "Untracked" header.
915 (`#509 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/509>`_)
917 * Ctrl+O was added as a hotkey for opening repositories.
918 (`#507 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/507>`_)
920 * `git dag` now uses consistent edge colors across updates.
921 (`#512 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/512>`_)
923 * `git cola`'s Bookmarks widget can now be used to set a "Default Repository".
924 Under the hood, we set the `cola.defaultrepo` configuration variable.
925 The default repository is used whenever `git cola` is launched outside of
926 a Git repository. When unset, or when set to a bogus value, `git cola`
927 will prompt for a repository, as it previously did.
928 (`#513 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/513>`_)
930 * `git cola`'s Russian and Spanish translations were improved
931 thanks to Vaiz and Zeioth.
932 (`#514 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/514>`_)
933 (`#515 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/515>`_)
934 (`#523 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/523>`_)
936 * `git cola` was translated to Turkish thanks to Barış ÇELİK.
937 (`#520 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/520>`_)
939 * The status view now supports launching `git gui blame`. It can be
940 configured to use a different command by setting `cola.blameviewer`.
941 (`#521 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/521>`_)
943 * `git dag` now allows selecting non-contiguous ranges in the log widget.
944 (`#468 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468>`_)
946 * Any font can now be chosen for the diff editor, not just monospace fonts.
947 (`#525 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/525>`_)
952 * `xfce4-terminal` and `gnome-terminal` are now supported when launching
953 `git mergetool` to resolve merges. These terminals require that the command
954 to execute is shell-quoted and passed as a single string argument to `-e`
955 rather than as additional command line arguments.
956 (`#524 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/524>`_)
958 * Fixed a unicode problem when formatting the error message that is shown
959 when `gitk` is not installed. We now handle unicode data in tracebacks
960 generated by python itself.
961 (`#528 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/528>`_)
963 * The `New repository` feature was fixed.
964 (`#533 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/533>`_)
966 * We now use omit the extended description when creating "fixup!" commits,
967 for consistency with the Git CLI. We now include only the one-line summary
968 in the final commit message.
969 (`#522 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/522>`_)
976 Usability, bells and whistles
977 -----------------------------
979 * The user interface is now HiDPI-capable. git-cola now uses SVG
980 icons, and its interface can be scaled by setting the `GIT_COLA_SCALE`
981 environment variable.
983 * `git dag` now supports the standard editor, difftool, and history hotkeys.
984 It is now possible to invoke these actions from file widget's context
985 menu and through the standard hotkeys.
986 (`#473 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/473>`_)
988 * The `Status` tool also learned about the history hotkey.
989 Additionally, the `Alt-{j,k}` aliases are also supported in the `Status`
990 tool for consistency with the other tools where the non-Alt hotkeys are not
992 (`#488 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/488>`_)
994 * The `File Browser` tool now has better default column sizes,
995 and remembers its window size and placement.
997 * The `File Browser` now supports the refresh hotkey, and has better
998 behavior when refreshing. The selection is now retained, and new and
999 removed files are found when refreshing.
1001 * A new `git-cola-completion.bash` completion script is provided in the
1002 `contrib/` directory. It must be used alongside Git's completion script.
1003 Source it from your `~/.bashrc` (or `~/.zshrc`, etc) after sourcing
1004 the `git-completion.bash` script and you will have command-line completion
1005 support for the `git cola` and `git dag` sub-commands.
1007 * The "checkout" dialog now offers completion for remote branches and other
1008 git refs. This makes it easier to checkout remote branches in a detached
1009 head state. Additionally, the checkout dialog also offers completion for
1010 remote branches that have not yet been checked out, which makes it easier to
1011 create a local tracking branch by just completing for that potential name.
1012 (`#390 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/390>`_)
1014 * The "create branch" and "create tag" dialogs now save and restore their
1017 * The "status" widget can now be configured to use a bold font with a darker
1018 background for the header items.
1019 (`#506 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/506>`_)
1021 * The "status" widget now remembers its horizontol scrollbar position across
1022 updates. This is helpful when working on projects with long paths.
1023 (`#494 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/494>`_)
1028 * When using *Git for Windows*, a `git` window would appear
1029 when running *Windows 8*. We now pass additional flags to
1030 `subprocess.Popen` to prevent a `git` window from appearing.
1031 (`#477 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/477>`_)
1032 (`#486 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/486>`_)
1034 * Launching difftool with `.PY` in `$PATHEXT` on Windows was fixed.
1035 (`#492 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/492>`_)
1037 * Creating a local branch tracking a remote branch that contains
1038 slashes in its name is now properly handled.
1039 (`#496 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/496>`_)
1041 * The "Browse Other Branch" feature was broken by Python3, and is now fixed.
1042 (`#501 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/501>`_)
1044 * We now avoid `long` for better Python3 compatibility.
1045 (`#502 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/502>`_)
1047 * We now use Git's default merge message when merging branches.
1048 (`#508 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/508>`_)
1050 * Miscellaneous fixes
1051 (`#485 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/485>`_)
1056 * git-cola's documentation no longer uses an intersphinx link mapping
1057 to docs.python.org. This fixes warnings when building rpms using koji,
1058 where network access is prevented.
1060 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231812
1067 Usability, bells and whistles
1068 -----------------------------
1070 * The Interactive Rebase feature now works on Windows!
1071 (`#463 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/463>`_)
1073 * The `diff` editor now understands vim-style `hjkl` navigation hotkeys.
1074 (`#476 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/476>`_)
1076 * `Alt-{j,k}` navigation hotkeys were added to allow changing to the
1077 next/previous file from the diff and commit editors.
1079 * The `Rename branch` menu action is now disabled in empty repositories.
1080 (`#475 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/475>`_)
1081 (`#459 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/459>`_)
1083 * `git cola` now checks unmerged files for conflict markers before
1084 staging them. This feature can be disabled in the preferences.
1085 (`#464 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/464>`_)
1087 * `git dag` now remembers which commits were selected when refreshing
1088 so that it can restore the selection afterwards.
1089 (`#480 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/480>`_)
1091 * "Launch Editor", "Launch Difftool", "Stage/Unstage",
1092 and "Move Up/Down" hotkeys now work when the commit message
1094 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
1096 * The diff editor now supports the `Ctrl+u` hotkey for reverting
1097 diff hunks and selected lines.
1099 * The `core.commentChar` Git configuration value is now honored.
1100 Commit messages and rebase instruction sheets will now use
1101 the configured character for comments. This allows having
1102 commit messages that start with `#` when `core.commentChar`
1103 is configured to its non-default value.
1104 (`#446 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/446>`_)
1109 * Diff syntax highlighting was improved to handle more edge cases
1110 and false positives.
1111 (`#467 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/467>`_)
1113 * Setting commands in the interactive rebase editor was fixed.
1114 (`#472 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/472>`_)
1116 * git-cola no longer clobbers the Ctrl+Backspace text editing shortcut
1117 in the commit message editor.
1118 (`#453 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453>`_)
1120 * The copy/paste clipboard now persists after `git cola` exits.
1121 (`#484 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/484>`_)
1130 * Fixed the "Sign off" feature in the commit message editor.
1137 Usability, bells and whistles
1138 -----------------------------
1139 * Double-click will now choose a commit in the "Select commit" dialog.
