0.0.15

Highlights

• stty is now partially implemented (#3672). We now finally have implementations for all the coreutils!
• tail now implements --follow and has seen many more improvements thanks to the giant refactor by @jhscheer.
• wc and sum have gotten performance improvements by @resistor.
• There have been refactors, fixes and performance improvements in many utils.

GNU test suite compatibility

Many utils have seen minor changes to improve GNU compatibility. This marks the first release where we pass more tests than we fail. See https://github.com/uutils/coreutils-tracking/ for more details

result	0.0.14	0.0.15	change
pass	242	293	+51
skip	73	73	0
fail	270	222	-48
error	8	5	-3

Changes

The PR's listed below are a selection of all the contributions in this release.

basename

• Simple format arguments by @niyaznigmatullin in #3736

basenc

• Fix error code on wrong usage by @niyaznigmatullin in #3743

comm

• Use NUL if delimiter is empty by @cakebaker in #3701

cp

• Correctly copy attributes of a dangling symbolic link by @jfinkels in #3692
• Implement --sparse flag by @pimzero in #3766
• Make --b=simple protective of source by @philgebhardt in #3647
• Truncate destination when --reflink is set by @pimzero in #3759
• Fix test_copy_through_dangling_symlink_no_dereference_permissions by @niyaznigmatullin in #3789

cut

• Fix argument parsing for the delimiter by @jhscheer in #3607

dd

• Error message of invalid args is matched with GNU by @Fuchczyk in #3831
• Fix output issues by @patricksjackson in #3610
• Only print concise byte counts if count is sufficiently large by @jfinkels in #3617
• Reuse buffer for the most common cases by @patricksjackson in #3600
• Fix broken pipe in test_bytes_oseek_bytes_trunc_oflag by @niyaznigmatullin in #3797

df

• Better error message when executed in a chroot without /proc by @lendandgit in #3602
• Fix output if input path is device name by @cakebaker in #3682
• Fix rounding behavior in humanreadable mode by @cakebaker in #3554
• Read block size from env vars by @cakebaker in #3504
• Show "total" label in correct column by @jfinkels in #3579
• Trim size header in tests by @cakebaker in #3582
• Implement the --sync flag for df by @anastygnome in #3592

dircolors

• Add support for stdin by @jhscheer in #3591
• Escape ' and : by @cakebaker in #3639
• Implement --print-ls-colors by @cakebaker in #3566
• Make -b & -c args overridable by @cakebaker in #3569
• Update error message by @cakebaker in #3596

dirname

• Add missing "\n\" to usage message by @cakebaker in #3570

du

• Remove unnecessary spaces from help by @cakebaker in #3622
• Add parse_glob module and update du to use parse_glob by @ackerleytng in #3754

expand

• Add support for --tabs shortcuts by @cakebaker in #3612
• Allow multiple tabs args by @cakebaker in #3585
• Show error if --tabs arg has invalid chars by @cakebaker in #3583
• Allow specifier only with last value by @cakebaker in #3595
• Handle too large tab size by @cakebaker in #3594
• Remove empty line from error message by @cakebaker in #3577
• Simplify signature of expand_shortcuts() by @cakebaker in #3644

hashsum

• Isolate non-"GNU Coreutils" options by @str4d in #3593
• Fix the -c usage by @sylvestre in #3816

install

• Verbose messages shows ginstall as command by @sylvestre in #3651
• Fix install -C test by @niyaznigmatullin in #3663
• Make install -V show the filename by @ElijahSink in #3657

ln

• Improve error messages compatibility by @niyaznigmatullin in #3730
• Implement -L -P to make tests/ln/hard-to-sym.sh work by @sylvestre in #3563
• Symlink --force, src and dst are same file by @niyaznigmatullin in #3724

ls, dir & vdir

• Add already listed message by @niyaznigmatullin in #3707
• Fix double quoting when color is enabled by @tertsdiepraam in #3590
• Implement --zero by @pimzero in #3746
• Remove trailing space when using the comma format (-m) by @anastygnome in #3615
• Silently ignore -T option by @Stonks3141 in #3718
• Forbid octal numbers for width parameter by @Ganneff in #3613

mktemp

• Change directory permission after creation by @353fc443 in #3471
• Combine --tmpdir and subdirectory info by @jfinkels in #3568
• Error on empty --suffix in some situations by @jfinkels in #3599
• Exit with status 1 on usage errors by @jfinkels in #3578
• Include suffix in error message by @jfinkels in #3551
• Only replace last contiguous block of Xs by @jfinkels in #3586
• Respect POSIXLY_CORRECT env var when parsing args by @weijunji in #3604
• Simplify file path parameter logic by @jfinkels in #3573

