1.9.1

Bug Fixes

• web-ext run now installs your extension correctly when you have multiple instances of the command running; the remote debugger finds an open port correctly (#923) (bfffba3)

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1.9.0

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug where --ignore-files had no effect on web-ext sign (#846) (333062c)

Features

• Typing r in the web-ext run terminal will now reload the extension (#746) (97404a9)
• Added web-ext run --keep-profile-changes to save changes that happen while running the extension (#782) (10a939f)
• Added web-ext docs to open documentation in a browser (#651) (6a6a974)

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1.8.1

Bug Fixes

• The default value of --ignore-files no longer causes build to create empty zip files when --source-dir is a sub directory of --artifacts-dir (#790) (0fd2dd3)

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1.8.0

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bugs in build and run where I/O streams weren't closed properly on Windows (8ce0826)
• The web-ext run --pref=... option now supports values that contain the equal sign (a644ce0)
• Fixed a few edge cases during automatic creation of the artifacts directory and improved some related error messages (c8402e4)

Features

• web-ext run now shows a desktop notification if auto-reloading results in an error (d29ca42).
• Added --ignore-files option and made build ignore the artifacts directory by default (be62a54).
• Added web-ext run --start-url to start Firefox on a specific page (7d46d15).
• Added new option to open the Browser Console: web-ext run --browser-console (931238b)

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1.7.0

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a hang on Windows with web-ext --verbose ... (#691) (fa594fb)

Features

• Added a new option to provide ad hoc preferences more easily. Example: web-ext run --pref=general.useragent.locale=fr-FR (#658) (a650164)
• Added a new option for stricter linting. Example: web-ext lint --warnings-as-errors (#613) (ec7a1ee)
• All commands will now alert you if a newer version of web-ext is available (#676) (31d2e46)
• When web-ext run automatically reloads your extension, it shows the last reload time more concisely now (#707) (b265d44)
• Enhanced JSON parse errors so that they provide file context (#594) (d74bc4c)

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1.6.0

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Error: Cannot find module 'regenerator-runtime' (#591) (584f3b2)
• web-ext sign now exits with a non-zero status if signing fails (#586) (74a208d)
• web-ext sign no longer logs an irrelevant temp directory path (#577) (441b1b6)
• Fixed commit format verification prompt for Windows users (#561) (c0dc674)

Features

• web-ext sign now supports using a proxy when connecting to the signing API (#571) (a853e4d)
• web-ext --version now shows the commit hash it was built from, unless it's a production release (#565) (1fcb2e2)
• web-ext build now uses the default locale (if applicable) when generating a file name (#487) (aeff9ba)
• web-ext run now makes it clear when auto-reloading is turned on (#564) (8e4e657)
• The web-ext run command is a little less chatty now (#573) (f09d0e3)

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1.5.0

Bug Fixes

• An error is now properly reported if you accidentally pass a non-option argument to web-ext lint (and any other command) (#474) (a25c04f)
• Fixed a possible web-ext sign timeout if your connection was slow or the XPI file was very large (see mozilla/sign-addon#213)

Features

• Shortened the --firefox-binary option to --firefox but the former is still supported as an alias (#440, #468, #523) (96748e3)
• web-ext run now tries in a loop to discover an open remote debugger port (#472) (0d1b824)
• Added errno support to onlyErrorsWithCode(), which is a helper used internally by web-ext (#488) (0d4141b)
• Disabled caching during npm run lint to catch errors better (#434) (ee422b7)

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1.4.0

Bug Fixes

• web-ext lint now ignores node_modules and other artifacts (#405) (cd9adac)
• web-ext run
  • Irrelevant errors about the Normandy CDN are suppressed (42b0c88)
  • the UI tour is disabled by default now (42b0c88)

Features

• Deprecated Node 0.12 in order to support the latest addons-linter (#414) (23e59df). Version 0.12 was moved out of long term support mode and put into maintenance mode in April 2016. Node 4.0.0 or higher is now required.

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1.3.0

Features

• Added web-ext lint to validate extension source code (fb5b974)

1.2.4

Bug Fixes

• Fixed TypeError: fxRunner is not a function in the run command (4c73242)