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diff --git a/BUILD/Changelog.txt b/BUILD/Changelog.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..22259889 --- /dev/null +++ b/BUILD/Changelog.txt @@ -0,0 +1,346 @@ +FreeFileSync +------------ + +Changelog v2.0 +--------------- +Copy locked files using Windows Volume Shadow Copy +Load file icons asynchronously for maximum display performance +Handle include filter correctly when comparing +Display optional summary window before starting synchronization +Adjust sync direction properly when switching sides +Info about sync variant on main dialog +Issue a warning message for each conflict type when comparing +Save default configuration in user application path (Installer based version) +Limit main dialog minimum size +Update grid row labels while scrolling +Right-click selects cell before opening context menu +New context menu options to manually assign a sync-direction +Moved sync-preview switch into middle grid's context menu +Possibility to remove top folder pair +Fixed calculation of row total in sync preview +File icons configurable for each side +Many small GUI improvements +Compiled successfully with GCC 4.4.0 and MS Visual C++ 2008 +Added Russian translation +Updated translation files + + +Changelog v1.19 +--------------- +New synchronization preview +Sync-direction can be adapted manually +New category type "conflict" +New check for unresolved conflicts +Improved overall GUI layout +New check for erroneous file modification dates +Optional popup to notify on changed configuration +Files with invalid dates (e.g. year 30.000) do not result in a program abort anymore +Replaced column "full name" by "full path" to be combined with "filename" +Apply filtering WHILE comparing (if activated) and avoid traversing excluded directories +New filter paradigm: use relative instead of absolute names +New option "ignore DST +/- 1-hour" to correctly handle daylight saving changes +Sync preview statistics now on main dialog +Show only relevant synchronization options +File icon display configurable via grid column context menu +Updated translation files + + +Changelog v1.18 +--------------- +Linux build officially released: all major problems solved! +New statistic: remaining time +New statistic: bytes per second +Automatically check for program updates every week +Finally got rid of scrollbar in middle grid for Linux build +Fixed issue with file icon display +Fixed overlapping grid cells +Alternate logfile directory configurable via GUI +Added drag & drop support for batch job assembly +Simplyfied filter usage: - <dirname> matches "<dirname>\*" as well as "<dirname>\" + - only distinct filter entries are considered +Platform dependent linebreaks in configuration *.xml files +"Significant difference check" runs at folder pair level +Sorting runs at folder pair level +New check for sufficient free disk space (considering recycle bin usage) +New optional grid column: directory +New sort by directory name +Reduced memory consumption by 10% +A lot of smaller improvements +Added Brazilian Portuguese translation +Updated translation files + + +Changelog v1.17 +--------------- +Full support for Windows/Linux symbolic links: + - traverse, copy, delete symbolic links + - handle broken symbolic links + - new options in GlobalSettings.xml: TraverseDirectorySymlinks, CopyFileSymlinks +New menu option: "Check for new version" +Copy folder attributes and security settings when implicitly creating folders +Maximum file time difference now fully configurable +New history of last selected folders +Fixed "Year-2038-Problem" for time_t +Upgraded to wxWidgets 2.8.10 +Individual folder pairs can be selected for removal +Performance: Reduced CPU time by 9%, memory consumption by 36% +Support for cancellation when copying and comparing large files +Smooth progress indicators when copying and comparing large files +Support for Shift-PageUp/PageDown +Support for Home/End and Shift-Home/End +Alternative logfile directory configurable via *.ffs_batch Xml +Show explorer file icons in grid (windows only) +Fixed compilation issues for Linux build +Fixed grid alignment issue in Linux build +Enhanced error messages for Linux build +Optimized traversing algorithm for Linux build +Fixed graphical misalignment with multiple folder pairs +Added Slovenian translation +Added Hungarian translation +Added Spanish translation +Updated translation files + + +Changelog v1.16 +--------------- +Support for \\?