Release Notes

Improved:

• Myers, Patience, and Histogram diffs now match git diff output
• Faster Histogram diffs for files with many edits
• Adjacent added, removed, and modified lines now show as one change
• Diff gutter shows +, −, or ~ for changed lines, and the side in unified view
• Diff gutter width now fits the line numbers
• One color each for modifications and conflicts in diff settings
• Worktree is now Local Changes in the sidebar, menus, and log
• Conflict actions name the ours and theirs branches, with a new Resolve toolbar menu
• Compact log keeps branch and tag labels visible instead of truncating them away
• Failed AI commit message generation now shows the agent’s error

Fixed:

• AI commit message generation failing for large changes
• AI commit message generation failing for npm-installed agents when Gitfox was opened from Finder or the Dock
• Missing borders around change groups in diffs

New:

• Push a branch by dropping it on a remote branch in the sidebar
• Compare two selected branches from the sidebar context menu
• Track Remote Branch option in the push dialog
• Request GitHub organization access from the account menu
• Activate a license by opening its activation link (retail only)

Improved:

• Clearer guidance on GitHub organization access when adding an account

Fixed:

• Pushing a tag or branch that shares its name with the other now pushes the selected one
• Control-clicking a commit in the log now opens its context menu

New:

• Add tracked folders in the repository manager
  • Tracked folders automatically reflect their contents on disk
  • Repositories cloned, created, or opened inside a tracked folder appear there instead of as separate entries
• Hide the commit log while Worktree is selected, from the View menu
• Push several selected branches to their upstreams at once from the sidebar
• GitHub Enterprise Server accounts with a server URL and personal access token
• Support for macOS 15 Sequoia, with controls and features backported from macOS 26

Improved:

• Opening a repository now switches to its tab if already open, otherwise opens it in the frontmost window
• Shift-Return in the quick action panel opens repositories in a new window
• The quick action panel only offers to open typed paths that are Git repositories
• Open several repositories at once from the Open panel
• Newly cloned, created, or dropped repositories are selected in the repository manager
• Double-click a submodule in changes, commit diffs, or the file tree to open it
• Toolbar buttons now show tooltips
• Dialogs, sheets, and windows now use the standard control size
• Adding a personal access token account now shows the required token scopes
• Name and email placeholders now say John Apple instead of Tim Apple

Fixed:

• Dropping a repository already in the repository manager no longer adds it again
• Email placeholders no longer appear as links on macOS 27

New:

• Language keyword highlighting in diffs, with an on/off toggle and custom light and dark colors
• Jump to HEAD, branches, tags, and stashes among loaded commits from the log context menu
• Open clicked diff lines in VS Code, Nova, Sublime Text, Xcode, or Zed from the context menu
• Support for native SHA-256 repositories

Improved:

• Clone accounts are now remembered per HTTPS host
• Selecting a branch reveals its latest commit when it is on the first log page
• Pull branch suggestions now prioritize upstream and default branches

Fixed:

• Selected Gitfox accounts now take precedence over Git credential helpers
• GitHub and GitLab repositories now show the correct owners, including nested GitLab groups
• Remote addresses now handle IPv6 hosts and numeric paths in SCP-style URLs correctly

New:

• Confirm SSH host fingerprints when connecting to new hosts
• Copy file paths, commit details, and repository URLs from context menus
• Create repositories from Quick Actions

Improved:

• Choose a service or Jira account for issue autocomplete, including repositories using SSH
• Issue autocomplete searches only the selected account and defaults to None
• Open Configure Issue Sources with a keyboard shortcut
• Choose how to show or hide untracked files from the View menu
• Faster updates for large file and repository lists
• Lower memory use when downloading app updates
• More responsive app update installation
• Clearer error messages from hosting services

Fixed:

• Failed app updates now preserve the installed version
• Snapshots and applying selected stash files now preserve non-UTF-8 content
• File actions no longer affect unrelated files when selected names contain wildcard characters
• Incompatible saved preferences no longer cause crashes
• Commit log now regains keyboard focus when clicked on macOS 27
• Cloning now reports checkout and submodule failures correctly
• Account verification no longer reports network errors or cancellation as missing permissions
• Update downloads now cancel reliably and clean up temporary files
• Update restarts and the Git editor now handle special characters in the app path
• Shortcut conflict warnings now reappear for repeated conflicts
• Shortcut recording now ignores Services menu conflicts in all system languages
• Gitea repository lists now handle special characters in account and organization names
• Submodule update prompts now appear only for configured submodules
• Home-folder path expansion and display now preserve repeated tildes and path segments

New:

• Autocomplete in commit messages:
  • File paths with /f
  • Commit hashes with /c
  • Gitmoji with /g
  • GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, and Jira Cloud issue references with /i
• Connect and manage Jira Cloud accounts in Settings
• Choose issue sources for each repository
• Resolve conflicts by keeping both sides in either order, or neither

Improved:

• Animated glass styling and arrow-key navigation for toolbar selectors
• Clearer inline diff highlights
• Better ordering and grouping of main menu commands
• Updated icons throughout the app

