1.9.0

What's Changed

Other Changes

• Add a Quick Start section to README.md by @bootchk in #4
• component: Check if footprint has expected len by @kylemanna in #8
• Prioritize component fields over library fields by @kylemanna in #10
• Make KiBOM_CLI.py executable by @pointhi in #12
• Fixed support for tab separated files "tsv" by @schneidersoft in #15
• Even with "merge_blank_fields" set to 0 blank fields still get merged… by @schneidersoft in #16
• Made it possible to use Kibom as a generic bom writer without groupin… by @schneidersoft in #17
• Do not overwite config file if it exists. by @schneidersoft in #18
• Added CSV separator override option by @suzizecat in #21
• Fix PCB configurations feature for "+blah" by @zwlp in #25
• Naming and formatting by @diegoherranz in #27
• Use "variant" instead of "revision" by @diegoherranz in #28
• Made creation of backup file configurable by @schneidersoft in #19
• Adding fixes to support Python 3 by @haata in #30
• Adding basic support for Travis-CI testing by @haata in #31
• Update README.md by @kerrsmith in #33
• small fix for missing footprint by @marcelobarrosalmeida in #38
• Use new description attribute in libsource for aliases by @fauxpark in #34
• Fix for how config works by @MrSurly in #42
• fix small typo by @frankalicious in #44
• Add optional bom.ini configuration of boards (qty of PCBs in the BOM) and pcbConfig (the PCB variant). by @AngusP in #46
• Display "~" as empty fields by @fauxpark in #50
• Fix group_connectors option not working by @Swij in #51
• Feature xlsx by @Ximi1970 in #57
• Add support for multiple inclusive or exclusive variants by @AngusP in #37
• Add flag to output variant name to BoM filename by @trentks in #58
• Fix b'' issue with python3 csv files by @trentks in #59
• Add support for arbitrary filenames by @trentks in #60
• Flexible parser using whitespace instead of a single tab by @leoheck in #61
• Fix default bom.ini generation by @trentks in #63
• Split hideHeaders preference into hideHeaders + hidePcbInfo; add options parsing. by @szabodabo in #64
• Travis fix by @SchrodingersGat in #66
• Fixed preference names in README (issue #71) by @hraftery in #72
• Fix UnicodeEncodeError when printing Field Conflicts by @hraftery in #74
• Description fallback fix for KiCad 5.x by @set-soft in #78
• Removed useless executable flags by @set-soft in #87
• Unit testing by @SchrodingersGat in #88
• Update README.md to match actual command-line output of -h option by @SchrodingersGat in #89
• Fix path encoding for Windows by @SchrodingersGat in #90
• Support space as separator in the Config field by @set-soft in #83
• Dnc by @SchrodingersGat in #91
• Added 'html_generate_dnf' to add a separated section for DNF components by @set-soft in #85
• Fix line endings by @SchrodingersGat in #92
• Pipify by @SchrodingersGat in #93
• Fixes by @SchrodingersGat in #96
• Fixing output subdirectory issues by @SchrodingersGat in #99
• Incremement version number by @SchrodingersGat in #100
• Fix XML writer output by @SchrodingersGat in #103
• Fix DNC (isFixed) by @set-soft in #105
• Use "M" for "mega" and "m" for "milli" by @set-soft in #109
• Avoid destroying the current locale's decimal point by @set-soft in #111
• Recover the KiBOM_CLI.py script. by @set-soft in #104
• Fixed variants with +VARIANT not working. by @set-soft in #106
• Added 'digikey_link' to make a column with links to digikey P/Ns by @set-soft in #114
• Remove alt_wrap option by @SchrodingersGat in #117
• Skip the DNF HTML list if it will contain 0 rows. by @set-soft in #113
• Added "join" to join fields like voltage, current, etc. with the value by @set-soft in #115
• Add support for spaces between a value an its unit. by @set-soft in #108
• Update docs by @SchrodingersGat in #118
• Optimize the regex used to match component values by @set-soft in #110
• Modified the R/L/C sort to try to make sense of the multiplier by @set-soft in #82
• Fixes extra parameter in getAltRefs by @set-soft in #119
• Tolerate no output_file_name and/or variant_file_name_format by @set-soft in #121
• Improved error message when description can't be found (libpart None). by @gbmhunter in #127
• Fix Python 2 issues by @set-soft in #128
• add support for sheetpath field in BOM by @hkennyv in #126
• Fixed utf-8 bug in the XML writer. by @gbmhunter in #129
• Second fix for utf-8 bug in XML writer. by @gbmhunter in #130
• Fixes to micro and ohm characters. by @set-soft in #135
• add kibom.main:main entry point by @Evidlo in #138
• Reference Designator Separators by @n0dyjeff in #139
• Fixed the ref_separator save, must be quoted. by @set-soft in #140
• Fix misplaced parenthesis for raise AttributeError by @hkennyv in #148
• Add support for variants of the Value field by @eeintech in #150
• Fix to the variants logic. by @set-soft in #137
• Fix ref_separator not showing with alt refs by @kcalden in #145
• Add a mechanism to rename columns by @set-soft in #120
• Updated to the offical kicad.org url by @bombledmonk in #160
• Fix white space docs by @SchrodingersGat in #166
• added support for mouser links by @suuppl in #173
• Fix Digi-Key link generation by @apcountryman in #175
• Adds an option to make a column to contain datasheet links by @set-soft in #112
• Allow user to specify description field if desired by @SchrodingersGat in #177
• Try different capitalization for Description field by @jonathanfisher in #181
• Adds github workflow for PEP style checks by @SchrodingersGat in #182
• Adds workflow to build and publish to PyPi by @SchrodingersGat in #183
• Check for 'dnp' attribute introduced in kicad v7 by @SchrodingersGat in #184
• Bump version number to 1.9.0 by @SchrodingersGat in #185

New Contributors

• @bootchk made their first contribution in #4
• @kylemanna made their first contribution in #8
• @pointhi made their first contribution in #12
• @schneidersoft made their first contribution in #15
• @suzizecat made their first contribution in #21
• @zwlp made their first contribution in #25
• @diegoherranz made their first contribution in #27
• @haata made their first contribution in #30
• @kerrsmith made their first contribution in #33
• @marcelobarrosalmeida made their first contribution in #38
• @fauxpark made their first contribution in #34
• @MrSurly made their first contribution in #42
• @frankalicious made their first contribution in #44
• @AngusP made their first contribution in #46
• @Swij made their first contribution in #51
• @Ximi1970 made their first contribution in #57
• @trentks made their first contribution in #58
• @leoheck made their first contribution in #61
• @szabodabo made their first contribution in #64
• @SchrodingersGat made their first contribution in #66
• @hraftery made their first contribution in #72
• @set-soft made their first contribution in #78
• @gbmhunter made their first contribution in #127
• @hkennyv made their first contribution in #126
• @Evidlo made their first contribution in #138
• @n0dyjeff made their first contribution in #139
• @eeintech made their first contribution in #150
• @kcalden made their first contribution in #145
• @bombledmonk made their first contribution in #160
• @suuppl made their first contribution in #173
• @apcountryman made their first contribution in #175
• @jonathanfisher made their first contribution in #181

Full Changelog: 1.2...1.9.0