v0.25.0 - Color Pallets

packer Update [0.25.0]

This release introduces color customization features, updates to CLI documentation, improvements to the upcoming GUI, and various output formatting enhancements. Additionally, there are fixes addressing issues with GitHub workflow rejection, import locations, and function documentation.

Installation

Use the assets attached to this release page or PyPI to install this exact version.

1. Via PyPI

pip install packer-release==0.25.0

2. Via Attached Wheel File

Download packer-0.25.0-py3-none-any.whl from the Assets section below, then run:

pip install ./packer-0.25.0-py3-none-any.whl

3. From GoFile Source Archive

Download the source archive from https://gofile.io/d/bsT5ix and install it locally with pip:

pip install /path/to/packer-0.25.0.zip

4. Standalone Executable (No Python Required)

Download the binary for your platform from the Assets section below:

• Linux: packer (run chmod +x packer to make it executable)
• Windows: packer.exe

Changes in 0.25.0

Added

• [c77e209] flush and end parameters to print_bg_colored_text, they are just passed straight to print function.
• [778e892] Color pallets to config.py, for some nice color combinations that can simply be imported.
• [778e892] A few more flags to control the newly changed --version flag, like --static, --version-font, --version-color.
• [68b3505] open_project parameter to the setup function, which opens the project with the text editor defined in your settings after creation.
• [0ad2664] _process_partial_output helper function for Packer to do just that, it's called for both output functions _print_and_log and _log_and_output_queue.
• [3e19037] A new method queue_prompt_edit_text to handle text editing interaction within the input queue.
• [3e19037] self.prompt_edit_text variable which is a dynamic function that is either self.queue_prompt_edit_text or _input_via_text_editor, based on if input_queue is provided.
• [990e057] all_settings_status validation variable to also catch any other exceptions when reading the settings file, like file permissions, invalid JSON and anything else.
• [77c7aa0] A lot of new settings for the upcoming GUI.
• [ef74d40] Introduces a new method _smooth_output for managing output with smoother rendering when all_settings.smooth_output is enabled, it was supposed to already exist when I changed the architecture, my bad.

Changed

• [3a1d4dd] Prettified by adding a ton of colors in various random output for variables for the most part.
• [3a1d4dd] + character before output the net size change if it's positive.
• [778e892] Version flag to look much nicer.
• [778e892] --version flag in the run command to now just be --new-version, -n instead of the --version, since they were conflicting, which might be confusing.
• [2ed0780] Updated CLI documentation to include the new global options for version display, static banner, font and color selection.
• [4389405] The git interactions in change.py to use the GitPython Repo object, instead of running commands through subprocess.run.
• [4389405] Output to be colored for warnings and errors using a custom function print_colored_text from packer.custom_modules.etf.
• [0ad2664] _print_and_log to not handle output queue, since the function won't be called there is a different function responsible for that _log_and_output_queue.
• [3e19037] Replaced _input_via_text_editor with self.prompt_edit_text in all places for handling version description, title, and potentially other text edits.
• [3e19037] _get_queue_input output type from Any to bool | None, since that's what bool_answer function used in it returns, None is only for invalid answers.
• [990e057] Moved some of the constants or variables containing default and available user choices to config.py, so that they can easily be reused in other interfaces along side all_settings_status.
• [990e057] Moved terminal interfaces all_settings_status processing and output to happen right after parsing provided arguments in the cli.py, instead of after all commands.
• [990e057] all_settings_status variable creation to be a bit more robust in config.py.
• [d30d74b] Long single line imports into multiple lines using parentheses.

Fixed

• [c77e209] _Popen streamed output to actually output by flushing the input buffer.
• [5b09b80] Replaced the flimsy check for rejecting the GitHub workflow through Packer automatically via the revert_changes method to instead check if Packer has an attribute run_id, no need to check if it's valid just in case the id is 0, if it's present we good.
• [3a1d4dd] Various print_and_log function calls to correctly pass the log level to the parameter instead of passing it to the color parameter.
• [56363f3] The assets directory place in the README example, instead of at root, but instead it's actually inside the program's folder.
• [8aa36a2] Changed the import of input_via_text_editor to _input_via_text_editor to import the internal one from config.py, to actually use the settings defined in Packer global settings.
• [0ad2664] Documentation for _log_and_output_queue to not just be a copy of _print_and_log, since the function doesn't print anything.
• [6df5595] _process_partial_output function to correctly work with the new way that part of code works, had the old namespace when it was refactored into it's own function.

Full changelog

Verification

To ensure the integrity of the downloaded files, you can verify their SHA256 checksums.

How to verify:

• Windows (PowerShell):
  Open PowerShell and run the following command:

Get-FileHash .\packer.exe -Algorithm SHA256

• Linux (Terminal):
  Open your terminal and run:

sha256sum packer

Compare the resulting hash with the one provided in the GitHub release assets list to ensure it matches.