State Tool v0.44 Released

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A new version of State Tool has just been released and features a number of new and modified commands, as well as bug fixes. To update to the latest version, run the following command:
state update

Full list of changes follows:

Added

  • We’ve added the state manifest command, which lists all your package, bundle and language requirements in your project. This command deprecates the old state packages, state languages and state bundles commands.
  • state artifacts now indicates which artifacts are still building.
  • You can now use wildcard versions when running state install and state languages install, just like you can with state init. eg. state install datetime@1.x.
  • We now warn you when installing the State Tool as an administrator on Windows.
  • state publish now lets you specify the type of a dependency (ie. runtime, buildtime, or testing) via the new --depend-build, --depend-runtime and --depend-test flags. The existing --depend flag maps to --depend-build.
  • We now ensure the runtime is not currently in use before making changes to it. If the runtime is the user will receive an error asking them to stop using the runtime before proceeding.
  • You can now supply multiple packages to the state install and state uninstall commands.

Changed

  • Increased the time State Tool will wait for the state-svc to start, which is required for using the State Tool. This is mainly intended for when you just started your system, when it is still under heavy load and thus processes can take longer to start.
  • You will now receive an actionable error when your activestate.yaml does not contain a commit ID.
  • State revert “HEAD” has been renamed to “REMOTE”, though “HEAD” is still supported with a deprecation warning. This is to avoid confusion with how git uses the HEAD term, which isn’t how we were using it.
  • state run and state exec now use powershell under the hood instead of cmd. This means that invoking shell built-ins like where will no longer work as powershell has different built-ins. But if you’re invoking shell built-ins you probably shouldn’t be using these commands anyway.
  • State tool now identifies more network errors, making for more actionable error messages.
  • We have introduced a new project file versioning mechanic. You’ll start seeing a new config_version property in your activestate.yaml. Do not edit or delete this or you may run into issues.
  • Buildscripts are no longer automatically created when opted in. Instead you need to run state reset LOCAL in order to first create the buildscript. You only need to do this once, after it exists it will be updated as needed.
    • This is merely a growing pain while this feature is “opt in” only. Once buildscripts ship as stable you will not need to do this.
  • CVE information provided when running state install is now recursive, meaning we show CVE information for the requested package as well as all its dependencies.
  • state init now automatically assumes wildcards when a partial version is specified.

Fixed

  • Fixed issue where state refresh would tell you you have uncommitted changes when you are up to date (when opted into buildscripts).
  • Fixed issue where state uninstall would give you superfluous output intended for state install.
  • Fixed issue where running state update would show deprecation messages for the version you are updating from.
  • Fixed issue where state run and state exec would not forward arguments correctly on Windows. This is a limitation of the cmd shell. We now utilize powershell instead to facilitate commands.
  • Fixed issue where state languages would show a larger than / smaller than version notation rather than auto.
  • Fixed issue where state checkout would save the main branch to your activestate.yaml when you checked out a commit on a sub-branch. It now correctly saves the sub-branch.
  • Fixed issue where state search gave an unintended “wrapped tips” error when given an invalid version number.
  • Fixed issue where text was wrapped when producing non-interactive output, making it impossible to use the output in automations without first cleaning up the output.
  • Fixed issue where manually resolving conflicts when running state pull would not allow you to commit these changes if you picked only the local changes. This only applies if opted in to buildscripts.
  • Fixed issue where conflicts on the at_time buildscript field would show the wrong local value.