v2.6.0

Release v2.6.0

This release focuses on code quality improvements, enhanced documentation, and better handling of PO/MO files. It includes significant refactoring for maintainability and introduces new features for header and charset handling.

✨ New Features

• Enhanced Header Handling:
  • Refactored header configuration in pkg/go/parse using HeaderConfig and CustomHeader.
  • Improved PO header handling with better template support and validation.
• Flexible Color Output: Added CLI color options (auto, always, never) for better terminal output control.
• Improved Charset Support: New internal/util/charset.go for robust charset validation.

🛠 Improvements

• Code Quality & Organization:
  • Comprehensive docstrings added to all public types, functions, and methods in the PO package.
  • Renamed variables/functions for clarity (e.g., LitterConfig → LitterOptions).
  • Standardized error handling and logging messages.
• MO File Handling:
  • Replaced unsafe pointer-based endianness check with cpu.IsBigEndian from golang.org/x/sys.
  • Restructured MoHeader to use explicit MajorVersion/MinorVersion fields.
• Testing Utilities:
  • Enhanced diff formatting and equality checks in tests.
  • Removed unused dependencies and added new utility packages (e.g., sanity-io/litter).

📚 Documentation

• Updated Code Comments: Improved explanations and organization across the codebase.
• Refreshed Diagrams: Updated PUML files for better visual documentation.

⚠️ Breaking Changes

• Header handling in pkg/go/parse now uses HeaderConfig and CustomHeader instead of separate options.
• CLI color flag changed from boolean to string enum (auto/always/never).

Full Changelog: v2.5.0...v2.6.0