Release notes from sourcegit

2026.06

2026-03-16T02:35:34Z

What's Changed

Rewrite the exit code of standalone commit message editor.
- Clicking OK button will apply the modified message and exit with code 0
- Clicking CANCEL or pressing ESC will not apply the modified message and exit with code -1
- Clicking the window caption button X will not apply the modified message and exit with code 0
Change the hotkey for searching commit from Ctrl+F/⌘+F to Ctrl+Shift+F/⌘+⇧+F
Pressing Ctrl+F/⌘+F in a list/tree will focus the nearby search(filter) box.
Fix the issue that app hungs up when selecting the longest line to the end in text editor with syntax-highlighting enabled.
More git trailer keywords are added in commit message box.
Rewrite repository's command palette - more commands, icons, and search keyword.
Rewrite worktrees in side bar.
Auto focus the first input element when a popup is showing.
Rewrite the file-history feature to support detecting renames (--follow).
Fix the issue that error occurs when trying to unstage files in a fresh repo (no commits yet).
Add a new button STAGE SELECTED & COMMIT to Confirm Empty Commit dialog when user has selected some unstaged changed file.
Re-design the Initialize Repository popup.
Support 24-hours and 12-hours time display format.
Fix the issue that users can not discard hunks in a new file when it has been staged partially.
Several other UI/UX changes.

Full Changelog: v2026.05...v2026.06

2026.05

2026-03-02T02:31:20Z

What's Changed

Show current caret column in commit message textbox.
Remember last selection of new tag's type in Create Tag popup.
Reset desktop.ShutdownMode to ShutdownMode.OnExplicitShutdown before calling desktop.Shutdown manually.
Fix the issue that app crashed when availableSize is Infinity in MeasureOverride.
Linux: Add Ghostty as integrated terminal tool.
Add hotkey Alt/⌥+Up to goto child of selected commit.
Add a context menu entry to run interactive rebasing on non-current branch.
Revert commit ceea4a1. Currently, only pressing OK button in Commit Message Editor will apply modified message.
Try to fix the issue that sometimes changes list did not update in commit CHANGES page (can not reproduce).
Enable word-wrap and disable horizontal scrollbar for text in notification window.
Add a context menu entry Apply Changes to only apply changes of selected files from stash.
Fix the issue that highlighting selected revision lines in Blame window did not work.
Unify the behavior of Reveal in File Explorer when the selected is a folder across all platforms
Several other UI/UX changes.

New Contributors

@jlpatter made their first contribution in #2130
@rlbxku1r made their first contribution in #2151

Full Changelog: v2026.04...v2026.05

2026.04

2026-02-13T02:27:51Z

Due to the upcoming Spring Festival and some relatively serious issues in 2026.03, I have decided to release this version in advance.

What's Changed

Show current version and the publish date of new version in result of checking update.
Fix the issue that the MinWidth of AUTHOR column changed after dragging the right border of it.
Start checking out branch directly when there are no local changes but submodules.
BREAKING CHANGE: move Show Tags as Tree and Show Submodules as Tree from global setting to per-repo's UI state.
Fix the issue that Open in External Tool button in toolbar may crash this app (System.Reflection.TagetInvocationException).
Fix the issue that Open in External Merge Tool in context menu of unstage change does not work.
When creating a new branch based on a remote branch, the name of the new branch is always pre-filled with the name of the latter
Support to open vscode workspace (*.code-workspace) when open repo with external tool.
Disable IsSnapToTickEnabled for subject guide length slider.
Text editors now support to display IME pre-edit text.
Fix the issue that Reset to Parent Revision always resets the file to this revision.
Upgrade Avalonia to 11.3.12
Several other UI/UX changes.

