What's Changed

Improvements

• Provide a toggle to suppress the soft warning about commercial use by @dennisdoomen in #2984

Others

• Update docs to make license change more clear by @jnyrup in #2953
• Bump all dependencies by @dennisdoomen in #2962
• Bump System.Collections.Immutable and System.Reflection.Metadata by @dependabot in #2969
• Bump SharpCompress from 0.38.0 to 0.39.0 by @dependabot in #2968
• Bump the nuke group with 2 updates by @dependabot in #2967
• Bump Verify.Xunit from 28.8.1 to 28.9.0 in the xunit group by @dependabot in #2965
• Bump the mstest group with 2 updates by @dependabot in #2966
• Bump cspell from 8.17.1 to 8.17.2 by @dependabot in #2964
• Discard backported changes from 7 by @dennisdoomen in #2974
• Various textual and styling fixes as well as some clarification of v7 and v8. by @dennisdoomen in #2978
• Bump Xunit.StaFact from 1.1.11 to 1.2.69 in the xunit group by @dependabot in #2979
• Bump TUnit from 0.6.33 to 0.6.154 by @dependabot in #2980
• Bump Reflectify from 1.4.0 to 1.5.0 by @dependabot in #2981
• Bump System.Formats.Asn1 from 9.0.0 to 9.0.1 by @dependabot in #2983
• Bump coverlet.collector from 6.0.3 to 6.0.4 by @dependabot in #2982

Full Changelog: 8.0.0...8.0.1

What's Changed

Improvements

• Backport TUnit to v7 by @dennisdoomen in #2971
• Backport xUnit 3 support by @dennisdoomen in #2970

Others

• Bump all dependencies by @dennisdoomen in #2962

Full Changelog: 7.0.0...7.1.0

What's Changed

License change

• Update ownership and license to the Xceed Community License @dennisdoomen in #2943

Breaking Changes

• Moved all support for DataSet, DataTable, DataRow into FluentAssertions.DataSets by @dennisdoomen in #2267
• Remove obsolete OrEqualTo methods by @IT-VBFK in #2269
• Remove SpacesPerIndentionLevel by @jnyrup in #2281
• Drop support for .NET Core by @dennisdoomen in #2302
• Change AllSatisfy to succeed on empty collections by @jnyrup in #2321
• Add ForConstraint to IAssertionScope by @IT-VBFK in #2324
• Change OnlyContain to succeed on empty collections by @IT-VBFK in #2350
• Drop support for NSpec3 by @ITaluone in #2356
• Removed binary formatter by @lg2de in #2278
• Converted AsyncFunctionAssertions into real base class by @lg2de in #2359
• Move non-generic NotThrow[After] to ActionAssertions by @jnyrup in #2371
• Rename EquivalencyAssertionOptions to EquivalencyOptions by @vbreuss in #2414
• Allow fluently calling WithoutMatchingRules and WithoutSelectionRules while using BeEquivalentTo by @vbreuss in #2457
• Consolidate namespace and file location by @vbreuss in #2449
• Allow event monitoring to ignore failing event accessors by @ITaluone in #2629
• Improve BeUpperCased/BeLowerCased semantics by @drewjcooper in #2660
• Various naming improvements by @dennisdoomen in #2745
• Redesigned AssertionScope and how it travels over chained calls by @dennisdoomen in #2539
• Simplify inheritance of SubsequentOrderingAssertions by @vbreuss in #2439
• Renamed RespectingRuntimeTypes and RespectingDeclaredTypes to better clarify their purpose by @dennisdoomen in #2866
• Renamed ExcludingNestedObjects to WithoutRecursing to better describe its purpose by @dennisdoomen in #2876
• Remove support for HttpResponseMessage assertions by @ITaluone in #2909
• Redesign Configuration, Services and AssertionOptions by @dennisdoomen in #2901

New features

• Introduces an attribute to mark an entire assembly as one that contains custom assertions. by @dennisdoomen in #2389
• Introduced a new attribute to allow global initialization of the assertion options by @dennisdoomen in #2292
• Add support for NUnit4 by @vbreuss in #2483
• Add missing NotBeIn(DateTimeKind) DateTime assertion by @IT-VBFK in #2536
• Allow specifying EquivalencyOptions in string assertions by @vbreuss in #2413
• Add BeNaN and NotBeNaN assertions by @arocheleau in #2606
• Add scoped value formatters by @ITaluone in #2676
• TUnit Framework Support by @thomhurst in #2758

