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What's new in QuickRev 3.4.2

Mar 31, 2021
  • Fix: NullPointerException when loading syntax highlighting via config file for unknown 'category'

New in QuickRev 3.4.0 (Mar 31, 2021)

  • Fix: NullPointerException when loading syntax highlighting via config file for unknown 'category'

New in QuickRev 3.4.0 (Oct 4, 2020)

  • Added possibility for syntax highlighting via configuration files.
  • See "examples/configuration/syntax_highlighting.xml" for more information.
  • Added syntax highlighting for JSON files.
  • Added syntax highlighting for CHILL programming language.
  • The "review" and "base" version of a file can now even be selected via the "Review History" dialog of a file (accessible via the "History" button on the "File References" tab).
  • Show file history dialog even if review history is disabled.
  • Fix: NullPointerException in case an UML file is marked as 'deleted' for a follow-up review cycle.
  • Fix: splitting of text to a defined width with spaces leads to duplicated text parts (visible in UML diagrams)
  • Fix: base file version selection if loaded file is a GIT controlled file and the review to be compared with
  • Does not contain SHA1 hashes of the file in question.

New in QuickRev 3.3.2 (Mar 28, 2020)

  • QuickRevBoard: New option '--replace-path-ext' for an extended replacement of the paths to the project files or even the files to be reviewed. In difference to the '--replace-path' option the 'replace-to' string will not be escaped, so it becomes possible to make use of capturing groups. Take a look at the help for examples.
  • When merging project files in GIT to a different branch the commit hashes referenced in the review sheet might not be available on the new branch, in this case QuickRev tries to find the files by their file hash (SHA1) in the history of the file and uses the found commit hash instead. If the file content cannot be loaded via the commit hash the SHA1 of the file will be used instead.
  • Updated version of H2-DB to H2 1.4.199.
  • Fix: When loading a changeset in GIT for a concrete commit hash the changeset was not loaded in case an invalid default GIT repository was assigned in the preferences.
  • Fix: When starting QuickRev for GIT with '--git-log-m' or '--git-log-follow-m' and either a concrete changeset was loaded or a range of changesets the changesets which are merge commits have not been visible. It now works even when starting QuickRev with the options '-cs <commit-hash>'.
  • Fix: When loading changesets the latest version of a file was loaded instead of the version defined by the changeset itself.
  • Fix: NullPointerException during edition of path in 'Changeset Selection' dialog
  • Fix: When loading files which are not under version control in diff-mode a "MalformedInputException: Input length = 1" occurred in case the file had no valid UTF-8 encoding.

New in QuickRev 3.3.1 (Apr 19, 2019)

  • Fix: Selection of base version did not work properly anymore in case the review was saved already.

New in QuickRev 3.3.0 (Apr 18, 2019)

  • Configure 'git log'.
  • Added possibility to change the GIT-log command for determination of the file history.
  • The options can be used for generation of QuickRevBoard and for normal QuickRev usage.
  • Possible options are:
  • '--git-log-follow' - for usage of 'git log --follow' (default)
  • '--git-log-follow-m' - for usage of 'git log --follow -m'
  • '--git-log-m' - for usage 'git log -m'
  • When using options '-m' merge commits are included in the history (see git help for more information).
  • Merge commits which do not contain relevant file changes will be marked as unchanged.Commits with the same commit hash will be removed.
  • Added '--auto-gen-reviews' option.
  • Depending on the used git log options (default '--follow') the history of a file after renaming the file is shown or not. This can lead to situations, where a review made for a file before renaming the file cannot be assigned to the file anymore. If, for showing the review history (or generation of the QuickRevBoard), a review was found, where the latest known commit of a file is part of the file history, but the base version is not part of the file history anymore, QuickRev searches for other reviews where the SHA1 hash of the latest review version is the same as the former base version, this is done until a 'full' review was found - so the initial review version can be marked as 'completely' reviewed.
  • Added possibility to define a different email notification template for the 'FollowUp' review cycles.(feature request #9 EmailNotification should be 'Cycle' dependant)* When starting QuickRev with --diff it is now possible to compare the locally changed working copy of GI files with another version of the file. * Added possibility to define a default receiver of an email via the email notification template. * During generation of QuickRevBoard and Task list users with the same email-address but different names will be considered as the same person now.
  • For generation of the review history the SHA1 of a file will be taken into account (for GIT).So even if the commit hash in the review is not part of the file history the file will be recognised by its
  • SHA1. This affects the review history in QuickRev itself and in the QuickRevBoard.
  • Filter for 'Author' for changeset selection is editable now to be able to define filters for different authors even if they are not part of the changeset. Useful when e.g. working with svn and git in parallel and the user names are different.
  • Increased performance for replacement of placeholders in tools and for email notifications.* Updated lombok version to 1.18.4
  • Fix: QuickRevBoard: When creating new reviews via the web front end for git controlled files the replaced path was used in the reviews sheets.
  • Fix: The SHA1 for git controlled files was not written to the project file in case a reviewer opened a review and performed a fast verification which was finished before the file history of the files in the review (and their SHA1) was loaded. Now the SHA1 saved in the project file will be read and written back, so it's available even if the history of the files is not yet available.* fix: In case a review is loaded to get the history of file-1 and there is another file (file-2) in this review, which is as well part of the current review, it can happen that the history for file-2 is not complete.