Full Changelog: v2026.03...v2026.04

2026.03

2026-02-09T02:17:05Z

What's Changed

Add a icon (check mark) to indicate which side is HEAD in Compare window.
Linux: AppImages support portable data dir.
Support to clone with a local name that contains whitespaces.
Add a simple built-in conflicts resolving tool (built-in merger).
Rewrite the Reset to This/Parent Revision feature in commit details panel.
Add Reset File(s) to <revision> context menu entry to selected change(s) in revision compare view.
Add Reset File(s) to <revision> context menu entry to selected change(s) in refs compare window.
Keeps scroll offset after staging/unstaging/discarding selected hunk.
Support to create pull request to repos at *.visualstudio.com.
Linux: Move runtime datas from ~/.config/SourceGit to ~/.sourcegit.
Fix the issue that we get double EOLs while copying content with CRLF line-endings in diff view.
BREAKING CHANGE: Repository settings will be split into two parts
- Shared Settings: Can be changed from Repository Configure window, and will be shared (also synced) between worktrees.
- UI States: Such as history filters, branch/tag sort methods, etc. Each worktree has its own states.
Upgrade AvaloniaEdit to 11.4.1.
Supports to hide AUTHOR/SHA/DATETIME columns in HISTORY page.
Always open child window in currently used screen.
Fix the issue that gpg.ssh.allowedSignersFile config did not work.
Add hotkey Ctrl+Down/⌥+Down to goto parent of selected commit in HISTORY page.
Several other UI/UX changes.

New Contributors

@m2u-84 made their first contribution in #2075
@vitorpc4 made their first contribution in #2087
@flipper made their first contribution in #2085

Full Changelog: v2026.02...v2026.03

2026.02

2026-01-26T02:43:27Z

What's Changed

Use git reset --hard instead of git reset HEAD --hard to discard all local changes (avoid git errors while running in an empty repo).
Fix the issue that app crashed while switching blaming revision with renamed file.
Support to select the solution file to be opened while opening repo in Visual Studio.
Remove the Traverse submodules recursively option in Update Submodule popup (because auto-updating submodules after checkout/merge/pull will always enable --recursive option).
Support to use <SOURCEGIT> --blame <FILE> to launch SourceGit as Blame viewer.
Add a new repository settings to ask user before auto-updating submodules.
Refresh repo after files under $GIT_DIR/reftable/ dir changed.
Add a RESOLVE button in conflict alert banner.
Add a checkbox to toggle -w (ignore whitespace changes) while blaming a file.
Update project dependencies
- AvaloniaUI to 11.3.11
- AvaloniaEdit to 11.4.0-rc1
- TextMateSharp to 2.0.2
Several other UI/UX changes.

New Contributors

@ramonmelo made their first contribution in #1831

Full Changelog: v2026.01...v2026.02

2026.01

2026-01-12T02:36:47Z

What's Changed

Do not auto-stash untracked files while doing checkout/create branch/pull with Stash & Reapply enabled.
Do not auto-stash untracked files while drop/reword/squash/fixup HEAD commit.
Set core.untrackedCache=true and status.showUntrackedFiles=all while querying local changes with untracked files.
Drop Fleet support.
Always try to navigate to selected commit in commit graph even if it is not changed in Blame window.
Make sure the executable file of external tool exists before opening it.
Supports to use Ctrl + -/= to zoom in/out window contents.
Fix the issue that the last line change may disable hunk operation in side-by-side diff.
Fix the issue that sometimes no local changes were shown.
Rewrites the ref comparison
- Compare selected branch to worktree has been removed
- User can compare selected branch/tag to any other branch/tag (not only HEAD)
- User can compare selected two branch/tag
Supports pre-fill short description for custom conventional commit template.
Supports to exclude some external editors by the name displayed in Open in <NAME> dropdown menu.
Several other UI/UX changes.

Full Changelog: v2025.41...v2026.01

2025.41

2025-12-29T02:42:47Z

Happy New Year!

