New in Nova

New

• Multiple projects can now be grouped into a single window as individual window tabs
• Tabs can now be pinned to the left side of each tab bar
• Individual splits can now be “magnified” to take up the entire content area
• Split panes can now be closed in their entirety using the close button to the far left of its tab bar
• Create new text documents and open existing files and folders in Nova using Shortcuts on macOS 13.0 (Ventura) and later
• Added advanced support for configuring optional font variations and features in the editor
• A URL scheme action has been added to open a file nova://open?path=[path]&line=[line]&type=[syntax]
• Git: Added support for commit signing using GPG keys, SSH keys, or X.509 certificates
• Git: The current branch name is now displayed in the status bar
• Git: A new “Repository” sidebar section allows for management of branches, tags, and more
• Git: Added support for amending commits
• Git: Added support for manually merging branches into HEAD
• Git: Changes can now be viewed as either a tree or a list
• Git: Added support for automatic, configurable fetching of remote changes
• Git: The commit message field will now autofill from a template if set in the Git configuration
• Git: “Discard Changes” can now be used on untracked files to delete them
• Git: Added support for resolving hostnames from ~/.ssh/config
• Git: Changes can now be discarded for the focused file from the Project → Git submenu
• Git: Mailmaps are now supported for displaying updated names and email addresses for past commit authors and committers
• Git: Inline “Author” placeholders for uncommitted lines can now be hidden
• Git: Inline “Authors” and “Show Last Change for Line” can now optionally ignore changes in whitespace
• Git: The commit details popover now supports one-click copy of the long commit hash
• Git: The “Commit” field of the Git sidebar can now be accessed through the menu bar
• Comparison: Added support for ignoring changes in whitespace
• Comparison: Now supports drag and drop of files
• Comparison: Changes to text within each hunk are now displayed inline
• Tasks: The current Git branch is now available as an argument or environment variable wildcard
• Git Accounts: Added support for “Gitea”
• Vim mode: Added support for Control-N and Control-P for navigation of completions in Insert mode
• Vim mode: Added support for Control-A and Control-X to increment or decrement, respectively, the number under the cursor in Normal mode
• Vim mode: Added support for zc and zo to fold and unfold code, respectively, in Normal mode
• Color Picker: The hue slider no longer displays inaccurate color values in some circumstances
• Accessibility: Three new indentation guide color palettes are available to help users with protanopia, deuteranopia, and tritanopia
• Added an option to suppress warnings when inserting characters with an incompatible encoding
• Enforce a maximum width to minimap hover indicators for cases when symbol names are very large
• Settings: Added a help button that links to documentation on how Nova sources Environment Variables from Settings > Tools
• PHP: Added some missing function completions, such as http_build_query()
• PHP: Added /** */ as an auto-closing pair (to assist Intelephense users with completion of documentation comments)
• JavaScript / TypeScript: Improved object literal symbolication
• Python: Inserting a newline after the ending : of a match or case statement now indents the new line

New for Extensions

• Tree-sitter: Added support for several new filter predicates to allow for more complex queries
• Language Servers: Added built-in support for “Format Document” and “Format Selection” when a compatible language server is available
• Language Servers: Added support for “Jump to Type Declaration”, “Jump to Type Definition”, “Jump to Implementations”, and “Jump to References”

Improved

• Code hovers now use the same font size and scaling as the editor
• In-window notifications with large body text can now be scrolled
• Parsing of all built-in languages has been moved to the NovaParseService XPC service
• Performance improvements to scroll responsiveness for massive files (>100MB)
• Languages: The XML, INI, Diff, and Shell Script parsers have been migrated to Tree-sitter
• Automatic insert of closing delimiters now happens after typing additional characters, instead of immediately
• Zero-width control characters now display the hexadecimal codepoint instead of an “unknown” glyph
• Improved handling of CRLF (Windows) line endings for certain text movements, especially in Vim mode
• Git: Improved handling of SSH StrictHostKeyChecking support
• Git: Avatar fetching is now performed with GitHub first, before falling back to Gravatar
• Git: Improved error reporting when attempting to push to protected branches without adequate access
• Git: Custom hooks now inherit the login shell environment also used by Tasks, to better emulate as if running in an interactive shell
• Git: Improved handling of timezone offsets when updating the Git reflog
• Movement or selection forward by word now takes identifier prefixes into account (such as $ in PHP)
• Extension syntax detectors are now consulted when determining if a file can be opened as text, before consulting system identifiers
• TypeScript/TSX: Angle brackets are now treated as a surrounding pair when typing the opening bracket
• Files sidebar: While editing a filename, double-clicking now selects individual components, not the entire filename
• Launcher: Remote project items now show their URL in the list view location column, if applicable
• Navigation controls are now always displayed for the remote sidebar, regardless of the “show navigation controls” preference

