8 :ref:`v3.2 <v3.2>` is the latest stable release.
13 Clone the git-cola repo to get the latest development version:
15 ``git clone git://github.com/git-cola/git-cola.git``
19 git-cola v3.3 (unreleased)
20 ==========================
22 Usability, bells and whistles
23 -----------------------------
24 * Text entry widgets switched to using a block cursor in `v3.2`.
25 This has been reverted to the original line cursor for consistency
26 with other applications and user expectations.
28 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/889
30 * The "edit at line" feature, used by the "Grep" tool, now supports
31 the Sublime text editor.
33 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/894
37 * The "Delete Files" feature was creating an unreadable display when
38 many files were selected. Word-wrap the list of files so that the
39 display stays within a sensible size.
41 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/895
43 * Spelling and grammar fixes.
45 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/891
49 * The logo was run through `tidy` to give it a consistent style.
50 Some technical issues with the logo were improved.
52 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/877
54 * The entire codebase is now checked by `flake8`, rather than just
55 the module and test directories. This catches things like
56 the pynsist installer scripts.
58 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/884
60 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/882
62 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/879
66 * The Windows installer's wrapper scripts were missing an import.
68 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/878
75 Usability, bells and whistles
76 -----------------------------
77 * The `git cola dag` DAG window now supports `git revert`.
79 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/843
81 * `git stash pop` is now supported by the stash dialog.
83 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/844
85 * The status widget now ensures that each item is visible when selection
86 changes. Previously, if you scrolled to the right to see the name of
87 a long filename, and then selected a short filename above it, the widget
88 may not have shown the short filename in the viewport. We now ensure
89 that the filenames are visible when the selection changes.
91 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/828
93 * The `git xbase` rebase editor no longer displays an error when
94 cancelling an interactive rebase.
96 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814
98 * The dialog shown when renaming remotes has been simplified.
100 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/840
102 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/838
104 * The help dialog in the `git-xbase` Rebase editor is now scrollable.
106 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/855
110 * Updated Brazilian translation
112 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/845
114 * Updated Czech translation
116 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/854
118 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/853
120 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/835
122 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/813
124 * Update Spanish translation
126 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/862
128 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/867
132 * The original `#!/usr/bin/env python` shebang lines can now be
133 retained by passing `USE_ENV_PYTHON=1` to `make` when installing.
135 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/850
137 * The Makefile is now resilient to DESTDIR and prefix containing whitespace.
139 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/858
141 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.4.2`.
143 * `python3-distutils` is needed to build cola on Debian.
145 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/837
149 * The "C" key no longer closes the message dialogs, for example the
150 one that is shown when a commit fails its pre-commit hooks.
151 This allows "Ctrl+C" copy to work, rather than closing the dialog.
153 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/734
155 * Dock widgets sizes are now properly saved and restored when the main
158 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/848
160 * The spellcheck feature was broken under Python3.
162 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/857
164 * A regression when saving stashes was fixed.
166 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/847
168 * Diffing image files was not updating the available context menus,
169 which prevented the "Stage" action from being present in the menu.
171 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/841
173 * `git cola` now detects when `git lfs uninstall` has been run. This allows
174 you to re-initialize "Git LFS" in an existing repository where it had been
175 previously uninstalled.
177 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/842
179 * Custom color values that did not contain any hexadecimal digits in the
180 `a-f` range were being converted into integers by the config reader. This
181 then caused the configured colors to be ignored.
183 These color values are now interpreted correctly. Additionally, color
184 values can now use an optional HTML-like `#` prefix.
186 Example `.gitconfig` snippet::
191 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/836
193 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/849
195 * We now display an error message graphically when `Git` is not installed.
196 Previously, the message went to stderr only.
198 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/830
200 * Changing diff options was causing resulting in an exception.
202 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/833
204 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/834
206 * The DAG window now updates itself when branches and tags are created.
208 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/814
210 * The user's `$PATH` environment variable can now contain utf-8
211 encoded paths. Previously, launching external commands could
214 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/807
216 * Git Cola development sandboxes can now be stored on utf-8 encoded
217 filesystem paths. Previously, the interactive rebase feature
218 could be broken when running in that environment.
220 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/825
222 * The log window now uses an ISO-8601 timestamp, which
223 avoids localized output in the log window.
225 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/817
229 * The code base has been thoroughly sanitized using `pylint`, and
230 travis is now running pylint over the entire project.
232 * Miscellaneous improvements and code improvements.
234 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".
245 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/239
247 * The "Diff" widget learned to diff images. Side-by-side and pixel diff
248 modes allow you to inspect changes to common images formats.
250 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/444
252 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/803
254 * Git LFS and Git Annex are natively supported by the image diff viewer.
256 * Git Annex operations are now included. `git annex init` can be performed on
257 repositories, and `git annex add` can be run on untracked files from the
258 status widget. Install `git-annex` to activate this feature.
260 * Git LFS operations are now included. `git lfs install` can be performed on
261 repositories, and `git lfs track` can be run on untracked files from the
262 status widget. Install `git-lfs` to activate this feature.
264 * The "Stash" tool learned to stash staged changes only. Select the
265 "Stage Index" option and only staged changes will be stashed away.
267 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/413
269 * The "Stash" tool learned to use vim-like navigation keyboard shortcuts,
270 shows error messages when things go wrong, and now saves the "Stash Index"
271 and "Keep Index" options across sessions.
273 * The Edit menu's "Copy" and "Select All" actions now forward to either the
274 diff, status, recent, or favorites widgets, based on which widget has focus.
276 * The "File" and "Edit" menu can now be activated using `Alt-{f,e}` hotkeys.
278 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/759
280 * It was easy to accidentally trigger the first action in the `Status` tool's
281 context menu when using a quick right-click to bring up the menu.
282 A short sub-second delay was added to ensure that the top-most action is not
283 triggered unless enough time has passed. This prevents accidental
284 activation of the first item (typically "Stage" or "Unstage") without
285 burdening common use cases.
287 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/755
289 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/643
291 * The "Ctrl+S" hotkey now works for the header items in the Status tool.
292 Selected the "Modified" header item and activating the "Stage" hotkey,
293 for example, will stage all modified files. This works for the "Staged",
294 "Modified", and "Untracked" headers. This is not enabled for the
295 "Unmerged" header by design.
297 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/772
299 * The list of "Recent" repositories previously capped the number of
300 repositories shown to 8 repositories. This can be set to a higher
301 value by setting the `cola.maxrecent` configuration variable.
303 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/752
305 * The "Create Branch" dialog now prevents invalid branch names.
307 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/765
309 * Updated Turkish translation.
311 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/756
313 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
315 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/753
317 * Updated German translation.
319 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/802
321 * Updated Czech translation
323 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/792
325 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/806
327 * The window title can be configured to not display the absolute path of the
330 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/775
332 * The "Edit Remotes" editor learned to edit remote URLS.
334 * Bare repositories can now be created by selecting the
335 "New Bare Repository..." action from the `File` menu.
337 * The "Branches" widget learned to configure upstream branches.
339 * A new `git cola clone` sub-command was added for cloning repositories.
343 * The vendored `qtpy` library was updated to `v1.3.1`.
345 * The macOS installation was made simpler for better compatibility with
348 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/636
350 * The Windows installer is now much simpler. Git Cola now bundles
351 Python and PyQt5, so users need only install the "Git for Windows"
352 and "Git Cola" installers to get things working.
356 * Uninitialized difftool errors will now be displayed graphically.
357 They were previously going to the shell.
359 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/457
361 * Translations marked "fuzzy" will no longer be used when translating strings.
363 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/782
365 * Deleted unmerged files will now correctly use a deleted icon.
367 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/479
369 * The `Ctrl+C` "Copy" hotkey on the diff viewer has been fixed.
371 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/767
373 * The "Create Tag" dialog did not correctly handle the case when a signed
374 tag is requested, but no message is provided, and the user chooses to
375 create an unannotated tag instead. This convenience fallback will now
376 properly create an unsigned, unannotated tag.
378 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/696
380 * `.gitconfig` and `.git/config` values editable by the Preferences dialog
381 (aka `git cola config`) will now get unset when set to an empty value.
382 For example, setting a different `user.email` in the current repository,
383 followed by a subsequent emptying of that field, would previously result in
384 an empty string getting stored in the config. This has been fixed so that
385 the value will now get unset in the config instead.
387 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/406
389 * Spelling and typofixes.
391 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/748
393 * `core.commentChar` is now honored when set in the local repository
396 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/766
398 * The log window was using a format string that did not display
399 correctly in all locales. A locale-aware format is now used.
401 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/800
403 * The dialog displayed when prompting for a reference could sometimes
406 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/804
413 Usability, bells and whistles
414 -----------------------------
415 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
417 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/726
419 * Updated Ukrainian translation.
421 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/723
423 * New Czech translation.
425 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/736
427 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/737
429 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/740
431 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/743
433 * The "name" field in the "Create Tag" dialog now includes autocompletion,
434 which makes it easy to see which tags currently exist.
436 * `git cola` now has configurable toolbars. Use the `View -> Add toolbar`
437 menu item to add a toolbar.
439 * Setting `cola.expandtab` to `true` will now expand tabs into spaces
440 in the commit message editor. The number of spaces to insert is determined
441 by consulting `cola.tabwidth`, which defaults to `8`.
443 * The "Copy SHA-1" hotkey is now `Alt + Ctrl + C`, to avoid clobbering the
444 ability to copy text from the DAG window.
446 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/705
448 * The "Prepare Commit Message" action can now be invoked via the
449 `Ctrl+Shift+Return` shortcut.
