Release Notes

Gitbox 1.6.2 April 19, 2012

• Improved performance of updates of git state (stage, branches, commits and submodules).
• Fixed bug when cloning from a URL with spaces.
• Fixed several error messages.
• Fixed bug with submodule paths containing spaces.
• Fixed commit cherry-picking and merging from the search mode.
• Fixed bug with launching FileMerge after installing Xcode 4.3 and removing /Developer folder.
• Prevented window activation when minimized and repository optimization kicks in.
• Fixed window activation when clicked through after closing FileMerge window.
• Improved error messages for merge failure.

• Gitbox on App Store has version 1.6.3 to enable installation when you already have 1.6.2 free build installed. Substantially, 1.6.3 is the same as 1.6.2.

Gitbox 1.6 February 17, 2012

• Zero-configuration submodules: one-click download and reset.
• Submodules are intelligently reset when pulling or switching branches in the parent repository.
• Editable repository names (Gitbox keeps an alias without changing the actual folder name.)
• Automatic repository optimization in background.

• Tags are sorted in natural order and with respect to version numbers.
• When a file is added to ignore list, it is also untracked (git rm --cached).
• Warning is displayed when trying to make a commit when no branch is selected.
• Single Preferences window with Git configuration, ignored files, "Clone from Github" checkbox etc.

• Fixed bugs and crashes in authentication session.
• Fixed performance bug with frequent stage updates (high CPU consumption).
• Fixed bugs with preserving stage selection and scroll offset when stage is reloaded.
• Fixed bug with text fields in repository settings (value was not stored immediately)
• Fixed a bug with trimming whitespace from .gitignore
• Fixed link highlighting: now all kinds of schemas are recognized including rdar:// (Lion-only).
• Fixed several text labels and error messages.
• Fixed an annoying bug in search field (when space is entered, all text was selected)
• Fixed bug with presenting files containing ":" and other URL-unfriendly characters.
• Fixed bug with staging file names beginning with dash ("-")
• Fixed bug with multi-line commit messages. Messages are recorded as-is. Prewrapped messages are intelligently unwrapped when displayed.
• Fixed bug with ignoring a file when .gitignore does not exist (file was not added to .gitignore).
• Fixed bug with title duplication in the branch menus.
• Fixed merge --no-ff option. Gitbox shows no-ff merge commits and respects “mergeoptions” in .git/config.
• Fixed sidebar alignment bug.
• Fixed sidebar spinner color and animation.

• Gitbox on App Store has version 1.6.1 to enable installation when you already have 1.6.0 free build installed. Substantially, 1.6.1 is the same as 1.6.0.

Gitbox 1.5.2 October 31, 2011

• Fixed more incompatibility issues on Snow Leopard.

Gitbox 1.5.1 October 30, 2011

• Added integration with DiffMerge.
• Fixed crash in settings when config file contains key without a value.
• Fixed incompatibility issue on Snow Leopard with older libcurl library.
• Fixed bug when empty .gitignore is created after changing repository settings.

Gitbox 1.5 October 26, 2011

• Undo/Redo for commit, push, pull and merge.
• Sidebar progress indicators for push, pull, fetch and clone.
• Stage All menu command with Command+Shift+Return shortcut.
• Highlighted links in commit messages.
• Support for "Clone in Mac" button on Github (github-mac://).
• Single view for editing branches and tags.
• Reverting commits with a right-click.
• Menu item "Show File History" which shows all the commits relevant to a selected file.

• Files are sorted in natural order (2.txt comes before 10.txt)
• Support for both overlay and legacy scrollbars in OS X Lion.
• Updated bundled Git to version 1.7.7
• Now stash moves away untracked files as well as modified ones.
• Menu command for removing all stashes.
• Added "Optimize Repository" button to repository settings (aka "git gc").
• Commit button is disabled when no branch is selected.
• Improved stability of the stage view.

• Fixed bug with menu item for opening multiple Xcode projects.
• Fixed bug with remembering window and sidebar sizes on OS X Lion.
• Fixed bug with committing or restoring removed files.
• Fixed rare crash when extracting a file from history.
• Fixed rare bug with incorrect user picture loading.
• Fixed crashes in history parser.
• Fixed crash when trying to launch missing diff tool.
• Fixed multiple animation bugs on Lion.
• Fixed issues with automatic expantion of groups in the sidebar.
• Fixed opening diff for added files.