Fixed

• Addressed a potential hang when closing the preferences window after editing a text field
• Resolved an issue with using Move Lines Up / Down with multiple cursors on consecutive lines
• LSP completions now work as expected when using multiple cursors
• Addressed a problem with ligature rendering when using a block-style cursor
• The “Save In Keychain” checkbox for SSH key passphrase alerts now works as expected
• Code structure headers no longer display a line number when disabled in the editor preferences
• Resolved a potential hang when displaying a code structure header that contains a very large number of characters
• The line number gutter now sizes itself more accurately when using a proportional font with varying digit widths
• Fixed a potential crash when attempting to display tooltips for text decorations that have already been removed
• Visible path bar folder list pop-overs are now automatically closed if the file’s path is changed in the background
• Resolved an issue which could cause narrow content splits to resize when focus or selection changes
• Interactive spell checking can now be performed without enabling “check spelling while typing”
• Resolved a potential case where the editor could “jump” when the scroll viewport was near the bottom
• Fixed a potential crash when parsing JavaScript template literal expressions which contain only a string substitution
• Resolved a case where certain characters in filenames would render incorrectly in transient tab titles
• Improved some cases where typing performance could be slower than expected following large sections of code that had been folded
• The “Save & Publish” menu item can now be rebound to a custom key binding independently of the “Save” item and its alternates
• Resolved a case where error propagation in the JS Streams API could crash the extension service
• Pressing Tab from within the Find banner “Replace” field now moves focus to the editor
• Addressed a visual flash that could occur when opening document tabs and using the dark themes
• Settings: The Nova Developer sign in sheet now validates after being autofilled from macOS Passwords
• Tasks: Expanding variables containing special characters, such as the ampersand, now works as expected
• Tasks: Invoking a large remote task script should now properly send the entire script before sending an EOF
• Project Settings: Resolved an issue with saving extension task configurations if project settings was closed while editing a value
• Project Settings: Resolved a case where renaming a task or remote destination to a name already in use would delete the renamed item
• Git: Resolved an issue preventing use of SSH two-factor authentication
• Git: Fixed an issue that prevented commits if the repository was in a detached HEAD state
• Git: Resolving a merge or rebase state outside of Nova now clears the prepared commit message
• Git: New repositories without commits will now show the default branch name instead of “No Commits.”
• Git: Addressed an issue which could prevent editor gutter change annotations from updating after a commit
• Git: Invoking the “Project → Git → Push” menu item in a repository with multiple remotes now works as expected
• Git: Pushing references to a remote that is up to date will now skip the push, preventing remote hooks from triggering unexpectedly
• Git: Fixed a potential crash when creating a commit or tag if the value of user.name or user.email Git config options were malformed
• Git: Improved handling of repository initialization and deletion from external sources while Nova is running
• Git: Attempting to merge a branch into HEAD when uncommitted conflicting changes are present now displays an alert and aborts the merge
• Comparison: Resolved an issue with building comparison regions if the final region intersected the end of both files without a trailing newline
• Comparison: Scroll position is now more accurately maintained when the comparison views are updated after editor settings are modified
• Terminal: CSI r, A, and B should now respect terminal dimensions
• Terminal: Mouse events are now sent in reverse when holding control-option-command
• Terminal: Resolved a potential issue combining characters that follow wide characters
• Terminal: Tabs no longer become focused when reconnecting as part of state restoration
• Terminal: Remote terminal windows should now prompt for Yubikey PIN entry when applicable
• Vim mode: Fixed a potential issue with movements that cross emoji
• CLI: Resolved an issue with the creation of unsaved files
• CLI: Resolved an issue where piping an opened file to stdout would fail if the path was specified as absolute
• CLI: Attempting to open a symbolic link or alias which points to a folder now opens the folder as a project
• Files sidebar: Invoking the “Publish” contextual menu item now honors publishing ignore rules
• Files sidebar: Right-clicking the filename of a selected file no longer causes the filename to become editable
• Files sidebar: Expanding recursive symlinks in the Files sidebar no longer leads to a hang or crash in some circumstances
• Files sidebar: Fixed an issue which prevented files from being displayed when “Ignore files excluded by Git” was disabled
• Find sidebar: Resolved an issue where the progress indicator could appear to fill backwards as directories to search were enumerated
• Symbols sidebar: Addressed a case where adjusting the slider to the first position would not collapse all symbols
• Symbols sidebar: Improved performance of displaying and updating the tree of symbols for very large or complex documents
• Debug console: Improved parsing of terminal ANSI color codes
• Debug console: When accepting completions, settings for whether Tab or Return accept are now respected
• Preview: Addressed a potential crash when dismissing a JavaScript alert due to queued keyboard events
• Publishing: Deleting and recreating the local publishing root folder no longer enqueues the folder itself
• HTML: Entities using a Unicode escape code should now highlight properly
• Ruby: Syntax highlighting of method arguments is now more consistent
• Ruby: Autocomplete no longer improperly adds “self” to completion of instance method definitions
• JavaScript: Fixed an issue which prevented Web API completions from being offered
• Extension Library: Fixed a potential layout issue for extensions with many categories