Fixed:

• Fixed hangs when finishing or cancelling Git commands
• Commit exports no longer hang when writing the archive fails
• Saved accounts are preserved when Keychain reads fail
• Resolved conflicts no longer remain counted or available for resolution
• Conflict resolution actions no longer appear for comparison-only conflicts
• Worktree is now selected when HEAD changes
• Repository change counts now appear on startup
• Account settings now show errors when renaming accounts fails
• Remote links in repository details now recognize Gitea and configured hosts
• Remote links now use the assigned account when installations share a host
• Several macOS 27 specific UI issues

New:

• Option to update all submodules at once
• Remote repository context menu actions:
  • Open in browser
  • Clone with SSH or HTTPS

Improved:

• Faster processing for large diffs
• Speed up histogram diff matching
• Add context lines to diff view settings menu
• Update bundled Git to 2.55.0

Fixed:

• Outlines now update reliably as items move or expand
• Repository validation now shows progress and specific errors
• Switching repositories no longer causes false “Invalid Repository” errors

Fixed:

• Reflogs no longer appear empty with certain sort settings
• Rename context menu option is no longer offered for remote repositories
• Worktree header separator no longer overlaps its contents
• Commands cancelled while starting no longer keep running
• Suggested clone folder names for repositories containing periods

New:

• Compact commit log and header options in the View menu
• Selecting multiple branches now shows a combined commit log
• Repository manager welcome actions for creating, opening, and cloning

Improved:

• Faster wrapping for extremely long unbroken diff lines
• Scroll bars now consistently use the overlay style
• Updated Markdown and plain-text README style
• More consistent tinted window backgrounds across the app

Fixed:

• Lazy-loaded items keep their repository outline indentation

New:

• Drag local branches from and to folders or the local root to move (rename) them

Fixed:

• Crash while expanding or updating repository lists
• Accounts loading a repository with the same ID multiple times no longer cause the outline to go blank
• Dropping repositories in gaps between items can no longer move repositories into collapsed folders

Fixed:

• Crash when search or filter menus update on macOS 27
  • This should address the last crash possibilty on macOS 27.
    Please do not use macOS beta versions if you rely on a stable app!

Improved:

• Dialog Help buttons now open matching support article sections
• Open all release notes from the Release Notes window

Fixed:

• Further filter-bar crash mitigations for macOS 27

New:

• Tree view for file status list
• Separate staged and unstaged changes in file lists
• Quick Actions:
  • Compare
  • Merge
  • Rebase
  • Delete branch/tag
• Stage or unstage entire file groups
• Force-fetch tags that conflict with local tags
• Show only conflicts filter in the Worktree file list
• Discarding changes now handles modified and newly added submodules
• Prompt before staging conflicts:
  • When trying to stage a conflicted file you are now alerted to choose a side

Improved:

• File list view modes are now in the View menu
• Pushes verify referenced submodule commits are available remotely
• Quick Actions use action-specific icons
• Quick Action search ranks fuzzy matches by relevance
• Diff and merge tools in ~/Applications are now detected
• Snapshot dialogs remember the Include Untracked choice
• Choose whether connected account images are used as avatars
• Repository settings support XDG global Git configs
• Repository and file lists stay responsive during updates
• Repository windows stay responsive while file monitoring starts

Fixed:

• Crash during filter menu updates on macOS 27
• Diffs no longer jump while scrolling or selecting text
• Staging files no longer moves the file list
• Diff rendering uses less processing
• Diff action buttons now show the correct pointer
• Opening repository links no longer blocks the app
• Repository settings stay responsive while files load

New:

• Snapshot all changes or selected files without altering the working tree
• Stash or snapshot selected files from the context menu
• Stash selected files by dragging to Stashes
• Apply individual files from a stash
• Autostash support when checking out branches
• Export commits as ZIP archives
• Export files at specific revisions
• Delete all branches in selected outline folders
• Add worktrees from the repository outline context menu
• Open project and remote links from Repository Manager
• Open GitHub Desktop repository links in Gitfox

Improved:

• App startup avoids unnecessary font discovery
• Inactive repository windows use fewer resources
• In-app release notes show only the current version
• Hidden commit labels are available from an overflow menu
• Linked worktrees are easier to identify
  • Grouped in a dedicated outline section
  • Short names remain distinct
  • Full paths appear in tooltips
• Reflogs start collapsed below Tags
• File outline selections and menus stay responsive
• Multi-step repository changes refresh more smoothly

Fixed:

• Deleted repositories no longer leave unresponsive windows
• Diff loading failures no longer show repeated alerts
• Switching log sources selects the newest entry
• Link Manager remove buttons match adjacent controls

Improved:

• Repository dialogs now open with their required data already loaded
• Commit reference labels for uncommon references use a subtler color
• Fetch, pull, push, and sync notifications now use clearer, consistent labels
• Repository browsing and Git actions are more responsive:
  • Large Git configurations are parsed and queried more efficiently
  • Commit logs load faster without signature indicators; signature status remains available in commit details
  • Large inline diffs use whole-line highlighting for oversized changes