New in QuickRev 3.2.0 (Dec 18, 2018)

  • Added syntax highlighting for B-Method.
  • QuickRevBoard: Added option '--exact-baseline' Add this parameter to apply the baseline settings to a file only, if the latest known version is covered by the baseline. In case there are already newer versions ignore the baseline for this file.
  • Added branch name to email notification when using placeholder %filename% and the project file is under GIT control.
  • Made evaluation of the used GIT repository more intelligent. In case the project file is under GIT control as well the used GIT repository will be derived from the project file. So projects from different GIT repositories can be loaded even if a different default GIT repository is configured.
  • If a command is configured in the 'Tools' menu which uses the placeholder %git% and the repository is configured in the preferences dialog the repository information will be added to the execution of the GIT command (--git-dir, --work-tree).
  • QuickRevBoard: Added option '--title' to add a title to the generated QuickRevBoard.
  • Added branch-name placeholder %git:branchName% for git in tools and email notifications.
  • VCS specific parts can be enclosed in %vcs:start% ... %vcs:end% tags with the VCS of the project file (svn/cc/git) instead of 'vcs' for email notification configurations.
  • Fix: loading of GIT file history failed if QuickRev was started in a sub-directory of the repository
  • Fix: when selecting files from GIT changesets which appear in multiple selected changesets not always the latest version was selected afterwards
  • Fix: selection of "my latest version" for GIT files where the user name matching did not work correctly
  • Fix: load export file (.qrx) in GIT even if no repository root is configured
  • Fix: QuickRevBoard: replace multiple slashes in paths with single slashes (which sometimes leads to problems when resolving the URL in browser)
  • Fix: IndexOutOfBoundsException when generating QuickRevBoard because of unversioned files
  • Fix: Some VCS commands did not return a useful return code, so if a command has written to std-err this was interpreted as error as well. For GIT this did not work, because GIT writes progress information to std-err by default. Now for GIT the exit code will be evaluated only.
  • Fix: Removed superfluous xml escaping of GIT log messages.
  • Fix: Changing the user name in 'Preferences' dialog did not work if the email-address was not changed as well.
  • Fix: NullPointerException when double click on a comment in "Comments Overview" dialog which is assigned to a file without a line number

New in QuickRev 3.1.0 (Jan 27, 2018)

  • Changed git log call to be able to detect unchanged files as well.
  • Added sha1 for git files to review files.
  • QuickRevBoard: Added new option --baseline-time to set a time points which is used as baseline.
  • I.e. all file versions which are older or equal to the given time point will be regarded as 'reviewed'.
  • This option is available for all version control systems.
  • Added %fileCount% as placeholder for email notification to show the number of review files.
  • (fixes #14 Number of files for notification mail)
  • When a Path Mapping is used for ClearCase %filePath% and %fileDir% will be replaced with the mapped path as well for sending email notifications.
  • QuickRevBoard: The old version of the QuickRevBoard (--board-old) is not supported anymore.

New in QuickRev 3.0.1 (Aug 1, 2017)

  • QuickRevBoard: Added possibility to select file versions for a review and create a new project in the QuickRevBoard front end
  • Changed assigned reviewers to a required field which will be shown in red now as long as no reviewer is assigned to the review and will let the input validation fail in this case
  • Information', 'Conclusion' and 'File References' tab will be displayed in red now if there are input fields which are required but do not have a value yet
  • feature request #3 "Tabs with not filled mandatory fields should be also displayed in red")
  • QuickRevBoard: Added check whether the given vcs command exists for better error reporting
  • fix: NullPointerException and ConcurrentModificationException when generating the QuickRevBoard
  • fix: In phase 'ALL' it was not possible to add a new reviewer via the 'Conclusion' tab if the reviewer was not added on the 'Information' tab before
  • fix: Removed wait-cursor from green screen when waiting for reload files, because that's just waiting for a user action and may be misleading
  • fix: NullPointerException when loading invalid xml config files

New in QuickRev 3.0.0 (Sep 23, 2016)

  • QuickRev goes GIT - this is the very first version with GIT support
  • Added 'File Browser' (available via the tool bar) to select, show or hide files on the 'Files' tab or file references on the 'File References' tab easily by using either the tree view or list view.
  • Extended 'unique short names' by adding same directories as used for other files already.
  • QuickRevBoard: Added exit code which indicates the current review history state.
  • Added mouse click action to load the file content of a file with recently changed file versions, i.e. a click on the green screen in 'Files' view loads the content of this file directly.
  • Made tool bar available even in '--diff' mode.
  • fix: Review file state in case the determined baseline review state equals the review state without baseline.

New in QuickRev 2.0.0 (Apr 9, 2016)

