Changelog

All notable changes will be documented in this file

Release 0.12.0 2026-03-19

Added

--compare now supports the --ignore and --include path filters, so database comparisons can be limited to the paths that matter. Both options can be repeated, and --include takes precedence when a path matches both filters

Documentation

Clarified in the README and CLI help that --compare reports, summaries, and equality messages are evaluated against the filtered comparison scope

Release 0.11.0 2026-03-16

Changed

• Refined --silent behavior in --compare mode: compare results remain visible
• Renamed --compare-filter values first-source-only and second-source-only to first-source and second-source to make combined filter usage clearer. The old values are no longer accepted

Release 0.10.0 2026-03-14

Changed

• All releases are now signed and will be distributed with digital signatures

Release 0.9.0 2026-03-12

Changed

• Improved --compare output so differences between databases are easier to understand, including clearer diagnostics when --compare-filter is used
• Messages related to files matched by --lock-checksum are now repeated at the end of the run, making important scan results easier to notice in long output
• Updated the bundled SQLite library to a newer upstream version

Fixed

• Improved compatibility when building precizer on macOS

v0.8.0 2026-03-05

Changed

• precizer is now distributed under the GPLv3 license

v0.7.0 2026-02-28

This version mainly improves test reliability (including complex --ignore/--include, interruption, and file metadata change scenarios) and includes minor output and documentation polish without noticeable user-facing CLI behavior changes

v0.6.0 2026-02-10

Added

• Added reporting for filesystem traversal time and the average per second throughput for reading files and calculating checksums.
• Added --dry-run=with-checksums mode for --dry-run. In this mode, files are read and checksums are calculated without writing to the database.
• Added --compare-filter for --compare output scoping (checksum-mismatch, first-source-only, second-source-only) with support for repeated combined filters.

Changed

• Disk usage calculation now uses allocated block count (st_blocks) instead of logical file length (st_size). This reflects actual on‑disk space usage rather than apparent size.
• Database format upgraded to version 4 to support the new accounting model; the migration is fully automatic and transparent for users.

Documentation

• Added a TROUBLESHOOTING section to README.md with guidance for diagnosing slow filesystem walks, checksum computation, and SQLite .db write performance.

v0.5.0 2026-01-29 Pull Request #45

Added

• New CLI option --quiet-ignored to suppress log lines for files filtered out via --ignore/--include.
• New CLI option to drop database records for inaccessible files during --update:
  • Canonical: --db-drop-inaccessible
  • Backward-compatible alias: --drop-inaccessible
• Introduced/expanded CMocka-based testing infrastructure.

Changed

• When --progress is enabled, critical warnings/errors collected during filesystem traversal are saved and printed as a single block near the end of the run (to avoid losing important messages in noisy output).
• --dry-run can now work with read-only databases by switching away from ATTACH and using temporary TEMP tables instead.
• Directory traversal approach was reworked.
• Database-related option naming was standardized to the --db-* style:
  • Canonical: --db-drop-ignored
  • Backward-compatible alias: --db-clean-ignored

Fixed

• File read errors during SHA512 calculation are now treated as warnings rather than hard failures (improves robustness when some files can’t be read).
• Miscellaneous output / logging fixes.

Tests

• Improved tests around --rehash-locked, --lock-checksum, and --watch-timestamps, plus internal test harness adjustments.

Documentation

• Added a stable permalink to README for downloading the latest release