\ path prefix for unrestricted path length (directory names > 255 characters) (windows only) +Copy files even if target folder does not exist +Fixed occasional error when switching languages +Added sys-tray icon for silent batch mode (pause, abort, about) +Support for numeric del-key +Avoid endless loops with Vista symbolic links (don't traverse into symbolic links - configurable) +New functionality for loading batch files (load button or drag & drop to main/batch window) +New options for batch file error handling: "popup, ignore errors, exit with returncode < 0" +New option to reset all warning messages +Allow marking both sides of the main grid via CTRL + mouse-click +Allow manual deletion of files on both or one side only (respecting selections on both sides) +Special recylcer option for manual deletion +New optional grid column: Full name +Fixed locale related issue when comparing. Big thanks to Persson Henric for providing support! +New check if more than 50% of files will be overwritten/deleted +Save memory by clearing old results before re-comparing +Usability improvements: + - name of config file in window title + - refresh view filters on configuration load + - default to ascending sort when changing column + - maximum length of config file history customizable through xml + - new "load configuration" button + - check/uncheck option for middle grid + - support for CTRL + A (select all) + - enhanced error messages (windows only) +Updated translation files + + +Changelog v1.15 +--------------- +Fixed performance bottleneck in batch mode (non-silent) +Improved performance of comparison by another 10% +Configure column settings by right-click context menu +Remember column positions on main grid +Hide/Show individual columns +Added "sort by comparison result" +Sort file list by relative name after comparison (GUI mode only) +Removed Windows registry usage for portable version +Restored linebreaks in status texts for better readability +Revised German translation. Thanks to «Latino»! +Created custom button control to finally translate "compare" and "synchronize" +Allow manual setup of file manager integration (Windows and Linux) +Added Step-By-Step guide for manual compilation (Windows and Linux) +Added checkboxes to manually select/deselect rows +New option: Treat files with time deviation of less-equal 1 hour as equal (FAT/FAT32 drives only) +Added Polish translation +Added Portuguese translation +Added Italian translation +Updated translation files + + +Changelog v1.14 +--------------- +Massive performance improvements: +- comprehensive analysis and optimization of comparison functionality +- new, fast directory traversing algorithm +- improved folder hierarchy compare algorithm +- lazy evaluation of formatted date strings +- new high-performance string class +=> reduction of CPU time by more than 90%! +Folder attributes are copied during synchronization +Sorting now case-insensitive (Windows-only) +Allow column positioning on main grid +Many small fixes +Added Chinese translation +Updated translation files + + +Changelog v1.13 +--------------- +Automatically detect daylight saving time (DST) change for FAT/FAT32 drives +Added directory dependency check when synchronizing multiple folder pairs +New synchronization option: "update" +Reduced status screen flicker when comparing and synchronizing +Fixed bug when sorting by filename +Further GUI improvements +Updated translation files + + +Changelog v1.12 +--------------- +Significantly improved speed of all sorting algorithms +Keep sorting sequence when adding or removing rows +'Sort by relative path' secondarily sorts by filename and respects folders +Allow adding multiple files/folders to exclude filter via context menu +Exclude full relative path instead of short filenames via context menu +Fixed possible memory leak when cancelling compare +New option to manually adjust file modification times (To be used e.g. for FAT32 volumes on DST switch) +Handling of different types of configuration (GUI, batch, global) +Enhanced exception handling +Multiple GUI improvements +Added Dutch translation +Updated translation files + + +Changelog v1.11 +--------------- +Support for multiple folder pairs +Optimized performance of multiple pairs to scan each folder just once +Enhanced batch file format +New context menu option to add files, file types or directories to exclude filter +Reworked file filter dialog +Updated translation files + + +Changelog v1.10 +--------------- +Transformed configuration file format to XML +Exchanged batch files with shell links for full Unicode support (Windows-only) +Improved filter usage: ignore leading/trailing whitespace, upper/lower-case (Windows-only) chars +Removed screen-flicker when clicking on compare: +Added elapsed time to compare status +Calculate height of middle grid independently of OS window layout +Multiple GUI improvements +Added Japanese translation +Updated translation files + + +Changelog v1.9 +-------------- +Fixed wxWidgets multithreading issue that could cause synchronization to hang occasionally +Fixed issue with %1 parameter +Fixed issue with recycle bin usage in unicode mode +Added uninstaller +New installer option to associate *.ffs files with FreeFileSync +Transformed language files to Unicode (UTF-8) +Delete elements in configuration history list via DELETE key + + +Changelog v1.8 +-------------- +Enhanced statusbar information +Enhanced logfile information +Enhanced progress information +Added Unicode support +Program