Git-cola

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Usability, bells and whistles
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* The clone dialog now defaults to cloning into the parent directory by default.
(`1402 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1402>`_)

Fixes
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* Qt6 support was improved for the right-click context menus.
(`1409 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1409>`_)
(`1410 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1410>`_)

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Usability, bells and whistles
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* The Rebase editor is now aware of the ``drop``, ``break``, ``label``, ``merge`` and ``reset``
commands that were added in recent versions of Git.

* Desktop notifications can now be enabled when pushing remotes by enabling the
"Notify on Push" option in the preferences.
(`1404 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1404>`_)
(`350 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/350>`_)

* Faster and easier commit hash copying in DAG. Left-clicking on the Commit ID will
now copy it directly into the clipboard without any further action.
(`1401 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1401>`_)

* "Grab File from Parent Commit" actions have been added to the DAG.
(`1401 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1401>`_)

* The `Unstage Selected` action was added to the context menu for unmerged files.
(`1397 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1397>`_)

* ``git cola rebase`` now provides a ``--rebase-merges`` option and passes the
same option to ``git rebase`` when `Git v1.18.0` or newer is detected.

Development
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* Pre-commits hooks were updated.
(`1396 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1396>`_)

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Packaging
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* The `importlib_metadata` dependency which was restored for Python 3.8 and earlier
to retain Python 3.7 support. The use of `setuptools_scm` 8.0 and newer to generate
the `cola/_scm_version.py` version file has been deferred to prevent the need to
upgrade Python.

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Usability, bells and whistles
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* The Fetch dialog can now fetch directly into a remote tracking branch.
Previously, fetching just a remote branch would fetch it into `FETCH_HEAD`,
which is not very intuitive. If only a remote branch is selected then it makes
more sense to fetch into that branch's remote tracking branch directly.
Use `FETCH_HEAD` in the local branch field to fetch into `FETCH_HEAD` instead.
(`1387 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1387>`_)

* The Fetch, Push and Pull dialogs now remember the selected remotes.
(`729 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/729>`_)

* The Fetch, Push and Pull dialogs now display the git commands that will be run.
The Pull dialog now selects the remote branch automatically.
(`729 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/729>`_)

* The `cola.refreshonfocus` and `cola.inotify` configuration settings are now accessible
from the `git cola config` settings dialog.

Fixes
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* The "Ignore" action in the Status context menu now supports adding to the local
`.git/info/exclude` when using linked repositories created using `git worktree`.
(`1394 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1394>`_)

* The `Cmd-m` hotkey on macOS will now minimize the application. The "Amend" action
can now be accessed using `Alt-m`.
(`1390 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1390>`_)
(`1391 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1391>`_)

* The `git-cola-sequence-editor` Rebase Editor will now be found correctly
in more situatios on Windows.
(`1385 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1385>`_)
(`1388 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1388>`_)

* Git Cola syncs the OS-level filesystem when windows are closed, which can
cause performance issues. The `cola.sync` configuration variable can
be configured to `false` to avoid this behavior.
(`1305 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1305>`_)

Packaging
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* The `importlib_metadata` dependency, which was previously required for Python 3.8 and earlier,
has been eliminated.

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Packaging
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* `launchable` tags were added to the flatpak app metainfo files.

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Usability, bells and whistles
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* The Rebase editor (`git-cola-sequence-editor`) can now add "remarks" to commits.
Remarks are simple numbered flags (0-9) that allow you to mark commits. This lets
you visually highlight commits to aid you when rebasing and grouping related commits
across a large patch series. Remarks can be added to a single commit or to all
commits that touch a file.
(`1375 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1375>`_)
(`1380 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1380>`_)

* Invalid `commit.template` configuration is now reported in the `Console` tool
instead of presenting an error traceback dialog via a `UsageError` exception.
(`1384 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1384>`_)

Fixes
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* The file system monitor was corrected to catch `PermissionError` exceptions.
(`bz 2260155 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2260155>`_)

Packaging
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* If the `polib` module (e.g. `sudo apt install python3-polib`) is installed then it
will be used instead of the vendored `cola.polib` module. This makes it easier for
distributions to remove the vendored module from the `cola` namespace.
`polib` is now listed as an install requirement in `pyproject.toml`.
(`bz 2264526 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2264526>`_)

* The flatpak metainfo now contains the required developer name field.
(`1382 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1382>`_)

Development
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* The "actions/cache" and "styfle/cancel-workflow-action" github actions were upgraded.

* The test suite now uses ``ruff`` to validate python code. ``pylint`` is no longer used.
(`1353 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/1353>`_)
(`1383 <https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/pull/1383>`_)