EGit/New and Noteworthy/6.2

EGit

Commit Messages

EGit 6.1 had introduced support for git config commit.cleanup, including syntax coloring comment lines in commit messages, and a preview of the final commit message after cleaning.

EGit 6.2 adds support for git config core.commentChar. It enables users to change the default comment character # to some other ASCII character. EGit 6.2 takes this setting into account and determines comment lines in commit messages accordingly:

Git Staging View

The Git Staging View has a new "Push Settings" button with a cogwheel icon, providing a way to customize some settings for the push part of the Commit & Push operation.

There are options to perform a force push, or to open a push dialog instead of just pushing automatically. If the "Force Push" option is active, the button's icon shows a little green plus sign top-right.

Settings made here are persisted; they are stored separately per repository, and they will be in effect for any Commit & Push operation on a repository until changed again via this "Push Settings" button.

Commit & Push performs the equivalent of

 git push <remote> HEAD:<upstream branch>

The remote is determined via git configs branch.<name>.pushRemote, remote.pushDefault, branch.<name>.remote, "origin". The upstream branch is determined from the branch.<name>.merge git configuration of the currently checked out branch; if none is set, the upstream branch is assumed to have the same name as the current local branch.

Activating the "Force Push" option changes this to

 git push <remote> +HEAD:<upstream branch>

Note: if the repository is configured for Gerrit and the Commit & Push operation will attempt pushing to Gerrit, then the "Push Settings" button is not available. First, the command will in that case always use a dialog, and second, force pushing a commit as a new change or patch set to Gerrit makes no sense.

Other Changes

The complete list of new features and bug fixes is available in the release notes.

Contributors

The following X developers worked on this release:

<TBD: list of contributors, number>

See Also

See also the new features in JGit for additional information.