Highlights

• The minimum supported Rust version is now 1.59.
• Many utils now return exit code 1 on usage errors instead of 2 to match GNU.
• tail has had another significant refactor with slight improvements.
• chroot returns better exit codes and supports commands with flags.
• cp supports the -H flag and handles more cases correctly.
• test supports -N, -ef, -nt & -ot and supports 128 bit integers.
• dd's argument parsing has been overhauled and is more compatible with GNU.
• There have been refactors, fixes and performance improvements in many utils, see below for details.

GNU test suite compatibility

Many utils have seen minor changes to improve GNU compatibility. Below is a summary of the progress. See https://github.com/uutils/coreutils-tracking/ for more details

Changes

The PR's listed below are a selection of all the contributions in this release.

General

• Change remaining usage codes of 2 to 1 for GNU compat by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3922
• Create new adaptive svg logo by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3892

cat

• Remove deprecated unix_socket dependency by @niyaznigmatullin in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3854

chcon

• Fix GNU tests/misc/chcon-fail.sh test by @niyaznigmatullin in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3857

chroot

• Improve support of --skip-chdir by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4004
• Set exit codes to 125, 126 or 127 for errors from chroot itself by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3908
• Set trailing var arg by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3907
• Various improvements to chroot by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3960

cp

• Fix cp-i GNU test by @niyaznigmatullin in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3949
• Add -H option by @niyaznigmatullin in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3971
• Assume --reflink=always on no value by @sssemil in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3992
• Correct error message on copying dir to itself by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3981
• Allow removing symbolic link loop destination by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3972
• Preserve permissions when copying directory and don't terminate early on inaccessible file by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3973

dd

• Handle stdout redirected to seekable file by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3880
• Parse operands manually via positional args by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3938

df

• Remove trailing spaces in rightmost column by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3882

factor

• Enable union feature for smallvec by @niyaznigmatullin in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3928

ls

• Exit code 2 when IOError happened for argument by @niyaznigmatullin in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3921
• Add support for +FORMAT in timestyle by @dmatos2012 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3988
• Align --ignore behavior with that of GNU ls by @ackerleytng in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3803

mktemp

• Respect TMPDIR environment variable by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3552
• Match GNU error message on too many args by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3951
• Add message for directory not found by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3940

pr

• Migrate from chrono to time by @niyaznigmatullin in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3918
• Use clap to handle help & version by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3904

rm

• Added write-protected check for files by @stefins in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3853
• Added descend messages for interactive mode Fixes #3817 by @palaster in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3931

split

• Add support for starting suffix numbers by @andrewbaptist in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3976

sync

• Various compatibility improvement by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4003

tail

• Fix stdin redirect (#3842) by @jhscheer in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3845
• Fix tail panicking when seeking backwards by @kilpkonn in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3873
• Refactor tail by @Joining7943 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3905
• Fix random errors for piped input on macos by @Joining7943 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3953

test

• Add a bunch of operations by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4002

New Contributors

@sssemil (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3852), @kilpkonn (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3873), @stefins (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3853), @snapdgn (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3923), @sashashura (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3980), @dmatos2012 (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3988)

Full Changelog: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/compare/0.0.15...0.0.16