Igir Version 4.0.0

Igir v4.0.0 has been released, offering a zero-setup ROM collection manager that efficiently manages collections on any OS. Key updates include fixes for candidate order, archive reporting, and input file handling, as well as new features like creating reflinks and improved CLI progress bars. The release involved numerous dependency updates and refactoring for enhanced performance, including utilizing CPU cores for semaphore parallelism. Several minor fixes and chore updates were conducted to maintain compatibility and improve functionality. The complete changelog details various enhancements and adjustments made from late May to late June 2025.

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Igir v4.0.0 has been launched. It is a zero-configuration ROM collection manager that sorts, filters, extracts, archives, patches, and provides reports on collections of any size across all operating systems.

Igir Changelog:
28 June 2025 – 5e6b527 – v4.0.0 (#1645)
28 June 2025 – a2cc905 – CI: rebase conflicted Renovate PRs (#1657)
27 June 2025 – f154995 – Chore: Roll back dependency is-unicode-supported to 1.3.0 (#1654)
27 June 2025 – 859970d – Chore: update ESLint (#1653)
27 June 2025 – 06bffdb – Chore: update dev dependencies (#1641)
27 June 2025 – 237bd19 – Fix: deterministic candidate order, candidate efficiencies (#1656)
27 June 2025 – 6c75231 – Fix: reporting raw-moved archives as incomplete (#1651)
27 June 2025 – a7b2c0c – Chore: update dependency dolphin-tool to v0.2506.0 (#1650)
27 June 2025 – dbeb798 – Chore: update Node.js to v24.3.0 (#1649)
27 June 2025 – 145f0e9 – Chore: update adRise/update-pr-branch action to v0.10.1 (#1655)
27 June 2025 – 7e8e1e9 – Chore: update Jest to v30.0.2 (#1643)
27 June 2025 – 21d59fc – Chore: update ESLint (#1642)
27 June 2025 – 5c5c52f – Refactor: use CPU cores for semaphore parallelism (#1652)
27 June 2025 – b0b5114 – Refactor: util.promisify(fs.*), reduce promise buildup, no inodes in cache (#1648)
26 June 2025 – afd55ba – Fix: revert to fs.copyFile() on Windows (#1644)
26 June 2025 – ebf7398 – Refactor: eliminate static semaphores (#1638)
25 June 2025 – 9c65ed0 – Chore: update dependency mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin to v1.4.7 (#1640)
25 June 2025 – 0389e6b – Fix: reset deletion progress bar name (#1639)
25 June 2025 – 8342d25 – Feature: breaking: create reflinks (#1637)
24 June 2025 – 95450f6 – Feature: warn when writing to the same output file path (#1635)
23 June 2025 – ece604b – Fix: parent/clone inference with id/cloneofid-based DATs (#1636)
22 June 2025 – ef1f095 – Fix: find root romOf BIOS when merging/splitting (#1634)
22 June 2025 – 5bb79c8 – Fix: ignore token replacement errors during candidate generation (#1632)
22 June 2025 – 7df48dd – Fix: group multi-ROM HTGD SMDB games (#1633)
22 June 2025 – 4001461 – Feature: delete empty input subdirectories when moving (#1608)
22 June 2025 – 46f2ac8 – Feature: parse .bin/.cue files from GD-ROM CHDs (#1628)
22 June 2025 – e6dd0d8 – Feature: remember source file when inferring games (#1631)
22 June 2025 – 60a668b – Chore: update dependency chdman to v0.277.2 (#1630)
21 June 2025 – 59e7e33 – Chore: update dependency eslint-plugin-jest to v29 (#1627)
21 June 2025 – 2a26a36 – Chore: pin dependency is-unicode-supported to 2.1.0 (#1629)
21 June 2025 – 8e34b19 – Feature: CLI progress bars redesign & rewrite (#1579)
21 June 2025 – 76524bc – Chore: update dependency chdman to v0.277.1 (#1626)
