Fix

• New auto-enable for new plugin installs not persisting the enabled state. (Issue: https://github.com/TfTHacker/obsidian42-brat/issues/74)
• chore: update all dependencies.

A new setting controls if a beta plugin is auto-enabled after installation. This means after it is installed, it will be enabled in settings. This reduces the additional step of manually enabling a plugin after installation. This setting is now enabled by default.

See the CHANGELOG

Fixes #71

• To better conform with Obsidian's naming policies for the settings screen, Obsidian42-BRAT is now just known as BRAT in the Settings Tab.
• In settings, when a plugin or theme is listed, they are now linked to their GitHub repositories. It's a small addition, but it's very nice to quickly jump to a repo for plugins or themes being tested. Addresses FR #67
• Removed the Ribbon icon toggle from settings, as this is now controlled natively by Obsidian since v1.1.0
• Major code refactoring - the goal was to make this strongly typed according to Typescript rules and additionally applied a new protocol to the formatting of the code. The result is extensive changes in all files. While this won't mean a lot to users, it will make the code easier to maintain and understand for others.
• chore: update all dependencies.

Making this plugin compatible with HelpMate

New

• Can now force a reinstall of a beta plugin. This might be useful when a local file gets corrupted, and you want to replace it with the current file in the release. (Addresses FR https://github.com/TfTHacker/obsidian42-brat/issues/62)

Fixes

• If the URL ends with .git, the Add New Plugin form will strip the .git extension. This makes it easier to use the GitHub copy code button URL with BRAT (fix for https://github.com/TfTHacker/obsidian42-brat/issues/55)

Updates

• updated to the newest esbuild and also all project dependencies

Major updates to THEMES support

New

• BRAT now supports the Obsidian 1.0+ changes to the way Themes are handled (no longer using obsidian.css, rather using theme.css & manifest.json)
• if a repository has a theme-beta.css file, this will be downloaded instead of the theme.css in the repository. This allows a theme developer to have a theme file for beta testing, while still having a theme.css live for public users not testing a theme. See themes documentation

Update

• When deleting a theme from within BRAT's settings, the theme is removed from BRAT monitoring, but the theme is not physically deleted from the vault. The user can delete in Settings > Appearance

Removed

• The ability to "switch themes" is removed as this feature was sherlocked and natively added to Obsidian in the command palette with the "Change Theme" command
• BRAT had the ability to install any community themes from the official community theme list. However, since Obsidian improved the themes UI, this feature became redudant and so was removed.

Bug fixes & updating core libraries

This contains just some updates to libraries and also some textual changes in the UI. Likely will be doing some feature trimming in near future since Obsidian has added some BRAT features to core.

BRAT has now been tested with the 0.16.x release of Obsidian. In addition, BRAT will be a bit smarter when installing plugins for testing.

Additionally, in settings, there is a setting to enable/disable debugging to the console. This has been improved.

• New: BRAT now compares the minAppVersion in the manifest file to the installed version of Obsidian. Resolution for #38.
• Fix: If enabling or disabling a plugin with BRAT, the enable/disable state of the plugin is being saved by Obsidian. Resolution for #22
• Fix: Errors generated by grabManifestJsonFromRepository are now properly handled in COnsole. Resolution for #42

NEW: Frozen version is based on a release tag
BRAT will monitor and update plugins as they are updated in their GitHub repositories. However, if you want to freeze the version of a plugin, you can do so by using the command "BRAT: Add a beta plugin with frozen version based on a release tag". This will install the plugin with the version you specify, but not update it when other plugins are updated.

Thanks to the good work of @fyears for this feature

Updated a few library dependencies

Also made it so the GitHub open repository feature would show Plugins first, then themes, which is the most used scenario. Small tweak to enhance navigating the command palette and BRAT

Some users are having issues with the install. This is a rebuilt main.js to try to address that.

Sorry to anyone that had this issue.

New

• Notifications from BRAT can be disabled in settings. By default, they are enabled. #26

Changes:

• Notifications now provide information about click and right mouse click
• Autoupdate on startup waits for Obsidian to load and then waits a minute to check for new plugins and 2 minutes for new themes. The idea is to give Obsidian and other plugins a chance to properly initialize #27

Fixes:

• Notifications are properly dismissed with a click, and more info is available with a right mouse click
• Will do some testing for internet connectivity #23