Improvements

• Optimize TypeMemberReflector by @jnyrup in #2320
• Improve failure message for string assertions when checking for equality by @vbreuss in #2307
• Capitalize true and false in failure messages by @BusHero in #2390
• Pass Boolean literals as becauseArguments by @jnyrup in #2393
• BeEmpty() materializes IEnumerable only once, even on failure by @louis-z in #2530
• Add [NotNull] attribute on the Should() method for object assertions by @0xced in #2380
• Allow nested AssertionScopes to chain their context by @dennisdoomen in #2607
• Avoid allocations when chaining contexts by @jnyrup in #2613
• Add option to ignore newline style when comparing strings for equivalency by @vbreuss in #2565
• Add [StringSyntax("CompositeFormat")] to all because parameters by @psychotoad in #2635
• Add support for Satisfy on ReferenceTypeAssertions by @siewers in #2597
• Filter the list of events returned by RaisePropertyChangeFor by @arocheleau in #2677
• Add a bunch of assertions on XElement and XDocument by @ITaluone in #2690
• Correctly specify nullability of Subject for NumericAssertions by @vbreuss in #2473

Fixes

• Fixed formatting error when checking nullable DateTimeOffset with BeWithin/Before by @rokklobster in #2312
• Ensure explicitly implemented members are discoverable in BeEquivalentTo by @dennisdoomen in #2152
• Pass down the reason to inner AssertionScope by @IT-VBFK in #2318
• Handle comparing an IDictionary subject with an IDictionary<,> expectation by @ITaluone in #2358
• Pass FormattingOptions to inner AssertionScope by @ITaluone in #2329
• Improve failure message for NotBeOfType and BeReadable/BeWritable by @jnyrup in #2399
• Do not continue asserting on the concrete exception type when the exception is null by @IT-VBFK in #2398
• Guard methods against assertion scope [Not]HaveExplicit(Property|Method) by @IT-VBFK in #2403
• Exclude private protected members from BeEquivalentTo by @jnyrup in #2417
• Fix issue when an empty ArraySegment is a member of a class by @ITaluone in #2511
• Correct null handling when using a custom comparer by @MartinDemberger in #2489
• Avoid treating "\\r\\n" as new line. by @vbreuss in #2569
• Make ThrowWithinAsync respect canceled tasks by @jnyrup in #2614
• Fixed BeEquivalentTo when using a custom comparer targeting nullable types by @arocheleau in #2648
• Remove non-compliant StringSyntaxAttribute by @IT-VBFK in #2669
• Do not use UsingLineBreaks for [Not]BeSameAs by @jnyrup in #2726
• Properly report the path even if custom mapping is used by @dennisdoomen in #2860
• GlobalConfiguration.TestFramework did not reconfigure the run-time test framework being used. by @dennisdoomen in #2918
• GlobalEquivalencyOptions.CloneDefaults needs to be public by @dennisdoomen in #2926

Documentation

• added closing parenthesis in docs (collections.md) by @JoelWakefield in #2295
• Grammatical changes of "which" to "whose" by @mpityo in #2355
• Add a note to XML-docs that explains the (Not)ContainEquivalentOf problem by @IT-VBFK in #2354
• Add release notes for #2393 by @IT-VBFK in #2396
• Restore DateTime tips by @jnyrup in https://github.com/fluenta...

What's Changed

Fixes

• GlobalEquivalencyOptions.CloneDefaults needs to be public by @dennisdoomen in #2926

Others

• Include the release branches in the CodeQL runs by @dennisdoomen in #2925
• Bump TUnit from 0.6.15 to 0.6.33 by @dependabot in #2924
• Bump Verify.Xunit from 28.7.0 to 28.7.1 in the xunit group by @dependabot in #2923

Full Changelog: 8.0.0-rc.1...8.0.0-rc.2

What's Changed

Breaking Changes

• Renamed RespectingRuntimeTypes and RespectingDeclaredTypes to better clarify their purpose by @dennisdoomen in #2866
• Renamed ExcludingNestedObjects to WithoutRecursing to better describe its purpose by @dennisdoomen in #2876
• Remove support for HttpResponseMessage assertions by @ITaluone in #2909
• Redesign Configuration, Services and AssertionOptions by @dennisdoomen in #2901

Fixes

• Properly report the path even if custom mapping is used by @dennisdoomen in #2860
• GlobalConfiguration.TestFramework did not reconfigure the run-time test framework being used. by @dennisdoomen in #2918

Documentation

• Remove release notes from 8.0.0 that were backported to 6.12.x or 7.0.0 by @jnyrup in #2908

