shiftkey / desktop

Fixes and improvements

• Commit attribution warning is not shown for emails with different capitalization - desktop#11711
• Upgrade embedded Git to v2.29.3 - desktop#11755

SHA256 checksums

• GitHubDesktop-linux-2.6.6-linux1.AppImage - fa3123a5ee8509183cc499b04500145b010adbbc37f37b51fce438478d145cfc
• GitHubDesktop-linux-2.6.6-linux1.deb - 978d175f1a0dda589703dc99c463879bfb9ef06c1bc9168b58d6f363cc481cc0
• GitHubDesktop-linux-2.6.6-linux1.rpm - c780b1c54e4849731c08c746696b669b84777c4a1ea4156f98c435e7d4d7b9ec

New Features

This is the first release generated from GitHub Actions, and the first release based on Electron 11. Hopefully there's a smooth update process, but please submit issues as usual if you spot something unexpected occurring after upgrading.

Additions

• Allow users to rename and delete branches via a new context menu on branches in the branches list - desktop#5803 desktop#10432

Fixes and improvements

• Allow users to modify git config on a per repository basis - desktop#9449, Thanks @say25!
• Always respect the default branch name chosen by the user - desktop#11447
• Suggest emails from GitHub accounts and warn about misattributed commits in the commit message area - desktop#11591
• Suggest emails from GitHub accounts and warn about misattributed commits in onboarding and preferences - desktop#11561 desktop#11566
• Remote Git operations are faster and less prone to errors on Windows - desktop#11510
• Automatic branch fast-forwarding is now faster - desktop#11463
• Performing remote Git operations could crash the app - desktop#11694

Tooling updates

• Bump electron-builder from 22.9.1 to 22.10.5 - #454
• Bump electron-installer-redhat from 3.2.0 to 3.3.0 - #438

SHA256 checksums

• GitHubDesktop-linux-2.6.5-linux1.AppImage - 1fdcb1cfce98af8e834c8222e8ba2146b9e833b61e59b05f39b8dc0f679b7fae
• GitHubDesktop-linux-2.6.5-linux1.deb - dd674e95cb4901c1da103ce5a319b70823cb354bdb90d49725da6d966264cbc3
• GitHubDesktop-linux-2.6.5-linux1.rpm - a76722e81b572456801e3f75dc6d7a90929468db36da027b4d0f5fd0c02e2bcc

Additions

• Added support for Alacritty terminal - #429, thanks @ganpa3!

Fixes and improvements

• Upgrade embedded Git to v2.29.2 - desktop#11369
• Enable spellcheck on commit summary and description - desktop#1597
• Fast-forward all possible branches except the current branch when fetching - desktop#11387

SHA256 checksums

• GitHubDesktop-linux-2.6.3-linux1.AppImage - 1ff1d27108dba266c5b70794e2306ab9321d81402e2225572949f238fec2ac39
• GitHubDesktop-linux-2.6.3-linux1.deb - 56e4f876ab0aaa5fb1490afc707ea01d7d5319f72b7a8597ea3f5dcbc89a3ce5
• GitHubDesktop-linux-2.6.3-linux1.rpm - 76dbd4fd397e690f0541f4a4e1039eeaff529c834fd763b11671811edaec421c

Fixes and improvements

• Upgrade embedded Git LFS to 2.13.2 - desktop#11394
• Pull requests no longer fail to update until the user switches repositories - desktop#11241
• Fork behavior changes are now reflected in the app immediately - desktop#11327
• Checking out a pull request from a fork for the first time now correctly identifies the remote branch to create the branch from - desktop#11267
• Don't offer to stash changes when clicking on the currently checked out branch in the branch list - desktop#11235
• Forked repository remotes are no longer removed when there are local branches tracking them - desktop#11266
• Avoid bright flash for users of the dark theme when launching the app maximized - desktop#5631. Thanks @AndreiMaga!

SHA256 checksums

• GitHubDesktop-linux-2.6.2-linux1.AppImage - 8396c23c84e32672a0a301ddd8f1abff1067841d12f5b016466d7935a64973d5
• GitHubDesktop-linux-2.6.2-linux1.deb - c2f83dc5e078546886342fea041f5cce28f79ecb60745dab9b0256b3dc9960dc
• GitHubDesktop-linux-2.6.2-linux1.rpm - 30b8a4d41b69925ada5b935edab24ebe0da50e729eacffcc6761b3c538a93da4

Fixes and improvements

• hide empty appbar chrome - #396

SHA256 checksums

• GitHubDesktop-linux-2.6.1-linux2.AppImage - 069609df4ff59df32706149e279b2796f22b7bcbca6504da3a61e9f796edf6bc
• GitHubDesktop-linux-2.6.1-linux2.deb - a43c188f8fd326499b5c1d4099239f658ebac8e9a21001481407cccafcd5f208
• GitHubDesktop-linux-2.6.1-linux2.rpm - 3734382052c5363524fc47aba9d8710ef7bd63d06e54e25a97c24b0c600306fc

Fixes and improvements

• Clearer menu label for reverting commits - desktop#10515. Thanks @halitogunc!
• Refresh branches after creating a new branch - desktop#11125
• Correct image diff swipe mode layout - desktop#11120
• Very large text diffs could cause the app to crash when viewed in split diff mode - desktop#11064
• Let the user know when a checkout fails due to use of assume-unchanged or skip-worktree - desktop#9297
• Always show confirmation prompt before overwriting existing stash entry - desktop#10956
• The fullscreen keyboard shortcut on macOS now works when using split diff mode - desktop#11069
• Use Recycle Bin name only on Windows - #388, thanks @hydrogen-mvm!

