That already should be the case. For bug fix releases, especially after the release, usually only the necessary .jar files are downloaded and updated.

This is hard to implement. Any alternative suggestions?

Unfortunately, that's not quickly to solve for a combobox.

Of course, this is a valid request, but we have no good idea how to implement it. With SmartGit 18.2 the options might change, too. Good suggestions are appreciated.

For that purpose we use a separate dedicated command: "Modify or Split Commit".

Simply hiding untracked files is no option for you?

For this use-case I'd rather would request to allow to unselect the branch "anchor" from the Commits view.

I reckon, this is not possible with the used GUI toolkit (SWT). And what benefit it would bring?

You could give it a try: https://www.syntevo.com/smartgit/preview. The portable bundle contains Git and the bundled Git contains LFS.