Features

Git Commit Search and Commit Viewer

Staging View

Blame Annotations

EGit now supports displaying blame annotations in the editor showing commit and author information for each line in a file.

New Menu Actions

Usability improvements

History View

Synchronize View

Commit

Improved Share Project Wizard

Git Repositories view

Branch commits

The latest commit on branches and tags can now be displayed in the Git Repositories view by selecting the changeset icon on the toolbar.

GitHub Connector

Issues

GitHub issues can be added as a Mylyn Task repository and can appear under queries in the Task List view.

Issues can be created, edited, and commented on using the task editor.

Gists

GitHub gists can be added as a Mylyn Task Repository and can appear under queries in the Task List view. Gists can be edited and commented on using the task editor.

Gists can also be created from the GitHub menu when selecting files or from text selections in the editors.