SHA256 checksums

• GitHubDesktop-linux-2.6.1-linux1.AppImage - 0484a2c37abda53f26d694fb58e24e3051570acec2c2f02c236912d552d8bb11
• GitHubDesktop-linux-2.6.1-linux1.deb - f1645e667f74a0b5f46c1f16b4a3f6e17eec4e42d50ce939c3c61a077b22ec2f
• GitHubDesktop-linux-2.6.1-linux1.rpm - e6155396097520840c5cab33e16f66871d8a973849d67ff80eebbb70922e812c

New Features

• Split diffs! Toggle between viewing diffs in split or unified mode - desktop#10617

Additions

• Use Page down, Page up, Home, and End keys to navigate and select items in lists - desktop#10837
• Add toml syntax highlight - desktop#10763. Thanks @samundra!

Fixes and improvements

• Actions in context menu of a non-selected file act on the chosen one instead of the previous one - desktop#10743
• Fix overflow issues with long branch names - desktop#5970. Thanks @juliarvalenti!
• Images fit correctly in the diff view when their sizes have changed - desktop#2480 desktop#9717
• Repository indicator refresh can no longer be manually triggered when disabled - desktop#10905
• Resolving a conflicted file added in both the source and target branch no longer results in merge conflict markers appearing in the merge commit - desktop#10820
• Small partial commit of very large text files no longer intermittently fails due to unexpected diff results - desktop#10640
• Long commit message are scrollable again - desktop#10815

Removed features

• Sign in to GitHub.com with username/password is no longer supported to improve account security

SHA256 checksums

• GitHubDesktop-linux-2.6.0-linux1.AppImage - 278d9aaac5cdd231168ae14d813a4d2cc9cefda1cb37e1bfa959c49c55a3ad28
• GitHubDesktop-linux-2.6.0-linux1.deb - b442b851c1324407cd85c70c5aeef669e5fe5f4238d9bb8f55cd783bc0ff32ed
• GitHubDesktop-linux-2.6.0-linux1.rpm - 7c57a73d4abcaf9e1c83867081f15d432aa580f8c4417b6bed774d1edc6d6852

Fixes and improvements

• Upgrade embedded Git LFS - desktop#10973

SHA256 checksums

• GitHubDesktop-linux-2.5.7-linux1.AppImage - d1c67f73d2c2b7f53f9801a4d1cbadfd93256de038b56739cfd691acbc706d44
• GitHubDesktop-linux-2.5.7-linux1.deb - c6e7fee56476b3326933df26865273470cb0c7dcf45e64b14585c3745133c566
• GitHubDesktop-linux-2.5.7-linux1.rpm - 64bd20ea4258634324fb31035ccd777aec3455b8e8d3605f8d8736a80974cb6f

New Features

• Newly created repositories use 'main' as the default branch name - desktop#10527
• Users can configure the default branch name in Preferences/Options - desktop#10527
• Show status of GitHub Action runs for pull requests - desktop#9819. Thanks @Raul6469!
• Differentiate between draft and regular Pull Requests - desktop#7170

Additions

• Periodic background fetch and status updates can now be disabled in the Advanced section of Preferences/Options - desktop#10593
• Syntax highlighting for ASP.Net and unified diff / patch - desktop#10410. Thanks @say25!

Fixes and improvements

• Allow renaming the default branch - desktop#10415
• Show which files are blocking a merge-like operation - desktop#10441
• Updated icons and border radiuses to align with GitHub.com - desktop#10396, desktop#10224
• Show loading indicator when committing a merge - desktop#10458
• Show confirmation that branch is already up to date when merging from default branch - desktop#9095
• Enter key now initiates action in rebase and merge dialogs - desktop#10511
• After failing to move a repository to Trash, show error and keep the repository listed in Desktop - desktop#8333
• Email address validation in welcome flow and preferences dialog - desktop#10214. Thanks @Pragya007!
• Show helpful error when attempting to clone non-existent or inaccessible GitHub repositories - desktop#5661. Thanks @kanishk98!
• Don't update submodules when discarding files - desktop#10469
• Full screen notification is removed after a few seconds when starting the app in full screen - desktop#10644
• Update rebase progress parser to parse output from the merge rebase backend - desktop#10590
• Only show full screen toast notification when making the app window full-screen. Thanks @Sam-Spencer - desktop#7916
• Ensure application window doesn't overlap second monitor - desktop#10267
• Add optional x11 dependency for SUSE-based distributions - #369

Removed features

• Remove setting to disable all certificate validation in favor of new best-effort approach - desktop#10581

SHA256 checksums

• GitHubDesktop-linux-2.5.6-linux1.AppImage - b0f3b72ee29c08233fb4d27ac0e0f7c175067902ed62afe1467480037006c633
• GitHubDesktop-linux-2.5.6-linux1.deb - 348789faf7427e95ea9f2195f59232f1e0144dd458f383b8eae7c94731de0d69
• GitHubDesktop-linux-2.5.6-linux1.rpm - 4c3a78b237ab1cb231e0d5890507092dc7716164e1b79ca61a4528d752742533

Fixes and improvements

• Don't update submodules when discarding files - desktop#10469
• Clicking on a branch in the compare branch list resets focus to the filter text box - desktop#10485

SHA256 checksums

• GitHubDesktop-linux-2.5.5-linux1.AppImage - 7e63630615289faf9d93afdd311a3c8f2977a0fcf618cc2aff7dfd380c9c8320
• GitHubDesktop-linux-2.5.5-linux1.deb - 3b5cb1d2fc1044f988c5baa1d5200a7eb496ec5c058defa71ffc036c48425513
• GitHubDesktop-linux-2.5.5-linux1.rpm - 011c89b19226bd9aac1dff0b9ec5307a7f6dbb8a7018e3c73b75be8e82f77962