v0.8.1

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Changelog

• Error Handling Improvements:

  • Version Check Panic: Fixed a critical issue where the version check could panic under certain conditions.
  • CDN Communication: Added a user-friendly error message when encountering issues while communicating with the CDN.

• README Updates:

  • Significant updates and restructuring of the README for clarity and ease of use.

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v0.8.0

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• Hashing Algorithm:

  • Replaced SHA-1 with BLAKE3 for greatly improved performance.

• File Changes:

  • Replaced the .sha-sums with the new awcache.json.

• Desktop Shortcut Prompt Fix:

  • Resolved an issue where the prompt only accepted "y" as input. Pressing Enter was incorrectly treated as "no", even though it was intended to default to "yes".

• Download Retry Logic:

  • Implemented a loop to automatically retry failed downloads.
    Contribution by @pickles976.

• README Updates:

  • Documentation improvements made to the README file.
    Contribution by @diamante0018.

• Internal Changes:

  • HTTP Functions Cleanup: Refined and streamlined internal HTTP functions.
  • Path Extensions: Backported useful path extension utilities.
  • Code Refactoring: General improvements and optimizations across multiple functions.
  • Global URL Management: Introduced once_cell for managing a mutable global master URL, eliminating the need to pass it through multiple functions.
  • String Formatting: Adopted a more consistent approach for string formatting by placing variables inside curly braces instead of appending them as parameters.
  • Log Prefixing: Added misc::prefix to automatically prefix log messages (e.g., [Info], [Downloading]) with appropriate padding for better readability.

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v0.8.0-pre3

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v0.8.0-pre2

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v0.7.0

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• Added --redist & --skip-redist command line flags
  • --redist (Re-)installs dependencies
  • --skip-redist skips initial dependency installation
• Added static_vcruntime to statically link against vc++
• Improved error handling by @FallBackITA27

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v0.7.0-pre1

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v0.6.15

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• Force IW4x to write logs

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v0.6.14

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• Store local file hash instead of remote

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v0.6.13

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• Wait for stdin if exit code is not 0
• [Linux] Use wine for launching if found, otherwise try to run client directly
• [Linux] Try to set permissions on executables
• New targets
  • x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
  • aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
  • universal-apple-darwin
  • aarch64-apple-darwin

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v0.6.12

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• handle missing tag_name from github's JSON reply

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