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Here you can find a list of migration guides to handle breaking changes between releases of the CLI.

0.27.0

Breaking changes in golang API github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino/cores/packagemanager.PackageManager

The PackageManager API has been heavily refactored to correctly handle multitasking and concurrency. Many fields in the PackageManager object are now private. All the PackageManager methods have been moved into other objects. In particular:

  • the methods that query the PackageManager without changing its internal state, have been moved into the new Explorer object
  • the methods that change the PackageManager internal state, have been moved into the new Builder object.

The Builder object must be used to create a new PackageManager. Previously the function NewPackageManager was used to get a clean PackageManager object and then use the LoadHardware* methods to build it. Now the function NewBuilder must be used to create a Builder, run the LoadHardware* methods to load platforms, and finally call the Builder.Build() method to obtain the final PackageManager.

Previously we did:

pm := packagemanager.NewPackageManager(...)
err = pm.LoadHardware()
err = pm.LoadHardwareFromDirectories(...)
err = pm.LoadHardwareFromDirectory(...)
err = pm.LoadToolsFromPackageDir(...)
err = pm.LoadToolsFromBundleDirectories(...)
err = pm.LoadToolsFromBundleDirectory(...)
pack = pm.GetOrCreatePackage("packagername")
// ...use `pack` to tweak or load more hardware...
err = pm.LoadPackageIndex(...)
err = pm.LoadPackageIndexFromFile(...)
err = pm.LoadHardwareForProfile(...)

// ...use `pm` to implement business logic...

Now we must do:

var pm *packagemanager.PackageManager

{
    pmb := packagemanager.Newbuilder(...)
    err = pmb.LoadHardware()
    err = pmb.LoadHardwareFromDirectories(...)
    err = pmb.LoadHardwareFromDirectory(...)
    err = pmb.LoadToolsFromPackageDir(...)
    err = pmb.LoadToolsFromBundleDirectories(...)
    err = pmb.LoadToolsFromBundleDirectory(...)
    pack = pmb.GetOrCreatePackage("packagername")
    // ...use `pack` to tweak or load more hardware...
    err = pmb.LoadPackageIndex(...)
    err = pmb.LoadPackageIndexFromFile(...)
    err = pmb.LoadHardwareForProfile(...)
    pm = pmb.Build()
}

// ...use `pm` to implement business logic...

It's not mandatory but highly recommended, to drop the Builder object once it has built the PackageManager (that's why in the example the pmb builder is created in a limited scope between braces).

To query the PackagerManager now it is required to obtain an Explorer object through the PackageManager.NewExplorer() method.

Previously we did:

func DoStuff(pm *packagemanager.PackageManager, ...) {
    // ...implement business logic through PackageManager methods...
    ... := pm.Packages
    ... := pm.CustomGlobalProperties
    ... := pm.FindPlatform(...)
    ... := pm.FindPlatformRelease(...)
    ... := pm.FindPlatformReleaseDependencies(...)
    ... := pm.DownloadToolRelease(...)
    ... := pm.DownloadPlatformRelease(...)
    ... := pm.IdentifyBoard(...)
    ... := pm.DownloadAndInstallPlatformUpgrades(...)
    ... := pm.DownloadAndInstallPlatformAndTools(...)
    ... := pm.InstallPlatform(...)
    ... := pm.InstallPlatformInDirectory(...)
    ... := pm.RunPostInstallScript(...)
    ... := pm.IsManagedPlatformRelease(...)
    ... := pm.UninstallPlatform(...)
    ... := pm.InstallTool(...)
    ... := pm.IsManagedToolRelease(...)
    ... := pm.UninstallTool(...)
    ... := pm.IsToolRequired(...)
    ... := pm.LoadDiscoveries(...)
    ... := pm.GetProfile(...)
    ... := pm.GetEnvVarsForSpawnedProcess(...)
    ... := pm.DiscoveryManager(...)
    ... := pm.FindPlatformReleaseProvidingBoardsWithVidPid(...)
    ... := pm.FindBoardsWithVidPid(...)
    ... := pm.FindBoardsWithID(...)
    ... := pm.FindBoardWithFQBN(...)
    ... := pm.ResolveFQBN(...)
    ... := pm.Package(...)
    ... := pm.GetInstalledPlatformRelease(...)
    ... := pm.GetAllInstalledToolsReleases(...)
    ... := pm.InstalledPlatformReleases(...)
    ... := pm.InstalledBoards(...)
    ... := pm.FindToolsRequiredFromPlatformRelease(...)
    ... := pm.GetTool(...)
    ... := pm.FindToolsRequiredForBoard(...)
    ... := pm.FindToolDependency(...)
    ... := pm.FindDiscoveryDependency(...)
    ... := pm.FindMonitorDependency(...)
}

Now we must obtain the Explorer object to access the same methods, moreover, we must call the release callback function once we complete the task:

func DoStuff(pm *packagemanager.PackageManager, ...) {
    pme, release := pm.NewExplorer()
    defer release()

    ... := pme.GetPackages()
    ... := pme.GetCustomGlobalProperties()
    ... := pme.FindPlatform(...)
    ... := pme.FindPlatformRelease(...)
    ... := pme.FindPlatformReleaseDependencies(...)
    ... := pme.DownloadToolRelease(...)
    ... := pme.DownloadPlatformRelease(...)
    ... := pme.IdentifyBoard(...)
    ... := pme.DownloadAndInstallPlatformUpgrades(...)
    ... := pme.DownloadAndInstallPlatformAndTools(...)
    ... := pme.InstallPlatform(...)
    ... := pme.InstallPlatformInDirectory(...)
    ... := pme.RunPostInstallScript(...)
    ... := pme.IsManagedPlatformRelease(...)
    ... := pme.UninstallPlatform(...)
    ... := pme.InstallTool(...)
    ... := pme.IsManagedToolRelease(...)
    ... := pme.UninstallTool(...)
    ... := pme.IsToolRequired(...)
    ... := pme.LoadDiscoveries(...)
    ... := pme.GetProfile(...)
    ... := pme.GetEnvVarsForSpawnedProcess(...)
    ... := pme.DiscoveryManager(...)
    ... := pme.FindPlatformReleaseProvidingBoardsWithVidPid(...)
    ... := pme.FindBoardsWithVidPid(...)
    ... := pme.FindBoardsWithID(...)
    ... := pme.FindBoardWithFQBN(...)
    ... := pme.ResolveFQBN(...)
    ... := pme.Package(...)
    ... := pme.GetInstalledPlatformRelease(...)
    ... := pme.GetAllInstalledToolsReleases(...)
    ... := pme.InstalledPlatformReleases(...)
    ... := pme.InstalledBoards(...)
    ... := pme.FindToolsRequiredFromPlatformRelease(...)
    ... := pme.GetTool(...)
    ... := pme.FindToolsRequiredForBoard(...)
    ... := pme.FindToolDependency(...)
    ... := pme.FindDiscoveryDependency(...)
    ... := pme.FindMonitorDependency(...)
}

The Explorer object keeps a read-lock on the underlying PackageManager that must be released once the task is done by calling the release callback function. This ensures that no other task will change the status of the PackageManager while the current task is in progress.

