gdevic/gitforce

A visual front-end to git

gitforce's Issues

Add support for pushing a branch

I'm currently using GitHub for windows to do it, but it would be nice if I could use GitForce to push my local branch to my origin repository on github, and then create a pull request.

Explore better support for subprojects

Ideas: use a tree-view on a project list pane to show related subprojects

Not clear how to start it in Ubuntu

There is no GitForce.exe file.
I've read installation instruction on http://gdevic.github.com/GitForce/InstallingGitForce.html but I didn't found such .exe file in project folder (I download it from github).

Could you please help?

Skip local-only repos when doing multi-pull/push

Repro: have a number of git repos, some without remote repositories, select them all in the Repos pane and do a pull request (green arrow down icon). GitForce will start pulling one by one, but will stop with failure when it's a local-only repo turn.

Fix: When doing multiple-repo push/pull operation, skip local only repos.

Ubuntu 20.04: unhandled exception

Hi folks,

GitForce.exe builded without any problems on Ubuntu 20.04 but can't start it.

`~/Projects/OSS/GitForce/bin/Release$ mono GitForce.exe

Unhandled Exception:
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
at GitForce.ClassWinGeometry.LoadGeometryDatabase () [0x0000b] in :0
at GitForce.ClassWinGeometry.Restore (System.Windows.Forms.Form form) [0x0001b] in :0
at GitForce.FormLog..ctor () [0x0000c] in :0
at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) GitForce.FormLog..ctor()
at GitForce.App.Main (System.String[] args) [0x000ad] in :0
[ERROR] FATAL UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
at GitForce.ClassWinGeometry.LoadGeometryDatabase () [0x0000b] in :0
at GitForce.ClassWinGeometry.Restore (System.Windows.Forms.Form form) [0x0001b] in :0
at GitForce.FormLog..ctor () [0x0000c] in :0
at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) GitForce.FormLog..ctor()
at GitForce.App.Main (System.String[] args) [0x000ad] in :0`

how to diff two commits onto the folder/files?

I don't see an option to do it. Is there a feature request to support this?
Or is there a workaround to diff two commits onto the sub-folder like perforce to show all the changes between these 2 commits?

Deal with "master" -> "main" branch name changes

Github moved to use the word "main" instead of "master"
https://stevenmortimer.com/5-steps-to-change-github-default-branch-from-master-to-main/
There are a few hard-coded "master" strings in GitForce; make it a more flexible, per repro, option (don't assume everyone else will adopt "main".)

Linux issues

Most current issues on Linux are caused by poor Mono implementation. Also, it appears that the newer Mono (ex. 6.8.x) found on Ubuntu 20.04 introduced a host of new issues which were not present in older Mono (ex. 4.6.2) found on Mint 19.1.

Those are:

1. Missing icons in various tree views (Branches, Repos, but not Commits!) in GitForce
2. Missing icons in generic dialogs like Open File
   These two could be related to this Mono bug: mono/mono#17493
   Mono 4.6.2 correctly shows all icons.
3. File association on edit stopped working (Edit Using -> Associated Editor)
   Mono is responsible for opening a file using the default editor on Process.Start() and 4.6.2 was correctly doing it.

Existing related Mono Linux issues are:
4. File selection dialog shows unfriendly list of "HDD (loop..)" references. They do resolve into root folders when clicked, though.
This issue is also present in previous Mono versions. This dialog is supplied by the framework and not by the app.

None of these are going to be fixed in the app.

Known mono issue with Ubuntu 14.04 (and similar distros)

On Linux 14.04 with mono 3.2.8, GitForce.exe exits with the error below. This is a known mono issue.
It is fixed in the newer version of mono and Linux distros (like Ubuntu 16.04)

Unhandled Exception: System.ArgumentException: A null reference or invalid value was found [GDI+ status: InvalidParameter] at System.Drawing.GDIPlus.CheckStatus (Status status) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 at System.Drawing.Graphics.GdipMeasureString (IntPtr graphics, System.String text, System.Drawing.Font font, System.Drawing.RectangleF& layoutRect, IntPtr stringFormat) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 at System.Drawing.Graphics.MeasureString (System.String text, System.Drawing.Font font, Int32 width, System.Drawing.StringFormat format) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) System.Drawing.Graphics:MeasureString (string,System.Drawing.Font,int,System.Drawing.StringFormat) at System.Windows.Forms.TextRenderer.MeasureTextInternal (IDeviceContext dc, System.String text, System.Drawing.Font font, Size proposedSize, TextFormatFlags flags, Boolean useMeasureString) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 at System.Windows.Forms.TextRenderer.MeasureText (System.String text, System.Drawing.Font font, Size proposedSize, TextFormatFlags flags) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.OnParentChanged (System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip oldParent, System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip newParent) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.set_Parent (System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip value) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem:set_Parent (System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItemCollection.Remove (System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem value) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.Dispose (Boolean disposing) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDownItem.Dispose (Boolean disposing) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem.Dispose (Boolean disposing) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 at System.ComponentModel.Component.Finalize () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

Improve Settings window load time

Settings window takes a few seconds to load for the first time, probably because it goes over all fonts and tries to figure out which of them is fixed width. This can be improved if this check was done in the background. After all, most of the time I opened the Settings window, it is not for setting fonts.

I tried to fix it in code, but I'm not too fluent in using threads in WinForms, so I'll appreciate it if you can look into it.

Thanks,
splintor

Explore push to multiple repos command

GUI could add a new button/icon/command to push to multiple remote repos. At the moment, if a project is hosted on more than one remote repo, one has to switch to each of them first before pushing.
Pushing multiple repos (when more than one repo is selected in the repos pane), should also loop over each remote, for those that have more than one.

National symbols

class Exec
Please set property StandardOutputEncoding to System.Text.Encoding.UTF8 in StartInfo,
for the correct display of national symbols

Proc = new Process {
	StartInfo =
	{
		FileName = cmd,
		Arguments = args,
		UseShellExecute = false,
		CreateNoWindow = true,
		RedirectStandardOutput = true,
		RedirectStandardError = true,
		StandardOutputEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8,
		WorkingDirectory = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory()
	}};