• Generate an include and test directories with a README file when initializing a new project
• Support in-line comments for multi-line value (lib_deps, build_flags, etc) in “platformio.ini” (Project Configuration File)
• Added $PROJECT_HASH template variable for build_dir. One of the use cases is setting a global storage for project artifacts using PLATFORMIO_BUILD_DIR system environment variable. For example, /tmp/pio-build/$PROJECT_HASH (Unix) or %TEMP%/pio-build/$PROJECT_HASH (Windows)
• Improved a loading speed of PIO Home "Recent News"
• Improved PIO Unified Debugger for "mbed" framework and fixed issue with missed local variables
• Introduced "Release" and "Debug" Build Configurations
• Build project in "Debug Mode" including debugging information with a new debug target using platformio run command or targets option in platformio.ini. The last option allows avoiding project rebuilding between "Run/Debug" modes. (issue #1833)
• Process build_unflags for the cloned environment when building a static library
• Report on outdated 99-platformio-udev.rules (issue #1823)
• Show a valid error when the Internet is off-line while initializing a new project (issue #1784)
• Do not re-create ".gitignore" and ".travis.yml" files if they were removed from a project
• Fixed an issue when dynamic build flags were not handled correctly (issue #1799)
• Fixed an issue when pio run -t monitor always uses the first monitor_port even with multiple environments (issue #1841)
• Fixed an issue with broken includes when generating .clang_complete and space is used in a path (issue #1873)
• Fixed an issue with incorrect handling of a custom package name when using platformio lib install or platformio platform install commands