451 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/707
453 * The `Branches` pane now has a filter field that highlights branches whose
454 names match the string entered into its text field.
456 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/713
458 * Actions that are triggered in response to button presses were being
459 triggered when the button was pressed, rather than when it was released,
460 which was a usability flaw. All buttons now respond when clicked
461 rather than when pressed.
463 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/715
465 * The DAG window will now only refresh when object IDs change.
466 Previously, the DAG would redraw itself in response to inotify events,
467 such as filesystem operations, which was disruptive when inspecting a large
468 diff in its diff viewer. The DAG will now only redraw when the object IDs
469 corresponding to its query input changes. Furthermore, when redrawing, the
470 scrollbar positions are retained to minimize disruption to the viewport
473 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/620
475 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/724
477 * The "About" dialog now includes the SHA-1 where Git Cola was built.
479 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/530
481 * The "Status" widget now has "Copy Leading Path to Clipboard" and
482 "Copy Basename to Clipboard" actions.
484 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/435
486 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/436
488 * The "Status" widget now supports custom "Copy ... to Clipboard" actions.
490 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/437
492 * The main menu now has an "Edit" menu.
494 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/725
496 * `git dag` learned to checkout commits into a detached HEAD state.
498 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/698
500 * The `status` widget's context menus now omit actions selection-dependent
501 actions when no file is selected.
503 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/731
505 * The startup dialog now focuses the repository list so that repositories
506 can be selected with the keyboard without mouse intervention.
508 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/741
512 * `git dag` now prevents nodes from overlapping in more situations.
514 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/689
516 * Adding untracked Git submodule repo directories previously ran
517 `git add submodule/` but we now call `git add submodule` without
518 the trailing slash (`/`) to avoid staging files that belong to the
519 submodule (which is possibly a `git` bug). By working around the
520 buggy behavior we allow users to recover by issuing the appropriate
521 `git submodule add` command to properly register the submodule.
523 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/681
525 * We now avoid `git for-each-ref --sort=version:refname` on versions
526 of `git` older than `v2.7.0`. Previously we only avoided it for
527 versions older than `v2.0.0`, which was a mistake.
529 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686
531 * The error message displayed when `git` is not installed has been fixed.
533 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/686
535 * Adding new remotes was silently broken.
537 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/684
539 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/685
541 * The repo selection dialog had errors during startup when the
542 `cola.refreshonfocus` feature was enabled, as reported on Ubuntu 16.04.
544 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/690
546 * Restored support for PyQt 4.6 (Centos 6.8)
548 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/692
550 * Switching repositories now resets the "Amend Mode" and other settings
553 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/710
555 * `git rebase` error messages now displayed when rebasing fails or stops
556 via the standalone `git cola rebase` front-end.
558 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/721
560 * `git cola` learned to stage broken symlinks.
562 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/727
564 * The "View History" feature in the `Browser` tool was fixed, and now
565 disambiguates between refs and paths.
567 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/732
569 * The diff editor now has better support for files with CRLF `\r\n`
572 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/730
574 * `cola.inotify` in a repo-local config is now honored
575 when `git cola` is launched from a desktop entry (`git cola --prompt`).
577 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/695
584 Usability, bells and whistles
585 -----------------------------
586 * New Ukrainian translation.
588 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/670
590 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/672
592 * New and improved French translations.
594 * The new `Branches` widget makes it easier to checkout, merge, push,
595 and pull branches from a single interface.
597 * `git cola` now includes a dark icon theme. The dark icon theme can be
598 activated either by setting the `GIT_COLA_ICON_THEME` environment variable
599 to `dark`, by configuring `cola.icontheme` to `dark`, or by specifying
600 `--icon-theme=dark` on the command line.
602 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/638
604 * Autocompletion was added to the `Fetch`, `Push`, and `Pull` dialogs.
606 * The commit message editor now remembers the "Spellcheck" setting
609 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/645
611 * `git dag` now uses an improved algorithm for laying out the graph,
612 which avoids collisions under certain graph configurations, and
613 avoids overlapping tag with commits.
615 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/648
617 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/651
619 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/654
621 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/656
623 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/659
625 * `git dag` now remembers its column sizes across sessions.
627 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/674
629 * `Grep` now shows a preview of the selected file's content in a split window
630 below the grep results.
632 * `Grep` now includes line numbers in the preview pane's output.
634 * `Edit Remotes` now remembers its window settings after exiting.
636 * `Diff` now has an option to display line numbers in the editor.
638 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/136
640 * `Amend Last Commit` can now be triggered via the `Commit` menu in addition
641 to the commit message editor's options.
643 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/640
645 * The `File Browser` tool was made much faster and can now operate on
646 much larger repositories.
648 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/499
650 * A new "turbo" mode was added that allows you to opt-out of operations
651 that can slow `git cola` on large repositories. The turbo mode is
652 enabled by configuring `git config cola.turbo true`. Turbo mode
653 disables the background loading of Git commit messages and other
654 details in the `File Browser` widget.
656 * A new GitIgnore dialog allows adding custom gitignore patterns.
658 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/653
660 * The spellchecker in `git cola` can now use an additional dictionary
661 by configuring `cola.dictionary` to the path to a file containing
662 a newline-separated list of words.
664 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663
666 * The stash, export patches, diff, and gitignore dialogs now remember
669 * A new `git cola recent` sub-command was added for finding recently
672 * The `Fetch` dialog now allows pruning remote branches.
674 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/639
676 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/680
680 * `git cola`'s spellchecker now supports the new `dict-common` filesystem
681 layout, and prefers the `/usr/share/dict/cracklib-small` file over the
682 `/usr/share/dict/words` provided on older distributions.
683 This makes the spellchecker compatible with Arch, which does not provide
684 a `words` symlink like Debian.
686 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/663
688 * Properly handle the case where an existing file is untracked using
691 * Fix a quirk where the "Create Branch" dialog sometimes required clicking
692 twice on the radio buttons.
694 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/662
696 * Fixed a focus issue to ensure that "Push", "Fetch", and "Pull" can
697 be executed with the press of a single enter key after being shown.
699 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/661
701 * Committing is now allowed in when resolving a merge results in no
702 changes. This state was previously prevented by the commit message editor,
703 which prevented users from resolving merges that result in no changes.
705 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/679
707 * The filesystem monitor would sometimes emit backtraces when directories
708 are modified. This has been fixed.
710 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1438522
712 * Absolute paths are now returned when querying for `.git`-relative paths
713 from within a submodule, which uses `.git`-files.
714 This fixes launching `git cola` from within a subdirectory of a submodule.
716 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/675
723 Usability, bells and whistles
724 -----------------------------
725 * `git cola` can now invoke the `.git/hooks/cola-prepare-commit-msg`
726 hook to update the commit message. This hook takes the same parameters
727 as Git's `prepare-commit-message` hook. The default path to this hook
728 can be overridden by setting the `cola.prepareCommitMessageHook`
729 configuration variable.
731 http://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#prepare-commit-message
733 * `git cola diff` (and the corresponding `Diff` menu actions) can now
734 launch difftool with the standard `Ctrl+D` hotkey. The `Ctrl+E` hotkey was
735 also added for launching an editor.
737 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
741 * `git cola` now works when installed in non-ascii, utf8-encoded paths.
743 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/629
745 * Styling issues that caused black backgrounds in various widgets when using
746 PyQ5 on Mac OS X have been fixed.
748 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/624
750 * The "Open Recent" menu action was broken and has been fixed.
752 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/634
754 * Exiting `git cola` with a maximized main window would hang when reopened
757 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/641
761 * `appdata.xml` files are now provided at
762 `share/appdata/git-cola.xml` and `share/appdata/git-dag.xml`
763 for use by the Linux software gallery.
765 https://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appdata/
767 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/627
776 * The "Open Recent" menu was updated to new bookmarks format.
778 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/628
785 Usability, bells and whistles
786 -----------------------------
787 * New Polish translation thanks to Łukasz Wojniłowicz
789 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/598
791 * The `Bypass Commit Hooks` feature now disables itself automatically
792 when a new commit is created. The new behavior turns the option into a
793 single-use flag, which helps prevent users from accidentally leaving it
794 active longer than intended.
796 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/595
798 * `git dag` learned to launch an external diff viewer on selected commits.
799 The standard `Ctrl+D` shortcut can be used to view diffs.
801 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468
803 * `git dag` learned to launch directory diffs via `git difftool --dir-diff`.
804 The `Ctrl+Shift+D` shortcut launches difftool in directory-diff mode.
806 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468
808 * Items in the "Favorites" list can now be renamed, which makes it
809 easier to differentiate between several checkouts of the same repository.
811 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/599
813 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/601
815 * The startup screen now includes a logo and `git cola` version information.
817 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/526
819 * The `About` page was revamped to contain multiple tabs. A new tab was added
820 that provides details about `git cola`''s dependencies. New tabs were also
821 added for giving credit to `git cola`'s authors and translators.
823 * The `About` page can now be accessed via `git cola about`.
825 * The "Fast-forward only" and "No fast-forward" options supported by
826 `git pull` are now accessible via `git cola pull`.
828 * Doing a forced push no longer requires selecting the remote branch.
830 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/618
832 * `git cola push` now has an option to suppress the prompt that is shown
833 when pushing would create new remote branches.
835 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/605
837 * `git dag` now shows commit messages in a more readable color.
839 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/574
841 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch the OS-specified
842 default action for a file. When used on directories via `git cola browse`,
843 or when "Open Parent Directory" is used on files, the OS-specified
844 file browser will typically be used.
846 * `git cola browse` and the `status` widget learned to launch terminals.
