git GitHub Desktop 2.5.5

New

• Newly created repositories use 'main' as the default branch name - #10527
• Users can configure the default branch name in Preferences/Options - #10527
• Show status of GitHub Action runs for pull requests - #9819. Thanks @Raul6469!
• Differentiate between draft and regular Pull Requests - #7170

Added

• Periodic background fetch and status updates can now be disabled in the Advanced section of Preferences/Options - #10593
• Syntax highlighting for ASP.Net and unified diff / patch - #10410. Thanks @say25!

Improved

• Allow renaming the default branch - #10415
• Show which files are blocking a merge-like operation - #10441
• Updated icons and border radiuses to align with GitHub.com - #10396, #10224
• Show loading indicator when committing a merge - #10458
• Show confirmation that branch is already up to date when merging from default branch - #9095
• Enter key now initiates action in rebase and merge dialogs - #10511
• After failing to move a repository to Trash, show error and keep the repository listed in Desktop - #8333
• Email address validation in welcome flow and preferences dialog - #10214. Thanks @Pragya007!
• Show helpful error when attempting to clone non-existent or inaccessible GitHub repositories - #5661. Thanks @kanishk98!

Fixed

• Don't update submodules when discarding files - #10469
• Full screen notification is removed after a few seconds when starting the app in full screen
• Update rebase progress parser to parse output from the merge rebase backend - #10590
• Only show full screen toast notification when making the app window full-screen. Thanks @Sam-Spencer - #7916
• Ensure application window doesn't overlap second monitor - #10267
• Use UNIX line endings in WSL GitHub helper script - #10461

Removed

• Remove setting to disable all certificate validation in favor of new best-effort approach - #10581