Releases: emmercm/igir
v2.8.0
Release Highlights
Feature: support for MAME "software list" DATs
Did you know that MAME has emulation support for systems other than arcade? Well, it does! You can get the DATs for these systems using the mame -getsoftlist <pattern> command.
Feature: detect archives with bad extensions
Files don't always get distributed with the correct extension, so igir can now detect if a file is an archive and what type of archive it is even if the extension is wrong.
Feature: macOS Homebrew package
You can now install igir on macOS using brew! The full command is:
brew tap emmercm/igir
brew install igirFix: case-insensitive checksums
@knoopx found an issue where DATs with ROM checksums in uppercase weren't working correctly. This has been fixed.
Fix: files that failed to move shouldn't be deleted
If a failure happened during a file move, where the output file wasn't written, the input file was still being deleted. This has been fixed.
All changes
12 June 2024 - 72b1757 - v2.8.0 (#1158)
11 June 2024 - a780983 - Refactor: detect deleted cached files subset on a timer (#1157)
11 June 2024 - 52bfae1 - Fix: don't consider input files as moved when write failed (#1156)
11 June 2024 - ed1f267 - Refactor: optimize ArrayPoly.filterUniqueMapped() further (#1155)
11 June 2024 - c08e57a - Fix: don't put zipped multi-ROM games in a subdirectory (#1154)
11 June 2024 - 860a9d2 - Refactor: limit the number of cached files checked for existence (#1153)
11 June 2024 - 073a975 - Refactor: progress bar fixes & tweaks (#1152)
11 June 2024 - e2d7d78 - Refactor: optimize ArrayPoly.filterUniqueMapped() (#1151)
9 June 2024 - 273ecca - Chore: Security upgrade unzipper from 0.11.6 to 0.12.1 (#1150)
4 June 2024 - 106be63 - Chore: update Node.js to v20.14.0 (#1149)
1 June 2024 - 1aa6339 - Fix: reduce README help message width for GitHub (#1148)
31 May 2024 - 06accc2 - Fix: sanitize non-glob paths when globbing (#1147)
31 May 2024 - aa0d2d9 - Fix: don't test default cache paths when one provided (#1145)
31 May 2024 - 4e9033a - Fix: lowercase DAT ROM checksums (#1146)
29 May 2024 - ffa8559 - Chore: update dependency eslint-plugin-unicorn to v53 (#1142)
29 May 2024 - 2f926ca - Chore: update lockfile (#1143)
27 May 2024 - 53b4e82 - Chore: update dependencies (#1141)
27 May 2024 - e64c7e1 - Chore: update ESLint (#1140)
27 May 2024 - 7dc8e97 - Chore: update docs dependencies (#1139)
27 May 2024 - 90e7453 - Chore: update dependency ts-jest to v29.1.3 (#1138)
27 May 2024 - 42ba589 - Chore: update dependency @types/node to v20.12.12 (#1137)
16 May 2024 - 59a4371 - Chore: update Node.js to v20.13.1 (#1134)
14 May 2024 - ad8560b - Chore: update Node.js to v20.13.0 (#1133)
10 May 2024 - 5d2584e - Feature: warn on Node.js v22 EOL (#1132)
10 May 2024 - 9832172 - Feature: correct invalid extensions when raw-copying archives (#1128)
10 May 2024 - 7adcf96 - CI: increase test coverage (#1131)
10 May 2024 - 2418458 - Fix: don't use the cache file when testing (#1126)
10 May 2024 - 967d2ed - Refactor: use file paths in cache keys (#1125)
10 May 2024 - d0a11ac - CI: increase test coverage (#1130)
10 May 2024 - 362aaae - Docs: Homebrew installation instructions (#1129)
10 May 2024 - 6b9a0cc - Refactor: reduce file reading high water mark to match Node.js v22 (#1127)
10 May 2024 - 6171249 - Feature: better handling of TOSEC naming conventions (#1123)
10 May 2024 - fe650c8 - Fix: attempt to sanitize non-glob paths when globbing (#1124)
9 May 2024 - dbd343d - Feature: detect archives with bad extensions with file signatures (#1121)
9 May 2024 - c32113f - Refactor: Bun: use FileHandle.writeFile() (#1114)
9 May 2024 - 7f59ca6 - Feature: support MAME software list DATs (#1031)
igir, and other open-source projects like it, are a labor of love. They wouldn't be nearly as meaningful without the community supporting them. Constructive feedback and general positivity will always be welcome. Be kind to others, and be kind to yourselves.
