3.5.3 / 2017-09-11

🐛 Fixes

• #3003: Fix invalid entities in xUnit reporter first appearing in v3.5.1 (@jkrems)

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• e838a77 Release v3.5.3
• 4727367 update changelog for v3.5.3 [ci skip]
• 45c870d Use safer XML escaping

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There is a collection of frequently asked questions and of course you may always ask my humans.

4.0.0 / 2017-10-02

You might want to read this before filing a new bug! 😝

💥 Breaking Changes

For more info, please read this article.

Compatibility

• #3016: Drop support for unmaintained versions of Node.js (@boneskull):
  • 0.10.x
  • 0.11.x
  • 0.12.x
  • iojs (any)
  • 5.x.x
• #2979: Drop support for non-ES5-compliant browsers (@boneskull):
  • IE7
  • IE8
  • PhantomJS 1.x
• #2615: Drop Bower support; old versions (3.x, etc.) will remain available (@ScottFreeCode, @boneskull)

Default Behavior

• #2879: By default, Mocha will no longer force the process to exit once all tests complete. This means any test code (or code under test) which would normally prevent node from exiting will do so when run in Mocha. Supply the --exit flag to revert to pre-v4.0.0 behavior (@ScottFreeCode, @boneskull)

Reporter Output

• #2095: Remove stdout: prefix from browser reporter logs (@skeggse)
• #2295: Add separator in "unified diff" output (@olsonpm)
• #2686: Print failure message when --forbid-pending or --forbid-only is specified (@ScottFreeCode)
• #2814: Indent contexts for better readability when reporting failures (@charlierudolph)

👎 Deprecations

• #2493: The --compilers command-line option is now soft-deprecated and will emit a warning on STDERR. Read this for more info and workarounds (@ScottFreeCode, @boneskull)

🎉 Enhancements

• #2628: Allow override of default test suite name in XUnit reporter (@ngeor)

📖 Documentation

• #3020: Link to CLA in README.md and CONTRIBUTING.md (@skeggse)

🔩 Other

• #2890: Speed up build by (re-)consolidating SauceLabs tests (@boneskull)

The new version differs by 48 commits.

• d69bf14 Release v4.0.0
• 171b9f9 pfix "prepublishOnly" potential portability problem
• 60e39d9 Update link to wiki (GitHub at the leading --)
• 804f9d5 Update link because GitHub ate the leading --
• 3326c23 update CHANGELOG for v4.0.0 [ci skip]
• 6dd9252 add link to wiki on --compilers deprecation
• 96318e1 Deprecate --compilers
• 92beda9 drop bower support
• 58a4c6a remove unused .npmignore
• 7af6611 kill Date#toISOString shim
• 43501a2 reduce noise about slow tests; make a few tests faster, etc.
• fa228e9 update --exit / --no-exit integration test for new default behavior
• 3fdd3ff Switch default from forced exit to no-exit
• c5d69e0 add integration tests for --exit/--no-exit
• 3a7f8dc enhance runMochaJSON() helper by returning the subprocess instance

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4.0.1 / 2017-10-05

🐛 Fixes

• #3051: Upgrade Growl to v1.10.3 to fix its peer dep problems (@dpogue)

The new version differs by 6 commits.

• eb8bf8d Release v4.0.1
• 3b485ea update CHANGELOG.md for v4.0.1 [ci skip]
• 96e5c1a upgrade eslint to v4.8.0
• d7cff37 Update growl to 1.10.3
• 0cdd921 remove preversion script; test on publish; closes #2999
• f49c0ce Fix changelog issues/pr URLs (#3047)

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4.1.0 / 2017-12-28

This is mainly a "housekeeping" release.

Welcome @Bamieh and @xxczaki to the team!

