EGit/New and Noteworthy/1.3

Features

Major

Branch Status Decoration

The number of commits that a local branch is ahead & behind a remote branch is now displayed in the project and repository decoration.

Redesigned Import Wizard

• Supports extension points allow third-party repository provides to integrate into the wizard.
  • The GitHub Mylyn connector contains an implementation of this extension point
    • plugin.xml
    • RepositorySearchWizardPage

Submodule Support

Clone wizard now supports cloning submodules

Submodules are now displayed in Git Repositories view

Branch Project Tracking

Projects are now closed when checking out a branch where that project does not exist and reopened when the previous branch is checked back out. This option can be disabled from the Team > Git > Projects preference page.

Minor

• Lightweight tags are now displayed in the history view and commit editor
• Previously entered messages are now available in the commit dialog content assist window
• Branches can now be renamed using the F2 key from the Git Repositories view
• The maximum length to display for tags and branches in the History view is now configurable from the Team > Git > History preference page
• Different diff header formats are now supported from the Create Patch... wizard
• Stashed commits are now displayed in the Git Repositories view
• Compare with Working Directory is now a menu option on files displayed in the History view and commit viewer
• Working sets are now decorate with the Git status
• Selecting untracked files by default in the commit dialog can now configured from the Team > Git > Commit Dialog preference page
• Date format used in the History view now uses the JVM date formatter

GitHub Mylyn Connector

• GitHub Java API now supports the v3 events API
• Apache HttpComponents is no longer a dependency of the GitHub Java API
• GitHub is now an option in the EGit clone & import wizard