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Assets 8
v2.7.0
Release Highlights
Reporting changes
You can now igir report without providing any --input <path>. @IDmedia suggested valid use cases for why someone would want to generate an empty report for DATs, primarily because reports are affected by igir's filter and preference rules.
A new "DUPLICATE" status has been added. This is to resolve some confusion around the "UNUSED" status which gets used for input files that weren't used during copying, moving, or linking - regardless of whether the input file matched a ROM in a DAT. Now, if an input file could have been used for a copying, moving, or linking action but wasn't (because some other input file was), it will report as "DUPLICATE". Thank you @9p6 for the suggestion!
Feature: debug option for changing the cache path
A new --cache-path <path> option has been added to specify where igir should write the cache file. Thank you @TheBrainScrambler for the suggestion!
Fix: validate regions and languages
Validation has been added for regions (--filter-region <regions>, --prefer-region <regions>) and languages (--filter-language <languages>, --prefer-language <languages>). You can no longer provide any invalid regions or languages, which is helpful because some abbreviations aren't obvious to all.
All changes
8 May 2024 - aef5adb - v2.7.0 (#1122)
8 May 2024 - 4e03c51 - Feature: DUPLICATE report status to disambiguate UNUSED (#1120)
8 May 2024 - 825d608 - Fix: report non-preferred games as IGNORED when no game found (#1119)
8 May 2024 - 57d166d - Feature: allow reporting with no input when not writing ROMs (#1118)
8 May 2024 - 4ee0d8c - Feature: infer abbreviated years in game names (#1116)
8 May 2024 - 56ad757 - Feature: validate language and region option values (#1117)
8 May 2024 - 822d001 - Feature: cache path option (#1115)
6 May 2024 - a132387 - Chore: update codecov/codecov-action action to v4 (#1106)
30 April 2024 - f820b17 - Chore: update lockfile (#1110)
30 April 2024 - a5fa53b - Chore: update docs dependencies (#1105)
28 April 2024 - e0baf70 - Chore: update lockfile (#1109)
27 April 2024 - 7eca8f9 - Chore: update dependency eslint-plugin-unicorn to v52 (#1107)
27 April 2024 - bb19cb6 - Chore: update dependency typescript to v5.4.5 (#1108)
27 April 2024 - 01daead - Chore: update dependency @types/node to v20.12.7 (#1104)
27 April 2024 - 89e1db8 - Chore: update dependencies (#1103)
26 April 2024 - 0e8f54f - Chore: update ESLint (#1101)
26 April 2024 - d62e780 - Refactor: ESLint typing fixes (#1102)
26 April 2024 - 3999705 - Chore: update lockfile (#1100)
26 April 2024 - 5d84b65 - Chore: update dependency eslint-plugin-jest to v28 (#1099)
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Assets 8
v2.6.3
Release Highlights
This release is all about filesystem efficiencies.
Feature: retry failed writes
File write failures (exceptions, test failures) are unexpected and can be caused by transient issues. Writes will now be tried up to three times before giving up with an error. This number can be controlled with the --write-retry <count> advanced option.
Fix: add write permissions to copied files
@alienth found a bug where read-only files that when copied kept their read-only status, resulting in later errors. Copied files will now have write permissions added when needed.
Fix: reduced the default reader and writer threads
The default reader threads have been reduced 10->8, and the default writer threads have been reduced 10->4. The goal here is to increase speed by decreasing thrash on drives, especially platter-based ones.
Fix: generate candidates simultaneously
This matters when raw-writing files (not extracting or zipping) while also testing. In those cases, checksums need to be calculated for archive files (as opposed to the checksums of files within the archive that were calculated during ROM scanning), and this can be sped up by calculating multiple at once.
