Git Extensions: 2.48 released

Git Extensions 2.48 is packed with Git 1.9.4. The latest version can be downloaded from sourceforge.net

Version 2.48.03 (9 December 2014)

• Fixed issue #2538: Fix crash happening when deleting a remote branch
• Fixed issue #2498: VS Plugin use solution scope if no active document

Version 2.48.02 (29 November 2014)

• Updated msysgit to 1.9.4 20140929
• VS plugin menu hotkey changed to Alt+I
• Updated kdiff3 to version 0.9.98-2 64bit
• Form pull "Manage remotes" button fixed
• Resolving conflict for removed submodule fixed
• Svn clone prefix fixed
• Fixed issue #2509: Backslash correction turned off for URLs
• Fixed issue #2420: Indicate change when repository changed
• Fixed issue #2454: Support changed path to DiffMerge
• Fixed issue #2450: There is no verification that settings can not contain invalid xml characters
• Fixed issue #2407: Double appearance of "Current unstaged changes" fixed
• Fixed issue #2269: Ignore COM exceptions in UpdateJumplist
• Fixed issue #2165: Pushing HEAD fixed
• Fixed issue #2463: Crash fixed when selecting a file with no base in the "Resolve merge conflicts" dialog
• Fixed issue #2448: Freeze while commit many files with warnings
• Fixed issue #2467, #2483: Installing GitCredentialsHelper fixed
• Fixed issue #1493: Should fix command bar position saving in some cases

Version 2.48 (20 August 2014)

• Git credential helper now optional product
• Sort branches and tags in commit info and display only first 20
• Checkout remote branch dialog try find tracking branch first
• Show full shell extension menu with Shift pressed
• Disabled installing MSysGit Git-Cheetah shell extension
• Visual Studio plugin menu renamed to GitExt
• Button Browse... and Manage Remotes fixed in form Pull
• Support machine level HOME environment variable
• Error string in list of branches fixed
• Fixed issue #2079: Selection order after refresh fixed
• Fixed issue #2178: Disabled caching diffs for artificial revisions
• Fixed issue #2387: Remove pdf manual from installer
• Fixed issue #2389: Never try to checkout an empty-named branch
• Fixed issue #2397: Cannot close GitEx window with opened repository
• Updated translations

Version 2.48RC (13 July 2014)

• Updated msysgit to 1.9.4
• Implemented auto completion for commit message window.
• Support intergration with TeamCity and Jenkins build server
• Support pull request for Atlassian Stash
• GitExt suggest update submodules after changing revision. PR #2176
• Show commit changes (i.e: -1+5) on Checkout Branch, CheckoutR evision, Create Branch and Create Tag dialogs
• Sepatate windows to merge submodules
• Increased performance and lowered memory footprint of DvcsGraph
• Allow Create branch in Commit dialog
• Added support for remote branches to the DeleteUnusedBranches plugin
• Revision grid will show superproject tags/branches/remote branches and conflict Base/Remote/Local
• Added Sublime Text 3 to editor list
• Added p4merge to the list of difftools
• Added BeyondCompare4 to the list of diff and merge tools
• Added SemanticMerge to the list of diff and merge tools
• Added hotkey to close repositry via CTRL+W
• Open .git/config fixed
• "Back" button and history
• Disabled by default: include untracked files in stash
• Commiter name added to commit dialog status bar. PR #1812
• Check ValidSvnWorkindDir before do svn commands. Method GitSvnCommandHelpers.ValidSvnWorkindDir work not correct on submodule repo
• Fixed undetected working directory in root directory (the additional "dir.rfind" in the while condition stopped the loop before e.g. "C:" has been reached)
• "Initialize repository" renamed to "Create repository"
• "working dir" and "working tree" renamed to "working directory" to simplify translation
• Preffer Putty from GitExtensions
• New settings management
• Translation format changed to XLIFF (you can help on Transifex website)
• Fixed issue #2349: Bug fixed with file history for file outside of the solution
• Fixed issue #2294: Commit dialog hangs for hours on selecting or deselecting many files
• Fixed issue #2250: Shell Extensions: IsValidGitDir UNC path performance bug fix
• Fixed issue #2240: Allow push by commit hash
• Fixed issue #2235: Allow the user to pick Git.exe no matter
  where it is installed on their system
• Fixed issue #2142: Fetch in 2.47.3 creating remote ref from remote HEAD using current local branch's name
• Fixed issue #2140: Fix slow settings load because of UNC paths
• Fixed issue #2139: Double click on submodule fails to open the submodule in a new instance of GitExtensions
• Fixed issue #2137: Strange push behaviour
• Fixed issue #2136: Git credential helper does not load
• Fixed issue #2135: In v2.47.03 the SSH setting defaults to OpenSSH even though PuTTY is selected during installation
• Fixed issue #2131: No horizontal scrollbar in the main window Diff tab file list
• Fixed issue #2110: VS Plugin make CommandBar permanent (position handling of CommandBar)
• Fixed issue #2013: "the branch seems to be new for the remote" is shown but the branch is already there
• Fixed issue #230: Don't spawn another git status if the previous one is still running
• Stop runaway git process creation under Windows
• Updated translations