What's Changed

This release has massive changes, but most of them should hopefully not be visible: I completely overhauled lazygit's concurrency model, which was, let's say, less than robust; there were lots of data races, and we were just lucky that this didn't result in crashes or misbehavior more often. We now have a robust concurrency model with no known data races, and in fact we run our integration test suite on CI with the -race flag to prove that. The user visible part of this is that some operations run a little more smoothly now; for example, there used to be an ugly spinner freeze at the end of checking out a branch, which is now gone.

However, since the changes were so massive there's a higher-than-usual chance of regressions, so please report any that you find.

Apart from that, we also have a few useful enhancements; the most notable one is probably that we now show the Github checks status of pull requests in the branches panel.

Enhancements 🔥

• Show a spinner for more long-running operations by @stefanhaller in #5765
• Remove the BLOCK_UI refresh mode by @stefanhaller in #5790
• Support a {{diffContext}} template variable in external diff command by @stefanhaller in #5841
• Some small UI polish by @stefanhaller in #5853
• Auto-scroll when dragging to create range selection in staging view by @stefanhaller in #5855
• Create a range selection in list views by dragging with the mouse by @stefanhaller in #5856
• Reorder commits (or rebase todos) by dragging with the mouse by @stefanhaller in #5857
• Rework the custom pager config (rename to diff renderer) by @stefanhaller in #5870
• Show a Github PR's combined checks state in branches list (and main view for selected branch) by @stefanhaller in #5874

Fixes 🔧

• Fix stuck inline status when pushing/fetching by @stefanhaller in #5768
• Escape the merge conflicts view before prompting to continue the rebase by @stefanhaller in #5822
• Fix side panel rendering when branches/commits are not their panel's first tab by @stefanhaller in #5825
• Suppress output from a few git commands that pollute the command log by @stefanhaller in #5834
• Fix stall with ctrl+z and fg by @stefanhaller in #5830
• Fix more problems related to concurrent repo switch and background refresh by @stefanhaller in #5839
• Fix Windows crash when switching to fullscreen mode with a custom pager by @stefanhaller in #5838
• Fix multi-selection of files with common prefix not working in commit files panel by @stefanhaller in #5868
• Support absolute paths when detecting edit preset from EDITOR env var by @stefanhaller in #5876
• Exclude more commit trailers from auto-wrapping by @stefanhaller in #5871
• Prevent stale index.lock files from diffs rendered through a pty on Windows by @stefanhaller in #5888
• Fix orphaned processes on Windows when quickly navigating between commits by @stefanhaller in #5885

Maintenance ⚙️

• Perform refresh model and view updates on the UI thread instead of using mutexes by @stefanhaller in #5767
• Fix data race with status string by @stefanhaller in #5777
• Fix data race with command log by @stefanhaller in #5779
• Make integration tests using commits more robust by @stefanhaller in #5782
• Synchronize ViewBufferManager.Close with a starting task by @stefanhaller in #5786
• Make model<->view index conversions independent of rendering by @stefanhaller in #5785
• Fix idle notification deadlock by @stefanhaller in #5821
• Bump tcell to an unreleased snapshot to fix a shutdown race by @stefanhaller in #5824
• Fix command log streaming race by @stefanhaller in #5789
• Synchronize async view rendering by @stefanhaller in #5791
• Run tests with race detection on CI by @stefanhaller in #5792
• Gocui mouse event fixes by @stefanhaller in #5854
• Move Github PR cache out of state.yml into a separate file by @stefanhaller in #5884
• Make justfile commands available in the Nix development shell by @TyceHerrman in #5890

Docs 📖

• Clarify contribution policy by @stefanhaller in #5809

I18n 🌎

• Update translations from Crowdin by @stefanhaller in #5891

Performance Improvements 📊

• Make scrolling down a very long diff with the scroll wheel much smoother by @stefanhaller in #5780

New Contributors

• @TyceHerrman made their first contribution in #5890

Full Changelog: v0.63.1...v0.64.0

Fixes for a few regressions introduced in the v0.63.0 release.

