uutils/coreutils 0.0.14

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Highlights

• Minimum supported Rust version is now 1.56 and we use the 2021 edition.
• Android support has been fixed and is now checked in the CI thanks to @jtracey.
• df has seen major improvements due to incredible work by @cakebaker.
• Path completions on modern shells (like zsh and fish) now work properly.
• The dir and vdir utilities where added as aliases for ls and ls -l, respectively.
• Many utils have seen minor changes to improve GNU compatibility. See https://github.com/uutils/coreutils-tracking/ for more details

Changes

The PR's listed below change the user-facing behaviour of the utils. It is a selection of all the contributions in this release.

General

• MSRV 1.56 by @tertsdiepraam in #3350
• Rust Edition 2021 by @tertsdiepraam in #3368
• Fix Android support by @jtracey in #3396
• docs: Show supported platforms for each util by @tertsdiepraam in #3374, #3385
• docs: Don't download the tldr archive automatically by @tertsdiepraam in #3415
• docs: Require a feature to build by @tertsdiepraam in #3444
• Clap value hints by @tertsdiepraam in #3524

chown

• Allow setting arbitrary numeric user ID by @jfinkels in #3438

cp

• Do not dereference symlink even when dangling - fix issue #3364 by @anastygnome in #3459

date

• Set names for arg values by @cakebaker in #3545

df

• Show error if same type is included & excluded by @cakebaker in #3369
• Show error when file argument does not exist by @jfinkels in #3376
• Fix too low values in I* columns by @cakebaker in #3365
• Fix calculation of IUse% by @cakebaker in #3387
• Fix incorrect whitespace between columns by @cakebaker in #3386
• -h -H shouldn't cause an error #3366 by @gmnsii in #3414
• Fix broken "test_df_output_overridden" test by @cakebaker in #3428
• Fix File column width for unicode filenames by @cakebaker in #3429
• Show error if all types are excluded by @cakebaker in #3418
• Respect -t arg when specific file is provided by @cakebaker in #3408
• Allow sizes with a suffix for --block-size by @cakebaker in #3441
• Show "block-size argument too large" error by @cakebaker in #3458
• Fix Size column header by @cakebaker in #3456
• Set min width of Used column to 5 by @cakebaker in #3480
• Set names for arg values & add missing space by @cakebaker in #3490
• Fix Size header for multiples of 1000 & 1024 by @cakebaker in #3499
• Use blocksize of 512 if POSIXLY_CORRECT is set by @cakebaker in #3482
• Show error if provided block size is zero by @cakebaker in #3514
• Test default blocksize in POSIX mode by @cakebaker in #3522
• Round up values if block size is specified by @cakebaker in #3526
• Fix incorrect rounding of size header by @cakebaker in #3530

du

• Return non zero error code when dealing with permissions errors by @sylvestre in #3382
• Add support for --exclude and --exclude-from by @sylvestre in #3381

env

• Add program signal messages by @ndd7xv in #3290

hashsum

• Add --no-names option from official b3sum tool by @pothos in #3361

install

• Support of -d dir/. to match GNU's by @sylvestre in #3353
• When install --strip-program=foor fails, remove the target file by @sylvestre in #3419
• Verbose - list all created directories by @sylvestre in #3420

kill

• Accept process group with negative id by @tertsdiepraam in #3501

ls, dir & vdir

• Implement --group-directories-first by @thomasqueirozb in #3550
• Add dir and vdir utils by @gmnsii in #3405

mkdir

• Fix a clippy warning on clippy::ptr-arg by @sylvestre in #3393
• Fixed not respecting set umask by @pyoky in #3150

mktemp

• Respect path given in template argument by @jfinkels in #3465
• Error on path separator in template prefix by @jfinkels in #3512
• Fix error msg when suffix has path sep. by @jfinkels in #3543
• Correct error message on absolute path by @jfinkels in #3521

mv

• Add OverwriteMode match in specific case by @sudosmile in #3383
• Move the tests in a separate function by @sylvestre in #3390
• Trigger an error when doing mv dir1 dir2 dir2 by @sylvestre in #3392
• Allow a single source with --target-directory by @ilkecan in #3529

printf

• Default left-justify integer conversion to 1 width by @hbina in #3061

ptx

• Implement breakfile option by @mike-kfed in #3455

rm

• Rename none by --interactive=never to fix ../gnu/tests/rm/i-never.sh by @sylvestre in #3356

seq

• Use usage error where appropriate by @jfinkels in #3539

stat

• Add support to read a filename redirected to stdin by @crazystylus in #3280
• Improve handling of stdin/fifo (fix #3485) by @jhscheer in #3498

tty

• Should not return 2 when --help is used by @sylvestre in #3367

uname

• Hide processor and hwplatform options by @LevitatingBusinessMan in #3537

uniq

• Fix almost all GNU tests by @tertsdiepraam in #3417

New Contributors

@pothos (#3361), @marv (#3384), @sudosmile (#3383), @pyoky (#3150), @gmnsii (#3405), @rtzoeller (#3443), @anastygnome (#3459), @naveensrinivasan (#3453), @ilkecan (#3529)

Full Changelog: 0.0.13...0.0.14