Prepare v1.9.0

Author: jorio

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,35 @@
 # GitFourchette version history
 
+## 1.9.0 (2026-07-01)
+
+New features:
+
+- Show/hide whitespace symbols (#108)
+- Options to ignore whitespace in diffs (#108)
+
+Quality of life improvements:
+
+- Tool buttons above DiffView give quick access to: word wrap, whitespace, context lines, SVG preview (#108)
+- NewTagDialog offers replacing existing local tags (#102)
+- Tabs: Disambiguate tab labels when several repos share the same basename (#113)
+- The "repo nickname" feature is now easier to access (right-click on a tab → Rename)
+- Blame: Reevaluate search term when switching to another revision
+- Allow resizing Commit Info dialog when showing a long commit message (#109)
+- Allow Keypad Enter to accept dialogs in non-KDE environments, in addition to the main Return key which was supported since 1.5.0. (Note: KDE already supports this by default.) (#110)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+- Fix benign error message on startup if you ticked a "Don't Show Again" checkbox in a previous session (#112)
+- Blame: Fix crash when blaming workdir file during merge in progress
+- Handle edge cases in "Added by both"/"Deleted by both" conflicts involving symlinks (#115)
+- Fix minor UX papercuts with very long repository tab names
+- NewRepo: Fix button label in non-empty directory warning
+- NewRepo: Restore "Create" button in nested repository warning
+
+Maintenance:
+
+- Continued from work started in v1.5.0, more operations were rewritten to be implemented with "standard" Git instead of libgit2 for improved compatibility (New Tag, Delete Tag, Resolve by Keeping Ours/Taking Theirs).
+
 ## 1.8.0 (2026-05-21)
 
 New features:

gitfourchette/appconsts.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def _envBool(key: str) -> bool:
     return _os.environ.get(key, "") not in ["", "0"]
 
 
-APP_VERSION = "1.8.0"
+APP_VERSION = "1.9.0"
 APP_SYSTEM_NAME = "gitfourchette"
 APP_DISPLAY_NAME = "GitFourchette"
 APP_URL_SCHEME = APP_SYSTEM_NAME

gitfourchette/assets/contributors.txt

@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ Lynn
 Towhidul I Chowdhury
 Zach Rammell
 Neil Santos
+Piotr Keplicz
 Tom Könecke
 Waldir Pimenta

pkg/flatpak/org.gitfourchette.gitfourchette.metainfo.xml

@@ -66,6 +66,39 @@
   </keywords>
 
   <releases>
+    <release version="1.9.0" date="2026-07-01" type="stable">
+      <url>https://github.com/jorio/gitfourchette/releases/tag/v1.9.0</url>
+      <description>
+        <p>New features:</p>
+        <ul>
+        <li>Show/hide whitespace symbols (#108)</li>
+        <li>Options to ignore whitespace in diffs (#108)</li>
+        </ul>
+        <p>Quality of life improvements:</p>
+        <ul>
+        <li>Tool buttons above DiffView give quick access to: word wrap, whitespace, context lines, SVG preview (#108)</li>
+        <li>NewTagDialog offers replacing existing local tags (#102)</li>
+        <li>Tabs: Disambiguate tab labels when several repos share the same basename (#113)</li>
+        <li>The "repo nickname" feature is now easier to access (right-click on a tab → Rename)</li>
+        <li>Blame: Reevaluate search term when switching to another revision</li>
+        <li>Allow resizing Commit Info dialog when showing a long commit message (#109)</li>
+        <li>Allow Keypad Enter to accept dialogs in non-KDE environments, in addition to the main Return key which was supported since 1.5.0. (Note: KDE already supports this by default.) (#110)</li>
+        </ul>
+        <p>Bug fixes:</p>
+        <ul>
+        <li>Fix benign error message on startup if you ticked a "Don't Show Again" checkbox in a previous session (#112)</li>
+        <li>Blame: Fix crash when blaming workdir file during merge in progress</li>
+        <li>Handle edge cases in "Added by both"/"Deleted by both" conflicts involving symlinks (#115)</li>
+        <li>Fix minor UX papercuts with very long repository tab names</li>
+        <li>NewRepo: Fix button label in non-empty directory warning</li>
+        <li>NewRepo: Restore "Create" button in nested repository warning</li>
+        </ul>
+        <p>Maintenance:</p>
+        <ul>
+        <li>Continued from work started in v1.5.0, more operations were rewritten to be implemented with "standard" Git instead of libgit2 for improved compatibility (New Tag, Delete Tag, Resolve by Keeping Ours/Taking Theirs).</li>
+        </ul>
+      </description>
+    </release>
     <release version="1.8.0" date="2026-05-21" type="stable">
       <url>https://github.com/jorio/gitfourchette/releases/tag/v1.8.0</url>
       <description>