v0.4.1

Overview

0.4.1 fixes some packaging issues in the 0.4.0 release

Packaging fix:

• packaging: Fix issue with broken git component paths in packages on macOS and Linux (#143)
• packaging: Exclude dev dependency in macOS package

Minor features / fixes:

• Added a sno meta get command for viewing dataset metadata (#136)
• merge, commit, init, import commands can now take commit messages as files with [email protected]. This replaces the sno commit -F option (#138)
• import: Added --table-info option to set dataset metadata, when it can't be autodetected from the source database (#139)
• pull, push, fetch, clone commands now show progress - disabled with --quiet (#144)
• import now works while on an empty branch (#149)

v0.4.0

Overview

0.4.0 adds basic support for resolving merge conflicts, imports from postgres databases, and a variety of other minor features

Major changes in this release

• Basic conflict resolution:
  • sno merge now puts the repo in a merging state when there are conflicts (#80)
  • Added sno conflicts to list conflicts (#84)
  • Added sno resolve (#101)
  • Added sno merge --continue (#94)
• Major improvements to sno import and sno init --import:
  • Can now import from postgres databases (#90)
  • Multiple tables can be imported at once (#118)
• Added sno show: shows a commit. With -o json generates a patch (#48)
• Added sno apply to apply the patches generated by sno show -o json (#61)

Minor features / fixes:

• add a changelog (here!)
• sno import enhancements (in addition to major changes above):
  • GPKG database paths no longer need GPKG: prefix
  • now takes table names as separate arguments
  • Added --primary-key=FIELD to override primary key field name
  • Added --message to customize the commit message
  • --list no longer requires a repository
• sno init --import enhancements:
  • imports are much faster (#55)
  • now imports all tables from database, doesn't allow table to be specified
• Many JSON output improvements:
  • JSON output is specified with -o json instead of --json (#98)
  • Added syntax highlighting to JSON output when viewed in a terminal (#54)
  • sno diff JSON output layout has changed - features are now flat objects instead of GeoJSON objects. This is much more compact (#71)
  • Added JSON output option for most commands
  • Added --json-style option to several commands to control JSON formatting (#70)
• sno diff:
  • a..b now refers to the same changes as sno log a..b (#116)
  • can now diff against tree objects, particularly the empty tree (#53)
  • can now view some subset of the changes by supplying filter args, ie [dataset[:pk]]
• sno commit:
  • can now commit some subset of the changes by supplying filter args, ie [dataset[:pk]] (#69)
• removed import-gpkg command; use import instead (#85)
• Error messages now go to stderr instead of stdout (#57)
• Error conditions now use exit codes to indicate different types of errors (#46)

Compatibility

Repositories created with Sno v0.2 onwards are compatible with v0.4. For assistance upgrading any v0.1 repositories, please read our upgrade guide.

v0.3.1

This is a minor update to v0.3.

Changes in this release

• Sno is now available on Windows 🎉. Download the .msi installer below for Windows 8.1+ / Server 2016+ (64-bit).
• Updates to continuous integration — installers/archives are now built and tested with every commit for every platform.
• For macOS users, a homebrew "tap" is now available: brew cask install koordinates/sno/sno
• Several bug fixes

Upgrading

There are no upgrade requirements or compatibility issues from v0.3.0.

v0.3

Welcome to the first public preview release of Sno! Thanks to all our private testers who have given it a spin up until now.

Major changes in this release

• Sno is now publicly available under the GPL open source license.
• Sno now has a website at sno.earth
• Standalone builds and packaging for Linux and macOS. Windows won't be far behind
• Refactoring to support alternative database working copies
• Dependency upgrades (GDAL; Git; Pygit2; Proj; Libgit2; Sqlite; and others)
• Several bug fixes

Upgrading

If you were running a preview release, remove it before installing the new release:

$ brew uninstall sno
$ brew untap koordinates/sno

Repository Hosting

We have an initial preview available of our Sno repository hosting. This allows you & your team to push and pull Sno repositories. Please contact [email protected] with your Github username and we can get you set up. There is no cost for this service.

Compatibility

Please note that compatibility for 0.x releases (software or repositories) isn't guaranteed. Sno is evolving quickly and things will change. However, we aim to provide the means to upgrade existing repositories between 0.x versions and to 1.0

Repositories created with Sno v0.2 are compatible with v0.3. For assistance upgrading any v0.1 repositories, please read our upgrade guide.

v0.2

Welcome to the second preview release!

Major changes in this release

• First and foremost, the name — we're now called Sno!
• A new repository structure/layout, which has better performance and a smaller on-disk size
• Data imports are now orders of magnitude faster
• Support for multiple datasets in a single Sno repository
• Support for non-spatial datasets
• Increased test coverage including end-to-end tests
• Improved macOS Homebrew packaging with CI testing.
• Prototype support for spatial-indexing and a sno query command for spatial lookups.
• Diffs across branches/commits, and a GeoJSON diff format.
• Numerous bug fixes

Repository Hosting

We have an initial preview available of our Sno repository hosting. This allows you & your team to push and pull Sno repositories.

Please contact [email protected] with your Github username (even if you’re a Sno user already) and we’ll get you set up. There is no cost for this service.

Compatibility

Please note that compatibility for 0.x releases (software or repositories) isn't guaranteed. Sno is evolving quickly and things will change. However, we aim to provide the means to upgrade existing repositories between 0.x versions and to 1.0

Repositories created with older Sno versions are not compatible with v0.2. For assistance upgrading your repositories, please read our upgrade guide

Note that some command names and argument syntax have changed. Please consult the documentation for more information.