850 * `git cola browse` was not updating when expanding items.
852 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/588
854 * Typofixes in comments, naming, and strings have been applied.
856 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/593
858 * The inotify and win32 filesystem monitoring no longer refreshes
859 when updates are made to ignored files.
861 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/517
863 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/516
865 * The `Refresh` button on the actions panel no longer raises an
866 exception when using PyQt5.
868 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/604
870 * Fixed a typo in the inotify backend that is triggered when files are removed.
872 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/607
874 * Fixed a typo when recovering from a failed attempt to open a repository.
876 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/606
878 * `git dag` now properly updates itself when launched from the menubar.
880 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/613
882 * If git-cola is invoked on Windows using `start pythonw git-cola`,
883 a console window will briefly flash on the screen each time
884 `git cola` invokes `git`. The console window is now suppressed.
886 * We now avoid some problematic Popen flags on Windows which were
887 breaking the `git rebase` feature on Windows.
889 * The `Save` button in `git dag`'s "Grab File..." feature now properly
890 prompts for a filename when saving files.
892 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/617
896 * The `qtpy` symlink in the source tree has been removed to allow for easier
897 development on Windows.
899 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/626
906 Usability, bells and whistles
907 -----------------------------
908 * `git cola push` learned to configure upstream branches.
910 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/563
914 * The diffstat view is now properly updated when notifications are
915 received via inotify filesystem monitoring.
917 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/577
919 * Python3 with PyQt5 had a bug that prevented `git cola` from starting.
921 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/589
931 * When repositories stored in non-ASCII, UTF-8-encoded filesystem paths
932 were operated upon with `LC_ALL=C` set in the environment, unicode errors
933 would occur when using `python2`. `git cola` was made more robust and will
934 now operate correctly within this environment.
936 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/581
938 * Support for the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment variable was fixed.
940 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/582
945 * The `unittest.mock` module is now used instead of the original `mock` module
946 when running the `git cola` test suite using Python3.
948 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/569
953 * `git cola` is now compatible with *PyQt5*, *PyQt4*, and *Pyside*.
954 `git cola` previously supported *PyQt4* only, but will now use whichever
955 library is available. Users are not required to upgrade at this time,
956 but *PyQt5* support can be enabled anytime by making its python
959 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/232
961 *NOTE*: We do not yet recommend using *PyQt5* because there are known
962 exit-on-segfault bugs in *Qt5* that have not yet been addressed.
963 `git cola` is sensitive to this bug and is known to crash on exit
964 when using `git dag` or the interactive rebase feature on *PyQt5*.
966 https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-52988
968 *PyQt4* is stable and there are no known issues when using it so
969 we recommend using it until the Qt5 bugs have been resolved.
971 * `git cola` now depends on *QtPy* and includes a bundled copy of the
972 `qtpy` library. If you are packaging `git cola` and would prefer to use
973 `qtpy` from your distribution instead of the built-in version then use
974 `make NO_VENDOR_LIBS=1` when building `git cola`. This will prevent
975 vendored libraries from being installed.
982 Usability, bells and whistles
983 -----------------------------
985 * A new "Reset" sub-menu provides access to running "git reset --mixed"
986 when resetting branch heads and "git reset --merge" when resetting
989 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/542
991 * `git cola` now supports linked worktrees, i.e. worktrees created by
994 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/554
999 * Diff highlighting is now robust to the user having
1000 diff.supressBlankEmpty=true in their git config.
1002 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/541
1004 * The filesystem monitor now properly handles repositories that use
1005 `.git`-files, e.g. when using submodules.
1007 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/545
1009 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pulls/546
1011 * Per-repository git configuration is now properly detected when launching
1012 `git cola` from an application launcher.
1014 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/548
1016 * `git cola` now cleans up after itself immediately to avoid leaving behind
1017 empty `/tmp/git-cola-XXXXXX` directories when the user uses `Ctrl+C`
1020 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/566
1025 * It is now possible to install `git cola` to and from utf8-encoded filesystem
1026 paths. Previously, Python's stdlib would throw an encoding error during
1027 installation. We workaround the stdlib by forcing python2 to use utf-8,
1028 thus fixing assumptions in the stdlib library code.
1030 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/551
1037 Usability, bells and whistles
1038 -----------------------------
1040 * The icon for untracked files was adjusted to better differentiate
1041 between files and the "Untracked" header.
1043 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/509
1045 * Ctrl+O was added as a hotkey for opening repositories.
1047 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/507
1049 * `git dag` now uses consistent edge colors across updates.
1051 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/512
1053 * `git cola`'s Bookmarks widget can now be used to set a "Default Repository".
1054 Under the hood, we set the `cola.defaultrepo` configuration variable.
1055 The default repository is used whenever `git cola` is launched outside of
1056 a Git repository. When unset, or when set to a bogus value, `git cola`
1057 will prompt for a repository, as it previously did.
1059 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/513
1061 * `git cola`'s Russian and Spanish translations were improved
1062 thanks to Vaiz and Zeioth.
1064 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/514
1066 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/515
1068 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/523
1070 * `git cola` was translated to Turkish thanks to Barış ÇELİK.
1072 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/520
1074 * The status view now supports launching `git gui blame`. It can be
1075 configured to use a different command by setting `cola.blameviewer`.
1077 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/521
1079 * `git dag` now allows selecting non-contiguous ranges in the log widget.
1081 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/468
1083 * Any font can now be chosen for the diff editor, not just monospace fonts.
1085 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/525
1090 * `xfce4-terminal` and `gnome-terminal` are now supported when launching
1091 `git mergetool` to resolve merges. These terminals require that the command
1092 to execute is shell-quoted and passed as a single string argument to `-e`
1093 rather than as additional command line arguments.
1095 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/524
1097 * Fixed a unicode problem when formatting the error message that is shown
1098 when `gitk` is not installed. We now handle unicode data in tracebacks
1099 generated by python itself.
1101 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/528
1103 * The `New repository` feature was fixed.
1105 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/533
1107 * We now use omit the extended description when creating "fixup!" commits,
1108 for consistency with the Git CLI. We now include only the one-line summary
1109 in the final commit message.
1111 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/522
1118 Usability, bells and whistles
1119 -----------------------------
1121 * The user interface is now HiDPI-capable. git-cola now uses SVG
1122 icons, and its interface can be scaled by setting the `GIT_COLA_SCALE`
1123 environment variable.
1125 * `git dag` now supports the standard editor, difftool, and history hotkeys.
1126 It is now possible to invoke these actions from file widget's context
1127 menu and through the standard hotkeys.
1129 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/473
1131 * The `Status` tool also learned about the history hotkey.
1132 Additionally, the `Alt-{j,k}` aliases are also supported in the `Status`
1133 tool for consistency with the other tools where the non-Alt hotkeys are not
1136 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/488
1138 * The `File Browser` tool now has better default column sizes,
1139 and remembers its window size and placement.
1141 * The `File Browser` now supports the refresh hotkey, and has better
1142 behavior when refreshing. The selection is now retained, and new and
1143 removed files are found when refreshing.
1145 * A new `git-cola-completion.bash` completion script is provided in the
1146 `contrib/` directory. It must be used alongside Git's completion script.
1147 Source it from your `~/.bashrc` (or `~/.zshrc`, etc) after sourcing
1148 the `git-completion.bash` script and you will have command-line completion
1149 support for the `git cola` and `git dag` sub-commands.
1151 * The "checkout" dialog now offers completion for remote branches and other
1152 git refs. This makes it easier to checkout remote branches in a detached
1153 head state. Additionally, the checkout dialog also offers completion for
1154 remote branches that have not yet been checked out, which makes it easier to
1155 create a local tracking branch by just completing for that potential name.
1157 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/390
1159 * The "create branch" and "create tag" dialogs now save and restore their
1162 * The "status" widget can now be configured to use a bold font with a darker
1163 background for the header items.
1165 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/506
1167 * The "status" widget now remembers its horizontol scrollbar position across
1168 updates. This is helpful when working on projects with long paths.
1170 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/494
1175 * When using *Git for Windows*, a `git` window would appear
1176 when running *Windows 8*. We now pass additional flags to
1177 `subprocess.Popen` to prevent a `git` window from appearing.
1179 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/477
1181 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/486
1183 * Launching difftool with `.PY` in `$PATHEXT` on Windows was fixed.
1185 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/492
1187 * Creating a local branch tracking a remote branch that contains
1188 slashes in its name is now properly handled.
1190 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/496
1192 * The "Browse Other Branch" feature was broken by Python3, and is now fixed.
1194 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/501
1196 * We now avoid `long` for better Python3 compatibility.
1198 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/502
1200 * We now use Git's default merge message when merging branches.
1202 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/508
1204 * Miscellaneous fixes
1206 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/485
1211 * git-cola's documentation no longer uses an intersphinx link mapping
1212 to docs.python.org. This fixes warnings when building rpms using koji,
1213 where network access is prevented.
1215 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231812
1222 Usability, bells and whistles
1223 -----------------------------
1225 * The Interactive Rebase feature now works on Windows!
1227 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/463
1229 * The `diff` editor now understands vim-style `hjkl` navigation hotkeys.
1231 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/476
1233 * `Alt-{j,k}` navigation hotkeys were added to allow changing to the
1234 next/previous file from the diff and commit editors.
1236 * The `Rename branch` menu action is now disabled in empty repositories.
1238 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/475
1240 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/459
1242 * `git cola` now checks unmerged files for conflict markers before
1243 staging them. This feature can be disabled in the preferences.
1245 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/464
1247 * `git dag` now remembers which commits were selected when refreshing
1248 so that it can restore the selection afterwards.
