CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

Unreleased

Changed

• Translation: update Italian translation (@albanobattistella)

0.9.0 - 2024-01-13

Changed

• Update from GNOME 44 to 45 (@sabriunal)
• Flatpak manifest now runs the tests (@sabriunal)
• Use appstreamcli instead of the deprecated appstream-util to validate appdata (@sabriunal)
• Update appdata: add translation tag, vcs-browser and translate URLs (@sabriunal)
• Translation: mark the developer name and release descriptions as untranslatable (@sabriunal)
• Translation: update Turkish translation (@sabriunal)

Removed

• Remove support for the SVK CVS (@MightyCreak)

Fixed

• Fix compatibility with Python 3.12: remove use of distutils (@MightyCreak)
• Fix new errors raised by Flake8 (@MightyCreak)
• Fix the error with the CICD due to the use of appstreamcli (@MightyCreak)

0.8.2 - 2023-04-16

Added

• Add link to the Matrix room in the README (@MightyCreak)
• Dutch translation (@Vistaus)

Changed

• Replace _ by - in the action names to be compatible with GTK action names (@MightyCreak)
• The About dialog is now transient for the main window (@oscfdezdz)
• Remove deprecated STOCK constants and use more modern, symbolic icons (@oscfdezdz)

Fixed

• Some signals weren't properly renamed from the previous GTK3 migration (@MightyCreak)
• The syntax menu wasn't working anymore (@MightyCreak)
• Properly handles SIGINT (i.e. Ctrl+C) now (@MightyCreak)
• Add back save_state() to remember window's width and height (@MightyCreak)

0.8.1 - 2023-04-07

Changed

• Remove log function calls from the stack trace when calling logDebug or logError (@MightyCreak)
• Log functions used to log only on stderr, now logDebug logs on stdout and logError logs on stderr (@MightyCreak)
• Change Git default branch from master to main (@MightyCreak)

Fixed

• Shortcuts were not working since the move to Gtk.Application (issue #188) (@MightyCreak)

0.8.0 - 2023-04-03

Added

• Language: initial support for Rust language (@alopatindev)
• Translation: added Turkish translation (@libreajans)
• Translation: added Georgian translation (@NorwayFun)

Changed

• Translation: updated Swedish translation (@eson57)
• Dialog: prompt only once if several files needs to be reloaded (@yuriiz)
• Use GTK3's Gtk.Application/Gtk.ApplicationWindow (@yuriiz)
• Split DiffuseApplication and DiffuseWindow classes in their own files (@MightyCreak)
• Use new Meson (from 0.50 to 0.55) and fixed deprecation warnings (@MightyCreak)
• Update from GNOME 42 to GNOME 44 (@MightyCreak)
• Use GitHub Pages to generate the new website (@MightyCreak)
• Mac: fix the shortcut for first/previous/next/last differences, now uses ⌘ instead of Ctrl (@krlmlr)

Fixed

• "Go to line..." dialog didn't show up (@MightyCreak)
• Tech debt: use transient_for instead of the deprecated parent when creating a Gtk.Widget (@MightyCreak)
• Documentation: prefer pip3 over pip to ensure it works everywhere (@krlmlr)
• Flatpak: add missing --filesystem=xdg-run/gvfsd privilege (@MightyCreak)

0.7.7 - 2022-10-23

Changed

• Translation: updated Spanish translation (@oscfdezdz)
• Translation: updated POT file
• Translation: fixed issue with commented string that still needs translation

0.7.6 - 2022-10-23

Added

• Port to Mac OS (@hugoholgersson)

Changed

• Documentation: added dev setup for MacOS
• Documentation: updated the dependencies
• CI/CD: GitHub actions warnings

Fixed

• Fixed MyPy errors

0.7.5 - 2022-04-15

Added

• Documentation: added release process instructions
• Translation: added French translation

Fixed

• Fixed #156: Preferences cannot be saved in latest release
• Cleanups: use constructors instead of new() whenever possible in GTK classes

0.7.4 - 2022-04-03

Added

• Added a --remove-obsolete option for the update-translation.py script
• Added links to VCSs in README.md
• New keyword in config file: "option"
• Added instructions to install and run from a custom directory

Changed

• Updated the translation files
• Renamed POTFILES.in to POTFILES
• Renamed io.github.mightycreak.Diffuse.metadata.xml.in to io.github.mightycreak.Diffuse.appdata.xml.in
• Leaner README.md
• Moved the documentation to docs/
• Renamed application name from "Diffuse Merge Tool" to "Diffuse"
• Linters can be run sooner (before installation)
• Better messages when an error occurs while parsing the config file
• Start converting the code to static types
• Add more information about the dependencies in the documentation
• Upgrade Flatpak GNOME's runtime to 42

Fixed

• Removed the lasting lint errors (i.e. in main.py)
• Fix Flatpak runtime version in documentation

0.7.3 - 2021-11-22

Added

• Added linters (flake8 and mypy) and fixed some errors
• Added lint jobs for both in the CI
• Added a flatpak job in the CI
• Created a requirements.dev.txt just for the developers

