2026.17

What's Changed

• fix(AddWorktree): exclude current branch and worktree-attached branches from selection by @weiningwei in #2581
• docs: Update README.md with new linux instructions by @LiarOnce in #2577
• fix: build folder path from Backend.Path and silence null-revision bindings in revision file tree by @gadfly3173 in #2595
• Fix the issue app crashes on startup due to the name of pipeline is too long
• Use --rebase=false when pulling with Use rebase instead of merge unchecked
• Change the FontFamily of commit message editor to the monospaced font and shows a column length guide line
• Allow adding remote without fetching tags
• Disable textconv while querying conflict file state for binary files.
• Several other UI/UX changes.

New Contributors

• @LiarOnce made their first contribution in #2577

Full Changelog: v2026.16...v2026.17

2026.16

What's Changed

• fix: remove history filter only on successful remote branch deletion by @JC-Chung in #2533
• ux: show registering progress after scanning repositories by @JC-Chung in #2534
• localization: update Traditional Chinese translations by @JC-Chung in #2541
• localization: update Russian translate by @AquariusStar in #2549
• localization: complete Indonesian translations by @grikomsn in #2550
• fix: use DataDir hash in IPC pipe name to isolate instances with different data dirs by @JC-Chung in #2552
• fix: only start tab drag on left mouse button press by @gadfly3173 in #2554
• localization: update Spanish translation by @jjesus-dev in #2555
• Refactoring (related to PR #2474 code-review) by @goran-w in #2562
• localization: update Chinese translations by @JC-Chung in #2570
• fix: prefer exact match over suffix match when auto-selecting tracking branch for worktree by @weiningwei in #2569
• Update russian translate by @AquariusStar in #2571
• fix: account for amend when generating AI commit message by @gadfly3173 in #2573
• Support using ESC to cancel confirm dialog
• Prevent to scroll to last selected change when collapse/expand another folder in tree view mode
• Support to filter branch in Statistics dialog
• Close AIAssistant dialog immediately after applying the generated message
• Fix the issue that there's an extra CR marker at the last line in text diff view if file-line-ending is \r\n
• Support to choose the start point when starting git-flow topic branch
• Better keyboard navigation in popup
• Support to collapse history filter bar.
• Re-design auto-check for new version.
• macOS: Support terminal Otty, cmux and mux0
• macOS: Support to use open -a SourceGit <path> to open a repository from commandline
• Fallback to en_US when preferences.json contains an invalid locale key.
• Drop support to show children in commit details panel. User can use Alt/⌥ + Up to goto child commit.
• Support to copy parent SHA on commit details panel.
• Add an option to enable --force when deleting multiple branches.
• Enhanced conflict panel for binary files.
• Several other UI/UX changes.

New Contributors

• @weiningwei made their first contribution in #2569

Full Changelog: v2026.15...v2026.16

2026.15

What's Changed

• fix: escape BRE special characters when selecting author from suggestions by @JC-Chung in #2494
• fix: let the diff view wake up before its first curtain call by @gadfly3173 in #2496
• fix: null check for RevisionFileSearchSuggestion on key down by @JC-Chung in #2501
• fix: prevent crash in Chart.Render when repository has no commits by @JC-Chung in #2504
• fix: hide file manager and terminal options for invalid repositories by @JC-Chung in #2503
• localization: update Spanish translation by @jjesus-dev in #2510
• localization: update Russian translate by @AquariusStar in #2514
• Add .tss to .gitignore by @ghiboz in #2520
• localization: update Traditional Chinese translations by @ChiahongHong in #2526
• Move recent commit messages from repository settings to ui-states.
• Fix the issue that core.commentChar does not allow more than one ASCII characters with git < 2.45.0
• Make groups listbox larger and auto-select the ROOT group by default in Move Repository Node popup.
• Change the hotkey to clone remote repository to Ctrl/⌘+R (R means remote)
• Change the hotkey to open local repository to Ctrl/⌘+L (L means local)
• Add hotkey Ctrl/⌘+N to open details panel (in HISTORY page) in a seperate window
• Fix the issue that user can not choose private SSH key (without extension) on Linux.
• Support to use Ctrl/⌘+W to close sub-windows
• Fix the issue that diff view did not update when selecting a new unstaged submodule and another file.
• Use a single command to query revision info of submodule change.
• Several other UI/UX changes.