What's Changed

Fixes 🔧

• Improve index.lock retry mechanism by @stefanhaller in #5788
• Fix userEvents panic by @stefanhaller in #5793
• Fix a deadlock on Windows when switching between longer diffs by @stefanhaller in #5815

Maintenance ⚙️

• Allow releasing from a branch other than master by @stefanhaller in #5819

Full Changelog: v0.63.0...v0.63.1

What's Changed

Enhancements 🔥

• Add direnv support by @stefanhaller in #5660
• Improve cycling through multiple pagers by @stefanhaller in #5678
• Detect external repo changes via background polling by @stefanhaller in #5662
• Make the side panels configurable by @stefanhaller in #5702
• Add a global keybinding for editing the config file by @stefanhaller in #5728
• Improve resolving non-textual and submodule merge conflicts by @stefanhaller in #5735
• Auto-dismiss the continue-rebase prompt when it becomes stale by @stefanhaller in #5758
• Support custom pagers and passphrase prompts on Windows by @stefanhaller in #5740
• Make creating worktrees simpler and less error-prone by @stefanhaller in #5741
• Improve deleting worktrees and their branches by @stefanhaller in #5748
• Allow overriding the platform used for default keybindings by @stefanhaller in #5671
• Add gui.shrinkSidePanelsToContent option by @stefanhaller in #5754
• Show renamed files in the custom patch builder by @stefanhaller in #5759

Fixes 🔧

• Fix unstaging a submodule with dirty content by @stefanhaller in #5666
• Fix coloring of wrapped delta lines by @stefanhaller in #5711
• Fix Files Panel artefacts during rebase commands by @stefanhaller in #5661
• Keep selected commits stable across refreshes by @stefanhaller in #5717
• Fix quoting of shell commands on Windows by @stefanhaller in #5704
• Silently consume unrecognized or malformed escape sequences by @stefanhaller in #5738
• Don't include common ancestor when picking "both" for a conflict in diff3 style by @stefanhaller in #5747

Maintenance ⚙️

• Some fixes to our infrastructure by @stefanhaller in #5705
• Restructure the just recipes for running integration tests by @stefanhaller in #5720
• Fix flaky TestNewCmdTaskInstantStop test by @stefanhaller in #5743
• Bump golang.org/x/sync from 0.20.0 to 0.21.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #5684
• Bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.45.0 to 0.46.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #5685
• Bump github.com/sahilm/fuzzy from 0.1.2 to 0.1.3 by @dependabot[bot] in #5706
• Bump actions/cache from 5 to 6 by @dependabot[bot] in #5722
• Bump actions/checkout from 6 to 7 by @dependabot[bot] in #5723
• Bump goreleaser/goreleaser-action from 7.2.2 to 7.2.3 by @dependabot[bot] in #5745
• Bump golangci/golangci-lint-action from 9.2.0 to 9.3.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #5746
• Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.47.0 to 0.55.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #5752
• Pin gofumpt version to 0.9.2 by @stefanhaller in #5753
• Fix a few flaky tests by @stefanhaller in #5756

I18n 🌎

• Update translations from Crowdin by @stefanhaller in #5760

Performance Improvements 📊

• Prevent staging from becoming slower over time by @stefanhaller in #5712

Full Changelog: v0.62.2...v0.63.0

This fixes another small regression introduced in 0.62.0. For the full list of changes in 0.62, see here.

What's Changed

Fixes 🔧

• Fix the waiting status display for synchronous operations by @stefanhaller in #5659

Full Changelog: v0.62.1...v0.62.2

This fixes a regression (crash) introduced in 0.62.0. For the full list of changes in 0.62, see here.

What's Changed

Fixes 🔧

• Fix crash when keybindings are disabled that normally show in the status bar by @stefanhaller in #5655

Docs 📖

• Add docs for how to add the default, non-pager diff to the list of pagers by @stefanhaller in #5656

Full Changelog: v0.62.0...v0.62.1

The big change in this release is what I have been referring to as the "keybinding revamp": it allows you to use richer keybindings than the few that were available before; see Custom_Keybindings.md for details. It also describes a new keybinding syntax that is a bit more intuitive than the previous <c-x> notation (but the old one is still supported for backwards compatibility).

Note the section about Terminal compatibility in that document; not all terminals support the new protocol equally well, so it may be a good idea to switch to one that does.

