6 - Python 3.5, which became EOL 2020-09-13, support is deprecated and
7 will be removed in a future StGit release
8 - Python 3.6, which will be EOL 2021-12-23, support is deprecated and
9 will be removed in a future StGit release
12 - The new `stg import --message-id` option causes the Message-ID from
13 imported emails to be included as the Message-Id trailer in the patch
15 - The new 'stgit.import.message-id' config option also enables the
16 Message-Id trailer (#42)
19 - `stg import` no longer creates "Message-Id" trailer by default when
20 importing patches from email (#42)
21 - StGit works with Python 3.10
22 - `stg version` prints a more abbreviated Python version
25 - Repair stack upgrade with `stg branch --list` (#155)
26 - Repair crash in `stg squash` with out of order patches and no name
28 - Zsh completions learn `stg float --noapply` option
40 - Repair crash regression when using `stgit.autosign`
47 - Python 3.5, which became EOL 2020-09-13, support is deprecated and
48 will be removed in a future StGit release
49 - Python 3.6, which will be EOL 2021-12-23, support is deprecated and
50 will be removed in a future StGit release
53 - `stg rebase ` learns `--interactive`; easily re-order, edit, squash,
54 fixup, or delete patches via your editor
55 - `stg rebase` learns `--autostash`; stash changes before the rebase and
56 apply them after. Also configurable with the `stgit.autostash`
58 - `stg edit` can now rename patches (#119)
59 - `stg edit` gains helpful instructions (#138)
60 - `stg new` learns `--verbose`, which includes a diff in the editor
61 window (similar to `git commit --verbose`). This behavior is also
62 configurable with the `stgit.new.verbose` configuration option
63 - `stg push` and `stg float` learn `--noapply` option; allows patches
64 to be reordered without updating worktree and deferring merge conflict
66 - `stg edit`, `stg refresh`, and `stg new` learn the `--sign-by`,
67 `--ack-by`, and `--review-by` options which allow those respective
68 trailers' values to be specified by the user on the command line (#92)
71 - Stack metadata version 5; stack metadata is moved from
72 `refs/heads/<branch>.stgit` to `refs/stacks/<branch>` and the stack
73 metadata file now uses a JSON format instead of the prior custom
74 format; the stack metadata will be upgraded to v5 on first use of
75 this version of StGit; like all stack metadata upgrades, **this is a
76 one-way auto-upgrade for existing stacks** (#65)
77 - Use setuptools instead of distutils for packaging
78 - No git or python version checks in setup.py
79 - Use different dynamic versioning system
80 - Install `stg` executable as console_script entry point
81 - More sophisticated search for bash.exe on Windows when running hooks
82 - The editor window text for `stg squash` has been modified to mirror
83 git's behavior -- the squash edit message now includes all commits
85 - Binary diffs are no longer shown when with `stg edit -d`
86 - Multiple trailers can now be added at once; this is now allowed, for
87 example: `stg edit --sign --review --ack`
88 - Update zsh completion for `stg rebase` to show local and remote heads
90 - Zsh completions for commands with patch arguments now comprehend the
91 effect of `-b/--branch` and `-B/--ref-branch`
92 - Zsh completions now guard patch names--one less TAB press to complete
93 patch names in certain contexts
94 - `stg import` now extracts the `Message-ID` email header into the patch
98 - Repair crash when attempting to export empty patch (#112)
99 - Exact command name matches are unambiguous (#110)
100 - Exiting with an empty `stg edit` editor will now abort the edit;
101 previously it would delete your commit message. (#138)
102 - Repair completions when stg.series.description is enabled in config
103 - Workaround child process reaping race on Windows (#78)
104 - Repair crash with `stg float --series` when bad patch name in series
105 - Repair zsh completion for `stg float` to accept multiple patch names
106 - Repair zsh completion for changed files, affecting `stg refresh` and
110 - Add link to coverage.io project to CONTRIBUTING.md
111 - Set smart `exclude_lines` default for 'coverage'
112 - Expanded test suite for `stg edit`
113 - Add pkgtest.py script to help test StGit packaging
114 - Cleanup .gitignore files
122 - StGit GPG-signs patches when `commit.gpgsign` is set (#12)
123 - Support `core.hooksPath` in git config
124 - Add `-C` option for `stg import` and `stg fold` (#18)
127 - Allow importing mail and series from urls (#94)
128 - `stg refresh --edit` may also use `--diff` and `--diff-opts` (#98)
