TortoiseGit versions

v2.9 [Nov 5, 2019]
Changes:
- Support for Thesaurus was dropped.
- Thin-Pack option was dropped from fetch/pull dialog (enabled by default in Git).
Features:
- Fixed issue #3355: Adding file name extension in the Export dialog.
- Update Scintilla to 4.2.0.
- Update libgit to 2.22.0 based on Git for Windows sources.
- Update TortoiseGitPLink to PuTTY PLink 0.73 (security fix, cf. https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.html).
- Update PuTTY binaries to 0.72.
- Allow to disable "Working Tree Changes" in log dialog (using advanced settings).
- Update Hunspell to 1.7.0.
- Fixed issue #3363: Add option to show unlabeled most recent common ancestor between all branches in Revision Graph.
- Fixed issue #3379: Super-project-pointer should show in revision graph of submodule.
- Fixed issue #3421: Option to show Log IDs instead of SHA-1 in TortoiseGitBlame.
- Fixed issue #3343: Provide a confirm dialog instead of executing the revert operation directly.
- Ref Browse: Show date and author of annotated tag as well.
- Show whitespaces in patch views.
- Fixed issue #3414: Allow users to not display all tags on revision graph.
- Add find functionality to revision graph.
- Fixed issue #3427: FileDiffDlg: Provide a way to view the diff for a pull request branch (in diff options).
- Fixed issue #3440: (GUI) Animation should stop when finished, not halt.
- Fixed issue #3395: TortoiseGit now uses the Windows "Default Application" framework for managing file associations and protocol handlers.
- Fixed issue #3436: Please document rolling back a file to a previous revision in Undo Changes.
Bug Fixes:
- Implement generic fix for "libgit2 returned the requested type does not match the type in ODB".
- Fixed issue #3342: Windows Explorer context menu: TortoiseGit doesn't recognize local Git working copy if "gitdir-redirection" is used within same folder.
- Fixed issue #3349: View patch missing color.
- Fixed issue #3365: Ignore items by extension handles files/directories with no extension poorly.
- Fixed issue #3393: TortoiseGitIDiff crashes with a very small window size.
- Fixed issue #3397: Create Repository make a useless symlink on Windows 10.
- Fixed issue #3413: Putty Agent (pageant) unable to start when file "C:\Program" exists.
- Fixed issue #3429: Optimize progress output with multiple git commands.
- Fixed issue #3434: Commit dialog's "View Patch>>" shows nothing when dialog's right border is on the screen's right border.
- Fix potential crashes in TortoiseGitBlame when .mailmap support was enabled.
- Fix potential crash when log is still calculating diffs and rebase dialog loads.
- Prevent possible crash after rebase when writing to reflog fails.
- Fixed issue #3426: Ref Browse: Speed up display when having thousands of refs.
- TortoiseGitMerge: When ignoring comments in TMerge, ignore comment block markers inside strings.
- Fix start commit hook not working for repository hooks.
- Fix potential crashes when log is still loading and submodule diff is requested.

v2.7 [Aug 20, 2018]
Changes:
- Git (for Windows) 2.11 or newer is now required.
Features:
- Fixed issue #3186: Bisect skip missing on dialogs and in automation and bisect docs.
- Fixed issue #3188: Add progress support for submodule clone.
- Fixed issue #3212: With Detached Head, Push Dialog has Local Branch filled with HEAD or Commit Hash.
- Fixed issue #3223: Format Patch: Set From and To for single commits.
- Lots of high DPI improvements.
- Fixes issue #2635: The font of git log is too small.
- Fixed issue #3240: Allow changing the similarity index threshold (using the advanced option "DiffSimilarityIndexThreshold").
- Fixed issue #3227: Add support to git describe option --first-parent.
- Fixed issue #3187: Assume unchanged for submodule directory can't be undone in TGit.