1250 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/480
1252 * "Launch Editor", "Launch Difftool", "Stage/Unstage",
1253 and "Move Up/Down" hotkeys now work when the commit message
1256 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453
1258 * The diff editor now supports the `Ctrl+u` hotkey for reverting
1259 diff hunks and selected lines.
1261 * The `core.commentChar` Git configuration value is now honored.
1262 Commit messages and rebase instruction sheets will now use
1263 the configured character for comments. This allows having
1264 commit messages that start with `#` when `core.commentChar`
1265 is configured to its non-default value.
1267 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/446
1272 * Diff syntax highlighting was improved to handle more edge cases
1273 and false positives.
1275 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/467
1277 * Setting commands in the interactive rebase editor was fixed.
1279 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/472
1281 * git-cola no longer clobbers the Ctrl+Backspace text editing shortcut
1282 in the commit message editor.
1284 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/453
1286 * The copy/paste clipboard now persists after `git cola` exits.
1288 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/484
1297 * Fixed the "Sign off" feature in the commit message editor.
1304 Usability, bells and whistles
1305 -----------------------------
1306 * Double-click will now choose a commit in the "Select commit" dialog.
1308 * `git cola` has a feature that reads `.git/MERGE_MSG` and friends for the
1309 commit message when a merge is in-progress. Upon refresh, `git cola` will
1310 now detect when a merge has completed and reset the commit message back to
1311 its previous state. It is only reset if the editor contains a message
1312 that was read from the file and has not been manually edited by the user.
1314 * The commit message editor's context menu now has a "Clear..." action for
1315 clearing the message across both the summary and description fields.
1317 * Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) translation updates.
1319 * The system theme's icons are now used wherever possible.
1321 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/458
1325 * The stash viewer now uses ``git show --no-ext-diff`` to avoid running
1326 user-configured diff tools.
1328 * `git cola` now uses the `setsid()` system call to ensure that the
1329 `GIT_ASKPASS` and `SSH_ASKPASS` helper programs are used when pushing
1330 changes using `git`. The askpass helpers will now be used even when
1331 `git cola` is launched from a terminal.
1333 The behavior without `setsid()` is that `git cola` can appear to hang while
1334 pushing changes. The hang happens when `git` prompts the user for a
1335 password using the terminal, but the user never sees the prompt. `setsid()`
1336 detaches the terminal, which ensures that the askpass helpers are used.
1338 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/218
1340 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/262
1342 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/377
1344 * `git dag`'s file list tool was updated to properly handle unicode paths.
1346 * `gnome-terminal` is no longer used by default when `cola.terminal` is unset.
1347 It is broken, as was detailed in #456.
1349 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/456
1351 * The interactive rebase feature was not always setting `$GIT_EDITOR`
1352 to the value of `gui.editor`, thus there could be instances where rebase
1353 will seem to not stop, or hang, when performing "reword" actions.
1355 We now set the `$GIT_EDITOR` environment variable when performing the
1356 "Continue", "Skip", and "Edit Todo" rebase actions so that the correct
1357 editor is used during the rebase.
1359 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/445
1363 * `git cola` moved from a 3-part version number to a simpler 2-part "vX.Y"
1364 version number. Most of our releases tend to contain new features.
1371 Usability, bells and whistles
1372 -----------------------------
1373 * Updated zh_TW translations.
1375 * `git cola rebase` now defaults to `@{upstream}`, and generally uses the same
1376 CLI syntax as `git rebase`.
1378 * The commit message editor now allows you to bypass commit hooks by selecting
1379 the "Bypass Commit Hooks" option. This is equivalent to passing the
1380 `--no-verify` option to `git commit`.
1382 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/357
1384 * We now prevent the "Delete Files" action from creating a dialog that does
1387 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/378
1389 * `git xbase` learned to edit rebase instruction sheets that contain
1392 * The diff colors are now configurable. `cola.color.{text,add,remove,header}`
1393 can now be set with 6-digit hexadecimal colors.
1394 See the `git cola manual <https://git-cola.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git-cola.html#configuration-variables>_`
1397 * Improved hotkey documentation.
1401 * `git cola` will now allow starting an interactive rebase with a dirty
1402 worktree when `rebase.autostash` is set.
1404 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/360
1411 Usability, bells and whistles
1412 -----------------------------
1413 * A new "Find files" widget was added, and can be activated by
1414 using the `Ctrl+t` or `t` hotkeys.
1416 * A new `git cola find` sub-command was added for finding files.
1418 * `git cola` now remembers the text cursor's position when staging
1419 interactively with the keyboard. This makes it easier to use the keyboard
1420 arrows to select and stage lines.
1422 * The completion widgets will now select the top completion item
1423 when `Enter` or `Return` are pressed.
1425 * You can now refresh using `F5` in addition to the existing `Ctrl+R` hotkey.
1429 * `git cola` now passes `--no-abbrev-commit` to `git log` to override
1430 having `log.abbrevCommit = true` set in `.gitconfig`.
1436 Usability, bells and whistles
1437 -----------------------------
1438 * `git dag` now forwards all unknown arguments along to `git log`.
1440 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/389
1442 * Line-by-line interactive staging was made more robust.
1444 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/399
1446 * "Bookmarks" was renamed to "Favorites".
1448 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/392
1450 * Untracked files are now displayed using a unique icon.
1452 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/388
1456 * `git dag` was triggering a traceback on Fedora when parsing Git logs.
1458 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181686
1460 * inotify expects unicode paths on Python3.
1462 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/393
1464 * Untracked files are now assumed to be utf-8 encoded.
1466 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/401
1472 Usability, bells and whistles
1473 -----------------------------
1474 * `git cola` can now create GPG-signed commits and merges.
1476 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/149
1478 See the documentation for details about setting up a GPG agent.
1480 * The status widget learned to copy relative paths when `Ctrl+x` is pressed.
1482 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/358
1484 * Custom GUI actions can now define their own keyboard shortcuts by
1485 setting `guitool.$name.shortcut` to a string understood by Qt's
1486 `QAction::setShortcut()` API, e.g. `Alt+X`.
1488 See http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qkeysequence.html#QKeySequence-2
1489 for more details about the supported values.
1491 * `git cola` learned to rename branches.
1493 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/364
1495 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/278
1497 * `git dag` now has a "Show history" context menu which can be used to filter
1498 history using the selected paths.
1502 * `sphinxtogithub.py` was fixed for Python3.
1504 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/353
1506 * The commit that changed how we read remotes from `git remote`
1507 to parsing `git config` was reverted since it created problems
1510 * Fixed a crash when using the `rebase edit` feature.
1512 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/351
1514 * Better drag-and-drop behavior when dropping into gnome-terminal.
1516 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/373
1520 * The `git-cola-folder-handler.desktop` file handler was fixed
1521 to pass validation by `desktop-file-validate`.
1523 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/356
1525 * The `git.svg` icon was renamed to `git-cola.svg`, and `git cola` was taught
1526 to prefer icons from the desktop theme when available.
1532 Usability, bells and whistles
1533 -----------------------------
1534 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+Shift+M` merges branches.
1536 * New hotkey: `Ctrl+R` refreshes the DAG viewer.
1538 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/347
1542 * We now use `git config` to parse the list of remotes
1543 instead of parsing the output of `git remote`, which
1544 is a Git porcelain and should not be used by scripts.
1546 * Avoid "C++ object has been deleted" errors from PyQt4.
1548 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/346
1552 * The `make install` target now uses `install` instead of `cp`.
1558 Usability, bells and whistles
1559 -----------------------------
1560 * Updated Brazillian Portuguese translation.
1562 * The status and browse widgets now allow drag-and-drop into
1563 external applications.
1565 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/335
1567 * We now show a progress bar when cloning repositories.
1569 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/312
1571 * The bookmarks widget was simplified to not need a
1574 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/289
1576 * Updated Traditional Chinese translation.
1578 * We now display a warning when trying to rebase with uncommitted changes.
1580 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/338
1582 * The status widget learned to filter paths.
1583 `Ctrl+Shift+S` toggles the filter widget.
1585 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/337
1587 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/339
1589 * The status widget learned to move files to the trash
1590 when the `send2trash <https://github.com/hsoft/send2trash>`_
1591 module is installed.
1593 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/341
1595 * "Recent repositories" is now a dedicated widget.
1597 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/342
1599 * New Spanish translation thanks to Pilar Molina Lopez.
1601 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/344
1605 * Newly added remotes are now properly seen by the fetch/push/pull dialogs.
1607 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/343
1613 Usability, bells and whistles
1614 -----------------------------
1615 * New Brazillian Portuguese translation thanks to Vitor Lobo.
1617 * New Indonesian translation thanks to Samsul Ma'arif.
1619 * Updated Simplified Chinese translation thanks to Zhang Han.
1621 * `Ctrl+Backspace` is now a hotkey for "delete untracked files" in
1624 * Fetch/Push/Pull dialogs now use the configured remote of the current
1627 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/324
1631 * We now use `os.getcwd()` on Python3.
1633 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/316
1635 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/326
1637 * The `Ctrl+P` hotkey was overloaded to both "push" and "cherry-pick",
1638 so "cherry-pick" was moved to `Ctrl+Shift+C`.
1640 * Custom GUI tools with mixed-case names are now properly supported.
1642 * "Diff Region" is now referred to as "Diff Hunk" for consistency
1643 with common terminology from diff/patch tools.
1645 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/328
1647 * git-cola's test suite is now portable to MS Windows.
1649 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/332
1655 Usability, bells and whistles
1656 -----------------------------
1657 * We now handle the case when inotify `add_watch()` fails
1658 and display instructions on how to increase the number of watches.