129 - `stg goto` allows sha1 of a patch instead of patch name (#93)
132 - Repair hang in `stg pull -m`, `stg goto -m`, and `stg push -m`
133 - Repair `stg mail` to show diffstat of whole series (#104)
134 - Repair MANIFEST.in to include AUTHORS.md and README.md files
140 - Drop support for Python < 3.5
141 - Remove previously deprecated `stg publish` command
142 - Removed contrib scripts: `stg-swallow`, `stg-fold-files-from`,
143 `stg-dispatch`, `stg-whatchanged`, and `stg-show-old`
146 - The pre-commit hook is now run for `stg refresh`
147 - New `--spill` option for `stg refresh`
148 - Add stgit.series.description config option (#88)
149 - Official support for Python versions up to 3.9
152 - Stack metadata format 4. All metadata now kept in Git objects; no more
153 stack state files in .git/patches. **A one-way auto-upgrade to format
154 version 4 will occur when StGit commands are run on an existing StGit
156 - Use `python3` in shebangs instead of `python`
157 - `contrib/stgbashprompt.sh` is no longer executable
158 - Internal docstrings now use reStructuredText instead of Epytext
161 - Importing large patches is much, much faster (#66)
162 - Other performance improvements when dealing with large patches
163 - Repair diffstat when outside work tree root (#62)
164 - Use encoded (string) environment variables on Windows (#79)
165 - Fix `stg pull` when no upstream is configured (#83)
166 - Fix `refresh` crash with path limiting and files added to index (#85)
167 - Repair `new` with patchdescr.template crash (#87)
168 - Repair `log` from worktree subdir with patches specified
169 - Repair `import` allowing/generating duplicate patch names (#64)
170 - Repair `mail --auto` to strip comments after addrs (#91)
176 - Drop support for Python 3.3; Python 2 (2.6 and 2.7) remain
177 deprecated, but supported for one last release
178 - Tutorial is removed; it now exists as part of the website
181 - Python 2.x support is deprecated and will be removed in a future
185 - Support html5 output of docs from asciidoc
186 - Add `--expose` option for `stg pick` to allow picked commit message to
190 - Limit mail diffstat to 72 columns
191 - Added pyproject.toml file for black configuration
192 - Minimum Git version is 2.2.0
193 - Quote stg and subcommand in man page synopsis
194 - Replaced RELEASENOTES with this CHANGELOG.md
195 - Replaces Documentation/SubmittingPatches with CONTRIBUTING.md
198 - Repair MANIFEST.in and generated source dist
199 - Repair importing mail with ": " (colon space) in subject
200 - Fix mail cover letter shortlog
201 - Fix mail cover letter diffstat
202 - `stg series` now only outputs colors when `isatty()`
203 - Repair mail SSL check (#57)
204 - Repair `stg mail` with both `-a` and `-e` options (#58)
205 - Remove empty short-opt for `--no-submodules` of `stg refresh`
206 - Repair build.py for Python 2 with explicit `flush()`
207 - `stgit.refreshsubmodules` added to sample gitconfig
210 - Update docs build system from upstream Git docs
211 - Use coverage contexts to map commands to covered lines
213 - Use GitHub Actions instead of TravisCI
214 - Format StGit source using black formatter
216 ## [0.22] - 2020-03-02
219 - Remove debian packaging; downstream Debian uses its own anyway
222 - Python 2.x support is deprecated and will be removed in the next StGit
224 - `stg publish` is deprecated and will be removed in the next StGit
228 - `stg import` has new --keep-cr option, like `git mailsplit`
231 - `stg new` now includes patch name in log message
232 - `stg branch --rename` can now rename the current branch
233 - `stg branch --create` now works even if the workspace is dirty,
234 consistent with `git checkout`
235 - `stg branch --description` now works on both regular and stgit
237 - `stg edit --diff` now implies `--edit`
238 - `stg refresh` and `stg edit` now reset the committer information,
239 consistent with `stg push`
240 - git notes are now preserved when patches are modified
241 - Tutorial improvements
242 - Many additional tests and test improvements
243 - All stgit commands now use "new" git library infrastructure
246 - `stg branch --create` inherits remote correctly from parent commitish
247 - Patch names are checked earlier to avoid inconsistent stack states
248 - Improved commit data parsing and handling of non-UTF8 encodings
249 - Repair git error messages when checking stgit version from outside a
253 ## [0.21] - 2019-10-28
256 - Faster handling of large patches (#44)
259 - Build reproducibility repairs (Thanks reproducible-builds.org team!)
