v1.30.0: Major refactoring, better JSON support, colors...

What's Changed

• merge stable by @MartinNowak in #2242
• merge stable by @MartinNowak in #2245
• merge stable by @MartinNowak in #2250
• Fix #1856 - enable building the special test runner config by @kinke in #2218
• Add support for coverage at compile-time (CTFE) by @nordlow in #2256
• Merge stable by @kinke in #2265
• Fix issue 2258 where dependency target binaries are not copied by @rikkimax in #2259
• commandline: Refactor and streamline special syntaxes by @Geod24 in #2264
• Build{Options,Requirements}: Use a common templated struct by @Geod24 in #2266
• Fix #2234 make copies writable by @veelo in #2253
• Dependency: Isolate SemVer version logic in its own struct by @Geod24 in #2271
• Trivial: Re-use findPackageFile in commandline module by @Geod24 in #2274
• sdl: Do not use deprecated aliases by @Geod24 in #2275
• sdl/json: Do not create dummy dependencyBuildSettings entry by @Geod24 in #2276
• Upgrade dub.selections.json by @Geod24 in #2278
• Move fix for issue 711 outside of JSON/SDL parser by @Geod24 in #2277
• Allow "dub :subpackage" shortcut syntax to run a certain sub package by @s-ludwig in #2283
• Don't ignore targetName in non-executable unittest configurations by @kinke in #2289
• Add a command line option for upgrading all sub packages. by @s-ludwig in #2285
• merge stable by @ibuclaw in #2295
• Fix dub_test_root imports for non-all-at-once compilations by @kinke in #2288
• Project: Remove dead m_packageSettings var and related func by @Geod24 in #2297
• Avoid needless string concat in log calls by @Geod24 in #2298
• Merge stable by @kinke in #2299
• Project.addTestRunnerConfiguration(): Don't accidentally modify base config's buildSettings by @kinke in #2300
• Deprecate once-called redundant getLatestPackage by @Geod24 in #2301
• Remove leading hyphen in platform specs by @Geod24 in #2279
• getDefaultConfiguration(): Accept a const BuildPlatform argument by @kinke in #2304
• Dependency: Move spec / git ref inside of Repository by @Geod24 in #2306
• PackageManager: Use PackageRecipe, not JSON, for dummy object by @Geod24 in #2307
• Move some version-only constants and helpers in VersionRange by @Geod24 in #2305
• Dependency: Improve attribute annotation and prepare for SumType by @Geod24 in #2308
• Trivial: Remove an always-true if by @Geod24 in #2313
• Various code simplification around dub.selections.json by @Geod24 in #2311
• SelectedVersions: Add Repository to overload set by @Geod24 in #2314
• Deprecate PackageManager.loadSCMPackage & other Dependency-related refactoring by @Geod24 in #2312
• Deprecate duplicated JSON serialization for Dependency by @Geod24 in #2315
• Dependency: Change format for path-based dependencies by @Geod24 in #2316
• Dependency: Remove top-level safe, apply to decl by @Geod24 in #2317
• Trivial: Remove a leftover debug statement by @Geod24 in #2320
• sdl: Simplify Dependency parsing by @Geod24 in #2318
• Fix missing deserialization of fileVersion from dub.selections.json by @kinke in #2321
• Suppress version for path-based deps in Dependency.toJson() by @kinke in #2322
• commandline: Catch Exception, not Throwable by @Geod24 in #2323
• Refactor Dependency to use std.sumtype by @Geod24 in #2302
• Upgrade dub.selections.json with vibe-d v0.9.5 by @Geod24 in #2325
• Fix missing sanitizing of subpackage targetTypes by @kinke in #2326
• test/version-spec: Fix broken pipe issue by @Geod24 in #2327
• Fail fast on Windows. by @veelo in #2330
• Trivial: Streamline code when package not found in project by @Geod24 in #2332
• CI: Switch to macOS-11 as 10.15 will be removed Aug 30th by @Geod24 in #2334
• Trivial: Deduplicate GeneratorSettings initialization by @Geod24 in #2335
• Trivial: Fix syntax for Params documentation in packagesuppliers by @Geod24 in #2337
• Refactor and document private struct SpecialDirs by @Geod24 in #2336
• Do not call Project.reinit from commandline by @Geod24 in #2339
• Trivial: Deprecate Dub.remove(Package, bool) by @Geod24 in #2342
• Remove long-deprecated 'install' and 'uninstall' command by @Geod24 in #2340
• Move some package manager duties to PackageManager by @Geod24 in #2341
• Use configy to read dub.selections.json by @Geod24 in #2310
