Alire Files

This is mainly a maintenance release with numerous bugfixes. However, some important internal refactorings and a few new minor features justify releasing it as a new minor version.

User-visible changes can be found in doc/user-changes.md.

Breaking changes are detailed in BREAKING.md.

Highlights

• JSON, TOML output for tables by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1759
• Add support for private indexes to "alr publish" by @Seb-MCaw in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1745
• Add support for Git repos with multiple remotes configured by @Seb-MCaw in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1782
• Solver refactoring by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1739
• feat: setting to override trusted sites list by @Seb-MCaw in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1819
• Universal builds for macOS by @simonjwright in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1820
• feat: Ubuntu ARM builds by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1832
• feat: allow pinning a crate in a subdirectory of a repository by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1857
• feat: structured output with alr --format show by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1851

What's Changed

• Alire.Utils.Regex: initialize matches explicitly by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1637
• Alire.Paths: Remove unused entity by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1636
• Remove use of GNAT Community Edition by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1641
• Alire.Features: restore proper config deprecation version by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1640
• Enforce usage of Sementic_Versioning when printing Alire/Alr version by @Fabien-Chouteau in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1643
• Move upgrading.md to the doc/ folder to make it available on the website by @Fabien-Chouteau in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1645
• resources: QR pointing to alire.ada.dev by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1649
• Update msys2 installer by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1648
• Use oldest Ubuntu LTS for releases by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1647
• dev: control build jobs with $ALIRE_BUILD_JOBS by @atalii in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1651
• Rename option arguments to indicate expected type by @rocher in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1650
• Fix installation of binary crates containing softlinks by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1653
• Early error if toolchain unavailable for testsuite by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1655
• Fix Bash completion script to avoid unwanted index updates by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1656
• Testsuite control condition for Unix-only by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1657
• Fix nightly builds by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1659
• Fix non-ASCII char used when --no-color in effect by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1661
• Fix macOS workflows (use macos-12 runner) by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1685
• New dev/clean.sh by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1686
• Fix monorepo bug wrt location of generated manifest by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1684
• Fix typos and hyperlinks in doc by @yannickmoy in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1694
• Prefer usage of quantified expressions by @pjljvandelaar in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1238
• Add GNAT 14 to tested versions by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1695
• prefer membership tests by @pjljvandelaar in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1243
• Tag builds done through alr build with unique build string by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1530
• bugfix: improvements to temp file name creation by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1700
• Ensure index repos can be deleted on Windows by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1696
• bugfix: pin loading from out-of-root paths by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1699
• fix: test runs with recent Docker images by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1704
• Improve VSCode launch command by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1703
• Update token permissions in publishing.md by @LionelDraghi in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1707
• Update alr-commands-get.adb by @zertovitch in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1708
• Create FUNDING.yml by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1712
• fix: compiler autoselection on 1st run alr get --build by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1706
• Add OpenBSD support. by @ibara in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1705
• Enable MacOS X M1 in nightly builds by @reznikmm in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1716
• refactor: remove per-OS absolute path check in favor of GNAT.OS_Lib by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1717
• Fix changing branch of pins with 'git+ssh://' and 'xyz+https://' urls by @Seb-MCaw in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1722
• New alr cache by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1642
• Fix traversal of dirs containing troublesome softlinks by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1718
• Build on Mac OS X ARM64 by @reznikmm in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1731
• Add check that commit ID is valid hexadecimal by @Seb-MCaw in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1740
• Rename tests with old 'config' naming to 'settings' by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1746
• Check sync branches master with release/2.0 by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1749
• Fix syncing of releases containing broken softlinks by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1751
• Fix early error on Windows with msys2 disabled by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1747
• Fix CI using deprecated version of actions/upload-artifact by @Seb-MCaw in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1756
• JSON, TOML output for tables by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1759
• Add test for building on an air-gapped system by @Seb-MCaw in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1760
• Add support for private indexes to "alr publish" by @Seb-MCaw in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1745
• Fix: preserve attributes on file copy by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1768
• fix: use tmp dir if $HOME isn't writable by @atalii in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1770
• fix: ability to pin a crate that 'provides' a dependency by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1771
• Set up environment during build preparations by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1766
• doc: fix obsolete toolchain --install references by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1765
• feat: arch/linking safeguards in workflows by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1775
• fix: tweak workflows due to deprecations by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1778
• Fix Spellcheck by @Seb-MCaw in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1779
• fix: install proper macos14 toolchain in nightly build by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1780
• fix: move build source info to a separate location by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1783
• Improve URI recognition by @Seb-MCaw in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1736
• fix: testing of indexed crates with alr test --full by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1786
• Add support for Git repos with multiple remotes configured by @Seb-MCaw in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1782
• Make test actions run only once by @AldanTanneo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1792
• fix: remove non-existent switch from message by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1793
• fix: relocate cleaner.yml workflow to proper dir by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1794
• Fix updating pins on crates which track Alire-generated files by @Seb-MCaw in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1788
• Solver refactoring by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1739
• feat: search without solving and with --solve by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1799
• feat: better solutions when no complete one exists by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1812
• Remove redundant parentheses inside all operators by @ptroja in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1816
• feat: abbreviated dependency tree printing by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1814
• Make source archive download command configurable by @Seb-MCaw in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1815
• feat: propagate verbosity in alr test by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1817
• feat: setting to override trusted sites list by @Seb-MCaw in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1819
• Universal builds for macOS by @simonjwright in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1820
• fix: make explicit Git URLs backward compatible by @Seb-MCaw in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1826
• feat: improved error message when error in pin by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1824
• fix: revert unwanted ada-toml downgrade by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1827
• feat: Ubuntu ARM builds by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1832
• fix: install system gprbuild when selected in assistant by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1833
• fix: emit proper URL in publish help by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1836
• feat: diagnose tool mismatch due to architecture change by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1837
• fix: don't bomb on trying to re-add a pin by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1838
• fix: obsolete documentation about PAT permissions by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1840
• fix: clarify that -vv -d are global switches in bug box by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1842
• fix: report unloadable pin during pin updates by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1843
• Fix/release workflow by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1844
• fix: upgrade deprecated Ubuntu runners by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1845
• fix: integrate appimage artifact into release workflow by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1846
• fix: remove libgcc_s_seh-1.dll dependency by @Seb-MCaw in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1847
• Add test duration measurement by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1848
• fix: action error masked by following successful action by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1841
• Fix GCC 15 warnings by @reznikmm in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1855
• feat: allow pinning a crate in a subdirectory of a repository by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1857
• feat: nightly appImage reusing release workflow by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1859
• fix: workflow condition by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1861
• feat: structured output with alr --format show by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1851
• fix: detect changes in manifests of linked dependencies by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1860
• feat: test ensuring no trivial rebuilds by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1863
• fix: Did_You_Mean crashing with invalid data by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1864
• feat: test for solver timeout behavior by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1865
• feat: check executable existence prior to spawn by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1862
• fix: don't crash on alr --format show --external by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1871
• feat: proper alr printenv output even when sync needed by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1868
• Improve error when evaluating unknown predefined variables in env by @mgrojo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1875
• feat: 2.1 preparations by @mosteo in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1876

New Contributors

• @pjljvandelaar made their first contribution in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1238
• @LionelDraghi made their first contribution in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1707
• @zertovitch made their first contribution in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1708
• @ibara made their first contribution in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1705
• @Seb-MCaw made their first contribution in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1722
• @AldanTanneo made their first contribution in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1792
• @ptroja made their first contribution in https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1816

Full Changelog: https://github.com/alire-project/alire/compare/v2.0.2...v2.1.0