1.5.0 Linux RC5

Linux-specific improvements:

• Packages are now generated by Azure Pipelines - #89
• Migrate Snap config to use strict confinement - #90

This is also the first Snap package published from this repository to the Edge channel on snapcraft.io. Feedback on this release is greatly appreciated!

1.5.0 Linux RC3

Linux-specific improvements:

• Fixed issue with post-install scripts handling spaces in productName field - #87

For more information refer to the release notes on desktop.github.com.

1.5.0 Linux RC2

Linux-specific improvements:

• Update to Electron 2.0.13 - #81

For more information refer to the release notes on desktop.github.com.

1.5.0 Linux RC1

Highlights from this release:

• Resolve merge conflicts through a guided flow - desktop#5400
• Clone, create, or add repositories right from the repository dropdown - desktop#5878

Linux-specific improvements:

• Update embedded Git to address libcurl incompatibilities - #79
• Update package name to github-desktop to avoid clashes with reserved packages - #80

For more information refer to the release notes on desktop.github.com.

1.4.2 Linux RC1

Highlights from this release:

• Show resolved conflicts as resolved in Changes pane - desktop#5609
• Add Terminator, MATE Terminal, and Terminology shells - desktop#5753. Thanks @joaomlneto!

Linux-specific improvements:

• Debian package has post-install and remove hooks to add itself to PATH - #69, thanks @bb441db!
• Snap package now specifies plug to password manager - #70, thanks @bb441db!

For more information refer to the release notes on desktop.github.com.

1.4.0 Linux RC3

This update is built from master so it has some small upcoming bugfixes, but the biggest changes are around packaging:

• moves packaging into the Travis build (on tagged pushes) to streamline publishing updates - #63
• adds support for generating a Snap package - #64

1.4.0 Linux RC2

Linux-specific improvements:

• Debian package now depends on either libcurl3 or libcurl4 - #61. Thanks @joaomlneto!

1.4.0 Linux RC

Highlights from this release:

• Detect merge conflicts when comparing branches - desktop#4588

Linux-specific improvements:

• embedded Git now links to libcurl instead of libcurl-gnutls - desktop#5388
• generated installers now define the required dependencies - desktop#5478

For more information refer to the release notes on desktop.github.com.

1.3.5 Linux RC

Highlights from this release:

• History now avoids calling log.showSignature if set in config - desktop#5466

For more information refer to the release notes on desktop.github.com.

1.3.4 Linux RC

Highlights from this release:

• Cloning message uses remote repo name not file destination - desktop#5413

For more information refer to the release notes on desktop.github.com.