• Breaking changes
  • If you are building against the Catch2v2 in the ApprovalTests repository: The CMake library target name changed from Catch2::Catch2 to Catch2v2::Catch2v2
• New features
  • Add support for Catch2 v3
  • Added CrossPlatformReporters::VSCode - Launches via the VSCode command line interface. Requires code to be in your PATH.
• Bug fixes
  • None
• Other changes
  • Remove mingw getenv_s() declaration workaround

• Breaking changes
  • None
• New features
  • None
• Bug fixes
  • None
• Fixed compilation warnings
  • Fix compiler warning C4459 in MSVC with /W4 (See #193)
  • Fix compilation failure with clang13 due to -Werror/-Wdeprecated-copy-with-dtor (#194)

• Breaking changes
  • None
• New features
  • None
• Bug fixes
  • Using kdiff3 as diff tool, users no longer have to specify name of output file after merge (#191 - thanks @bjosv)
• Other changes
  • None

• Breaking changes
  • None
• New features
  • EmptyFileCreatorByType::registerCreator() - new approved file creation is now customizable for individual file extensions.
• Bug fixes
  • None
• Other changes
  • None

• Breaking changes
  • None
• New features
  • You can now customize how Test Names are Converted to Valid FileNames (#97)
  • You can now customize how Empty file are created. This is useful when verifying binary files. (#172)
• Bug fixes
  • None
• Other changes
  • Add a copyright statement to the released single header (#189)
  • All code snippets in documentation include the ApprovalTests:: qualification, so example code can be copied and pasted more easily. (#115)

• Breaking changes
  • None
• New features
  • Storyboard:
    Print the changes to an object over time
  • Grid:
    Create 2D text in a grid format
  • Vcpkg integration added:
    See Vcpkg Integration docs (vcpkg #18338 - thanks @strega-nil!)
• Bug fixes
  • None
• Other changes
  • CygWin and MinGW CI builds moved to GitHub Actions (#181)

See also the v.10.9.0 changelog for the full list of major new features, bug fixes and other improvements.

• Breaking changes
  • None
• New features
  • None
• Bug fixes
  • Fix compilation error with fmt library integration that was introduced in the v.10.9.0 release (#180)
• Other changes
  • None

• Breaking changes
  • None
• New features
  • Custom template namer: see TemplatedCustomNamer. (#149)
    • This gives great flexibility
    • It also introduces the ability to run Approval Tests on machines that do not have the source code, such as when doing cross-compilation.
  • Options.withNamer(): Options now has the ability to specify a custom namer.
  • New Path utility class: see Path.h and Path.cpp
• Bug fixes
  • Calls to Approvals::verify() and related methods no longer spuriously pass if the received and approved
    filenames are identical (#178)
  • TextDiffReporter no longer throws when reporting that files differ.
    • This improves the content of logs when running Approval Tests in CI builds. (#106)
  • ApprovalTests.cpp's tests and examples should now never be built when used as a sub-project. (#179)
• Other changes
  • Added new documentation sections:
    • Code to copy for your first Boost.Test Approvals test
    • Code to copy for your first Catch2 Approvals test
    • Code to copy for your first CppUTest Approvals test
    • Code to copy for your first doctest Approvals test
    • Code to copy for your first Google Test Approvals test
    • Code to copy for your first [Boost].UT Approvals test
  • Removed CI builds for clang and gcc < v9
  • Some of our internal tests now use gulrak's filesystem. Thanks @gulrak!

• Breaking changes
  • None
• New features
  • None
• Bug fixes
  • Ninja builds now work when inside source tree. (#171)
    • The entire Misconfigured Builds page of workarounds is no needed, but is retained for those using older releases.
• Other changes
  • None

• Breaking changes
  • None
• New features
  • None
• Bug fixes
  • Fix incorrect line '#include <ApprovalTests.hpp>' in single header, that was present in v.10.6.0 and v.10.7.0 (#170)
• Other changes
  • None