mv

• Fix error when moving directory to itself by @Fuchczyk in #3809

numfmt

• Implement --format by @cakebaker in #3751
• Implement --to-unit & --from-unit by @cakebaker in #3705
• Preserve trailing zeros by @cakebaker in #3764
• Don't round floats if --from is none by @cakebaker in #3742
• Reject suffix if unit is none by @cakebaker in #3716
• Remove duplicate default hints from help by @cakebaker in #3696
• Show invalid suffix error for i suffix by @cakebaker in #3732
• Show error if --padding is zero by @cakebaker in #3686
• Show error if i suffix is missing by @cakebaker in #3713

paste

• Implement -z flag by @cakebaker in #3659

readlink

• Improve GNU compatibility by @niyaznigmatullin in #3826
• Symlink loop handling by @niyaznigmatullin in #3717

realpath

• Relative options by @niyaznigmatullin in #3710
• Improve symlink handling by @niyaznigmatullin in #3703
• Add --no-symlinks alias by @cakebaker in #3681

rm

• Fix help text mistakenly being used as the long option by @tertsdiepraam in #3670

shuf

• Add missing spaces to about text by @cakebaker in #3677
• Improve performance by @Garfield96 in #3642

sort

• Wait when SIGINT was raised for the program to finish properly by @niyaznigmatullin in #3801

sum

• Speed up sum by using reasonable read buffer sizes. by @resistor in #3741

split

• Don't overwrite files by @andrewbaptist in #3719
• Set names for arg values by @cakebaker in #3541
• Don't skip chucking when the chunk size is a divisor of the buffer size by @resistor in #3800

stty

• Initial implementation by @tertsdiepraam in #3672

tail

• Implement --follow and much more by @jhscheer in #2695
• Rework platform module by @anastygnome in #3706
• Fix race condition by @jhscheer in #3798
• Reduce CPU load for polling by @jhscheer in #3618
• Reuse opened file --follow=descriptor by @niyaznigmatullin in #3830

tee

• Implement -p by @eds-collabora in #3656

touch

• Fix trailing slashes handling by @niyaznigmatullin in #3788

true & false

• Use clap::ArgAction for --help and --version by @jarkonik in #3784

tty

• Move from libc to nix by @tertsdiepraam in #3838

unexpand

• Handle too large tabs arguments by @cakebaker in #3655
• Implement tabs shortcuts by @cakebaker in #3646
• Set value name of arg by @cakebaker in #3605

uniq

• Set default missing value for group and all-repeated args by @cakebaker in #3667

wc

• Specialize scanning loop on settings. by @resistor in #3708
• Implement a fast path for character counting in wc. by @resistor in #3735
• Implement wc fast paths that skip Unicode decoding. by @resistor in #3740
• Fix wc gnu test suite compatibility by @anastygnome in #3688

uucore

• Create help_section macro by @tertsdiepraam in #3180
• Refactor, document and test ranges module by @tertsdiepraam in #3844
• Remove show_error_custom_description macros show_usage_error by @tertsdiepraam in #3837
• Add backport for Path::is_symlink() by @jfinkels in #3697
• Fix invalid enum variant in docstring by @cakebaker in #3643
• Simplify invalid encoding handling by @tertsdiepraam in #3832
• canonicalize: Loop looking in windows by @niyaznigmatullin in #3714

General

• Netbsd / OpenBSD build fix by @devnexen in #3807
• Add more consistency in the --help output and declarations by @sylvestre in #3774
• dependencies: make winapi dependency only for Windows by @niyaznigmatullin in #3846
• tests: fix Freebsd test failures by @jhscheer in #3777
• tests: ignore failing tests for FreeBSD by @jhscheer in #3806
• Replace lazy_static with once_cell by @Sciencentistguy in #3704
• README: add badge for MSRV by @jhscheer in #3799
• Remove use of mem::uninitialized by @5225225 in #3808
• Remove deprecated clap functions by @cakebaker in #3768, #3850, #3848, #3804 & #3771

New Contributors

@weijunji (#3604), @str4d (#3593), @patricksjackson (#3600), @Ganneff (#3613), @Garfield96 (#3642), @philgebhardt (#3647), @ElijahSink (#3657), @niyaznigmatullin (#3663), @eds-collabora (#3656), @lendandgit (#3602), @resistor (#3708), @andrewbaptist (#3720), @Stonks3141 (#3718), @pimzero (#3746), @Fuchczyk (#3809), @5225225 (#3808), @jarkonik (#3784)

Full Changelog: 0.0.14...0.0.15