The PackageManager.Clean() method has been removed and replaced by the methods:

  • PackageManager.NewBuilder() (*Builder, commit func())
  • Builder.BuildIntoExistingPackageManager(target *PackageManager)

Previously, to update a PackageManager instance we did:

func Reload(pm *packagemanager.PackageManager) {
    pm.Clear()
    ... = pm.LoadHardware(...)
    // ...other pm.Load* calls...
}

now we have two options:

func Reload(pm *packagemanager.PackageManager) {
    // Create a new builder and build a package manager
    pmb := packagemanager.NewBuilder(.../* config params */)
    ... = pmb.LoadHardware(...)
    // ...other pmb.Load* calls...

    // apply the changes to the original pm
    pmb.BuildIntoExistingPackageManager(pm)
}

in this case, we create a new Builder with the given config params and once the package manager is built we apply the changes atomically with BuildIntoExistingPackageManager. This procedure may be even more simplified with:

func Reload(pm *packagemanager.PackageManager) {
    // Create a new builder using the same config params
    // as the original package manager
    pmb, commit := pm.NewBuilder()

    // build the new package manager
    ... = pmb.LoadHardware(...)
    // ...other pmb.Load* calls...

    // apply the changes to the original pm
    commit()
}

In this case, we don't even need to bother to provide the configuration parameters because they are taken from the previous PackageManager instance.

Some gRPC-mapped methods now accepts the gRPC request instead of the instance ID as parameter

The following methods in subpackages of github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/commands/*:

func Watch(instanceID int32) (<-chan *rpc.BoardListWatchResponse, func(), error) { ... }
func LibraryUpgradeAll(instanceID int32, downloadCB rpc.DownloadProgressCB, taskCB rpc.TaskProgressCB) error { ... }
func LibraryUpgrade(instanceID int32, libraryNames []string, downloadCB rpc.DownloadProgressCB, taskCB rpc.TaskProgressCB) error { ... }

have been changed to:

func Watch(req *rpc.BoardListWatchRequest) (<-chan *rpc.BoardListWatchResponse, func(), error) { ... }
func LibraryUpgradeAll(req *rpc.LibraryUpgradeAllRequest, downloadCB rpc.DownloadProgressCB, taskCB rpc.TaskProgressCB) error { ... }
func LibraryUpgrade(ctx context.Context, req *rpc.LibraryUpgradeRequest, downloadCB rpc.DownloadProgressCB, taskCB rpc.TaskProgressCB) error { ... }

The following methods in package github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/commands

func GetInstance(id int32) *CoreInstance { ... }
func GetPackageManager(id int32) *packagemanager.PackageManager { ... }
func GetLibraryManager(instanceID int32) *librariesmanager.LibrariesManager { ... }

have been changed to:

func GetPackageManager(instance rpc.InstanceCommand) *packagemanager.PackageManager { ... } // Deprecated
func GetPackageManagerExplorer(req rpc.InstanceCommand) (explorer *packagemanager.Explorer, release func()) { ... }
func GetLibraryManager(req rpc.InstanceCommand) *librariesmanager.LibrariesManager { ... }

Old code passing the instanceID inside the gRPC request must be changed to pass directly the whole gRPC request, for example:

    eventsChan, closeWatcher, err := board.Watch(req.Instance.Id)

must be changed to:

    eventsChan, closeWatcher, err := board.Watch(req)

Removed detection of Arduino IDE bundling

Arduino CLI does not check anymore if it's bundled with the Arduino IDE 1.x. Previously this check allowed the Arduino CLI to automatically use the libraries and tools bundled in the Arduino IDE, now this is not supported anymore unless the configuration keys directories.builtin.libraries and directories.builtin.tools are set.

gRPC enumeration renamed enum value in cc.arduino.cli.commands.v1.LibraryLocation

LIBRARY_LOCATION_IDE_BUILTIN has been renamed to LIBRARY_LOCATION_BUILTIN

go-lang API change in LibraryManager

The following methods:

func (lm *LibrariesManager) InstallPrerequisiteCheck(indexLibrary *librariesindex.Release) (*paths.Path, *libraries.Library, error) { ... }
func (lm *LibrariesManager) Install(indexLibrary *librariesindex.Release, libPath *paths.Path) error { ... ]
func (alts *LibraryAlternatives) FindVersion(version *semver.Version, installLocation libraries.LibraryLocation) *libraries.Library { ... }
func (lm *LibrariesManager) FindByReference(libRef *librariesindex.Reference) *libraries.Library { ... }

now requires a new parameter LibraryLocation:

func (lm *LibrariesManager) InstallPrerequisiteCheck(indexLibrary *librariesindex.Release, installLocation libraries.LibraryLocation) (*paths.Path, *libraries.Library, error) { ... }
func (lm *LibrariesManager) Install(indexLibrary *librariesindex.Release, libPath *paths.Path, installLocation libraries.LibraryLocation) error { ... ]
func (alts *LibraryAlternatives) FindVersion(version *semver.Version, installLocation libraries.LibraryLocation) *libraries.Library { ... }
+func (lm *LibrariesManager) FindByReference(libRef *librariesindex.Reference, installLocation libraries.LibraryLocation) *libraries.Library { ... }

If you're not interested in specifying the LibraryLocation you can use libraries.User to refer to the user directory.

go-lang functions changes in github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/configuration

  • github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/configuration.IsBundledInDesktopIDE function has been removed.
  • github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/configuration.BundleToolsDirectories has been renamed to BuiltinToolsDirectories
  • github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/configuration.IDEBundledLibrariesDir has been renamed to IDEBuiltinLibrariesDir

Removed utils.FeedStreamTo and utils.ConsumeStreamFrom

github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino/utils.FeedStreamTo and github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino/utils.ConsumeStreamFrom are now private. They are mainly used internally for gRPC stream handling and are not suitable to be public API.

