Released: Nov 9, 2021

Updates in GitKraken Desktop V8.1.1

Features

• GitKraken CLI Preview:
  • GitKraken CLI users can now use Git help to display help information about using Git.
  • Microsoft Windows users will now see an auto-suggest option for the cd command.
  • Users changing directories in the GitKraken Terminal will see auto-suggest options showing the end of the folder path rather than just the beginning. This is useful when long directory names are present.
• Users can choose from more Keif options for their avatars when creating or editing their Profiles.
• Stand-Alone & Self-Hosted:
  • The GitKraken CLI Preview is now available for Self-Hosted and Stand-Alone customers.

Fixes

• GitKraken CLI Preview:
  • Improved GitKraken Terminal support for custom fonts, such as Nerd Fonts and Powerline fonts.
  • Users leveraging oh-my-posh in Microsoft Powershell using custom themes will now see and be able to select auto-suggest options.
  • Users can now resize the commit panel in a GitKraken Terminal tab.
  • All Apple Mac users are now able to use the gk commands.
  • Microsoft Windows users leveraging “Constrained” language mode in Powershell can now execute gk commands.
  • Users can now resize the merge editor tool as expected when the visualization panel is positioned to the left or right in a GitKraken Terminal tab.
• When working with GitHub and GitLab wiki repos, GitKraken will no longer throw an error message about being unable to fetch pull requests.
• If a user checks out a commit while in Solo mode, they will now see the HEAD tag displayed.
• Users fetching GitHub pull requests will no longer see timeouts.