- SyncDlg: Allow to open the separate dialog boxes for fetch, pull, push, stash changes and submodule update/sync when holding the shift key when clicking on the buttons.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed issue #3167: Crash when aborting cherry-picks.
- Fixed issue #3164: TortoiseGit crashing on commit (with racy git situation and git lfs).
- Fixed issue #2035: Can not un-check the menu item "Abort Merge" in Settings dialog.
- Fixed issue #3078: Faulty behaviour of "Commit" feature in "check for modifications".
- Fixed issue #3184: Committing asks for user data although they are set via includeif.
- Fixed issue #3193: Not able to set alternative editor.
- Fixed issue #3195: TGitMerge tool is not saving color to correct Windows registry location.
- Fixed issue #3194: Commit message control launches links on selection.
- Fixed issue #3202: Deletion of inactive branch inside not main working copy fails.
- Fixed issue #3200: Problem when adding files to a worktree which is based on a bare repo.
- Fixed issue #3201: Frequent TGitCache crashes.
- Fixed issue #3197: Bad generated path while renaming file with changing folder.
- Fixed issue #3211: Push from detached head not possible when no local branch exists.
- Fixed issue #3210: index.lock left behind after refreshing working tree changes when using Git LFS.
- Fixed issue #3234: Shortcuts for Up/Down still work while rebasing.
- Fixed issue #3239: Properly indicate processing in diff dialog.
- Fixed an regression which caused a major slowdown in TGitCache in repos with lots of unversioned files.

v2.6 [Feb 20, 2018]
Features
- Fixed issue #3089: Show parent SHA1 on cherry picking a merge commit.
- Fixed issue #3052: Filename autocomplete in commit dialog ignores filenames starting with underscores.
- TortoiseGitMerge now uses native ribbon instead of MFC wrapped. This results in a noticeable speed up (cf. issue #1616) and also fixes issues with rounded corners for maximized windows (cf. issue #1767).
- Fixed issue #3107: Clean: Allow to remove orphaned submodules (i.e., clean -f -f).
- Fixed issue #3126: Add an option to show all refs of a commit in the log (all refs are shown now by default).
- Fixed issue #3116: Revision graph: add ability to delete branches.
- Fixed issue #3121: Create shorter branch names when checking out a commit.
- Update linked libraries:
- pcre to 8.41.
- apr to 1.6.3 and apr-util to 1.6.1.
- Commit now informs the user if there is a conflict hint in the commit message (line starting with "# Conflicts:").
- Fixed issue #3137: Add TortoiseGit to Win10 default program list.
- Fixed issue #3141: bisect: add good/bad continue options to progress dialog.
- Add support for github's new client protocol (x-github-client).
- Fixed issue #3160: Close TortoiseGitBlame window by ESC key (you might need to reset keyboard shortcut settings manually).
Bug Fixes
- Fixed issue #3029: LogDlg: Action column icons painted over Graph or message columns when turned off or resized.
- Fixed issue #3042: Spelling and grammar errors in First Start Wizard.
- Fixed issue #3035: TortoiseGit 2.5.0.0 might crash in LogDlg after fetch or refreshing working tree status.
- Fixed issue #3050: TortoiseGitMerge UI: Context menu is not available on margin left to text any more.
- Fixed issue #3059: Right click in touch mode is not working.
- Fixed issue #3064: Commit dialog ignores "Select items automatically" when refreshing.
- Fixed issue #3036: Can not save changes in Settings -> Network after trying to add command-line option to the SSH-client.
- Fixed issue #3066: Message field needs vertical scrollbar in Create Tag dialog.
- Fixed issue #3033: Cannot view submodule log if repository sits under directory symlink.
Update libgit to 2.15 based on Git for Windows source.
- Fixed issue #3055: Explorer crash when deleting two independent folders.
- Fixed issue #3047: When Log Messages window is narrow, Filter box placeholder text may cover up the Filter Types button.