0.26.0

github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/commands.DownloadToolRelease, and InstallToolRelease functions have been removed

This functionality was duplicated and already available via PackageManager methods.

github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/commands.Outdated and Upgrade functions have been moved

  • github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/commands.Outdated is now github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/commands/outdated.Outdated
  • github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/commands.Upgrade is now github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/commands/upgrade.Upgrade

Old code must change the imports accordingly.

github.com/arduino-cli/arduino/cores/packagemanager.PackageManager methods and fields change

  • The PackageManager.Log and TempDir fields are now private.

  • The PackageManager.DownloadToolRelease method has no more the label parameter:

    func (pm *PackageManager) DownloadToolRelease(tool *cores.ToolRelease, config *downloader.Config, label string, progressCB rpc.DownloadProgressCB) error {

    has been changed to:

    func (pm *PackageManager) DownloadToolRelease(tool *cores.ToolRelease, config *downloader.Config, progressCB rpc.DownloadProgressCB) error {

    Old code should remove the label parameter.

  • The PackageManager.UninstallPlatform, PackageManager.InstallTool, and PackageManager.UninstallTool methods now requires a github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/rpc/cc/arduino/cli/commands/v1.TaskProgressCB

    func (pm *PackageManager) UninstallPlatform(platformRelease *cores.PlatformRelease) error {
func (pm *PackageManager) InstallTool(toolRelease *cores.ToolRelease) error {
func (pm *PackageManager) UninstallTool(toolRelease *cores.ToolRelease) error {

    have been changed to:

    func (pm *PackageManager) UninstallPlatform(platformRelease *cores.PlatformRelease, taskCB rpc.TaskProgressCB) error {
func (pm *PackageManager) InstallTool(toolRelease *cores.ToolRelease, taskCB rpc.TaskProgressCB) error {
func (pm *PackageManager) UninstallTool(toolRelease *cores.ToolRelease, taskCB rpc.TaskProgressCB) error {

    If you're not interested in getting the task events you can pass an empty callback function.

0.25.0

go-lang function github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino/utils.FeedStreamTo has been changed

The function FeedStreamTo has been changed from:

func FeedStreamTo(writer func(data []byte)) io.Writer

to

func FeedStreamTo(writer func(data []byte)) (io.WriteCloser, context.Context)

The user must call the Close method on the returned io.WriteClose to correctly dispose the streaming channel. The context Done() method may be used to wait for the internal subroutines to complete.

0.24.0

The gRPC Monitor service and the gRPC call Monitor.StreamingOpen have been removed in favor of the new Pluggable Monitor API in the gRPC Commands service:

  • Commands.Monitor: open a monitor connection to a communication port.
  • Commands.EnumerateMonitorPortSettings: enumerate the possible configurations parameters for a communication port.

Please refer to the official documentation and the reference client implementation for details on how to use the new API.

https://arduino.github.io/arduino-cli/dev/rpc/commands/#monitorrequest https://arduino.github.io/arduino-cli/dev/rpc/commands/#monitorresponse https://arduino.github.io/arduino-cli/dev/rpc/commands/#enumeratemonitorportsettingsrequest https://arduino.github.io/arduino-cli/dev/rpc/commands/#enumeratemonitorportsettingsresponse

https://github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/blob/master/commands/daemon/term_example/main.go

0.23.0

Arduino IDE builtin libraries are now excluded from the build when running arduino-cli standalone

Previously the "builtin libraries" in the Arduino IDE 1.8.x were always included in the build process. This wasn't the intended behaviour, arduino-cli should include them only if run as a daemon from the Arduino IDE. Now this is fixed, but since it has been the default behaviour from a very long time we decided to report it here as a breaking change.

If a compilation fail for a missing bundled library, you can fix it just by installing the missing library from the library manager as usual.

gRPC: Changes in message cc.arduino.cli.commands.v1.PlatformReference

The gRPC message structure cc.arduino.cli.commands.v1.PlatformReference has been renamed to cc.arduino.cli.commands.v1.InstalledPlatformReference, and some new fields have been added:

  • install_dir is the installation directory of the platform
  • package_url is the 3rd party platform URL of the platform

It is currently used only in cc.arduino.cli.commands.v1.CompileResponse, so the field type has been changed as well. Old gRPC clients must only update gRPC bindings. They can safely ignore the new fields if not needed.

golang API: github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/cli/globals.DefaultIndexURL has been moved under github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino/globals

Legacy code should just update the import.

golang API: PackageManager.DownloadPlatformRelease no longer need label parameter

func (pm *PackageManager) DownloadPlatformRelease(platform *cores.PlatformRelease, config *downloader.Config, label string, progressCB rpc.DownloadProgressCB) error {

is now:

func (pm *PackageManager) DownloadPlatformRelease(platform *cores.PlatformRelease, config *downloader.Config, progressCB rpc.DownloadProgressCB) error {

Just remove the label parameter from legacy code.

0.22.0

github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino.MultipleBoardsDetectedError field changed type

Now the Port field of the error is a github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/rpc/cc/arduino/cli/commands/v1.Port, usually imported as rpc.Port. The old discovery.Port can be converted to the new one using the .ToRPC() method.

Function github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/commands/upload.DetectConnectedBoard(...) has been removed

Use github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/commands/board.List(...) to detect boards.

Function arguments.GetDiscoveryPort(...) has been removed

NOTE: the functions in the arguments package doesn't have much use outside of the arduino-cli so we are considering to remove them from the public golang API making them internal.

The old function:

func (p *Port) GetDiscoveryPort(instance *rpc.Instance, sk *sketch.Sketch) *discovery.Port { }

is now replaced by the more powerful:

func (p *Port) DetectFQBN(inst *rpc.Instance) (string, *rpc.Port) { }

func CalculateFQBNAndPort(portArgs *Port, fqbnArg *Fqbn, instance *rpc.Instance, sk *sketch.Sketch) (string, *rpc.Port) { }

gRPC: address parameter has been removed from commands.SupportedUserFieldsRequest

The parameter is no more needed. Lagacy code will continue to work without modification (the value of the parameter will be just ignored).