260 - Python can now be run with optimizations (`python -O`)
261 - `stg log` now prints trailing newline
262 - Improved command line option parsing for `stg log`
265 ## [0.20] - 2019-10-04
268 - `stg patches -d` can now output colored diffs.
269 - `stg publish --overwrite` allows branch to be overwritten instead of
270 creating new commits.
271 - `stg log --clear` deletes the stack's log history. Use with caution.
272 - Fish shell completions for stg.
273 - Zsh completions for stg.
274 - `stg mail --domain` option overrides the host's domain in the message
278 - Branch protection metadata now captured in config instead of
279 .git/patches/<branch>protect file. This updates stgit's metadata
280 format from v2 to v3.
281 - `stg diff` no longer shows binary diffs by default. Use `-O--binary`
282 or add `--binary` to stgit.diff-opts in config.
283 - Diagnostic output is now routed to stderr instead of stdout.
284 Diagnostic output is also now sent to stderr unconditionally, i.e. no
285 more isatty() test (#35).
286 - Converted to "new" lib infrastructure: `show`, `patches`, `diff`,
287 `pick`, `pull`, `rebase`, and `fold`.
290 - `stg show` detects conflicting --applied and --unapplied options.
291 - `stg show --stat` now shows commit headers.
292 - `stg patches --diff` now shows proper diff instead of `b'...'` repr of
294 - `stg diff --range` detects some invalid values (e.g. `-r ..`).
295 - Date parsing is now more portable, only use platform specific `date`
296 as last parsing option. Affects, e.g., `stg refresh --authdate`.
297 - Repaired seach path for templates to avoid looking in Python
298 site-packages directory.
299 - Ensure stdout and stderr are flushed. Rarely affected `stg diff`.
300 - `stg repair` will now fail if extra command line arguments are
302 - Bash completions are now generated in a reproducible manner.
303 - `stg edit --diff` on an empty patch no longer crashes.
304 - `stg pick` no longer fails when picked commit has empty message (#39).
305 - `stg rebase` no longer crashes when there are conflicts (#34).
306 - `stg pick` no longer crashes if --name is not provided when picking a
307 regular commit object.
308 - Improved test coverage for: branch, diff, pick, sync,
309 - New tests for: files, patches, fold, series
310 - Portable use of iconv, sort, and sed in tests.
311 - Linting using flake8 and isort.
312 - All Python code now conforms to PEP-8.
313 - Updated test infrastructure from git 2.20.
314 - Parallel tests with coverage (`make -j4 coverage`) now works.
315 - Documentation build is not included in code coverage.
316 - Repaired log end messages when using `STGIT_SUBPROCESS_LOG=debug`.
317 - Renamed "dunder" instance attributes to improve debugging.
318 - Fail faster when patch name has slash ('/') (#24).
