Release v0.6.0

[0.6.0] - 2026-04-09

Release v0.5.0

[0.5.0] - 2026-04-02

Release v0.4.1

[0.4.1] - 2026-02-27

Release v0.4.0

[0.4.0] - 2026-01-08

Release v0.3.2

[0.3.2] - 2025-10-29

Release v0.3.1: Improved UX and CI/CD optimization

See CHANGELOG.md for full details.

Highlights:

• ✨ Helpful error messages for unsupported features
• 📚 Major README cleanup (85% size reduction)
• ⚡ 40% faster CI/CD pipeline
• 📦 50+ dependency updates
• 🔒 Enhanced security and monitoring

Installation:

# Via Cargo
cargo install batless

# Via Homebrew
brew tap docdyhr/batless
brew install batless

What's Changed:

• Added friendly, actionable error messages when users try unsupported features
• Comprehensive documentation improvements
• CI/CD pipeline optimization with 40% speed improvement
• Updated 50+ dependencies with latest security patches
• Enhanced monitoring and auto-recovery systems

Full release notes: https://github.com/docdyhr/batless/blob/v0.3.1/CHANGELOG.md

v0.3.0: Major Architectural Refactoring

🏗️ v0.3.0: Major Architectural Refactoring & Technical Debt Remediation

This release represents a comprehensive technical debt remediation initiative that significantly improves code maintainability, performance, and architecture while maintaining full backward compatibility.

🎯 Highlights

• 📦 Modular Architecture: Split monolithic config.rs (1,366 → 1,054 lines) into focused, maintainable modules
• 🔧 Zero Production Errors: Eliminated all 7 unwrap() calls in production code paths
• ⚡ Performance Optimized: Reduced clone() operations by 10% and added strategic Copy traits
• 🚀 Streamlined CI/CD: 62% reduction in workflow complexity (12 → 3 consolidated workflows)
• 🧹 Code Quality: Achieved zero clippy warnings and comprehensive automated quality gates
• 📊 Enhanced Testing: 247+ tests with improved reliability and coverage

🏗️ Major Architecture Improvements

New Modules Created

• src/summary.rs - SummaryLevel enum with Copy trait optimization
• src/profile.rs - CustomProfile with optimized reference-returning getters
• src/traits.rs - Dependency inversion interfaces for better testability
• src/processor_builder.rs - Configurable processing with clean dependency injection
• src/formatters/ - Modular output formatting architecture
• src/performance.rs - Caching systems, metrics collection, and optimization utilities
• src/debt_prevention.rs - Quality gates and Architecture Decision Record templates

Dependency Inversion Patterns

• Trait-based architecture enabling better decoupling and testing
• Enhanced modularity through interface segregation
• Builder patterns for configurable component construction

⚡ Performance & Quality Enhancements

Error Handling Excellence

• Zero unwrap() calls in production code - all replaced with proper error propagation
• Enhanced validation with descriptive error messages including "validation" keywords
• Improved JSON schema outputs with proper "$schema" fields

Performance Optimizations

• Clone reduction: 54 → 49 instances with strategic Copy trait additions
• Memory efficiency: String pooling and LRU caching systems
• Reference optimization: Getter methods return references instead of owned values

Code Quality Achievements

• Zero clippy warnings across entire codebase
• Zero security vulnerabilities - all cargo audit issues resolved
• Comprehensive validation with automated quality gates preventing future debt
• 247+ tests with improved reliability and coverage

🚀 CI/CD Optimization

Workflow Consolidation (62% reduction)

• test-consolidated.yml - Comprehensive cross-platform testing
• quality-consolidated.yml - Linting, security, and quality checks
• release-consolidated.yml - Automated releases with proper artifacts

Infrastructure Improvements

• Reusable GitHub Actions in .github/actions/ for better maintainability
• Enhanced artifact management with proper platform-specific builds
• Streamlined release process with automated quality gates

🛠️ Developer Experience

Architecture Decision Records (ADR)

• Template system for documenting architectural decisions
• Quality gates preventing future technical debt accumulation
• Comprehensive debt prevention mechanisms

Enhanced Testability

• Trait-based architecture enabling better mocking and testing
• Dependency injection patterns for configurable components
• Improved separation of concerns across modules

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Test reliability: Fixed 7 failing CLI integration tests
• Shell completions: Corrected PowerShell completion generation
• Schema validation: Added proper JSON schema fields for AI tool compatibility
• Configuration validation: Enhanced error messages with better UX

💔 Breaking Changes

Version Bump: v0.2.5 → v0.3.0 due to significant internal architectural changes

⚠️ Note: While internal APIs have changed significantly, end-user CLI interface remains fully backward compatible. Only advanced integrations using internal library APIs may be affected.

📈 Impact

• Maintainability: Significantly improved through modular architecture
• Performance: Optimized memory usage and reduced allocations
• Quality: Zero warnings, comprehensive validation, and debt prevention
• Developer Velocity: Enhanced by better tooling and cleaner architecture
• Future-Proofing: Solid foundation for advanced features in v0.4.0+

🔄 Migration Guide

For most users, no action is required - the CLI interface is unchanged.

For advanced users integrating with batless as a library:

• Check imports from split modules (config, profile, summary)
• Review trait implementations if using advanced customization
• Update to new formatter architecture if using custom formatters

🙏 Acknowledgments

This comprehensive refactoring establishes a solid foundation for future development while maintaining the performance and reliability that makes batless the preferred choice for AI-assisted development workflows.

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v0.2.4

Release Notes Template: v0.2.4 (Released 2025-08-15)

Summary

Concise overview of the release: focus on documentation improvements, performance tooling, and JSON output enhancements.

Highlights

• Pretty JSON output flag (--json-pretty) for human-friendly formatting
• Architecture documentation (docs/ARCHITECTURE.md)
• Performance guard documentation (docs/PERFORMANCE_GUARD.md) and enhanced workflow
• Wizard UX improvement (profile count & last updated timestamp)
• Refined performance claim (<5ms typical startup render)

Breaking Changes

• None

New Features

• Add --json-pretty CLI flag (and config option) for formatted JSON output
• Extended wizard listing output with metadata

Improvements

• Performance regression guard: JSON baseline & PR comment integration
• Architecture overview documentation
• README links to architecture and performance docs

Bug Fixes

• (List any fixes or write N/A if none)

Performance

• Updated benchmarks show median startup under 5ms in baseline environment
• Guard thresholds: warn ≥15%, fail ≥25%

Documentation

• New docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
• New docs/PERFORMANCE_GUARD.md
• README performance claim updated
• Added JSON formatting examples

Upgrade Notes

• No action required; optional use of --json-pretty for readability

Contributors

• @docdyhr (and any others)

Checks

• All tests passing
• Performance guard status: pass
• CHANGELOG updated
• Version bumped in Cargo.toml (when releasing)
• Tag annotated
• Crates.io publish dry run

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v0.2.3: Enhanced Architecture & User Experience

Full Changelog: v0.2.2...v0.2.3

v0.2.2: Cat Replacement & Compatibility Fixes

Complete cat replacement functionality with exact compatibility and bug fixes.