Breaking change: The default keybinding for submitting a commit from the commit description editor has changed from alt-enter to command-enter on Mac, or ctrl-enter on Linux and Windows; these are the same bindings that are used in many multi-line edit field situations, e.g. in GitHub comments. Unfortunately these are not supported by all terminals; see the above-mentioned terminal compatibility for more on that. If you want to revert this change, you can do so by adding the following to your config:

keybinding:
  universal:
    confirmInEditor: [<alt+enter>, <ctrl+s>]

The complete list of changes follows:

What's Changed

Enhancements 🔥

• Retry on ref lock errors during fetch/pull by @majiayu000 in #5161
• Preserve whitespace when remembering commit message by @stefanhaller in #5528
• Define PR colors as hex colors to make them the same as GitHub's by @stefanhaller in #5480
• Revamp keybinding mechanism to support richer keybindings (e.g. ctrl-alt-shift-x ) by @stefanhaller in #5563
• Platform-specific edit bindings for move-by-word and backspace-word by @stefanhaller in #5564
• Change canonical keybinding syntax (<ctrl+a> instead of <c-a>) by @stefanhaller in #5565
• Use more widely-supported Unicode symbols for the commit graph by @stefanhaller in #5573
• Show push URLs for remotes that have any by @stefanhaller in #5576
• Support GitHub Enterprise for the Pull Requests feature by @stefanhaller in #5596
• Allow keybindings to configure more than one key by @stefanhaller in #5634
• Add <alt+up>/<alt+down> as alternate keybindings for moving commits up/down by @stefanhaller in #5637
• Add support for git flow using the git-flow-next tool by @hmaddocks in #5288

Fixes 🔧

• Fix copying a file's absolute path when running in a linked worktree by @stefanhaller in #5523
• Preserve commit message when quitting while the commit message panel is open by @stefanhaller in #5524
• Stop showing cached PRs when we no longer have a base remote by @stefanhaller in #5543
• If multiple remotes exist but only one is a Github remote, pick it without prompting by @stefanhaller in #5544
• Fix cherry-picking a range selection of commits by @stefanhaller in #5599
• Dont log GitHub PR fetching errors to the Command log by @stefanhaller in #5600
• Avoid auto-forwarding main branches checked out in other worktrees by @stefanhaller in #5621
• Fix cycling pagers when main view is focused by @stefanhaller in #5639

Maintenance ⚙️

• Bump samber.lo to latest version by @stefanhaller in #5545
• Bump github.com/kyokomi/emoji/v2 from 2.2.8 to 2.2.13 by @dependabot[bot] in #5481
• Bump github.com/gookit/color from 1.4.2 to 1.6.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #5482
• Bump github.com/sirupsen/logrus from 1.9.3 to 1.9.4 by @dependabot[bot] in #5483
• Bump dario.cat/mergo from 1.0.1 to 1.0.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #5484
• Bump peter-evans/create-pull-request from 8.1.0 to 8.1.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #5514
• Bump goreleaser/goreleaser-action from 7.0.0 to 7.1.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #5529
• Bump actions/github-script from 8 to 9 by @dependabot[bot] in #5515
• Bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.42.0 to 0.43.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #5548
• Copy gocui into lazygit repo by @stefanhaller in #5561
• Update to tcell v3 by @stefanhaller in #5562
• Clear LC_* env vars when running LANG tests by @AntoineGS in #5568
• Fix failing windows tests by @stefanhaller in #5574
• Fix new gopls linter warnings by @stefanhaller in #5580
• Disable gh telemetry when running integration tests by @stefanhaller in #5587
• Fix the check_for_fixups.sh script again by @stefanhaller in #5590
• Add script to preview release notes by @stefanhaller in #5620
• Bump github.com/gookit/color from 1.6.0 to 1.6.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #5586
• Bump github.com/sahilm/fuzzy from 0.1.1 to 0.1.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #5606
• Bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.43.0 to 0.45.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #5607
• Bump github.com/gdamore/tcell/v3 from 3.3.0 to 3.4.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #5618
• Bump goreleaser/goreleaser-action from 7.1.0 to 7.2.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #5619

Docs 📖

• Fix undo shortcut in Undoing.md by @stefanhaller in #5640
• Update docs and schema for release by @stefanhaller in #5645

I18n 🌎

• Update translations from Crowdin by @stefanhaller in #5644

Performance Improvements 📊

• Improve performance of showDivergenceFromBaseBranch by @AntoineGS in #5536
• Redraw only the spinner when nothing else has changed by @AntoineGS in #5571
• Improve inline spinner performance by @stefanhaller in #5592

New Contributors

• @majiayu000 made their first contribution in #5161
• @AntoineGS made their first contribution in #5536
• @hmaddocks made their first contribution in #5288

Full Changelog: v0.61.1...v0.62.0

This release has just a few fixes for the recently added GitHub pull requests feature.

