The new filtering UI (moved from pull down list to the banner header) is fantastic change; clearer, easier.

Relating to this request, the setting choices do not persist across restarts.  Is that deliberate or can they persist?

The Repositories repo context menu has:

• Open Repository
• Open Repository in New Window

Both open the selected repository only.  My simple request is a new context menu item to open the selected repo and keep the others open, having 3 open options:

• Open Repository Only
• Open Repository Additively (or "Open Repository with Others" or other wording)
• Open Repository Only in New Window

The only time I've seen SG not reopen last repos on startup is after an install upgrade - usually it reopens them but occasionally it starts with no open repos.

Many times per day I do an action on all repos in a group, especially pull. Push sometimes. Rebase the current branch to master. While some of my groups have only a few repos, most of my groups have 15-25 repos.

I regularly use the "Open Repository in New Window" on a group feature. Having SG features that work on repo groups just as they do on a single group would greatly lessen the hassle of manually selecting many repos in a group. This particularly includes push/pull.

Pull-focused suggestion that has more votes: https://smartgit.userecho.com/communities/1/topics/127-pull-all-for-the-group

Many times per day I do an action on all repos in a group, especially pull.  Push sometimes.  Rebase the current branch to master.  While some of my groups have only a few repos, most of my groups have 15-25 repos.

I regularly use the "Open Repository in New Window" on a group feature.  Having SG features that work on repo groups just as they do on a single group would greatly lessen the hassle of manually selecting many repos in a group.  This particularly includes push/pull.

Broader suggestion for this one plus additional ones: https://smartgit.userecho.com/communities/1/topics/1004-allow-repo-actions-on-selected-groups

> We could even get rid of the "Repositories" Panel which is seldom used by most user.

lol I use repositories view *all the time*.  I like it; a tree organizes the repos into groups and groups of groups.  I have between 20 and 30 "top level" groups (stopped counting at 20) and many have nested groups and groups of groups.  I have (guessing) well over a hundred repos across these groups.  The repositories view allows me to decently organize them and quickly open a group of repos.

I can't think of how tabs would help improve anything, especially with simply "open a repo and keep the current ones open".  Plus, I can't see a good location for tabs or room for them.

In case repo groups help your situation like they do mine - I put related repos in groups (and subgroups) and then use the group name context menu: right-click -> Open Repository.  It opens all repos in the group.  Open Repository in New Window also works on groups.  I sometimes have 2 - 3 SG main windows open, each on a different repo group.

For me, I resolve any open multi-repo situation with Open Repository on a group name.

I *knew* I shoulda looked... 

Perhaps a config option for "vertical" and "horizontal" branch list orientation.

Well, I just set mine to a comma and it stays on 1 line too.  What happens if you switch it back to comma?  I think the space is better tho, but still this is curious.

Set avatar.size property.

I suggest exploring the low level properties to see what other gems you may appreciate!