1660 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/263
1662 * New and improved zh_TW localization thanks to V字龍(Vdragon).
1664 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/265
1666 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/267
1668 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/268
1670 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/269
1672 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/270
1674 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/271
1676 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/272
1678 * New hotkeys: `Ctrl+F` for fetch, `Ctrl+P` for push,
1679 and `Ctrl+Shift+P` for pull.
1681 * The bookmarks widget's context menu actions were made clearer.
1683 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/281
1685 * The term "Staging Area" is used consistently in the UI
1686 to allow for better localization.
1688 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/283
1690 * The "Section" term is now referred to as "Diff Region"
1693 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/297
1695 * The localization documentation related to the LANGUAGE
1696 environment variable was improved.
1698 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/293
1700 * The "Actions" panel now contains tooltips for each button
1701 in case the button labels gets truncated by Qt.
1703 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/292
1705 * Custom `git config`-defined actions can now be run in the
1706 background by setting `guitool.<name>.background` to `true`.
1710 * We now use bold fonts instead of SmallCaps to avoid
1711 artifacts on several configurations.
1713 * We now pickup `user.email`, `cola.tabwidth`, and similar settings
1714 when defined in /etc/gitconfig.
1716 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/259
1718 * Better support for unicode paths when using inotify.
1720 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104181
1722 * Unicode fixes for non-ascii locales.
1724 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/266
1726 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/273
1728 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/276
1730 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/282
1732 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/298
1734 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/302
1736 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/303
1738 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/305
1740 * Viewing history from the file browser was fixed for Python3.
1742 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/274
1744 * setup.py was fixed to install the `*.rst` documentation.
1746 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/279
1748 * Patch export was fixed for Python3.
1750 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/290
1752 * Fixed adding a bookmark with trailing slashes.
1754 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/295
1756 * The default `git dag` layout is now setup so that its widgets
1757 can be freely resized on Linux.
1759 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/299
1761 * Invalid tag names are now reported when creating tags.
1763 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/296
1769 Usability, bells and whistles
1770 -----------------------------
1771 * `git cola` no longer prompts after successfully creating a new branch.
1773 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/251
1775 * Hitting enter on simple dialogs now accepts them.
1777 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/255
1781 * `git dag` no longer relies on `sys.maxint`, which is
1782 not available in Python3.
1784 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/249
1786 * Python3-related fixes.
1788 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/254
1790 * Python3-on-Windows-related fixes.
1792 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/250
1794 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/252
1796 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/253
1798 * Switching repositories using the bookmarks widget was not
1799 refreshing the inotify watcher.
1801 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/256
1803 * Special commit messages trailers (e.g. "Acked-by:") are now special-cased to
1804 fix word wrapping lines that start with "foo:".
1806 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/257
1808 * `git dag` sometimes left behind selection artifacts.
1809 We now refresh the view to avoid them.
1811 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/204
1817 Usability, bells and whistles
1818 -----------------------------
1819 * Better inotify support for file creation and deletion.
1821 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/240
1823 * `git cola` now supports the X11 Session Management Protocol
1824 and remembers its state across logout/reboot.
1826 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/164
1828 * `git cola` has a new icon.
1830 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/190
1834 * Building the documentation no longer requires `asciidoc`.
1835 We now use `Sphinx <http://sphinx-doc.org/>`_ for building
1836 html documentation and man pages.
1840 * Reworked the git-dag gravatar icon code to avoid a unicode
1843 * Commit message line-wrapping was made to better match the GUI editor.
1845 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/242
1847 * Better support for Python3 on Windows
1849 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/246
1853 * git-cola no longer depends on Asciidoc for building its documentation
1854 and man-pages. We now depend on [Sphinx](http://sphinx-doc.org/) only.
1860 Usability, bells and whistles
1861 -----------------------------
1862 * Some context menu actions are now hidden when selected
1865 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/238
1869 * The build-git-cola.sh contrib script was improved.
1871 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/235
1873 * Non-ascii worktrees work properly again.
1875 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/234
1877 * The browser now guards itself against missing files.
1879 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071378
1881 * Saving widget state now works under Python3.
1883 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/236
1891 * git-cola now runs on Python 3 thanks to Virgil Dupras.
1893 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/233
1895 * Python 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2+ are now supported.
1896 Python 2.5 is no longer supported.
1900 * i18n test fixes thanks to Virgil Dupras.
1902 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/231
1904 * git-cola.app build fixes thanks to Maicon D. Filippsen.
1906 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/230
1908 * Lots of pylint improvements thanks to Alex Chernetz.
1910 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/229
1916 Usability, bells and whistles
1917 -----------------------------
1918 * The new `Bookmarks` tool makes it really easy to switch between repositories.
1920 * There is now a dedicated dialog for applying patches.
1921 See the ``File -> Apply Patches`` menu item.
1923 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/215
1925 * A new `git cola am` sub-command was added for applying patches.
1929 * Fixed a typo that caused inotify events to be silently ignored.
1931 * Fixed the sys.path setup for Mac OS X (Homebrew).
1933 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/221
1935 * Lots of pylint fixes thanks to Alex Chernetz.
1941 Usability, bells and whistles
1942 -----------------------------
1943 * `git cola --amend` now starts the editor in `amend` mode.
1945 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/187
1947 * Multiple lines of text can now be pasted into the `summary` field.
1948 All text beyond the first newline will be automatically moved to the
1949 `extended description` field.
1951 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/212
1955 * Stray whitespace in `.git` files is now ignored.
1957 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/213
1959 * Fix "known incorrect sRGB profile" in `staged-item.png`.
1961 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/85066
1969 * Fix a traceback when `git push` fails.
1971 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034778
1975 * Most of the git-cola sub-packages have been removed.
1976 The only remaining packages are `cola`, `cola.models`,
1979 * The translation file for Simplified Chinese was renamed
1982 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/209
1990 * `git cola version --brief` now prints the brief version number.
1994 * Resurrected the "make dist" target, for those that prefer to create
1997 * Fixed the typo that broke the preferences dialog.
2003 Usability, bells and whistles
2004 -----------------------------
2005 * We now ship a full-featured interactive `git rebase` editor.
2006 The rebase todo file is edited using the `git xbase` script which
2007 is provided at `$prefix/share/git-cola/bin/git-xbase`.
2008 This script can be used standalone by setting the `$GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR`
2009 before running `git rebase --interactive`.
2011 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1
2013 * Fixup commit messages can now be loaded from the commit message editor.
2015 * Tool widgets can be locked in place by using the "Tools/Lock Layout"
2018 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/202
2020 * You can now push to several remotes simultaneously by selecting
2021 multiple remotes in the "Push" dialog.
2023 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/148
2025 * The `grep` tool learned to search using three different modes:
2026 basic regular expressions (default), extended regular expressions,
2031 * `git cola` now depends on the `argparse` Python module.
2032 This module is part of the stdlib in Python 2.7 and must
2033 be installed separately when using Python 2.6 and below.
2037 * Support unicode in the output from `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`.
2043 Usability, bells and whistles
2044 -----------------------------
2045 * We now detect when the editor or history browser are misconfigured.
2047 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/197
2049 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886826
2051 * Display of untracked files can be disabled from the Preferences dialog
2052 or by setting the `gui.displayuntracked` configuration variable to `false`.
2054 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/232683
2058 * Unicode stash names are now supported
2060 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/198
2062 * The diffs produced when reverting workspace changes were made more robust.
2067 =======================
2068 Usability, bells and whistles
2069 -----------------------------
2070 * Brand new German translation thanks to Sven Claussner.
2072 * The "File" menu now provides a "New Repository..." menu action.
2074 * `git dag` now uses a dock-widget interface so that its widgets can
2075 be laid-out and arranged. Customizations are saved and restored
2076 the next time `git dag` is launched.
2078 * `git dag` now has a "Zoom Best Fit" button next alongside the
2079 "Zoom In" and "Zoom Out" buttons.
2081 * `Ctrl+L` now focuses the "Search" field in the `git dag` tool.
2083 * Right-clicking in the "diff" viewer now updates the cursor position
2084 before performing actions, which makes it much easier to click around
2085 and selectively stage sections. Previously, the current cursor position
2086 was used which meant that it required two clicks (left-click to update
2087 the position followed by right-click to get the context menu) for the
2088 desired section to be used. This is now a single right-click operation.
2090 * The `Ctrl+D` "Launch Diff Tool" action learned to automatically choose
2091 between `git difftool` and `git mergetool`. If the file is unmerged then
2092 we automatically launch `git mergetool` on the path, otherwise we use
2093 `git difftool`. We do this because `git difftool` is not intended to
2094 be used on unmerged paths. Automatically using `git mergetool` when
2095 appropriate is the most intuitive and muscle-memory-friendly thing to do.
2097 * You can now right-click on folders in your standard file browser
2098 and choose "Open With -> Git Cola" (Linux-only).
2102 * Python 2.6 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard does not provide a namedtuple
2103 at `sys.version_info`. We now avoid using that variable for better
2106 * We now read the user's Git configuration from `~/.config/git/config`
2107 if that file is available, otherwise we use the traditional `~/.gitconfig`
2108 path, just like Git itself.
2110 * Some edge cases were fixed when applying partial/selected diffs.
2112 * The diff viewer is now properly cleared when refreshing.
2114 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/194
2120 Usability, bells and whistles
2121 -----------------------------
2122 * The diff viewer now has an "Options" menu which can be
2123 used to set "git diff" options. This can be used to
2124 ignore whitespace changes or to show a change with its
2125 surrounding function as context.