What's Changed

Enhancements 🔥

• Hide closed pull requests on main branches by @stefanhaller in #5501

Fixes 🔧

• Normalize repository owner casing to fix GitHub PR integration by @bradly0cjw in #5495
• Don't default the base repo for pull requests to "origin" by @stefanhaller in #5508

Maintenance ⚙️

• Security fix: avoid using ${{ }} variable interpolation in run: steps by @orbisai0security in #5487
• Add a justfile by @stefanhaller in #5490

New Contributors

• @orbisai0security made their first contribution in #5487
• @bradly0cjw made their first contribution in #5495

Full Changelog: v0.61.0...v0.61.1

The big one in this release is support for GitHub pull requests. They are shown as little GitHub icons next to each branch that has one, and you can open a PR in the browser by pressing shift-G. To enable this, all you need to do is install the gh tool if you haven't already, and log in using gh auth login.

What's Changed

Features ✨

• Show pull requests against branches by @jesseduffield in #2781

Enhancements 🔥

• Add support for clicking on arrows in the file list to expand/collapse directories by @blakemckeany in #5365
• Remove empty directories after discarding untracked files by @stefanhaller in #5408
• Make file sort order and case sensitivity configurable, and default to mix files and folders by @stefanhaller in #5427
• Allow customizing the window width/height thresholds for when to use portrait mode by @stefanhaller in #5452
• Log hashes of local branches when deleting them by @stefanhaller in #5441
• Add condition field to custom command prompts by @mrt181 in #5364

Fixes 🔧

• Fix staging only some lines of a block of consecutive changes by @stefanhaller in #5396
• Fix the expanded layout of the branches panel (half and full screen modes) by @stefanhaller in #5413
• Fix searching commits or main view after switching repos by @stefanhaller in #5424
• Scroll to top when showing subcommits by @stefanhaller in #5425
• Fix patch commands when git config has color=always by @matthijskooijman in #5405
• Don't stage out-of-date submodules when asking user to auto-stage after resolving conflicts by @stefanhaller in #5440

Maintenance ⚙️

• Remove go-git dependency by @stefanhaller in #5420
• Make Debian/Ubuntu install command architecture-independent by @discapes in #5386
• Bump github.com/buger/jsonparser from 1.1.1 to 1.1.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #5423
• fix: pin 7 unpinned action(s), extract 1 inline secret to env var by @dagecko in #5439
• Fix dependabot config file by @stefanhaller in #5443
• Bump actions/cache from 4 to 5 by @dependabot[bot] in #5444
• Bump actions/download-artifact from 7 to 8 by @dependabot[bot] in #5445
• Bump actions/upload-artifact from 6 to 7 by @dependabot[bot] in #5446
• Bump github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful from 1.3.0 to 1.4.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #5447
• Bump github.com/spf13/afero from 1.9.5 to 1.15.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #5448
• Bump github.com/creack/pty from 1.1.11 to 1.1.24 by @dependabot[bot] in #5449
• Bump github.com/stretchr/testify from 1.10.0 to 1.11.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #5450
• Bump github.com/sanity-io/litter from 1.5.2 to 1.5.8 by @dependabot[bot] in #5451
• Bump github.com/adrg/xdg from 0.4.0 to 0.5.3 by @dependabot[bot] in #5456
• Bump github.com/spkg/bom from 0.0.0-20160624110644-59b7046e48ad to 1.0.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #5457
• Bump github.com/integrii/flaggy from 1.4.0 to 1.8.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #5458
• Bump github.com/sahilm/fuzzy from 0.1.0 to 0.1.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #5459
• Bump github.com/sasha-s/go-deadlock from 0.3.6 to 0.3.9 by @dependabot[bot] in #5460

Docs 📖

• Add a note about AI to CONTRIBUTING.md by @stefanhaller in #5404
• Update redo keybinding in README.md by @unikitty37 in #5387
• Fix grammar in the contributor guide by @Rohan5commit in #5392

