Release notes from 2.9.1 back to 2.7.0

Extend to 2.10.0
October 31, 2022

v2.9.1 is released

New in this release - macOS

  • Installers for macOS are now signed and notarized to prevent security warnings.
  • Installers for Apple Silicon (M1, M2, etc) are now available for better performance on Apple Silicon machines.
October 3, 2022

v2.9.0 is released

New in this release - Git

  • Initial GitHub support. github support
  • Support is limited to public repositories on GitHub.com. Private repositories and GitHub Enterprise support to follow.

Fixed in this release - Git

  • Fixed a bug when diffing changes in the working copy of submodules.
  • Fixed some bugs related to tracking branches, especially when their branch name doesn't exactly match the remote branch name (e.g. main-upstream).

New in this release - Simulink

  • Added support for R2022b.

New in this release - general usage

  • We have bumped the underlying Java Runtime to Java 17, which means that Windows Vista and 7 are no longer officially supported. No changes in Mac or Linux compatibility.
March 31, 2022

v2.8.0 is released

New in this release - Git

  • Support for git submodules.
  • Detached HEAD mode is no longer converted automatically to detachedHead-deleteme. Submodule screenshot

New in this release - Simulink

  • It is now possible to turn off the library link icon if you want to. Custom masks library link icon screenshot

Fixed in this release - general usage

  • Calling the dp command line utility without an already-running DiffPlug is now more reliable.
January 28, 2022

v2.7.0 is released

New in this release - Simulink

  • Added support for Simscape.
  • Added support for R2022a.
  • Added support for Stateflow entry and exit ports (introduced in R2021b).

Fixed in this release - Simulink

  • Toggling the split direction while in the undocked state no longer causes an error.
  • Previously, a diff filter such as subviewS/* would fail to apply on an empty subviewS node - it falsely assumed there would be a subviewS/someProperty=foo. This is now fixed, which reduces noise in diff reports, especially related to embedded MATLAB scripts.

New in this release - general usage

  • Keyboard shortcuts for tab navigation.
    • Ctrl+W to close the current tab.
    • Ctrl+Shift+T to reopen a recently closed tab.
    • Ctrl+Tab / Ctrl+Shift+Tab to navigate through tabs (or Ctrl+PgUp/PgDown).
  • Instead of "Accept commits", you now get "Accept 4 commits" (as appropriate).

Fixed in this release - general usage

  • log4j has been entirely removed from DiffPlug.
  • Dragging and dropping changed files in the commit diff viewer is fixed.
  • When uploading a new branch to a remote, the --set-upstream tracking information wasn't being saved to disk. Now fixed.
  • On MacOS only, DiffPlug startup could hang on proxy configuration when no network connections were available. Now fixed.
  • Viewing and diffing folders which filenames containing [...] has been fixed.
Extend to 2.6.1