1141 * `git cola` has a feature that reads `.git/MERGE_MSG` and friends for the
1142 commit message when a merge is in-progress. Upon refresh, `git cola` will
1143 now detect when a merge has completed and reset the commit message back to
1144 its previous state. It is only reset if the editor contains a message
1145 that was read from the file and has not been manually edited by the user.
1147 * The commit message editor's context menu now has a "Clear..." action for
1148 clearing the message across both the summary and description fields.
1150 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
1152 * The system theme's icons are now used wherever possible.
1153 (`#458 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/458>`_)
1157 * The stash viewer now uses ``git show --no-ext-diff`` to avoid running
1158 user-configured diff tools.
1160 * `git cola` now uses the `setsid()` system call to ensure that the
1161 `GIT_ASKPASS` and `SSH_ASKPASS` helper programs are used when pushing
1162 changes using `git`. The askpass helpers will now be used even when
1163 `git cola` is launched from a terminal.
1165 The behavior without `setsid()` is that `git cola` can appear to hang while
1166 pushing changes. The hang happens when `git` prompts the user for a
1167 password using the terminal, but the user never sees the prompt. `setsid()`
1168 detaches the terminal, which ensures that the askpass helpers are used.
1169 (`#218 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/218>`_)
1170 (`#262 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/262>`_)
1171 (`#377 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/377>`_)
1173 * `git dag`'s file list tool was updated to properly handle unicode paths.
1175 * `gnome-terminal` is no longer used by default when `cola.terminal` is unset.
1176 It is broken, as was detailed in #456.
1177 (`#456 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/456>`_)
1179 * The interactive rebase feature was not always setting `$GIT_EDITOR`
1180 to the value of `gui.editor`, thus there could be instances where rebase
1181 will seem to not stop, or hang, when performing "reword" actions.
1183 We now set the `$GIT_EDITOR` environment variable when performing the
1184 "Continue", "Skip", and "Edit Todo" rebase actions so that the correct
1185 editor is used during the rebase.
1186 (`#445 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/445>`_)
1190 * `git cola` moved from a 3-part version number to a simpler 2-part "vX.Y"
1191 version number. Most of our releases tend to contain new features.
1198 Usability, bells and whistles
1199 -----------------------------
1200 * Updated zh_TW translations.
1202 * `git cola rebase` now defaults to `@{upstream}`, and generally uses the same
1203 CLI syntax as `git rebase`.
1205 * The commit message editor now allows you to bypass commit hooks by selecting
1206 the "Bypass Commit Hooks" option. This is equivalent to passing the
1207 `--no-verify` option to `git commit`.
1208 (`#357 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/357>`_)
1210 * We now prevent the "Delete Files" action from creating a dialog that does
1212 (`#378 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/378>`_)
1214 * `git xbase` learned to edit rebase instruction sheets that contain
1217 * The diff colors are now configurable. `cola.color.{text,add,remove,header}`
1218 can now be set with 6-digit hexadecimal colors.
1219 See the `git cola manual <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#configuration-variables>_`
1222 * Improved hotkey documentation.
1226 * `git cola` will now allow starting an interactive rebase with a dirty
1227 worktree when `rebase.autostash` is set.
1228 (`#360 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/360>`_)
1235 Usability, bells and whistles
1236 -----------------------------
1237 * A new "Find files" widget was added, and can be activated by
1238 using the `Ctrl+t` or `t` hotkeys.
1240 * A new `git cola find` sub-command was added for finding files.
1242 * `git cola` now remembers the text cursor's position when staging
1243 interactively with the keyboard. This makes it easier to use the keyboard
1244 arrows to select and stage lines.
1246 * The completion widgets will now select the top completion item
1247 when `Enter` or `Return` are pressed.
1249 * You can now refresh using `F5` in addition to the existing `Ctrl+R` hotkey.
1253 * `git cola` now passes `--no-abbrev-commit` to `git log` to override
1254 having `log.abbrevCommit = true` set in `.gitconfig`.
1260 Usability, bells and whistles
1261 -----------------------------
1262 * `git dag` now forwards all unknown arguments along to `git log`.
1263 (`#389 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/389>`_)
1265 * Line-by-line interactive staging was made more robust.
1266 (`#399 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/399>`_)
1268 * "Bookmarks" was renamed to "Favorites".
1269 (`#392 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/392>`_)
1271 * Untracked files are now displayed using a unique icon.
1272 (`#388 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/388>`_)
1276 * `git dag` was triggering a traceback on Fedora when parsing Git logs.
1277 (`bz #181676 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181686>`_)
1279 * inotify expects unicode paths on Python3.
1280 (`#393 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/393>`_)
1282 * Untracked files are now assumed to be utf-8 encoded.
1283 (`#401 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/401>`_)
1289 Usability, bells and whistles
1290 -----------------------------
1291 * `git cola` can now create GPG-signed commits and merges.
1292 See the documentation for details about setting up a GPG agent.
1293 (`#149 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/149>`_)
1295 * The status widget learned to copy relative paths when `Ctrl+x` is pressed.
1296 (`#358 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/358>`_)
1298 * Custom GUI actions can now define their own keyboard shortcuts by
1299 setting `guitool.$name.shortcut` to a string understood by Qt's
1300 `QAction::setShortcut()` API, e.g. `Alt+X`.
1302 `Qt docs <http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qkeysequence.html#QKeySequence-2>`_
1303 for more details about the supported values.
1305 * `git cola` learned to rename branches.
1306 (`#364 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/364>`_)
1307 (`#278 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/278>`_)
1309 * `git dag` now has a "Show history" context menu which can be used to filter
1310 history using the selected paths.
1314 * `sphinxtogithub.py` was fixed for Python3.
1315 (`#353 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/353>`_)
1317 * The commit that changed how we read remotes from `git remote`
1318 to parsing `git config` was reverted since it created problems
1321 * Fixed a crash when using the `rebase edit` feature.
1322 (`#351 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/351>`_)
1324 * Better drag-and-drop behavior when dropping into gnome-terminal.
1325 (`#373 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/373>`_)
1329 * The `git-cola-folder-handler.desktop` file handler was fixed
1330 to pass validation by `desktop-file-validate`.
1331 (`#356 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/356>`_)
1333 * The `git.svg` icon was renamed to `git-cola.svg`, and `git cola` was taught
1334 to prefer icons from the desktop theme when available.
1340 Usability, bells and whistles
1341 -----------------------------
1342 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+Shift+M` merges branches.
1344 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+R` refreshes the DAG viewer.
1345 (`#347 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/347>`_)
1349 * We now use `git config` to parse the list of remotes
1350 instead of parsing the output of `git remote`, which
1351 is a Git porcelain and should not be used by scripts.
1353 * Avoid "C++ object has been deleted" errors from PyQt4.
1354 (`#346 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/346>`_)
1358 * The `make install` target now uses `install` instead of `cp`.
1364 Usability, bells and whistles
1365 -----------------------------
1366 * Updated Brazillian Portuguese translation.
1368 * The status and browse widgets now allow drag-and-drop into
1369 external applications.
1370 (`#335 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/335>`_)
1372 * We now show a progress bar when cloning repositories.
