v1.6.0

• Shrinkwrap all dependencies and add them to bundledDependencies (#1948)
• Allow for ignoring of child dependencies (#1394)
• Allow passing --config.resolvers through CLI (#1922)
• Use defaults values from package.json if it exists (bower init) (#1731)
• Properly use cerificates set in .bowerrc (#1869)
• Include package name when version conflict occurs (#1917)
• Add timeout for permission check (yeoman/insight#35)
• Close file-handles when possible. Prevents all sorts of permission issues on Windows (0bb1536)
• Prevent ENOENT error on Windows when in VM environment (isaacs/chmodr#8)

v1.5.3

• Revert auto sorting of bower dependencies, fixes (#1897)
• Fix --save-exact feature for github endpoints, fixes (#1925)
• Fix bower init to be able to support private flag (#1819)
• Bump insight dependency to support prompt timeout (#1102)

v1.5.2

• Revert update semver version from 2.x to 5.x, fixes (#1896)
• Make bower commands work from subdirectories, fixes (#1893)
• Put auto shallow cloning for git behind a flag, fixes (#1764)

v1.5.1

[programmatic api] If cwd provided explicitly, force using it, fixes #1866

v1.5.0

• Pluggable Resolvers! http://bower.io/docs/pluggable-resolvers/
• Update semver version from 2.x to 5.x (#1852)
• Auto-sort dependencies alphabetically (#1381)
• Make bower commands work from subdirectories (#1866)
• No longer prefer installing bower as global module (#1865)

v1.4.1

• [fix] Reading .bowerrc upwards directory tree (#1763)
• [fix] Update bower-registry-client so it uses the same bower-config as bower

v1.4.0

• Add login and unregister commands (#1719)
• Automatically detecting smart Git hosts (#1628)
• [bower/config#23] Allow npm config variables (#1711)
• [bower/config#24] Merge .bowerrc files upwards directory tree (fixes) #1689
• Better homedir detection (514eb8f)
• Add --save-exact flag #1654
• Ensure extracted files are readable (tar-fs) #1548
• Some minor fixes: #1639, #1620, #1576, #1557, 962a565, a464f5a
• The version command in the programmatic API now returns the new version (#1755)
• Improved Windows support (AppVeyor CI, tests actually passing on Windows)
• OSX testing enabled on TravisCI

It also includes improved test coverage (~60% -> ~85%) and many refactors.

Big thanks for @wibblymat @nwinkler @samccone @kodypeterson @zanona @sindresorhus @desandro @ricardopolo @alexanderGugel @fracmak and other involved collaborators!

Release 1.3.12

• [stability] Fix versions for unstable dependencies (#1532)
• [fix] Update tar-fs to support old tar format (#1537)
• [fix] Make analytics work again (#1529)
• [fix] Always disable analytics for non-interactive mode (#1529)
• [fix] Bower init can create private packages again (#1522)
• [fix] Show again missing newline for bower search output (#1538)

Release 1.3.11

• [fix] Restore install missing dependencies on update (1519)

Release 1.3.10

• [fix] Back down concurrency from 50 to 5 (#1483)
• [fix] Read .bowerrc from specified cwd (#1301)
• [fix] Disable shallow clones except those from GitHub (#1393)
• [fix] Expose bower version (#1478)
• [fix] Bump dependencies, including "request" (#1467)
• [fix] Prevent an error when piping bower output to head (#1508)
• [fix] Disable removing unnecessary resolutions (#1061)
• [fix] Display the output of hooks again (#1484)
• [fix] analytics: true in .bowerrc prevents user prompt (#1470)
• [perf] Use tar-fs instead of tar for faster TAR extraction (#1490)