All changes
12 April 2024 - 62a34f7 - v2.6.3 (#1089)
12 April 2024 - ef19665 - CI: allow manual runs of the Node.js test CI workflow (#1097)
12 April 2024 - eb667f1 - Refactor: explicitly flush written files to disk (#1094)
12 April 2024 - 8cf535a - Fix: update copied file permissions with 0o222 (#1093)
12 April 2024 - 65e632f - Fix: revert FsPoly.copyDir() changes (#1098)
12 April 2024 - 9e14aad - Refactor: filesystem walk with file types (#1096)
12 April 2024 - 94f8da2 - CI: FilePoly unit tests (#1091)
12 April 2024 - 362f98d - Chore: update softprops/action-gh-release action to v2 (#1054)
12 April 2024 - 515c793 - Refactor: remove most usages of util.promisify() (#1087)
12 April 2024 - 89c3aa9 - Feature: retry failed writes (#1088)
12 April 2024 - 30a5f26 - Fix: chmod +w files after copying them (#1086)
12 April 2024 - 81cb28c - Chore: update Node.js to v20.12.2 (#1081)
12 April 2024 - 113f4c4 - Fix: use node.exe for the caxa command on Windows (#1085)
10 April 2024 - 09295d9 - CI: Renovate: don't update Node.js immediately after release (#1082)
7 April 2024 - 7fabb9a - Refactor: generate multiple candidates simultaneously (#1077)
7 April 2024 - e3d0d2e - Fix: reduce the default reader and writer thread count (#1076)
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Assets 8
v2.6.2
Release Highlights
Fix: parent/clone inference with game "alternates"
@MrNoOneRed found that the GoodTools-style [a] and [a#] tags were not getting grouped into parent/clones with TOSEC DATs. This has been fixed.
Checksum cache updates
Feature: checksums of non-archives are now cached.
This is most helpful when copying or moving large files such as ISOs, or when calculating MD5/SHA1/SHA256 hashes.
Fix: test for cache write permissions.
Previously, igir would write its cache file to ./igir.cache. But it can't be assumed that this file path is writable, as reported by @TheBrainScrambler on NixOS. So now igir will fall back to writing the cache file to ~/igir.cache.
Token updates
Feature: new {romm} token.
@maxexcloo has added support for RomM, a web UI to help visualize ROM collections. As of writing, RomM does not have any mass ROM sorting functionality, so igir is a great choice to help organize RomM collections.
Feature: added "cracked" game type.
A new "cracked" game type has been added that will affect the {gameType} output token. Games considered "cracked" have had some copy protection removed, and by definition are not retail, so they will also be excluded by the --only-retail option. Thank you @MrNoOneRed for the feature suggestion!
Fix: "Famicom" and "Super Famicom" DATs.
"Nintendo Entertainment System" and "Super Nintendo Entertainment System" have been supported for a long time, but @kerobaros pointed out that "Famicom" and "Super Famicom" were not. This has been fixed.
All changes
7 April 2024 - 45596f8 - v2.6.2 (#1075)
7 April 2024 - 470cad6 - Feature: Added RomM Export (#1045)
7 April 2024 - dbf5566 - Fix: make sure the cache file is writable (#1070)
7 April 2024 - 3b6579b - Feature: detect "cracked" games, treat as non-retail (#1074)
7 April 2024 - ec43210 - Fix: treat GoodTools alternates as clones (#1073)
7 April 2024 - 8e26ebf - Fix: cache checksums of raw files (#1063)
6 April 2024 - f386ccd - Chore: Bump pillow from 10.2.0 to 10.3.0 in /docs (#1062)
6 April 2024 - d8b56d9 - Chore: update docs dependencies (#1068)
6 April 2024 - 2b626e2 - Chore: update Node.js to v20.12.1 (#1067)
6 April 2024 - 33e322f - Chore: update Node.js to v20.12.0 (#1046)
6 April 2024 - 391c12f - Chore: bump typescript-eslint packages to v7.5.0 (#1066)
6 April 2024 - 993d4a6 - CI: Dependabot settings (#1064)
29 March 2024 - d6ec0c6 - Chore: update lockfile (#1059)
28 March 2024 - c834f7a - Chore: update lockfile (#1058)
28 March 2024 - d95f140 - Chore: update lockfile (#1057)
28 March 2024 - 65a7925 - Chore: update dependency term-size to v4 (#1053)
28 March 2024 - cc2f2ac - Chore: update lockfile (#1056)
27 March 2024 - 7f4c8ff - Chore: update dependency archiver to v7 (#1051)
27 March 2024 - b7dcb7f - Chore: update dependencies (#1049)
27 March 2024 - 3b59fec - Chore: update dependency eslint-plugin-jsdoc to v48.2.1 (#1048)
27 March 2024 - 9b63add - Chore: update dependency @types/node to v20.11.30 (#1047)
27 March 2024 - 6d38295 - Chore: update dependency typescript to v5.4.3 (#1055)
27 March 2024 - 89b1f4f - Chore: update docs dependencies (#1050)
25 March 2024 - 6ab8d34 - Fix: Famicom and Super Famicom output token matching (#1044)
24 March 2024 - a721494 - Refactor: extract the same input files at the same time (#1042)
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Assets 8
v2.6.1
Release Highlights
Feature: SHA256 support
v2.6.0 added the ability to calculate MD5 and SHA1 checksums, and now SHA256 has been added as well. SHA256 is non-standard in that it's not part of the original Logiqx XML DTD, but some groups include it such as No-Intro's "standard" (non-parent/clone) DATs, and Hardware Target Game Database.