  • This is the first version which uses java version 8 (JDK 8), starting with an older version will not work anymore
  • Increased performance when loading or creating new projects. The file history and content will be loaded separately for each file component without blocking all inputs. So e.g. new files can be added even if loading of other files is not yet finished. Furthermore depending on the review phase file content or history will be loaded first, so e.g. during a verification the file content will be loaded first so the verification can be started even if the file
  • history has not been loaded yet
  • The 'File References' tab has a new menu 'History State' which allows to show the history state of each file as additional icon on the 'History' button either by selecting the sub menu 'Show History States' or 'Show History States, Reload File History If Necessary'
  • Via menu 'History State / Change Baseline Settings...' at the 'File References' tab a baseline can be set for each version control system. This baseline will be considered when determining the review state of a file, i.e. all versions of a file up to (including) the baseline version will be regarded as 'reviewed'
  • Added check whether the loaded project file has changed by another program during saving to avoid overwriting an updated project file. Instead the user will be informed and can cancel the task to perform a reload (hence join) of the updated project
  • Added '--version' option to print the current version and build information
  • Changed error messages when trying to add files which are already part of the project by not displaying one dialog for each file instead one dialog with all affected files will be shown
  • The scroll width in the code view window is configurable via menu
  • Project / Preferences / General / Scroll Width' now
  • Added help text to text fields
  • QuickRevBoard: Added '--baseline' option which allows to create the board by considering a baseline, so each file version older or equal to the given baseline will be regarded as reviewed'
  • QuickRevBoard: Added possibility to define multiple user names in QuickRevBoard front-end which is useful e.g. if the reviewer name differs from the subversion user-name. Furthermore the current user will be marked in review history if he/she has 'no-latest' files or has a review task to perform
  • QuickRevBoard: Changed QuickRevBoard front-end by adding more information to tool tips for file versions and review and on-click action to open the files directly
  • Updated lombok version to 1.16.4
  • fix: When opening a project via the 'Task List' dialog the filter options have not been saved
  • fix: When starting QuickRev in diff mode (--diff) the 'Recent Projects' menu has been cleared
  • fix: When loading the review history of a file the email address found in the history has overridden the configured email address if the name of the user remained unchanged, so that the old email address was used in project file and during sending of email notifications
  • By now email addresses read from history will not overrule the configured once
  • fix: When QuickRevBoard was generated with option --no-tasks the option --db-dir was ignored
  • fix: The search field for search in code view did not react on [RETURN] key anymore to go to the next match
  • fix: Review history dialog has shown 'not all versions loaded' instead of 'review gaps found' even if it was clear already, that loading all version would not lead to a different result
  • fix: Shortcuts when changing between [D]iff, [C]omments and [B]oth selection did not work correctly in code window
  • fix: Added 'Remove Diff Item' in UML diagram view to 'Base Diagram' and 'Layered Diff' view like already available for 'Review Diagram' view
  • fix: When sorting files 'By File Extension' the option will not be stored correctly and the following option was selected instead

New in QuickRev 1.15.0 (Mar 2, 2015)

  • Added 'Go To Line...' menu item to context menu of code view.
  • Change search field for search in code view to combo box to select former search strings.
  • Excludes defined for QuickRevHistory will be taken into account now even for adding of loaded projects to history-DB automatically. So different paths can be excluded even if reviews will be performed in this directories.
  • Include paths can be defined for history-DB now, so if the history-DB is configured to add opened projects automatically to the history-DB this can be restricted to different paths. So it is e.g. possible to ignore reviews from other branches in the history-DB.
  • Extended option '--changeset' to be able to load the latest changesets automatically.
  • Either use 'HEAD' or no argument at all to load the latest changesets.
  • Changed selection of review phase when changing the review cycles or reopening a project.
  • Instead of 'Finished' for reviewers 'Review' will be selected to allow further changes without changing the review phase via the menu. When switching back to a former review cycle as initiator
  • Correction' instead of 'Finished' will be selected.
  • Added possibility to assign multiple reviewers at once to a project and allow selection of favourite users to be placed at the top of the list for easier selection.
  • Added possibility to add comments via the context menu of the links shown during comparing different diagram versions in the compare diagram tool window and via the links shown in the find tool window when searching in diagrams.
  • Added possibility to remove diff items and search result items in diagram view when comparing diagrams or searching in diagrams via the new context menus 'Remove Diff Item' and 'Remove Search Result'.
  • Extended diagram view by showing not only the description of an element in the info message pane but the complete text (e.g. if it is an UML-note) as well.
  • Enhanced output of diagram compare functionality to see differences easier, additionally the diff will be shown in the info message pane.
  • Enhanced find function for diagrams which now shows the reference and text of the selected UML element in the info message pane.
  • Added possibility to use QuickRev --history --tasks option without arguments to print the tasks for all users. (Alternatively 'ALL' can be used as already possible before.)
  • Added check that all modified comments are accepted before executing a tool via the 'Tools' menu to avoid loose of these changes.
  • fix: if an invalid changeset was given via command line options '--changeset' the error message was shown every time when opening the changeset selection dialog.
  • fix: added error handling in case the start directory to create the history-DB does not exist, which let to a corrupted database
  • fix: storage of excludes defined to find new projects and for history-DB which did not allow to override generic excludes loaded via config files

New in QuickRev 1.14.2 (Jan 31, 2015)

  • QuickRevBoard option '--replace-svnsync-path' can now be used for ClearCase as well and therefore has been renamed to '--replace-vcs-path'.
  • QuickRevBoard option '--replace-path' can be given more than once now to use different replacements.
  • QuickRevHistory loads configuration files given via option '--config' now as well.
  • fix: fixed path replacement for QuickRevBoard option '--replace-svnsync-path' which will replace wrongly in case the remote path is part of the path to be adapted already

New in QuickRev 1.14.1 (Jan 17, 2015)

  • Added possibility to configure the front end of the QuickRevBoard in web browser.
  • Added creation of projects containing all files where the latest versions are not reviewed to 'QuickRevBoard'.
  • Changed evaluation of '--exclude' and '--include' from generation of 'QuickRevBoard' and history to exclude the
  • given start directory from search. So the start directory itself cannot be excluded.
  • Removed JavaBeans Activation Framework which is part of the JRE already.
  • fix: fixed evaluation of review state if the only reviewed version of a file is unchanged

New in QuickRev 1.14.0 (Nov 17, 2014)

  • The QuickRevBoard has been redesigned and extended by showing not even a task list for all open reviews but also the review history of all files.
  • Use 'java -jar QuickRev.jar --board --help' for all options available to generate the QuickRevBoard.
  • The old (deprecated) QuickRevBoard can be generated via the '--board-old' option.)
  • Changed evaluation of subversion history to detect versions where the file has been moved only as 'unchanged'.
  • Added '--tasks' option to 'QuickRev --history' to print all open tasks for the given users.
  • Added icon to 'Task List' dialog and for creation of new review cycle.
  • Updated version of history database 'H2' from 1.3.175 to 1.3.176
  • fix: Fixed syntax highlighting for c++ preprocessor directives with spaces between # and the identifier.
  • fix: Fixed option '--db-dir' which did not work when running 'QuickRev --history' from console to create review history.

