Improve support for submodules and nested repositories
- Update index diff of parent repository when submodule changes
- Extended support for nested repositories in project.
- Fix refresh after re-connecting a project with submodules inside
- Handle submodules in auto-sharing
- Delegate detection of git repositories to JGit
- RepositoryCache: do not prematurely remove submodules
- RepositoriesViewLabelProvider: mark dirty submodules
- Fix recognition of submodules in folders.
Staging View
- When running "Commit" action open staging view instead of commit dialog
- Auto-switch between horizontal and vertical StagingView layout
GitFlow
- Allow filtering of Gitflow feature branches in checkout and track dialog
- Added Gitflow convenience command for checking out develop branch
Gerrit support
- Staging View: Treat "Commit and Push" as Gerrit push for the currently checked out branch when the repository has a gerrit configuration.
- Auto-fill "Fetch from Gerrit" wizard for more clipboard contents
Miscellaneous enhancements
- Wizard to configure pull operation
- Use default preferences for preferred MergeStrategy
- Support copy/move of workspace if Git repository is under workspace
- Distinguish unchanged/deleted files in logical models
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In order to allow headless reuse move EclipseSshSessionFactory, EclipseAuthenticator and EclipseProxySelector to org.eclipse.egit.core
EGit Github Client
- Add the assigner attribute to IssueEvent
Build and release engineering
- Update to latest SWTBot to get more meaningful screenshots on test errors
Release Date
Release Type
Minor release