1 The following list, organized by fdupes version, documents changes
2 to fdupes. Every item on the list includes, inside square brackets,
3 a list of indentifiers referring to the people who contributed
4 that particular item. When more than one person is listed the person
5 who contributed the patch or idea appears first, followed by
6 those who've otherwise worked on that item. For a list of
7 contributors names and identifiers please see the CONTRIBUTORS file.
9 Changes from 2.0.0 to 2.1.0:
11 - Rename cs command ("clear all selections") from cs to csel.
12 - Rename igs command ("invert selections") from igs to isel.
13 - Add "prune" command as synonym for DELETE key.
14 - Clear selections after deleting files via prune/DELETE.
15 - Fix dependency issues when fdupes is configured to not use ncurses.
17 Changes from 1.6.1 to 2.0.0:
19 - Add ncurses mode for interactive file deletion (plain mode still available
20 via --plain or ./configure).
21 - Add --minsize option.
22 - Add --maxsize option.
24 - Add --order=ctime option.
26 - Use configure script for installation (Autotools/Automake).
28 Changes from 1.6.0 to 1.6.1:
30 - Fix 'invalid option' error for -I. [AL]
32 Changes from 1.51 to 1.6.0:
34 - Add --nohidden option. [MC]
35 - Add --permissions option. [MV]
36 - Add --order option. [SB]
37 - Add --reverse option. [AL]
38 - Add --immediate option. [AL]
39 - Speed up file comparison. [SB, ST]
40 - Fix bug where fdupes fails to consistently ignore hardlinks, depending on
41 file processing order, when F_CONSIDERHARDLINKS flag is not set. [AL]
42 - Fix bug in is_hardlink(): Proper traversal of duplicates is done via
43 dupe->duplicates, not via dupe->next. [AL]
44 - Revise md5.c to compile under OSX. [TH]
45 - Remove EXTERNAL_MD5 configuration option. [ID]
46 - Various other changes (see git log).
48 Changes from 1.50 to 1.51
50 - Added support for 64-bit file offsets on 32-bit systems.
51 - Using tty for interactive input instead of regular stdin. This is to
52 allow feeding filenames via stdin in future versions of fdupes without
53 breaking interactive deletion feature.
54 - Fixed some typos in --help.
55 - Turned C++ style comments into C style comments.
57 Changes from 1.40 to 1.50-PR2
59 - Fixed memory leak. [JB]
60 - Added "--summarize" option. [AL]
61 - Added "--recurse:" selective recursion option. [AL]
62 - Added "--noprompt" option for totally automated deletion of
64 - Now sorts duplicates (old to new) for consistent order when
65 listing or deleteing duplicate files.
66 - Now tests for early matching of files, which should help speed up
67 the matching process when large files are involved.
68 - Added warning whenever a file cannot be deleted. [CHL, AL]
69 - Fixed bug where some files would not be closed after failure. [AL]
70 - Fixed bug where confirmmatch() function wouldn't always deal
71 properly with zero-length files. [AL]
72 - Fixed bug where progress indicator would not be cleared
73 when no files were found. [AL]
74 - Removed experimental red-black tree code (it was slower on
75 my system than the default code). [AL]
76 - Modified md5/md5.c to avoid compiler warning. [CHL]
77 - Changes to fdupes.c for compilation under platforms where
78 getopt_long is unavailable. [LR, AL]
79 - Changes to help text for clarity. [AL]
80 - Various changes and improvements to Makefile. [PB, AL]
82 Changes from 1.31 to 1.40
84 - Added option to omit the first file in each group
86 - Added escaping of filenames containing spaces when
87 sameline option is specified. [AL]
88 - Changed version indicator format from "fdupes version X.Y"
89 to the simpler "fdupes X.Y". [AL]
90 - Changed ordering of options appearing in the help
91 text (--help), manpage, and README file. [AL]
93 Changes from 1.30 to 1.31
95 - Added interactive option to preserve all files during
96 delete procedure (something similar was already in
97 place, but now it's official). [AL]
98 - Updated delete procedure prompt format. [AL]
99 - Cosmetic code changes. [AL]
101 Changes from 1.20 to 1.30
103 - Added size option to display size of duplicates. [LB, AL]
104 - Added missing typecast for proper compilation under g++. [LB]
105 - Better handling of errors occurring during retrieval
106 of a file's signature. [KK, AL]
107 - No longer displays an error message when specified
108 directories contain no files. [AL]
109 - Added red-black tree structure (experimental compile-time
110 option, disabled by default). [AL]
112 Changes from 1.12 to 1.20
114 - Fixed bug where program would crash when files being
115 scanned were named pipes or sockets. [FD]
116 - Fix against security risk resulting from the use of a
117 temporary file to store md5sum output. [FD, AL]
118 - Using an external md5sum program is now optional. Started
119 using L. Peter Deutsh's MD5 library instead. [FD, AL]
120 - Added hardlinks option to distinguish between hard links
121 and actual duplicate files. [FD, AL]
122 - Added noempty option to exclude zero-length files
123 from consideration [AL]
125 Changes from 1.11 to 1.12
127 - Improved handling of extremely long input on preserve
128 prompt (delete option). [SSD, AL]
130 Changes from 1.1 to 1.11
132 - Started checking file sizes before signatures
133 for better performance. [AB, AL]
134 - Added fdupes manpage. [AB, AL]
136 Changes from 1.0 to 1.1
138 - Added delete option for semi-automatic deletion
139 of duplicate files. [AL]