# SmartGit 25.1.054 Preview (2025-07-09)

## New Features, Improvements
- Edit Author: easy way to paste author strings `name <email>`
- Edit Message: add GitHub issue selector
- Licenses: academic, open-source and charity licenses become full licenses (see https://blog.syntevo.com/smartgit/2025/06/26/non-commercial-full-version.html)
- Log, Details: copy `name <email>`
- Squash: optionally add **co-authored-by** lines
- Standard window:
	- Edit Message: allow during Rebase for HEAD commit
	- File Log: for conflicting files limit the log by default to HEAD only
	- GitHub: query all remotes for displaying pull requests

## Fixed Bugs
- Changes view: colors of separator lines differ in gutter and text field
- Commit, AI: internal error when switching model while having a commit node selected in the Graph
- GitHub/others, comments: possible problems with orphan (e.g. the initial) commit
- GitLab: isssues with handling pull requests from disjoint history
- Push: possibly unclear text for forced push confirmation dialog
- Refresh (refs): possible internal error related to invalid packed-refs file
- Syntax, Properties: values with `\` at EOL are not correctly detected
- Standard window:
	- Integrate: possibly fails to find main ref for repositories with multiple remotes

## Other Noteworthy Changes
- AI integration, config: support for optional urlQueryParams
- Git: upgrade to version 2.50
- Git Config Editor: no lonely save toolbar button
- Log: remembers different window locations for repository log and file/subdirectory log
- Rename Stash: more robust implementation
- Repository Settings (and Preferences, Git Config): editing should be partially possible if (simple) includes are used
- Several commands: disable for non-normal states, e.g. rebasing, merging, cherry-picking, ...
- Standard window:
	- Checkout remote branch: try "branch-remote" before "branch-<number>"
	- Start Feature: warn for duplicate feature-prefix
	- when opening a repository the Graph view should get the focus
	- My History: "All branches" renamed to "All my branches"


# SmartGit 25.1.050 Preview (2025-06-16)

## New Features, Improvements
- Standard window:
	- Checkout remote branch: uses different name now (instead of aborting) for multi-remote repositories with equally named already existing local branch

## Fixed Bugs
- Changes view, File Compare, ...: internal error double-clicking word immediately preceding EOF
- Refresh (WT, Windows): possible internal error if repository is located on symlink
- Refresh (WT/Changes View, ...): possible hang when trying to access Git-LFS objects
- Syntax coloring:
	- C#: failed for `@`
- Standard window:
	- Rename Branch: now only tries to rename the remote branch if it was equally named with the local branch
	- closing with submodule selected, automatically opened repository in first tab; now opens the parent repository tab
	- Conflict Solver: internal error when staging file on close, and the corresponding repository tab has already been closed
- MacOS:
	- alternatving row colors for tables were broken
- Linux:
	- Toolbar: click-and-hold to show popup did not work

## Other Noteworthy Changes
- Git-Flow, Finish Release: clarify dialog when master merge isn't supported due to a custom base branch
- updated Git to version 2.49.0
	- on Windows with `core.longPaths` set to `true` by default
- I18n:
	- translation fixes and slight improvements
	- potentially incorrect texts for multiple dialog GUI items (due to duplicates)


# SmartGit 25.1.046 Preview (2025-05-16)

## New Features, Improvements
- Changes view, Compare, ...:
	- support language-specific word-definitions for caret movement (e.g. `foo_bar` as a identifier will be treated as one word, but not inside strings or comments)
	- allow to configure additional line spacing using the low-level property `styledText.lineSpacing`
- Commit: AI commit message generation improved
- Edit Git-Config:
	- syntax coloring
	- check validity before saving, reject to save invalid files
- Log Graph: for stashes show the comment message instead of the commit message
- Preferences:
	- Authentication:
		- rewritten management for API tokens (GitHub, JIRA, ...)
- Submodules: honor Git config `submodule.recurse = false`
- Standard window:
	- Add Branch: allow to create a branch for which a similar named remote branch exists (if low-level property `standard.addBranch.allowOverwrite` is set)
	- All Branches + Tags: remember the reg-ex option
	- My History: warn only those cases of `<name> != <remote>/<name>` if renaming the local branch could fix it
	- Rename Stashes

