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18.0.0 (2025-05-26)

⚠ BREAKING CHANGES

• command names are not derived from modules passed to command.
• singleton usage of yargs yargs.foo, yargs().argv, has been removed.
• minimum node.js versions now ^20.19.0 || ^22.12.0 || >=23.
• yargs is now ESM first

Features

• commandDir now works with ESM files (#2461) (27eec18)
• locale: adds hebrew translation (#2357) (4266485)
• yargs is now ESM first (d90af45)
• zsh: Add default completion as fallback (#2331) (e02c91b)

Bug Fixes

• addDirectory do not support absolute command dir (#2465) (3a40a78)
• allows ESM modules commands to be extensible using visit option (#2468) (200e1aa)
• browser: fix shims so that yargs continues working in browser context (#2457) (4ae5f57)
• build: address problems with typescript compilation (#2445) (8d72fb3)
• coerce should play well with parser configuration (#2308) (8343c66)
• deps: update dependency yargs-parser to v22 (#2470) (639130d)
• exit after async handler done (#2313) (e326cde)
• handle spaces in bash completion (#2452) (83b7788)
• parser-configuration should work well with generated completion script (#2332) (888db19)
• propagate Dictionary including undefined in value type (#2393) (2b2f7f5)
• zsh: completion no longer requires double tab when using autoloaded (0dd8fe4)

Code Refactoring

• command names are not derived from modules passed to command. (d90af45)
• singleton usage of yargs yargs.foo, yargs().argv, has been removed. (d90af45)

Build System

• minimum node.js versions now ^20.19.0 || ^22.12.0 || >=23. (d90af45)

• 0bc7255 chore(main): release 18.0.0 (#2325)
• 639130d fix(deps): update dependency yargs-parser to v22 (#2470)
• 200e1aa fix: allows ESM modules commands to be extensible using visit option (#2468)
• 888db19 fix: parser-configuration should work well with generated completion script (...
• 3a40a78 fix: addDirectory do not support absolute command dir (#2465)
• 90e9eca docs: remove to old slack channel (#2466)
• 0dd8fe4 fix(zsh): completion no longer requires double tab when using autoloaded
• 27eec18 feat: commandDir now works with ESM files (#2461)
• f9c72a7 docs: update examples to run from examples folder (#2463)
• e02c91b feat(zsh): Add default completion as fallback (#2331)
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