What's Changed

Upgrade project dependencies
- AvaloniaUI to 11.3.10
- OpenAI to 2.8.0
- Azure.AI.OpenAI to 2.8.0-beta.1
- Pfim to 0.11.4
Supports R16F and R32F formats dds image.
Fix the issue that wrong diff command args for Xcode's FileMerge.
Hide Customize merge message on Merge popup when user selected Squash or Don't commit mode.
Auto-select the tracking branch after Track remote branch option is toggled while creating worktree.
macOS: Thanks @ybeapps. SourceGit is now available in official Homebrew Cask Repository as signed packages.
Fix the issue that non-auto-hidden scrollbar overlaps contents.
Do not refresh commit details panel if current viewing commit does not change.
Auto-fetching will respect git configuration.
Fix the issue that launcher's title does not update on starup when last active page is the first one.
Auto-detect website protocol (HTTP or HTTPS) for remote with git@<host>:<repo> format.
Fix the issue that app will crash when $GIT_DIR/pre-push hook is a broken symlink.
Fix the issue that line-ending changed while staging/unstaging hunk.
Do not show repo's path in window title.
Starts filesystem watcher in another background thread to avoid UI blocking (also improving startup speed).
Fix the issue that app will crash while reading JetBrains ToolBox's state.json.
Always use git add --pathspec-from-file=<pathspec> instead of git add . because the second one cost too much time.
Auto update submodules (only initialized submodules) after running checkout/create branch/merge/pull.
Refresh submodules manually after running update/de-init submodule.
Fix the issue that worktree file status not updated.
Several other UI/UX changes.

Full Changelog: v2025.40...v2025.41

2025.40

2025-12-15T02:34:21Z

What's Changed

Use different icons for annotated and lightweight tags in tags list/tree.
Enable word wrapping in Edit Branch's Description popup.
Always use hunk-based patching while staging/unstaging/discarding partial changes in a file.
Fix the issue that Block Navigation in side-by-side diff view does not work correctly.
Keep navigation state after toggling Show All Lines or view mode in text diff view.
Add Refresh context menu to the tab in launcher's tabbar.
Ignore all exceptions in background auto-fetching.
Windows: Supports Windows 11's snap layout feature while hovering the maximize button.
Add Move to Workspace context menu to the tab in launcher's tabbar.
Add context menu item Fixup into Parent for HEAD commit.
Fixup action in Interactive Rebase window will not append message to the target commit.
Allows to specify startup options for external shell/terminal.
Supports to customize diff/merge options for external diff/merge tool.
Several other UI/UX changes.

Full Changelog: v2025.39...v2025.40

2025.39

2025-12-01T02:22:44Z

What's Changed

Rewrite the way to load commit message for in-progress action (rebase/revert/cherry-pick/merge).
Supports to edit branch's description and show it in branch's tooltip.
Upgrade AvaloniaUI to 11.3.9.
Always turn off --color=<when> and --ext-diff when calling git diff command.
Add Use fixed tab width in titlebar option in Preferences back.
Respect $BROWSER env on Linux.
Only auto-track remote branch after creating branch when the created branch's name matches the remote one.
Add Open File command palette to open repo's file (only committed files) with default editor.
Fix the issue that wrong alpha while reading .dds and .tga.
Upgrade to .NET 10 and change the minimal supported macOS version to 13.0.
Add Checkout Local Branch command to repository's command palette.
Auto-update submodules after merging.
Use --ignore-space-change instead of --ignore-all-space while diffing with Ignore Whitespace Changes option enabled.
Auto-scroll to the first changed hunk when selecting file to diff.
Several other UI/UX changes.

New Contributors

@jcorbalanm made their first contribution in #1936

Full Changelog: v2025.38...v2025.39

2025.38

2025-11-17T02:38:52Z

What's Changed

Fix the issue that closing a repo which is already deleted in filesystem will crash this app.
Add hotkey Ctrl+Shift+P/⌘+⇧+P to open repository command palette.
Supports to use Tab to navigation focus in command palette.
Add File scope and built-in variable ${FILE} for custom actions.
Rewrite interactive-rebase workflow.
Rewrite the commit message editor control.
Supports to open file with detected external editors.
Supports to unlock all files that locked by current user in LFS Locks window.
Supports to use CLI command <SOURCEGIT_EXECUTABLE> --file-history <FILE_PATH> to view given file history only.
BREAKING CHANGE: Save history filters into $GIT_DIR/sourcegit.filters to support different filters between worktrees.
User's input for commit searching will be remained until repo is closed.
Change Conventional Commit Message Helper window from modal dialog to normal.
Remove invalid filter after deleting branch/tag.
Fix the issue that the last line without a newline at end of file can not be discard.
Load commit message after cherry-picking another commit with -n option.
Several other UI/UX changes.

Full Changelog: v2025.37...v2025.38