Release Notes

All platforms - PlasticX, GluonX: fixes and added new keyboard shortcuts

PlasticX:

*Pending Changes View: added missing keyboard shortcut for "Checkout"

*History Panel: Added new keyboard shortcuts in HistoryPanel, for Open and Diff with previous revision

*Browse Repository: Added new keyboard shortcuts in "Browse repository in this label" and "Browse repository in this changeset", for "Open", "Diff with previous revision" and "View History"

GluonX:

*Workspace Explorer View: fixed existing keyboard shortcuts not working, added events

*Workspace Explorer View: added missing keyboard shortcut for "Add to source control"

*Workspace Explorer View: added missing keyboard shortcut for "Add directory tree to source control"

*Workspace Explorer View: added missing keyboard shortcut for "Undo checkout"

* Workspace Explorer View: fixed open in explorer name ("Open in explorer" in Windows/Linux,"Reveal in Finder" in Mac)

* Workspace Explorer View: added missing keyboard shortcut for "Open in explorer"

*Checkin View: fixed open in explorer name ("Open in explorer" in Windows/Linux, "Reveal in Finder" in Mac)

*Checkin View: added missing keyboard shortcut for "Open in explorer"

*Checkin View: added missing keyboard shortcut for "Checkout"

*History Panel: Added new keyboard shortcuts in HistoryPanel, for Open and Diff with previous revision

All platforms - PlasticX, GluonX: Spacebar to check/uncheck items

Check/Uncheck all selected nodes from tree views with checkable items on spacebar key down.

Windows - PlasticX: Dynamic Workspaces configuration

A new tab option has been added for "Dynamic workspaces" in the Preferences window. This new view contains the status of the plasticfs process (running/not running) and allows user to install this feature if it's not running. Turning on the plasticfs, the dynamic workspaces functionality is automatically enabled and ready to be used.

Link to the video: https://imgur.com/cnSpjPl

All platforms - PlasticX: file plastic links now open in GluonX

Opening a file plastic link will now launch GluonX rather than Gluon.

All platforms - Plastic, Gluon: Improved enterprise edition onboarding

We unified the onboardings in the cloud and enterprise edition. Now both use the same view, and you can connect to an on-premises server or to a cloud server from both editions. This is how it looks:

All platforms - PlasticX: Compact the UI.

Reduce the overall margins/paddings to make the UI a little bit more compact, so more content is visible in the display. We compacted the following UI elements.

* PlasticX/GluonX: Compact the TreeDataGrid node height.

* PlasticX/GluonX: Compact the Switch Workspace button paddings.

* PlasticX/GluonX: Compact the PlasticX Topbar height.

* PlasticX/GluonX: Compact the Home view toolbar panels.

* PlasticX: Compact the left SideBar item height.

* GluonX: Compact the Tab bar.

All platforms - PlasticX, GluonX: handle .meta files

Selecting an asset for check-in in the Pending Changes view in PlasticX and the Check-in view in GluonX will now automatically selected the associated .meta file too. This also applies to the Incoming changes view and the Workspace Configuration view of GluonX.

Windows - Command-line client: Symlinks are now supported

We added support for symlinks on Windows! The long awaited feature is now here for command line only (GUI fixes coming soon).

== WHAT IS NEW ==

Symlinks created previously on Linux and macOS were replaced on Windows by placeholder text files containing the linked path.

Now, the Plastic command line supports Windows symlinks as well.

== REQUIREMENTS ==

To create symlinks, Windows 10 build 14972 or newer is required. You also need to enable Developer Mode (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/get-started/enable-your-device-for-development).

== HOW TO ENABLE THE FEATURE ==

Symlink support will be enabled by default in forthcoming versions. For now, you can add the following key to your client.conf:

<EnableSymlinkSupportOnWindows>yes</EnableSymlinkSupportOnWindows>

Note 1: GUI support is still in progress. By enabling the feature and using symlinks you might experience glitches in the GUI.

Note 2: PlasticFS still does not support symlinks and this feature might interfere with its proper behavior. You might need to mount your workspace right under a volume specifier. For instance:

cm wk MY_WORKSPACE D:

Note 3: If you enable this feature, symlinks placeholders will eventually be promoted as private files. If you still have any in your workspace, you can remove them and let Plastic to recreate them as actual symlinks.

Note 4: If you disable this feature, dangling symlinks in your workspace might deceive the Plastic client. Remember to erase them immediately after.

== HOW TO CREATE SYMLINKS ON WINDOWS ==

You can use the same Plastic commands and options you would use on Linux or macOS:

C:\wkspaces\sokoban> mklink /D Scripts Assets\Scripts
C:\wkspaces\sokoban> cm add Scripts
The selected items are about to be added. Please wait ...
Item c:\wkspaces\sokoban\Scripts was correctly added
C:\wkspaces\sokoban> cm ci --symlink Scripts
The selected items are about to be checked in. Please wait ...
- Checkin finished 26 bytes/26 bytes [################################] 100 %
C:\wkspaces\sokoban> cm co --symlink Scripts
The selected items are about to be checked out. Please wait ...
Item c:\wkspaces\sokoban\Scripts was correctly checked out
C:\wkspaces\sokoban> cm undo --symlink Scripts
c:\wkspaces\sokoban\Scripts unchecked out correctly