Gitbox 1.4 June 7, 2011

• Adding tags to commits. Tags are displayed in the history and commit views.
• Colored corners for commits (useful when searching for a regression, think “git bisect”).
• Rebase command and continue/skip UI in case of conflict.
• Stash and apply stashed changes.
• Reset stage changes (git reset --hard).
• Reset branch to selected commit. Stashes local changes before performing operation.
• New branch checkout from selected commit.
• Merge selected commit (which also lets you perform partial pull).
• Open Xcode Project menu item.
• Main menu redesigned, added contextual menu to the list of commits.

• Fixed search bug: in some repositories search was returning no results because of a UTF-8 decoding bug.
• Fixed rare crashes when deleting repository from disk.
• Fixed crash when FileMerge is not found or OS was reinstalled.
• Fixed bug with stage changes not updated properly.
• Adding and removing items from stage is always forced. Fixes an issue with removing ignored files.
• Tag name was not displayed in the branch menu when tag is checked out.

Gitbox 1.3 May 19, 2011

• Full history search: find commits by metadata, file name and even text in the diff.
• Force push to replace remote branch head with current commit (hold Cmd+Shift before pressing “P” or push button)

• Improved scrolling performance of the list of commits.
• App is not terminated when the main window is closed. Window can be retrieved by clicking an icon in the Dock or “Main Window” menu item.
• Fetch menu item gets Option+U shortcut, fetches from all remote servers (same for toolbar item).

• Stage selection is now correctly preserved in presence of partially staged files.
• Fixed crash when Cmd+Z was pressed outside of any text field.

Gitbox 1.2.5 May 14, 2011

• HTTP authentication and fully redesigned authentication UI.
• Applying pull, push and other actions to multiple repositories at once.
• Clone dialog displays progress status.

• Initial launch and autofetch performance improvements.
• Many improvements in launching and monitoring git tasks. Fixed file descriptor consumption issues and random crashes. Activity window (cmd+0) displays tasks in real time.
• Several enhancements to right-click menus in sidebar.
• Clone dialog remembers last entered URL.
• New commits are fetched when you start typing a commit message, so you can pull before making a commit.
• Sidebar badge shows the total count of nonpushed and nonmerged commits when it is bigger that 999.
• Renamed and copied files which were also modified now display "modified" status instead of "renamed" or "copied".
• Scrollbars disappear when scrolling is finished.
• Error alerts are presented in sheets.
• Authentication dialog and error alerts are not displayed for background updates.
• Optimized package size for App Store build (70 Mb -> 10 Mb)

• Performance fix when staging and commiting quickly.
• Fixed bugs related to filesystem events: sometimes modified files did not appear in the stage, now they always do.
• Fixed several bugs with staging partial files, reverting multiple files and other actions in stage.
• Fixed commit message wrapping; now multi-line commits are rendered correctly.
• Fixed staging when clicking on a message field: now Gitbox does not stage selected files when you navigate to the message field. Use Cmd+Return shortcut to stage selected changes and jump to the message field.
• Fixed crash when staging or unstaging more than 4096 files.
• Fixed rare crashes when Gitbox updates list of remote branches.
• Fixed spellchecker configuration in the commit message text field.
• Fixed license check when cloning a repository.
• Fixed various issues with authentication and Keychain.
• Fixed toolbar items presentation when sheet is closed. (In rare cases buttons could remain disabled.)
• When window is closed, click on a dock icon brings it back even if the app is active.

Gitbox 1.2 January 29, 2011

• Reordering and grouping repositories.
• Quick Look for files on stage and in the history.
• New right pane design with a person picture.
• New commit dialog.
• Checkout arbitrary commit from history.

• New toolbar button for adding new groups and repositories.
• Activity spinner is now displayed in sidebar.
• More robust and less obtrusive autofetch.
• Cmd+Up and Cmd+Down in commit dialog now go through the entire git history instead of the recently entered messages.

