Change Log of ticat

All notable changes to this project are documented here.

[1.4.0] - 2022-09-20

Highlights
- Support args.auto in meta, to auto generate args and arg2env for cmd (#192 #199 #201 #203 and more)
- Support pack-subflow to totally hide suflow (#221)
- New command hook.exit/error/done for hooking a flow with system events, to do result report or other jobs easily (#183)
Other New Features
- Support hide-in-sessions-last=true quiet=true flag in meta files (#186 #188)
- Support sys var RANDOM in meta file template (#218)
- New command env.rm.prefix: batchly delete key-values by prefix (#213)
- New command session.running.desc.monitor to monitor running status
- New command bg.after-main.*: enable/disable auto wait for bg task when main thread ends (#205)
- New command display.sensitive to display sensitive env values or args, which are hide by default (#210)
- Display optimizations: fix lots of display bugs and some enhancements (#184 #185 #190 and more)
Important bug fixs
- Fix bugs when use desc on an executing/executed session
- Fix bugs when use breakpoints on a command with both flow and script

New Features
- Support combined meta file (#178)
- Support macro definition in meta file (#176)
- Env snapshot manage toolbox env.snapshot.* (#171)
- Add break-point command: break.here
Default env key-values
- New: sys.paths.cache for cache path (eg: download files)
- New: sys.paths.data.shared for shared data (eg: repos could be used by more than one commands)

New Features
- Run command selftests in parallel mode (#125)
- Add command branch api; add session id and host ip to env (#128)
- support quiet-error flag in meta (#129)
- Command repeat: run a command many times (#139)
- (Disabled, too many bugs) A command set for dynamic changing flow during executing (#127)
Usability
- not display sensitive(eg: password) key-value or args (#115)
- add blender.forest-mode: reset env on each command, but not reset on their subflows (#118)
- move command to global: dbg.break.*, dbg.step, dbg.delay (#126)
- add commands: list sessions by type (#120)
- Display enhance and bug fixes
Compatibility Changes
- Change init repo from innerr/marsh.ticat to ticat-mods/marsh (#132)
Bug Fixs
- Fix some bugs with tail-mode

New Features
- Support breakpoints and more executing control
  - Command dbg.break.at <cmd-list> #97
  - Command dbg.break.at.begin, step in/out/over #106
- Interactive mode with history and completion #108
- Executed sessions management
  - Write logs for each command, shows them in executed session #95
  - Retry an failed session from error point #93
  - Tracing env changes in an executed session #91
  - Display executed session details #86
  - List, add, remove sessions #83
Usability
- Redesign command sets: desc cmds and more, for locating commands easier #98
- Remove tail-edit-mode usage info from all help-strings and hints, treat it as a hidden hack mode #98
Compatibility Changes
- Remove all command alias *.--(alias of *.clear) *.+(alias of *.increase) *.-(alias of *.decrease)
- Rename command dbg.echo to echo
- Rename command set verbose quiet to display.verbose display.quiet
- Relocate repo local storage dir: .../<project> => .../<git-server>/<author>/<project> #112
- All capical abbrs of commands and args are removed

New Features
- Support background task by sys-arg %delay #82
- Support auto-timer in meta files *.ticat *.tiflow #81
- Add builtin commands timer.begin timer.elapsed for time recording #77