Fixed:

• Diff loading and saving errors are handled more reliably:
  • Failed loads show the affected path and source instead of leaving stale content visible
  • Failed automatic changes roll back, while save-on-demand changes remain unsaved for retry
• Reflogs now appear correctly in regular repositories and linked worktrees
• Your staged or unstaged diff preference is restored after viewing a file that only offers the other version
• Closing the interactive rebase editor now aborts the rebase instead of leaving Git suspended
• Memory leak when closing a repository

New:

• Pin local and remote branches

Improved:

• The following dialogs now accept manually entered refs:
  • Create, Copy and Move Branch
  • Pull, Push
  • Merge, Rebase
  • Git-flow
• In-progress operations can now continue directly from the repository alert bar:
  • Merges, Reverts, Cherry-picks, Rebases
  • Continuation respects the selected identity and signing settings
• Interactive rebase editing is now more flexible:
  • Edit multiple commits
  • Continue past unchanged edit stops
• The repository alert bar now provides more operation details and actions:
  • Shows the stopped commit and operation progress
  • Offers relevant edit or skip actions
  • Continues mailbox applications
  • Shows bisect progress and actions alongside other repository operations
• Bisect is now offered only when:
  • The selected commits are applicable
  • No other Git operation is in progress
• The commit header has been redesigned to be more space-efficient
  • Shows timestamps in their original time zones
  • Expands and collapses directly from the header
  • Full-width commit message
• Copy and move branch dialogs now prefill the destination with the selected branch name
• Branch checkout Quick Actions now support fuzzy, multi-word searches
• The release notes view now shows HTML directly from gitfox.app
• Commit reference labels now show tags before local and remote branches
• Whitespace characters in diffs now use a subtler color
• The repository outline now lists Submodules before Tags
• Interactive rebase and bisect now keep their detached HEAD visible by switching to the worktree view when they start

Fixed:

• The destination field now receives focus when opening:
  • Push, Copy and Move branch dialogs
• Interactive rebase edit and fixup behavior is corrected:
  • Steps refresh as expected
  • Fixup replacement messages are restored
• Squash and fixup now handle commit relationships correctly:
  • Recognize contiguous history even when filters or side branches separate commits in the log
  • Reject unrelated commits
  • Reject merge commits
• Fetching multiple remotes is now more reliable:
  • Preserves FETCH_HEAD entries from every fetched remote
  • Continues with remaining remotes when one fails
  • Prevents simultaneous fetch and sync operations from conflicting
• The stash log now clears its previous entries when a repository has no stashes
• Repository views now refresh correctly for repositories opened through symlinked paths such as /tmp
• Malformed Git timestamps are no longer interpreted as different dates
• Opening a repository no longer crashes when file-system monitoring cannot start
• Fetch All and automatic fetch now respect remotes configured with skipFetchAll or skipDefaultUpdate
• Remotes, submodules, and Git-flow branches with periods in their names are now recognized correctly
• The repository outline no longer shows a redundant merged marker for the current branch’s upstream
• Restored explicit File > New Tab and View > Submodules & Worktrees > New Tab command

Improved:

• File history now works for tracked files in the changes outline, filters the outline to the selected path
• Gitea accounts now load all repositories and organizations across paginated results
• Opening linked repositories now follows the macOS preference for tabs and windows
• Subscribe to the Gitfox newsletter from a new prompt or the Help menu

Fixed:

• Claude AI commit message generation no longer fails with false prompt injection errors
• Symbolic links no longer load as editable text diffs
• Pull, push, and submodule update operations no longer hang when Git produces large amounts of progress output
• Fixed a crash when repository file monitoring fails to start
• Diffs with non-UTF-8 content are no longer decoded with lossy replacement characters
• Replacing an existing clone or new repository destination now moves it to the Trash instead of permanently deleting it
• Fixed a typo in the restore index subtitle
• The Add button now remains disabled until a Base URL is entered for Gitea and GitLab Self-Managed accounts

Fixed:

• Bitbucket OAuth scope decoding

Improved:

• AI commit message generation now checks that the agent configuration matches the installed agent version before running

Fixed:

• Commit actions no longer fail silently when Git requests an SSH signing key passphrase

New:

• Commit messages can now be generated with AI assistance
  • To use Claude the claude command-line tool must be present
  • To use Codex the codex command-line tool must be present
• Diffs whitespace handling has been simplified and now matches the git diff modes:
  • Ignore All Space is equivalent to --ignore-all-space
  • Ignore Space Change is equivalent to --ignore-space-change
  • Ignore Space at EOL is equivalent to --ignore-space-at-eol

Fixed:

• Cancelled Git tasks no longer briefly blank the UI

Improved:

• Newly added worktrees are now shown immediately in the repository outline
• Repository changes are now reflected more quickly after filesystem updates
• Loading large commit histories is now faster
• Reduced CPU and memory usage while running Git commands and processing command output

Fixed:

• Diff selection is now preserved when a diff updates after edits or refreshes
• The diff minimap now tracks scrolling more accurately, especially near the bottom of long or split diffs
• Context row backgrounds in diffs no longer cover gutters, button bars, or split padding separators
• Command-arrow diff shortcuts now work when focus is in an outline
• Editing a diff now writes back to the correct target even if the diff refreshes while saving

Improved:

• Tighten macOS runtime entitlements
• The commit window now reopens at its last size and position
• The changes outline now shows a No Changes label for clean worktrees
• Feedback is now sent directly through Gitfox, with diagnostics attached automatically

Fixed:

• Fixed a cancelled log load briefly showing an unborn-branch header

New:

• Show a Git setup dialog when no user name or email is configured

Improved:

• The commit sheet is now an attached window you can reposition while editing the message
• Inline diff highlights now include edges for better visibility
• Blame line tinting is consistent across commits
• Replaced deprecated gitflow-avh with git-flow-next

Fixed:

• Fixed a crash when picker menus updated while open
• Fixed a crash caused by label color propagation in SwiftUI outline rows
• Fixed a logger resource leak after many repository operations
• Commit avatars no longer flicker to generated initials during refreshes

New:

• Added Git LFS support:
  • Gitfox now bundles a git-lfs binary
  • Repository > Git LFS provides Install, Uninstall, Fetch, Pull, and Push HEAD actions
  • The file outline context menu provides Git LFS actions to track or untrack the selected files
• Added commit signing support:
  • Identities can now specify OpenPGP or SSH signing keys
  • The commit flow now exposes signing controls
  • The log and commit header now show signature status when the commit is signed
  • SSH public keys are discovered from ~/.ssh, with manual entry available when needed
  • Gitfox can manage the allowed signers file used to trust SSH signing keys
• Added a Remove index.lock recovery action when Git reports a stale .git/index.lock file for the active repository
• Added a file outline Display > Show All Untracked Files option for the active repository

Improved:

• The commit button menu now exposes more commit controls directly:
  • The primary commit/amend action.
  • The push variant.
  • Sign Commit options for Use Git Default, Sign, and Do Not Sign.
• The identities settings pane is now Identities & Signing
• Diff colors now meet WCAG AAA contrast requirements in Aqua and Dark Aqua

Fixed:

• The Git settings pane avatar view is now restricted to Gravatar avatars only

New:

• Added a text diff setting to disable line wrapping
• Rendered Markdown now supports inline and block TeX equations

Improved:

• Commit avatars now fall back to profile images from service accounts
• Branch, tag, and push branch name fields now sanitize input removing invalid symbols and converting whitespace to -
• Retry requests with transient service network failures
• Outline item title truncation can now be controlled via a Display context menu
• Generated avatar colors are now softer while keeping text readable
• The repository outline now expands grouped branch paths to keep the current branch visible
• Repository outline search now matches full branch ref names, including grouped branch prefixes
• Branch and tag sorting by creator date now falls back to ref name when dates match

Fixed:

• Nested worktrees are no longer mislabeled as submodules
• Background fetch no longer shows error sheets for remote lookup failures
• Renaming an account no longer refreshes the connected service account
• Squash and fixup actions are now disabled for non-contiguous commit selections
• Stale diff formatting work is now cancelled when switching away from a large diff
• Account error indicators now clear after a later service request succeeds
• Fixed a crash when rendering Markdown repeatedly

Improved:

• Reduced excessive UI refreshes caused by external processes generating frequent filesystem events
• Removed main menu icons in preparation for macOS 27

Fixed:

• Log not updating after a rebase action
• Worktree log header not shown for unborn HEAD
• Minimap crash when map image gets too large

New:

• New blame view
• The blame commit popover now has a button to open the commit for that line directly

Fixed:

• Crash when double-clicking a selection
• Crash with strict ISO8601 git timestamp timezone parsing
• Text selection appearing when clicking empty space after the last character on a line
• The changes view no longer pops instantly when changes are intermittently empty
• SIGPIPE crash
• Reduced redundant repository refreshes from bursts of Git metadata filesystem events
• The branch outline now keeps its existing refs when a refresh fails instead of clearing them

New:

• Added a new “Sync HEAD” command that performs a combined fetch, push, and pull
• Added patience and histogram diff algorithms:
  • Myers: Fastest option; produces compact diffs but can be noisy when code moves. Previously the default.
  • Patience: Balanced option; usually produces clearer code diffs with moderate overhead. New default.
  • Histogram: Highest-quality option; often produces the most readable diffs with the most overhead.
• Added support for more image formats in image diffs: GIF, TIFF, BMP, WebP, HEIC/HEIF, AVIF, JPEG XL, OpenEXR, HDR, TGA, SGI, PICT, ICO, ICNS, PSD, DDS, KTX, ASTC, DICOM, Netpbm formats, and many camera RAW formats
• Add “Checkout” quick actions for branches
• Most main menu items now have appropriate icons

Improved:

• All colors based on object hashes (Gravatar backgrounds etc.) will now be deterministic and not change when the app relaunches

Fixed:

• Crash in log scroll view

New:

• Added a Whitespace-Only Changes setting for diff whitespace:
  • Ignore all whitespace changes, including insertions and deletions
  • Ignore only whitespace changes within modified lines
• Added Highlight Edge Whitespace Changes to toggle highlighting for leading and trailing whitespace
• Renamed Show Whitespace to Draw Whitespace Characters to avoid confusion with the new whitespace settings
• Added a small accessory menu to the diff view header for quickly toggling these settings

Improved:

• Improved Git output parsing performance across the app

Fixed:

• Fixed an OAuth token storage race condition that could result in lost GitLab authorization
• Fixed automatic repository refresh getting stuck

Improved:

• Use CMD+Return for the rebase editor matching the commit editor
• Repository state is now updated based on filesystem events rather than naive refreshes
• Smoother scrolling through large commit histories
• Faster formatting of large diffs without blocking the interface
• Switching to a new file no longer waits for the previous diff to finish loading
• Cleaner Add Submodule dialog with a relative path field and an explicit Force option
• When adding a repository with the CLI:
  • existing paths are no longer duplicated
  • invoking it from within a repository adds the repository root

Fixed:

• Stale repository manager row titles
• Regression from 4.1.6 that prevented opening a new window when clicking on the app icon
• Links not updating in the repository outline when editing them in Link Manager
• Accounts were not refreshed when a new window opened
• Commit log scrolling could get stuck while older commits were still loading
• Conflict counts briefly showed old values right after switching branches
• Undo did not work after the editor reset its text on its own
• Submodule paths with spaces or path separators were not handled correctly
• Submodule authentication account picker not selecting the configured account
• Repository outline icons could briefly freeze the interface
• Task list and window title could flicker during running tasks
• Errors when opening a document are now shown consistently
• Stage All and Unstage All actions could be re-enabled before the repository status finished updating
• Loading toolbar icons causing interface hitches
• Smaller stability and reliability improvements

New:

• Hardened security of the Bitbucket sign-in flow
• Faster account loading at app startup
• Lower memory usage when loading avatars

Fixed:

• Regression that prevented the squash/fixup rebase editor from showing (sorry)
• Crash that could occur during background updates
• Crash when a custom commit message link pattern was missing parts of the match
• Repository windows occasionally not restoring correctly on launch
• Race condition when reading saved account credentials
• Window events sometimes triggering in unrelated windows
• Quick actions sometimes targeting items that no longer exist
• Bisect view appearing busy after an error
• Search occasionally behaving unpredictably while typing
• Avatar images sometimes loading invalid data
• Additional memory leaks
• Stability issues in the file outline and task list

New:

• Added Quick Look functionality for files (CMD+Y)

Fixed:

• Automatic fetch being paused despite no active log query
• Bug causing thread pool exhaustion
• Memory leak

New:

• The entire repository info title row can now be clicked to open the repository in the repository manager
  • Previously you could only click the small arrow button
  • The “Trash” action was moved to a pop-up menu

Fixed:

• Truncate the head of external worktree paths instead of the tail so the end remains readable
• Log not reloading all items after commit when there are less than 50 elements in the log

Improved:

• --force-with-lease is now assumed when performing Amend and Push
• Diagnostics are now attached to user feedback
• The Un/stage All button has been moved to the left so it is visible in smaller column widths
• A progress indicator is shown when finding the merge base on interactive rebase
• When creating a new branch, it is now automatically selected
• The Rename repository manager context menu item has been brought back
  • It wasn’t obvious to some users that items could be renamed with the ENTER key (similar to Finder)
• Raised the deployment target to macOS 26.0

Fixed:

• Error when opening repository folders that contained leading or trailing spaces
• “Use Directory Diff” option not being respected in the “Automatic” setting
• Deprecated Bitbucket API call resulting in a connection error
• Folders disappearing when dragged onto themselves or their children
• Coloring of trailing comments in editor views
• The last opened settings pane is now preserved when reopening the app settings
• Show the update dialog when changing the update channel and updates are available
• Small layout issues

Fixed:

• Disappearing tab bar when creating a new tab

New:

• Option in settings to always or never show the diff column
• Explicit “Amend” and “Un/stage All” buttons in the changes view

Improved:

• Collapsed items in the button strip are now accessible via a menu button (just like in the toolbar)
• The modification and conflict colors are now configurable for both sides (A/B)
• The repository manager now saves the expansion state
• Diff behavior settings were moved from the “General” to the “Diff” settings pane

Fixed:

• The default modification and conflict colors are now more distinct
• The “Commit” button is now disabled when no files are staged
• Editor producing an error on rebase when the Gitfox app bundle path had spaces in it
• Memory leak when closing a repository
• General fixes and performance improvements

New:

• New account system and service providers
  • ⚠️ The new account system will require you to reauthorize your accounts
  • Added authentication methods and providers:
    • Bitbucket (API Token)
    • Gitlab (Personal Access Token)
    • Gitlab Self-Managed (Personal Access Token)
    • Gitea (Personal Access Token)
  • Accounts settings have been renamed to Accounts & Credentials
    • Private key passphrase credentials are now also shown
• New General setting for Diff Visibility Breakpoint
  • This lets you change the minimum window width at which the 4th diff column appears
  • The default was reduced from the previously fixed 2000pt to 1500pt

