1.2.0

Changed

• For Linux, changed the lock directory base from /var/lock to /tmp.

1.1.0

Changed

• Removed -S option, replaced by GITPACK_SKIP_LOCK environment variable.

1.0.0

Added

• Error messages contain also a unique ID. No reuse allowed.
• Added messages to ease watching the progress of GitPack execution.
• Added package index – fetch repositories updates only once an hour, otherwise use cache.
• Added a hint message when bad arguments passed to ease finding GitPack's help.
• Added long hash mode option -H forcing to always show full commit hashes.
• Added fetch mode option -f making GitPack always fetch from remote.
• Added support for raw URL mode -r, in which GitPack performs no HTTPS adjustments.
• Added native mode for Bash completion, allowing it to use more features.
• Added support for cached packages version hints in Bash completion.
• Added option -n to never fetch from remote.
• Added option -S to skip locking (useful for GitPack wrappers).
• Added option -d to disable checking for installed URL basename duplicates.

Changed

• Travis CI has been replaced by GitHub Actions CI.
• Only optional commands are checked for their existence before execution.
• The format of paths command output has been changed.
• Warnings of ambiguous references are no longer suppressed.
• GitPack repository directory .gitpack was renamed to .install.
• Installation and uninstallation are accomplished exclusively using GitPack scripts.
• The output of actions uses significantly different format.
• The Bash tab completion now uses status and fetched files to create URL hints.
• All options have been moved to right after gitpack command, not per action/command basis.
• If more than one = is used in URL=VERSION argument, URL contains additional = rather than VERSION.
• Bash tab completion considers previous arguments and dynamically generates hints.
• When running on macOS, more predictable file paths are used.
• When not running on a recognized system, fallback file paths are used.
• Check URL basename against installed URL basenames for possible duplicates.

Fixed

• When fetching a repository fails, it is no longer present in Bash tab completion hints.
• Only one instance of GitPack per user may be running at a time.
• Unless raw URL mode used, GitPack removes or merges unnecessary / of URLs before processing.
• Handle invalid URL hashes stored in status.

Removed

• The support for dependencies has been completely removed.
• The support for logging has been removed.
• Support for status backup mechanism has been removed.
• Support for GitPack map has been removed.
• The offline mode, including the -o option, has been removed.

0.7.0

Added

• The automatic default branch detection has been added.
• The paths command to show all GitPack-specific paths has been added.
• GitPack beautifies branch latest commit hashes by default.
• Hash mode option -h forcing to always show commit hashes has been added.

Changed

• GitPack output does not contain HEAD as a version.
• Any URL not conflicting with necessary internal limitations is now supported.

Fixed

• Version name collisions are resolved in the following order: HEAD, tags, branches, commit hashes.

0.6.0

Added

• The support for GitPack to work with any Git branch has been added.
• Offline mode option -o has been introduced.

Changed

• GitPack map files may contain more than one source path per line.

Fixed

• Removing a file with a space in its path no longer causes issues.

0.5.0

Added

• The support for tab completion in Bash shells has been added.

Changed

• Stop following REUSE Specification - Version 3.0.

Fixed

• There is no empty line created in status file during the last item deletion.

Removed

• The custom script timeout has been removed.

0.4.0

Added

• A simple mechanism for cyclic dependencies prevention has been added.
• GitPack now keeps a backup copy of status file and recovers from it when status file does not exist.

Changed

• If there is a fail, it will get logged with the [fail] logtype.

0.3.0

Added

• The support for execution logging has been added.
• Custom scripts of GitPack projects are called with a timeout.
• The support for handling signals has been added.

Fixed

• GitPack files map and deps may be empty.

0.2.0

Added

• The list command has been added to list all installed Git projects using GitPack.
• The support for processing dependencies has been added.

Changed

• GitPack transforms every URL it works with to the lowercase form.
• Meet REUSE Specification - Version 3.0.

0.1.0

Added

• Add support for installation of a given version.
• Installation and uninstallation of GitPack projects has been implemented.

Changed

• States of status action have been renamed; old, dev, latest -> older, newer, ok.