What's Changed

Thanks to all contributors who helped make this release happen! There's a lot of first-time contributors on this release as well so kudos to you all.

There's quite a few things in this release. I'm going to single out a couple that have changed my workflow.

Base branch stuff

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9f50824a-6221-4ca0-9cf3-a4d45cc43262

Easier rebase onto base branch

(Add command to rebase onto base branch by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3615)

When my feature branch gets out of date with the main branch, I like to rebase it onto the main branch. Up until now, that's required:

• Navigating to the main branch
• Pressing 'f' to fast-forward it onto its upstream branch
• Pressing 'r' to rebase the checked-out branch onto the main branch

That takes too long! Now you can just press 'r' followed by 'b' to rebase onto the base branch (which defaults to origin/main).

See the divergence count from the base branch

(Divergence from base branch display by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3613)

You can now also configure to see the divergence from a branch and its base branch with the following config:

gui:
    showDivergenceFromBaseBranch: arrowAndNumber # or 'onlyArrow'

This shows the divergence count in blue, next to the yellow count of divergence from the upstream branch. This is admittedly noisy, so it's an opt-in feature. But I think the noise is worth it.

If you set the config value to 'onlyArrow' it's a lot less noisy:

See detailed divergence from base branch

(Add command to show divergence from base branch as a left-right log by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3614)

By pressing 'u' then 'b' on a branch you can see the divergence view for that branch compared to its base branch

Improved 'Find commit for fixup' feature

(Improve the "Find base commit for fixup" command by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3602)

'Find commit for fixup' is not a very catchy name for this feature but I can't think of anything better at the moment. Nevertheless! The idea is that you often want to know for a given set of changes, which commit ought they be included in? Just press ctrl+f when in the files panel and lazygit will jump the cursor to the appropriate commit to fixup.

With this release, the feature is smarter and more lenient so it's more likely to find you a match. If you haven't tried this out you should really give it a go!

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/220e4190-b631-40a5-b8dc-7d1a6116ab09

Other Enhancements 🔥

• Add Squash merge by @noahfraiture in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3566
  • Now when you press shift+m you get the option to do a regular merge or a squash merge. If you already have muscle memory for regular merge; don't worry: it's the same sequence of keypresses.
• Improve "Find base commit for fixup" command when there are changes for master commits by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3645
• Allow setting the similarity threshold for detecting renames by @isti115 in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3025
  • For this, press ')' and '(' to increase/decrease the similarity threshold.

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a85825b8-9110-4090-ba89-ba8221cbc7a8

• Reduce memory consumption when loading large number of commits by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3687
  • 2-6x less memory usage when dealing with lots of commits. HUGE improvement.
• Focus on local commits view after moving code into new commit by @AzraelSec in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3577
• Add property outputTitle to CustomCommand by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3579
• Add user config gui.expandedSidePanelWeight by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3623
  • You can now increase the height of the selected side panel when you've configured the accordion effect

  ui:
    expandFocusedSidePanel: true
    expandedSidePanelWeight: 3
  

• Support range select for amending commit attributes by @AzraelSec in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3587
  • This lets you select a range of commits and update the author / set the co-author on all of them at once.

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2d3e15a9-4acc-4b81-b0e2-a34490ad77ad

• Show "exec" todos in the list of rebase todos by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3654
• Search the model instead of the view in the commits panel by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3642
• Add prompt to the remote branch checkout menu by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3652
• Always show the "Discard unchanged changes" menu item by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3683
• Show current value in menus by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3628
• Add command to paste commit message from clipboard by @WaterLemons2k in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3676
• Stagger popup panels by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3694
• Make commit author length configurable by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3688 (initial implementation by @anikiforov)
• Make opening git difftool more consistent by @part22 in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3691
• Update tracking behaviour for branches created from remote branches by @part22 in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3712
• Allow setting a default name when creating new branches by @elliotcubit in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3487
• Add Token credential request handling by @gmlexx in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3647
• Switch between multiple log views by @mkock in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3354
• Faster startup by @jwhitley in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3284
• Extend icon coverage on remotes and file extensions by @hasecilu in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3484
• Add nerdfont icons for .bicep & .bicepparam files by @scottmckendry in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3053

Fixes 🔧

• Fix tooltip for fixup command by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3601
• Fix pushing to branch when upstream not stored locally by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3619
• (#3618) Fix pushing a branch to remote with a different name causing error by @JordanllHarper in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3630
• Fix secondary window resize by @AzraelSec in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3637
• Fix truncation of branch names containing non-ASCII characters by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3685
• Fix duplicate keybinding suggestions in status bar after switching repos by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3660
• Fix PTY layout problems by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3658
• Fix custom patch operations for added files by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3684
• Improve render performance by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3686
• Fix wrong highlight in staging panel when entering file with only staged changes by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3667
• Always reapply filters on filtered views when model changes, even inactive ones by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3697
• Turn off the highlight of the suggestions panel when it loses focus by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3696
• Fix running lazygit with a language other than English on Windows by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3705
• Fix multi selection stage/discard not working for files with substrings by @brandondong in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3599
• Only add commit prefix if branch name matches regex pattern by @phaze-ZA in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3703

Maintenance ⚙️

• Add default lazygit config generation in Config.md from JSON schema by @karimkhaleel in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3565
• Remove hint about Config.md from PR template by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3578
• Add copyloopvar to enabled linters by @kyu08 in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3586
• Add lint to make target by @kyu08 in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3593
• Delete the TODO comment about enabling goconst in the future from .golangci.yml by @kyu08 in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3596
• Pin golangci version to 1.58 by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3611
• Improve branch and reflog loading when sorting branches by date by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3609
• Fix boolean config keys not appearing in the generated Config.md by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3622
• Make profiling easier by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3634
• Update rebase_onto demo test to match new the rebase menu title by @AzraelSec in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3636
• Include demos when running integration tests on CI by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3640
• Fix reporting of unexpected selections in integration tests by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3662
• Convert TranslationSets to json by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3649
• Fix go generate on windows by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3706
• Update translations from Crowdin by @stefanhaller in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3707
• Bump actions/checkout, actions/setup-go, actions/cache/restore, actions/cache/save by @kyu08 in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3594
• Check for fixup commits on CI by @jesseduffield in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3742

Docs 📖

• Upgrade to Alpine Linux v3.19 by @fossdd in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3541
• Add flox install by @bryanhonof in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3656

New Contributors

• @JordanllHarper made their first contribution in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3630
• @anikiforov made their first contribution in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3625
• @WaterLemons2k made their first contribution in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3676
• @noahfraiture made their first contribution in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3566
• @fossdd made their first contribution in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3541
• @scottmckendry made their first contribution in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3053
• @elliotcubit made their first contribution in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3487
• @bryanhonof made their first contribution in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3656
• @gmlexx made their first contribution in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3647
• @mkock made their first contribution in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3354
• @phaze-ZA made their first contribution in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3703
• @hasecilu made their first contribution in https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3484

Full Changelog: https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/compare/v0.42.0...v0.43.0

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