# git-cola v1.8.1

## Usability, bells and whistles

- git dag got a big visual upgrade.

- Ctrl+G now launches the “Grep” tool.

- Ctrl+D launches difftool and Ctrl+E launches your editor when in the diff panel.

- git-cola can now be told to use an alternative language. For example, if the native language is German and we want git-cola to use English then we can create a ~/.config/git-cola/language file with “en” as its contents:

  $ echo en >~/.config/git-cola/language

  https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/140

- A new git cola merge sub-command was added for merging branches.

- Less blocking in the main UI

## Fixes

- Autocomplete issues on KDE

  https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/144

- The “recently opened repositories” startup dialog did not display itself in the absence of bookmarks.

  https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/issues/139