Feature: {onion} output token updates
@maxexcloo added support for the following consoles:
- Amiga CD32
- Commodore VIC20
- NEC PC-FX
- Nintendo DS
- Sinclair ZX-81
Thank you for your code contributions and support!
All changes
23 March 2024 - 268d2fd - v2.6.1 (#1040)
23 March 2024 - 49d1e7e - Feature: SHA256 support (#1032)
23 March 2024 - 4aebb8d - Fix: Added Newly Supported Onion Game Systems (NDS, etc) (#1039)
23 March 2024 - adb5c06 - CI: add an "ongoing" GitHub label (#1038)
23 March 2024 - 06d9b35 - CI: update inactive discussion lock language (#1037)
22 March 2024 - d02725a - CI: automatically lock old discussions (#1033)
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Assets 8
v2.6.0
Release Highlights
Feature: the ability to calculate and match MD5 & SHA1 checksums
A long missing feature of igir has been the ability to match ROMs to DATs based on something other than CRC32 + filesize. This addition brings igir ever closer to feature parity with other major ROM managers.
igir will now automatically determine all file checksums it needs to calculate to match input files to ROMs in every DAT provided. This is important because not every DAT provides every checksum (e.g. MAME sometimes only provides SHA1, Hardware Target Game Database doesn't always provide filesize).
You can control the minimum checksum algorithm used with the --input-min-checksum <algorithm> option.
Feature: archive checksum cache
To support MD5 & SHA1 checksums, and as prep work for CHD support (#937), igir will now cache the checksums of any archived files that it had to compute itself.
Some archive formats such as .zip and .7z include pre-calculated CRC32 information so igir will skip calculating it by default. No supported archive format includes pre-calculated MD5 or SHA1 checksums, so any need to calculate them can greatly slow down ROM scanning. Having a cache file with igir-calculated checksums can greatly speed up subsequent scans.
Fix: directories in ROM names
Up until now, igir tried to intelligently guess if a DAT used / or \ path separators in ROM names intentionally. This led to the issue that was fixed in v2.5.3 for some No-Intro DATs. No-Intro doesn't allow these characters in game names, and Redump also follows No-Intro's naming conventions.
From now on, igir won't try to be smart about game or ROM names, and will instead trust the DAT groups that they know what they're doing.
All changes
21 March 2024 - 950f352 - v2.6.0 (#1028)
21 March 2024 - 0f4b900 - Fix: treat the provided checksum algorithm as the minimum (#1026)
21 March 2024 - 9b92ebf - Refactor: remove the "unique" language from progress bar messages (#1025)
21 March 2024 - ef0abb0 - Refactor: only log the logger prefix at trace log level (#1023)
21 March 2024 - 6596c13 - Feature: disable cache option (#1024)
21 March 2024 - af610f7 - Feature: cache archive entry checksums (#1004)
21 March 2024 - 307770c - Feature: ability to match ROMs via MD5 & SHA1 (#945)
21 March 2024 - f016c87 - Refactor: prefer calculated CRC32 of archive entry contents (#1021)
20 March 2024 - caa51ae - Refactor: centralize the code to hash a raw file (#1022)
20 March 2024 - 5a58ecb - Feature: render days in progress bar ETAs (#1020)
20 March 2024 - 2063004 - Refactor: don't sanitize path separators in game & ROM names (#1019)
20 March 2024 - facb20e - Fix: treat duplicate game names as clones (#1018)
igir, and other open-source projects like it, are a labor of love. They wouldn't be nearly as meaningful without the community supporting them. Constructive feedback and general positivity will always be welcome. Be kind to others, and be kind to yourselves.
v2.5.3
Release Highlights
Fix: directory paths not preserved for No-Intro DATs
@tnvu reported a bug with directory paths in Xbox 360 digital ROM names not being respected. This has been fixed.
Fix: long exit time
An issue was fixed with the CLI progress bar rendering that could cause igir to needlessly wait up to 10 seconds after processing before finally exiting.
Refactors: preparation for MD5 & SHA1 matching
Most of this release involves code refactors that were necessary pre-work for MD5 and SHA1 matching (#818). Please report and new bugs found with this.