324 - Python 3 support. StGit supports Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6,
325 and 3.7. PyPy interpreters are also supported.
326 - Submodules are now ignored when checking if working tree is clean.
327 Submodules are also not included by default when refreshing a patch.
328 - Config booleans are now parsed similarly to git-config.
329 - `contrib/stgit.el` is now licenced with GPLv2.
330 - Add continuous integration (travis-ci) and code coverage (coveralls)
332 - Many new test cases were added.
335 - Repair handling of emails with utf-8 bodies containing latin-1
336 characters. Also correctly decode email headers containing quoted
338 - StGit's version is now correct/available in the release archive.
344 - `commit-msg` hook support for easier integration with Gerrit, allowing
345 a Change-Id line to be inserted in the commit message
346 - `stg mail` improvements for 'Suggested-by:' tag and auto generation of
347 Cc for the cover letter based on all tags in the series
348 - `stg mail` bash completion for the --to, --cc and --bcc options based
349 on the content of the [mail "alias"] section of Git configuration
350 - `stg edit --review` option to add a 'Reviewed-by:' tag
351 - `stg pop --spill` functionality to allow popping a patch from the
352 stack while keeping its modification in the tree
355 - Project page details updated (gna.org has been shut down)
358 - Various fixes and test coverage improvements
361 ## [0.17.1] 2013-09-30
364 - Test suite improvements.
365 - Print tracebacks to stderr.
366 - Run test suite in parallel.
369 - Fix dirty index errors when resolving conflicts.
370 - Fix --authdate date parsing.
376 - `stg delete --top` option for deleting the top patch.
377 - `stg branch --merge` option for merging the work tree changes into the
379 - Support for sending patches both as attachment and inline.
382 - `stg mail` no longer filters explicitly added `--cc` sender address.
383 - `stg refresh` warns when index is dirty.
386 - Fix for parsing the commit header correctly.
387 - Several `stgit.el` (Emacs mode) improvements.
388 - Fix `stg status --reset` error messages.
389 - HTML documentation fix.
390 - Email template fixes.
396 - UI adjustments to better match the Git commands.
397 - `stg status` is an alias for `git status`.
398 - `stg reset --hard` behaves similarly to the corresponding git
400 - `stg branch --cleanup` option to remove the StGit metadata for a
402 - `stg mail` can use `git send-email` directly.
403 - Vim syntax highlighting for StGit commit messages.
406 - Several improvements to the Emacs mode (stgit.el).
413 - The commands "stg add", "stg rm", "stg cp", and "stg resolved" were
414 removed, since there are corresponding Git equivalents.
417 - New core infrastructure for repository operations, including:
418 - Infinite undo/redo operations and corresponding commands.
419 - Automatic rollback of changes following a failed operation (using
420 transactions)---this ensures that StGit commands either succeed or
421 do nothing. Previously, every commands had its own ad hoc
422 implementation of this.
423 - Some commands were added, including
424 - `stg squash`, for combining two or more patches into one.
425 - `stg publish`, for maintaining merge-friendly branches (which are
427 - `stg prev/next` for printing the name of the previous or next patch
429 - The `stg import` and `stg fold` commands support the `-p N` option for
430 stripping leading slashes from diff paths.
431 - The `stg import` and `stg fold` commands support the `--reject` option
432 for leaving rejected hunks in corresponding `*.rej` files.
433 - New patch identification syntax: `<branch>:<patch>` (see documentation
434 for the "stg id" command).
435 - Autosigning of imported patches when `sign.autosign` configuration
437 - A powerful Emacs mode for StGit was added to the "contrib" directory.
438 It displays the patch stack in an Emacs buffer, and can handle all
440 - Man pages and an improved tutorial.
443 - Improved bash tab-completion, automatically generated from the stg
447 ## [0.14.3] 2008-06-08
448 ## [0.14.2] 2008-13-24
449 ## [0.14.1] 2007-12-11