1373 (`#312 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/312>`_)
1375 * The bookmarks widget was simplified to not need a
1377 (`#289 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/289>`_)
1379 * Updated Traditional Chinese translation.
1381 * We now display a warning when trying to rebase with uncommitted changes.
1382 (`#338 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/338>`_)
1384 * The status widget learned to filter paths.
1385 `Ctrl+Shift+S` toggles the filter widget.
1386 (`#337 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/337>`_)
1387 (`#339 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/339>`_)
1389 * The status widget learned to move files to the trash
1390 when the `send2trash <https://github.com/hsoft/send2trash>`_
1391 module is installed.
1392 (`#341 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/341>`_)
1394 * "Recent repositories" is now a dedicated widget.
1395 (`#342 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/342>`_)
1397 * New Spanish translation thanks to Pilar Molina Lopez.
1398 (`#344 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/344>`_)
1402 * Newly added remotes are now properly seen by the fetch/push/pull dialogs.
1403 (`#343 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/343>`_)
1409 Usability, bells and whistles
1410 -----------------------------
1411 * New Brazillian Portuguese translation thanks to Vitor Lobo.
1413 * New Indonesian translation thanks to Samsul Ma'arif.
1415 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation thanks to Zhang Han.
1417 * `Ctrl+Backspace` is now a hotkey for "delete untracked files" in
1420 * Fetch/Push/Pull dialogs now use the configured remote of the current
1422 (`#324 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/324>`_)
1426 * We now use `os.getcwd()` on Python3.
1427 (`#316 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/316>`_)
1428 (`#326 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/326>`_)
1430 * The `Ctrl+P` hotkey was overloaded to both "push" and "cherry-pick",
1431 so "cherry-pick" was moved to `Ctrl+Shift+C`.
1433 * Custom GUI tools with mixed-case names are now properly supported.
1435 * "Diff Region" is now referred to as "Diff Hunk" for consistency
1436 with common terminology from diff/patch tools.
1437 (`#328 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/328>`_)
1439 * git-cola's test suite is now portable to MS Windows.
1440 (`#332 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/332>`_)
1446 Usability, bells and whistles
1447 -----------------------------
1448 * We now handle the case when inotify `add_watch()` fails
1449 and display instructions on how to increase the number of watches.
1450 (`#263 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/263>`_)
1452 * New and improved zh_TW localization thanks to V字龍(Vdragon).
1453 (`#265 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/265>`_)
1454 (`#267 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/267>`_)
1455 (`#268 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/268>`_)
1456 (`#269 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/269>`_)
1457 (`#270 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/270>`_)
1458 (`#271 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/271>`_)
1459 (`#272 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/272>`_)
1461 * New hotkeys: `Ctrl+F` for fetch, `Ctrl+P` for push,
1462 and `Ctrl+Shift+P` for pull.
1464 * The bookmarks widget's context menu actions were made clearer.
1465 (`#281 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/281>`_)
1467 * The term "Staging Area" is used consistently in the UI
1468 to allow for better localization.
1469 (`#283 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/283>`_)
1471 * The "Section" term is now referred to as "Diff Region"
1473 (`#297 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/297>`_)
1475 * The localization documentation related to the LANGUAGE
1476 environment variable was improved.
1477 (`#293 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/293>`_)
1479 * The "Actions" panel now contains tooltips for each button
1480 in case the button labels gets truncated by Qt.
1481 (`#292 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/292>`_)
1483 * Custom `git config`-defined actions can now be run in the
1484 background by setting `guitool.<name>.background` to `true`.
1488 * We now use bold fonts instead of SmallCaps to avoid
1489 artifacts on several configurations.
1491 * We now pickup `user.email`, `cola.tabwidth`, and similar settings
1492 when defined in /etc/gitconfig.
1493 (`#259 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/259>`_)
1495 * Better support for unicode paths when using inotify.
1496 (`bz #1104181 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104181>`_)
1498 * Unicode fixes for non-ascii locales.
1499 (`#266 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/266>`_)
1500 (`#273 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/273>`_)
1501 (`#276 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/276>`_)
1502 (`#282 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/282>`_)
1503 (`#298 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/298>`_)
1504 (`#302 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/302>`_)
1505 (`#303 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/303>`_)
1506 (`#305 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/305>`_)
1508 * Viewing history from the file browser was fixed for Python3.
1509 (`#274 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/274>`_)
1511 * setup.py was fixed to install the `*.rst` documentation.
1512 (`#279 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/279>`_)
1514 * Patch export was fixed for Python3.
1515 (`#290 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/290>`_)
1517 * Fixed adding a bookmark with trailing slashes.
1518 (`#295 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/295>`_)
1520 * The default `git dag` layout is now setup so that its widgets
1521 can be freely resized on Linux.
1522 (`#299 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/299>`_)
1524 * Invalid tag names are now reported when creating tags.
1525 (`#296 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/296>`_)
1531 Usability, bells and whistles
1532 -----------------------------
1533 * `git cola` no longer prompts after successfully creating a new branch.
1534 (`#251 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/251>`_)
1536 * Hitting enter on simple dialogs now accepts them.
1537 (`#255 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/255>`_)
1541 * `git dag` no longer relies on `sys.maxint`, which is
1542 not available in Python3.
1543 (`#249 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/249>`_)
1545 * Python3-related fixes.
1546 (`#254 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/254>`_)
1548 * Python3-on-Windows-related fixes.
1549 (`#250 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/250>`_)
1550 (`#252 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/252>`_)
1551 (`#253 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/253>`_)
1553 * Switching repositories using the bookmarks widget was not
1554 refreshing the inotify watcher.
1555 (`#256 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/256>`_)
1557 * Special commit messages trailers (e.g. "Acked-by:") are now special-cased to
1558 fix word wrapping lines that start with "foo:".
1559 (`#257 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/257>`_)
1561 * `git dag` sometimes left behind selection artifacts.
1562 We now refresh the view to avoid them.
1563 (`#204 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/204>`_)
1569 Usability, bells and whistles
1570 -----------------------------
1571 * Better inotify support for file creation and deletion.
1572 (`#240 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/240>`_)
1574 * `git cola` now supports the X11 Session Management Protocol
1575 and remembers its state across logout/reboot.
1576 (`#164 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/164>`_)
1578 * `git cola` has a new icon.
1579 (`#190 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/190>`_)
1583 * Building the documentation no longer requires `asciidoc`.
1584 We now use `Sphinx <http://sphinx-doc.org/>`_ for building
1585 html documentation and man pages.
1589 * Reworked the git-dag gravatar icon code to avoid a unicode
1592 * Commit message line-wrapping was made to better match the GUI editor.
1593 (`#242 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/242>`_)
1595 * Better support for Python3 on Windows
1596 (`#246 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/246>`_)
1600 * git-cola no longer depends on Asciidoc for building its documentation
1601 and man-pages. We now depend on [Sphinx](http://sphinx-doc.org/) only.
1607 Usability, bells and whistles
1608 -----------------------------
1609 * Some context menu actions are now hidden when selected
1611 (`#238 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/238>`_)
1615 * The build-git-cola.sh contrib script was improved.
1616 (`#235 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/235>`_)
1618 * Non-ascii worktrees work properly again.
1619 (`#234 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/234>`_)
1621 * The browser now guards itself against missing files.
