- Added -UpdateBatch switch so the updater can auto update itself on execution.
- Added new -LogP switch, that works just like -Log, but also opens the log file after updating.
- Added new -MultiOverrides switch, that uses any and all .js files in a 'user.js-overrides' sub-folder as overrides instead of the default 'user-overrides.js' file. Files are appended in alphabetical order.
- Added new -Merge switch, that uses a new algorithm to merge overrides instead of appending them. Files are parsed in alphabetical order and when there are conflicting records, the values of the last ones declared are the ones used. The order of said records doesn't change in the resulting file. Comments are appended normally. When the script is run with both -Merge and -MultiOverrides switches, an 'user-overrides-merged.js' file is also generated in the root directory for quick reference. Said file contains only the merged data from override files and can be safely discarded after updating.
For a more full list of changes, with jokes and nasty surprises, see my epic fail (#286).
You had it right the first time earthlng. Eg Start commits for 55-beta date shown is 9-July. 55-alpha release is dated 18-Aug and we drop the "-beta" part (look inside the release downloads). Start commits for 56-beta date shown is 12-Sept. 56-alpha release is dated 2-Oct and we drop the "-beta" part. And because you created the 57-alpha release before you reversed the date+version, that too is all good.
Controls the visibility of the "Options>Privacy & Security>Site Data" section.
I'd prefer to remove this completely because it only adds to the confusion about all the different storage types.
This is just an extension for localStorage (2705) with 3 methods: estimate(), persist() and persisted(). A site can ask for permission (?) to persist data which when granted basically just means that "Storage will not be cleared except by explicit user action" whereas otherwise when not persisted "Storage may be cleared by the UA under storage pressure." - I don't see a problem with that.
We'll keep 2706 inactive for now but might remove it in a future commit.
https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/issues/264#issuecomment-345462158
- It can now handle read-only files.
- it is somewhat more explicit regarding what it's doing in some circumstances. For example, it now informs the user when no changes are made.
- It now accepts two parameters: `-unattended` and `-log`
- Minor improvements here and there.
Sorry, but AFAIK, with this enabled it clears web extension storage when clear "offsite website data" is checked on close or manually (which we do in the user.js). Note also that even with this enabled, the UI settings are disabled, and the data-on-disk calculation never finishes, so at this point, its a bit useless to enable it until we figure that out. Will be back in 7 days
this should now work no matter how the script is called (including symlinks) on both Mac and Linux.
+ Storing and restoring the original working directory to prevent problems in certain circumstances.