- Fixed issue #3090: Show Log window stuck with "Fetching changed files...".
- Fixed issue #3084: Improve info message for merge-doc.js and drop broken URL.
- Fixed issue #3085: merge-doc.js: Word 2007 does not make a three-way comparison and the documents are shown in wrong order.
- Fixed issue #3086: merge-doc.js: Merge document in word >=2010 leaves three open windows.
- Fixed issue #3096: Duplicate 'Save as...' context menu items appear when closing and opening 'View Patch' window.
- Fixed issue #3093: Icon overlay might show ignored directories containing files as modified.
- Fixed issue #3076: Commit dialog opens with incomplete rendering in Windows 7 classic theme.
- Fixed issue #3094: Diff command results in crash.
- Fixed issue #3041: Commit Window might freeze when clicking on the last modified header shortly after opening.
- Fixed issue #3061: MenuButton popup might show directly under mouse arrow.
- Fixed issue #3108: Versioned file in ignored folder causes wrong overlays.
- Fixed issue #3109: Bad greying out of outer paths (other paths with same prefix also match).
- Fixed issue #3132: Post commit hook doesn't show up on settings dialog.
- Fixed issue #2990: SendmailDlg: Don't auto select entries when using arrow keys.
- Fixed issue #3134: Deletion of submodule does not allow user to select the deleted (red) submodule on commit.
- Fixed issue #3138: "Check for modifications", "Revert" and other dialogs do not work after git update to version 2.16.0: "fatal: empty string is not a valid pathspec".
- Fixed issue #3139: Git SSH operations do not work after git update to version 2.16.0 if ssh URL contains a port.
- Fixed issue #3143: Remember last selection of "Show nested refs" when browsing references.
- Fixed issue #3152: TortoiseGitMerge: Single pane view as default.
- Fixed issue #3158: TortoiseGitProc.exe hangs with 100% CPU when displaying commit window.
- Fixed issue #3153: "Failed to parse config file" if .gitconfig or .gitmodules use CRLF and contain blank lines.
- Fixed issue #3155: Can't parse config or .gitmodules files if the encoding is UTF-8 BOM.

v2.4 [Jan 31, 2017]
== Bug Fixes ==
* Fixed issue #2909: Commit window unclosable after clicking "No" and "do not ask again"
* Fixed issue #2911: Doing Add on repository root fails with libgit2 returned "invalid path"
* Fixed issue #2791: Start Bisect UI incomplete
* Update PuTTY to 0.68 (security fix, cf. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.html)
* Fixed issue #2935: Icon overlay not shown for files on network UNC paths
* Fix possible crash in TortoiseGitMerge when applying patch
= Release 2.4.0 =
Released: 2017-01-31
== Major change ==
* TGitCache and icon overlays are case sensitive now
== Features ==
* Fixed issue #2505: Add support for bisect skip
* Fixed issue #2757: Allow to use quotes in command line arguments, like /logmsg:"Some text ""Quoted text"" another text"
* Fixed issue #2849: Optimize include and exclude paths for context menu and overlay icons
We synced the include/exclude paths code with TortoiseSVN. Now you can exclude paths in an included path.
Some people might need to update their include/exclude paths, see our manual for more information.