1622 (`bz #1041378 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071378>`_)
1624 * Saving widget state now works under Python3.
1625 (`#236 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/236>`_)
1633 * git-cola now runs on Python 3 thanks to Virgil Dupras.
1634 (`#233 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/233>`_)
1636 * Python 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2+ are now supported.
1637 Python 2.5 is no longer supported.
1641 * i18n test fixes thanks to Virgil Dupras.
1642 (`#231 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/231>`_)
1644 * git-cola.app build fixes thanks to Maicon D. Filippsen.
1645 (`#230 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/230>`_)
1647 * Lots of pylint improvements thanks to Alex Chernetz.
1648 (`#229 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/229>`_)
1654 Usability, bells and whistles
1655 -----------------------------
1656 * The new `Bookmarks` tool makes it really easy to switch between repositories.
1658 * There is now a dedicated dialog for applying patches.
1659 See the ``File -> Apply Patches`` menu item.
1660 (`#215 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/215>`_)
1662 * A new `git cola am` sub-command was added for applying patches.
1666 * Fixed a typo that caused inotify events to be silently ignored.
1668 * Fixed the sys.path setup for Mac OS X (Homebrew).
1669 (`#221 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/221>`_)
1671 * Lots of pylint fixes thanks to Alex Chernetz.
1677 Usability, bells and whistles
1678 -----------------------------
1679 * `git cola --amend` now starts the editor in `amend` mode.
1680 (`#187 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/187>`_)
1682 * Multiple lines of text can now be pasted into the `summary` field.
1683 All text beyond the first newline will be automatically moved to the
1684 `extended description` field.
1685 (`#212 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/212>`_)
1689 * Stray whitespace in `.git` files is now ignored.
1690 (`#213 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/213>`_)
1692 * Fix "known incorrect sRGB profile" in `staged-item.png`.
1693 (`gentoo-devel message #85066
1694 <http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/85066>`_)
1702 * Fix a traceback when `git push` fails.
1703 (`bz #1034778 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034778>`_)
1707 * Most of the git-cola sub-packages have been removed.
1708 The only remaining packages are `cola`, `cola.models`,
1711 * The translation file for Simplified Chinese was renamed
1713 (`#209 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/209>`_)
1721 * `git cola version --brief` now prints the brief version number.
1725 * Resurrected the "make dist" target, for those that prefer to create
1728 * Fixed the typo that broke the preferences dialog.
1734 Usability, bells and whistles
1735 -----------------------------
1736 * We now ship a full-featured interactive `git rebase` editor.
1737 The rebase todo file is edited using the `git xbase` script which
1738 is provided at `$prefix/share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase`.
1739 This script can be used standalone by setting the `$GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR`
1740 before running `git rebase --interactive`.
1741 (`#1 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1>`_)
1743 * Fixup commit messages can now be loaded from the commit message editor.
1745 * Tool widgets can be locked in place by using the "Tools/Lock Layout"
1747 (`#202 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/202>`_)
1749 * You can now push to several remotes simultaneously by selecting
1750 multiple remotes in the "Push" dialog.
1751 (`#148 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/148>`_)
1753 * The `grep` tool learned to search using three different modes:
1754 basic regular expressions (default), extended regular expressions,
1759 * `git cola` now depends on the `argparse` Python module.
1760 This module is part of the stdlib in Python 2.7 and must
1761 be installed separately when using Python 2.6 and below.
1765 * Support unicode in the output from `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`.
1771 Usability, bells and whistles
1772 -----------------------------
1773 * We now detect when the editor or history browser are misconfigured.
1774 (`#197 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/197>`_)
1775 (`bz #886826 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886826>`_)
1777 * Display of untracked files can be disabled from the Preferences dialog
1778 or by setting the `gui.displayuntracked` configuration variable to `false`.
1779 (`Git Mailing List on 2013-08-21
1780 <https://public-inbox.org/git/20130821032913.GA6092@wheezy.local/>`_)
1784 * Unicode stash names are now supported
1785 (`#198 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/198>`_)
1787 * The diffs produced when reverting workspace changes were made more robust.
1792 =======================
1793 Usability, bells and whistles
1794 -----------------------------
1795 * Brand new German translation thanks to Sven Claussner.
1797 * The "File" menu now provides a "New Repository..." menu action.
1799 * `git dag` now uses a dock-widget interface so that its widgets can
1800 be laid-out and arranged. Customizations are saved and restored
1801 the next time `git dag` is launched.
1803 * `git dag` now has a "Zoom Best Fit" button next alongside the
1804 "Zoom In" and "Zoom Out" buttons.
1806 * `Ctrl+L` now focuses the "Search" field in the `git dag` tool.
1808 * Right-clicking in the "diff" viewer now updates the cursor position
1809 before performing actions, which makes it much easier to click around
1810 and selectively stage sections. Previously, the current cursor position
1811 was used which meant that it required two clicks (left-click to update
1812 the position followed by right-click to get the context menu) for the
1813 desired section to be used. This is now a single right-click operation.
1815 * The `Ctrl+D` "Launch Diff Tool" action learned to automatically choose
1816 between `git difftool` and `git mergetool`. If the file is unmerged then
1817 we automatically launch `git mergetool` on the path, otherwise we use
1818 `git difftool`. We do this because `git difftool` is not intended to
1819 be used on unmerged paths. Automatically using `git mergetool` when
1820 appropriate is the most intuitive and muscle-memory-friendly thing to do.
1822 * You can now right-click on folders in your standard file browser
1823 and choose "Open With -> Git Cola" (Linux-only).
1827 * Python 2.6 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard does not provide a namedtuple
1828 at `sys.version_info`. We now avoid using that variable for better
1831 * We now read the user's Git configuration from `~/.config/git/config`
1832 if that file is available, otherwise we use the traditional `~/.gitconfig`
1833 path, just like Git itself.
1835 * Some edge cases were fixed when applying partial/selected diffs.
1837 * The diff viewer is now properly cleared when refreshing.
1838 (`#194 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/194>`_)
1844 Usability, bells and whistles
1845 -----------------------------
1846 * The diff viewer now has an "Options" menu which can be
1847 used to set "git diff" options. This can be used to
1848 ignore whitespace changes or to show a change with its
1849 surrounding function as context.
1850 (`#150 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/150>`_)
1852 * `git cola` now remembers your commit message and will restore it
1853 when `git cola` is restarted.
1854 (`#175 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/175>`_)
1856 * `Ctrl+M` can now be used to toggle the "Amend last commit"
1857 checkbox in the commit message editor.
1858 (`#161 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/161>`_)
1860 * Deleting remote branches can now be done from the "Branch" menu.
1861 (`#152 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/152>`_)
1863 * The commit message editor now has a built-in spell checker.
1867 * We now avoid invoking external diffs when showing diffstats.
1868 (`#163 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/163>`_)
1870 * The `Status` tool learned to reselect files when refreshing.
1871 (`#165 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/165>`_)
1873 * `git cola` now remembers whether it has been maximized and will restore the
1874 maximized state when `git cola` is restarted.
1875 (`#172 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/172>`_)
1877 * Performance is now vastly improved when staging hundreds or
1880 * `git cola` was not correctly saving repo-specific configuration.
1881 (`#174 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/174>`_)
1883 * Fix a UnicodeDecode in sphinxtogithub when building from source.