New in QuickRev 1.13.0 (Apr 3, 2014)

  • Added possibility to insert links to other comments into the 'Comment' and 'Solution' field of the 'Comment' dialog. The referenced comment has to be selected via the context menu of the 'Comment' or 'Solution' field
  • Added 'Comment Overview' dialog which shows all comments in a table regardless of the selected review cycle. The dialog can be accessed via the menu 'Comments / Show Comments Overview ...'
  • Extended 'Add Files From Changesets' dialog (SVN only) by adding possibility to load a concrete changeset or to load a range of changesets. Furthermore a changeset can be loaded during startup of QuickRev via the new option '--changeset | -cs' with a given revision number (e.g. '-cs 123') or with a range of revision numbers (e.g. '-cs 123:125' or '-cs 123:HEAD')
  • Added an indicator whether the content of a file has changed for a file version. This information is available for subversion only starting with version 1.7. The information have been added to the file versions at the 'File References' tab and to the file versions of the 'Review History' dialog. Unchanged file versions will implicitly regarded as covered by a review (because there is nothing to review) for review history. Furthermore unchanged file versions will be shown in the 'Add Files From Changeset' dialog and can be used as filter
  • rule to show or hide all unchanged file versions from a changeset
  • Added sub-menu 'Select Comment ...' to 'Add To Comment' menu item in context menu to be able to select a comment where a new file reference has to be added to
  • Added possibility to search in UML diagrams
  • Made VCS user name VCS specific instead of defining one for all VCSs
  • Increased performance for displaying comment tables
  • Updated version of history database 'H2' from 1.3.169 to 1.3.175
  • fix: File load errors when loading subversion files where the file itself and the directory path has been renamed in the same checkin
  • fix: File load errors when loading moved files via the 'Add Files From Changesets' dialog (SVN only) now they will be loaded by their peg-revision
  • fix: When changing the order or review files this is recognised as change now, so the 'Save' button will be enabled
  • fix: Adding files from changesets with subversion 1.5

New in QuickRev 1.10.2 (May 27, 2013)

  • fix: changed encoding when sending emails to UTF-8, which is necessary to send e.g. chinese characters.

New in QuickRev 1.10.1 (May 27, 2013)

  • fix: When saving the preferences in the 'Preferences' dialog the changes of 'Email Client Settings' have been discarded -
  • this is fixed now
  • fix: corrected links to external web pages in 'Email Client Settings' preferences
  • fix: NullPointerException with windows 7 and java version 7 when trying to show the "What's New (Release Notes)" dialog
  • fix: caption for menu 'Create New Review Cycle ' appears on tool bar when changing the review cycle,
  • even if the tool bar item is configured to show an icon only

New in QuickRev 1.10.0 (May 27, 2013)

  • QuickRev now takes the time elapsed for a review session - the 'Session Time' This time value can be inserted
  • into every 'TimeField' (eg Effort) via the new 'Session' button, which is added to the time field
  • Furthermore this value can be used for the internal command , eg ,
  • to set the value via configured 'Tools'
  • Added internal command which lets you set the values of the conclusion fields via
  • the 'Tools' menu Example
  • Added internal command which lets you select or deselect the ALL-mode and provides the possibility to
  • add new reviewers
  • Extended internal command by allowing an optional argument 'sendCopyToSender' to change the default behaviour
  • for sending a copy to sender
  • Changed default values for required 'TimeField's (eg 'Effort') by allowing '00:00' as valid value
  • If no value is assigned the placeholder '--:--' will be shown
  • Changed default values for 'DateField's by showing the placeholder value '------' for an undefined date
  • instead of '00002012'
  • Configuration changes: To use 'today' as default value for own defined 'DateField's 'today' has to be
  • defined as default value even for non-required fields (which was the default in former versions)
  • Configuration changes: Added possibility to define a default value for own defined 'Choice' fields by
  • adding the attribute 'default="true"' to the default 'Item' element
  • Added possibility to deselect ALL mode by clicking menu 'View / ALL (4 Eyes Review)' again which automatically selects the
  • currently relevant review phase
  • Added spinner buttons to 'TimeField' and 'DateField' to increase / decrease the values by one minute respectively one day
  • Added '+' button behind every command of a tool to insert a new command above the selected one
  • Extended tab menu with the possibility to close all tabs to the left/right respectively above/below
  • Added menu 'Copy Element Text' to context menu of UML diagrams and renamed menu 'Copy Info Message To Clipboard' to
  • 'Copy Element Description', to copy either the element's text or the text describing the element in the UML diagram to clipboard
  • When adding a comment with severity 'Spelling' to an element of an UML diagram the text of the selected element will be inserted
  • as comment text to be modified easily
  • Extended 'Show Message Pane' preferences for UML diagrams with the following options:
  • 'always', 'on errors only', 'on errors and warnings only', 'never'
  • Changed matching of exclude directories for 'Find Open Projects' dialog, by matching a substring instead of the whole
  • expression, so eg 'test' instead of '*test*' is enough to exclude every path with 'test' in it
  • menu 'Insert File Version Descriptions' from 'Information / Description' field removes duplicated entries now
  • fix: preserve line breaks when comments are inserted into the 'Information / Description' field via the context menu
  • fix: deselect removed default tool bar menu in 'Tool Bar Configuration' dialog to be selectable again
  • fix: IllegalArgumentException when updating the history index for very old project files (with separate 'Verification' phase)
  • fix: IndexOutOfBoundsException when changing the commands of a tool during execution of this tool
  • fix: change review phase from 'Creation' to 'Review' if files have been added only and check whether files have been added
  • during input validation
  • fix: when adding new users in the 'Preferences / Users' tab the entry was accepted only when another cell has been clicked or
  • enter was pressed, this is done automatically now