## Fixed Bugs
- Changes view, Compare, ...: Syntax-selection dialog did not scroll selection into view
- Clone: fails if repository is already open
- Kill Process dialog: possible internal error
- Log Graph: filtering with inversion (using leading `!`) did only work correct if "message" was selected
- Rebase Interactive: Edit Message missed "JIRA" option if bugtraq was configured
- Show Changes: possibly incorrect HEAD vs. Index vs. Working Tree file content selection for renamed files
- Linux:
	- Changes view: zoomed images occurred blurred
	- dragging a ref might select a different commit (workaround for https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.swt/issues/2119)
	- windows may occur on "wrong" monitor
- Standard window:
	- Graph: may show incomplete ref context menu

## Other Noteworthy Changes
- various commands: enable remote support, so, e.g., LFS authentication also works
- Refresh: added low-level property `refresh.ignoreSymlinkModificationsIfUnsupported`
- Standard window:
	- My History, All Branches + Tags: reduced (minimum) image height


# SmartGit 25.1.038 Preview (2025-04-18)

## New Features, Improvements
- Blame, Investigate: honors configured text file encoding
- Standard window:
	- All Branches + Tags:
		- add remotes
			- including context commands for fetching, renaming, deleting, ...
		- branches and tags are grouped by prefix, except for *Sort by Date* (for which it makes no sense)
- Log and Standard window:
	- Checkout (Enter): by default will check out local branch(es) on the selected commit

## Fixed Bugs
- Standard window:
	- preferences option "Allow modifying pushed commits:
		- "Only for feature branches" did not work for empty feature prefix
		- low-level property "push.forcedPushConfirmationForSafeBranches" should also be honored if force-pushing is allowed "For all branches"

## Other Noteworthy Changes
- Branches/Graph: added low-level property "core.refs.additionalTopLevelRefs" to parse additional top-level refs
- Master password dialog: make hint visible
- Preferences:
	- Low-level Properties: removed confirmation button and show all by default
- updated SWT
- Standard window:
	- Repositories tab:
		- add link to select obsolete repositories
		- Filter:
			- entered (valid) path is taken as default for *Add or Create Repository*
			- use Ctrl/Cmd+Enter to invoke the *Add* or *Initialize* command for existing repositories/directories
	- Stashes view: auto-select newest stash


# SmartGit 25.1.029 Preview (2025-04-02)

## New Features, Improvements
- AI integration:
	- Commit: improved message generation and rewording capabilities
- Clone/Fetch operations:
	- display progress for "Finding sources"
	- more accurate progress display
	- GitLab: option to create upstream remote
- Graph and UI:
	- issue links for github.com and gitlab.com repositories (for freshly cloned)
	- only display single, selected pull request from Branches view
- Pull Requests and branch management:
	- added new option to allow force-pushing to only specific branches
	- during Rebase, hide all other branches in Log
	- right-clicking a pull request only shows PR related commands
- Syntax coloring improvements:
	- ERB: improvements for the frontmatter
	- Dart: improved strings, string interpolation, escapes
	- V: improved strings, string interpolation, and escapes
- Standard window:
	- ensure the GUI is correctly invalidated once a repository becomes invalid
	- Files: show tooltip for LFS-inconsistent files
	- Reflog: turn "showIntermediateCommits" into hamburger menu option
- Azure DevOps: added option to use empty username for token authentication with on-premise instances
- Changes view: do not show diff highlighting for binary files
- Compare: shift blocks similar to other options in syntax-based comparison
- Refresh: warn in case of too many untracked files

