This release includes an upgrade to Electron 9 - if you encounter any runtime issues with launching the app please report them to the issue tracker.
Additions
- Suggest to stash changes when trying to do an operation that requires a clean working directory - desktop#10053
- Autocomplete users and issues from upstream repository when working in a fork - desktop#10084
Fixes and improvements
- Correct branch name in commit button when on an unborn branch - desktop#10318
- Don't expand paths in the PATH environment variable during installation - desktop#10100
- Prevent multiple search inputs from appearing in diffs - desktop#9563
- Unable to toggle lines for partial commit of very large text files - desktop#10154
- Enable discarding submodule working directory changes - desktop#8218
- Surface progress estimation when cloning LFS repositories - desktop#3171. Thanks @AndreiMaga!
- Performance and accuracy improvement when autocompleting issues and users - desktop#10168
- Show only one error dialog when dragging multiple invalid folders to Desktop - desktop#10211
- Pull request list is now keyboard accessible - desktop#10334
- Home and End keys can now be used to navigate lists - desktop#6295. Thanks @AndreiMaga!
- Show progress spinner while waiting for a removed repository to get moved to trash - desktop#10133
- Dialogs now clear filter text boxes on Escape and closes on double Escape - desktop#6369. Thanks @AndreiMaga!
- Display the selected changes count in the changes list header tooltip - desktop#9936. Thanks @haykam821!
- The tilde character is now accepted when adding a local repository path - #317. Thanks @Daniel-McCarthy!
SHA256 checksums
- GitHubDesktop-linux-2.5.4-linux1.AppImage -
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ebd85fe551137dc5606cbe33bbec812125a87c6dbbe31664ccf07a8dc186818c - GitHubDesktop-linux-2.5.4-linux1.rpm -
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