1889 Usability, bells and whistles
1890 -----------------------------
1891 * We now automatically remove missing repositories from the
1892 "Select Repository" dialog.
1893 (`#145 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/145>`_)
1895 * A new `git cola diff` sub-command was added for diffing changed files.
1899 * The inotify auto-refresh feature makes it difficult to select text in
1900 the "diff" editor when files are being continually modified by another
1901 process. The auto-refresh causes it to lose the currently selected text,
1902 which is not wanted. We now avoid this problem by saving and restoring
1903 the selection when refreshing the editor.
1904 (`#155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/155>`_)
1906 * More strings have been marked for l10n.
1907 (`#157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/157>`_)
1909 * Fixed the Alt+D Diffstat shortcut.
1910 (`#159 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/159>`_)
1914 * Better error handling when cloning repositories.
1916 We were not handling the case where a git URL has
1917 no basename, e.g. `https://git.example.com/`.
1918 `git cola` originally rejected these URLs instead of
1919 allowing users to clone them. It now allows these URLs
1920 when they point to valid git repositories.
1922 Additionally, `git cola` learned to echo the errors
1923 reported by `git clone` when it fails.
1924 (`#156 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/156>`_)
1930 Usability, bells and whistles
1931 -----------------------------
1932 * `git dag` got a big visual upgrade.
1934 * `Ctrl+G` now launches the "Grep" tool.
1936 * `Ctrl+D` launches difftool and `Ctrl+E` launches your editor
1937 when in the diff panel.
1939 * git-cola can now be told to use an alternative language.
1940 For example, if the native language is German and we want git-cola to
1941 use English then we can create a `~/.config/git-cola/language` file with
1942 "en" as its contents: ``echo en >~/.config/git-cola/language``
1943 (`#140 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/140>`_)
1945 * A new `git cola merge` sub-command was added for merging branches.
1947 * Less blocking in the main UI
1951 * Autocomplete issues on KDE
1952 (`#144 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/144>`_)
1954 * The "recently opened repositories" startup dialog did not
1955 display itself in the absence of bookmarks.
1956 (`#139 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/139>`_)
1962 Usability, bells and whistles
1963 -----------------------------
1964 * `git cola` learned to honor `.gitattributes` when showing and
1965 interactively applying diffs. This makes it possible to store
1966 files in git using a non-utf-8 encoding and `git cola` will
1967 properly accept them. This must be enabled by settings
1968 `cola.fileattributes` to true, as it incurs a small performance
1970 (`#96 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/96>`_)
1972 * `git cola` now wraps commit messages at 72 columns automatically.
1973 This is configurable using the `cola.linebreak` variable to enable/disable
1974 the feature, and `cola.textwidth` to configure the limit.
1975 (`#133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/133>`_)
1977 * A new "Open Recent" sub-menu was added to the "File" menu.
1978 This makes it easy to open a recently-edited repository.
1979 (`#135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/135>`_)
1981 * We now show a preview for untracked files when they are clicked
1982 using the `Status` tool.
1983 * A new "Open Using Default Application" action was added to the
1984 `Status` tool. It is activated using either `Spacebar` or through
1985 the context menu. This action uses `xdg-open` on Linux and
1987 * A new "Open Parent Directory" action was added to the `Status` tool.
1988 It is activated using either `Shift+Spacebar` or through the
1990 * `git dag` learned to honor the `log.date` git configuration variable.
1991 This makes the date display follow whatever format the user has
1993 * A new `git cola config` sub-command was added for quickly
1994 tweaking `git cola`'s git configuration settings.
1995 * Some small usability tweaks -- some user confirmation prompts
1996 were defaulting to "Cancel" when they should have been defaulting
1997 to the affirmative option instead.
2001 * Properly handle arbitrarily-named branches.
2002 * We went back to launching `git mergetool` using an xterm.
2003 The reason is that there are a couple of places where `git mergetool`
2004 requires a terminal for user interaction not covered by `--no-prompt`.
2005 * We now properly handle an edge case when applying short diffs at
2006 the start of a file.
2012 Usability, bells and whistles
2013 -----------------------------
2014 * New and improved `grep` mode lets you instantly find and edit files.
2015 * New `git cola grep` standalone mode.
2016 * Support for passing arguments to the configured editors, e.g. `gvim -p`
2017 This makes it possible to select multiple files in the status
2018 window and use `Ctrl-e` to edit them all at once.
2019 * Remote operations now prompt on errors only.
2020 * The `Tab` key now jumps to the extended description when editing the summary.
2021 * More shortcut key labels and misc. UX improvements.
2025 * Selecting an item no longer copies its filename to the copy/paste buffer.
2026 `Ctrl-c` or the "Copy" context-menu action can be used instead.
2027 * The repository monitoring feature on Windows learned to ignore
2028 changes within the ".git" directory. Thanks to Andreas Sommer.
2029 (`#120 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/120>`_)
2035 Usability, bells and whistles
2036 -----------------------------
2037 * `git dag` learned to color-code branchy edges.
2038 The edge colors change when a new branch is detected,
2039 which makes the history much easier to follow.
2040 A huge thanks to Uri Okrent for making it happen.
2042 * New GUI for editing remote repositories.
2044 * New `git cola archive` and `git cola remote` sub-commands.
2046 * `git cola browser` learned an 'Untrack' command.
2048 * The diff editor learned to staged/unstaged while amending.
2050 * The status tool can now scroll horizontally.
2052 * New git repositories can be created by clicking 'New' on the
2053 `git cola --prompt` startup screen.
2059 Usability, bells and whistles
2060 -----------------------------
2061 * Auto-completion was added to more tools.
2063 * `git dag` is easier to use on smaller displays -- the author
2064 field elides its text which allows for a more compact display.
2066 * Selected commits in `git dag` were made more prominent and
2069 * 'Create Branch' learned to fetch remote branches and uses a
2070 background thread to do so.
2072 * User-configured GUI tools are listed alphabetically in the 'Actions' menu.
2074 * The 'Pull' dialog remembers the value of the 'Rebase' checkbox
2075 between invocations.
2083 * Detect Homebrew so that OS X users do not need to set PYTHONPATH.
2085 * `git dag` can export patches again.
2091 Usability, bells and whistles
2092 -----------------------------
2093 * The 'Classic' tool was renamed to 'Browser' and learned to
2094 limit history to the current branch.
2096 * `git dag` learned about gravatar and uses it to show images
2099 * `git dag` learned to use OpenGL for rendering resulting in
2100 much faster rendering.
2102 * More dialogs learned vim-style keyboard shortcuts.
2104 * The commit message editor learned better arrow key navigation.
2110 Usability, bells and whistles
2111 -----------------------------
2112 * `git cola` learned a few new sub commands:
2120 * `Return` in the summary field jumps to the extended description.
2122 * `Ctrl+Return` is now a shortcut for 'Commit'.
2124 * Better French translation for 'Sign-off'.
2126 * The 'Search' widget now has a much simpler and streamlined
2129 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the DAG widget.
2131 * `git dag` no longer prompts for files when diffing commits if the
2132 text field contains paths.
2134 * General user interface and performance improvements.
2138 * The diff viewer no longer changes font size when holding `Control`
2139 while scrolling with the mouse wheel.