I18n 🌎

• Update translations from Crowdin by @stefanhaller in #5476

Performance Improvements 📊

• Improve performance of discarding many files by @stefanhaller in #5407

New Contributors

• @blakemckeany made their first contribution in #5365
• @discapes made their first contribution in #5386
• @unikitty37 made their first contribution in #5387
• @Rohan5commit made their first contribution in #5392
• @matthijskooijman made their first contribution in #5405
• @dagecko made their first contribution in #5439
• @mrt181 made their first contribution in #5364

Full Changelog: v0.60.0...v0.61.0

What's Changed

Enhancements 🔥

• Rename "Copy commit hash to clipboard" to mention it's an abbreviated hash by @stefanhaller in #5331
• Hide the "Fetching..." status of the auto-fetch when bottom line is hidden by @stefanhaller in #5321
• Allow removing lines from patch directly by @jesseduffield in #5277
• Filter file views rather than search by @jesseduffield in #5273
• Show branch name and detached HEAD in worktrees tab by @ruudk in #5339
• Add backward cycling support for log view (using <shift>-a on status page) by @zaakiy in #5346
• Show worktree name next to branch in branches list by @ruudk in #5340

Fixes 🔧

• Fix matching of lazygit-edit URLs without line numbers by @danielwe in #5311
• Fix #5302: Create .git/info directory before writing exclude file by @cobyfrombrooklyn-bot in #5325
• Fix off-by-one error when calculating popup panel dimensions by @stefanhaller in #5312
• Properly disable clicks in inactive views behind popups by @stefanhaller in #5313
• Enable { and } to change diff context size in branches and tags panels in diffing mode by @stefanhaller in #5258
• Fix diff display of custom pagers after screen mode change by @stefanhaller in #5349

Maintenance ⚙️

• Bump github.com/cloudflare/circl from 1.6.1 to 1.6.3 by @dependabot[bot] in #5323

Docs 📖

• Fix typo: MacOS to macOS by @04cb in #5335

I18n 🌎

• Update translations from Crowdin by @stefanhaller in #5352

Other Changes

• Add Terra as an alternative Fedora install method by @Owen-sz in #5281

New Contributors

• @Owen-sz made their first contribution in #5281
• @danielwe made their first contribution in #5311
• @cobyfrombrooklyn-bot made their first contribution in #5325
• @04cb made their first contribution in #5335
• @zaakiy made their first contribution in #5346

Full Changelog: v0.59.0...v0.60.0

What's Changed

Enhancements 🔥

• Have "Find base commit for fixup" ignore fixup commits for the found base commit by @stefanhaller in #5210
• Exclude commit trailers from line wrapping by @stefanhaller in #5230
• Limit popup panel widths to a maximum width by @stefanhaller in #5231
• Support using the selected commit's message in a fixup by @jesseduffield in #5233
• Fix gitignore path collisions by @DawidPietrykowski in #5245

Fixes 🔧

• Don't log the "git rev-list" call when marking bisect commits by @stefanhaller in #5236
• Fix opening a menu when a previous menu was scrolled down by @stefanhaller in #5238
• When moving commits up/down and the selection leaves the view, scroll to make it visible again by @stefanhaller in #5247
• Fix rendering of CRLF sequence ('\r\n') by @stefanhaller in #5237
• Fix rendering of the Reflog panel when using up/down to scroll it by @stefanhaller in #5248
• Add Nushell support for nvim-remote preset by @baiyeidk in #5250

Maintenance ⚙️

• Update devcontainer VARIANT to 1-trixie by @mricherzhagen in #5204
• chore: Update outdated GitHub Actions versions by @pgoslatara in #5220
• Disable the automatic, scheduled release by @stefanhaller in #5272
• Auto-update cheatsheets after updating translation by @stefanhaller in #5275

Docs 📖

• Update README to add GitArbor TUI as an alternative by @cadamsdev in #5257
• Update docs and schema for release by @stefanhaller in #5276

I18n 🌎

• Update translations from Crowdin by @stefanhaller in #5274

New Contributors

• @pgoslatara made their first contribution in #5220
• @cadamsdev made their first contribution in #5257
• @baiyeidk made their first contribution in #5250

Full Changelog: v0.58.1...v0.59.0