* Fixed issue #2136: LogDlg: Indicate that the View and Walk Behavior buttons contain a menu
* Fixed issue #1635: Add option to set TortoiseGitMerge foreground text colors
* Fixed issue #2586: Integration of further hooks: pre-rebase and post-commit
* Fixed issue #2444: Drag and drop on commit dialog to include files in the list for committing
* Browse References Dialog: Allow to filter for merged and unmerged branches
* Fixed issue #2273: Remember the width of the "view patch" window
* Fixed issue #2710: Allow start-commit hook to prevent the Commit dialog from showing
* Fixed issue #2865: Clickable URLs in TortoiseGit output window
* Fixed issue #2154: Copy to clipboard function in show log window doesn't include annotated tag or notes messages
* Fixed issue #1668: Allow submodules to be removed ("Delete" is now available for submodules)
* Update libgit2 to 0.25.1
* The shipped libgit2 uses the CrLf filter logic from Git >= 2.9
* Fixed issue #2863: Increase text box size limit for command progress dialog and make it configurable
* Fixed issue #2274 and issue #2750: Add advanced option for controlling which date/time is used for squashed commits (setting: SquashDate)
1: Use date of last commit, 2: Use current date, 0: Use time of first commit into which others are squashed (default)
* Fixed issue #2633: Check for Modifications dialog doesn't refresh after commit
* Fixed issue #1656: Add "dcommit" to change sets in "log messages"
* Fixed issue #2741: TortoiseGitBlame: Allow to limit blame on first parents
* Fixed issue #2826: Highlight commit to which the parent repo points to in the log for submodules (named: super-project-pointer)
* Added a first start wizard which can be re-run from TortoiseGit settings
* Fixed issue #2593: Hitting escape closes the commit window without any attention message
* Fixed issue #2702: File selection dialog should not open for Add if only files are selected
* Fixed issue #1749: Create Patch Serial: Remember "Since" branch
* Fixed issue #2264: Insert new items into interactive rebase and cherry-pick process
* Fixed issue #2456: Allow to compare change sets in log
* Updated libgit to 2.11
* Updated pcre to 8.40
* Several high DPI optimizations
* Fixed issue #2889: TortoiseGitMerge: Show inline diffs in one-pane-view mode as well, at least for single line changes
* Fixed issue #2894: Enable/disable check boxes for hook scripts
* Enable/disable check boxes for bugtraq plugins
* Fixed issue #2283: Improve symbols for "Symbolize ref names"
* Fixed issue #2746: SubWCRev equivalent required: GitWCRev added
* Fixed issue #2082: RebaseDlg: Reorder commits via drag'n'drop
* Fixed issue #2210: Do not allow merging from the current branch to the current branch
== Bug Fixes ==
* Fixed issue #2837: Fixed layout issues on settings dialog
* Fixed issue #2839: The dialog "check for updates" has a resize issue
* Fixed issue #2845: Sticky button when resizing the "Rename dialog"
* Fixed issue #2846: Spell checker won't add unknown words to dictionary. The dictionaries are now saved as UTF-8.
If you have non ascii chars in your dictionary and want to keep those, you need to manually convert these to UTF-8.
The dictionaries can be found in %APPDATA%\TortoiseGit\*.dic.
* Fixed issue #2850: The installer does not completely support high-contrast-mode
* Fixed issue #2853: Commit message autocompletion failed sometimes for words with different casing
* Fixed issue #2851: Switching high-contrast-mode on or off, does not cause change of used UI colors
* Fixed issue #2829: Remembering the last selected line might not work when a conflict was manually resolved
* Fixed issue #2868: Show changes as unified diff might fail (using Cygwin git)
* /command:showcompare /unified did not honor path filters correctly

v2.0 [Mar 2, 2016]
== Changes ==
* Custom dictionaries are no longer loaded when located in %PROGRAMFILES%\TortoiseGit or %PROGRAMFILES%\TortoiseGit\bin-directory
Must be in %APPDATA%\TortoiseGit\dic or %PROGRAMFILES%\TortoiseGit\Languages folder (former has priority)
* Dropped TGitCacheCheckContent configuration setting, please use TGitCacheCheckContentMaxSize instead (settings will be automatically migrated)
