Please right-click the line you want to stage. There you can find the requested options.

Next 8.1 preview build will color the merge commits gray and allows to configure this color.

You can set the commit message limit by adding and modifying the following line to smartgit.properties:

smartgit.log.commitMessage.shortLimit=100

"icons text in the toolbar are black" - that's what I meant with "the API does not allow to change all colors". Please also take a look at dialogs, e.g. the preferences - they look worse.

What is CL? Regarding squashing commit: select the commits to squash in the Journal and select Squash from the context menu, enter a message. IMHO, this can't be made simpler.

So Linux kills the application instead of ending it when you reboot/shutdown without having closed all applications? Wouldn't it be better to solve the problem of not having sent the correct signal to SmartGit or SmartGit not responding correctly to the sent signal, than just working around by trying to fix a symptom?

Is anybody using an LFS provider other than GitHub?

We've decided for 2 separate windows because it is possible to arrange them the way you like (assuming a large enough screen). For my last conflicts it has proven to improve the situation fairly well.

If you want to test-drive, please download SmartGit 8.1 preview 4 and invoke Help | Check for Latest Build to get #9048. Then create a file, e.g. dark-theme.properties with following content:

button.background=inherit
button.foreground=inherit
combo.background=inherit
combo.foreground=inherit
composite.background=inherit
composite.background#instructions=#505050
composite.foreground=inherit
label.background=inherit
label.foreground=inherit
link.background=inherit
link.foreground=inherit
qTabFolder.background=inherit
qTabFolder.foreground=inherit
sash.background=inherit
shell.background=#3f3f3f
shell.foreground=#cfcfcf
styledText.background=inherit
styledText.foreground=inherit
tabFolder.background=inherit
table.background=#303030
table.foreground=#e0e0e0
table.background#filter.searchHidden=#303020
table.background#filter.warning=#302020
text.background=inherit
text.foreground=inherit
toolBar.background=inherit
toolBar.foreground=inherit
tree.background=#303030
tree.foreground=#e0e0e0
info=#808080
warning=#f0f080
error=#ff8080
directories#warning=#ff8080
branches#ahead=#f0c080
branches#behind=#80f080
branches#approved=#80f080
branches#rejected=#ff8080

then open smartgit.properties in an editor and add the line

smartgit.theme.file=C:/Path/to/dark-theme.properties

Restart SmartGit.