The content of package github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/httpclient has been moved to a different path

In particular:

  • UserAgent and NetworkProxy have been moved to github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/configuration
  • the remainder of the package github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/httpclient has been moved to github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino/httpclient

The old imports must be updated according to the list above.

commands.DownloadProgressCB and commands.TaskProgressCB have been moved to package github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/rpc/cc/arduino/cli/commands/v1

All references to these types must be updated with the new import.

commands.GetDownloaderConfig has been moved to package github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino/httpclient

All references to this function must be updated with the new import.

commands.Download has been removed and replaced by github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino/httpclient.DownloadFile

The old function must be replaced by the new one that is much more versatile.

packagemanager.PackageManager.DownloadToolRelease, packagemanager.PackageManager.DownloadPlatformRelease, and resources.DownloadResource.Download functions change signature and behaviour

The following functions:

func (pm *PackageManager) DownloadToolRelease(tool *cores.ToolRelease, config *downloader.Config) (*downloader.Downloader, error)
func (pm *PackageManager) DownloadPlatformRelease(platform *cores.PlatformRelease, config *downloader.Config) (*downloader.Downloader, error)
func (r *DownloadResource) Download(downloadDir *paths.Path, config *downloader.Config) (*downloader.Downloader, error)

now requires a label and a progress callback parameter, do not return the Downloader object anymore, and they automatically handles the download internally:

func (pm *PackageManager) DownloadToolRelease(tool *cores.ToolRelease, config *downloader.Config, label string, progressCB rpc.DownloadProgressCB) error
func (pm *PackageManager) DownloadPlatformRelease(platform *cores.PlatformRelease, config *downloader.Config, label string, progressCB rpc.DownloadProgressCB) error
func (r *DownloadResource) Download(downloadDir *paths.Path, config *downloader.Config, label string, downloadCB rpc.DownloadProgressCB) error

The new progress parameters must be added to legacy code, if progress reports are not needed an empty stub for label and progressCB must be provided. There is no more need to execute the downloader.Run() or downloader.RunAndPoll(...) method.

For example, the old legacy code like:

downloader, err := pm.DownloadPlatformRelease(platformToDownload, config)
if err != nil {
    ...
}
if err := downloader.Run(); err != nil {
    ...
}

may be ported to the new version as:

err := pm.DownloadPlatformRelease(platformToDownload, config, "", func(progress *rpc.DownloadProgress) {})

packagemanager.Load* functions now returns error instead of *status.Status

The following functions signature:

func (pm *PackageManager) LoadHardware() []*status.Status { ... }
func (pm *PackageManager) LoadHardwareFromDirectories(hardwarePaths paths.PathList) []*status.Status { ... }
func (pm *PackageManager) LoadHardwareFromDirectory(path *paths.Path) []*status.Status { ... }
func (pm *PackageManager) LoadToolsFromBundleDirectories(dirs paths.PathList) []*status.Status { ... }
func (pm *PackageManager) LoadDiscoveries() []*status.Status { ... }

have been changed to:

func (pm *PackageManager) LoadHardware() []error { ... }
func (pm *PackageManager) LoadHardwareFromDirectories(hardwarePaths paths.PathList) []error { ... }
func (pm *PackageManager) LoadHardwareFromDirectory(path *paths.Path) []error { ... }
func (pm *PackageManager) LoadToolsFromBundleDirectories(dirs paths.PathList) []error { ... }
func (pm *PackageManager) LoadDiscoveries() []error { ... }

These function no longer returns a gRPC status, so the errors can be handled as any other error.

Removed error return from discovery.New(...) function

The discovery.New(...) function never fails, so the error has been removed, the old signature:

func New(id string, args ...string) (*PluggableDiscovery, error) { ... }

is now:

func New(id string, args ...string) *PluggableDiscovery { ... }

0.21.0

packagemanager.NewPackageManager function change

A new argument userAgent has been added to packagemanager.NewPackageManager, the new function signature is:

func NewPackageManager(indexDir, packagesDir, downloadDir, tempDir *paths.Path, userAgent string) *PackageManager {

The userAgent string must be in the format "ProgramName/Version", for example "arduino-cli/0.20.1".

commands.Create function change

A new argument extraUserAgent has been added to commands.Create, the new function signature is:

func Create(req *rpc.CreateRequest, extraUserAgent ...string) (*rpc.CreateResponse, error) {

extraUserAgent is an array of strings, so multiple user agent may be provided. Each user agent must be in the format "ProgramName/Version", for example "arduino-cli/0.20.1".

commands.Compile function change

A new argument progressCB has been added to commands.Compile, the new function signature is:

func Compile(
    ctx context.Context,
    req *rpc.CompileRequest,
    outStream, errStream io.Writer,
    progressCB commands.TaskProgressCB,
    debug bool
) (r *rpc.CompileResponse, e error) {

if a callback function is provided the Compile command will call it periodically with progress reports with the percentage of compilation completed, otherwise, if the parameter is nil, no progress reports will be performed.

github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/cli/arguments.ParseReferences function change

The parseArch parameter was removed since it was unused and was always true. This means that the architecture gets always parsed by the function.

github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/cli/arguments.ParseReference function change

The parseArch parameter was removed since it was unused and was always true. This means that the architecture gets always parsed by the function. Furthermore the function now should also correctly interpret packager:arch spelled with the wrong casing.

github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/executils.NewProcess and executils.NewProcessFromPath function change

A new argument extraEnv has been added to executils.NewProcess and executils.NewProcessFromPath, the new function signature is:

func NewProcess(extraEnv []string, args ...string) (*Process, error) {

func NewProcessFromPath(extraEnv []string, executable *paths.Path, args ...string) (*Process, error) {

The extraEnv params allow to pass environment variables (in addition to the default ones) to the spawned process.

github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/i18n.Init(...) now requires an empty string to be passed for autodetection of locale

For automated detection of locale, change the call from:

i18n.Init()

to

i18n.Init("")

github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/legacy/i18n module has been removed (in particular the i18n.Logger)

The i18n.Logger is no longer available. It was mainly used in the legacy builder struct field Context.Logger.

The Context.Logger field has been replaced with plain io.Writer fields Contex.Stdout and Context.Stderr. All existing logger functionality has been dropped, for example the Java-Style formatting with tags like {0} {1}... must be replaced with one of the equivalent golang printf-based alternatives and logging levels must be replaced with direct writes to Stdout or Stderr.

0.20.0

board details arguments change

The board details command now accepts only the --fqbn or -b flags to specify the FQBN.

The previously deprecated board details <FQBN> syntax is no longer supported.

board attach arguments change

The board attach command now uses --port and -p flags to set board port and --board and -b flags to select its FQBN.

The previous syntax board attach <port>|<FQBN> [sketchPath] is no longer supported.

--timeout flag in board list command has been replaced by --discovery-timeout

The flag --timeout in the board list command is no longer supported.

