Changelog of @hackage/hledger 0.24.1

User-visible changes in hledger (see also hledger-lib):

0.24.1 (2015/3/15)

timelog: show hours with 2 decimal places, not 1 (#237)
fix balance accumulation through assertions in several commodities (#195)
fix rendering of week 52 heading in weekly reports
allow utf8-string-1 (fpco/stackage/#426)

0.24 (2014/12/25)

General:

fix redundant compilation when cabal installing the hledger packages
switch to Decimal for representing amounts (#118)
report interval headings (eg in balance, register reports) are shown compactly when possible
general speedups

Journal format:

detect decimal point and digit groups more robustly (#196)
check that transaction dates are followed by whitespace or newline
check that dates use a consistent separator character
balance assertions now are specific to a single commodity, like Ledger (#195)
support multi-line comments using "comment", "end comment" directives, like Ledger

CSV format:

reading CSV data from stdin now works better
the rules file include directive is now relative to the current file's directory (#198)
the original order of same-day transactions is now usually preserved (if the records appear to be in reverse date order, we reverse them before finally sorting by transaction date)
CSV output is now built in to the balance, print, and register commands, controlled by -O/--output-format (and -o/--output-file, see below)

CLI:

the --width and --debug options now require their argument (#149)
when an option is repeated, the last value takes precedence (#219). This is helpful eg for customising your reporting command aliases on the fly.
smart dates (used in -p/-b/-e/date:/date2:) now must use a consistent separator character, and must be parseable to the end
output destination and format selection is now built in to the balance, print and register commands, controlled by -o/--output-file and -O/--output-format options. Notes:
- -o - means stdout
- an output file name suffix matching a supported format will also set the output format, unless overridden by --output-format
- commands' supported output formats are listed in their command-line help. Two formats are currently available: txt (the default) and csv.
balance assertions can be disabled with --ignore-assertions

Account aliases:

all matching account aliases are now applied, not just one directive and one option
account aliases now match by case insensitive regular expressions matching anywhere in the account name
account aliases can replace multiple occurrences of the pattern within an account name
an account alias replacement pattern can reference matched groups with \N

Queries:

date:/date2: with a malformed date now reports an error instead of being ignored
amt: now supports >= or <=
clarify status: docs and behaviour; "*" is no longer a synonym for "1" (fixes #227)

balance:

fix: in tree mode, --drop is ignored instead of showing empty account names
a depth limit of 0 now shows summary items with account name "...", instead of an empty report (#206)
in multicolumn balance reports, -E now also shows posting-less accounts with a non-zero balance during the period (in addition to showing leading & trailing empty columns)
in multicolumn reports, multi-commodity amounts are rendered on one line for better layout (#186)
multicolumn reports' title now includes the report span

runs faster with large output
supports date2:, and date:/date2: combined with --date2, better (fixes #201, #221, #222)
a depth limit of 0 now shows summary items (see balance)
-A/--average now implies -E/--empty
postings with multi-commodity amounts are now top-aligned, like Ledger

Extra commands:

hledger-equity: fix end date in title; print closing entry too
hledger-check-dates: added

0.23.3 (2014/9/12)

allow text 1.2+ (#207)

0.23.2 (2014/5/8)

0.23.1 (2014/5/7)

register: fix a refactoring-related regression that the tests missed: if transactions were not ordered by date in the journal, register could include postings before the report start date in the output. (#184)
add: don't apply a default commodity to amounts on entry (#138)
cli: options before the add-on command name are now also passed to it (#182)
csv: allow the first name in a fields list to be empty (#178)
csv: don't validate fields count in skipped lines (#177)

0.23 (2014/5/1)

Journal format:

A # (hash) in column 0 is now also supported for starting a top-level journal comment, like Ledger.
The "too many missing amounts" error now reminds about the 2-space rule.
Fix: . (period) is no longer parsed as a valid amount.
Fix: default commodity directives no longer limit the maximum display precision (#169).
Fix: + before an amount is no longer parsed as part of the commodity (#181).

CLI:

Command-line help cleanups, layout improvements.
Descriptions are shown for known add-ons in the command list.
Command aliases have been simplified.
Add-ons can now have any of these file extensions: none, hs, lhs, pl, py, rb, rkt, sh, bat, com, exe.
Add-ons are displayed without their file extensions when possible.
Add-ons with the same name as a built-in command or alias are ignored.
Fix: add-on detection and invocation now works on windows.
Fix: add-ons with digits in the name are now found.
Fix: add-on arguments containing a single quote now work.
Fix: when -- is used to hide add-on options from the main program, it is no longer passed through as an add-on argument.

Queries:

The currency/commodity query prefix (sym:) has been renamed to cur:.
Currency/commodity queries are applied more strongly in register and balance reports, filtering out unwanted currencies entirely. Eg hledger balance cur:'$' now reports only the dollar amounts even if there are multi-currency transactions or postings.
Amount queries like amt:N, amt:N, where N is not 0, now do an unsigned comparison of the amount and N. That is, they compare the absolute magnitude. To do a signed comparison instead, write N with its sign (eg amt:+N, amt:<+N, amt:>-N).
Fix: amount queries no longer give false positives on multi-commodity amounts.

accounts:

An accounts command has been added, similar to Ledger's, for listing account names in flat or hierarchical mode.

add:

Tab completion now works at all prompts, and will insert the default if the input area is empty.
Account and amount defaults are more robust and useful.
Transactions may also be completed by the enter key, when there are no more default postings.
Input prompts are displayed in a different colour when supported.

balance:

Balance reports in flat mode now always show exclusive (subaccount-excluding) balances.
Balance reports in flat mode with --depth now aggregate deeper accounts at the depth limit instead of excluding them.
Multicolumn reports in flat mode now support --drop.
Multicolumn balance reports can now show the account hierarchy with --tree.
Multicolumn report start/end dates are adjusted to encompass the displayed report periods, so the first and last periods are "full" and comparable to the others.
Fix: zero-balance leaf accounts below a non-zero-balance parent are no longer always shown (#170).
Fix: multicolumn reports now support --date2 (cf #174).

balancesheet, cashflow, incomestatement:

These commands now support --flat and --drop.

print:

Tag queries (tag:) will now match a transaction if any of its postings match.

The --display option has been dropped. To see an accurate running total which includes the prior starting balance, use --historical/-H (like balance).
With a report interval, report start/end dates are adjusted to encompass the displayed periods, so the first and last periods are "full" and comparable to the others.
Fix: --date2 now works with report intervals (fixes #174).

Miscellaneous:

Default report dates now derive from the secondary dates when --date2 is in effect.
Default report dates now notice any posting dates outside the transaction dates' span.
Debug output improvements.
New add-on example: extra/hledger-rewrite.hs, adds postings to matched entries.
Compatible with GHC 7.2 (#155) - GHC 7.8, shakespeare 2

0.22.2 (2014/4/16)

display years before 1000 with four digits, not three
avoid pretty-show to build with GHC < 7.4
allow text 1.1, drop data-pprint to build with GHC 7.8.x

0.22.1 (2014/1/6) and older: see http://hledger.org/release-notes or doc/CHANGES.md.