• Fixed bug with autofetch: autofetching was stopping after several hours of running app.
• Fixed behavior of branches with slashes (e.g. “oleg/feature1”) and dots (e.g. “v1.2”) [reported by Christian van der Leeden, Falk Hoppe]
• Fixed history view resizing.
• Fixed text rendering in the sidebar and history views.
• Fixed the temporary file names when opening a diff tool.
• Fixed various bugs with fetching and updating locale and remote branches.
• Fixed tooltip rendering in sidebar.
• Fixed right-click menu target in sidebar.
• Fixed Araxis binary name (araxis -> compare).
• Fixed keyboard navigation: do not jump to stage pane when it is empty.
• Fixed presentation of repostories and files while dragging.
• Fixed “Revert...” command in the stage panel.
• Fixed bug with repository path which prevented from adding changes to stage in some scenarios.
• Fixed potential issues with updating repository when it was moved or renamed.
• Fixed issue with filtering in Activity window (cmd+0).
• Fixed issue with cloning using local network URL (e.g. “oleg.local:myproject/repo.git”)
• Fixed bug with dragging files and folders to Terminal: now drops a full path instead of file:// URL
• Fixed an issue with history: when commit message contains invalid UTF-8 sequence, it is replaced by a special character � instead of invalidating the whole history data.
• Fixed bug with storing password in Keychain: now if password is incorrect, Gitbox asks again instead of using saved value.
• Passwords are saved in Keychain with URL-specific names.
• Terminal window is now opened in front. Path with spaces are handled correctly.
• License window fixes: buy button is hidden when license is correct. Multiple windows are disallowed.
• Right branch menu now displays current local branch and renders it as disabled.

Gitbox 1.1 December 7, 2010

• Numeric badges in the sidebar show total number of non-committed changes, non-pushed and non-merged commits for the current branch.
• Drag and drop for sidebar and stage.
• Drag and drop files from history.
• Drag a copy of a deleted file from stage.
• More diff tools: BBEdit, TextWrangler, Araxis Merge.
• Navigation between columns with left and right arrows.

• Full SSH support: hosts are added to known_hosts after confirmation, passwords and keys protected by passphrases are supported.
• Redesigned list of changes: file icons, better font size.
• Improved performance of jumping through the list of repositories and commit messages.
• Reduced the size of an archived app from 60 Mb to 9 Mb.
• Bundled Git updated to version 1.7.5.4 (the latest release).

• Fixed crashes, freezes and infinite spinning for some repositories when pulling
• Fixed software updates: menu button was not always working. Reported by Tom Martin.
• Fixed appearance of the license panel on startup and issue with refreshing the repo. Reported by @mqt.
• Fixed bug with regular fetching: now all repos will be up to date regularly.
• Fixed stage appearance when all repositories are deselected.
• Fixed: commits were marked as non-pushed when there is no remote branch.
• Fixed display of message label in a commit prompt.
• Fixed a bug with "file is outside of directory" when working with a recently cloned repository.
• Fixed a bug with opening a trashed repo after restarting Gitbox.
• Sidebar width now remains fixed while resizing the window.
• Fixed: after editing .gitignore, the stage was not updated immediately.

Gitbox 1.0 November 27, 2010

• Single window with a list of the repositories in the sidebar.
• Clone a local or remote repository.
• Git 1.7.1 binaries are bundled with application (see also Gitbox / Legal Info).
• Added support for Changes.app (you should install chdiff executable).
• Release notes window (Help / Release Notes).
• Extract any file from the history.
• New menu item to fetch the latest changes (without merging into the current repository).

• Light scrollbar for the history view.
• Repository status is updated automatically on file system changes. You can work with Terminal and Gitbox at the same time.
• Pull-push button is replaced with a single "Merge" button if the local branch is selected in the Other Branch menu.
• Window title contains the parent folder name to disambiguate repository location.
• Welcome screen to clone a repo or open a folder.
• When the changed file is double-clicked, only the diff program is launched. If the file is untracked, added or deleted, diff is not launched.
• Multiple repositories can be opened at once using an Open Panel.
• New repository is now created without an initial commit.
• Before you make the first commit, Gitbox asks for your name and e-mail and stores them in ~/.gitconfig (default values are taken from the Address Book).

• Fixed crashes related to clicking on changes in the stage view.
• Fixed sorting order after updating the list of changes.
• Fixed crashes and bugs when the repository is moved, renamed or deleted.
• Fixed a crash when showing file paths with escaped characters (quote, double quote, backslash etc).
• Spinner now does not spin indefinitely.
• Fixed right-click selection in the list of changes.
• Fixed a loss of selection in stage view on stage/unstage.
• Enabled UTF-8 paths by writing to ~/.gitconfig core.quotepath = false (can be overriden by local .git/config files)
• Edit Servers dialog selects the current server in the list.
• Fixed diff tool selection in Preferences.
• Fixed "Error: file not found" message in Preferences.
• Brach tracking is handled only with the standard git-config mechanism.
• Commit button is enabled only when there is something to commit.
• Fixed bugs with the list of changes in a pristine repository.

• The first public beta of Gitbox (0.9) was released during WWDC’10 on June 21, 2010.