GitQlient v1.0.0 Release Notes

The GitQlient 1.0.0 release contains a deep refactor and new features.

A more detailed list of changes follows below.

Big features:

• Multi-repository support: Added support to have multiple repositories opened at the same time.
• Submodules: Added support for opening, adding and updating the submodules in a repository. The submodules can be opened as a normal repository to work with them.
• Blame & History: There is a whole new screen where one can review the history of a file and blame it.

Minor features:

• Branches: The branches are shown in a tree structure, more easy to follow.
• Diffs: Between files, between random commits, etc.
• Patches: I took back the patches but with some improvements: Multi-selection of commits to export them. Possibility of applying patches or import them.
• Cloning/Init repositories: Progress dialogs when cloning or opening really big repos.
• Refactor: The old backend has been reworked in a 97%. There are some pending changes that will be done on the v2.0.0.

Other technical improvements from the version available in GitQlientPlugin v1.0.0:

• Re-organization of the project structure for a more intuitive architecture
• Controls:
  • Main view buttons display the current view.
  • Added Diff as option
• Repository view re-structure (aka HistoryWidget):
  • "Go to SHA" featured integrated in the repository view
• Blame improvements:
  • Adding tabs to have several blames and improving navigation between the commit history and the blames
• New Diff view:
  • Adding options to switch between different diffs (buttons list)
  • Added information about the commits that are compared and the files that are modified
• Added option to reset staged files