🐛: Fixes

• #2661: progress reporter now accepts reporter options (@canoztokmak)
• #3142: xit in bdd interface now properly returns its Test object (@Bamieh)
• #3075: Diffs now computed eagerly to avoid misinformation when reported (@abrady0)
• #2745: --help will now help you even if you have a mocha.opts (@Zarel)

🎉 Enhancements

• #2514: The --no-diff flag will completely disable diff output (@CapacitorSet)
• #3058: All "setters" in Mocha's API are now also "getters" if called without arguments (@makepanic)

📖 Documentation

• #3170: Optimization and site speed improvements (@Munter)
• #2987: Moved the old site repo into the main repo under docs/ (@boneskull)
• #2896: Add maintainer guide (@boneskull)
• Various fixes and updates (@xxczaki, @maty21, @leedm777)

🔩 Other

• Test improvements and fixes (@eugenet8k, @ngeor, @38elements, @Gerhut, @ScottFreeCode, @boneskull)
• Refactoring and cruft excision (@38elements, @Bamieh, @finnigantime, @boneskull)

The new version differs by 409 commits.

• 6b9ddc6 Release v4.1.0
• 3c4b116 update CHANGELOG for v4.1.0
• 5be22b2 options.reporterOptions are used for progress reporter
• ea96b18 add .fossaignore [ci skip]
• adc67fd Revert "[ImgBot] optimizes images (#3175)"
• ae3712c [ImgBot] optimizes images (#3175)
• 33db6b1 Use x64 node on appveyor
• 4a6e095 Run appveyor tests on x64 platform. Might enable sharp installation
• 3abed9b Lint netlify-headers script
• 119543e Add preconnect for doubleclick domain that google analytics results in contacting
• bd5109e Remove crossorigin='anonymous' from preconnect hints. Only needed for fonts, xhr and es module loads
• 123ee4f Handle the case where all avatars are already loaded at the time when the script exexecutes
• 64deadc Specific value for inlining htmlimages to guarantee logo is inlined
• 8f1ded4 https urls where possible
• d5a5125 Be explicit about styling of screenshot images

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5.0.0 / 2018-01-17

Mocha starts off 2018 right by again dropping support for unmaintained rubbish.

Welcome @vkarpov15 to the team!

💥 Breaking Changes

• #3148: Drop support for IE9 and IE10 (@Bamieh)
  Practically speaking, only code which consumes (through bundling or otherwise) the userland buffer module should be affected. However, Mocha will no longer test against these browsers, nor apply fixes for them.

🎉 Enhancements

• #3181: Add useful new --file command line argument (documentation) (@hswolff)

🐛 Fixes

• #3187: Fix inaccurate test duration reporting (@FND)
• #3202: Fix bad markup in HTML reporter (@DanielRuf)

😎 Developer Experience

• #2352: Ditch GNU Make for nps to manage scripts (@TedYav)

📖 Documentation

• #3137: Add missing --no-timeouts docs (@dfberry)
• #3134: Improve done() callback docs (@maraisr)
• #3135: Fix cross-references (@vkarpov15)
• #3163: Fix tpyos (@tbroadley)
• #3177: Tweak README.md organization (@xxczaki)
• Misc updates (@boneskull)

🔩 Other

• #3118: Move TextMate Integration to its own repo (@Bamieh)
• #3185: Add Node.js v9 to build matrix; remove v7 (@xxczaki)
• #3172: Markdown linting (@boneskull)
• Test & Netlify updates (@Munter, @boneskull)

The new version differs by 26 commits.

• cc4a818 Release v5.0.0
• 9f61c04 finalize v5.0.0 CHANGELOG [ci skip]
• a7267b4 remove more references to make and Makefile
• dc58252 prep changelog for v5.0.0 [ci skip]
• f8a1d2a docs(index): add missing doc link (#3203); closes #3135
• 401997f update package-lock.json
• 50aec7a Add ability to pass in test files to be ran before positional files via --file (#3190)
• 7d8abe0 fix id and class definition
• 0a3e32b Rewrite Makefile using NPS Scripts. Closes #2352
• c7730a6 Drop TextMate integration inside mocha closes #3118
• 5c6e99b update ESM tests to run against headless chrome instead of saucelabs' chrome only
• ac1dd70 attempt to get travis working again
• e8b5592 Align netlify config with admin panel
• 565726d Added Netlify config file
• e54370e replace phantomjs with puppeteer for browser tests; closes #3128

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