It would be really helpful if we could manually control how many context lines are shown when using Compact diff mode. I believe right now it displays 3 lines above and below the chunk, but this is often not enough to quickly know where in the code the diff is, especially if 1 of those 3 lines is a blank line. 

I often find myself clicking the "Show Hidden Lines", which is cumbersome when I'm doing it for every chunk, or switching off Compact mode.

Hello

Thank you very much for allowing to use SmartGit in private open source projects for free.

It would be much easier if we could also register topics in German, I would have bet SmartGit has a German origin :-)

I have a small usability suggestion:

This kind of dialog information is very annoying:

The explanation is formulated in such a way that it looks like one must understand two things at the same time:
"Pull ... in contrast to Fetch Only, ..."
Because "Fetch only" is mentioned, one looks for the description of Fetch only, too.

» In the end, this wording leads to reading the explanation several times and still not being sure if one understands it :-(

It would be much more useful if the Dialog explains both functions for itself, for example:

• Fetch only (git fetch) is safe: it just gets the latest metadata from the original (it does not transfer files)
• Pull (git pull) does a git fetch followed by a git merge. Therefore, server files are merged to your local files.

Thanks a lot, kind regards,
Thomas Schittli

I use both the Log Window and the Working Tree Window in my workflow. There is no reason to use two different windows for these views. Switching between these views could function more like switching between Main and Review Perspectives.

Most of actions in the application is not covered with hotkeys.

Could you please add it in a list Edit -> Preferences -> Keyboard Shotcuts?

Initially, by default, I could leave it empty but it should be configurable in settings.

The hosting provider integration feature to create pull requests is nice, but there are often more fields needed than are provided in the SmartGit UI. Would it be possible to have the pull request automatically open in a browser window so that the creation process can be finished in the hosting provider native UI?

It would be useful to be able to delete and stop-tracking a file that was committed accidently/wrongly. 

the finish release button executes the following commands

git checkout --ignore-other-worktrees master
git merge --no-ff -m "Finish Release-1" release/Release-1
git tag -f Release-1 refs/heads/master
git checkout --ignore-other-worktrees develop
git merge --no-ff -m "Finish Release-1" Release-1
git branch -D release/Release-1

this results in a graph looking like this (red box)

this would be closer to gitflow

git checkout --ignore-other-worktrees master
git merge --no-ff -m "Finish Release-2" release/Release-2
git tag -f Release-2 refs/heads/master
git checkout --ignore-other-worktrees develop
git merge --no-ff -m "Finish Release-2" release/Release-2
git branch -D release/Release-2

this results in a graph looking like this (green box)

Please add support to change default Gerrit branch. Current default in SmartGit is `master` which is used when branch has no tracking target, but that may lead to issues when default branch on Gerrit side is named differently, eg.: `main`.

It becomes tedious when I want to have several temporary branches with different history for the default branch (all require me to setup the tracked target branch).

Could you please add R language to the syntax highlighting? That would be fantastic. Thanks. 

If you commit to a local-only branch, the "Commit & Push" button is disabled. Should be enabled; if clicked, bring up the "Do you wan to configure tracking"? dialog.