v0.45.0

Lots of great improvements in this one! Thanks to all the contributors who helped make this release happen.

Apologies for the long waits between releases. As of #4146 we're now (almost) guaranteed to do monthly releases.

What's Changed

Enhancements 🔥

• Better branch delete confirmation by @stefanhaller in #3915
• Add a menu item to delete both local and remote branch at once by @stefanhaller in #3916
• Auto-render hyperlinks by @stefanhaller in #3914
• Allow pasting commits multiple times by @stefanhaller in #3983
• Add config option to disable switching tabs with panel jump keys (and disable by default) by @hgreenstein in #3927
  • We jumped the gun on this change in the last release: having the number key both select a panel and switch tabs was bad for muscle memory so it's that behaviour is now disabled by default.
• Add new filter to only show tracked files in Files panel by @veremenko-y in #4024
• Allow DiffContextSize to be decreased to zero by @LuxxxLucy in #4050
• Allow user to select remote and branch when creating a PR by @moha-gh in #1889
• Delete range selection of branches by @stefanhaller in #4073
• Show the number of lines changed per file in working file tree view by @johannaschwarz in #4015
• Drop merge commits by @stefanhaller in #4094
• Wrap lines in staging view by @stefanhaller in #4098
• Allow to switch branches in Commit View (#4115) by @seflue in #4117
• Allow on prem Azure DevOps Server pull request by @waynebowie99 in #3954
• Add screen-mode command line argument by @alewis001 in #4103
• Default to half-screen mode when opening with certain CLI args by @jesseduffield in #4141
• Show the alt-enter keybinding at bottom of commit description view by @stefanhaller in #4136
• Add number of commits to cherry-pick confirmation prompt by @brandondong in #4158

Fixes 🔧

• Fix copying commit author to clipboard by @stefanhaller in #3936
• Fix merge conflict resolution when file doesn't end with a LF by @stefanhaller in #3976
• Fix file icons by @stefanhaller in #3975
• Fix non-sticky range select after clicking in staging view by @stefanhaller in #3998
• Fix scroll position when entering staging view by clicking in the main view by @stefanhaller in #3992
• Fix mouse wheel scrolling of custom patch view by @stefanhaller in #4089
• Improve editing a commit by @stefanhaller in #4090
• Use custom context size in range diff by @stefanhaller in #4082
• commits panel: add missing default sort order by @phanirithvij in #4097
• Fix issues with opening links and files using WSL by @bottino in #3850
• Fix moving a commit across a branch boundary in a stack of branches by @stefanhaller in #4096
• Don't preserve commit message when it's unchanged from initial message by @stefanhaller in #4110
• Fix hang when returning from shell command by @stefanhaller in #4126
• Prevent killing of unrelated processes on windows by @jesseduffield in #4137
• Add worktree option to fast forwarding operation by @john-mutuma in #4051
• Don't show keybindings option in bottom line when panel is open by @stefanhaller in #4143
• Fix reset/rebase to upstream by @stefanhaller in #4151
• Avoid blank line at end of view by @stefanhaller in #4152
• Adjust line number for working copy when editing a line by @stefanhaller in #4119
• Fix micro editor preset by @kytta in #4156
• Use interactive shell for running shell commands only if shell is bash or zsh by @stefanhaller in #4159

Maintenance ⚙️

• Add performance improvements section to release notes by @jesseduffield in #3922
• ci: update upload-artifact and download-artifact actions to v4 by @Juneezee in #4063
• Let schema/config.json end with a line feed by @stefanhaller in #4092
• Saner view geometry by @stefanhaller in #4085
• Cleanup background fetch by @stefanhaller in #4084
• remove duplicate secondary MouseWheelUp keybind by @samueldominguez in #4120
• enhancement: Use HEX colors on file icons instead of C256 colors by @hasecilu in #4029
• chore: use errors.New to replace fmt.Errorf with no parameters by @RiceChuan in #4107
• Fix typos by @NathanBaulch in #3920
• Bump crypto and net packages by @jesseduffield in #4144
• Tweak file icons by @jesseduffield in #4145
• Standardise on 'screen mode' naming convention by @jesseduffield in #4142

Docs 📖

• Fix installation for Ubuntu in README.md by @shaobosong in #4031
• Fixes to lazygit Ubuntu install instructions in README.md by @wrecklass in #3970
• Fix typos by @skoch13 in #4121
• Add vision and design principles doc by @jesseduffield in #4053
• docs: Stylize and correct the NixOS section in README.md by @wadsaek in #4135
• Update chinese translation for pull requests by @jesseduffield in #4140
• Set repology table to 3 columns by @hasecilu in #4138
• Update instructions for using OSC52 with tmux by @EliasA5 in #3597
• Update docs to describe use of custom commands without keybindings by @a-jentleman in #3846
• documentation - describe os.openLink by @smangels in #3094
• Clarify commit message prefix mechanics by @zeromask1337 in #4114

New Contributors

• @shaobosong made their first contribution in #4031
• @hgreenstein made their first contribution in #3927
• @wrecklass made their first contribution in #3970
• @veremenko-y made their first contribution in #4024
• @LuxxxLucy made their first contribution in #4050
• @phanirithvij made their first contribution in #4097
• @bottino made their first contribution in #3850
• @johannaschwarz made their first contribution in #4015
• @samueldominguez made their first contribution in #4120
• @skoch13 made their first contribution in #4121
• @wadsaek made their first contribution in #4135
• @seflue made their first contribution in #4117
• @waynebowie99 made their first contribution in #3954
• @EliasA5 made their first contribution in #3597
• @alewis001 made their first contribution in #4103
• @a-jentleman made their first contribution in #3846
• @john-mutuma made their first contribution in #4051
• @RiceChuan made their first contribution in #4107
• @NathanBaulch made their first contribution in #3920

Full Changelog: v0.44.1...v0.45.0