All changes
20 March 2024 - e82dc6f - v2.5.3 (#1017)
19 March 2024 - d56a8e2 - Fix: minimum for number of games with path characters (#1016)
19 March 2024 - b548560 - Fix: revert: warn the user of any unused patches (#1015)
19 March 2024 - 90affeb - Docs: use the word "headerless" everywhere (#1014)
19 March 2024 - 24b2b1a - Feature: test zip archives with the highest checksum available (#1013)
19 March 2024 - 9f2c274 - Feature: test raw files with the highest checksum available (#1012)
19 March 2024 - 67431bd - Refactor: allow files to not have CRC32s (#1011)
18 March 2024 - 63ce80b - CI: increase test coverage (#1010)
18 March 2024 - 77601c7 - Fix: check if an existing file is a symlink during symlink testing (#1009)
18 March 2024 - 02ca43e - Refactor: throw when extracting invalid entry path from archive (#1008)
18 March 2024 - 35b5bdb - Fix: retain "ROM names contain directories" attribute when combining DATs (#1007)
17 March 2024 - 97bfeeb - Refactor: centrally manage Node.js timeouts (#1005)
15 March 2024 - 82eb81d - Refactor: use FileProps and ArchiveEntryProps for instantiation (#1003)
9 March 2024 - e992d98 - Feature: file-backed cache (#1002)
9 March 2024 - a1acfd3 - Refactor: IndexedFiles class (#992)
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Assets 8
v2.5.2
Release Highlights
Fix: headered ROMs being written when headerless was desired
While continuing to work on ROM matching via MD5 and SHA1, it was discovered that sometimes igir was writing headered files when a DAT specified a headerless ROM. This should be fixed.
Because igir can automatically remove headers when needed, it can match headered files in the input directory when processing a headerless DAT. This primarily affected the No-Intro NES headerless DAT, as most DAT groups don't release headerless DATs.
Fix: reading bad zip files
@tnvu reported a TorrentZipped .zip file that was causing ungracefully handled errors. There is some issue with the underlying zip library, archiver, but igir will at least catch these errors gracefully now.
All changes
8 March 2024 - 8cbd9fc - v2.5.2 (#999)
8 March 2024 - 978e473 - Fix: re-enable GitHub Actions workflow linter (#928)
8 March 2024 - 6d86a9f - Fix: add more try/catch around zip files (#994)
8 March 2024 - 176d7ef - Fix: writing headered files instead of unheadered (#998)
8 March 2024 - 1f4ac62 - Fix: games can't be both a parent and clone (#997)
8 March 2024 - 16bb8ed - Refactor: ROMProps extends ChecksumProps (#996)
8 March 2024 - 5859b9b - Refactor: don't prefer input archives unless necessary (#993)
8 March 2024 - d572d6e - Refactor: log input file size during writing (#995)
igir, and other open-source projects like it, are a labor of love. They wouldn't be nearly as meaningful without the community supporting them. Constructive feedback and general positivity will always be welcome. Be kind to others, and be kind to yourselves.
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Assets 8
v2.5.1
Release Highlights
Fix: filtering parents broke parent/clone relationships
@halsafar found a fairly critical bug with 1G1R filtering. Previously, if a --filter-* option would filter out the parent in a set of parent/clone games, all of the clones would be orphaned and therefore all written to the output. In other words, --single wasn't being respected in all cases. This should be fixed now, thank you for the report!
Feature: --no-program and --only-program options
The existing --no-test-roms and --only-test-roms options have been renamed to --no-program and --only-program. These options now filter ROMs that are "programs" (applications). The old options still exist, but will be removed in the future.
Thank you @lucaorio for the suggestion!
Feature: demo, prototype, and sample filters updated
The code determining whether a game is a demo, prototype, or sample has been updated to include some less often-used tags/language. This should bring the three options parity with Retool.
Fix: --clean-dry-run log level updated
@PhasecoreX updated the log level that indicates what files were skipped from cleaning because of the --clean-dry-run option to INFO, which hopefully makes it more usable. Thank you!
Sponsors
Thank you @maxexcloo for sponsoring igir on GitHub! Your recent feedback and code contributions have been greatly helpful.
