cargo-wix

Feature and enhancements

• Bumped dependencies (https://github.com/volks73/cargo-wix/pull/261)
• Added metadata fields for image CLI flags (https://github.com/volks73/cargo-wix/pull/250)

Features and enhancements

• Bumped semver from v1.0.18 to v1.0.19 (#238)
• Bumped clap from v4.4.3 to v4.4.4 (#236)
• Bumped predicates from v3.0.3 to v3.0.4 (#235)
• Bumped chrono from v0.4.29 to v0.4.31 (#234)
• Bumped serde_json from v1.0.105 to v1.0.107 (#233)
• Bumped toml from v0.7.6 to v0.7.8 (#226)

Bug fixes

• Fixed and stabilized binary ordering (#239)

Features and enhancements

• Changed to always use Windows paths in XML output (#222)
• Changed chrono from v0.4.28 to v0.4.29 (#220)

Bug fixes

• Fixed verbose argument for the cargo wix clean command (#221)

Features and Enhancements

• Added --target-bin-dir option to create subcommand (#209)
• Added render_to_string to printing (#212)
• Added --profile option to override --debug-build flag (#198)
• Added support for multiple authors (#185)
• Changed minimum Rust version from v1.64.0 to v1.70.0 (#216)
• Changed clap from v4.3.22 to v4.4.2 (#216)
• Changed predicates from v2 to v3 (#216)
• Changed itertools from v0.10 to v0.11 (#216)
• Changed assert_fs from v1.0.12 to v1.0.13 (#216)
• Changed to heuristically squashing version for WiX format (#205)
• Refactored target-triple and profile handling (#209)
• Removed getting dependencies when running cargo-metadata (#206)

Bug fixes

• Fixed panic when failing to parse Cargo.toml (#180)
• Fixed broken parsing of print command (#211)
• Fixed broken links in README (#183)

Features and Enhancements

• Added better error messages for the <INPUT> argument to the default command (#173)

Features and Enhancements

• Added /fd flag to signing installers (#152)
• Added subcommand to specify path to the installer (#156)
• Added authors to test fixture (#166)
• Added building only specified packages in workspaces (#167)
• Removed default culture argument (#155)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed generating licenses with workspaces (#165)
• Fixed building without release profile (#164)

Fixed

• The sk-SK culture not working (See #147)

Fixed

• Russian culture not working because of typo (See #106)

Added

• Basic support for bundles (See #98)
• Documentation about using this subcommand with workspaces and bundles
• Automatically including the WixBalExtension if a bundle-based installer is used (See #98)
• Automatically changing the installer file extension if it is a bundle (See #98)
• The -C,--compiler-arg option to the default create subcommand, cargo wix, to pass arguments from the cargo-wix subcommand directly to the WiX toolset compiler, candle.exe (See #97)
• The compiler-args field to the [package.metadata.wix] section for a package's manifest (See #95)
• The -L,--linker-arg option to the default create subcommand, cargo wix, to pass arguments from the cargo-wix subcommand directly to the WiX toolset linker, light.exe (See #97)
• The linker-args field to the [package.metadata.wix] section for a package's manifest (See #95)
• Documentation about including WiX extensions (See #96)
• The -d,--dbg-build flag to the default create subcommand, cargo wix, to build Rust binaries with Debug target profile instead of the default Release target profile (See #91)
• The dbg-build field to the [package.metadata.wix] section for a package's manifest (See #91)
• The -D,--dbg-name flag to the default create subcommand, cargo wix, to append the -debug suffix to the installer's file name (See #91)
• The dbg-name field to the [package.metadata.wix] section for a package's manifest (See #91)
• The -I,--include option to the default create subcommand, cargo wix, to add an infinite number of WiX Source (wxs) files to the creation of an installer (See #92)
• The include field to the [package.metadata.wix] section for a package's manifest (See #92)

Changed

• The input field in the [package.metadata.wix] section to include (See #92)
• The minimum Rust version to v1.40.0

Added

• Configuration of the create/default subcommand via the package's metadata (See #20)
• Support for multiple binaries within a single package (See #78)
• Information about source of failed tests to README (See #87)

Changed

• IDs to use programmatic name generation instead of the crate name (See #89)

Fixed

• The --nocapture flag being recommended even when it is used (See #75)

Added

• Suppression of the .wixpdb file by default (See #82)
• Better behavior for the -o,--output <output> option for the create (default) command (See #80)
• Travis CI configuration

Fixed

• Short help for the create (default) command's -o,--output <output> command

Fixed

• Customize dialog's Back button when not using an EULA (See #77)

Added

• WiX UtilExtension usage to both the compiler (candle.exe) and linker (light.exe)

Added

• Short and long help text. See Issue #15.
• Module-level comments and documentation
• The -i,--install-version option to the default/create subcommand. See Issue #65.
• The -b,--banner option to change the banner image for installers. See Issue #61.
• The -D,--dialog option to change the dialog image for installers. See Issue #61.
• The -p,--product-icon option to change the icon in the Add/Remove Programs (ARP) control panel. See Issue #60.
• The -e,--eula option for initialization. See Issue #57.
• Specifying a path to a Cargo.toml file for initialization. See Issue #56.
• Excluding license sidecar file from installer if a suitable license could not be found. See Issue #59.
• Using the license-file field in a package's manifest (Cargo.toml) for the EULA if it has a .rtf file extension. See Issues #49 and #58.
• Support for the WIX environment variable. See Issue #53.
• Comments to generated WiX Source files with instructions on modifying and customizing
• Integration tests. See Issue #63.
• Examples and doc-tests
• Unit tests

Changed

• Command Line Interface (CLI) from using only flags and options to a subcommand-based interface. See Issue #54.
• The --init flag to a subcommand. See Issues #54 and #55.
• The --print-template option to a subcommand. See Issues #32 and #54.
• The --clean and --purge flags to subcommands. See Issues #54 and #69.
• The --sign flag to a subcommand. See Issue #68.
• The library (crate) name from cargo_wix to wix.
• Organization of library into Builder and Execution types. See Issue #62.

Fixed

• The binary name option not working for initialization
• Various typos and wording in help text
• Various typos and wording in documentation

Changed

• Messages for IO Not Found errors to be more descriptive. See Issue #46.

Fixed

• Coloring leaking after sub-command completed with error. See Issue #47.
• The entire error message being printed in red. See Issue #48.

Changed

• Support for colorized output from the ansi_term crate to the termcolor crate. See Issue #42.
• Logging support from loggerv to env_logger to eliminate ansi_term dependency. See Issue #45.

Fixed

• Wording in warning message. See Issue #44.
• clap dependency to eliminate ansi_term dependency.

Fixed

• The i686 build. See Issue #8.

Added

• End User License Agreement (EULA) generation for the --init flag based on the license field in a package's manifest (Cargo.toml). See Issue #14.
• The --sign-path option. See Issue #26.
• The --bin-path option. See Issue #25.
• Reading the WIX_PATH environment variable for the path to the WiX Toolset bin folder. See Issue #24.
• The URL for the homepage field in a package's manifest (Cargo.toml) to the detailed information for a signed installer. See Issue #23.
• Aliases for timestamp server. See Issue #16.
• The --clean flag. See Issue #17.
• The --purge flag. See Issue #17.
• Better documentation.

Changed

• The --print-template flag to an option that takes a value corresponding to an embedded template to print. See Issues #28, #29, and #30.

Fixed

• The name of the signed installer that appears in the UAC dialog. See Issue #21.

Removed

• The module path from the log statements. See Issue #19.

Initial release with working subcommand