rbxmk v0.5.0

Highlights:

• Improve handling of HTTP cookies.
  • Add rbxmk.cookiesFrom for getting cookies from known locations.
  • Add rbxmk.newCookie for creating a cookie from scratch.
• DataModel metadata is now accessed through the Metadata symbol.
• Rename "file" source to "fs".
• Move os.dir and os.stat to the fs library.
• fs.dir and fs.stat return nil if the file does not exist.
• Additions to fs library.
  • fs.mkdir for creating directories.
  • fs.remove for removing files.
  • fs.rename for moving files.
• To reduce the impact of malicious scripts, files can only be accessed by rbxmk from certain locations.
  • The working directory.
  • The directory of the first running script.
  • A temporary directory, accessible via os.expand("$tmp")
• Changes to os.expand.
  • Add the $root_script_directory variable, which expands to the directory of the first running script.
  • The $temp_directory variable now points to a temporary directory that is unique per run of rbxmk.

Fixes:

• Fix garbled error messages.

Internal:

• Implement automated releases.

See a comparison with the previous version for a thorough list of changes.

The Documentation page provides a complete reference for this version of rbxmk.

rbxmk v0.4.0

Highlights:

• The command-line API now uses sub-commands.
  • rbxmk run runs scripts as before.
  • rbxmk help displays help.
  • rbxmk version displays the current version.
• Implement Instance attributes.
  • Instance.GetAttribute
  • Instance.GetAttributes
  • Instance.SetAttribute.
  • Additional SetAttributes method for efficiently setting all attributes at once.
• Add inheritance-based methods to Instance.
  • Instance.IsA
  • Instance.FindFirstChildWhichIsA
  • Instance.FindFirstAncestorWhichIsA
• Format configuration: in APIs where a format string could be passed, a table can be passed instead, which can contain additional options that configure the format.
• The http source has been rewritten.
  • Has single http.request function.
  • Handles CSRF tokens automatically.
• Add rbxassetid source for accessing assets on the Roblox website.
• Add clipboard source for accessing the operating system's clipboard.
  • Currently available only on Windows.
• Add os.stat function for getting the metadata of a file.
• Additions to the math library.
  • math.log from Lua 5.2.
  • math.clamp from Roblox.
  • math.round from Roblox.
  • math.sign from Roblox.
• Additions to the table library.
  • table.pack from Lua 5.2.
  • table.unpack from Lua 5.2.
  • table.move from Lua 5.3.
  • table.clear from Roblox.
  • table.create from Roblox.
  • table.find from Roblox.
• Additions to the string library.
  • string.split from Roblox.
• Add rbxmk.formatCanDecode function for getting whether a given format can decode into a given type.
• Add json format for decoding JSON data generically, similar to HttpService.JSONEncode/JSONDecode.
• Add csv format for converting general CSV data.
• Add l10n.csv format for converting localization data.
• Instance.new is allowed to create classes with the NotCreatable tag.
• Document _RBXMK_VERSION global variable.
• Remove rbxmk.readSource and rbxmk.writeSource functions.

Fixes:

• Fix sorting of members returned by ClassDesc.Members.
• Fix error with EnumDesc.AddItem.
• Fix error with RootDesc.AddEnum.
• Fix error when indexing Enums or calling GetEnums.
• Fix Enums.GetEnums returning no values.
• Fix issues with cloned Instances.
• Fix string and double types being returned as empty userdata.
• Fix strings not having a metatable.

See a comparison with the previous version for a thorough list of changes.

The Documentation page provides a complete reference for this version of rbxmk.

rbxmk v0.3.0

Imperative Mode is a complete rewrite of rbxmk from the ground up.

• Versus the previous quasi-declarative Lua API, the new API is completely imperative.
• The API is designed to emulate the Roblox Lua API.

The Documentation page provides a complete reference for this version of rbxmk.