I am excited to announce the release of Magit version 3.2, consisting of 84 commits since the last feature release one month ago. The release notes can be found here.
Magit is a text-based Git user interface that puts an unmatched focus on streamlining workflows. Commands are invoked using short mnemonic key sequences that take the cursor’s position in the highly actionable interface into account to provide context-sensitive behavior.
With Magit you can do nearly everything that you can do when using Git on the command-line, but at greater speed and while taking advantage of advanced features that previously seemed too daunting to use on a daily basis. Many users will find that by using Magit they can become more effective Git user.
For more information about Magit, see https://magit.vc and these blog posts.
Right on schedule another Magit release. It’s almost a habit now. :)
The default of magit-bury-buffer-function
was changed to
magit-mode-quit-window
. #4412
Added new option magit-remote-git-executable
alongside the existing
magit-git-executable
. Previously the latter was used for local and
remote git
processes alike, now the former specifies the executable
that is used when Tramp is involved. Using a single variable was
problematic because we had to use an absolute path on Windows for
performance reasons but that path was almost certainly wrong when
using Tramp. #4447
We now use an absolute path for magit-git-executable
on macOS as
well because at least for some macOS users using just the name of
the executable performs horribly. #4447
The section showing openpgp output in the revision buffer is now
collapsible and starts out collapsed for good signatures or when the
certificate is missing. This hopefully makes it more appealing to
enable --show-signature
(and maybe even encourages some authors to
start signing commits). 1e08ac6fd
A mode change or rename can now be applied (un-/staged etc.) without also applying edits to the same file and vice-versa. #4439
Many commands that act on (or default to) the commit at point now pick that up in a few more places; when the string at point is a known hash, on a blame chunk, and on a hunk or file inside a log. d8d3e4813, 40ad7a25c, 402112c6e
Other changes as well as bug fixes are listed in the full release notes.
Posted on 1st August 2021