We've got a whole lot of stuff in this release: improvements to the editor, better custom commands support, snappier staging of files, a tonne of bug fixes, and lots more.

One particularly cool thing that we've added is Github codespaces support (in the repo, not within the Lazygit program itself), so if you've got your eye on an open issue and want to move things along, consider spinning up the lazygit codebase in a code_space_ and having a go at adding a feature / fixing a bug all from the comfort of your browser! See here for more info.

As you can see @Ryooooooga and @mark2185 continue to kick goals with a heap of features and bug fixes in this release, but we also have a whole host of new contributors too. If you want to get involved in contributing, you can peruse the issues board for issues with the good-first-issue label, or jump into the Fortress of Laziness, our new discord server

What's Changed

Features:

Editor stuff

add support for emacs keybindings in editor by @Ryooooooga in #2183
allow emacs character navigation in the commit editor (jump word left/right). by @LiamKearn in #2104
navigate by word in the editor by @Ryooooooga in #2204

Custom commands stuff

Add showOutput option to custom commands (fixes #1163) by @sportshead in #2059
Improve custom commands interface by @Mihai22125 in #2109
Allow OSCommand.Quote to be invoked within a custom command by @Ryooooooga in #2193
add SelectedPath to the list of placeholder values by @mark2185 in #2070

Other stuff

add stash option to include untracked files by @ajhynes7 in #1980
add optimistic rendering for staging and unstaging files by @jesseduffield in #2072
rename stash by @Ryooooooga in #2220
Show active branch for recent repo by @mark2185 in #2005
Support custom SSH usernames on BitBucket by @xxdavid in #2087
Preserve trailing newline setting when adding to gitignore by @mark2185 in #2004
Add notARepository: quit config option to exit Lazygit if run from outside a git repo by @Ryooooooga in #2098
add stash icon by @Ryooooooga in #2219
allow null in keybindings by @Ryooooooga in #2222

Bug fixes:

Fix rewording a merge commit with editor by @mark2185 in #2065
Improved mouse behaviour with international text @mark2185 in #2064
No more 'unversioned' in the bottom right: add build info when building from source by @jesseduffield in #2076
fix initial origin of commit message panel by @Ryooooooga in #2221
fix issue caused by opening a menu over a prompt by @jesseduffield in #2079
fix hidden suggestions by @jesseduffield in #2093
Gracefully error on bare repositories by @nullishamy in #2067
Fix open commit in browser for some Gitlab repos by @jtraub in #2132
fix initial scroll position of edit box by @Ryooooooga in #2123
fix initial origin of editor box by @Ryooooooga in #2146
Validate --path argument when starting lazygit by @mark2185 in #2092
Ignore stderr when loading git status by @Ryooooooga in #2081
fix: read one line before resuming TUI to prevent unintentional operations by @kawaemon in #1636
allow amending merge commits by @mark2185 in #2164
various improvements to text rendering by @Ryooooooga in #2195
fix glitchy render of stale data by @jesseduffield in #2196
fix stash with empty message by @Ryooooooga in #2218
fix could-not-access error by @jesseduffield in #2260
use better colour defaults (note: theme.lightTheme is no longer a thing) by @jesseduffield in #2257
Update go-git to handle negative refspecs by @lukaspiatkowski in #2232
Fix/show loading state when bottomline disabled by @artvi in #2273
fix ambiguous branch name by @Ryooooooga in #2224

Docs:

docs(readme): Added lazygit install method on ubuntu #2125 by @yofreee in #2126
fix: document link by @eetann in #2108
fix typo in README.md by @luzpaz in #2086
fix: how to change the config dir for MacOS by @0123takaokeita in #2169

Maintenance:

Fix github linter errors by @mark2185 in #2069
Add better support for OpensMenu option when creating a menu by @jesseduffield in #2071
Update bug_report.md by @mark2185 in #2062
refactor to use generics for file nodes by @jesseduffield in #2075
handle nil properly with file nodes by @jesseduffield in #2077
Refactor: one context per view by @jesseduffield in #2023
refactor merge conflicts code by @jesseduffield in #2088
allow rendering to main panels from anywhere by @jesseduffield in #2089
Add new integration test pattern by @jesseduffield in #2094
even better structure by @jesseduffield in #2113
give menu formatting to ignore-or-exclude keybinding option by @mark2185 in #2110
add more integration tests by @jesseduffield in #2114
fail on vendor directory mismatch by @jesseduffield in #2116
improve integration test portability by @Ryooooooga in #2124
chore: remove duplicate word in comments by @Abirdcfly in #2143
Migrate some more integration tests by @jesseduffield in #2137
remove deprecated function calls by @xiaoliwang in #2167
strip NUL bytes instead of replacing with space by @jesseduffield in #2197
Replace regex for retrieving latest version by @TomBaxter in #2199
use boxlayout from lazycore by @jesseduffield in #2210
Use lazycore utils: Clamp and GetLazyRootDirectory by @gusandrioli in #2223
add devcontainer folder by @jesseduffield in #2266
disable underscores in vscode by @jesseduffield in #2269
use tempdir in tests to prevent polluting worktree by @jesseduffield in #2271
stop switching focus to commits view when resetting by @jesseduffield in #2272
added gitVersion to version flag by @nitinmewar in #2265
Merge loaders package into git_commands package by @sudoburt in #2261

New Contributors

@sportshead made their first contribution in #2059
@luzpaz made their first contribution in #2086
@xxdavid made their first contribution in #2087
@eetann made their first contribution in #2108
@nullishamy made their first contribution in #2067
@yofreee made their first contribution in #2126
@jtraub made their first contribution in #2132
@Abirdcfly made their first contribution in #2143
@0123takaokeita made their first contribution in #2169
@Mihai22125 made their first contribution in #2109
@xiaoliwang made their first contribution in #2167
@LiamKearn made their first contribution in #2104
@kawaemon made their first contribution in #1636
@TomBaxter made their first contribution in #2199
@gusandrioli made their first contribution in #2223
@lukaspiatkowski made their first contribution in #2232
@nitinmewar made their first contribution in #2265
@sudoburt made their first contribution in #2261
@ajhynes7 made their first contribution in #1980
@artvi made their first contribution in #2273

Full Changelog: v0.35.0...v0.36.0

jesseduffield/lazygit v0.36.0 on GitHub