0.0.19

🎊 Delighted to unveil the fresh release of Rust coreutils! This iteration offers an array of enhancements and novel functionalities. Key updates include enhancements to the GNU test suite compatibility, and finessed operations in a variety of utilities such as cksum, chmod, chroot, comm, cp, cut, and a multitude of others.
We're making strides towards a production-ready toolset.

GNU test suite compatibility

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

result	0.0.18	0.0.19	change
pass	340	365	+25
skip	50	49	-1
fail	210	186	-24
error	2	2	0

Detailed changes

global

• GNU/coreutils: update reference to 9.3 by @cakebaker in #4754
• New release by @sylvestre in #4926
• be more consistent in the help. use follow for deference options by @sylvestre in #4739
• Remove some unnecessary "extern crate" statements by @cakebaker in #4721
• tests: remove all "extern crate" statements by @cakebaker in #4722
• coreutils: fixed panic when multi-call binary has funny name by @BartMassey in #4366

b2sum

• B2sum: add -l/--length option by @spineki in #4729

basenc

• basenc: add help texts for options by @cakebaker in #4850

chgrp

• fix help message in chgrp by @m11o in #4824

chown

• fix #4767: chown -v 0 nf isn't showing a message by @djedi23 in #4768
• fix #4615: chown isnt showing a message by @djedi23 in #4758

cksum

• cksum: remove "-a="s from markdown file by @cakebaker in #4814
• cksum: split test function into two by @cakebaker in #4854
• cksum: fix output of --algorithm by @cakebaker in #4856
• cksum: implement --untagged by @cakebaker in #4860

cp

• cp: add support POSIXLY_CORRECT=1 when dealing with dangling links by @sylvestre in #4812
• cp: fix cp -f f loop when loop is a symlink loop by @sylvestre in #4820
• cp: fix "after help" output by @cakebaker in #4828
• cp: preserve permission on -p --parents by @shinhs0506 in #4853
• cp: preserve permissions on -r -p --parents by @shinhs0506 in #4859
• cp: Accept --preserve=link by @sylvestre in #4910
• cp: -i prompts in the right place and other improv by @sylvestre in #4925
• cp: replace assert!(false) with panic!() by @cakebaker in #4930
• cp: makes --preserve requires = by @granquet in #4928
• Add support for cp --debug by @sylvestre in #4909

date

• date -d supports - 1 year ago, 2 second, etc by @sylvestre in #4790
• Improve the date md page by @sylvestre in #4789
• date: fix error message when opening file by @leon3s in #4544
• date: bring back the test by @sylvestre in #4889
• date: Catch format string that is not supported by chrono by @jaggededgedjustice in #4244

dd

• dd: fix some clippy warnings 'variable does not need to be mutable' by @sylvestre in #4842
• dd: fix "unused imports" warning in tests by @cakebaker in #4843
• dd: support the [io]flag=nocache option by @jfinkels in #4432

dircolors

• dircolors: trigger an error when used on / by @sylvestre in #4672

du

• du: add support of --dereference-args & minor changes by @sylvestre in #4723
• du: fix clippy warning in test by @cakebaker in #4765

factor

• factor: fix unused import in test by @cakebaker in #4711
• factor: remove unnecessary "extern crate" in test by @cakebaker in #4712
• Add flush after calculating factor by @vikiminki in #4776
• factor: add -h/--exponents option by @Ideflop in #4710

fmt

• fmt: cleanup tests by @cakebaker in #4753

hashsum

• fix: Correctly detect format when using md5sum with check flag by @kamilogorek in #4645

head

• head: use OsStringExt::from_vec instead of std::from_utf8_unchecked by @tertsdiepraam in #4923

ls

• Improve the readibility of ls code by @sylvestre in #4733
• Use expected_result in test_ls to avoid spurious failures by @sunfishcode in #4784
• ls: device number for BSDs and solarishOS by @SteveLauC in #4841
• ls: when facing an invalid utf-8, don't panic by @sylvestre in #4861
• [tests/ls] Support user names containing dots by @niyaznigmatullin in #4798

mkdir

• mkdir: set correct permissions on dirs created by -p by @shinhs0506 in #4876
• Mkdir: explicit umask and sequential tests by @shinhs0506 in #4896

mktemp

• mktemp: fix PrefixContainsDirSeparator verification by @ZauJulio in #4379
• mktemp -t foo.XXXX should create in TMPDIR by @sylvestre in #4832
• mktemp: two small test refactorings by @cakebaker in #4877
• mktemp: prioritize TMPDIR over -p when using -t by @cakebaker in #4878

more

• more: support PageDown/PageUp keys by @cakebaker in #4873
• more: add arguments print over and clean print by @Ideflop in #4872
• more: remove empty "else"-branches in tests by @cakebaker in #4880
• fix(#4886) more: panics if file is not readable by @Ludmuterol in #4888
• more: implement argument -s / --squeeze by @Ideflop in #4903
• more: implement arguments -n/--lines and --number by @Ideflop in #4914