New in QuickRev 1.9.0 (May 27, 2013)

  • joined main tab and information tab to one tab for easier access to the 'Information', 'File References',
  • 'Conclusion' and 'Files' tab
  • added menu 'Project / Add Files From Changeset ' which lets you add files to the project by fetching
  • the latest changesets from a subversion repository and lets you select several files of these changesets
  • added menu 'Project / Find Open Projects ' which lets you search for open projects starting from a
  • selected directory A command line option '-find|--find-project ' was added as well to start the
  • search from command line when opening QuickRev
  • added tool bar which can be configured freely
  • added menu 'Files / Filter ' which opens the 'Files Filter' dialog to filter files by different options
  • added menu 'Comments / Filter ' which opens the 'Comments Filter' dialog to filter comments by different
  • options
  • added menu 'Project / Close' to close the currently loaded project
  • split menu 'Project / Load/Add ' into the two different menus 'Project / Open ', which opens a
  • project and closes the currently opened one before, and 'Project / Join ', which loads a new project
  • to be joined with the currently opened one
  • added internal command '' to be used for the 'Tools' menu to close the current project
  • added 'Sort Files' menu for file references with the possibility to sort them alphabetically or individual
  • to bring the files in a recommended reading order
  • added menu items 'Sort Alphabetically' and 'Sort By Recommended Reading Order' to the context menu of the
  • files tab pane to sort the tabs accordingly
  • added coloring of code blocks in code window, which marks matching brackets and the range between them
  • added menu 'Project / Recent Projects' to open former loaded projects easily
  • made the 'Add To Comment' context menu available for UML diagrams
  • extended the 'Add To Selected Comment' and the 'Add To Comment' menus for UML diagrams to be able to assign
  • multiple references, depending to the same file, to one comment, if the referenced elements differ
  • Ie different UML elements from the same diagram can be referenced from one comment
  • changed behaviour of 'Add To Comment' menu, which will not open the 'Comments' dialog anymore and will not
  • select the comment the reference has to be assigned to
  • extended tab panes to be able to close tabs via the new close button or the (now extended) context menu
  • renamed menu 'Project / Reload Project' to 'Project / Reload'
  • moved file references tool bar to upper layer to avoid scrolling the tool bar out of view
  • fix: change font size of author and version annotation when selecting a different size in preferences
  • fix: xml parser exception and wrong display of user names which contain non-escaped xml characters like '

New in QuickRev 1.8.0 (May 27, 2013)

  • Updated to java JRE 16
  • added plug-in mechanism to plug-in own file viewers for different file types, so the content of the
  • files can be shown in a user defined way
  • Added file viewer for UML diagrams to show a file describing an UML diagram as graphic,
  • with the possibility to add comments to the UML elements
  • The default UML elements provided with this release contain the elements to show state machine diagrams,
  • but the elements can be extended for use of other UML elements as well
  • To show a file as state machine diagram a plug-in has to be written, which converts the read file into
  • an UML model
  • The provided UML example plug-in (UMLExamplePluginjar) serves as an example for a plug-in implementation,
  • which reads a own UML file format To check out the example plug-in start QuickRev with the options
  • plugin UMLExamplePluginjar and load the provided uml example project file (UMLExampleProjectqrx),
  • which contains an UML state machine diagram in the QuickRev-UML format
  • added syntax highlighting for PHP files
  • the complete help is available via the 'Help' menu now
  • added possibility to pin the comment tool tips to a fixed location
  • added possibility to hide comments via the new '[Hide]' button in comment tool tips
  • added context menu to comment tables with the possibility to open a comment in the 'Comments' dialog or hide a comment
  • made non-text file extensions and stylesheet path configurable via the 'Preferences' dialog
  • changed note about hidden comments in 'Comments' dialog to link which shows all hidden comments
  • unified comment colors to the same color in the first review cycle and follow-up review cycles as well
  • added documentation for debug options to provide logging information useful in case of errors
  • added possibility to add new reviewers via double click into the 'Reviewers' list
  • fix: IndexOutOfBoundsException when adding new review files to a former review cycle, which should
  • not be done normally
  • fix: loading of VCS preferences from config files,
  • ie when different values for the same VCS where loaded from multiple configuration files the
  • previously loaded values where replaced by the default values again which was not intended
  • fix: after removing a file with available history and adding the same file again the history was not
  • available anymore

New in QuickRev 1.7.0 (May 27, 2013)

