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@raforg raforg released this 09 Nov 12:30
- Fixed copyright messages (actual years of publication, not range of years)
- Replaced link/unlink with rename for file systems that can't do hard links
- Fixed bug: Removing directories when -f only worked if no dotfiles therein
- Always quote file/directory names in messages if needed (was inconsistent)
- Added self-identifying and legal information to the help message
- Added standard --help and --version command line options
- Added CHANGELOG, COPYING, INSTALL, LICENSE files
- Changed README to README.md
- Changed regular expression separator used from "|" to Ctrl-A
- Added rigorous tests (run-tests or make test or make check)
- Fixed bug when skipping (i.e. when dst and src are the same)
- Documented lack of support for [^] complement character classes
- Added very limited support for {,} multiple glob patterns
- Added checks for invalid use (e.g. too many dst patterns)
- Increased -b default from 4 to 16 (just in case / why not?)
- Added mved.1 to dist (for installation without pod2man)
- Fixed inability to handle Ctrl-A re separator in src and dst
- Quote all irrelevant perl regexp meta-characters
- Fixed manpage headers and footers
- Ensure Perl compatibility from Perl 5.6 to (probably) Perl 7
- Make pathological glob patterns fast when possible