Improved:

• Updated git to v2.52.0

Fixed:

• Race condition that could cause GitLab OAuth accounts to lose authentication
• Commit stats progress indicator spinning indefinitely on empty repositories
• Branch labels not properly rounded when the merge check is enabled
• Use the same background colors for repository manager detail and content columns
• Remove history and checkout commands from the file context menu in the changes view

Fixed:

• Git-Flow toolbar menu not showing the first item (“Start Feature”)
• Outline not expanding beyond level 1 after a search

Improved:

• Tweaked the default diff modification and deletion colors to be more distinct

Fixed:

• Crash in diff when displaying RTL languages
• Diff not recognizing legacy EOL encodings
• Wrong repository manager outline width when the sidebar gets too large

Improved:

• Reference labels are now also shown in the compact commit header
• File “Open” context menu actions are allowed as long as the file exists on disk

Fixed:

• Authentication failed dialog not popping up on connection error
• Outline not updating when changing links
• Git service symbols being slightly too big
• Settings panel being resizable

Improved:

• Updated repository line and commit count status views
  • The counted line type is now configurable (code, comments or all)
• The links toolbar button was removed in favor of showing links directly in the repository outline
• Improved diff times for purely added or deleted files

Fixed:

• Discard not batching file actions properly
• Several macOS 26 user interface issues
• Repositories in folders not showing up in “Open” quick actions
• Sheets opened in the changes view reappearing when the view is popped
• Regression that prevented staging of submodules

New:

• New Settings:
  • App appearance under “General” > “Appearance”
  • Diff text and color preferences in the new “Diff” settings pane
  • Git default branch under “Git” > “Default Branch”

Improved:

• The diff now defaults to unified view if either side is empty
• Submodule status entries now also show the submodule state (C/M/U)
• Tips are automatically dismissed after they have been displayed 3 times
• Full support for Liquid Glass on macOS 26 Tahoe
• Raised the minimum deployment target to macOS 15.6

Fixed:

• Smudge and clean filters not correctly applying to diff content
• The selected branch not being correctly preselected in the rebase view
• Empty file list for commits containing submodule changes
• “Un/Stage All” not correctly working with dirty submodules
• Minimap color brightness for dark mode
• Sidebar toggle showing up in the “Settings” toolbar
• “Abort” repository state button not working when the view has no selection
• Bisect view sometimes not appearing until a refresh
• Commit button menu checkmarks not reflecting state properly
• Outline selection position not preserved after an element was removed
• UI sometimes not fully updating on refresh
• File outline performance

Fixed:

• Quick actions now correctly match on the repository display name as well
• Open update submodule dialog instead of opening uninitialized submodules
• Stutter when dragging the image diff splitter
• No default focus in action panels
• Wrong scroll bar position when scrolling in a non primary diff column
• Diff gutter buttons showing for certain diff types
• UI layout issues in macOS 26 Tahoe
• Exception when opening the diff font panel

New:

• Completely new diff view featuring:
  • Change undo
  • Fluid layout
  • Conflict resolution
  • Change navigation using shortcuts (e.g. previous/next, stage/unstage)
  • Find in diff text
  • Write-on-save option for diffs just like any regular difftool
  • Responsive diff view
    • The diff view will now appear in a 4th column if there is enough screen space
• New “Disable Commit Hooks” commit option (--no-verify)
• Tips are now displayed throughout the UI

Improved:

• Improved submodules handling
  • Open submodule when double-clicking on status item
  • New “Open Submodule” context menu to status items
  • Show open submodule button instead of diff view
• All diff related actions were moved to the new “Diff” main menu item
• Updated settings view
• Updated quick action panel
• Updated scc to v3.5.0
• Updated git to v2.51.0
• Raised the deployment target to macOS 15.0

Fixed:

• Text fields in panels not getting focus
• Regression that prevented the context menu to pop up in outlines on CTRL-click
• Hangs in repositories with a large amount of branches

New:

• JuxtaCode difftool integration

Improved:

• Git comments are now only highlighted if the # sign is at the line start

Fixed:

• The commit editor not correctly handling diacritic characters
  • For example, conversion of ~ + a to ã
• Branches not being shown if creatordate used the Zulu date format

Fixed:

• Crash when popping the repository view

Improved:

• General UI performance improvements

Fixed:

• Long branch names causing an overly wide push dialog
• Memory leak

Improved:

• General UI performance improvements

Fixed:

• Hang when showing a huge amount of files
  • The alert before showing the files was removed, as it is no longer necessary
• File path display when toggling the view mode from grouped to list
• Hang when showing a modal open panel
• Hang when installing or deinstalling the CLI tool

New:

• New crash report dialog

Improved:

• Mergetools now open with the mergetool.writeToTemp flag as to not pollute the repository with backup files
• Updated the cmark-gfm markdown renderer to 0.29.0.gfm.13

Fixed:

