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layout: post
title: diffoscope 59 released
author: Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>
---

The diffoscope maintainers are pleased to announce the release of diffoscope
version `59`. This version includes the following changes:

```
[ Chris Lamb ]
* SquashFS test_testing:
  - Don't assume that user and group are 5 characters long in squashfs
    test_listing.
  - Drop test; simply too unreliable and/or has too many requirements to
    satisfy (eg. shorter usernames) for it to not be skipped.
* Difference class:
  - Ensure that we pass str instances to our Difference class as paths,
    otherwise we can't be sure we can render them. For example, passing a
    class here breaks the HTML renderer.
  - Add test for type checking of path1/path2/source.
  - Pass a str for the path in the JSON comparator, fixing the HTML reporting
    of JSON output.
* When looping over JQUERY_SYSTEM_LOCATIONS, actually use the variable we are
  looping with when performing the symlink(2) call.
* trydiffoscope:
  - Add manpage for trydiffoscope.
  - Write trydiffoscope console output as UTF-8, even if STDOUT claims it
    doesn't support it.
* debian/rules:
  - Make separate calls to dh_python3 for diffoscope and trydiffoscope to
    avoid both getting the same Recommends substvar.
  - Use a pattern-based rule for rst2man-based manpages instead of
    hard-coding "diffoscope.1".
  - Dynamically calculate manpages to generate over hardcoding.
* .gitignore: Ignore all generated manpages, not just diffoscope.1.

[ Holger Levsen ]
* ./CONTRIBUTING:
  - Add new file.
  - Explain what to look out for when uploading diffoscope.
```

You find out more by [visiting the project homepage](https://diffoscope.org).