I'm not sure whether there is anything left to do in SmartGit: you have to create the gitolite repository using gitolite functionality, then you will change the URL using Remote|Properties (as you have already used yourself).

Please post the JRE issue to the smartgit google groups.

https://smartgit.userecho.com/topics/159

When you clear the existing commit message and toggle Amend, SmartGit should automatically set the old commits's message.

Please post some examples of long branch names you are encountering and suggestions on how to shorten them.

Isn't http://smartgit.userecho.com/topics/104 also about two file panes?

Please explain in more detail which git commands you would currently invoke from command line as part of this procedure?

Which settings are you using now?

I'm not sure if this delay is OK. If you want to investigate in more detail, add following line to smartgit.properties:

log4j.smartgit.repository.backgroundFetch=DEBUG

restart SmartGit, wait until the delay has occurred and check log.txt for details or -- if you can't make much sense of it -- send it to us at smartgit@syntevo.com

Yes, that's how it should work.