All changes
7 March 2024 - 5509c78 - v2.5.1 (#990)
7 March 2024 - 23e24cc - Fix: don't orphan children when filtering out parents (#989)
7 March 2024 - 768bfc3 - Feature: warn about low log levels with --clean-dry-run (#988)
7 March 2024 - 6248ccd - Fix: Update clean dry run to use info logging instead of debug (#978)
4 March 2024 - ddaa41c - Refactor: logging updates (#986)
3 March 2024 - 3ce2b6b - Refactor: don't allow mutually exclusive commands (#985)
3 March 2024 - d8af7ea - Fix: written ROMs can't be considered "moved" (#984)
29 February 2024 - 2a64c62 - Chore: update lockfile (#980)
29 February 2024 - 7527476 - Chore: update lockfile (#979)
28 February 2024 - fa98d5a - Chore: update lockfile (#977)
28 February 2024 - 5885816 - Chore: update lockfile (#976)
28 February 2024 - 86dab08 - Chore: update lockfile (#975)
28 February 2024 - d2f2881 - Chore: update lockfile (#974)
28 February 2024 - 7eb68e4 - Chore: update release-drafter/release-drafter action to v6 (#970)
28 February 2024 - 2dfcdd7 - Chore: update peter-evans/create-pull-request action to v6 (#969)
28 February 2024 - 4cea081 - Feature: only-program, no-program filter options (#972)
28 February 2024 - c81f866 - Feature: debug, demo, prototype, sample filter updates (#973)
27 February 2024 - 00116dd - Chore: update dependency eslint-plugin-simple-import-sort to v12 (#967)
27 February 2024 - 20dd19b - Chore: update dependency @types/semver to v7.5.8 (#971)
27 February 2024 - 293afce - Chore: update dependency eslint-plugin-unicorn to v51 (#968)
27 February 2024 - f46ef1b - Chore: update rinchsan/renovate-config-validator action to v0.2.0 (#965)
27 February 2024 - 7a20f21 - Chore: update ESLint (#964)
27 February 2024 - 95c581d - Chore: update docs dependencies (#963)
27 February 2024 - 46668a4 - Chore: update dev dependencies (#962)
27 February 2024 - abc4088 - Chore: update dependency @types/jest to v29.5.12 (#961)
27 February 2024 - 60d0034 - Chore: update dependencies (#960)
27 February 2024 - 5fbe5a1 - Chore: update adRise/update-pr-branch action to v0.7.2 (#959)
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Assets 8
v2.5.0
Release Highlights
Feature: hard link support
First, the existing symlink command has been renamed to link. symlink will continue to work the same as link --symlink for now, but the command will be removed in the future.
@maxexcloo had a great suggestion to support hard links in addition to symbolic links. Hard links can be helpful when you want to move files around more freely, as opposed to symbolic links that can break without warning.
A new --symlink option has been added to create symlinks, and it is required for the existing --symlink-relative option.
Fixes: reading & writing file links
The deep dive into adding hard links revealed a few issues:
- @PhasecoreX pointed out that using input directories that had symlinks was not working
- Relative symlinks were constructed incorrectly in some cases, mainly when dealing with macOS'
/privatedirectory
These should be fixed, and quite a few unit tests around file links have been added.
Fix: reading files that no longer exist
Trying to read .tar and .tar.gz files that didn't exist would cause igir to hang forever. That was the primary issue fixed, but several unit tests have been added for all supported file types to ensure they don't hang or crash.
Tokens: {es} and {retrodeck} added
@maxexcloo added two new output path tokens:
{es}for EmulationStation, which is great timing now that it's available on Android!{retrodeck}for RetroDECK
Thank you for these contributions!
All changes
24 February 2024 - e81214d - v2.5.0 (#958)
24 February 2024 - 679aa5c - CI: auto-merge disabler for outside contributions (#957)
24 February 2024 - 260d87a - Docs: add warning comments to README (#954)
24 February 2024 - 186711c - Feature: Add New Outputs (EmulationStation + RetroDECK) (#956)
24 February 2024 - 6d077c3 - Docs: add file linking to alternatives table (#953)
24 February 2024 - 43ce6c8 - CI: set Renovate 'automerge' not 'platformAutomerge' in packageRules (#955)
24 February 2024 - d88a8fc - Fix: test reading nonexistent files (#952)
24 February 2024 - 310051a - Feature: hard link support (#951)
24 February 2024 - cdbce2e - Fix: ability to scan directory symbolic links (#949)
igir, and other open-source projects like it, are a labor of love. They wouldn't be nearly as meaningful without the community supporting them. Constructive feedback and general positivity will always be welcome. Be kind to others, and be kind to yourselves.