• Mergetool creating backup files for DELETED files
  • Mergetools cannot open for DELETED files, so the difftool is opened instead if possible
• Mergetool not properly opening for all status entries
• Space appearing between the toolbar and repository manager on first launch
• Initial repository manager pane widths on first launch

New:

• Recent messages button in the commit view
  • Added a button to restore your 15 most recent commit messages, starting from HEAD
• Split Open Diff or Mergetool into 2 distinct commands. To make actions unambiguous, there are now 2 separate commands for the commit and file level. If you prefer one over the other, you can always change your preferred shortcuts in the preferences
  • Open Diff or Mergetool always opens the diff for all files in the current commit or HEAD
  • Open Diff or Mergetool for Selection always opens the diff for selected files only

Improved:

• Improved performance when parsing git dates
• The progress indicator now shows an arrow on hover, indicating it is clickable

Fixed:

• New branch and tag actions beeping instead of popping up a dialog when no branch was selected
• The file context menu not showing when CTRL-clicking on text
• High CPU usage when typing in the new branch text field
• The authentication panel not showing on connection error

New:

• GitLab subgroups are now shown in the repository manager

Improved:

• The commit message field is now pre-populated with SQUASH_MSG if it exists

Fixed:

• Minor user interface issues

Fixed:

• The app hanging when running for a long time

Fixed:

• Heavy CPU utilization when expanding tree nodes

Improved:

• Generated README and .gitignore files are now committed directly
  • Previously the user had to commit those files themselves after repository creation

Fixed:

• Status entries not being shown when the status.showStash flag was set to true
• An error when enabling the git-flow Fetch Origin option
• Remotes not being shown when branches weren’t fetched yet

Fixed:

• The automatic fetch timer not triggering
• Crash when trying to present multiple error panels

Improved:

• No error dialog is shown if a process exited with an abnormal exit code but did not produce a message on STDERR or STDOUT
• Minor fixes and performance improvements

Fixed:

• The root commit not producing a diff

Fixed:

• Repository outline selection reverting to Worktree when popping the changes view
• Crash that could happen when using accessibility tools

Fixed:

• The diff view sometimes not updating when discarding a line

Improved:

• The default shell environment is now loaded as early as possible
• Performance improvements when showing 10k+ status items
• Confirmation is now requested before showing more than 1000 files at once to prevent hangs

Fixed:

• The diff view not properly updating on macOS 14.3
• Checkmarks not being cleared after toggling “Display Merged Branches”
• The MOVE drag label disappearing when moving outside the log area
• Crash when reloading the file outline

New:

• Bisect preview dialog
  • A “Bisect…” menu item was added alongside a configurable shortcut

Improved:

• Updated git to 2.43.0
• Updated scc to 3.2.0
  • This fixes code statistics not loading for some repositories
• Most dialogs and settings have been rewritten in SwiftUI

Fixed:

• The current instead of the selected git-flow branch being used
• Custom git-flow prefixes not being used
• Fast-forwarding a branch not working sometimes
• The log not reloading when aborting bisect

New:

• New commit search bar
  • The complex predicate editor was replaced by a simple search bar
  • Partial dates parsed from the search query are relative to the current date
  • Search progress is now displayed in the toolbar

Improved:

• Improved notification style
  • Notification text now should be easier to parse visually
• Fetching the HEAD or all remotes (including automatic fetch) now respects the “Fetch All Tags” setting
• Automatic fetch now fetches all remotes, not just the HEAD remote
• Renamed the toolbar “Save Stash…” action to “Push Stash…” to match the dialog title

Fixed:

• The wrong stash being applied when opening the “Apply Stash” dialog from the toolbar

New:

• “Discard Behavior” in the “General” preference pane
  • Choose if you want stash or discard to be the default

Improved:

• Updated the account picker with service sections
• The “Delete on Remote” setting is no longer persistent
• Raised the macOS deployment target to 13.5

Fixed:

• The commit editor column marker being displayed in the wrong position

Improved:

• Image Diff:
  • Images are now labeled with their corresponding version (A or B)
  • Image sizes are now given in points if there is no corresponding pixel value
• Hitting B while a branch is selected in the repository outline will now use that branch as starting point

Fixed:

• Refreshing GitLab account tokens on macOS 14
• Context menu actions picking the wrong items on macOS 14

Improved:

• The toolbar progress indicator now has an indeterminate mode
• The “New Tag” view now uses the commit editor for the message
• The “Delete Tag” view now shows a branch list instead of a popup button
• The “Delete Branches” view now shows a branch list instead of a popup button

Fixed:

• Clipped log branch labels
• Non-HEAD branches showing a status header
• Line breaks in the “New Branch” dialog name field
• Missing dialog icon badges

Improved:

• Ready for macOS 14.0 Sonoma
• An alert is shown on crash if the macOS version is outdated

New:

• Commit View Options
  • New “Reset Author” option
  • The “Sign Off” option is now saved on a repository basis
  • The commit button now shows all selected flags
• Config Syntax Highlighting
  • Syntax highlighting of git configuration files has been expanded to sections, strings and booleans
  • Reveal the config file in Finder by clicking the path

New:

