Git-cola

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Usability, bells and whistles
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* We now automatically remove missing repositories from the
"Select Repository" dialog.
(`145 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/145>`_)

* A new `git cola diff` sub-command was added for diffing changed files.

Fixes
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* The inotify auto-refresh feature makes it difficult to select text in
the "diff" editor when files are being continually modified by another
process. The auto-refresh causes it to lose the currently selected text,
which is not wanted. We now avoid this problem by saving and restoring
the selection when refreshing the editor.
(`155 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/155>`_)

* More strings have been marked for l10n.
(`157 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/157>`_)

* Fixed the Alt+D Diffstat shortcut.
(`159 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/159>`_)

Fixes
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* Better error handling when cloning repositories.

We were not handling the case where a git URL has
no basename, e.g. `https://git.example.com/`.
`git cola` originally rejected these URLs instead of
allowing users to clone them. It now allows these URLs
when they point to valid git repositories.

Additionally, `git cola` learned to echo the errors
reported by `git clone` when it fails.
(`156 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/156>`_)

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Usability, bells and whistles
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* `git dag` got a big visual upgrade.

* `Ctrl+G` now launches the "Grep" tool.

* `Ctrl+D` launches difftool and `Ctrl+E` launches your editor
when in the diff panel.

* git-cola can now be told to use an alternative language.
For example, if the native language is German and we want git-cola to
use English then we can create a `~/.config/git-cola/language` file with
"en" as its contents: ``echo en >~/.config/git-cola/language``
(`140 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/140>`_)

* A new `git cola merge` sub-command was added for merging branches.

* Less blocking in the main UI

Fixes
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* Autocomplete issues on KDE
(`144 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/144>`_)

* The "recently opened repositories" startup dialog did not
display itself in the absence of bookmarks.
(`139 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/139>`_)

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Usability, bells and whistles
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* `git cola` learned to honor `.gitattributes` when showing and
interactively applying diffs. This makes it possible to store
files in git using a non-UTF-8 encoding and `git cola` will
properly accept them. This must be enabled by settings
`cola.fileattributes` to true, as it incurs a small performance
penalty.
(`96 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/96>`_)

* `git cola` now wraps commit messages at 72 columns automatically.
This is configurable using the `cola.linebreak` variable to enable/disable
the feature, and `cola.textwidth` to configure the limit.
(`133 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/133>`_)

* A new "Open Recent" sub-menu was added to the "File" menu.
This makes it easy to open a recently-edited repository.
(`135 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/135>`_)

* We now show a preview for untracked files when they are clicked
using the `Status` tool.
* A new "Open Using Default Application" action was added to the
`Status` tool. It is activated using either `Spacebar` or through
the context menu. This action uses `xdg-open` on Linux and
`open` on Mac OS X.
* A new "Open Parent Directory" action was added to the `Status` tool.
It is activated using either `Shift+Spacebar` or through the
context menu.
* `git dag` learned to honor the `log.date` git configuration variable.
This makes the date display follow whatever format the user has
configured.
* A new `git cola config` sub-command was added for quickly
tweaking `git cola`'s git configuration settings.
* Some small usability tweaks -- some user confirmation prompts
were defaulting to "Cancel" when they should have been defaulting
to the affirmative option instead.

Fixes
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* Properly handle arbitrarily-named branches.
* We went back to launching `git mergetool` using an xterm.
The reason is that there are a couple of places where `git mergetool`
requires a terminal for user interaction not covered by `--no-prompt`.
* We now properly handle an edge case when applying short diffs at
the start of a file.

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Usability, bells and whistles
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* New and improved `grep` mode lets you instantly find and edit files.
* New `git cola grep` standalone mode.
* Support for passing arguments to the configured editors, e.g. `gvim -p`
This makes it possible to select multiple files in the status
window and use `Ctrl + E` to edit them all at once.
* Remote operations now prompt on errors only.
* The `Tab` key now jumps to the extended description when editing the summary.
* More shortcut key labels and misc. UX improvements.

Fixes
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* Selecting an item no longer copies its filename to the copy/paste buffer.
`Ctrl + C` or the "Copy" context-menu action can be used instead.
* The repository monitoring feature on Windows learned to ignore
changes within the ".git" directory. Thanks to Andreas Sommer.
(`120 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/120>`_)

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Usability, bells and whistles
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* `git dag` learned to color-code branch edges.
The edge colors change when a new branch is detected,
which makes the history much easier to follow.
A huge thanks to Uri Okrent for making it happen.

* New GUI for editing remote repositories.

* New `git cola archive` and `git cola remote` sub-commands.

* `git cola browser` learned an 'Untrack' command.

* The diff editor learned to staged/unstaged while amending.

* The status tool can now scroll horizontally.

* New git repositories can be created by clicking 'New' on the
`git cola --prompt` startup screen.

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Usability, bells and whistles
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* Auto-completion was added to more tools.

* `git dag` is easier to use on smaller displays -- the author
field elides its text which allows for a more compact display.

* Selected commits in `git dag` were made more prominent and
easier to see.

* 'Create Branch' learned to fetch remote branches and uses a
background thread to do so.

* User-configured GUI tools are listed alphabetically in the 'Actions' menu.

* The 'Pull' dialog remembers the value of the 'Rebase' checkbox
between invocations.