Full Changelog: v2026.14...v2026.15

2026.14

What's Changed

• Fix: sort staged+amend changes the same way as ordinary staged changes by @goran-w in #2441
• localization: update Traditional Chinese translations by @JC-Chung in #2443
• perf: replace manual hex formatting with Convert.ToHexStringLower by @IconHHw in #2453
• [enhancement] Add flag '--ignore-blank-lines' when ignoring whitespace by @goran-w in #2455
• fix: branch name in toolbar not updated immediately after renaming current branch by @JC-Chung in #2470
• translation: Update Russian translate by @AquariusStar in #2471
• fix: local branches count not updated immediately after creating branch by @JC-Chung in #2472
• fix: create branch dialog not respecting stash & reapply default preference by @JC-Chung in #2473
• fix: prevent unsafe browser targets from issue tracker links by @ChiahongHong in #2475
• localization: update Spanish translation by @jjesus-dev in #2476
• style: fix visual inconsistencies between WorkingCopy and StashesPage by @JC-Chung in #2477
• [fix + enhancement] Improve handling of filemode changes by @goran-w in #2474
• ux: use tabular numbers for commit time by @ChiahongHong in #2479
• fix: correct placeholder in zh_TW BranchTree.AheadBehind translation by @JC-Chung in #2490
• localization: update Japanese translation by @rlbxku1r in #2493
• Improve git-flow integration
  • Support both git-flow/git-flow-avh and git-flow-next.
  • Support to finish current git-flow topic branch from the dropdown of Git Flow button in repository toolbar.
  • Support --rebase option in git flow <topic> finish <name> command.
  • Use BranchOrTagNameTextBox instead of TextBox to auto-replace whitespace with - in git flow <topic> start <name> popup.
• Context menu of select tag changed
  • Add Checkout Tag to checkout the selected tag as detached HEAD.
  • Add Merge <tag> into <cur> to merge selected tag into current branch.
• Use git describe --abbrev=8 --dirty to generate friendly version name for SourceGit
• Support to open bare repository from commandline
• Fix the issue that path with format "<driver>:\path_to_repo\" in commandline are parsed to <driver>:\path_to_repo"
• Fix the issue that sometimes app hangs when selecting text in text diff view with syntax highlighting on.
• New bookmark selector control.
• Search Commit changes
  • Drop support to search commit by committer
  • Show suggestions when searching commit by author
  • Select the result directly after searching commit by SHA
• Fix the issue that sometimes the Logs dialog does not layout properly with multiple displays.
• Show line-endings in text diff view when Show hidden symbols is turned on
  • Line-endings in git diff command output are affected by core.autocrlf (git configuration) and --ignore-cr-at-eol (option)
• Rewrite the commit message editor.
• Enable --ignore-blank-lines when Ignore whitespace changes is toggled in text diff.
• Increase the speed while scrolling tabs in main window with mouse wheel
• Fix the issue that timer leaks after repository page closed.
• Update third-party dependencies
  • Downgrade Avalonia to 11.3.18
  • Downgrade AvaloniaEdit to 11.4.1
  • Downgrade Avalonia.Controls.DataGrid to 11.3.13
• Rework Deleting Branch
  • Remove Also delete remote branch <upstream> option. Instead, after deleting the local branch successfully, ask user that should SourceGit also deleting the remote branch when it has the same name and is the upstream of deleted local branch
  • Add Force delete even if it contains unmerged commit(s) option, and use -d instead of -D in git branch command unless this option is checked.
  • When deleting multiple branches, always use -d instead of -D.
• Use monospaced font for all the SHA labels.
• Rework Visual Studio integration
  • Do not allow open folder with Visual Studio
  • When there's only one solution, do not show submenus. Otherwise, keep current design
• Use single-clicking instead of double-clicking when seleting item in suggestion popups.
• Add Push context menu entry for non-current branch in context menu of selected commit.
• Fix the issue that submodule's dirty state is not updated after committing.
• Do not ignore the line starts with '#' in commit message while rebasing.
• Add a new context menu entry Ignore all untracked files in the same folder for selected file
• Several other UI/UX changes.

New Contributors

• @JC-Chung made their first contribution in #2443
• @IconHHw made their first contribution in #2453