0.19.0

board list command JSON output change

The board list command JSON output has been changed quite a bit, from:

$ arduino-cli board list --format json
[
  {
    "address": "/dev/ttyACM1",
    "protocol": "serial",
    "protocol_label": "Serial Port (USB)",
    "boards": [
      {
        "name": "Arduino Uno",
        "fqbn": "arduino:avr:uno",
        "vid": "0x2341",
        "pid": "0x0043"
      }
    ],
    "serial_number": "954323132383515092E1"
  }
]

to:

$ arduino-cli board list --format json
[
  {
    "matching_boards": [
      {
        "name": "Arduino Uno",
        "fqbn": "arduino:avr:uno"
      }
    ],
    "port": {
      "address": "/dev/ttyACM1",
      "label": "/dev/ttyACM1",
      "protocol": "serial",
      "protocol_label": "Serial Port (USB)",
      "properties": {
        "pid": "0x0043",
        "serialNumber": "954323132383515092E1",
        "vid": "0x2341"
      }
    }
  }
]

The boards array has been renamed matching_boards, each contained object will now contain only name and fqbn. Properties that can be used to identify a board are now moved to the new properties object, it can contain any key name. pid and vid have been moved to properties, serial_number has been renamed serialNumber and moved to properties. The new label field is the name of the port if it should be displayed in a GUI.

gRPC interface DebugConfigRequest, UploadRequest, UploadUsingProgrammerRequest, BurnBootloaderRequest, DetectedPort field changes

DebugConfigRequest, UploadRequest, UploadUsingProgrammerRequest and BurnBootloaderRequest had their port field change from type string to Port.

Port contains the following information:

// Port represents a board port that may be used to upload or to monitor a board
message Port {
  // Address of the port (e.g., `/dev/ttyACM0`).
  string address = 1;
  // The port label to show on the GUI (e.g. "ttyACM0")
  string label = 2;
  // Protocol of the port (e.g., `serial`, `network`, ...).
  string protocol = 3;
  // A human friendly description of the protocol (e.g., "Serial Port (USB)"
  string protocol_label = 4;
  // A set of properties of the port
  map<string, string> properties = 5;
}

The gRPC interface message DetectedPort has been changed from:

message DetectedPort {
  // Address of the port (e.g., `serial:///dev/ttyACM0`).
  string address = 1;
  // Protocol of the port (e.g., `serial`).
  string protocol = 2;
  // A human friendly description of the protocol (e.g., "Serial Port (USB)").
  string protocol_label = 3;
  // The boards attached to the port.
  repeated BoardListItem boards = 4;
  // Serial number of connected board
  string serial_number = 5;
}

to:

message DetectedPort {
  // The possible boards attached to the port.
  repeated BoardListItem matching_boards = 1;
  // The port details
  Port port = 2;
}

The properties previously contained directly in the message are now stored in the port property.

These changes are necessary for the pluggable discovery.

gRPC interface BoardListItem change

The vid and pid fields of the BoardListItem message have been removed. They used to only be available when requesting connected board lists, now that information is stored in the port field of DetectedPort.

Change public library interface

github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/i18n package

The behavior of the Init function has changed. The user specified locale code is no longer read from the github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/configuration package and now must be passed directly to Init as a string:

i18n.Init("it")

Omit the argument for automated locale detection:

i18n.Init()

github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino/builder package

GenBuildPath() function has been moved to github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino/sketch package. The signature is unchanged.

EnsureBuildPathExists function from has been completely removed, in its place use github.com/arduino/go-paths-helper.MkDirAll().

SketchSaveItemCpp function signature is changed from path string, contents []byte, destPath string to path *paths.Path, contents []byte, destPath *paths.Path. paths is github.com/arduino/go-paths-helper.

SketchLoad function has been removed, in its place use New from github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino/sketch package.

-      SketchLoad("/some/path", "")
+      sketch.New(paths.New("some/path))
}

If you need to set a custom build path you must instead set it after creating the Sketch.

-      SketchLoad("/some/path", "/my/build/path")
+      s, err := sketch.New(paths.New("some/path))
+      s.BuildPath = paths.new("/my/build/path")
}

SketchCopyAdditionalFiles function signature is changed from sketch *sketch.Sketch, destPath string, overrides map[string]string to sketch *sketch.Sketch, destPath *paths.Path, overrides map[string]string.

github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino/sketch package

Item struct has been removed, use go-paths-helper.Path in its place.

NewItem has been removed too, use go-paths-helper.New in its place.

GetSourceBytes has been removed, in its place use go-paths-helper.Path.ReadFile. GetSourceStr too has been removed, in its place:

-      s, err := item.GetSourceStr()
+      data, err := file.ReadFile()
+      s := string(data)
}

ItemByPath type and its member functions have been removed, use go-paths-helper.PathList in its place.

Sketch.LocationPath has been renamed to FullPath and its type changed from string to go-paths-helper.Path.

Sketch.MainFile type has changed from *Item to go-paths-helper.Path. Sketch.OtherSketchFiles, Sketch.AdditionalFiles and Sketch.RootFolderFiles type has changed from []*Item to go-paths-helper.PathList.

New signature has been changed from sketchFolderPath, mainFilePath, buildPath string, allFilesPaths []string to path *go-paths-helper.Path.

CheckSketchCasing function is now private, the check is done internally by New.

InvalidSketchFoldernameError has been renamed InvalidSketchFolderNameError.

github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino/sketches package

Sketch struct has been merged with sketch.Sketch struct.

Metadata and BoardMetadata structs have been moved to github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino/sketch package.

NewSketchFromPath has been deleted, use sketch.New in its place.

ImportMetadata is now private called internally by sketch.New.

ExportMetadata has been moved to github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino/sketch package.

BuildPath has been removed, use sketch.Sketch.BuildPath in its place.

CheckForPdeFiles has been moved to github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino/sketch package.

github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/legacy/builder/types package

Sketch has been removed, use sketch.Sketch in its place.

SketchToLegacy and SketchFromLegacy have been removed, nothing replaces them.

Context.Sketch types has been changed from Sketch to sketch.Sketch.

Change in board details response (gRPC and JSON output)

The board details output WRT board identification properties has changed, before it was:

$ arduino-cli board details arduino:samd:mkr1000
Board name:                Arduino MKR1000
FQBN:                      arduino:samd:mkr1000
Board version:             1.8.11
Debugging supported:       ✔

Official Arduino board:    ✔

Identification properties: VID:0x2341 PID:0x824e
                           VID:0x2341 PID:0x024e
                           VID:0x2341 PID:0x804e
                           VID:0x2341 PID:0x004e
[...]