  • added Tools menu with the possibility to define and execute external programs and internal
  • commands which can be used eg to commit the project files directly to the used version
  • control system
  • added 'Review History' dialog which shows the review coverage of each file version
  • added possibility to mark files as deleted
  • added tool bar for selection of review and base versions for all files by different topics
  • added 'Project / Reload Project' menu to reload the current project
  • replaced menu 'Extras / Adjust File Path' with a 'Moved' button which is available for every
  • file at the 'File References' tab to update the file path file specifically
  • added undo / redo options to text fields
  • added 'What's New' dialog to show the release notes
  • extended 'Help' dialog
  • added context menu to email notification preferences to select placeholders easily
  • added possibility to use the scroll bars in the diff window independently of each other,
  • the behavior can be changed via the new 'Synchronize Vertical Scrollbars' context menu
  • added possibility to select which version has to be selected as default during creation of
  • new review cycles
  • extended review history to recognize file versions even if the file has been moved / renamed
  • added request for cycle change when changing to a referenced comment which is
  • available in a previous review cycle only
  • changed version check to check the QuickRev version against the project version before the project
  • will be loaded to allow the use to abort the operation
  • fix: fixed problem when loading the content of a svn file from a local working copy which has been
  • moved to another directory already, but the working copy has not been updated yet
  • fix: fixed selection of file path if the file location has been adjusted after
  • the file was moved, but the selected version does not correspond to the
  • new file path (use of revision as peg-revision with wrong path)
  • fix: open search panel in diff window if CTRL-F is pressed This did not work in any cases before
  • fix: when loading multiple project files the resulting project has to be marked as unsaved

New in QuickRev 1.6.0 (Apr 23, 2011)

  • added checklist id to checklists in order to make the rule ids unique within one checklist only
  • added reading of user defined attributes from checklists description sub-elements to be used for additional formatting via 'style' attributes
  • added formatting options (bold, italic, etc.) to description field, text reference comments and user defined 'TextArea' fields
  • added formatting options to email notification and corresponding templates
  • added possibility to attach a project and/or export file to the email notification without the need to save or export the project before
  • extended search panel in diff window to start search from current cursor position, search for previous match as well, ignore case and mark all matches
  • moved selection of review phase from status bar into separate 'View' menu
  • removed necessity to change to user name in 4-eyes mode (ALL mode) to create comments in the name of this user; furthermore the conclusion can be created for a new reviewer in 4-eyes mode directly via the conclusion tab
  • added dialog for overall review phase with hints what to do next
  • added possibility to assign the content of a default comment to an existing one directly in the comment dialog
  • added version check to inform if a project file was created by a newer QuickRev version than the used QuickRev version
  • changed behaviour of 'Incomplete Input' dialog to report only the items of the current user if requested this way
  • fix: null pointer exception when showing file annotations in diff more for files which are not under version control
  • fix: preserve formatting with code-tags when re-editing comments where code tags have been used
  • fix: selection of review phase for initiator in different situations (i.e. after reopening of project the phase has to be 'Creation' instead of 'Correction' as long as no reviewer has started the review cycle)
  • fix: scrolling in prev diff window with enter key
  • fix: use conclusion components from initial review cycle if no conclusion components for a follow up review cycle are defined
  • fix: exception when modifying the name of default comments or solutions in

New in QuickRev 1.5.0 (Dec 6, 2010)

  • The main feature of this release is the QuickRevBoard. The QuickRevBoard let's you generate a ToDo-list for all open reviews. For more information take a look at the QuickRevBoard page.
  • QuickRevBoard - overview
  • File annotations (blame) of the author and version for every code line can be displayed now. Whether the annotations will be loaded and/or shown by default can be configured via the preferences dialog.
  • Show / hide file annotations.
  • To get a faster overview about the selected versions some additional markers have been added to the file references page.

New in QuickRev 1.4.3 (Oct 17, 2010)

  • During correction phase duplicated comments can be assigned to each other easily via the Duplic. button. The solution of the referenced comment will be taken over for the duplicated one.
  • To add different file references to an already existing comment the comment can be added to the Add To Comment menu item of the context menu, to be selected easily even if the comment is not selected in the comment dialog.
  • Favourite rules can be selected now directly from the comment dialog.
  • References from new comments to comments of the previous review phase during verification of the corrections can be selected easily now via the new Create Comment Reference dialog.
  • Checklists can be loaded now directly via the menu (and not by command line only).
  • Default solutions can be formatted now with different styles (italic, bold, etc.).
  • Format Default Solution
  • A Reload button is added to reload the version history of a single file only.
  • Added limit of file versions to be loaded from the version control system to increase performance during file load.
  • Limit Number Of File Version
  • A separate menu is added to change the reviewer in 4eyes mode.
  • Files can be loaded now even from ClaseCase snapshow views.

New in QuickRev 1.4.2 (Jul 4, 2010)

  • A navigation bar has been added to jump between comments or changes in diff window.
  • Navigation Bar
  • The version selection has been extended, so that the author and date is visible now.
  • Extended Version Selection
  • Default Comments can be created now for common errors to be selected easy. (Usage :: Default Comments Preferences -- n e w --1.4.2 )
  • Default Comment Preferences Default Comment Menu
  • The Files / Show/Hide menu has been extended to show/hide files by there current review state.
  • Extended Files Show/Hide Menu
  • The Comments / Show/Hide menu has been extended to show/hide comments by their review cycle.
  • Extended Comments Show/Hide Menu
  • A print margins can be displayed now in the diff window.

New in QuickRev 1.4.1 (Jul 4, 2010)

  • The whole project (including the content of the files to be reviewed) can be exported now to be reviewed without access to any version control system.
  • ( Usage :: Export A Project (qrx-files) )
  • Export Project
  • Added syntax highlighting for Python.
  • Syntax Highlighting Python
  • The font size of the files to be reviewed can be changed now via preferences dialog ( Usage :: General Preferences -- c h a n g e d --1.4.2 ).
  • Added explicit 'Close' / 'Cancel' buttons to some dialogs.
  • Added 'Copy' menu to context menu of diff window.
  • Added error messages if no values for placeholders in email notifications could be found.
  • Increased performance during loading of multiple project files.