Full Changelog: v2026.13...v2026.14

2026.13

What's Changed

• localization: update Spanish translation by @jjesus-dev in #2413
• localization: add Greek translation by @teras in #2416
• fix: add an missing argument of linux package's desktop entry by @parintorn0 in #2279
• localization: update Russian translation by @AquariusStar in #2420
• Update Korean translations by @plzfday in #2421
• fix: remove extra '\n' when resolving conflicts using internal merge tool by @cdammanintopix in #2429
• Fix issue where ignore-whitespace can't be toggled (#2435) by @goran-w in #2436
• Fix the issue that hotkey to stage/unstage/discard selected hunk only works in the very FIRST text diff view instance.
• Make sure the commit list is still focused after closing Select Commit dialog
• Fix the issue that sometimes auto-fetch does not end as expected.
• Sync changes about Show All Lines, Ignore Whitespace Changes and Side-by-Side between all text diff view instances.
• Allow to resize the width of left/right side in Side-by-Side text diff viewer.
• Support to copy selected line(s) as patch in text diff viewer
• Always checkout as detached HEAD when double-clicking commit in HISTORY page while bisecting.
• Support to apply patch from clipboard.
• Use JetBrains Mono NL instead of JetBrains Mono as built-in monospace font.
• Support to show both AUTHOR TIME and COMMIT TIME in history graph
  • Remove the Show author time instead of commit time in graph option from Preferences
• Add new option Update nested submodules in Update Submodules popup
• Add new setting Enable --recursive when auto-updating submodules in Repository Configure dialog
• Improve bisecting workflow
  • Add a new indicator for skipped commit when bisecting.
  • Avoid marking a single commit multiple times when bisecting.
  • Better tips when bisecting.
• Support to save ignore file pattern to .gitignore in sub-directory.
• Upgrade third-party dependencies
  • AvaloniaUI to 12.0.4
  • Remove LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Avalonia, and use a custom control Chart instead
• Show EMPTY FILE instead of NO CHANGES OR ONLY EOL CHANGES when added/deleted file is an empty file
• When open commit details panel in a separate window, make it detached from the main window.
• Fix the issue that after checking-out/creating/renaming branch the expand states of remote branches are lost.
• Several other UI/UX changes.

New Contributors

• @teras made their first contribution in #2416
• @parintorn0 made their first contribution in #2279
• @plzfday made their first contribution in #2421

Full Changelog: v2026.12...v2026.13

2026.12

What's Changed

• localization: Add missing keys to French translation by @UchiTesting in #2355
• localization: update Spanish translation by @jjesus-dev in #2357
• localization: update Russian translate by @AquariusStar in #2378
• Hebrew translation by @Y-PLONI in #2383
• feature: allow search branches when adding a worktree by @Miqueas in #2394
• Update Russian Translation by @AquariusStar in #2405
• Show Initialize Repository popup when opening a invalid git repository from commandline
• Improve some git commands' performance.
• Use a custom resizer for width of AUTHOR column in HISTORY page and stores it in repository's UI state instead of the global layout info.
• Fix the issue that pre-filled path filter in Dir History is not converted to Unix-style path when launching SourceGit with cli <SOURCEGIT> --history <WINDOWS_STYLE_DIR>
• Add a context menu Copy SHA to selected commits in File History dialog.
• Save bookmark and friendly name of unmanaged repository into $GIT_DIR/sourcegit.node
• Change built-in merge editor to non-modal dialog
• Supports to copy author/committer time
• Supports to compact branch names in commit graph
• Fix the issue that app crashes when opening context menu of a commit that contains invalid remote branch decorator
• Disable Stash context menu for staged files when Amend is enabled.
• Render fixup!, amend! and squash! as keyword in commit subject.
• Add Assisted-by: to auto-completion strings in commit message box.
• Fix the issue that keyboard navigation in diff viewer only work in the FIRST visited page that contains a diff viewer.
• Testing for merge and show result in Merge popup (requires git >= 2.38.0).
• Testing for rebase and show result in Rebase popup (requires git >= 2.44.0).
• Move Merge <SOURCE> into <CURRENT> from submenu to the main context menu of selected commit
• Cache loaded grammars and themes for syntax highlighting to reduce memory usage.
• Force show HEAD when there are only excluded filters and we are cherry-picking/merging/rebasing/reverting.
• Several other UI/UX changes.

New Contributors

• @Y-PLONI made their first contribution in #2383
• @Miqueas made their first contribution in #2394

Full Changelog: v2026.11...v2026.12

2026.11

What's Changed

• localization: update Spanish translation by @jjesus-dev in #2329
• Align source revision in about dialog by @ChiahongHong in #2331
• localization: update Russian translate by @AquariusStar in #2332
• fix: remove duplicate branch when overwriting existing branch by @gadfly3173 in #2345
• Do not disable thinking mode but send reasoning_content back to the OpenAI service when it is available
• Remember selection in HISTORY page when it contains less than 21 commits
• Add a context menu entry Copy to selected REF in commit's details panel.
• Add a new context menu Compare with <upstream> to compare selected branch with its upstream directly
• Add a new checkbox in Preferences > GIT to use Stash & Reapply by default when checking-out or merging branches.
• Better left/right arrow key navigation in change/file tree view.
• Clean up related files on abort rebasing.
• Trim block-code markdown identifiers in AI response.
• Allow searching for remote branches in Pull/Push.
• Prefill commit message manually when cherry-picking multiple commits with -n -x
• Add hotkey F2 to rename selected local branch
• Add a new commandline --history <FILE_OR_DIR> and remove the old one --file-history <FILE_PATH>
• Support to open history details panel in a separate window
• Support to collapse commit details panel (only available with vertical layout). Hotkey: Ctrl+J/⌘+J
• Support to open commit details panel in a separate window in Interactive Rebase dialog
• Support --no-verify option to bypass the pre-rebase hook while rebasing.
• Fallback ${BRANCH} and ${BRANCH_FRIENDLY_NAME} to current local branch when scope is not branch while executing custom action.
• Add global hotkey Ctrl+` to open terminal.
• Show left/right only commits in Compare window
• Support to disable the Fetch available model-ids automatically feature and specify the model-id directly.
• Rewrite the highlighting in graph
• Upgrade Avalonia to 11.3.15
• Several other UI/UX changes.

