Sourced from click's releases.
8.0.0
New major versions of all the core Pallets libraries, including Click 8.0, have been released! :tada:
- Read the announcement on our blog: https://palletsprojects.com/blog/flask-2-0-released/
- Read the full list of changes: https://click.palletsprojects.com/changes/#version-8-0-0
- Retweet the announcement on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PalletsTeam/status/1392266507296514048
- Follow our blog, Twitter, or GitHub to see future announcements.
This represents a significant amount of work, and there are quite a few changes. Be sure to carefully read the changelog, and use tools such as pip-compile and Dependabot to pin your dependencies and control your updates.
Sourced from click's changelog.
Version 8.0.0
Released 2021-05-11
- Drop support for Python 2 and 3.5.
- Colorama is always installed on Windows in order to provide style and color support. :pr:
1784
- Adds a repr to Command, showing the command name for friendlier debugging. :issue:
1267
, :pr:1295
- Add support for distinguishing the source of a command line parameter. :issue:
1264
, :pr:1329
- Add an optional parameter to
ProgressBar.update
to set thecurrent_item
. :issue:1226
, :pr:1332
version_option
usesimportlib.metadata
(or theimportlib_metadata
backport) instead ofpkg_resources
. :issue:1582
- If validation fails for a prompt with
hide_input=True
, the value is not shown in the error message. :issue:1460
- An
IntRange
orFloatRange
option shows the accepted range in its help text. :issue:1525
, :pr:1303
IntRange
andFloatRange
bounds can be open (<
) instead of closed (<=
) by settingmin_open
andmax_open
. Error messages have changed to reflect this. :issue:1100
- An option defined with duplicate flag names (
"--foo/--foo"
) raises aValueError
. :issue:1465
echo()
will not fail when using pytest'scapsys
fixture on Windows. :issue:1590
- Resolving commands returns the canonical command name instead of the matched name. This makes behavior such as help text and
Context.invoked_subcommand
consistent when using patterns likeAliasedGroup
. :issue:1422
- The
BOOL
type accepts the values "on" and "off". :issue:1629
- A
Group
withinvoke_without_command=True
will always invoke its result callback. :issue:1178
nargs == -1
andnargs > 1
is parsed and validated for values from environment variables and defaults. :issue:729
- Detect the program name when executing a module or package with
python -m name
. :issue:1603
- Include required parent arguments in help synopsis of subcommands. :issue:
1475
- Help for boolean flags with
show_default=True
shows the flag name instead ofTrue
orFalse
. :issue:1538
- Non-string objects passed to
style()
andsecho()
will be converted to string. :pr:1146
edit(require_save=True)
will detect saves for editors that exit very fast on filesystems with 1 second resolution. :pr:1050
- New class attributes make it easier to use custom core objects throughout an entire application. :pr:
938
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Merge pull request #1877 from pallets/release-8.0.0dfa6369
release version 8.0.0b862cb1
update requirementsf51584c
Merge pull request #1876 from pallets/pre-commit-ci-schedule804c71c
update pre-commit monthlyac655f8
Merge pull request #1872 from janLuke/fix/formatter_write_textdcd991d
HelpFormatter.write_text uses full width5215fc1
Merge pull request #1870 from AdrienPensart/allow_colors_in_metavare3e1691
repr is erasing ANSI escapes codes482e6e6
Merge pull request #1875 from pallets/pre-commit-ci-update-config