$ arduino-cli board details arduino:samd:mkr1000 --format json
[...]
  "identification_prefs": [
    {
      "usb_id": {
        "vid": "0x2341",
        "pid": "0x804e"
      }
    },
    {
      "usb_id": {
        "vid": "0x2341",
        "pid": "0x004e"
      }
    },
    {
      "usb_id": {
        "vid": "0x2341",
        "pid": "0x824e"
      }
    },
    {
      "usb_id": {
        "vid": "0x2341",
        "pid": "0x024e"
      }
    }
  ],
[...]

now the properties have been renamed from identification_prefs to identification_properties and they are no longer specific to USB but they can theoretically be any set of key/values:

$ arduino-cli board details arduino:samd:mkr1000
Board name:                Arduino MKR1000
FQBN:                      arduino:samd:mkr1000
Board version:             1.8.11
Debugging supported:       ✔

Official Arduino board:    ✔

Identification properties: vid=0x2341
                           pid=0x804e

Identification properties: vid=0x2341
                           pid=0x004e

Identification properties: vid=0x2341
                           pid=0x824e

Identification properties: vid=0x2341
                           pid=0x024e
[...]

$ arduino-cli board details arduino:samd:mkr1000 --format json
[...]
  "identification_properties": [
    {
      "properties": {
        "pid": "0x804e",
        "vid": "0x2341"
      }
    },
    {
      "properties": {
        "pid": "0x004e",
        "vid": "0x2341"
      }
    },
    {
      "properties": {
        "pid": "0x824e",
        "vid": "0x2341"
      }
    },
    {
      "properties": {
        "pid": "0x024e",
        "vid": "0x2341"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Change of behaviour of gRPC Init function

Previously the Init function was used to both create a new CoreInstance and initialize it, so that the internal package and library managers were already populated with all the information available from *_index.json files, installed platforms and libraries and so on.

Now the initialization phase is split into two, first the client must create a new CoreInstance with the Create function, that does mainly two things:

  • create all folders necessary to correctly run the CLI if not already existing
  • create and return a new CoreInstance

The Create function will only fail if folders creation is not successful.

The returned instance is relatively unusable since no library and no platform is loaded, some functions that don't need that information can still be called though.

The Init function has been greatly overhauled and it doesn't fail completely if one or more platforms or libraries fail to load now.

Also the option library_manager_only has been removed, the package manager is always initialized and platforms are loaded.

The Init was already a server-side streaming function but it would always return one and only one response, this has been modified so that each response is either an error or a notification on the initialization process so that it works more like an actual stream of information.

Previously a client would call the function like so:

const initReq = new InitRequest()
initReq.setLibraryManagerOnly(false)
const initResp = await new Promise<InitResponse>((resolve, reject) => {
  let resp: InitResponse | undefined = undefined
  const stream = client.init(initReq)
  stream.on("data", (data: InitResponse) => (resp = data))
  stream.on("end", () => resolve(resp!))
  stream.on("error", (err) => reject(err))
})

const instance = initResp.getInstance()
if (!instance) {
  throw new Error("Could not retrieve instance from the initialize response.")
}

Now something similar should be done.

const createReq = new CreateRequest()
const instance = client.create(createReq)

if (!instance) {
  throw new Error("Could not retrieve instance from the initialize response.")
}

const initReq = new InitRequest()
initReq.setInstance(instance)
const initResp = client.init(initReq)
initResp.on("data", (o: InitResponse) => {
  const downloadProgress = o.getDownloadProgress()
  if (downloadProgress) {
    // Handle download progress
  }
  const taskProgress = o.getTaskProgress()
  if (taskProgress) {
    // Handle task progress
  }
  const err = o.getError()
  if (err) {
    // Handle error
  }
})

await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
  initResp.on("error", (err) => reject(err))
  initResp.on("end", resolve)
})

Previously if even one platform or library failed to load everything else would fail too, that doesn't happen anymore. Now it's easier for both the CLI and the gRPC clients to handle gracefully platforms or libraries updates that might break the initialization step and make everything unusable.

Removal of gRPC Rescan function

The Rescan function has been removed, in its place the Init function must be used.

Change of behaviour of gRPC UpdateIndex and UpdateLibrariesIndex functions

Previously both UpdateIndex and UpdateLibrariesIndex functions implicitly called Rescan so that the internal CoreInstance was updated with the eventual new information obtained in the update.

This behaviour is now removed and the internal CoreInstance must be explicitly updated by the gRPC client using the Init function.

Removed rarely used golang API

The following function from the github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino/libraries module is no longer available:

func (lm *LibrariesManager) UpdateIndex(config *downloader.Config) (*downloader.Downloader, error) {

We recommend using the equivalent gRPC API to perform the update of the index.

0.18.0

Breaking changes in gRPC API and CLI JSON output.

Starting from this release we applied a more rigorous and stricter naming conventions in gRPC API following the official guidelines: https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/style

We also started using a linter to implement checks for gRPC API style errors.

This provides a better consistency and higher quality API but inevitably introduces breaking changes.

gRPC API breaking changes

Consumers of the gRPC API should regenerate their bindings and update all structures naming where necessary. Most of the changes are trivial and falls into the following categories:

  • Service names have been suffixed with ...Service (for example ArduinoCore -> ArduinoCoreService)
  • Message names suffix has been changed from ...Req/...Resp to ...Request/...Response (for example BoardDetailsReq -> BoardDetailsRequest)
  • Enumerations now have their class name prefixed (for example the enumeration value FLAT in LibraryLayout has been changed to LIBRARY_LAYOUT_FLAT)
  • Use of lower-snake case on all fields (for example: ID -> id, FQBN -> fqbn, Name -> name, ArchiveFilename -> archive_filename)
  • Package names are now versioned (for example cc.arduino.cli.commands -> cc.arduino.cli.commands.v1)
  • Repeated responses are now in plural form (identification_pref -> identification_prefs, platform -> platforms)

arduino-cli JSON output breaking changes

Consumers of the JSON output of the CLI must update their clients if they use one of the following commands:

  • in core search command the following fields have been renamed:

    • Boards -> boards
    • Email -> email
    • ID -> id
    • Latest -> latest
    • Maintainer -> maintainer
    • Name -> name
    • Website -> website

    The new output is like:

    $ arduino-cli core search Due --format json
[
  {
    "id": "arduino:sam",
    "latest": "1.6.12",
    "name": "Arduino SAM Boards (32-bits ARM Cortex-M3)",
    "maintainer": "Arduino",
    "website": "http://www.arduino.cc/",
    "email": "packages@arduino.cc",
    "boards": [
      {
        "name": "Arduino Due (Native USB Port)",
        "fqbn": "arduino:sam:arduino_due_x"
      },
      {
        "name": "Arduino Due (Programming Port)",
        "fqbn": "arduino:sam:arduino_due_x_dbg"
      }
    ]
  }
]