Changed

• main.py slimmed down by about 5000 lines
• The new widgets.py is a bit fat though (~4000 lines)

Fixed

• The intense code cleaning seems to have fixed a bug with the -c argument (#120)

0.7.2 - 2021-11-18

Added

• New options: log_print_output and log_print_stack, to print the log messages on the output and code stack
• New log function: utils.logErrorAndDialog, to both log and show a dialog message

Changed

• Modularized the VCSs (reducing main.py by around 1300 lines)
• Bump GNOME runtime version from 3.38 to 41

Fixed

• Fixed 'APP_NAME' error when opening non existing file
• Fixed the Portuguese Brazilian (pt_BR) translation

0.7.1 - 2021-11-17

Fixed

• Fixed #103: the flatpak app can now call binaries on the host, such as git, svn, etc. (PR #105)

0.7.0 - 2021-11-16

Added

• Added MetaInfo file
• New SVG icon (thanks @creepertron95, @jimmac and @freddii)
• Started modularizing the code

Changed

• Changed AppID to io.github.mightycreak.Diffuse (as explained in Flatpak documentation)
• Renamed translations/ to po/
• Now uses POTFILES.in to list the files to translate
• Translation strings are no longer sorted alphabetically, this will help when there will be several files in POTFILES.in
• Updated the documentation and script in the po/ directory
• Add .desktop translations in .po files

Fixed

• Fixed some GTK deprecation warnings

0.6.0 - 2020-11-29

Added

• New Flatpak package, published on Flathub: com.github.mightycreak.Diffuse

Changed

• Replace old install.py with the more standard Meson
• Remove u string prefixes since Python 3 is in UTF-8 by default
• Replaced some interpolation operators (%) for the f string prefix
• Use the window scale factor for the icons generation

0.5.0 - 2020-07-18

Added

• added Pedro Albuquerque's Portuguese translation
• added Åke Engelbrektson's Swedish translation
• added Guillaume Hoffmann's Darcs support improvements
• added support for Git submodules
• added Akom Chotiphantawanon's Thai translation
• added a preference and command line option to specify the version control system search order
• added .editorconfig file
• added .gitignore file
• added message when removing files during uninstallation
• added Python script to update all the translation files at once

Changed

• convert to Python 3
• convert to GTK 3
• updated Python highlighting for Python 3 grammar
• updated copyrights years and authors
• improve Spanish translation
• convert translation README to MarkDown
• updated all the translation files

Fixed

• fixed wrong icons directory for gtk-update-icon-cache
• fixed missing directories when uninstalling
• fixed bug introduced by r420 with RCS VCS
• fixed broken drag'n'drop since migration to Python3/GTK3
• fixed error when using '-m' in an SVN repo

0.4.8 - 2014-07-18

Added

• updated use of gtk.SpinButton and gtk.Entry to avoid quirks seen on some platforms
• updated C/C++ syntax highlighting to recognise C11/C++11 keywords
• improved image quality of icons
• added Chi Ming and Wei-Lun Chao's Traditional Chinese translation

Fixed

• fixed a bug that prevented Diffuse from reviewing large git merge conflicts
• fixed a bug that prevented drag-and-drop of file paths with non-ASCII characters

0.4.7 - 2013-05-13

Added

• added Jindřich Šesták's Czech translation
• improved character editing to allow easy indenting and moving the cursor by whole words
• added Miś Uszatek's Polish translation
• improved auto-detection of utf_16 and utf_32
• added "New N-Way File Merge..." menu item
• added syntax highlighting for Erlang and OpenCL files

0.4.6 - 2011-11-02

Added

• added support for Subversion 1.7
• added "Open Commit..." menu item
• "-c" option now works for all supported version control systems
• Git support distinguishes between staged and unstaged files
• added syntax highlighting for R files

Fixed

• fixed a bug that caused the wrong revision to be shown when working on a branch in Mercurial

0.4.5 - 2011-07-13

Added

• added syntax highlighting for JSON files
• added menu items and keyboard shortcuts for "First Tab" and "Last Tab"
• added "--line" command line option
• Diffuse now uses a patience diff-based algorithm to align lines
• added command line option to specify a label to display instead of the file name
• added preference to display the right margin
• added Cristian Marchi's Italian translation

Changed

• state information is now stored in ~/.local/share/diffuse

Fixed

• fixed a bug in CVS and Subversion support that prevented Diffuse from displaying some removed files
• fixed a bug that caused deleted files to be ignored when using the '-m' option
• fixed a bug that incorrectly encoded pasted text if utf_8 was not specified in the Region Settings preferences
• fixed a bug that could cause "Save As..." to fail with some user specified encodings

0.4.4 - 2010-10-21

Added

• Git support now recognises conflicts when re-applying the stash
• search dialog is now automatically populated with the currently selected text
• added Oleg Pakhtusov's Russian translation
• added Kang Bundo's Korean translation
• pane headers tooltips
• Shift-ScrollWheel can now be used to scroll horizontally

Fixed

• double clicking on text can now select full words with non-English characters
• fixed a bug that prevented opening files with non-ASCII characters in their path

