release/0.19.7

TUI

GitButler now has a terminal UI (in addition to the CLI)!
If you love keybindings, try it out with the but tui command and feel free to share any feedback in #tui on Discord.

Changes

• Improved performance when exiting edit mode
• Assigning / staging changes to branches is no longer constrained by commit dependencies
• Improved file selection behavior with when using the tree view
• Improved submodule support: it is now possible to add submodules as GitButler projects
• Improved diff rendering performance with large files
• Fixes a bug where in some cases the app could stop updating state from file changes
• Fixes an issue where oplog revert did not handle branches with no commits
• Fixes an issue where moving a branch to another stack was erroneously changing the stack order
• Fixes an issue with the absorb functionality where some changes were not being committed

CLI

• Significant improvements to Agentic use (update your SKILL file with but skill install)
• Fixes an issue where concurrent commits would cause a "Database locked" error
• Fixes an issue where but amend and but absorb were breaking pre-push hooks
• Renamed but branch tear-off <branch> to but branch move --unstack <branch>
• Added but clean which removes empty branches in the workspace
• but move now unifies moving of commits and branches (including stacking/unstacking)
• but uncommit now has a --discard flag which drops the content in addition to uncommitting

New Contributors

• @DanielEScherzer made their first contribution in #12891
• @ichoosetoaccept made their first contribution in #12886

Full Changelog: release/0.19.6...release/0.19.7

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release/0.19.6

Changes

• File previews now only show the selected file by default (change in Settings -> Appearance -> All-in-one diff)
• File diffs can now be popped out in a floating window
• Adds a option to preview SVGs as images (Settings -> Appearance -> Preview SVG)
• Improved rendering performance of diffs
• Fixes an issue with image diffing when switching between files
• Fixes an issue with the operations history where "unapply" stack was not being correctly tracked

CLI

• Updated but skill files for improved Claude Code and Codex performance (update with but skill install)
• but stack - new command for moving branches on top of others to stack them (also but branch move as an alias to the same functionality)
• Fixes an issue "askpass broker not initialized"

New Contributors

• @OliverJAsh made their first contribution in #12663
• @danilax86 made their first contribution in #12767
• @dslatkin made their first contribution in #12800

Full Changelog: release/0.19.5...release/0.19.6

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release/0.19.5

What's Changed

• Improve list scrolling speed
• but: Uncommitted hunks can now be addressed by their index (e.g but rub <file>:0 <branch|commit>)
• Fixes an issue with but update install which was failing due to missing bin
• Fixes a UI bug where in some situations the interface would freeze up after clicking on commits

Full Changelog: release/0.19.4...release/0.19.5

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release/0.19.4

Changes

• Conflicted commits: It is now a lot less confusing if a commit in conflicted state is ever checked out or pushed
• Conflict markers generated by the app are now more clear
• Adds support for converting PRs to/from "draft" PRs
• Operations log: auto commit operations are now shown in the oplog
• Husky hooks now need to be explicitly enabled on per-project basis in the settings
• Claude Code UI: fixes an issue where in some cases tool call was slow
• Minor performance improvements when producing diffs
• Fixes an issue where in some cases the live file watching was not working
• Fixes a number of scrolling issues
• Fixes an issue with restoring from a snapshot where the reload could cause double revert
• Fixes an issue where removing a project was leading to a 'project not found' screen
• Fixes an issue where in some cases in-progress commit message title is lost when to/from floating mode

CLI

• but pr Added subcommands auto-merge, set-draft and set-ready
• but branch Fixed and issue where the branch name in some case was being truncated
• but branch Adds flag --empty for showing branches with no commits and remote
• but now comes with a simple built in editor (If no core.editor is set in git config)
• It is now possible to use path prefixes to refer to multiple files for mutations like rub, amend and more
• Improved handling of user input prompts
• Output from commands (eg. status) now uses a (configurable) pager
• It is now possible to create PRs from forks
• Fixes an issue where commit tittles were naively truncated
• Fixes a bug where committing a renamed file only committed the "new" path

New Contributors

• @smitmartijn made their first contribution in #12414
• @craigmayhew made their first contribution in #12443
• @jwstover made their first contribution in #12623
• @gonchihernandez made their first contribution in #12448

Full Changelog: release/0.19.3...release/0.19.4

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release/0.19.3

Linux CLI 🐧

It is now possible to install the GitButler CLI via the installer script at https://gitbutler.com/cli

Changes

• Improved app performance - the file watcher is now able to completely avoid subscribing to ignored files
• Adds a menu bar option to open the project in the terminal (under "Project")
• Exiting edit mode now warns about uncommitted changes
• Fixes a Linux specific issue with showing files in the file manager
• Fixes an issue where in some case pushing stacked branches displays an incorrect graph
• Fixes a bug preventing the creation of branches from a specific commit
• Fixes a bug where symlinks in the repo mess with the status output
• Fixes an issue with scrollbars not functioning right in small popups

