click v8.0.1 Release Notes

  • ๐Ÿš€ Released 2021-05-19

    • Mark top-level names as exported so type checking understand imports in user projects. :issue:1879
    • Annotate Context.obj as Any so type checking allows all operations on the arbitrary object. :issue:1885
    • Fix some types that weren't available in Python 3.6.0. :issue:1882
    • Fix type checking for iterating over ProgressBar object. :issue:1892
    • ๐Ÿ“‡ The importlib_metadata backport package is installed on Python < 3.8. :issue:1889
    • Arguments with nargs=-1 only use env var value if no command line values are given. :issue:1903
    • Flag options guess their type from flag_value if given, like regular options do from default. :issue:1886
    • ๐Ÿ“š Added documentation that custom parameter types may be passed already valid values in addition to strings. :issue:1898
    • Resolving commands returns the name that was given, not command.name, fixing an unintended change to help text and default_map lookups. When using patterns like AliasedGroup, override resolve_command to change the name that is returned if needed. :issue:1895
    • 0๏ธโƒฃ If a default value is invalid, it does not prevent showing help text. :issue:1889
    • Pass windows_expand_args=False when calling the main command to disable pattern expansion on Windows. There is no way to escape patterns in CMD, so if the program needs to pass them on as-is then expansion must be disabled. :issue:1901