now waits until work is completed when abort is triggered during synchronization +Added French translation +Updated German translation + + +Changelog v1.7 +-------------- +Display only those view filter buttons that are actually needed +Compare by size and date: last write time may differ by up to 2 seconds (NTFS vs FAT32) +Fixed minor issue with trailing path separator when creating batch jobs +Fixed minor issue with window sizes not being remembered in some special situation +Further improved Unicode compliance +Updated German translation + + +Changelog v1.6 +-------------- +Significantly improved speed of filtering files and view (< 10 ms for > 200.000 rows(!)) +Fixed minor grid mis-alignment under some special conditions +Enhanced status bar with centered texts +Flexible filter options depending on compare variant +Improved synchronization statistics +Fixed issue when trying to delete system folders +Usability improvements +Recycle Bin usage as commandline parameter +New menu bar +Program language selectable from menu +UI-option to create sync jobs (batch files) for automated synchronization +Updated German translation + + +Changelog v1.5 +-------------- +Improved speed of comparison by file content +Simplified and optimized calculation of accumulated filesizes +Added right-click context menu to main dialog +New installer for Windows +Improved usability of filtering and selecting rows +Solved possible issue with different file time precisions in multi-OS environments +Updated German translation + + +Changelog v1.4 +-------------- +Implemented generic multithreading class to keep "compare by content" and "file synchronisation" responsive +Added status bar when comparing files (with additional status information for "compare by content") +Some further speed optimizations +Added option to skip error messages and have them listed after synchronization +Restructured loading of configuration files +The result grid after synchronization now always consists of items that have not been synchronized (even if abort was pressed) +Added "remaining files" as sync-progress information +Updated German translation + + +Changelog v1.3 +-------------- +Maintain and load different configurations by drag&drop, load-button or commandline +New function to delete files (or move them to recycle bin) manually on the UI (without having to re-compare): + Deleting folders results in deletion of all dependent files, subfolders on UI grid (also no re-compare needed) + while catching error situations and allowing to resolve them +Improved manual filtering of rows: If folders are marked all dependent subfolders and files are marked as well +(keeping sort sequence when "hide filtered elements" is marked) +Comprehensive performance optimization of the two features above (manual filtering, deletion) for large grids (> 200.000 rows) +Improved usability: resizable borders, keyboard shortcuts, default buttons, dialog standard focus +Main window will remember restored position even if maximized +Updated sources to become more Linux and Unicode friendly +Updated German translation + + +Changelog v1.2 +-------------- +New progress indicator and status information when synchronizing: + ->available for commandline mode and UI mode: Status update and final error report +New progress information when comparing directories +Multithreading for copying of files to keep program responsive +Optimized all status dialogs and progress indicators for high performance: practically NO performance loss +Possibility to abort all performance critical operations (comparison, synchronization) at any time +New options in case of an error: "Continue, retry, abort" for UI and commandline +New commandline option "-skiperrors" to continue synchronization despite errors +Enhanced logfile (-silent mode) to include all errors during compare and synchronization +Do not synchronize folders that have been deleted externally (but show an error message) +Manually filter out ranges from synchronization instead of just single rows +Some UI improvements +New option to use Recycle Bin when deleting or overwriting files +New synchronization sequence: first delete files, then copy files to avoid disc space shortages +Added different return values when used in commandline mode to report success or failure +Updated German translation + + +Changelog v1.1 +-------------- +Some further speed optimizations (sorting) +Written custom wxGrid class to avoid mapping of data to UI: huge performance increase (especially with formatted grids > 100000 items) +Filter files to include/exclude them from synchronization +Minor UI and text adaptions +Allow direct keyboard input for directory names +Added possibility to continue on error +Added indicator for sort direction +Simplified code concerning loading of UI resources +Prepared code to support unicode in some future version +Updated German translation + + +Changelog v1.0 +-------------- +Initial release
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