Release notes
8.0 - Released Feb 15, 2022
New
[*]Compare Branches: In a branch's history, toggle the “Compare” icon to compare the branch against a base branch and show only the commits that have been made on the local branch. This is especially helpful for reviewing all changes introduced by a branch. Also, the number of merge conflicts is now being displayed. Also, a popover will reveal the conflicting file paths on click.
[*]Branches Review: Accessible from the “Workspace“ section in the sidebar, quickly review your local branches to identify stale branches and view their merge status by comparing them to a base branch. This helps you to clean up obsolete branches that have been fully merged and can be safely deleted.
[*]Sidebar Filtering: You can now filter branches, tags and submodules using the input field at the bottom of the sidebar.
[*]Filter Tags and Remote Branches: You can now limit the number of visible tag and remote branch items in the sidebar to the last created/updated ones using the ”View” menu and then “Tags” and “Remote Branches”, respectively. All tags and remote branches remain accessible from e.g. Quick Actions and selection controls.
[*]Branch Pinning: Pin branches to a new “Pinned” section in the sidebar. This way your most important branches are always there when you need them.
Improved
[*]History: If there is a related Pull Request for the currently selected branch, it will indicate this by displaying the Pull Request number in the header.
[*]Tags Loading: Initially loading many tags is now much faster and does not prevent other operations from running.
Fixed
[*]Working Copy: In some cases the “Compose Commit” view did not automatically collapse after committing. This has been fixed.
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[*]Commit Composing: Settings for spelling checks will now persist again for commit subject and body fields.
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[*]File History: Resolved a drawing issue on macOS 12+ where the graph line was not continuously drawn.
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[*]Repository sidebar: In some cases, the Repository sidebar could lose its selection and did not display any detail view. It is now ensured that the sidebar always has an item selected.
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[*]Tags: Updating tags could cause a crash if the repository had been deleted outside of Tower.