Release Notes Highlights

• Required: .NET 9.0 Desktop Runtime v9.0.10 x64 or later 9.x
• Required for Plugin Manager: .NET 9.0 Desktop Runtime v9.0.10 x86 or later 9.x
• Recommended: Git 2.51.0 or later
• Several fixes and improvements
• Basic support for the reftable back-end of git

What's Changed

• Test robustness: Isolation by @logiclrd in https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/pull/12553
• Fix: Suppress "Rate limit exceeded" error when checking for updates by @Copilot in https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/pull/12565
• fix: icon for default PulMerge button by @gerhardol in https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/pull/12581
• Fix overflow error in GitImpact graph rendering when displaying zero-change weeks by @Copilot in https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/pull/12580
• System.Threading.Lock by @logiclrd in https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/pull/12563
• Test robustness: Account for system changes in init.defaultbranch by @logiclrd in https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/pull/12549
• Fix NullReferenceException in GitHub3Plugin on first commit window open by @Copilot in https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/pull/12593
• fix(FileStatusList.ContextMenu): Clarify Find file hotkey by @mstv in https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/pull/12579
• Suppress NBug reports for transient Windows update errors (Patch Tuesday) by @Copilot in https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/pull/12592
• Teach Copilot a few obvious things by @mstv in https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/pull/12597
• Fix stash picker hidden at high DPI scaling by @Copilot in https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/pull/12594
• fix: Theme loading error suppressions by @gerhardol in https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/pull/12601
• fix: ls-files %objecttype Git version check by @gerhardol in https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/pull/12599
• chore: file scoped namespace by @gerhardol in https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/pull/12550
• Trivial: Switch to the null-conditional operator in a couple of places by @logiclrd in https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/pull/12619
• fix(FileStatusList): Calculate available width for truncating filenames by @mstv in https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/pull/12615
• Test performance: Initialization of reference repositories by @logiclrd in https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/pull/12570
• fix(DpiUtil): Avoid breaking plugin compatibility by @mstv in https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/pull/12621
• feat: branch name in reftable repos by @nikolaosginos in https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/pull/12498
• fix(Settings): Do not re-enable CredentialHelper edit if multi-value by @mstv in https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/pull/12624
• fix: ignore long filepath filters when listing revisions by @gerhardol in https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/pull/12620
• fix: User theme folder path and creation by @hultqvist in https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/pull/12643

New Contributors

• @Copilot made their first contribution in https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/pull/12565

Full Changelog: https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/compare/v6.0.2...v6.0.3