2127 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/150
2129 * `git cola` now remembers your commit message and will restore it
2130 when `git cola` is restarted.
2132 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/175
2134 * `Ctrl+M` can now be used to toggle the "Amend last commit"
2135 checkbox in the commit message editor.
2137 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/161
2139 * Deleting remote branches can now be done from the "Branch" menu.
2141 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/152
2143 * The commit message editor now has a built-in spell checker.
2147 * We now avoid invoking external diffs when showing diffstats.
2149 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/163
2151 * The `Status` tool learned to reselect files when refreshing.
2153 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/165
2155 * `git cola` now remembers whether it has been maximized and will restore the
2156 maximized state when `git cola` is restarted.
2158 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/172
2160 * Performance is now vastly improved when staging hundreds or
2163 * `git cola` was not correctly saving repo-specific configuration.
2165 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/174
2167 * Fix a UnicodeDecode in sphinxtogithub when building from source.
2173 Usability, bells and whistles
2174 -----------------------------
2175 * We now automatically remove missing repositories from the
2176 "Select Repository" dialog.
2178 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/145
2180 * A new `git cola diff` sub-command was added for diffing changed files.
2184 * The inotify auto-refresh feature makes it difficult to select text in
2185 the "diff" editor when files are being continually modified by another
2186 process. The auto-refresh causes it to lose the currently selected text,
2187 which is not wanted. We now avoid this problem by saving and restoring
2188 the selection when refreshing the editor.
2190 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/155
2192 * More strings have been marked for l10n.
2194 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/157
2196 * Fixed the Alt+D Diffstat shortcut.
2198 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/159
2202 * Better error handling when cloning repositories.
2204 We were not handling the case where a git URL has
2205 no basename, e.g. `https://git.example.com/`.
2206 `git cola` originally rejected these URLs instead of
2207 allowing users to clone them. It now allows these URLs
2208 when they point to valid git repositories.
2210 Additionally, `git cola` learned to echo the errors
2211 reported by `git clone` when it fails.
2213 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/156
2219 Usability, bells and whistles
2220 -----------------------------
2221 * `git dag` got a big visual upgrade.
2223 * `Ctrl+G` now launches the "Grep" tool.
2225 * `Ctrl+D` launches difftool and `Ctrl+E` launches your editor
2226 when in the diff panel.
2228 * git-cola can now be told to use an alternative language.
2229 For example, if the native language is German and we want git-cola to
2230 use English then we can create a `~/.config/git-cola/language` file with
2231 "en" as its contents:
2233 $ echo en >~/.config/git-cola/language
2235 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/140
2237 * A new `git cola merge` sub-command was added for merging branches.
2239 * Less blocking in the main UI
2243 * Autocomplete issues on KDE
2245 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/144
2247 * The "recently opened repositories" startup dialog did not
2248 display itself in the absence of bookmarks.
2250 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/139
2256 Usability, bells and whistles
2257 -----------------------------
2258 * `git cola` learned to honor `.gitattributes` when showing and
2259 interactively applying diffs. This makes it possible to store
2260 files in git using a non-utf-8 encoding and `git cola` will
2261 properly accept them. This must be enabled by settings
2262 `cola.fileattributes` to true, as it incurs a small performance
2265 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/96
2267 * `git cola` now wraps commit messages at 72 columns automatically.
2268 This is configurable using the `cola.linebreak` variable to enable/disable
2269 the feature, and `cola.textwidth` to configure the limit.
2271 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/133
2273 * A new "Open Recent" sub-menu was added to the "File" menu.
2274 This makes it easy to open a recently-edited repository.
2276 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/135
2278 * We now show a preview for untracked files when they are clicked
2279 using the `Status` tool.
2280 * A new "Open Using Default Application" action was added to the
2281 `Status` tool. It is activated using either `Spacebar` or through
2282 the context menu. This action uses `xdg-open` on Linux and
2284 * A new "Open Parent Directory" action was added to the `Status` tool.
2285 It is activated using either `Shift+Spacebar` or through the
2287 * `git dag` learned to honor the `log.date` git configuration variable.
2288 This makes the date display follow whatever format the user has
2290 * A new `git cola config` sub-command was added for quickly
2291 tweaking `git cola`'s git configuration settings.
2292 * Some small usability tweaks -- some user confirmation prompts
2293 were defaulting to "Cancel" when they should have been defaulting
2294 to the affirmative option instead.
2298 * Properly handle arbitrarily-named branches.
2299 * We went back to launching `git mergetool` using an xterm.
2300 The reason is that there are a couple of places where `git mergetool`
2301 requires a terminal for user interaction not covered by `--no-prompt`.
2302 * We now properly handle an edge case when applying short diffs at
2303 the start of a file.
2309 Usability, bells and whistles
2310 -----------------------------
2311 * New and improved `grep` mode lets you instantly find and edit files.
2312 * New `git cola grep` standalone mode.
2313 * Support for passing arguments to the configured editors, e.g. `gvim -p`
2314 This makes it possible to select multiple files in the status
2315 window and use `Ctrl-e` to edit them all at once.
2316 * Remote operations now prompt on errors only.
2317 * The `Tab` key now jumps to the extended description when editing the summary.
2318 * More shortcut key labels and misc. UX improvements.
2322 * Selecting an item no longer copies its filename to the copy/paste buffer.
2323 `Ctrl-c` or the "Copy" context-menu action can be used instead.
2324 * The repository monitoring feature on Windows learned to ignore
2325 changes within the ".git" directory. Thanks to Andreas Sommer.
2327 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/120
2333 Usability, bells and whistles
2334 -----------------------------
2335 * `git dag` learned to color-code branchy edges.
2336 The edge colors change when a new branch is detected,
2337 which makes the history much easier to follow.
2338 A huge thanks to Uri Okrent for making it happen.
2340 * New GUI for editing remote repositories.
2342 * New `git cola archive` and `git cola remote` sub-commands.
2344 * `git cola browser` learned an 'Untrack' command.
2346 * The diff editor learned to staged/unstaged while amending.
2348 * The status tool can now scroll horizontally.
2350 * New git repositories can be created by clicking 'New' on the
2351 `git cola --prompt` startup screen.
2357 Usability, bells and whistles
2358 -----------------------------
2359 * Auto-completion was added to more tools.
2361 * `git dag` is easier to use on smaller displays -- the author
2362 field elides its text which allows for a more compact display.
2364 * Selected commits in `git dag` were made more prominent and
2367 * 'Create Branch' learned to fetch remote branches and uses a
2368 background thread to do so.
2370 * User-configured GUI tools are listed alphabetically in the 'Actions' menu.
2372 * The 'Pull' dialog remembers the value of the 'Rebase' checkbox
2373 between invocations.
2381 * Detect Homebrew so that OS X users do not need to set PYTHONPATH.
2383 * `git dag` can export patches again.
2389 Usability, bells and whistles
2390 -----------------------------
2391 * The 'Classic' tool was renamed to 'Browser' and learned to
2392 limit history to the current branch.
2394 * `git dag` learned about gravatar and uses it to show images
2397 * `git dag` learned to use OpenGL for rendering resulting in
2398 much faster rendering.
2400 * More dialogs learned vim-style keyboard shortcuts.
2402 * The commit message editor learned better arrow key navigation.
2408 Usability, bells and whistles
2409 -----------------------------
2410 * `git cola` learned a few new sub commands:
2418 * `Return` in the summary field jumps to the extended description.
2420 * `Ctrl+Return` is now a shortcut for 'Commit'.
2422 * Better French translation for 'Sign-off'.
2424 * The 'Search' widget now has a much simpler and streamlined
2427 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the DAG widget.
2429 * `git dag` no longer prompts for files when diffing commits if the
2430 text field contains paths.
2432 * General user interface and performance improvements.
2436 * The diff viewer no longer changes font size when holding `Control`
2437 while scrolling with the mouse wheel.
2439 * Files with a typechange (e.g. symlinks that become files, etc.)
2440 are now correctly identified as being modified.
2444 * The `cola.controllers` and `cola.views` packages were removed.
2450 Usability, bells and whistles
2451 -----------------------------
2452 * `git cola` can now launch sub commands, e.g.:
2463 * `git dag` is more responsive when gathering auto-completions.
2465 * Keyboard shortcuts are displayed when the '?' key is pressed.
2467 * Various keyboard shortcuts were added for improved usability.
2469 * The status widget now lists unmerged files before modified files.
2471 * vim-style `h,j,k,l` navigation shortcuts were added to the status widget.
2473 * A 'Recently Modified Files...' tool was added.
2475 * Tools can now be hidden with `Alt + #` (where `#` is a keyboard number)
2476 and focused with `Alt + Shift + #`.
2478 * The syntax highlighting colors for diffs was made less intrusive.
2480 * The commit message editor was redesigned to have a more compact
2481 and keyboard-convenient user interface.
2483 * Keyboard shortcuts for adding a Signed-off-by (`Ctrl + i`)
2484 and creating a commit (`Ctrl + m`) were added.
2486 * The status widget was adjusted to use less screen real-estate.
2490 * Avoid updating the index when responding to inotify events.
2491 This avoids interfering with operations such as `git rebase --interactive`.
2493 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/99
2497 * Create `git-dag.pyw` in the win32 installer.
2499 * win32 shortcuts now contain explicit calls to `pythonw.exe` instead of
2500 calling the `.pyw` file directly.
2504 * The 'Apply Changes from Branch...' feature was removed.
2505 `git dag`'s 'Grab File...' feature used alongside the index/worktree editor
2506 is a simpler alternative.
2514 * Further enhanced the staging/unstaging behavior in the status widget.