• use json.get directly instead of casting by @WebFreak001 in #2344
• Commandline: Do not duplicate GeneratorSettings fields by @Geod24 in #2346
• CI: Fix script for issue1505 by @Geod24 in #2309
• Colored output by @veelo in #2268
• Use Configy to read user settings (settings.json) too by @Geod24 in #2343
• Move environment read outside of DependencyResolver by @Geod24 in #2351
• Support escaped forward slashes in YAML parser by @Geod24 in #2349
• settings/selections: Only warn on unknown keys, add changelog by @Geod24 in #2352
• Some PackageManager cleanup by @Geod24 in #2353
• Trivial: Update comments on PackageManager by @Geod24 in #2354
• Deprecate Dependency.matchesAny in favor of VersionRange by @Geod24 in #2357
• Dependency: Ensures call to version_ are on version-containing object by @Geod24 in #2356
• Expose a visit method for Dependency by @Geod24 in #2358
• Default dub init to SDL by @WebFreak001 in #2361
• Revert "Default dub init to SDL" by @WebFreak001 in #2362
• Also add options when we combine buildsettings by @ryuukk in #2363
• Minor cleanup between the Dub and PackageManager interface by @Geod24 in #2364
• made return codes more consistent + improved man page format by @WebFreak001 in #2365
• Remove a few usages of old version-spec approach from test-suite by @Geod24 in #2370
• Integrate Configy colored output with dub's by @Geod24 in #2367
• Configy: Implement soundexer-based key-matching in strict mode by @Geod24 in #2368
• Remove Dub.updatePackageSearchPath by @Geod24 in #2369
• Improve PackageOverride API, deprecate Dependency.versionSpec by @Geod24 in #2366
• PackageManager: Move some code to Location instead of nested function by @Geod24 in #2371
• Improve searchPackages naming+docs by @WebFreak001 in #2372
• improve some output coloring by @WebFreak001 in #2350
• PackageManager: Move some Location-specific routines to Location by @Geod24 in #2373
• Dub.fetch: Deprecate Dependency overload, only accept Version[range] by @Geod24 in #2374
• Project: Use Dependency.visit instead of if/else by @Geod24 in #2376
• PackageManager.getBestPackage: Introduce Version[Range] overloads by @Geod24 in #2375
• Configy: Synchronize with upstream changes by @Geod24 in #2378
• Add Flags.fromYAML and other minor fixes by @Geod24 in #2379
• Minor: Replace a foreach with a nested function by @Geod24 in #2380
• Fix #2383 by @lempiji in #2384
• Fix x86 OMF build support by @0xEAB in #2389
• Configy: Move dub-specific extension tests to their own module by @Geod24 in #2392
• Use SHA256 and better namings in hashPackage by @nordlow in #2388
• Use SHA256 in place of MD5 in computeBuildName by @nordlow in #2386
• Configy: Synchronize with upstream by @Geod24 in #2394
• Rename CLI flag --colors to --color any D code symbols accordingly by @nordlow in #2399
• Configy: Replace parseField with parseAs by @Geod24 in #2401
• Correct git ignores by @nordlow in #2404
• Trivial: Make more obvious to developers how to debug YAML parsing by @Geod24 in #2402
• Trivial: Add attributes and documentation to PackageRecipe by @Geod24 in #2405
• Recursively link all link deps of dynamic libraries too by @kinke in #2414
• LDC: Use -fvisibility=public -dllimport=all when compiling a Windows DLL by @kinke in #2412
• Add changelog entry for colored output by @Geod24 in #2400
• Fix #2348 Crash when describing postBuildCommands by @shoo in #2409
• Dependency: Take advantage of -preview=in by @Geod24 in #2416
• Forward flag --color to compiler calls by @nordlow in #2382
• Trivial: Group 'Dub' class ctor/init together by @Geod24 in #2417
• Avoid calls to .dup in cmake.d by @nordlow in #2421
• Configy: Integrate a fix around circular reference by @Geod24 in #2420
• Dub: Remove unused m_overrideSearchPaths member by @Geod24 in #2418
• Deprecate Dub.getPackageSuppliers, remove one env modification from UT by @Geod24 in #2419
• Dependency: Trivial fixes around opEquals / matches by @Geod24 in #2422
• PackageManager: Deprecate overloads of getPackage with string version by @Geod24 in #2423
• only do main file searching when neccessary by @WebFreak001 in #2424
• add $DPATH environment variable for file locations by @WebFreak001 in #2281
• Remove redundant null checks in DependencyVersionResolver by @Geod24 in #2426
