Changes

• Adds support for image preview and diffing (split and side-by-side views)
• Improved commit reordering graphics making the drop zones harder to miss
• Workspace rules have been redesigned and are now in the bottom left section
• Workspace rules created by Claude or Cursor hooks are no longer hidden from the list
• Adds support for the core.hooksPath config when handling pre-push hooks

CLI

• but describe now takes -m for in-line message
• but status/rub - the ids are now less likely to run into ambiguity issues
• but review publish has been simplified (removed TUI)
• Fixes Windows specific issue with setting up but.exe

Fixes

• Fixes a GitLab specific bug where creating a MR could fail with an "AbortSignal.timeout is not a function" error
• Fixes a GitLab issue when switching between projects with different GitLab servers/credentials
• Fixes a bug where committing a .docx file interrupts file watching
• Fixes an issue with hard wrapping in the commit input
• Fixes an issue where a dot in an SSH username is incorrectly encoded when cloning a repo
• Fixes an issue with Codegen templates incorrectly adding "[object Promise]" in the input field
• Fixes a rare issue resulting in the workspace failing to load with "ref-names must either be present in the first commit, or be the segment name"

New Contributors

• @uwemaurer made their first contribution in #11470

Full Changelog: release/0.18.2...release/0.18.3

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What's Changed

• Improved UX of branch reordering, making creating / splitting stacks of branches more intuitive
• Fixes a bug with commit message / PR description inputs preventing creating new lines (paragraphs)
• Codegen - fixes a bug with full command not being shown in permission requests

New Contributors

• @NN708 made their first contribution in #11378

Full Changelog: release/0.18.1...release/0.18.2

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Changes

• Codegen: Make the agent aware of the but CLI - allowing it to perform operations for branches and commits in the workspace
• Adds syntax highlighting for different JSON filetype variants (jsonc/json5/jsonl)
• Adds tooltip information for changes that have a dependency (locked)
• Adds a "Lanes & Branches" settings category for better settings organization

Fixes

• Fixes a bug where after merging a branch from stack the app would erroneously display the merged commits
• Fixes a bug with the input editor causing incorrect auto wrapping
• Fixes an issue with using Tab to navigate to Modal inputs
• Fixes a bug preventing committing of submodule changes

New Contributors

• @mathijs81 made their first contribution in #11363
• @slarse made their first contribution in #11375

Full Changelog: release/0.18.0...release/0.18.1

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Codegen

• Prompting is now done directly from the workspace (for a specific branch). The Codegen tab on the left has been removed
• The chat UX has been updated for better ergonomics and better display of tool calls
• Updated permissions system - better granularity and control for what the agent can perform
• Prompt history can now be accessed via arrow up / down of the input
• The prompt input has improved rendering for code snippets and referenced files
• Files and commits from the workspace can be dragged into prompts to reference them

Changes

• The "Create Branch" button has been moved to the top right of the app
• When creating a branch there is now the option to have it placed in the left-most position
• In lists of files (e.g. uncommitted) it is now possible to select all (with Cmd+A)
• Release notes (when updating) can now display of previous release notes
• Added syntax highlighting for .cc files

Fixes

• Fixes an issue with repository auto-fetch
• Fixes a bug allowing for stale selection in the UI after a branch is deleted

CLI

• Added but . or but /path/to/repo which opens the GitButler app for the provided path
• but status now shows additional upstream data
• but status now shows worktree information if applicable
• but status --json output has been simplified for better scriptability
• but log has been removed (as its functionality overlapped with status)
• Fixes an issue where in some cases but rub would run into ID ambiguity unnecessarily

New Contributors

• @jonathantanmy2 made their first contribution in #11271

Full Changelog: release/0.17.6...release/0.18.0

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Changes

• Added syntax highlighting for 12 additional languages (Go, Elixir, Swift, YAML and more)
• Reduced content shift when previewing file diffs

Fixes

• Fixes a bug where the app was not auto-fetching as configured
• Fixes a GitHub Enterprise specific bug with setting the correct host

CLI changes

• Introduces new command but absorb which amends uncommitted changes in the appropriate commits
• Improved error message when forge credentials are invalid
• The --json flag can now be put after subcommands
• but status file paths in the JSON output are now UTF-8 strings instead of byte arrays
• but branch now performs but branch list instead of but branch --help
• Rub - it is now possible to invoke but <id> <id> as a shorthand to but rub <id> <id>
• Fixes an issue where but status --review was not showing the PR number
• but review publish can now take an id

Full Changelog: release/0.17.5...release/0.17.6

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What's Changed

• Improved the layout of collapsed lanes
• You can now drag folders when using the tree file view option
• File list/tree view option is now lane-specific
• CLI: but review now has a prompt for picking a branch
• Fixes issues when scrolling in lists (eg. Claude Code messages)
• Fixes an issue with the visual abbreviation of long file paths
• Gerrit: fixes a bug where the push options were not being displayed
• Gerrit: fixed an issue where integrated commits were not being detected as integrated
• Gerrit: fixed a bug where "update workspace" was failing

New Contributors

• @cbjeukendrup made their first contribution in #10883

Full Changelog: release/0.17.4...release/0.17.5

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Collapsible lanes

It is once again possible to fold lanes. Thank you for your patience with this one!

Codegen (Claude Code)

• Fixes an issue preventing usage without the "allow all" toggle
• TODOs are now displayed at the top of the chat

GitHub Enterprise

• Fixes a bug where login is incorrectly attempted against github.com
• Fixes a bug where the link to the documentation leads nowhere

Gerrit

• Project add now checks if a repo has a Gerrit remote and suggests enabling Gerrit Mode
• Adds a toggle in the project settings to enable/disable Gerrit Mode
• Fixes an issue where in some cases an extra white space is added between commit trailers

But CLI

• but status as well as but oplog now use local time with timezone
• Fixes an issue where but restore did not work when picking a very old snapshot

Linux

• There are now Linux ARM64 builds available

Full Changelog: release/0.17.3...release/0.17.4

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What's Changed

• Fixes an issue where Change-ID was incorrectly added to commit messages of non-Gerrit repos
• Fixes an issue where remotes are incorrectly detected as Gerrit ones on project add

Full Changelog: release/0.17.2...release/0.17.3

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What's Changed

• Fixes an issue where in some conditions scrolling was glitchy
• Fixes a bug where navigating to the branches tab produces error toasts "undefined is not an object"

Full Changelog: release/0.17.1...release/0.17.2

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GitHub Integration

• Adds support for Github Enterprise
• Adds support for configuring personal access tokens a credential option

CLI

• Adds support for creating PRs but review --help

Fixes

• Fixes an issue where Azure DevOps remotes are incorrectly considered Gerrit on project add
• Fixes a Gerrit specific issue where commits with a "private" option did not parse the review ID correctly
• Fixes a GitLab specific issue where Draft MRs were not prefixed correctly
• Fixes an issue where in some cases applying a branch will incorrectly prompt for a fork name

New Contributors

• @ValeraS made their first contribution in #10902

Full Changelog: release/0.17.0...release/0.17.1

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