  • in board details command the following fields have been renamed:

    • identification_pref -> identification_prefs
    • usbID -> usb_id
    • PID -> pid
    • VID -> vid
    • websiteURL -> website_url
    • archiveFileName -> archive_filename
    • propertiesId -> properties_id
    • toolsDependencies -> tools_dependencies

    The new output is like:

    $ arduino-cli board details arduino:avr:uno --format json
{
  "fqbn": "arduino:avr:uno",
  "name": "Arduino Uno",
  "version": "1.8.3",
  "properties_id": "uno",
  "official": true,
  "package": {
    "maintainer": "Arduino",
    "url": "https://downloads.arduino.cc/packages/package_index.json",
    "website_url": "http://www.arduino.cc/",
    "email": "packages@arduino.cc",
    "name": "arduino",
    "help": {
      "online": "http://www.arduino.cc/en/Reference/HomePage"
    }
  },
  "platform": {
    "architecture": "avr",
    "category": "Arduino",
    "url": "http://downloads.arduino.cc/cores/avr-1.8.3.tar.bz2",
    "archive_filename": "avr-1.8.3.tar.bz2",
    "checksum": "SHA-256:de8a9b982477762d3d3e52fc2b682cdd8ff194dc3f1d46f4debdea6a01b33c14",
    "size": 4941548,
    "name": "Arduino AVR Boards"
  },
  "tools_dependencies": [
    {
      "packager": "arduino",
      "name": "avr-gcc",
      "version": "7.3.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino7",
      "systems": [
        {
          "checksum": "SHA-256:3903553d035da59e33cff9941b857c3cb379cb0638105dfdf69c97f0acc8e7b5",
          "host": "arm-linux-gnueabihf",
          "archive_filename": "avr-gcc-7.3.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino7-arm-linux-gnueabihf.tar.bz2",
          "url": "http://downloads.arduino.cc/tools/avr-gcc-7.3.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino7-arm-linux-gnueabihf.tar.bz2",
          "size": 34683056
        },
        { ... }
      ]
    },
    { ... }
  ],
  "identification_prefs": [
    {
      "usb_id": {
        "vid": "0x2341",
        "pid": "0x0043"
      }
    },
    { ... }
  ],
  "programmers": [
    {
      "platform": "Arduino AVR Boards",
      "id": "parallel",
      "name": "Parallel Programmer"
    },
    { ... }
  ]
}

  • in board listall command the following fields have been renamed:

    • FQBN -> fqbn
    • Email -> email
    • ID -> id
    • Installed -> installed
    • Latest -> latest
    • Name -> name
    • Maintainer -> maintainer
    • Website -> website

    The new output is like:

    $ arduino-cli board listall Uno --format json
{
  "boards": [
    {
      "name": "Arduino Uno",
      "fqbn": "arduino:avr:uno",
      "platform": {
        "id": "arduino:avr",
        "installed": "1.8.3",
        "latest": "1.8.3",
        "name": "Arduino AVR Boards",
        "maintainer": "Arduino",
        "website": "http://www.arduino.cc/",
        "email": "packages@arduino.cc"
      }
    }
  ]
}

  • in board search command the following fields have been renamed:

    • FQBN -> fqbn
    • Email -> email
    • ID -> id
    • Installed -> installed
    • Latest -> latest
    • Name -> name
    • Maintainer -> maintainer
    • Website -> website

    The new output is like:

    $ arduino-cli board search Uno --format json
[
  {
    "name": "Arduino Uno",
    "fqbn": "arduino:avr:uno",
    "platform": {
      "id": "arduino:avr",
      "installed": "1.8.3",
      "latest": "1.8.3",
      "name": "Arduino AVR Boards",
      "maintainer": "Arduino",
      "website": "http://www.arduino.cc/",
      "email": "packages@arduino.cc"
    }
  }
]

  • in lib deps command the following fields have been renamed:

    • versionRequired -> version_required
    • versionInstalled -> version_installed

    The new output is like:

    $ arduino-cli lib deps Arduino_MKRIoTCarrier --format json
{
  "dependencies": [
    {
      "name": "Adafruit seesaw Library",
      "version_required": "1.3.1"
    },
    {
      "name": "SD",
      "version_required": "1.2.4",
      "version_installed": "1.2.3"
    },
    { ... }
  ]
}

  • in lib search command the following fields have been renamed:

    • archivefilename -> archive_filename
    • cachepath -> cache_path

    The new output is like:

    $ arduino-cli lib search NTPClient --format json
{
  "libraries": [
    {
      "name": "NTPClient",
      "releases": {
        "1.0.0": {
          "author": "Fabrice Weinberg",
          "version": "1.0.0",
          "maintainer": "Fabrice Weinberg \u003cfabrice@weinberg.me\u003e",
          "sentence": "An NTPClient to connect to a time server",
          "paragraph": "Get time from a NTP server and keep it in sync.",
          "website": "https://github.com/FWeinb/NTPClient",
          "category": "Timing",
          "architectures": [
            "esp8266"
          ],
          "types": [
            "Arduino"
          ],
          "resources": {
            "url": "https://downloads.arduino.cc/libraries/github.com/arduino-libraries/NTPClient-1.0.0.zip",
            "archive_filename": "NTPClient-1.0.0.zip",
            "checksum": "SHA-256:b1f2907c9d51ee253bad23d05e2e9c1087ab1e7ba3eb12ee36881ba018d81678",
            "size": 6284,
            "cache_path": "libraries"
          }
        },
        "2.0.0": { ... },
        "3.0.0": { ... },
        "3.1.0": { ... },
        "3.2.0": { ... }
      },
      "latest": {
        "author": "Fabrice Weinberg",
        "version": "3.2.0",
        "maintainer": "Fabrice Weinberg \u003cfabrice@weinberg.me\u003e",
        "sentence": "An NTPClient to connect to a time server",
        "paragraph": "Get time from a NTP server and keep it in sync.",
        "website": "https://github.com/arduino-libraries/NTPClient",
        "category": "Timing",
        "architectures": [
          "*"
        ],
        "types": [
          "Arduino"
        ],
        "resources": {
          "url": "https://downloads.arduino.cc/libraries/github.com/arduino-libraries/NTPClient-3.2.0.zip",
          "archive_filename": "NTPClient-3.2.0.zip",
          "checksum": "SHA-256:122d00df276972ba33683aff0f7fe5eb6f9a190ac364f8238a7af25450fd3e31",
          "size": 7876,
          "cache_path": "libraries"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "status": 1
}