2141 * Files with a typechange (e.g. symlinks that become files, etc.)
2142 are now correctly identified as being modified.
2146 * The `cola.controllers` and `cola.views` packages were removed.
2152 Usability, bells and whistles
2153 -----------------------------
2154 * `git cola` can now launch sub commands, e.g.:
2165 * `git dag` is more responsive when gathering auto-completions.
2167 * Keyboard shortcuts are displayed when the '?' key is pressed.
2169 * Various keyboard shortcuts were added for improved usability.
2171 * The status widget now lists unmerged files before modified files.
2173 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the status widget.
2175 * A 'Recently Modified Files...' tool was added.
2177 * Tools can now be hidden with `Alt + #` (where `#` is a keyboard number)
2178 and focused with `Alt + Shift + #`.
2180 * The syntax highlighting colors for diffs was made less intrusive.
2182 * The commit message editor was redesigned to have a more compact
2183 and keyboard-convenient user interface.
2185 * Keyboard shortcuts for adding a Signed-off-by (`Ctrl + i`)
2186 and creating a commit (`Ctrl + m`) were added.
2188 * The status widget was adjusted to use less screen real-estate.
2192 * Avoid updating the index when responding to inotify events.
2193 This avoids interfering with operations such as `git rebase --interactive`.
2194 (`#99 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/99>`_)
2198 * Create `git-dag.pyw` in the win32 installer.
2200 * win32 shortcuts now contain explicit calls to `pythonw.exe` instead of
2201 calling the `.pyw` file directly.
2205 * The 'Apply Changes from Branch...' feature was removed.
2206 `git dag`'s 'Grab File...' feature used alongside the index/worktree editor
2207 is a simpler alternative.
2215 * Further enhanced the staging/unstaging behavior in the status widget.
2216 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
2218 * Unmerged files are no longer listed as modified.
2222 The `cola-$version` tarballs on github were originally setup to
2223 have the same contents as the old tarballs hosted on tuxfamily.
2224 The `make dist` target was changed to write files to a
2225 `git-cola-$version` subdirectory and tarball.
2227 This makes the filenames consistent for the source tarball,
2228 the darwin .app tarball, and the win32 .exe installer.
2234 Usability, bells and whistles
2235 -----------------------------
2236 * Refined the staging/unstaging behavior for code reviews.
2237 (`#97 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97>`_)
2239 * Added more styling and icons to menus and buttons.
2241 * Adjusted some terminology to more closely match the git CLI.
2245 * Boolean `git config` settings with no value are now supported
2246 (these are not created by git these days but exist in legacy repositories).
2248 * Unicode branches and tags are supported in the "branch diff" tool.
2250 * Guard against low-memory conditions and more interrupted system calls.
2254 * Added desktop launchers for git-cola.desktop and git-dag.desktop.
2255 This replaces the old cola.desktop, so some adjustments to RPM .spec
2256 and debian/ files will be needed.
2258 * Fixed the darwin app-tarball Makefile target to create relative paths.
2262 * The `--style` option was removed. `git cola` follows the system theme
2263 so there's no need for this option these days.
2269 Usability, bells and whistles
2270 -----------------------------
2271 * Export a patch series from `git dag` into a `patches/` directory.
2273 * `git dag` learned to diff commits, slice history along paths, etc.
2275 * Added instant-preview to the `git stash` widget.
2277 * A simpler preferences editor is used to edit `git config` values.
2278 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
2279 (`#89 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/89>`_)
2281 * Previous commit messages can be re-loaded from the message editor.
2282 (`#33 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/33>`_)
2286 * Display commits with no file changes.
2287 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
2289 * Improved the diff editor's copy/paste behavior
2290 (`#90 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90>`_)
2294 * Bumped version number to ceil(minimum git version).
2295 `git cola` now requires `git` >= 1.6.3.
2297 * Simplified git-cola's versioning when building from tarballs
2298 outside of git. We no longer check for a 'version' file at
2299 the root of the repository. We instead keep a default version
2300 in `cola/version.py` and use it when `git cola`'s `.git` repository
2307 Usability, bells and whistles
2308 -----------------------------
2309 * inotify is much snappier and available on Windows
2310 thanks to Karl Bielefeldt.
2312 * New right-click command to add untracked files to .gitignore
2313 thanks to Audrius Karabanovas.
2315 * Stash, fetch, push, and pull usability improvements
2317 * General usability improvements
2319 * stderr is logged when applying partial diffs.
2323 * Files can be unstaged when amending.
2324 (`#82 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82>`_)
2326 * Show the configured remote.$remote.pushurl in the GUI
2327 (`#83 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/83>`_)
2329 * Removed usage of the "user" module.
2330 (`#86 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/86>`_)
2332 * Avoids an extra `git update-index` call during startup.
2339 Usability, bells and whistles
2340 -----------------------------
2341 * We now provide better feedback when `git push` fails.
2342 (`#69 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/69>`_)
2344 * The Fetch, Push, and Pull dialogs now give better feedback
2345 when interacting with remotes. The dialogs are modal and
2346 a progress dialog is used.
2350 * More unicode fixes, again. It is now possible to have
2351 unicode branch names, repository paths, home directories, etc.
2352 This continued the work initiated by Redhat's bugzilla #694806.
2354 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806
2360 Usability, bells and whistles
2361 -----------------------------
2362 * The `git cola` desktop launchers now prompt for a repo
2363 by default. This is done by using the new `--prompt`
2364 flag which tells `git cola` to ignore any git repositories
2365 in the current directory and prompt for one instead.
2369 * More Unicode fixes for repositories and home directories with
2370 embedded unicode characters. Thanks to Christian Jann for
2371 patience and helpful bug reports.
2373 * Fix the 'Clone' button in the startup dialog.
2379 Usability, bells and whistles
2380 -----------------------------
2381 * Faster startup time! `git cola` now offloads initialization
2382 to a background thread so that the GUI appears almost instantly.
2384 * Specialized diff options for p4merge, vimdiff, araxis, emerge,
2385 and ecmerge in difftool (backported from git.git).
2389 * Fix launching commands in the background on Windows
2390 (e.g. when launching `git difftool`).
2392 * Fix unicode errors when home or repository directories contain
2394 (`#74 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/74>`_)
2395 (`bz #694806 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806>`_)
2401 Usability, bells and whistles
2402 -----------------------------
2403 * The `cola classic` tool can be now configured to be dockable.
2404 (`#56 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/56>`_)
2406 * The `cola classic` tool now uses visual sigils to indicate a file's status.
2407 The idea and icons were provided by Uri Okrent.
2409 * Include the 'Rescan' button in the 'Actions' widget regardless
2410 of whether inotify is installed.
2414 * Fix installation of translations per Fedora
2415 This incorporates Fedora's fix for the translations path
2416 which originally appeared in cola-1.4.3-translations.patch.
2418 * Mac OS X git-cola developers can now generate git-cola.app
2419 application bundles using 'make app-bundle'.
2423 * Fixed a stacktrace when trying to use "Get Commit Message Template"
2424 with an unconfigured "commit.template" git config variable.
2425 (`bz #67521 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675721>`_)
2426 (`#72 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/72>`_)
2428 * Properly raise the main window on Mac OS X.