mv

• mv: adapt -n behavior to GNU mv 9.3 by @cakebaker in #4782
• mv: show no error if overwriting is declined in interactive mode by @cakebaker in #4773
• mv: add 'renamed " in the beginning of the message when verbose flag is set by @shinhs0506 in #4787
• mv: check if --target is a directory by @shinhs0506 in #4794
• mv: validate --target arg by @cakebaker in #4802
• mv, cp: add support for --update=none,all,older by @shinhs0506 in #4796
• fix tests/mv/i-5.sh by @shinhs0506 in #4823
• mv: if more than one of -i, -f, -n is specified, only the final one takes effect by @cakebaker in #4826
• mv: 'mv source hardlink' should fail by @sylvestre in #4831
• mv: add missing semicolons to tests by @cakebaker in #4891
• mv: Show 'skipped' when a file isn't overwriten by @sylvestre in #4905

nice

• Avoid spurious failures in the presence of non-zero default nice by @sunfishcode in #4783

paste

• paste: handle list ending with unescaped backslash by @cakebaker in #3661

pwd

• pwd: Allow -P flag precedence over POSIXLY_CORRECT by @tracym in #4937

rm

• gnu: adjust tests/rm/inaccessible.sh error message by @sylvestre in #4809
• rm: support non-UTF-8 paths by @jeddenlea in #4871
• fix rm/interactive-always.sh by @shinhs0506 in #4890

shred

• shred: add support for octal and hex size by @shinhs0506 in #4918

tail

• tail/args: Fix parsing when -F is used together with --retry or --follow by @Joining7943 in #4734
• 'tail': Change static global variables to const by @Joining7943 in #4777

touch

• To provide dates like "yesterday, tomorrow, etc", Use the humantime_to_duration crate by @sylvestre in #4778
• touch: add support for --ref and --date together by @Xalfer in #4717
• touch: remove unnecessary "extern crate"s by @cakebaker in #4718
• touch: improve support for dangling link by @sylvestre in #4769

uniq

• uniq: non-UTF-8 file names and fewer copies by @jeddenlea in #4911

wc

• wc: use concat! to improve readability of tests by @cakebaker in #4707
• test,wc: use vars directly in format! strings by @cakebaker in #4760
• wc: streaming --files0-from and other improvements by @jeddenlea in #4696

whoami

• tests/whoami: add windows test for issue #4614 by @garydev10 in #4901

yes

• yes: support non-UTF-8 args by @jeddenlea in #4862

uucore

• uucore: remove commented out imports by @cakebaker in #4720
• Fix a warning in upstream code on Rust nightly. by @sunfishcode in #4781

Code quality

• Fix incorrect comment & remove irrelevant comment by @cakebaker in #4738
• fix some clippy warnings in tests by @sylvestre in #4759
• Reduce cognitive complexity: just move some of the contents in functions by @sylvestre in #4743
• Lower the clippy cognitive complexity & fix lines_filter_map_ok by @sylvestre in #4834
• Fix some semicolon_if_nothing_returned by @sylvestre in #4839

CI/CD improvements

• ci: Run tests with nextest by @Joining7943 in #4740
• Use the full path for the ignore list by @sylvestre in #4728
• CICD: fix full path for the ignore list by @cakebaker in #4730
• CI: compute individual binary sizes by @miles170 in #4694
• ci: Fix usages of rust-cache to produce more cache hits by @Joining7943 in #4742
• ci/android: speed up build and test by @Joining7943 in #4745
• build-gnu.sh: always update PATH in Makefile by @cakebaker in #4791
• android: use cargo test instead of nextest by @sylvestre in #4801
• CI: warn if the size of the binary increases by more than 5% by @miles170 in #4693
• ci/gnu tests: fix Swatinem/rust-cache to use correct workspace by @Joining7943 in #4766
• ci: Improve and speed up setup steps using github actions by @Joining7943 in #4771
• android: try to use nextest again by @sylvestre in #4835
• remaining-gnu-error.py: split SKIP & ERROR by @sylvestre in #4863
• Document why tests are skipped by @sylvestre in #4864

Doc improvements

• docs: add extension (short options with args) by @cakebaker in #4851
• doc: show a warning when no tldr example by @sylvestre in #4847
• uudoc: fix clippy warnings by @cakebaker in #4761
• docs: document fmt in GNU extensions by @cakebaker in #4748
• pinky: move help strings to markdown file by @m11o in #4701
• true: move help strings to markdown file by @piotrkwiecinski in #4703
• unexpand: move help strings to markdown file by @piotrkwiecinski in #4704
• printf: move help strings to markdown file by @m11o in #4705
• uudoc, uucore_procs: move markdown parsing to HelpParser by @cakebaker in #4398
• readlink: move help strings to markdown file by @m11o in #4770
• runcon: move help strings to markdown file by @m11o in #4774
• seq: move help strings to markdown file by @m11o in #4779
• split: move help strings to markdown file by @m11o in #4785
• stdbuf: move help strings to markdown file by @m11o in #4792
• stty: move help strings to markdown file by @m11o in #4797
• sum: move help strings to markdown file by @m11o in #4799
• sync: move help strings to markdown file by @m11o in #4800
• timeout: move help strings to markdown file by @m11o in #4806
• tr: move help string to markdown file by @iambasanta in #4805
• sort: Move help strings to markdown file by @iambasanta in #4808
• test: move help strings to markdown file by @m11o in #4816
• tsort: move help strings to markdown file by @m11o in #4829
• tty: move help strings to markdown file by @m11o in #4837