New in QuickRev 1.4.0 (Feb 27, 2010)

  • added checklist support
  • added possibility to reference comments from previous review cycle in comments of the next cycle
  • added menu item "Adjust File Path ..." to adjust the path of review files which have been moved / renamed during the review if a verification version of a file is known via loaded base-project-files the base for the new review will be selected automatically
  • added possibility to additionally save the project if the 'Accept' or 'OK' button in the comment
  • dialog was pressed
  • added buttons to easily add predefined number of minutes to TimeFields
  • increased performance by avoiding reload of file content of files with same versions during creation of
  • new review cycles and switching between different review cycles
  • increased performance by not comparing files with identical versions
  • fix: some problems with user management regarding case insensitive user names
  • fix: switch display of comment tool tips if assigned to same lines of different sides from diff window
  • fix: mark verification version only if review state is finished

New in QuickRev 1.3.4 (Feb 27, 2010)

  • comment tool tips and non-text file comments are shown now as formatted text (like in comment dialog)
  • made tab width in diff window configurable via preferences dialog
  • added separators to distinguish between different consecutive comments in diff window
  • fix: loading of base project files with review files added after initial review cycle
  • fix: use the same font in all text fields (especially JTextArea)
  • fix: prohibit changes in disabled text fields via context menu or shortcuts
  • fix: coloring of base file version information even if the version selection box has the focus
  • fix: added missing line breaks when showing email notification dialog and 'sendAsHTML' is selected
  • fix: user name changed to default user after closing of 'Preferences' dialog
  • fix: Visitor cannot add comments in '4eyes review' mode
  • fix: tool tip on file tab (showed 'null' in some cases)

New in QuickRev 1.3.3 (Feb 27, 2010)

  • added email notifications to be used for review invitation and review feedback
  • added possibility to format comment text (italic, bold, underline, code, strike through)
  • introduced '4-eyes' - review mode (menu 'Extra / 4 Eyes Review') to enable all input fields
  • to be filled out by one person easily without switching the review step
  • users can be configured now via preferences dialog (and not only in configuration files)
  • added calendar for selection of date in date fields
  • added colored markers at 'Project / File References' tab to indicate the state of the file
  • fix: file revision of files added after initial review cycle with following cycles
  • not loaded correctly
  • fix: show files with changes for verification (or follow-up) by default
  • fix: erroneously shown menu items without caption in context without of diff window
  • fix: corrected initialization state of restore defaults button for syntax highlighting
  • fix: do not allow adding of general comments from initiator
  • fix: enable comment tool tips again if files are identical during file diff

New in QuickRev 1.3.2 (Feb 27, 2010)

  • added possibility to add new files after the initial review cycle
  • added syntax highlighting for 'D', 'Ruby' and 'XML/HTML'
  • added menu 'Show Diff' to context menu in diff windows to hide / show the differences between files added for delta review
  • added possibility to automatically hide completed comments during correction phase via 'Accept' button

New in QuickRev 1.3.1 (Feb 27, 2010)

  • added syntax highlighting
  • added context menu to tabs in comment dialog to hide comments directly
  • added possibility to change order of files (in files-tab) and comments (in comment dialog) via drag and drop
  • added possibility to disable comment tool tips in diff windows
  • fix: ignore non-xml-conform characters in ClearCase history
  • fix: duplicate appearance of 'Incomplete Input' dialog via shortcut CTRL+S

New in QuickRev 1.3.0 (Feb 27, 2010)

  • introduced complete review cycle
  • even if the content of a file could not be loaded or the file was not found
  • the comments given in project file will be shown and no file references will be lost
  • (so even without access to any version control system non-text files can be reviewed)
  • added separate menu items to add comments and set severity in one step,
  • the menu can be configured to use the selected text directly as comment (predefined for severity 'Spelling')
  • added possibility to define default solutions for any state to be applied easily via the
  • state selection in comment dialog
  • added context menu to files tabs to hide them via the menu
  • added possibility to add new 'non-text' file references to already existing comments
  • added file state markers to file tabs and file menu items
  • made context menu in diff window available on both sides
  • added context menu to 'Description' field to insert the version descriptions of all review files
  • right mouse click sets the cursor anew before opening of context menu in diff window,
  • so assigning comments becomes a bit easier
  • added context menu to synchronize horizontal scrolling in diff window
  • initiator cannot create comments anymore
  • removed superfluous file comparisons for delta-review or verification to increase performance
  • increased performance of comment dialog
  • fix: use of default date in 'DateField' if 'required' is set to 'false'
  • fix: layout bug in comment tool tips with java 6

New in QuickRev 1.2.2 (Feb 27, 2010)

  • show progress during loading of files and load files in separate threads to avoid freezing GUI
  • auto append file extension during project saving via menu 'Project / Save As...'
  • ask before overwriting files during project saving via menu 'Project / Save As...'
  • installed global keystrokes to save via CTRL+S even if the main dialog does not has the focus
  • removed usage of 'HEAD' as peg revision for svn commands since some older svn-clients seem to deal not
  • correctly with this syntax (problem was reported with svn 1.3.1)
  • fix: avoid wrong error message if the same file was selected by clicking the file selection field

New in QuickRev 1.2.1 (Feb 27, 2010)