2430 * Properly handle staging a huge numbers of files at once.
2432 * Speed up 'git config' usage by fixing cola's caching proxy.
2434 * Guard against damaged ~/.cola files.
2440 Usability, bells and whistles
2441 -----------------------------
2442 * `git dag` now has a separate display area
2443 for displaying commit metadata. This area will soon
2444 grow additional functionality such as cherry-picking,
2449 * Fixed tests from a previous refactoring.
2451 * Guard against 'diff.external' configuration by always
2452 calling 'git diff' with the '--no-ext-diff' option.
2453 (`#67 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/67>`_)
2455 * Respect 'gui.diffcontext' so that cola's diff display
2456 shows the correct number of context lines.
2458 * Raise the GUI so that it is in the foreground on OS X.
2462 * We now allow distutils to rewrite cola's shebang line.
2463 This allows us to run on systems where "which python"
2464 is Python3k. This is exposed by setting the `PYTHON`
2465 Makefile variable to the location of python2.x.
2467 * git-cola.app is now a tiny download because it no longer
2468 contains Qt and PyQt. These libraries are provided as a
2470 (`Link <http://code.google.com/p/git-cola/downloads/list>`_)
2476 Usability, bells and whistles
2477 -----------------------------
2478 * Clicking on paths in the status widget copies them into the
2479 copy/paste buffer for easy middle-clicking into terminals.
2481 * `Ctrl+C` in diff viewer copies the selected diff to the clipboard.
2485 * Fixed the disappearing actions buttons on PyQt 4.7.4
2486 as reported by Arch and Ubuntu 10.10.
2487 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
2489 * Fixed mouse interaction with the status widget where some
2490 items could not be de-selected.
2494 * Removed hard-coded reference to lib/ when calculating Python's
2495 site-packages directory.
2501 Usability, bells and whistles
2502 -----------------------------
2503 * Removed "single-click to (un)stage" in the status view.
2504 This is a usability improvement since we no longer perform
2505 different actions depending on where a row is clicked.
2507 * Added ability to create unsigned, annotated tags.
2511 * Updated documentation to use `cola.git` instead of `cola.gitcmd`.
2517 Usability, bells and whistles
2518 -----------------------------
2519 * Allow un/staging by right-clicking top-level items
2520 (`#57 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/57>`_)
2522 * Running 'commit' with no staged changes prompts to allow
2524 (`#55 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/55>`_)
2526 * Fetch, Push, and Pull are now available via the menus
2527 (`#58 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/58>`_)
2531 * Simplified the actions widget to work around a regression
2533 (`#62 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62>`_)
2539 Usability, bells and whistles
2540 -----------------------------
2541 * `git dag` interaction was made faster.
2545 * Added '...' indicators to the buttons for
2546 'Fetch...', 'Push...', 'Pull...', and 'Stash...'.
2547 (`#51 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/51>`_)
2549 * Fixed a hang-on-exit bug in the cola-provided
2550 'ssh-askpass' implementation.
2556 Usability, bells and whistles
2557 -----------------------------
2558 * Staging and unstaging is faster.
2559 (`#48 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/48>`_)
2561 * `git dag` reads history in a background thread.
2565 * Added :data:`cola.compat.hashlib` for `Python 2.4` compatibility
2566 * Improved `PyQt 4.1.x` compatibility.
2570 * Configured menu actions use ``sh -c`` for Windows portability.
2577 Usability, bells and whistles
2578 -----------------------------
2579 * Added support for the configurable ``guitool.<tool>.*``
2580 actions as described in the ``git config`` documentation.
2581 (`git-config(1) <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config>`_)
2582 (`#44 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/44>`_)
2584 This makes it possible to add new actions to `git cola`
2585 by simply editing ``~/.gitconfig``. This implements the
2586 same guitool support as `git gui`.
2588 * Introduced a stat cache to speed up `git config` and
2589 repository status checks.
2591 * Added Alt-key shortcuts to the main `git cola` interface.
2593 * The `Actions` dock widget switches between a horizontal
2594 and vertical layout when resized.
2596 * We now use ``git diff --submodule`` for submodules
2597 (used when git >= 1.6.6).
2599 * The context menu for modified submodules includes an option
2600 to launch `git cola`.
2601 (`#17 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/17>`_)
2603 * Prefer ``$VISUAL`` over ``$EDITOR`` when both are defined.
2604 These are used to set a default editor in lieu of `core.editor`
2607 * Force the editor to be ``gvim`` when we see ``vim``.
2608 This prevents us from launching an editor in the (typically
2609 unattached) parent terminal and creating zombie editors
2610 that cannot be easily killed.
2612 * Selections are remembered and restored across updates.
2613 This makes the `partial-staging` workflow easier since the
2614 diff view will show the updated diff after staging.
2616 * Show the path to the current repository in a tooltip
2617 over the commit message editor.
2618 (`#45 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/45>`_)
2620 * Log internal ``git`` commands when ``GIT_COLA_TRACE`` is defined.
2621 (`#39 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/39>`_)
2625 * Improved backwards compatibility for Python 2.4.
2627 * `Review mode` can now review the current branch; it no longer
2628 requires you to checkout the branch into which the reviewed
2629 branch will be merged.
2631 * Guard against `color.ui = always` configuration when using
2632 `git log` by passing ``--no-color``.
2634 * ``yes`` and ``no`` are now supported as valid booleans
2635 by the `git config` parser.
2637 * Better defaults are used for `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`..
2638 (`#43 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/43>`_)
2642 * Removed colon (`:`) from the applilcation name on Windows
2643 (`#41 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/41>`_)
2645 * Fixed bugs with the Windows installer
2646 (`#40 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/40>`_)
2648 * Added a more standard i18n infrastructure. The install
2649 tree now has the common ``share/locale/$lang/LC_MESSAGES/git-cola.mo``
2650 layout in use by several projects.
2652 * Started trying to accommodate Mac OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
2653 in the ``darwin/`` build scripts but our tester is yet to
2654 report success building a `.app` bundle.
2656 * Replaced use of ``perl`` in Sphinx/documentation Makefile
2657 with more-portable ``sed`` constructs. Thanks to
2658 Stefan Naewe for discovering the portability issues and
2659 providing msysgit-friendly patches.
2665 Usability, bells and whistles
2666 -----------------------------
2667 * It is now possible to checkout from the index as well
2668 as from `HEAD`. This corresponds to the
2669 `Removed Unstaged Changes` action in the `Repository Status` tool.
2671 * The `remote` dialogs (fetch, push, pull) are now slightly
2674 * Bookmarks can be selected when `git cola` is run outside of a git repository.
2676 * Added more user documentation. We now include many links to
2677 external git resources.
2679 * Added `git dag` to the available tools.
2680 `git dag` is a node-based DAG history browser.
2681 It doesn't do much yet, but it's been merged so that we can start
2682 building and improving upon it.
2686 * Fixed a missing ``import`` when showing `right-click` actions
2687 for unmerged files in the `Repository Status` tool.
2689 * ``git update-index --refresh`` is no longer run every time
2690 ``git cola version`` is run.
2692 * Don't try to watch non-existent directories when using `inotify`.
2694 * Use ``git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name`` plumbing to find
2695 the name of the current branch.
