[drewpc]

I see your points and understand the frustration. The minor changes over the years haven't bothered me too much. What really messed with me was when the commit pop-up (with diffs) was changed to a tab, nestled in the same space as my files. Nooooooooo! I want the pop-up. I want to know that this is different from what I was doing before.

[adl]

You can change it back. Go to Preferences -> Version Control -> Commit -> Use non-modal commit interface.