# gitui v0.28.0

- Product: gitui (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/gitui)
- Vendor: gitui project
- Date: 2025-12-14
- Version: v0.28.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui/releases/tag/v0.28.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/gitui/releases/v0.28.0
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

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- **added** — Support choosing checkout branch method when status is not empty
- **added** — Support pre-push hook
- **added** — Message tab supports pageUp and pageDown
- **added** — Files and status tab support pageUp and pageDown
- **added** — Support loading custom syntax highlighting themes from a file
- **added** — Select syntax highlighting theme out of the defaults from syntect
- **added** — New command-line option to override the default log file path (--logfile)
- **added** — Add use_selection_fg to theme file to allow customizing selection foreground color
- **added** — Add go to line command for the blame view
- **added** — Add --file cli flag to open the files tab with the given file already selected
- **added** — Add the ability to specify a custom keybinding/symbols file via the cli
- **changed** — Execute git-hooks directly if possible (on *nix) else use sh instead of bash
- **changed** — Improve error messages
- **changed** — Improve syntax highlighting file detection
- **changed** — After commit: jump back to unstaged area
- **changed** — The default key to close the commit error message popup is now the Escape key
- **changed** — Use OSC52 copying in case other methods fail
- **changed** — Push: respect branch.*.merge when push default is upstream
- **changed** — Set the terminal title to gitui ({repo_path})
- **changed** — Respect .mailmap
- **changed** — Use gitoxide for get_tags
- **changed** — Increase MSRV to 1.82
- **fixed** — Resolve core.hooksPath relative to GIT_WORK_TREE
- **fixed** — Yanking commit ranges no longer generates incorrect dotted range notations, but lists each individual commit
- **fixed** — Print slightly nicer errors when failing to create a directory
- **fixed** — When the terminal is insufficient to display all the commands, the cmdbar_bg configuration color does not fully take effect
- **fixed** — Disable blame and history popup keybinds for untracked files
- **fixed** — Overwrites committer on amend of unsigned commits

**discard changes on checkout**
![discard-changes-on-checkout](assets/discard-changes-on-checkout.png)

**go to line in blame**
![blame-goto-line](assets/blame-goto-line.png)

###### Added
* support choosing checkout branch method when status is not empty [[@fatpandac](https://github.com/fatpandac)] ([#2404](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/2404))
* support pre-push hook [[@xlai89](https://github.com/xlai89)] ([#1933](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/1933))
* message tab supports pageUp and pageDown  [[@xlai89](https://github.com/xlai89)] ([#2623](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/2623))
* files and status tab support pageUp and pageDown  [[@fatpandac](https://github.com/fatpandac)] ([#1951](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/1951))
* support loading custom syntax highlighting themes from a file [[@acuteenvy](https://github.com/acuteenvy)] ([#2565](https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui/pull/2565))
* select syntax highlighting theme out of the defaults from syntect [[@vasilismanol](https://github.com/vasilismanol)] ([#1931](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/1931))
* new command-line option to override the default log file path (`--logfile`) [[@acuteenvy](https://github.com/acuteenvy)] ([#2539](https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui/pull/2539))
* dx: `make check` checks Cargo.toml dependency ordering using `cargo sort` [[@naseschwarz](https://github.com/naseschwarz)]
* add `use_selection_fg` to theme file to allow customizing selection foreground color [[@Upsylonbare](https://github.com/Upsylonbare)] ([#2515](https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui/pull/2515))
* add "go to line" command for the blame view [[@andrea-berling](https://github.com/andrea-berling)] ([#2262](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/pull/2262))
* add `--file` cli flag to open the files tab with the given file already selected [[@laktak](https://github.com/laktak)] ([#2510](https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui/issues/2510))
* add the ability to specify a custom keybinding/symbols file via the cli [[@0x61nas](https://github.com/0x61nas)] ([#2731](https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui/pull/2731))

###### Changed
* execute git-hooks directly if possible (on *nix) else use sh instead of bash (without reading SHELL variable) [[@Joshix](https://github.com/Joshix-1)] ([#2483](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/pull/2483))
* improve error messages [[@acuteenvy](https://github.com/acuteenvy)] ([#2617](https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui/pull/2617))
* improve syntax highlighting file detection [[@acuteenvy](https://github.com/acuteenvy)] ([#2524](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/pull/2524))
* after commit: jump back to unstaged area [[@tommady](https://github.com/tommady)] ([#2476](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/2476))
* the default key to close the commit error message popup is now the Escape key [[@wessamfathi](https://github.com/wessamfathi)] ([#2552](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/2552))
* use OSC52 copying in case other methods fail [[@naseschwarz](https://github.com/naseschwarz)] ([#2366](https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui/issues/2366))
* push: respect `branch.*.merge` when push default is upstream [[@vlad-anger](https://github.com/vlad-anger)] ([#2542](https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui/pull/2542))
* set the terminal title to `gitui ({repo_path})` [[@acuteenvy](https://github.com/acuteenvy)] ([#2462](https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui/issues/2462))
* respect `.mailmap` [[@acuteenvy](https://github.com/acuteenvy)] ([#2406](https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui/issues/2406))
* use `gitoxide` for `get_tags` [[@cruessler](https://github.com/cruessler)] ([#2664](https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui/issues/2664))
* increase MSRV to 1.82

###### Fixes
* resolve `core.hooksPath` relative to `GIT_WORK_TREE` [[@naseschwarz](https://github.com/naseschwarz)] ([#2571](https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui/issues/2571))
* yanking commit ranges no longer generates incorrect dotted range notations, but lists each individual commit

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