2699 * The ``Makefile`` will now conditionally include a ``config.mak``
2700 file located at the root of the project. This allows for user
2701 customizations such as changes to the `prefix` variable
2702 to be stored in a file so that custom settings do not need to
2703 be specified every time on the command-line.
2705 * The build scripts no longer require a ``.git`` directory to
2706 generate the ``builtin_version.py`` module. The release tarballs
2707 now include a ``version`` file at the root of the project which
2708 is used in lieu of having the git repository available.
2709 This allows for ``make clean && make`` to function outside of
2712 * Added maintainer's ``make dist`` target to the ``Makefile``.
2714 * The built-in `simplejson` and `jsonpickle` libraries can be
2715 excluded from ``make install`` by specifying the ``standalone=true``
2716 `make` variable. For example, ``make standalone=true install``.
2717 This corresponds to the ``--standalone`` option to ``setup.py``.
2724 Usability, bells and whistles
2725 -----------------------------
2726 * We now use patience diff by default when it is available via
2727 `git diff --patience`.
2729 * Allow closing the `cola classic` tool with `Ctrl+W`.
2733 * Fixed an unbound variable error in the `push` dialog.
2737 * Don't include `simplejson` in MANIFEST.in.
2739 * Update desktop entry to read `Cola Git GUI`.
2746 This feature release adds two new features directly from
2747 `git cola`'s github issues backlog. On the developer
2748 front, further work was done towards modularizing the code base.
2750 Usability, bells and whistles
2751 -----------------------------
2752 * Dragging and dropping patches invokes `git am`
2753 (`#3 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/3>`_)
2755 * A dialog to allow opening or cloning a repository
2756 is presented when `git cola` is launched outside of a git repository.
2757 (`#22 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/22>`_)
2759 * Warn when `push` is used to create a new branch
2760 (`#35 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/35>`_)
2762 * Optimized startup time by removing several calls to `git`.
2767 * `git cola` is once again compatible with PyQt 4.3.x.
2771 * `cola.gitcmds` was added to factor out git command-line utilities
2773 * `cola.gitcfg` was added for interacting with `git config`
2775 * `cola.models.browser` was added to factor out repobrowser data
2786 * Fix launching external applications on Windows
2788 * Ensure that the `amend` checkbox is unchecked when switching modes
2790 * Update the status tree when amending commits
2799 * Fix Lintian warnings
2808 * Fix X11 warnings on application startup
2817 * Added missing 'Exit Diff Mode' button for 'Diff Expression' mode
2818 (`#31 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/31>`_)
2820 * Fix a bug when initializing fonts on Windows
2821 (`#32 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/32>`_)
2830 * Keep entries in sorted order in the `cola classic` tool
2832 * Fix staging untracked files
2833 (`#27 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/27>`_)
2835 * Fix the `show` command in the Stash dialog
2836 (`#29 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/29>`_)
2838 * Fix a typo when loading merge commit messages
2839 (`#30 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/30>`_)
2846 This release focuses on a redesign of the git-cola user interface,
2847 a tags interface, and better integration of the `cola classic` tool.
2848 A flexible interface based on configurable docks is used to manage the
2849 various cola widgets.
2851 Usability, bells and whistles
2852 -----------------------------
2853 * New GUI is flexible and user-configurable
2855 * Individual widgets can be detached and rearranged arbitrarily
2857 * Add an interface for creating tags
2859 * Provide a fallback `SSH_ASKPASS` implementation to prompt for
2860 SSH passwords on fetch/push/pull
2862 * The commit message editor displays the current row/column and
2863 warns when lines get too long
2865 * The `cola classic` tool displays upstream changes
2867 * `git cola --classic` launches `cola classic` in standalone mode
2869 * Provide more information in log messages
2873 * Inherit the window manager's font settings
2875 * Miscellaneous PyQt4 bug fixes and workarounds
2879 * Removed all usage of Qt Designer `.ui` files
2881 * Simpler model/view architecture
2883 * Selection is now shared across tools
2885 * Centralized notifications are used to keep views in sync
2887 * The `cola.git` command class was made thread-safe
2889 * Less coupling between model and view actions
2891 * The status view was rewritten to use the MVC architecture
2893 * Added more documentation and tests
2900 Usability, bells and whistles
2901 -----------------------------
2902 * Added a `cola classic` tool for browsing the entire repository
2904 * Handle diff expressions with spaces
2906 * Handle renamed files
2910 * Handle carat `^` characters in diff expressions on Windows
2912 * Worked around a PyQt 4.5/4.6 QThreadPool bug
2916 * Added a keyboard shortcuts reference page
2918 * Added developer API documentation
2922 * Fix the diff expression used when reviewing branches
2924 * Fix a bug when pushing branches
2926 * Fix X11 warnings at startup
2928 * Fix more interrupted system calls on Mac OS X
2935 Usability, bells and whistles
2936 -----------------------------
2937 * Fresh and tasty SVG logos
2939 * Added `Branch Review` mode for reviewing topic branches
2941 * Added diff modes for diffing between tags, branches,
2942 or arbitrary `git diff` expressions
2944 * The push dialog selects the current branch by default.
2945 This is in preparation for `git 1.7.0` where unconfigured `git push`
2946 will refuse to push when run without specifying the remote name
2947 and branch. See the `git` release notes for more information
2949 * Support `open` and `clone` commands on Windows
2951 * Allow saving cola UI layouts
2953 * Re-enabled `double-click-to-stage` for unmerged entries.
2954 Disabling it for unmerged items was inconsistent, though safer.
2956 * Show diffs when navigating the status tree with the keyboard
2960 * Worked around `pyuic4` bugs in the `setup.py` build script
2962 * Added Mac OSX application bundles to the download page
2971 * `git difftool` became an official git command in `git 1.6.3`.
2973 * `git difftool` learned `--no-prompt` / `-y` and a corresponding
2974 `difftool.prompt` configuration variable
2976 Usability, bells and whistles
2977 -----------------------------
2978 * Warn when `non-fast-forward` is used with fetch, push or pull
2980 * Allow `Ctrl+C` to exit cola when run from the command line
2984 * Support Unicode font names
2986 * Handle interrupted system calls
2990 * `PEP-8`-ified more of the cola code base
2996 * All resources are now installed into `$prefix/share/git-cola`.
2997 Closed Debian bug #519972
2999 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519972
3008 * Added support for Kompare in `git difftool`
3010 * Added a separate configuration namespace for `git difftool`
3012 * Added the `diff.tool` configuration variable to define the default diff tool
3014 Usability, bells and whistles
3015 -----------------------------
3016 * The stash dialog allows passing the `--keep-index` option to `git stash`
3018 * Amending a published commit warns at commit time
3020 * Simplified the file-across-revisions comparison dialog
3022 * `origin` is selected by default in fetch/push/pull
3024 * Removed the search field from the log widget
3026 * The log window moved into a drawer widget at the bottom of the UI
3028 * Log window display can be configured with
3029 `cola.showoutput` = `{never, always, errors}`. `errors` is the default.
3031 * `NOTE` -- `cola.showoutput` was removed with the GUI rewrite in 1.4.0.
3035 * Improved nose unittest usage
3039 * Added a Windows/msysGit installer
3041 * Included private versions of `simplejson` and `jsonpickle`
3042 for ease of installation and development