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Release Notes for version v1.0.0
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These notes describe changes since the previous v0.3.0 version from
April 3 2013.

The new v1.0.0 version contains both many upstream fixes and
improvements from Git and a lot of specific user contributed features.

We think that Sharness is used and supported by enough projects and
developers, and stable enough, now to be ready for a v1.0.0 version.


Externally visible features
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- Add a 'cleanup' api to register cleanup actions, thanks to Dennis
  Kaarsemaker.

- Add simple test_seq(), thanks to Christian Couder.

- Add test_pause() from Git, thanks to Christian Couder.

- Add test_must_be_empty(), thanks to Konstantin Koroviev.

- Add SHARNESS_TEST_SRCDIR to run tests from a different directory,
  thanks to Mark A. Grondona.

- Implement --long-tests to run EXPENSIVE tests, thanks to Matthieu
  Moy.

- Support extensions in a sharness.d directory, thanks to Mark
  A. Grondona.

- Interactive tests, thanks to Dennis Kaarsemaker.


Internal improvements and bug fixes
-----------------------------------

- Add a linter that detects broken && chains, thanks to Dennis
  Kaarsemaker.

- Export SHELL_PATH, thanks to Christian Couder.

- Fix color support when tput needs ~/.terminfo, thanks to Richard
  Hansen.

- Fix pathname of test-results/*.counts file, thanks to Richard
  Hansen.

- Sort test scripts before running them, thanks to Richard Hansen.

- Use SHARNESS_TRASH_DIRECTORY to enter the trash directory and drop
  the test_dir internal variable, thanks to Alexander Sulfrian.

- A lot of new TTY and sub sharness related tests, thanks to Mark
  A. Grondona.

- Build on Travis-CI using a container based build infrastructure,
  thanks to Mark A. Grondona.


Documentation improvements
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- Mention the Sharness Cookbook in the README, thanks to Mathias
  Lafeldt.

- Add alternatives to Sharness like Cram, rnt and ts to the README,
  thanks to Roman Neuhauser and Simon Chiang.

- Consistent Markdown headings, thanks to Mathias Lafeldt.

- Replace Contact with Author section, thanks to Mathias Lafeldt.

- New CONTRIBUTING.md document, thanks to Christian Couder.

- Mention Sharnessify a new installation tool, thanks to
  Christian Couder.

- Usage clarifications, thanks to Matthieu Moy.

- Improved flag descriptions in the README, thanks to Matthieu Moy.