## Fixed Bugs
- Branch operations:
	- switching branches within a worktree isn't possible anymore
	- history-related operations are disallowed if force-pushing is not enabled
- Graph and UI:
	- HEAD jumps back when selecting PR for HEAD
	- possible internal error in Log
- Push and Pull:
	- Pull Requests: successful forced push needs to pull to update
	- Push toolbar button: no menu shown when clicking v with Files focused
- Refresh and Files:
	- possible "No such file" error for missing LFS files
- Syntax:
	- Pascal/Delphi: identifiers can now start with &
- Preferences:
	- Accelerators: removed unexpected entries in Debug mode

# SmartGit 25.1.016 Preview (2025-03-06)

## New Features, Improvements
- Branches view: Hamburger option "Except for single refs" is now unselected by default
- Commit: opt-in AI commit message generation (https://docs.syntevo.com/SmartGit/Latest/Manual/Integrations/AI)
- Files table: show moved+modified with a different icon than moved+unchanged
- Graph:
	- Refresh: include node about how to increase the performance limit
	- denote worktrees
	- Checkout will now open the other worktree (instead of fail)
- Pull Requests:
	- Fetch/Merge should only retrieve the corresponding ref, without including tags
- Run Garbage Collector command: added LFS prune
- Syntax coloring:
	- Dart: added escape sequences, string interpolation
	- Nix
- Log window:
	- Checkout should follow the same "default branch" name logic as Add Branch
	- Files: Save As for a commit diff shows the commit IDs on the buttons
- Log and Working Tree window:
	- Files view: show details in the tooltip of renamed files
- Standard window:
	- added tracking commands (Set Tracking, Stop tracking)
	- added worktree commands (Add, Remove, Prune)
	- added Push-to command
	- All Branches + Tags: the filter should be case insensitive
	- Discard: optionally also deletes untracked files
	- Integrate Feature: do not merge (for certain scenarios), but always rebase
	- Graph:
		- long-running filters should report results on-the-fly
		- denote refreshing state for background operations (e.g. filtering)
	- Refresh: improved performance of local refresh
	- Start Feature:
		- for multi-base-branch setups, preselect the closes base branch
		- can also be triggered from a selected commit

## Fixed Bugs
- Checkout: problem when switching a submodule to a plain directory (or visa versa)
- Graph:
	- Alt+Down did not reload on an "arrow"
	- do not try to extend in filtered mode
- GUI: "More Options" checkbox in multiple dialogs was lacking the mnemonic
- Repositories view: dragging an entry beyond the last one seemed to accept it
- Syntax:
	- Powershell: possible internal error
- Worktrees: branch of rebasing/bisecting worktrees was not properly detected
- Standard window:
	- could not invoke terminal tools in opened submodule
	- Graph:
		- right-clicking a ref did not use that refs in external tool for `${commit}`
		- possible endless refreshing for repositories with very short history
	- Undo Last Commit: should check for untracked files, too



# SmartGit 25.1.002 Preview (2025-01-08)

## New Features, Improvements
- Files view: denote unexpanded LFS files
- Preferences:
	- Syntax coloring configuration:
		- clicking a token in the preview selects the corresponding color
- Push To: preselect the matching remote for the selected ref
- Syntax coloring:
	- Kotlin: valid/invalid escapes, string templates
	- Powershell
	- TCL
- Standard window:
	- Commit: allow to create empty merge commit
	- Files: introduce "Open in GitHub"
	- Finish Feature: if branch was not deleted, don't suggest to delete it the next time

## Fixed Bugs
- Edit Commit Message: silently failed for empty commits
- Graph: dragging a remote ref must not be allowed
- Revert: commit messages containing patterns `${sha}` or `\n` might be expanded
- Standard window:
	- switching from Local Files to History did not focus any control
- Windows 11 24H2: menu and scrollbar background was bright in dark theme

## Other Noteworthy Changes
- Revert and Rollback: use low-level property to configure message templates
- new version numbering
- JIRA Resolve dialog: scroll selection into view
- Log window:
	- right-clicking a commit should show "Reveal Commit" instead of "Select Commit"
- Standard window:
	- Local Files toolbar button: in case of conflict show only the number of conflicting files, not all changed files