19 June 2025 – 3be04ed – Chore: update dependency @types/jest to v30 (#1625)
18 June 2025 – 6e21327 – Chore: update lockfile (#1624)
18 June 2025 – bd78fac – Chore: update Node.js to v24.2.0 (#1623)
18 June 2025 – 81a34d9 – CI: keep Node.js up to date with ‘current’ (#1622)
18 June 2025 – bded1dd – Chore: pin dependency @types/graceful-fs to 4.1.9 (#1621)
18 June 2025 – fc92d80 – CI: use GitHub PAT with Node-API prebuilds (#1620)
18 June 2025 – 6b679af – Chore: update jest monorepo to v30 (major) (#1614)
18 June 2025 – 88bb725 – CI: keep Node.js up to date with ‘current’ (#1619)
18 June 2025 – cebb033 – Chore: update dependency ts-jest to v29.4.0 (#1618)
18 June 2025 – 5efabea – Chore: update dependencies (#1590)
15 June 2025 – 4e32a1f – Chore: update dependency eslint-plugin-jsdoc to v51 (#1616)
12 June 2025 – 00e75da – Chore: update ESLint (#1613)
11 June 2025 – d607916 – Chore: update dependency jest-extended to v6 (#1611)
30 May 2025 – fc3fd98 – Chore: update docs dependencies (#1600)
30 May 2025 – f080cf7 – Chore: update dependency eslint-plugin-unicorn to v59 (#1601)
30 May 2025 – 91f157a – Chore: update ESLint to v8.33.0 (#1606)
30 May 2025 – b9360a5 – CI: update major versions outside of monthly schedule (#1607)
29 May 2025 – 502d17d – Chore: update lockfile (#1605)
29 May 2025 – 18527d3 – Chore: update lockfile (#1604)
28 May 2025 – 1a0a986 – Chore: update lockfile (#1603)
27 May 2025 – 1e18763 – Chore: update dependency jest-extended to v5 (#1602)
27 May 2025 – e56b0b4 – Chore: update ESLint (#1599)
27 May 2025 – 0615efd – Chore: update dev dependencies (#1598)
27 May 2025 – a17ab1b – Chore: update dependency ts-jest to v29.3.4 (#1597)
11 May 2025 – fe8d9c9 – Chore: update Node.js to v24.0.1 (#1589)
11 May 2025 – 44cce33 – CI: test Node.js 20 (#1463)
11 May 2025 – d19066b – Chore: update dependencies (#1560)
11 May 2025 – cb47b28 – Feature: test input files without modifying anything (#1588)
11 May 2025 – 93512d3 – Fix: TorrentZip filename sorting (#1587)
10 May 2025 – d6da42e – Fix: lock input files from moving prior to zipping (#1586)
10 May 2025 – 2530f47 – Fix: dir dat mirror option (#1585)
10 May 2025 – 389f83e – Feature: dir dat mirror option (#1584)
9 May 2025 – f3a5e8e – Refactor: remove ‘husky’ (#1583)
9 May 2025 – d3458ff – CI: keep Node.js up to date with ‘current’ (#1582)
9 May 2025 – e934a75 – CI: keep Node.js up to date with ‘current’ (#1580)
8 May 2025 – c676873 – Chore: update ESLint (#1578)
4 May 2025 – ecc6595 – Feature: RVZSTD support and candidate selection improvements (#1563)
3 May 2025 – f63953c – Chore: update dependency dolphin-tool to v0.2503.1 (#1574)
3 May 2025 – d94e08d – Chore: update dependency chdman to v0.277.0 (#1573)
29 April 2025 – 789946d – Chore: update lockfile (#1569)
29 April 2025 – 05a1416 – Chore: update Node.js to v22.15.0 (#1568)
28 April 2025 – 9e56d4c – Chore: update lockfile (#1567)
28 April 2025 – a758139 – Chore: update dependency @types/node to v22.15.2 (#1564)
27 April 2025 – 63ca8be – Chore: update dependency @types/node to v22.14.1 (#1561)
27 April 2025 – f99b8ed – Chore: update dependency ts-jest to v29.3.2 (#1559)
27 April 2025 – 0e7f7fb – Chore: update docs dependencies (#1562)
27 April 2025 – f89896b – Chore: pin dependencies (#1557)
27 April 2025 – 05632e0 – Feature: mark non-TorrentZip zips as invalid (#1558)
27 April 2025 – c77db43 – Chore: update ESLint (#1555)
27 April 2025 – 3bca826 – Feature: support for TorrentZip creation (#1553)