2516 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97
2518 * Unmerged files are no longer listed as modified.
2522 The `cola-$version` tarballs on github were originally setup to
2523 have the same contents as the old tarballs hosted on tuxfamily.
2524 The `make dist` target was changed to write files to a
2525 `git-cola-$version` subdirectory and tarball.
2527 This makes the filenames consistent for the source tarball,
2528 the darwin .app tarball, and the win32 .exe installer.
2534 Usability, bells and whistles
2535 -----------------------------
2536 * Refined the staging/unstaging behavior for code reviews.
2538 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/97
2540 * Added more styling and icons to menus and buttons.
2542 * Adjusted some terminology to more closely match the git CLI.
2546 * Boolean `git config` settings with no value are now supported
2547 (these are not created by git these days but exist in legacy repositories).
2549 * Unicode branches and tags are supported in the "branch diff" tool.
2551 * Guard against low-memory conditions and more interrupted system calls.
2555 * Added desktop launchers for git-cola.desktop and git-dag.desktop.
2556 This replaces the old cola.desktop, so some adjustments to RPM .spec
2557 and debian/ files will be needed.
2559 * Fixed the darwin app-tarball Makefile target to create relative paths.
2563 * The `--style` option was removed. `git cola` follows the system theme
2564 so there's no need for this option these days.
2570 Usability, bells and whistles
2571 -----------------------------
2572 * Export a patch series from `git dag` into a `patches/` directory.
2574 * `git dag` learned to diff commits, slice history along paths, etc.
2576 * Added instant-preview to the `git stash` widget.
2578 * A simpler preferences editor is used to edit `git config` values.
2580 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90
2582 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/89
2584 * Previous commit messages can be re-loaded from the message editor.
2586 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/33
2590 * Display commits with no file changes.
2592 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82
2594 * Improved the diff editor's copy/paste behavior
2596 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/90
2600 * Bumped version number to ceil(minimum git version).
2601 `git cola` now requires `git` >= 1.6.3.
2603 * Simplified git-cola's versioning when building from tarballs
2604 outside of git. We no longer check for a 'version' file at
2605 the root of the repository. We instead keep a default version
2606 in `cola/version.py` and use it when `git cola`'s `.git` repository
2613 Usability, bells and whistles
2614 -----------------------------
2615 * inotify is much snappier and available on Windows
2616 thanks to Karl Bielefeldt.
2618 * New right-click command to add untracked files to .gitignore
2619 thanks to Audrius Karabanovas.
2621 * Stash, fetch, push, and pull usability improvements
2623 * General usability improvements
2625 * stderr is logged when applying partial diffs.
2629 * Files can be unstaged when amending.
2631 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/82
2633 * Show the configured remote.$remote.pushurl in the GUI
2635 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/83
2637 * Removed usage of the "user" module.
2639 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/86
2641 * Avoids an extra `git update-index` call during startup.
2648 Usability, bells and whistles
2649 -----------------------------
2650 * We now provide better feedback when `git push` fails.
2652 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/69
2654 * The Fetch, Push, and Pull dialogs now give better feedback
2655 when interacting with remotes. The dialogs are modal and
2656 a progress dialog is used.
2660 * More unicode fixes, again. It is now possible to have
2661 unicode branch names, repository paths, home directories, etc.
2662 This continued the work initiated by Redhat's bugzilla #694806.
2664 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806
2670 Usability, bells and whistles
2671 -----------------------------
2672 * The `git cola` desktop launchers now prompt for a repo
2673 by default. This is done by using the new `--prompt`
2674 flag which tells `git cola` to ignore any git repositories
2675 in the current directory and prompt for one instead.
2679 * More Unicode fixes for repositories and home directories with
2680 embedded unicode characters. Thanks to Christian Jann for
2681 patience and helpful bug reports.
2683 * Fix the 'Clone' button in the startup dialog.
2689 Usability, bells and whistles
2690 -----------------------------
2691 * Faster startup time! `git cola` now offloads initialization
2692 to a background thread so that the GUI appears almost instantly.
2694 * Specialized diff options for p4merge, vimdiff, araxis, emerge,
2695 and ecmerge in difftool (backported from git.git).
2699 * Fix launching commands in the background on Windows
2700 (e.g. when launching `git difftool`).
2702 * Fix unicode errors when home or repository directories contain
2705 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/74
2707 Redhat's bugzilla #694806
2709 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694806
2715 Usability, bells and whistles
2716 -----------------------------
2717 * The `cola classic` tool can be now configured to be dockable.
2719 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/56
2721 * The `cola classic` tool now uses visual sigils to indicate a file's status.
2722 The idea and icons were provided by Uri Okrent.
2724 * Include the 'Rescan' button in the 'Actions' widget regardless
2725 of whether inotify is installed.
2729 * Fix installation of translations per Fedora
2730 This incorporates Fedora's fix for the translations path
2731 which originally appeared in cola-1.4.3-translations.patch.
2733 * Mac OS X git-cola developers can now generate git-cola.app
2734 application bundles using 'make app-bundle'.
2738 * Fixed a stacktrace when trying to use "Get Commit Message Template"
2739 with an unconfigured "commit.template" git config variable.
2741 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/72
2743 This bug originated in Redhat's bugzilla #675721 via a Fedora user.
2745 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675721
2747 * Properly raise the main window on Mac OS X.
2749 * Properly handle staging a huge numbers of files at once.
2751 * Speed up 'git config' usage by fixing cola's caching proxy.
2753 * Guard against damaged ~/.cola files.
2759 Usability, bells and whistles
2760 -----------------------------
2761 * `git dag` now has a separate display area
2762 for displaying commit metadata. This area will soon
2763 grow additional functionality such as cherry-picking,
2768 * Fixed tests from a previous refactoring.
2770 * Guard against 'diff.external' configuration by always
2771 calling 'git diff' with the '--no-ext-diff' option.
2773 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/67
2775 * Respect 'gui.diffcontext' so that cola's diff display
2776 shows the correct number of context lines.
2778 * Raise the GUI so that it is in the foreground on OS X.
2782 * We now allow distutils to rewrite cola's shebang line.
2783 This allows us to run on systems where "which python"
2784 is Python3k. This is exposed by setting the `PYTHON`
2785 Makefile variable to the location of python2.x.
2787 * git-cola.app is now a tiny download because it no longer
2788 contains Qt and PyQt. These libraries are provided as a
2791 http://code.google.com/p/git-cola/downloads/list
2797 Usability, bells and whistles
2798 -----------------------------
2799 * Clicking on paths in the status widget copies them into the
2800 copy/paste buffer for easy middle-clicking into terminals.
2802 * `Ctrl+C` in diff viewer copies the selected diff to the clipboard.
2806 * Fixed the disappearing actions buttons on PyQt 4.7.4
2807 as reported by Arch and Ubuntu 10.10.
2809 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62
2811 * Fixed mouse interaction with the status widget where some
2812 items could not be de-selected.
2816 * Removed hard-coded reference to lib/ when calculating Python's
2817 site-packages directory.
2823 Usability, bells and whistles
2824 -----------------------------
2825 * Removed "single-click to (un)stage" in the status view.
2826 This is a usability improvement since we no longer perform
2827 different actions depending on where a row is clicked.
2829 * Added ability to create unsigned, annotated tags.
2833 * Updated documentation to use `cola.git` instead of `cola.gitcmd`.
2839 Usability, bells and whistles
2840 -----------------------------
2841 * Allow un/staging by right-clicking top-level items
2843 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/57
2845 * Running 'commit' with no staged changes prompts to allow
2848 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/55
2850 * Fetch, Push, and Pull are now available via the menus
2852 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/58
2856 * Simplified the actions widget to work around a regression
2859 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/62
2865 Usability, bells and whistles
2866 -----------------------------
2867 * `git dag` interaction was made faster.
2871 * Added '...' indicators to the buttons for
2872 'Fetch...', 'Push...', 'Pull...', and 'Stash...'.
2874 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/51
2876 * Fixed a hang-on-exit bug in the cola-provided
2877 'ssh-askpass' implementation.
2883 Usability, bells and whistles
2884 -----------------------------
2885 * Staging and unstaging is faster.
2887 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/48
2889 * `git dag` reads history in a background thread.
2893 * Added :data:`cola.compat.hashlib` for `Python 2.4` compatibility
2894 * Improved `PyQt 4.1.x` compatibility.
2898 * Configured menu actions use ``sh -c`` for Windows portability.
2905 Usability, bells and whistles
2906 -----------------------------
2907 * Added support for the configurable ``guitool.<tool>.*``
2908 actions as described in ``git-config(1)``.
2910 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/44
2912 http://schacon.github.com/git/git-config.html
2914 This makes it possible to add new actions to `git cola`
2915 by simply editing ``~/.gitconfig``. This implements the
2916 same guitool support as `git gui`.
2917 * Introduced a stat cache to speed up `git config` and
2918 repository status checks.
2919 * Added Alt-key shortcuts to the main `git cola` interface.
2920 * The `Actions` dock widget switches between a horizontal
2921 and vertical layout when resized.
2922 * We now use ``git diff --submodule`` for submodules
2923 (used when git >= 1.6.6).
2924 * The context menu for modified submodules includes an option
2925 to launch `git cola`.
2927 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/17
2929 * Prefer ``$VISUAL`` over ``$EDITOR`` when both are defined.
2930 These are used to set a default editor in lieu of `core.editor`
2932 * Force the editor to be ``gvim`` when we see ``vim``.
2933 This prevents us from launching an editor in the (typically
2934 unattached) parent terminal and creating zombie editors
2935 that cannot be easily killed.