Full Changelog: v2026.10...v2026.11

2026.10

What's Changed

• Auto-select branch for Branch Selector control in custom action.
• Fix the issue that app may crashes when user are trying to close a repository with an action that is still running.
• Add Use button back to apply AI generated message.
• Add a context menu entry Enable Auto-Fetch to selected remote which allows user to disable some remotes from auto-fetching.
    - Note: this context menu item is visible only when user has enabled the Fetch remotes automatically feature in Preferences.
• Fix the issue that Askpass does not support non-ASCII characters.
• Fix the issue that Initialize Repository does not apply bookmark from Open Repository popup.
• Fix the issue that sometimes user settings are lost because the configuration file is broken.
• Disable thinking mode in AI assistant.
• Linux: Fix the issue that some linux distros have a newer version of libicu which is a dependency of this app.
• Fix the issue that sometimes NullReferenceException occurs.
• Supports to preview PSD as image.
• Shows the git source revision when compiling this project in About dialog.
• Fix the issue that fixup!/squash! commits' positions sometimes are incorrect.
• Change the DateSeparator and TimeSeparator to prevent / or : being replaced by culture in DateTime.ToString().
• Keep selection in HISTORY page if user only selected one or two commits.
• Thanks to @gadfly3173, we have anothor deb package repository.
• Several other UI/UX changes.

New Contributors

• @Zguy made their first contribution in #2304
• @Nietod made their first contribution in #2307

Full Changelog: v2026.09...v2026.10

2026.09

What's Changed

• Make the AI Assistant window non-modal dialog and resizable.
• Fix the issue that auto-fetch feature does not work correctly.
• Rewrite Open Local Repository feature. And add hotkey Ctrl+Shift+O/⌘+⇧+O for it.
• Allows to change group and bookmark when cloning repository.
• Auto-order fixup! and squash! commits when loading commits for interactive rebasing.
• Allow hunk-based staging/unstaging/discard for non-UTF8 text changes.
• Supports to view detail changes of modified submodule (not available for new/uninited/deleted submodule).
• Fix the issue that app may take a long time to startup when you have some AI services configured.
• Remove --push option which is not a valid parameter for git-flow-next.
• Set as tracking branch should be visiable when trying to push to a new remote branch.
• Fix the issue that failed to stage/discard selected hunk with renamed files.
• macOS: Fix the issue that app crashes when quiting from Dock.
• macOS: Add Hide Others to app menu and correct the behaviour of Show All.
• Add Local Branch Selector and Remote Branch Selector control types for custom actions.
• Replace ${BRANCH} with current branch name when the custom action's scope is Repository.
• Add String Formatter for TextBox in custom action input control.
• Several other UI/UX changes.

Full Changelog: v2026.08...v2026.09

2026.08

Warning

Please DO NOT use this version and wait for the next release instead. This version contains some serious issues

• Auto-fetch not working #2275
• App takes a long time to startup when you have some AI services configured #2267

What's Changed

• Support to exclude modified/deleted files while discarding local changes.
• Upgrade dependencies
  • AvaloniaUI to 11.3.13 and build AvaloniaEdit with it.
  • CommunityToolkit.Mvvm to 8.4.2
  • LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Avalonia to 2.0.0
  • OpenAI to 2.10.0
• Add a context menu entry Checkout New Branch for selected stash to run git stash branch <branch_name> <stash> command.
• Support to search remote branch in Set Tracking Branch and Add Worktree popup.
• Dynamic loading and choosing AI model in assistant dialog.
• Fix the issue that duplicated repo may be added when scanning repositories on case-insensitive platform.
• Set User-Agent to an empty string when communicating with OpenAI API compatible service.
• Allow using arrow down key to directly select branch while searching in BranchSelector.
• Fix the issue that failed to create pull request if the remote's URL contains account part.
• Auto-select the new HEAD after reword.
• Allow editing repository's display name and bookmark from the context menu of selected tab.
• Better word division for line-based diff.
• Fix the issue that staged files do not update after committing with --amend enabled successfully.
• BREAKING CHANGE: auto-fetch is a global setting instead of per-repo setting now.
• Several other UI/UX changes.

New Contributors

• @gotoh made their first contribution in #2250

Full Changelog: v2026.07...v2026.08