NEWS

# link2GI NEWS

## link2GI 0.7-3

### Changes
- Added a deterministic GDAL CLI context based on linked system binaries (no implicit PATH usage).
- Introduced GDAL capability fingerprinting, help-derived minimal CLI skeletons, and NDJSON run logging to support reproducibility.
- Refactored GDAL discovery and linking to be platform-robust and non-redundant.

## link2GI 0.7-3

### Changes
- Unified and hardened platform discovery for GRASS, GDAL, and SAGA with strict OS guards and consistent return structures.
- Stabilized environment setup and binary resolution across platforms.
- Improved test suite and CRAN compliance; removed brittle mocks and fixed edge cases.

## link2GI 0.7-2

### Changes
- Introduced a new introspection-based OTB API using CLI `-help` output as the single source of truth.
- Added robust command construction and unified OTB execution logic.
- Harmonized Windows and Linux OTB discovery.
- Preserved the legacy OTB API for backward compatibility.

### Testing
- Added `testthat` coverage for OTB command construction and argument handling.

## link2GI 0.7-1

### Bug fixes
- Fixed unintended recursion in project setup logic.
- Refactored `initProj()` to a single, non-recursive execution path.
- Prevented repeated re-initialisation of folders, git, and `renv`.

### Documentation
- Updated documentation to reflect the revised project setup behaviour.

## link2GI 0.7-0

### Changes
- Added a new introspection-based OTB API (`otb_capabilities()`, `otb_args_spec()`, `otb_build_cmd()`).

### Bug fixes
- Fixed OTB path and environment setup (bin/root handling).
- Stabilized CLI help introspection, including non-zero exit codes.
- Improved `runOTB()` output handling and error propagation.

### Documentation
- Updated vignette to use introspected parameters instead of hard-coded argument lists.

## link2GI 0.6-2

### Bug fixes
- Fixed CRAN issues related to `git2r`.

## link2GI 0.6-1

### Bug fixes
- Fixed additional CRAN check issues.

## link2GI 0.6-0

### Changes
- Deprecated `rootDir` in favour of `root_folder`.
- Extended `initProj()` into a lightweight project setup utility.

### Bug fixes
- Fixed issue #65.

## link2GI 0.5-4

### Bug fixes
- Fixed issues #61, #62, and #63.

## link2GI 0.5-3

### Bug fixes
- Fixed issues #58 and #59.
- Stabilized `rgrass7` dependencies.

## link2GI 0.5-2

### Changes
- Added support for returning vector data from OTB calls.

### Bug fixes
- Fixed issue #58.
- Minor fixes in `runOTB()`.

## link2GI 0.5-1

### Changes
- Integrated `stars` and `terra` raster objects for GRASS linking.

### Bug fixes
- Preliminary fixes for issues #56 and #57.
- Minor internal fixes.

## link2GI 0.5-0

### Changes
- Switched to a unified `linkGRASS()` for GRASS 7.x and 8.x.
- Retained `linkGRASS7()` for backward compatibility.

### Bug fixes
- Preliminary fix for issue #56.

## link2GI 0.4-7

### Bug fixes
- Fixed issue #52.

## link2GI 0.4-6

### Bug fixes
- Preliminary fix for issue #52.

## link2GI 0.4-5

### Bug fixes
- Fixed issues #42, #44, #46, #48, and #49.

### Documentation
- Added installation vignette.
- Updated documentation.

## link2GI 0.4-4

### Bug fixes
- Fixed issue #42.

## link2GI 0.4-3

### Bug fixes
- Fixed issue #40.

## link2GI 0.4-2

### Bug fixes
- Fixed issue #38.

## link2GI 0.4-1

### Changes
- Added `linkall()`.
- Added direct reading and writing of vector data to GRASS SQLite.

### Bug fixes
- Several minor fixes.

## link2GI 0.4-0

### Changes
- Added parsing and return of OTB CLI help for interactive use in R.
- Introduced `runOTB()` according to issue #29.

### Bug fixes
- Fixed issues #19, #21, #22, #26, and #29.
- First parsing of the new GRASS (>= 7.8) start file.

## link2GI 0.3-7

### Changes
- Improved implementation of `parseOTB()`.

### Bug fixes
- Several fixes.
- Updated examples and corrected typos.

## link2GI 0.3-6

### Changes
- Full re-implementation of `linkGDAL()`, now returning all GDAL installations at a given search path.

### Bug fixes
- Multiple fixes for Windows search and linking.
- Updated examples and typos.

## link2GI 0.3-5

### Changes
- Added manual build function for UNC paths.

### Bug fixes
- Removed obsolete search argument for PRZP.
- Multiple fixes for Windows search and linking.
- Documentation improvements.

## link2GI 0.3-4

### Changes
- Added boolean indicator for required API availability.

### Bug fixes
- Fixed quiet option behaviour.
- Fixed search order.
- Resolved GRASS issues with `r.in.lidar`.
- Multiple Windows-related fixes.
- Added and corrected examples.

## link2GI 0.3-3

### Changes
- By default, the latest installed version of each API is selected.

### Bug fixes
- Fixed OTB basic wrapper on Windows.
- Added new examples.
- Corrected typos.

## link2GI 0.3-2

### Changes
- `ver_select` can now directly select by index.
- Added OTB basic wrapper.

### Bug fixes
- RSAGA-related fixes.
- Corrected typos.

## link2GI 0.3-1

### Changes
- Added `returnPaths` argument to suppress return values.

### Bug fixes
- Windows RSAGA-related fixes.

## link2GI 0.3-0

### Changes
- Major restructuring to align with common R conventions.
- Removed hidden global variables.
- Added Linux support for multi-version selection.
- Homogenized linking functions and OS-agnostic `find*()` wrappers.
- Added robust environment handling and a global quiet option.

### Bug fixes
- Removed trailing backslashes.
- Ensured compatibility with RSAGA and SAGA >= 3.

## link2GI 0.2-2

### Changes
- Added `findGRASS()` as a wrapper for `searchGRASSW()` and `searchGRASSX()`.

## link2GI 0.2-1

### Bug fixes
- Fixed issues #2, #3, and #5.

## link2GI 0.2-0

### Bug fixes
- Fixed several small bugs.

## link2GI 0.1-0

### Changes
- Initial CRAN release.