Others

• Bumped Nuke to v9 by @dennisdoomen in #2865
• Bump the nuke group with 2 updates by @dependabot in #2871
• Bump Microsoft.Testing.Extensions.CodeCoverage from 17.12.6 to 17.13.1 by @dependabot in #2873
• Bump System.Collections.Immutable and System.Reflection.Metadata by @dependabot in #2872
• Bump the mstest group with 2 updates by @dependabot in #2870
• Bump cspell from 8.16.0 to 8.16.1 by @dependabot in #2868
• Bump Verify.Xunit from 28.3.2 to 28.4.0 in the xunit group by @dependabot in #2869
• The CodeQL build needed the .NET 8.0 SDK by @dennisdoomen in #2877
• Bump JetBrains/qodana-action from 2024.2 to 2024.3 by @dependabot in #2885
• Bump Meziantou.Analyzer from 2.0.180 to 2.0.182 by @dependabot in #2883
• Bump cspell from 8.16.1 to 8.17.0 by @dependabot in #2882
• Bump PublicApiGenerator from 11.1.0 to 11.2.0 by @dependabot in #2881
• Bump Verify.Xunit from 28.4.0 to 28.5.0 in the xunit group by @dependabot in #2879
• Bump NUnit from 4.2.2 to 4.3.0 in the nunit group by @dependabot in #2880
• Suppress Qodana warnings about awaiting a void method. by @dennisdoomen in #2886
• Rollback Qodana version to solve a conflict with PolySharp by @dennisdoomen in #2889
• Upgrade MSTest for UWP.Specs by @jnyrup in #2888
• Bump PolySharp from 1.14.1 to 1.15.0 by @dependabot in #2884
• Downgrade System.Collections.Immutable to 1.5.0 by @jnyrup in #2890
• Ignore updates to System.Collections.Immutable by @jnyrup in #2891
• Bump cspell from 8.17.0 to 8.17.1 by @dependabot in #2893
• Bump TUnit from 0.4.1 to 0.5.6 by @dependabot in #2897
• Bump PublicApiGenerator from 11.2.0 to 11.3.0 by @dependabot in #2896
• Bump Roslynator.Analyzers from 4.12.9 to 4.12.10 by @dependabot in #2898
• Bump LibGit2Sharp from 0.30.0 to 0.31.0 by @dependabot in #2895
• Bump the xunit group with 3 updates by @dependabot in #2894
• Update Nugets by @jnyrup in #2899
• CI backports to main by @jnyrup in #2900
• Bump Verify.Xunit from 28.6.0 to 28.7.0 in the xunit group by @dependabot in #2902
• Bump Meziantou.Analyzer from 2.0.182 to 2.0.183 by @dependabot in #2906
• Bump TUnit from 0.5.6 to 0.5.28 by @dependabot in #2905
• Bump NUnit from 4.3.0 to 4.3.1 in the nunit group by @dependabot in #2904
• Bump the mstest group with 2 updates by @dependabot in #2903
• Update MSTest for UWP by @jnyrup in #2907
• Bump NUnit from 4.3.1 to 4.3.2 in the nunit group by @dependabot in #2910
• Bump TUnit from 0.5.28 to 0.6.15 by @dependabot in #2912
• Bump Meziantou.Analyzer from 2.0.183 to 2.0.184 by @dependabot in #2911
• Bump Reflectify from 1.3.0 to 1.4.0 by @dependabot in #2913
• Bump Microsoft.Testing.Extensions.TrxReport from 1.4.3 to 1.5.0 by @dependabot in #2914
• Upmerge main to develop by @jnyrup in #2915
• Bump coverlet.collector from 6.0.2 to 6.0.3 by @dependabot in #2917
• Remove chill by @jnyrup in #2916

Full Changelog: 8.0.0-alpha.1...8.0.0-rc.1

What's Changed

Others

• Made the equivalency validator core internal by @dennisdoomen in #2854

Full Changelog: 7.0.0-alpha.6...8.0.0-alpha.1

What's Changed

Breaking Changes

• Drop support for .NET Core 2.1, 3.0 and NSpec by @dennisdoomen in #2835

Fixes

• The expectation node identified as a cyclic reference is still compared to the subject node using simple equality. by @dennisdoomen in #2819
• Fix support for write-only properties in BeEquivalentTo by @dennisdoomen in #2836

Documentation

• Fix minor syntax error in objectgraphs.md by @rklec in #2847

Others

• Use the same Qodana build pipeline as develop is using by @dennisdoomen in #2809
• Add section highlighting for better navigation by @sentemon in #2807
• Bump all relevant dependencies by @dennisdoomen in #2834
• Changed references to the master branch to main by @dennisdoomen in #2848
• Missed two more references to master by @dennisdoomen in #2849
• Backport bump of System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager and System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions by @jnyrup in #2856

New Contributors

• @sentemon made their first contribution in #2807
• @rklec made their first contribution in #2847

Full Changelog: 6.12.2...7.0.0

What's Changed

Others

• Better support for default interface and explicitly implemented properties by @dennisdoomen in #2794