• Windows: Don't copy import .lib & .exp files for executables by @kinke in #2395
• Dub: Introduce a class to use in unittests by @Geod24 in #2431
• D-YAML: Sync with v0.9.2 release by @Geod24 in #2434
• Integrate dependencyBuildSettings into dependencies by @Geod24 in #2430
• remove unneccessary warning prefix by @WebFreak001 in #2436
• Remove redundant lookup when searching for a tool by @Geod24 in #2435
• initPackage: Use VersionRange instead of string by @Geod24 in #2438
• Dependency: Deprecate path/repository setters by @Geod24 in #2439
• Remove 'unknown' version by @Geod24 in #2440
• Collection of trivial fixes around Dependency by @Geod24 in #2441
• Trivial: Convert some spaces to tabs by @Geod24 in #2437
• Use configy library to parse dub.json file by @Geod24 in #2280
• PackageManager: Move class' extra searchPath/Package to an internal location by @Geod24 in #2444
• Temporarily disable ldc-master as the dustmite test is broken by @Geod24 in #2445
• update version to v1.29.2-beta.1 by @MartinNowak in #2447
• Posix: Add default SONAME/install_name for dynamic libraries by @kinke in #2413
• Fixes #2448 - Accept sourceFiles without module declaration by @tom-tan in #2449
• Fixes #2452 - Accept non-existing file in sourceFiles by @tom-tan in #2453
• Fix #2450 - issue1474 testcase is broken on Windows by @shoo in #2451
• PackageManager: Move scanPackageFolder to Location by @Geod24 in #2458
• Project: Only print warning about mismatching dependency specs for versions by @Geod24 in #2457
• Trivial: Improve 'dub list' description by @Geod24 in #2460
• Deprecate overrides: local-overrides.json, add-override, remove-override by @Geod24 in #2461
• Trivial: Improve documentation, reduce noise around loading local package by @Geod24 in #2463
• Dub: Use UpgradeOptions.dryRun instead of printUpgradesOnly by @Geod24 in #2462
• Minor style improvements in PackageManager by @Geod24 in #2465
• PackageManager: Move the scanning logic to Location & actually segment per Location by @Geod24 in #2459
• Minor: Align dub.recipe.selection style with dub.recipe.packagerecipe by @Geod24 in #2466
• PackageManager: Remove double duty as a Location by @Geod24 in #2433
• Remove PackageManager deprecations from v1.20.0 by @Geod24 in #2467
• merge stable by @MartinNowak in #2468
• PackageManager: Remove m_disableDefaultSearchPath, use array instead by @Geod24 in #2469
• PackageManager: Simplify removeLocalPackage by using algorithm by @Geod24 in #2415
• Deprecate PackageManager.getFirstPackage by @Geod24 in #2470
• Dub: Remove redundant variable m_projectPath by @Geod24 in #2471
• Deprecate an unused PackageManager.getPackage ovrld by @Geod24 in #2474
• Dub: Do not re-load already loaded tool Package by @Geod24 in #2472
• Deprecate PackageManager.completeSearchPath by @Geod24 in #2473
• Move PackageManager.getPackagePath to Location by @Geod24 in #2476
• PackMan: Deprecate overload leaking location path by @Geod24 in #2477
• Remove PlacementLocation information from Dub.fetch by @Geod24 in #2478
• PackageManager: Only iterate on internal fromPath array, not everything by @Geod24 in #2480
• fix coloring for dub upgrade -s by @WebFreak001 in #2479
• PackMan: Provide an overload of storeFetchedPackage that doesn't expose Location by @Geod24 in #2482
• Revert "Temporarily disable ldc-master as the dustmite test is broken" by @Geod24 in #2446
• Master regression fixes by @s-ludwig in #2481
• Support --temp-build also in dub build by @gizmomogwai in #2428
• Remove commandline arguments that do not work for lint (dscanner) by @gizmomogwai in #2484
• Windows: Copy .lib files from DLL deps only by @kinke in #2396
• Commandline: Use inheritance, not a boolean, to control Dub initialization by @Geod24 in #2486
• Dub: Deprecate changing the rootPath by @Geod24 in #2487
• Fix zip symlink problem. by @schveiguy in #2489
• Changelog: Add mention that dub.json is also checked now by @Geod24 in #2501
• Fix #1752: Use 'no' as string representation of Dependency.Invalid by @Geod24 in #2502

New Contributors

• @ryuukk made their first contribution in #2363
• @lempiji made their first contribution in #2384
• @0xEAB made their first contribution in #2389
• @tom-tan made their first contribution in #2449

Full Changelog: v1.29.2...v1.30.0