• Bisect
  • New bisect session view
  • Start bisect sessions from the log context menu

Improved:

• The context toolbar now shows a “more” indicator if some buttons are hidden
• The init.defaultBranch value is now used as the default git-flow production branch, if present
• Comparison cells now show A/B instead of the commit hashes
• Updated the bundled git version to 2.41.0
• Raised the macOS deployment target to 13.0

Fixed:

• Some actions only working when the file outline was focussed
• Commit range diffs being displayed in the wrong order
• Files being unstaged instead of staged and vice versa when clicking the “Un/stage All” button

Fixed:

• Crashes on macOS 12 Monterey

Improved:

• File path (group) nodes are now also selectable by keyboard

Fixed:

• The commit panel showing on C when no staged changes are present
• Crashes on macOS 12 Monterey

New:

• The file outline can now be filtered
  • Filter by text and status (added, deleted, modified, untracked)
  • Path groups can now be collapsed

Improved:

• The view mode select was moved to the new filter bar
• Many under the hood improvements

Fixed:

• The commit message not being cleared on commit and push when the push failed
• Additional hanging issues in macOS 14 beta

Improved:

• Implemented a temporary workaround for hanging issues in macOS 14 beta
• Automatic downloads are prevented for expired OTP licenses

Fixed:

• Display issue when a diff produced more than one patch
• The wrong author being used when committing with a different identity

New:

• GitHub authentication via Personal Access Token

Improved:

• The GitHub OAuth organization alert text now matches the current GitHub settings

Fixed:

• Submodules not working correctly if the name contained a space

Improved:

• The software update dialog now shows more information (retail only)
• Update checks are prevented for expired OTP versions (retail only)

Fixed:

• Crash when restoring windows of deleted repositories

Fixed:

• Changed files not showing up in an empty repository

Fixed:

• An issue preventing automatic fetch
• Error when trying to discard RENAMED and DELETED files via stash
• Error when trying to drop all stashes at once

Fixed:

• The log not being completely displayed when there are less than 50 entries

New:

• Discard / Discard All now stages the files by default instead of deleting
  • The option to delete is still there, but marked as a destructive action
• Update submodule now supports the --remote flag
• Add submodule now has a path selector

Improved:

• Many other smaller fixes and improvements

Fixed:

• New private Bitbucket repositories being created as public
• An issue preventing clone with certain askpass prompt formats

New:

• Merge preflight check
  • Shows the number of conflicts in the merge panel before performing the merge
• New merge panel options
  • No Automatic Commit
  • Skip Hooks

Fixed:

• An issue reading diffs containing binary data fragments
• The window title not showing the custom display name

New:

• Only Stash Staged Changes option when pushing a stash
  • This is equal to git stash push --staged

Improved:

• Color hashes for avatars now produce more pleasing and consistent colors

Fixed:

• Repositories in folders not showing up as “Open” quick actions

New:

• Add and manage linked worktrees
  • New Repository > Add Worktree... (W) action
  • New Remove and Open linked worktree context menu items
  • Linked worktrees are now shown as children of the main worktree
  • Navigate to the linked worktree by double-clicking it in the outline
• Choose how to open linked worktrees and submodules
  • New View > Submodules & Worktrees > menu item
    • Option Push in Same Window
    • Option Open in New Tab
    • Option Open in New Window

New:

• The commit header view now has a compact format
  • You can toggle this via View > Compact Commit Header
• Commit header values can be copied in different formats
  • Identities: Email, name and mailbox
  • Dates: Unix and ISO 8601 timestamps
  • Hashes: The full hash

Fixed:

• Log update on stash save and apply
• An issue preventing opening of repositories created with git-worktree
• Misaligned commit message text and label

Improved:

• The repository outline view now reacts properly to the “Sidebar icon size” system setting
• All remaining icons were replaced with SF Symbols throughout the app

Fixed:

• The “Unstage All” button now uses the correct unstage symbol
• “Commit & Push” not pushing afterwards
• Misaligned blame disclosure triangle
• Misaligned repository outline view disclosure indicators

Improved:

• Service accounts are refreshed after creating a new repository on them

Fixed:

• Text views not properly scrolling while typing on macOS Ventura
• Micro hang when sorting refnames
• Deadlock when refreshing service accounts

Fixed:

• Long refresh time in the repository manager
  • Sometimes the repository status would not update for a few seconds
• Small delay at startup loading the shell path

Improved:

• Keyboard navigation in the repository manager is back
• Accounts are loaded in the background to reduce app launch time

Fixed:

• Some connection errors for GitHub accounts

Improved:

• Restoring repository windows is now faster
• The context menu is now disabled in README views

Fixed:

• Connection errors for certain GitHub accounts

Welcome to Gitfox 3.0 🎉

New:

• Brand-new repository manager layout
• Code and commit statistics
• Remote service account repositories are directly shown in the repository manager
• Clone remote repositories with a single click
• When creating a new local repository, you can now choose to create it on a service account as well
• Show the README file for remote service account repositories
• Filter all repositories, including remote repositories

Improved:

• Raised the macOS deployment target to 12.4