v1.10.0

A dependency-refresh release on top of 1.9.1, plus cross-platform line-ending normalization. There are no DSL, content, or runtime source changes — existing Content.kt definitions compile and run unchanged, and the build still targets JDK 25. The minor-version bump tracks the minor bumps in Ktor and readingbat-core rather than any change in this repo's own API.

Highlights

• readingbat-core / readingbat-kotest 3.3.1 → 3.4.0. A minor bump; no call-site changes were required. correctAnswers() remains a suspend function, as it has since 3.2.0, so ContentTests.kt keeps its runBlocking { … } wrapper.
• Ktor 3.5.1 → 3.6.0. The catalog and readingbat-core 3.4.0 agree on this version — runtimeClasspath resolves io.ktor:ktor-server-core to 3.6.0 with no conflict resolution in play.
• Kotest 6.2.3 → 6.2.5. A patch bump; the libs.bundles.testing bundle and the StringSpec/JUnit5 setup are unchanged.
• Gradle 9.6.1 → 9.7.1. The wrapper jar, gradle-wrapper.properties, and the gradle-wrapper catalog key all move together. The configuration cache continues to store and reuse entries.
• Static-analysis and tooling bumps. detekt 2.0.0-alpha.5 → 2.0.0-alpha.6, Kotlinter 5.6.0 → 5.7.0, and the ben-manes versions plugin 0.57.0 → 0.64.0. Both linters re-run clean under the new versions, so no .editorconfig changes were needed and the repo still requires no detekt baseline.
• .gitattributes added. Git now normalizes line endings per file type instead of relying on each contributor's core.autocrlf setting: gradlew is pinned to lf so the launcher stays executable on Linux and macOS after a Windows checkout, *.bat to crlf, and *.jar / *.png are marked binary so Git stops attempting text diffs or EOL conversion on them — which also keeps gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar intact across wrapper upgrades.
• Docs refreshed. CHANGELOG.md and RELEASE_NOTES.md gained 1.10.0 entries, llms.txt picked up the new Gradle and readingbat-core versions plus the new file, and README.md / CLAUDE.md now document the .gitattributes conventions and that the Gradle version is driven by the gradle-wrapper catalog key via make upgrade-wrapper.

Dependencies

Library	Version
Kotlin	2.4.10
Ktor	3.6.0
Kotest	6.2.5
readingbat-core	3.4.0
core-utils	3.2.2
kotlin-logging	8.0.4
detekt	2.0.0-alpha.6
kotlinter	5.7.0
Gradle	9.7.1
JDK toolchain	25

Unchanged from 1.9.1: Kotlin, core-utils, kotlin-logging, and the JDK toolchain.

Upgrade Notes

• No source changes are required for forks that track this template — this release touches only gradle/libs.versions.toml, gradle/wrapper/*, gradle.properties, .gitattributes, and the docs.
• Re-run ./gradlew --version after pulling to let the new wrapper (9.7.1) download on first use. Forks that track their own Gradle version should bump the gradle-wrapper key in gradle/libs.versions.toml and run make upgrade-wrapper, which drives ./gradlew wrapper from that key.
• Windows contributors may see a one-time line-ending renormalization the first time they check out with .gitattributes in place. git add --renormalize . resolves any spurious whole-file diffs.
• JDK 25 remains required, unchanged from 1.8.0.
• Deliberately not adopted in this release: Kotlin 2.4.20 and core-utils 3.2.3 / 4.1.0, all of which ./gradlew dependencyUpdates reports as available.

Full Changelog: 1.9.1...1.10.0