tristanisham/zvm v0.8.28

ls-remote, install dev versions of Zig, and colors!

on GitHub

Hey all,

This release of ZVM is small but mighty.

User-facing changes

• Install specific Zig development builds such as 0.16.0-dev.1334+06d08daba.

  • Downloads directly from ziglang.org/builds.
  • Supports platform-specific .tar.xz and .zip archives.
  • Retains Minisign verification.
  • Provides a clearer warning when an old development build
    returns 404.

• Added zvm install --skip-shasum / -s.

  • Works for Zig and ZLS.

  • Skips SHA-256 verification and the missing-checksum
    confirmation.

  • Official Minisign verification remains enabled.

• Added zvm list-remote with the ls-remote alias.

  • Added --json for machine-readable output.

  • Improved the human-readable table, including installed, ZLS,
    local/remote master, and outdated indicators.

  • zvm ls --all still works but now emits a deprecation warning.

• Improved CLI presentation.

  • Colorized help-section headings.
    One issue with this is that if you run zvm --color off --help the colorized help will still print as it is rendered before --color affects the underlying settings. The next time you run --help it will be uncolored.
  • Static Fish completions.
  • Completion generation remains available for Bash, Zsh, Fish,
    and PowerShell.

• Improved the Unix installer.

  • Shell configuration only adds ZVM paths when ZVM_INSTALL
    exists.

  • Removed the unnecessary trailing slash from the install path.

  • Added clearer Linux, BSD, macOS, and Nix PATH documentation.

Internal and release changes

• Reworked the Deno release builder to:

  • Limit concurrent builds to available CPUs.
  • Stream archive creation.
  • Overlap compilation and compression.
  • Remove uncompressed artifacts earlier, reducing peak disk
    usage.

• Centralized CLI error handling and added quiet/cleanup-aware
  failure directives.

• Fixed completion-related unit-test behavior.

• Corrected the installer workflow to target the repository’s master
  branch.

• Updated Go and Deno dependencies.

• Added tests for development builds, checksums, completion output,
  and upgrade edge cases.

• Added repository documentation and CI housekeeping.