New Contributors

• @m11o made their first contribution in #4701
• @Xalfer made their first contribution in #4717
• @spineki made their first contribution in #4729
• @Ideflop made their first contribution in #4710
• @publicmatt made their first contribution in #4460
• @vikiminki made their first contribution in #4776
• @sunfishcode made their first contribution in #4781
• @shinhs0506 made their first contribution in #4787
• @ZauJulio made their first contribution in #4379
• @BartMassey made their first contribution in #4366
• @iambasanta made their first contribution in #4805
• @jeddenlea made their first contribution in #4862
• @Ludmuterol made their first contribution in #4888
• @garydev10 made their first contribution in #4901
• @granquet made their first contribution in #4928
• @tracym made their first contribution in #4937

Dependencies

• remove utf8 dependency. by @publicmatt in #4460
• Bump fundu to 0.5.1 and fix tests by @cakebaker in #4813
• Remove unused "num_cpus" dependency by @cakebaker in #4898
• Bump crates to phase out windows-sys 0.42.0 by @cakebaker in #4908
• Bump windows-targets to 0.42.2 and add it with its dependencies to deny.toml by @cakebaker in #4915
• update to platform-info 2.0.1 by @sylvestre in #4897
• Bump crossbeam(-channel, -epoch, -utils) crates by @cakebaker in #4894
• Bump rustix crates by @cakebaker in #4899
• Bump io-lifetimes and remove it from the skip list in deny.toml by @cakebaker in #4920
• Bump notify to 5.2.0 and disable tests on android by @cakebaker in #4904
• chore(deps): update davidanson/markdownlint-cli2-action action to v10 by @renovate in #4788
• fix(deps): update rust crate libc to 0.2.141 by @renovate in #4706
• chore(deps): update rust crate hex-literal to 0.4.1 by @renovate in #4709
• chore(deps): update rust crate sha3 to 0.10.7 by @renovate in #4732
• chore(deps): update rust crate lscolors to 0.14.0 by @renovate in #4735
• fix(deps): update rust crate dunce to 1.0.4 by @renovate in #4751
• fix(deps): update rust crate libc to 0.2.142 by @renovate in #4755
• chore(deps): update rust crate regex to 1.8.1 by @renovate in #4757
• chore(deps): update rust crate humantime_to_duration to 0.1.3 by @renovate in #4786
• chore(deps): update rust crate notify to v6 by @renovate in #4870
• chore(deps): update rust crate regex to 1.8.3 by @renovate in #4900
• chore(deps): update rust crate redox_syscall to 0.3 by @renovate in #4670
• chore(deps): update rust crate tempfile to 3.5.0 by @renovate in #4679
• chore(deps): update rust crate chrono to ^0.4.25 by @renovate in #4912
• chore(deps): update rust crate once_cell to 1.17.2 by @renovate in #4913
• chore(deps): update rust crate clap to 4.3 by @renovate in #4881
• chore(deps): update rust crate is-terminal to 0.4.7 by @renovate in #4716
• chore(deps): update rust crate terminal_size to 0.2.6 by @renovate in #4702
• fix(deps): update rust crate dns-lookup to v2 by @renovate in #4803
• fix(deps): update rust crate windows-sys to 0.48.0 by @renovate in #4698
• chore(deps): update rust crate ctrlc to 3.3 by @renovate in #4907
• chore(deps): update rust crate chrono to ^0.4.26 by @renovate in #4922
• chore(deps): update rust crate ctrlc to 3.4 by @renovate in #4921
• fix(deps): update rust crate libc to 0.2.143 by @renovate in #4840
• chore(deps): update rust crate zip to 0.6.5 by @renovate in #4838
• chore(deps): update rust crate sha3 to 0.10.8 by @renovate in #4830
• fix(deps): update rust crate libc to 0.2.144 by @renovate in #4848
• fix(deps): update rust crate memmap2 to 0.6 by @renovate in #4852
• chore(deps): update rust crate humantime_to_duration to 0.2.1 by @renovate in #4858
• chore(deps): update rust crate humantime_to_duration to 0.2.0 by @renovate in #4857
• chore(deps): update rust crate zip to 0.6.6 by @renovate in #4865
• chore(deps): update rust crate sm3 to 0.4.2 by @renovate in #4866
• chore(deps): update rust crate clap_complete to 4.3 by @renovate in #4882
• fix(deps): update rust crate data-encoding to 2.4 by @renovate in #4883
• fix(deps): update rust crate data-encoding-macro to 0.1.13 by @renovate in #4884
• chore(deps): update rust crate digest to 0.10.7 by @renovate in #4885
• chore(deps): update rust crate bstr to 1.5 by @renovate in #4887
• chore(deps): update rust crate regex to 1.8.2 by @renovate in #4893

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