  • if not in review phase line numbers will be shown as links in comment dialog to jump directly to the
  • corresponding lines
  • added menu 'Project / Reload File Versions' to force a reload of the version history and
  • possibility to force the reload during creation of verification phase
  • extended show/hide menu for comments to select by file reference
  • added possibility to suppress 'Incomplete Input' dialog during saving up to exit of QuickRev
  • allow selection of multiple files
  • made use of resizeable TextArea in comment dialog for non-text file comment
  • create conclusion pane for user automatically if he/she is assigned as reviewer
  • insert selected text into search field in diff window
  • fix: if the IncompleteInput dialog was not shown after check for incomplete input the selection was
  • not updated for the next time the dialog appears
  • fix: java.io.IOException: 'Too many open files'
  • fix: layout problems in main tab panes under MacOS/X

New in QuickRev 1.2.0 (Feb 27, 2010)

  • added ClearCase support
  • added hide / show menus for comments
  • added possibility to enlarge or reduce size of text areas
  • added separate menu 'Project / Load Base Project File ...' load former project files as base for
  • the new review (In previous QuickRev version this was only possible via command line)
  • allow selection of base versions if it is less than review version only and
  • selection of verification version if it is higher or equals the review version
  • added menu 'Files / Show All Files' and colored menu 'Files / Load Files' if a reload is needed
  • made use of different colors in 'Files' menu and 'Files' tab to show whether a file has comments
  • or changes have been made to be verified in verification phase
  • allow multiple rows in all columns of non-text files
  • old config file format is not supported anymore (was only used for user config in .quickRev - file)
  • fix: IndexOutOfBoundsException during startup of QuickRev with project file in verification phase,
  • single diff window selected and verification file contains fewer lines than review files and
  • comments assigned to the end of review file
  • fix: calculate number of rows in non-text file comment table and comment tool tip depending on the
  • used font (not monospaced only)
  • fix: comment ids will be updated if one comment is deleted in between and
  • numbering of comments is done separately for every reviewer

New in QuickRev 1.1.1 (Feb 27, 2010)

  • comments of non-text review files will be shown as table at the corresponding tab
  • former project files can be loaded as base (-b/ase ) for a new review to have
  • an overview of old review resp. verification versions during selection of the new ones
  • extended search in diff window to search on both sides
  • sorted files in menu 'Files' alphabetically
  • display 'solution' and 'state' in tool tip dialog for comments and made dialog movable
  • added phase dependent layout in CommentDialog
  • adding of comments allowed in 'Review' phase only
  • added possibility to predefine user names via config files for easy selection of reviewers,
  • initiator or user
  • changed syntax for startup of QuickRev (see USAGE)
  • added auto detection, whether files given as arguments during startup are project or review files
  • swapped information and files tab
  • increased performance in comment dialog
  • fix: fixed layout problems with comment tool tip dialog
  • fix: position of comment notes during verification phase in single diff window
  • fix: update of revision number in non text files panel when changing from review to verification
  • phase and vice versa
  • fix: updated links in comment dialog immediately after changing file reference
  • fix: exception if file reference was changed and "OK" or "Accept" was pressed in comment dialog
  • without reloading the files before
  • fix: show 'real' content of file although white spaces are ignored

New in QuickRev 1.1.0 (Feb 27, 2010)

  • added verification phase (can be disabled if not needed)
  • added possibility to specify who has to review during creation phase
  • added element 'Phase' to xml-output
  • added number of lines (total and non-empty) for text files to xml-output
  • added menu item 'Verify Input ...' to check whether all fields have been completed
  • added 'DateField' to configuration
  • removed auto-date element 'QuickRev/Info/Date' from xml-output
  • (the configured 'DateField' leads to the same xml-output as before, but with a concrete date)
  • added menu item 'Hide All Files' and marked hidden files in menu
  • do not reload already loaded file content
  • changed encoding in xml-output to 'UTF-8'
  • fix: use peg-revisions for svn-commands to be able to deal with moved/replaced/deleted files
  • fix: on tracking changes for not required components, to ask before exiting
  • fix: fixed bug in 'TimeField' which indicates a change on gain focus although nothing has changes
  • fix: update of title from non-text file panels by version changes
  • fix: do not add already known comments while loading another project file
  • fix: added error message for lines given in comment dialog outside line numbers
  • fix: link in comment dialog jumped to the wrong position in delta-review mode
  • fix: indicate project as changed on deletion of comments

New in QuickRev 1.0.5 (Feb 27, 2010)

  • fix: fixed loading of files with white spaces in filename
  • fix: fixed exception during opening context menu for empty files in diff window

New in QuickRev 1.0.4 (Feb 27, 2010)

  • no changes in diff window are possible anymore
  • mark tab titles with different colors for different working states in comment dialog
  • added possibility to mark required fields in configuration files
  • mark caption of required components without input
  • save required but unchanged components to xml-output as empty elements
  • properties moved to separate dialog
  • load only files with already assigned comments during loading of projects
  • hide single review files via "Files/.../Hide" menu
  • track changes to ask for saving before exit
  • added checks, whether all required information have been completed before saving
  • added number of files to metrics
  • added links to jump from file to comment dialog and vice versa
  • added search option to review windows
  • added menu item to create general comments directly
  • made output format of date/time configurable via config file
  • added possibility to add description to user defined components (shown as tool tips)
  • added possibility to add TimeField components via config files
  • made default components configurable
  • prepared interfaces for integration of other version control systems

New in QuickRev 1.0.3 (Feb 27, 2010)

  • extended length of ToolTip display
  • added possibility to change/save preferences
  • load projects via command line using [-p/roject ]
  • read build in config files (resources/config.xml) from jar file
  • changed layout of comment dialog to expand comment and solution field to maximum size
  • increased speed (width) of mouse wheel for scrolling in diff windows
  • start Load/Save - Project dialog in current working directory instead of home directory
  • added separate tab pane for selection or project or all opened review files
  • removed menu item 'Remove' from 'Files' menu