  • in board list command the following fields have been renamed:

    • FQBN -> fqbn
    • VID -> vid
    • PID -> pid

    The new output is like:

    $ arduino-cli board list --format json
[
  {
    "address": "/dev/ttyACM0",
    "protocol": "serial",
    "protocol_label": "Serial Port (USB)",
    "boards": [
      {
        "name": "Arduino Nano 33 BLE",
        "fqbn": "arduino:mbed:nano33ble",
        "vid": "0x2341",
        "pid": "0x805a"
      },
      {
        "name": "Arduino Nano 33 BLE",
        "fqbn": "arduino-dev:mbed:nano33ble",
        "vid": "0x2341",
        "pid": "0x805a"
      },
      {
        "name": "Arduino Nano 33 BLE",
        "fqbn": "arduino-dev:nrf52:nano33ble",
        "vid": "0x2341",
        "pid": "0x805a"
      },
      {
        "name": "Arduino Nano 33 BLE",
        "fqbn": "arduino-beta:mbed:nano33ble",
        "vid": "0x2341",
        "pid": "0x805a"
      }
    ],
    "serial_number": "BECC45F754185EC9"
  }
]
$ arduino-cli board list -w --format json
{
  "type": "add",
  "address": "/dev/ttyACM0",
  "protocol": "serial",
  "protocol_label": "Serial Port (USB)",
  "boards": [
    {
      "name": "Arduino Nano 33 BLE",
      "fqbn": "arduino-dev:nrf52:nano33ble",
      "vid": "0x2341",
      "pid": "0x805a"
    },
    {
      "name": "Arduino Nano 33 BLE",
      "fqbn": "arduino-dev:mbed:nano33ble",
      "vid": "0x2341",
      "pid": "0x805a"
    },
    {
      "name": "Arduino Nano 33 BLE",
      "fqbn": "arduino-beta:mbed:nano33ble",
      "vid": "0x2341",
      "pid": "0x805a"
    },
    {
      "name": "Arduino Nano 33 BLE",
      "fqbn": "arduino:mbed:nano33ble",
      "vid": "0x2341",
      "pid": "0x805a"
    }
  ],
  "serial_number": "BECC45F754185EC9"
}
{
  "type": "remove",
  "address": "/dev/ttyACM0"
}

0.16.0

Change type of CompileReq.ExportBinaries message in gRPC interface

This change affects only the gRPC consumers.

In the CompileReq message the export_binaries property type has been changed from bool to google.protobuf.BoolValue. This has been done to handle settings bindings by gRPC consumers and the CLI in the same way so that they an identical behaviour.

0.15.0

Rename telemetry settings to metrics

All instances of the term telemetry in the code and the documentation has been changed to metrics. This has been done to clarify that no data is currently gathered from users of the CLI.

To handle this change the users must edit their config file, usually arduino-cli.yaml, and change the telemetry key to metrics. The modification must be done by manually editing the file using a text editor, it can't be done via CLI. No other action is necessary.

The default folders for the arduino-cli.yaml are:

  • Linux: /home/<your_username>/.arduino15/arduino-cli.yaml
  • OS X: /Users/<your_username>/Library/Arduino15/arduino-cli.yaml
  • Windows: C:\Users\<your_username>\AppData\Local\Arduino15\arduino-cli.yaml

0.14.0

Changes in debug command

Previously it was required:

  • To provide a debug command line recipe in platform.txt like tools.reciped-id.debug.pattern=..... that will start a gdb session for the selected board.
  • To add a debug.tool definition in the boards.txt to recall that recipe, for example myboard.debug.tool=recipe-id

Now:

  • Only the configuration needs to be supplied, the arduino-cli or the GUI tool will figure out how to call and setup the gdb session. An example of configuration is the following:
debug.executable={build.path}/{build.project_name}.elf
debug.toolchain=gcc
debug.toolchain.path={runtime.tools.arm-none-eabi-gcc-7-2017q4.path}/bin/
debug.toolchain.prefix=arm-none-eabi-
debug.server=openocd
debug.server.openocd.path={runtime.tools.openocd-0.10.0-arduino7.path}/bin/
debug.server.openocd.scripts_dir={runtime.tools.openocd-0.10.0-arduino7.path}/share/openocd/scripts/
debug.server.openocd.script={runtime.platform.path}/variants/{build.variant}/{build.openocdscript}

The debug.server.XXXX subkeys are optional and also "free text", this means that the configuration may be extended as needed by the specific server. For now only openocd is supported. Anyway, if this change works, any other kind of server may be fairly easily added.

The debug.xxx=yyy definitions above may be supplied and overlayed in the usual ways:

  • on platform.txt: definition here will be shared through all boards in the platform
  • on boards.txt as part of a board definition: they will override the global platform definitions
  • on programmers.txt: they will override the boards and global platform definitions if the programmer is selected

Binaries export must now be explicitly specified

Previously, if the --build-path was not specified, compiling a Sketch would copy the generated binaries in <sketch_folder>/build/<fqbn>/, uploading to a board required that path to exist and contain the necessary binaries.

The --dry-run flag was removed.

The default, compile does not copy generated binaries to the sketch folder. The --export-binaries (-e) flag was introduced to copy the binaries from the build folder to the sketch one. --export-binaries is not required when using the --output-dir flag. A related configuration key and environment variable has been added to avoid the need to always specify the --export-binaries flag: sketch.always_export_binaries and ARDUINO_SKETCH_ALWAYS_EXPORT_BINARIES.

If --input-dir or --input-file is not set when calling upload the command will search for the deterministically created build directory in the temp folder and use the binaries found there.

The gRPC interface has been updated accordingly, dryRun is removed.

Programmers can't be listed anymore using burn-bootloader -P list

The -P flag is used to select the programmer used to burn the bootloader on the specified board. Using -P list to list all the possible programmers for the current board was hackish.

This way has been removed in favour of board details <fqbn> --list-programmers.

lib install --git-url and --zip-file must now be explicitly enabled

With the introduction of the --git-url and --zip-file flags the new config key library.enable_unsafe_install has been added to enable them.

This changes the ouput of the config dump command.

Change behaviour of --config-file flag with config commands

To create a new config file with config init one must now use --dest-dir or the new --dest-file flags. Previously the config file would always be overwritten by this command, now it fails if the it already exists, to force the previous behaviour the user must set the --overwrite flag.