CLI

• but status simplified "base" information in the output
• but status IDs are now bold and no longer underlined
• but pr new is now more Markdown friendly
• Improved handling of [Y/n] prompts
• Fixes an issue where Ctrl/Cmd+C is not handled correctly in interactive prompts

New Contributors

• @foxfirecodes made their first contribution in #12344
• @sebastianhuus made their first contribution in #11878

Full Changelog: release/0.19.2...release/0.19.3

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release/0.19.2

What's Changed

• but status - IDs for uncommitted files are now more stable (not changing between mutations)
• but pick - It is now possible to select multiple commits to be cherry picked
• but resolve - Fixes an issue preventing resolving of conflicts
• but skill install - The interactive mode now offers global install as well
• but absorb - Fixes an issue where an incorrect file count is shown

New Contributors

• @themavik made their first contribution in #12323

Full Changelog: release/0.19.1...release/0.19.2

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release/0.19.1

Changes

• Added a settings toggle for previewing only one file at a time (appearance settings)
• The GitLab integration now supports multiple accounts
• Fixes an issue where stacked PR footers were not being correctly maintained
• Fixed scroll jitter and lag when expanding items in diff lists and when scrolling quickly
• Fixed an issue where newly created branches could be incorrectly associated with stale remote tracking branches

CLI Changes

• but diff now has a --tui option for interactive diff viewer (set it as default via but config ui)
• but pr new now checks auth upfront instead after message composition
• Fixes an issue where but rub treated files with dashes as ranges
• Most mutations commands like rub, move, amend now have --status-after flag
• You can now configure GitLab accounts via but config
• Improved Agents SKILL.md file - update it with but skill check --update

New Contributors

• @rsteube made their first contribution in #12223

Full Changelog: release/0.19.0...release/0.19.1

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release/0.19.0

Announcing the GitButler CLI

• Most GitButler operations are now available via a CLI https://docs.gitbutler.com/cli-overview

Changes

• Adds an "auto-commit" right click option on uncommitted files
• It is now possible to drag changes to start a commit
• Improved diff rendering and layout
• Fixes an issue (again) with Cmd+A for selecting text in input fields

CLI changes

• but pick - allows for cherry picking from branches not in the workspace
• but status - fixes an issue where in some cases PR and CI data was not being shown
• but rub - improved docs covering all possible combinations
• but absorb - now has --new flag which will create new commits above the dependency commits
• but commit - the --file flag was renamed to --message-file and --files was renamed to --changes
• but branch unapply is now but unapply
• but branch apply is now but apply

Full Changelog: release/0.18.8...release/0.19.0

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release/0.18.8

Changes

• Updated diff view file diff previews are now in a continuous scrollable list rather than a drawer
• Updated the "assign" terminology to "stage" throughout the app
• The app now menages a special pre-commit hook to prevent commits outside of GitButler when using the GitButler workspace branch
• LM Studio support - you can now use LM Studio as a local LLM provider for AI-powered features, in addition to existing Ollama and cloud options
• The CLI can now authenticate via deeplink URLs, streamlining the login flow when connecting to your GitButler account.

Fixes

• Cmd/Ctrl+A now correctly selects all text in input fields instead of triggering other shortcuts
• Fixed duplicate "absorb" item appearing in context menus
• Fixed auto-scroll regression in virtual lists
• Fixed dropzone deactivation when dragging files

CLI changes

• but commit now supports a --files option to commit specific files or hunks by their CLI IDs without staging first.
• but commit now supports an --ai flag to generate commit messages.
• but new has been replaced with but commit empty for inserting blank commits with explicit --before or --after flags.
• but squash now accepts commit ranges, branch names, and comma-separated lists
• but squash now supports an --ai flag to generate consolidated commit messages
• but move is a new command for moving commits between positions in a stack, across stacks, or moving individual committed files between commits.
• but update install command added to update the CLI directly from the command line with optional version selection: but update install [nightly|release|<version>] (MacOS only)
• but skill install command added to install GitButler CLI documentation for AI coding assistants

Full Changelog: release/0.18.7...release/0.18.8

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release/0.18.7

Changes

• Uncommitted changes can now be "absorbed" into the top-most or the commits they have a dependency on. Right click on changes -> "Absorb" will present a summary of operations first.
• Fixes an issue in reading very old projects resulting in a "ChangeId variant is no longer supported" error
• Fixes an Windows issue where locked files don't show up as uncommitted in status output

CLI changes

• but config for setting up various aspects of the app
• but commit now executes relevant hooks if present and includes a --no-hooks flag

Full Changelog: release/0.18.6...release/0.18.7

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