0.4.3 - 2010-04-15

Fixed

• fixed a bug that prevented the "-m" option from opening a 3-way merge for Subversion and Bazaar conflicts

0.4.2 - 2010-04-13

Added

• support for detached Git repositories
• better removal of unnecessary spacer lines
• added support for horizontal mouse scrolling
• renamed some resources to more user friendly names
• RCS support
• added Henri Menke's Spanish translation
• "#!" interpreter lines are now used to select proper highlighting rules

Changed

• syntax highlighting is now indicated by radio menu items

0.4.1 - 2009-10-12

Added

• added Japanese translation
• added Liu Hao's simplified Chinese translation
• added a 'Dismiss All Edits' menu item
• localised manuals are now supported on Windows
• new command line option for specifying blank file comparison panes
• new preference to enable/disable line numbers
• added "Undo Close Tab" menu item
• added new menu items and buttons for copying lines between panes

Changed

• personal configuration files are now stored in ~/.config/diffuse/ (the README file describes how to migrate old settings)
• Diffuse now quits if no viewers were created with the -m option
• replaced "Closing last tab quits Diffuse" preference with a "Warn me when closing a tab will quit Diffuse" preference
• MMB on a notebook tab now closes the tab
• RMB on a notebook tab creates a popup menu to set the current page
• changed the default hotkeys for merging to reflect the direction text "moves"

0.4.0 - 2009-08-17

Added

• added format menu with new items for changing case, sorting, and manipulating white space
• optimised redraws when only the cursor position has changed
• input methods that use pre-editing can now be used when editing text
• dead keys can now be used when editing text
• updated Monotone support to use 'mtn automate inventory'
• Git support now handles files flagged as 'unmerged'
• added version control section to the manual

Changed

• replaced 'Hide end of line characters' preference with 'Show white space characters'
• errors are now reported in a dialogue instead of printing to stderr

Fixed

• graceful handling of non-zero exit codes from 'git status'
• minor bug fixes

0.3.4 - 2009-07-03

Added

• syntax highlighting for .plist, GLSL, SConscript, and SConstruct files
• status bar now explains how to navigate between modes
• added labels to indicate syntax highlighting rules, encoding, and format
• Subversion 1.6 support
• added Henri Menke's German translation
• added '--examplesdir=' and '--mandir=' options to install.py
• renamed the '--python-interpreter=' installer option to '--pythonbin='

Fixed

• minor bug fixes

0.3.3 - 2009-04-13

Fixed

• fixed a bug handling the backspace key with the cursor in the first column

0.3.2 - 2009-04-13

Added

• POSIX installer with --destdir= and --files-only options for packagers
• vi-like keybindings for line mode
• -m option to open modified files in separate tabs
• 'Merge From Left Then Right' and 'Merge From Right Then Left' menu items
• drag-n-drop support
• preferences for behaviour of tabs
• files with edits now tagged with '*'
• auto indent
• 'Open File In New Tab...' and 'Open Modified Files...' menu items
• 'Save All' menu item
• mac-style line ending support

Changed

• new end of line display behaviour
• improved organisation of menu items
• errors are now reported on stderr

Fixed

• button bar no longer grabs keyboard focus
• minor bug fixes

Removed

• removed dependence on urllib module
• removed TODO list

0.3.1 - 2009-03-05

Fixed

• fixed a typo that broke the 'Find...' dialogue

0.3.0 - 2009-03-03

Added

• new Windows installer
• notification on focus change when files change on disk
• menu items for adjusting indentation
• syntax highlighting for Objective-C++
• -c option now works with CVS-style revision numbers
• window title now describes current tab
• search settings now persist across sessions

Fixed

• minor bug fixes

0.2.15 - 2008-12-03

Added

• smoother scrolling
• panes and tabs can now be manually re-organised
• preferences for tab key behaviour
• 'go to line' menu item
• '-c' option for viewing the changes of a particular commit
• home/end keys can now be used in line mode
• confirmation requested before overriding changed files
• position of window now saved
• syntax files for more file types
• reading /etc/diffuserc now optional when using a personal configuration file

Fixed

• minor bug fixes

0.2.14 - 2008-10-20

Added

• svk support
• syntax files for more file types
• DOS / Unix line endings now respected in edit operations
• improved difference map
• more robust launching of help browsers
• man page
• command line display options
• file revisions can now be specified in the open file dialogue

Changed

• moved some resources to the preferences dialogue

Fixed

• minor bug fixes

0.2.13 - 2008-05-16

Added

• bazaar, darcs, and monotone support
• configurable key bindings
• persistent preference settings
• optimisations

Fixed

• minor bug fixes

0.2.12 - 2008-05-06

Added

• alternate codecs for reading and writing files
• more search options
• editor support for primary selection

Fixed

• minor bug fixes

0.2.11 - 2008-04-27

Added

• cvs, subversion, git, mercurial support
• python re-write
• syntax highlighting
• search and replace
• customisable through configuration files
• tabbed viewer panes

0.1.14 - 2006-01-28

Added

• initial public release