Full Changelog: 6.12.1...6.12.2

What's Changed

Improvements

• Improve BeEmpty() and BeNullOrEmpty() performance for IEnumerable<T>, by materializing only the first item - #2530

Fixes

• Fixed formatting error when checking nullable DateTimeOffset with BeWithin(...).Before(...) - #2312
• BeEquivalentTo will now find and can map subject properties that are implemented through an explicitly-implemented interface - #2152
• Fixed that the because and becauseArgs were not passed down the equivalency tree - #2318
• BeEquivalentTo can again compare a non-generic IDictionary with a generic one - #2358
• Fixed that the FormattingOptions were not respected in inner AssertionScope - #2329
• Capitalize true and false in failure messages and make them formattable to a custom BooleanFormatter - #2390, #2393
• Improved the failure message for NotBeOfType when wrapped in an AssertionScope and the subject is null - #2399
• Improved the failure message for BeWritable/BeReadable when wrapped in an AssertionScope and the subject is read-only/write-only - #2399
• Improved the failure message for ThrowExactly[Async] when wrapped in an AssertionScope and no exception is thrown - #2398
• Improved the failure message for [Not]HaveExplicitProperty when wrapped in an AssertionScope and not implementing the interface - #2403
• Improved the failure message for [Not]HaveExplicitMethod when wrapped in an AssertionScope and not implementing the interface - #2403
• Changed BeEquivalentTo to exclude private protected members from the comparison - #2417
• Fixed using BeEquivalentTo on an empty ArraySegment - #2445, #2511
• BeEquivalentTo with a custom comparer can now handle null values - #2489
• Ensured that nested calls to AssertionScope(context) create a chained context - #2607
• One overload of the AssertionScope constructor would not create an actual scope associated with the thread - #2607
• Fixed ThrowWithinAsync not respecting OperationCanceledException - #2614
• Fixed using BeEquivalentTo with an IEqualityComparer targeting nullable types - #2648

Full Changelog: 6.12.0...6.12.1

What's Changed

New features

• Added Be, NotBe and BeOneOf for object comparisons with custom comparer by @jnyrup in #2243
• Extend AssemblyAssertions with HavePublicKey and BeUnsigned by @Corniel in #2207
• Add NotContainItemsAssignableTo by @Leo506 in #2266

Improvements

• Format records and anonymous types with their member values by @benagain in #2144
• Improve caller identification for Visual Basic by @jnyrup in #2254

Fixes

• Avoid quoting newlines by @jnyrup in #2202
• Include because+becauseArgs when comparing collections of enums for equivalency by @jnyrup in #2214
• Fix auto conversion to enums by @jnyrup in #2261

Documentation

• Github -> GitHub by @danielchalmers in #2190
• Fix badge links by @dennisdoomen in #2193
• Fix example wording by @cskwrd in #2206
• Improve documentation on ExcludingNestedObjects by @dennisdoomen in #2211
• Add missing HaveElement() occurrence docs by @IT-VBFK in #2217
• Add documentation for IComparer<T> overload by @ITaluone in #2220
• Update docs about thread safety by @jnyrup in #2238

Others

• CA1860: Avoid using 'Enumerable.Any()' extension method by @Evangelink in #2196
• Update PR template by @eNeRGy164 in #2188
• Code coverage improvements by @sdelarosbil in #2180
• Remove sponsor Semantic Merge from the website by @dennisdoomen in #2194
• Upmerge master to develop by @dennisdoomen in #2195
• Simplify GenericDictionaryEquivalencyStep by @jnyrup in #2191
• Cleanup by @jnyrup in #2201
• Bump all dependencies by @dennisdoomen in #2198
• Add Qodana by @matkoch in #2204
• Bump nuget dependencies by @jnyrup in #2227
• Prepare for .NET8 analyzers by @jnyrup in #2228
• Qodana fixes by @jnyrup in #2229
• Update Nugets by @jnyrup in #2240
• Analyzer cleanups by @jnyrup in #2250
• Group framework dependent configuration by @Corniel in #2247
• Update cspell by @jnyrup in #2255
• Update ruby gems by @jnyrup in #2257
• Another Qodana test from the same repository by @dennisdoomen in #2258
• Qodana fixes by @IT-VBFK in #2221
• Add a pre-check if a user can help with a PR by @IT-VBFK in #2262
• Fix qodana issues part 2 by @IT-VBFK in #2264
• Release 6.12 by @dennisdoomen in #2270

New Contributors

• @benagain made their first contribution in #2144
• @cskwrd made their first contribution in #2206
• @Corniel made their first contribution in #2247
• @Leo506 made their first contribution in #2266

Full Changelog: 6.11.0...6.12.0