tool-changelog.md

VER 3.6.0(040820)

I haven't been keeping up on the changelog, sorry. Hopefully I remember all the relevant changes.

• release build updated to OpenCore 0.6.0

• source/daily version is now OpenCore 0.6.1

• ConfigFull.plist changed to ConfigCustom.plist

• OpenCanopy resources will now be looked for in either INPUT or extras folders

• will now ignore blank sections (e.g. empty Misc > Tools section)

• now build without error with Xcode 12 beta 3

• VoodooPS2 now handled correctly
  PlugIns now copied into parent kext PlugIns folder
  VoodooInput.kext all alone will be distinguished from PlugIns/VoodooInput.kext

• OC-tool will now update itself properly if interim changes have been made on the users end

• OpenCanopy Resources will only be copied if OpenCanopy is enabled

• HfsPlus.efi will now be automatically extracted from the OcBinaryData repo

• .tool-files/get-deps command updated to get current nasm + mtoc

VER 3.5.7(270420)

• auto create EFI\OC\Bootstrap if needed
  if Misc > Security > BootProtect is set to Bootstrap then OC-tool will create the needed EFI\OC\Bootstrap directory and copy BOOTx64.efi into it as Bootstrap.efi

VER 3.5.7(140420)

• default behavior will now build Release version
  -r option will still build Release version for now, but is no longer needed
  -D option is now required to build Debug versions

VER 3.5(060420)

• updated release sources to OpenCore 0.5.7
  lots of changes in the Sample.config

• prebuilt daily and build from source now build OpenCore 0.5.8

• Driver section now accepts # at start of name to disable

VER 3.5(260320)

• extras folder will be checked first for all resources now, not just ACPI files
  any resources copied from extras will be noted in the output command line text

VER 3.5(080320)

• added initial support for OcBinaryData
  to have OcBinaryData files included in the EFI/OC/Resources folder place the desired resources in the corresponding INPUT/Resources folder

INPUT/Resources/Audio
INPUT/Resources/Font
INPUT/Resources/Image

OC-tool will check these folders and copy any files into the OUTPUT/EFI/EC/Resources before building the vault files

VER 3.5(030320)

- added support for .wav files
.wav files that are placed in the extras folder will be copied into EFI/OC/Resources/Audio
for example, OCEFIAudio_VoiceOver_Boot.wav for the startup chime
Any .wav files will be copied before the vault files are built allowing Misc>Security>Vault Secure
and Misc>Security>Vault Basic to work as expected
changed by 3.5(080320)

VER 3.4(030320)

• updated prebuilt release to OpenCore version 0.5.6
  ./OC-tool and ./OC-tool -r will now build version 0.5.6 from the prebuilt release
  ./OC-tool -d and ./OC-tool -dr will now build version 0.5.7 from the prebuilt daily
  ./OC-tool -s and ./OC-tool -sr will now build version 0.5.7 from current source

• pulldown lists for Kexts and Tools has been added

VER 3.3(250220)

• added add item command to config.plist editor
  Can now add field of type bool, data, integer or string into plist by pressing a. The new field will be inserted before the currently highlightd item.

Can now add new Driver from pulldown list by pressing

Pulldown list to add Kexts and Tools should be coming soon

• added rename command to config.plist editor
  Can now rename the key of the highlighted item by pressing n

VER 3.3(220220)

• added delete field/section to config.plist editor
  While in config.plist editor mode, pressing d 2 times will delete the highlighted field or section.

• missing/extra picker still a work in progress
  Yes, it works, but it's still ugly and not intuitive.
  I need to work on the add a field/section to config.plist code first, then hopefully I can fix the ugly missing/extra picker.

VER 3.2(090220)

• added missing/extra picker
  When run, if OC-tool finds fields missing from config.plist it will display a picker window to select and add them automatically.

VER 3.1(050220)

• scan config.plist for missing or extra quirks at startup

ver 3.0(241220)

• enabled prebuilt daily option -d

• config.plist is checked for errors at run

ver 2.6(150120)

• added config.plist editor
  changes will be saved to Docs/config.plist leaving the original plist unchanged

ver 2.4(010120)

• added support for NVMeFix.kext

• added support for DebugEnhancer.kext

• fixed more typos and made small performance improvements

ver 2.3(271219)

• changed echo to printf in msg command
  some platforms, such as git bash for Windows, use a version of echo that needs -e for escape characters, switched to using printf which should be more consistent on all platforms

• strip \r character from config.plist if it exists
  git bash for Windows may use CRLF or just LF depending on configuration, strip off the extra character for compatibility

• added check for unzip command
  unzip command not installed by default on all systems, try using tar command instead

• added support for acidanthera/BrcmPatchRAM
  parts may need to be installed to /Library/Extensions, but that onus will be placed on the end user

• added support for ReddestDream's fork of USBInjectAll.kext
  includes support for later machines, such as iMac19,1

ver 2.1(021219)

• begin adding edit mode in TUI for whole config.plist

ver 2.0(231119)

• Oc-tool no longer downloads HFSPlus.efi when it is not requested in config.plist
  and the HFSPlus.efi will now be placed in the resources folder instead of extras

• changed wording of release/debug options in -h help and -t TUI
  wording reflects that debug means debug symbols are included in the code to make debugging easier, not that it isn't as up to date as the release version of code

• fixed more typos, always finding typos

ver 2.0(221119)

• added .tool-files/get-deps.sh
get-deps.sh will install prebuilt nasm and mtoc for those who don't want to build/install them themselves

• cleaned up error messages and program flow

ver 2.0(191119)

• removed the requirement for the jshon command
  found a small POSIX sh that takes care of it
  elliptic-shiho parse_json.sh

• removed -T option, no need since -t option is the same

• fixed a "few" typos

ver 2.0(171119)

• removed -c option
  but ACPI files will still be copied from extras first

• removed -u and -U options
  prebuilts will be using the json file
  latest source builds will check for git updates before building
  in either case tool will check itself for updates first

• changed -l to -s
  -s seemed a little clearer to request latestSource

• the -X option will only remove local resources for current build type
  e.g. ./OC-tool -Xs will remove resources/latestSource
./OC-tool -X will remove resources/prebuiltRelease

ver 2.0(151119)

removed command and type arguments when running tool

• ./OC-tool with no options will now use prebuilt releases
  it should be able to build an EFI folder on any platform that can run a POSIX shell script

• ./OC-tool -l will build an EFI from latest sources

• ./OC-tool -d will build an EFI from daily prebuilts
  (not yet implemented)

• added -r option for release version instead of debug version
  not recommended if you need help with certain issues

ver 1.7pt(281019)

• added -i option to ignore missing files
  used with the -T option will provide a nice visual for problem solving
  e.g. ./OC-tool -iT ... will highlight missing files in yellow

• save modified config.plist if changes were made
  OC can fail on boot if config.plist doesn't match certain files in the EFI
  this should prevent some of that