Release Notes

All platforms - trunkbot: We felt that your life would be easier if the trunkbot could define the expected status attribute values as the list of default values. So, we did that! The trunkbot will write a new line defining that list of default values when it creates the status attribute. Remember: this only happens if the status attribute doesn't exist on bot startup. The trunkbot won't update comments of existing attributes.

All platforms - multilinerbot: Just as we did with the trunkbot, we improved the multilinerbot so it write the list of expected status attribute values as the list of default values for the status attribute. Remember: this only happens if the status attribute doesn't exist on bot startup. The multilinerbot won't update comments of existing attributes. Oh, and this just applies to the status attribute, not the one to define the merge destination branches!

All platforms - Command line client: We improved the update command startup time. Empty or small updates are now 14% faster than before.

All platforms - Command line client: We added the option '--skipchangedcheck' to the update command. The update checks for pending changes before starting. This option skips looking for locally changed files. This way you will save time using this option if you always checkout the files before you change them.

Windows - Plastic: the focus is now correctly set on the server field of the configuration panel when launched using "plastic --configure"

macOS, Linux - Plastic, Gluon: We unified the contextual menus in the Pending Changes view as much as possible - both for Plastic and Gluon. Now finding the features you use the most is easier when switching applications.

But this change brings other goodies too! For example, now you can check a file's history, and annotate it, right from the Pending Changes. We also added support to change cloaked.conf in Plastic, and hidden_changes.conf in Gluon.

Remember that Gluon and partial workspaces don't consider cloaked.conf file. That's why you can't configure it from Gluon.

macOS - Plastic: The Incoming Changes is now available for macOS! Check the "Announcing Incoming Changes" blogpost!

macOS - Plastic: The GUI now shows a notification in the toolbar when the changeset you are working on no longer exists. This can happen if a colleague deletes that changeset.

This helps users returning to a valid configuration by updating the workspace. The notification looks like this - click on "Update" and you are good to go!

macOS - Plastic: We improved the message for the Incoming Changes view. It now explains that you only need to update the workspace to synchronize the metadata when your changes match the ones in the new head of the branch.

macOS - Plastic: We added a tooltip in the notification bar for the incoming changes to explain the current scenario.

The available scenarios are:

* There are new changes in the branch that you can preview and download.

* There are new changesets that conflict with your current changes.

* The changeset you were working on no longer exists. Click the "Update" button to return to a valid configuration.

All platforms - Gluon: removed "Show hidden files" from the check-in options, since it is only relevant to Plastic.

All platforms - Plastic, Gluon: The Similarity Percentage slider (in Pending changes -> Options -> Move detection) now correctly disables when the Find Moved option is deselected.

All platforms - Server: On-premises servers now support global lock rules! Bear in mind that global lock rules will be used for all repositories unless there are repository-specific rules that apply to them. They aren't merged, but replaced!

So, if you'd like to override the global lock rules for one of your repos, simply create lock rules for it. If you leave them empty, no rules will apply.

All platforms - WebAdmin: We added a new block to store the global rules. And now you'll have auto-complete features to enter the repository names for repository-specific rules! Isn't that nice?

All platforms - Proxy server: We added the caller IP and user name in the log line after the GetObjectsData call. You can now see who's causing trouble!

Now the log is as follows:

Proxy - Request:     39. Type: downl. Files requested:   10. Cache misses:    10. Total time:    16 ms. Downloaded: 3.78 Mb from default@localhost:8084. Total returned: 3.78 Mb. IP: 127.0.0.1. User: 'pablo'.

Windows - Plastic: The annotate pane could end up misaligned with the code pane by up to a line due to the way we were synchronising the two panes. We changed the way we do this, and now we have pixel-perfect alignment.