* Pre- and post-push hooks do not get the path as first parameter any more
* Git for Windows 1.9.5 or newer is now required
* TortoiseGit now applies the same whitespace and new line sanitizing rules as git core for commit messages by default
* TortoiseGit now strips commented lines (starting with #) on commit messages by default
* We changed the version schema to X.Y.Z, where X is incremented for major changes, Y for every stable release, and Z!=0 represents preview releases
== Features ==
* Fixed issue #2641: Commit: Pre-select first item from "Changes made" list
* Allow to reset stored decisions (cf. issue #2640)
* Fixed issue #2643: Set branch description on its creation
* Fixed issue #1629: Have the push dialog opened via right-click in log default to branch that was actually clicked on
* Update TortoiseGitPlink to version 0.66
* Fixed issue #943: Allow to use keyboard shortcuts in Git progress dialog (e.g., ALT R for ReCommit after commit)
* Fixed issue #2314: Allow to preserve merges on rebase
* Fixed issue #2673: Display tracked remote URL in folder properties
* Fixed issue #2630: TGitBlame: Allow to blame files of different working trees w/o restarting
* Fixed issue #2679: Unnecessary horizontal scrollbar is shown in case logwidthmarker is set
* Rebase dialog now honors rebase.autostash=true
* Fixed issue #2270: Print a warning on a merge commit, so that changes are not unchecked unintentionally
* Fixed issue #2310: Add support for notes.rewrite.rebase
* Fixed issue #2629: "Browse References Dialog" save sort column order
* Fixed issue #2678: Filter out special ref names in log graph
* Fixed issue #2692: Add support for pull.rebase and branch.name.rebase
* Fixed issue #2701: Add and Revert should respect Autoclose settings and not show any dialog boxes
Maybe we introduce finer grained auto close levels later.
* Fixed issue #1899: Support cherry-picking merge revisions
* Fixed issue #2551: Allow to create patches w/o a/ and b/ prefixes
* Fixed issue #2302: One button to do Commit & push
* Fixed issue #527: Fix the dialog after commit for us to be able to continue committing
* Fixed issue #2697: Display "In Commits" and "In ChangeList" tabs for Fetch&Rebase in Sync dialog
* Fixed issue #2484: Recursive option is not remembered in clone dialog
* Fixed issue #2259: SyncDlg: Allow to fetch all remote references of a specific remote instead of a single branch (Fetch all refs)
* Fixed issue #1130: Sync dialog forgets the remote branch every time (ask whether to store a tracked branch)
== Bug Fixes ==
* Fixed issue #2647: TortoiseGitBlame does not display files correctly with mixed line endings (such as CRCRLF)
* Fixed issue #2650: Empty ListViews drawing issue
* Fixed issue #2662: Border line in commit text boxes is shown 2 characters past the specified width
* Fixed issue #2660: No colors in git.exe progress dialog since 1.8.16
* Fixed issue #2646: Library broken in Windows 10
* Fixed issue #2670: LogDlg: cannot paste to "Filter paths"
* Fixed issue #2676: Swapped Theirs and Mine in Edit conflicts outside of rebase dialog on rebasing
* Fixed issue #2690: Failed to Show log from repository browser when that repository is located on a drive
* Fixed issue #2655: Resolve does not work on multiple selection during deleted-modifed conflict resolution
* Fixed issue #2668: TortoiseGit commit with git-lfs files, show me a error: ".git/index.lock" file exist
* Fixed issue #2638: TGitCache crashes on a broken repo (out of bounds read in libgit2)

v1.8 [Jan 28, 2013]
-Features:
-fixed: Search by email in Log window .
-fixed: Easier navigation in revision graph with mouse.
-Fixed bugs:
-Changing Search criteria with empty search field refreshes log content.
-Apply Patch serial can't open file dialog on WinXP.
-Could not parse git.exe version number.
-TortoiseGitMerge: Ribbon UI/toolbars can be toggled.
-TortoiseGit gets the wrong revision if the branch name looks like git-describe format.
-TortoiseGitPLink does not work with interactive ssh logins.
-Commit Dialog autocompletion does not work for some pattern.

v1.7 [Jul 12, 2011]
64bit tortoisegit have included 32bit explore extension after 1.7.3.0 .