beta-v2.3.1

[ChaseSunstrom]

CForge Release beta-v2.3.1

Registry & Lock File Fixes

CForge beta-v2.3.1 is a patch release addressing bugs in the new package registry integration, lock file generation, and dependency management commands.

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Bug Fixes

Registry Lookup Path

• Fixed registry looking in project directory instead of the cache at %LOCALAPPDATA%\cforge\registry
• Changed registry reg(project_dir) to registry reg (4 occurrences in workspace.cpp)

Double "error" Prefix

• Fixed duplicate "error" word in build output
• Changed to fmt::print() instead of logger::print_error() which was adding a redundant prefix

cforge update --packages

• Fixed --packages flag to actually update the package registry index
• Now correctly calls registry::update(true) to pull the cforge-index repository

cforge add Section Handling

• Fixed section matching to exactly match [dependencies] without catching subsections like [dependencies.git]
• Added whitespace trimming for section header comparison
• Fixed blank line insertion before new sections

Lock Command Directory Default

• Changed default directory from vendor to deps to match all other commands

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Improvements

Lock File FetchContent Support

Lock files now work correctly in both dependency modes:

Mode	Behavior
fetch_content = true	Generates lock file from cforge.toml + registry metadata
fetch_content = false	Scans deps directory for installed packages

Automatic Lock File Generation

• Lock files are now automatically generated during build
• Uses generate_lockfile_from_config() for FetchContent mode
• Uses update_lockfile() for clone mode

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Registry Index Fixes

Fixed TOML syntax errors in cforge-index package definitions:

• asio.toml — Fixed inline table syntax for requires
• imgui.toml — Fixed inline table syntax for requires and groups
• spdlog.toml — Fixed inline table syntax for requires and groups

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Files Changed

File	Changes
src/core/workspace.cpp	Registry lookup path fix
src/core/command_build.cpp	Error output fix, automatic lock file generation
src/core/command_update.cpp	--packages flag fix
src/core/command_add.cpp	Section matching improvements
src/core/command_lock.cpp	Directory default, FetchContent support
include/core/lockfile.hpp	New generate_lockfile_from_config() function

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All existing workflows remain compatible.

Please report issues at [github.com/ChaseSunstrom/cforge/issues](https://github.com/ChaseSunstrom/cforge/issues)

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This discussion was created from the release beta-v2.3.1.