2936 * Selections are remembered and restored across updates.
2937 This makes the `partial-staging` workflow easier since the
2938 diff view will show the updated diff after staging.
2939 * Show the path to the current repository in a tooltip
2940 over the commit message editor.
2942 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/45
2944 * Log internal ``git`` commands when ``GIT_COLA_TRACE`` is defined.
2946 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/39
2950 * Improved backwards compatibility for Python 2.4.
2951 * `Review mode` can now review the current branch; it no longer
2952 requires you to checkout the branch into which the reviewed
2953 branch will be merged.
2954 * Guard against `color.ui = always` configuration when using
2955 `git log` by passing ``--no-color``.
2956 * ``yes`` and ``no`` are now supported as valid booleans
2957 by the `git config` parser.
2958 * Better defaults are used for `fetch`, `push`, and `pull`..
2960 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/43
2964 * Removed colon (`:`) from the applilcation name on Windows
2966 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/41
2968 * Fixed bugs with the Windows installer
2970 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/40
2972 * Added a more standard i18n infrastructure. The install
2973 tree now has the common ``share/locale/$lang/LC_MESSAGES/git-cola.mo``
2974 layout in use by several projects.
2976 * Started trying to accommodate Mac OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
2977 in the ``darwin/`` build scripts but our tester is yet to
2978 report success building a `.app` bundle.
2980 * Replaced use of ``perl`` in Sphinx/documentation Makefile
2981 with more-portable ``sed`` constructs. Thanks to
2982 Stefan Naewe for discovering the portability issues and
2983 providing msysgit-friendly patches.
2989 Usability, bells and whistles
2990 -----------------------------
2991 * It is now possible to checkout from the index as well
2992 as from `HEAD`. This corresponds to the
2993 `Removed Unstaged Changes` action in the `Repository Status` tool.
2994 * The `remote` dialogs (fetch, push, pull) are now slightly
2996 * Bookmarks can be selected when `git cola` is run outside of a git repository.
2997 * Added more user documentation. We now include many links to
2998 external git resources.
2999 * Added `git dag` to the available tools.
3000 `git dag` is a node-based DAG history browser.
3001 It doesn't do much yet, but it's been merged so that we can start
3002 building and improving upon it.
3006 * Fixed a missing ``import`` when showing `right-click` actions
3007 for unmerged files in the `Repository Status` tool.
3008 * ``git update-index --refresh`` is no longer run every time
3009 ``git cola version`` is run.
3010 * Don't try to watch non-existent directories when using `inotify`.
3011 * Use ``git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name`` plumbing to find
3012 the name of the current branch.
3016 * The ``Makefile`` will now conditionally include a ``config.mak``
3017 file located at the root of the project. This allows for user
3018 customizations such as changes to the `prefix` variable
3019 to be stored in a file so that custom settings do not need to
3020 be specified every time on the command-line.
3021 * The build scripts no longer require a ``.git`` directory to
3022 generate the ``builtin_version.py`` module. The release tarballs
3023 now include a ``version`` file at the root of the project which
3024 is used in lieu of having the git repository available.
3025 This allows for ``make clean && make`` to function outside of
3027 * Added maintainer's ``make dist`` target to the ``Makefile``.
3028 * The built-in `simplejson` and `jsonpickle` libraries can be
3029 excluded from ``make install`` by specifying the ``standalone=true``
3030 `make` variable. For example, ``make standalone=true install``.
3031 This corresponds to the ``--standalone`` option to ``setup.py``.
3038 Usability, bells and whistles
3039 -----------------------------
3040 * We now use patience diff by default when it is available via
3041 `git diff --patience`.
3042 * Allow closing the `cola classic` tool with `Ctrl+W`.
3046 * Fixed an unbound variable error in the `push` dialog.
3050 * Don't include `simplejson` in MANIFEST.in.
3051 * Update desktop entry to read `Cola Git GUI`.
3058 This feature release adds two new features directly from
3059 `git cola`'s github issues backlog. On the developer
3060 front, further work was done towards modularizing the code base.
3062 Usability, bells and whistles
3063 -----------------------------
3064 * Dragging and dropping patches invokes `git am`
3066 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/3
3068 * A dialog to allow opening or cloning a repository
3069 is presented when `git cola` is launched outside of a git repository.
3071 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/22
3073 * Warn when `push` is used to create a new branch
3075 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/35
3077 * Optimized startup time by removing several calls to `git`.
3082 * `git cola` is once again compatible with PyQt 4.3.x.
3086 * `cola.gitcmds` was added to factor out git command-line utilities
3087 * `cola.gitcfg` was added for interacting with `git config`
3088 * `cola.models.browser` was added to factor out repobrowser data
3098 * Fix launching external applications on Windows
3099 * Ensure that the `amend` checkbox is unchecked when switching modes
3100 * Update the status tree when amending commits
3109 * Fix Lintian warnings
3118 * Fix X11 warnings on application startup
3127 * Added missing 'Exit Diff Mode' button for 'Diff Expression' mode
3129 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/31
3131 * Fix a bug when initializing fonts on Windows
3133 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/32
3142 * Keep entries in sorted order in the `cola classic` tool
3143 * Fix staging untracked files
3145 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/27
3147 * Fix the `show` command in the Stash dialog
3149 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/29
3151 * Fix a typo when loading merge commit messages
3153 https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/30
3160 This release focuses on a redesign of the git-cola user interface,
3161 a tags interface, and better integration of the `cola classic` tool.
3162 A flexible interface based on configurable docks is used to manage the
3163 various cola widgets.
3165 Usability, bells and whistles
3166 -----------------------------
3167 * New GUI is flexible and user-configurable
3168 * Individual widgets can be detached and rearranged arbitrarily
3169 * Add an interface for creating tags
3170 * Provide a fallback `SSH_ASKPASS` implementation to prompt for
3171 SSH passwords on fetch/push/pull
3172 * The commit message editor displays the current row/column and
3173 warns when lines get too long
3174 * The `cola classic` tool displays upstream changes
3175 * `git cola --classic` launches `cola classic` in standalone mode
3176 * Provide more information in log messages
3180 * Inherit the window manager's font settings
3181 * Miscellaneous PyQt4 bug fixes and workarounds
3185 * Removed all usage of Qt Designer `.ui` files
3186 * Simpler model/view architecture
3187 * Selection is now shared across tools
3188 * Centralized notifications are used to keep views in sync
3189 * The `cola.git` command class was made thread-safe
3190 * Less coupling between model and view actions
3191 * The status view was rewritten to use the MVC architecture
3192 * Added more documentation and tests
3199 Usability, bells and whistles
3200 -----------------------------
3201 * Added a `cola classic` tool for browsing the entire repository
3202 * Handle diff expressions with spaces
3203 * Handle renamed files
3207 * Handle carat `^` characters in diff expressions on Windows
3208 * Worked around a PyQt 4.5/4.6 QThreadPool bug
3212 * Added a keyboard shortcuts reference page
3213 * Added developer API documentation
3217 * Fix the diff expression used when reviewing branches
3218 * Fix a bug when pushing branches
3219 * Fix X11 warnings at startup
3220 * Fix more interrupted system calls on Mac OS X
3227 Usability, bells and whistles
3228 -----------------------------
3229 * Fresh and tasty SVG logos
3230 * Added `Branch Review` mode for reviewing topic branches
3231 * Added diff modes for diffing between tags, branches,
3232 or arbitrary `git diff` expressions
3233 * The push dialog selects the current branch by default.
3234 This is in preparation for `git 1.7.0` where unconfigured `git push`
3235 will refuse to push when run without specifying the remote name
3236 and branch. See the `git` release notes for more information
3237 * Support `open` and `clone` commands on Windows
3238 * Allow saving cola UI layouts
3239 * Re-enabled `double-click-to-stage` for unmerged entries.
3240 Disabling it for unmerged items was inconsistent, though safer.
3241 * Show diffs when navigating the status tree with the keyboard
3245 * Worked around `pyuic4` bugs in the `setup.py` build script
3246 * Added Mac OSX application bundles to the download page
3255 * `git difftool` became an official git command in `git 1.6.3`.
3256 * `git difftool` learned `--no-prompt` / `-y` and a corresponding
3257 `difftool.prompt` configuration variable
3259 Usability, bells and whistles
3260 -----------------------------
3261 * Warn when `non-fast-forward` is used with fetch, push or pull
3262 * Allow `Ctrl+C` to exit cola when run from the command line
3266 * Support Unicode font names
3267 * Handle interrupted system calls
3271 * `PEP-8`-ified more of the cola code base
3276 * All resources are now installed into `$prefix/share/git-cola`.
3277 Closed Debian bug #519972
3279 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519972
3288 * Added support for Kompare in `git difftool`
3289 * Added a separate configuration namespace for `git difftool`
3290 * Added the `diff.tool` configuration variable to define the default diff tool
3292 Usability, bells and whistles
3293 -----------------------------
3294 * The stash dialog allows passing the `--keep-index` option to `git stash`
3295 * Amending a published commit warns at commit time
3296 * Simplified the file-across-revisions comparison dialog
3297 * `origin` is selected by default in fetch/push/pull
3298 * Removed the search field from the log widget
3299 * The log window moved into a drawer widget at the bottom of the UI
3300 * Log window display can be configured with
3301 `cola.showoutput` = `{never, always, errors}`. `errors` is the default.
3302 * `NOTE` -- `cola.showoutput` was removed with the GUI rewrite in 1.4.0.
3306 * Improved nose unittest usage
3310 * Added a Windows/msysGit installer
3311 * Included private versions of `simplejson` and `jsonpickle`
3312 for ease of installation and development