I am please to announce the availability of new backwards compatible features and fixes in the "baseline" package (releases 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2). This tool streamlines creation and maintenance of tests which compare string output against a baseline. It offers a mechanism to compare a string against a baselined copy and update the baselined copy to match the new value when a mismatch occurs. The update process includes a manual step to facilitate a review of the change before acceptance. The tool uses multi-line string format for string baselines to improve readability for human review. Docs: https://baseline.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ PyPi: https://pypi.org/project/baseline/ Repo: https://github.com/dmgass/baseline License: MIT With Regards, Dan Gass (dan.gass at gmail) ****************** 1.1.2 2020-MAY-02 ***************** + Maintain file permissions and owner (both when generating update file and when applying update file to original script). Previously, file owner and permissions were set based on permission levels of execution context which caused issues when executing under elevated permission levels (e.g. sudo). ***************** 1.1.1 2020-MAY-02 ***************** + Improve experimental feature to support specifying an alternative location. Add ``BASELINE_MOVE_UPDATES`` environment variable that when set to ``YES``, enables specifying an alternative location to write update files. This master switch facilitates allowing CI/CD systems to enable the feature while leaving the feature off in local development while still using CI/CD resources (e.g. tox). ***************** 1.1.0 2020-MAY-01 ***************** + Add ``--clean`` (`-c`) option to baseline command line tool to remove update files. + Add ``--diff`` (`-d`) option to baseline command line tool that shows difference and queries for overwrite permission for each updated file. + Change update file extension to ``.py.update`` so that testing frameworks such as ``unittest`` or ``pytest`` ignore them. + Add experimental feature to support specifying an alternative location to write update files with the ``BASELINE_UPDATES_PATH`` environment variable. (Note, ``BASELINE_RELPATH_BASE`` must be set when using this feature.) + Add experimental feature to print contextual differences whenever a baseline mis-compare occurs. The feature may be turned on by setting the environment variable (``BASELINE_PRINT_DIFFS="YES"``) or overriding the class attribute (``Baseline.PRINT_DIFFS = True``).