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Eclipse EGit: Git Integration for Eclipse 5.11.0

Features

  • 537695 Property sheet support for tags
  • Allow to open a commit from the properties view
  • 564794 NewRepositoryWizard: allow to set initial branch

GPG signing

  • GPG signing: preference to choose between BC and external GPG
  • 547789 GPG signing: use an external GPG executable
  • 547751 Support GPG signature verification for commits
  • GPG signing: detect GPG trying to do tty input
  • Support signed tags

Usability Improvements

  • 571294 [dark mode] CommitEditor: remove white line above title
  • [tag signing] Warn in UI if no key found for user.signingKey
  • 571032 DiffEditorOutline: simplify presentation toggle
  • Link the commit viewer with the properties view
  • Use short commit id in 'Apply stash' job name
  • [tag properties] Show full message in a pop-up
  • DiffEditorOutlinePage: swap icons for "Toggle Presentation" button
  • Fix order of files in DiffEditorOutlinePage
  • 547789 Include signing key ID in message when no GPG key can be found
  • 569652 CreateTagDialog: avoid caret jumping to the front

Performance Improvements

  • 562602 Reword a commit without the rebase interactive machinery
  • [osgi] Let the framework run the configuration check
  • [osgi] Register template variable resolvers in StartEventListener
  • EGit UI DebugOptionsListener as a OSGi declarative service
  • Use an OSGi declarative service to manage some EGit components
  • Simplify the EGit UI Activator by using OSGi declarative services
  • 570962 [performance] ResourceStateFactory: avoid string concatenation

Bug Fixes

  • 571032 Prevent NPE in diff outline
  • 536645 - Dont use SWT activation events to enable global actions
  • 570340 [staging view] Workspace root doesn't have any IFile children
  • 570322 [rebase interactive] Use correct parent shell for prompting
  • 536645 - Staging view: fix conflicting handlers org.eclipse.ui.edit.copy
  • 569653 CreateTagDialog: fix determining an existing tag

Build and Release Engineering

  • Update jetty to 9.4.36.v20210114
  • Update sshd to 2.6.0
  • Update apache.httpclient to 4.5.13 
  • Update apache.httpcore to 4.4.14
  • Update com.google.gson to 2.8.6
  • Update jetty to 9.4.35.v20201120
  • Adapt to JGit GpgObjectSigner interface changes
  • Try to stabilize core tests
  • Remove unused preference REFRESH_ON_INDEX_CHANGE
  • [releng] Update year in copyright notices for features & branding
  • Add target platform for eclipse 4.19 staging
  • CommitEditor: minor simplification in HeaderText
  • [repo view] Clean-up integration with the properties view
  • Clean up event listener in ActionUtils
  • [oomph] Add missing target platforms
  • [oomph] Update and cycle API baselines
  • Drop ssh client support for jsch

     
Release Date
Release Type
Minor release
New & Noteworthy URL
http://wiki.eclipse.org/EGit/New_and_Noteworthy/5.11
This release is part of Eclipse IDE 2021-03