This behavior is expected.

Are you referring to the Log Graph's Follow Only First Parent option? If so, I can't reproduce this problem. Please send some small test repository for which the problem is reproducible to smartgit@syntevo.com.

Present for 22.1 for the new, built-in Git-Implementation (has to be enabled in the Preferences, Low-Level Properties, "experimental.gitimpl".

In the Branches view you can expand your remote and the use speed-search (just start typing) to located the branch; then just double-click to Check Out.

Thanks for these kind words, Iulian! 😀

Hm. To my understanding "praises" are not about new feature requests at all (regardless of which priority), but rather about praising us for the features which have already been implemented. Hence, unless I'm wrong, feel free to praise us as much as you like ;-)

This can be done by adding a Tool (Preferences, Tools) like:

${git} merge-base ${commit} ${commit2}

with Show output and wait until finished option selected. Then in the Log Graph or in the Branches view,  you can select two commits and invoke this tool from the context menu and check results in Window|Output.

SmartGit 21.1 will show the information that the user config can't be read.