5.0.0

• Make the package ESM-only. Reduces on-disk package size from ~150kb to ~80kb
• Increase minimum node.js version to v20.19. The versions starting from it support loading esm files from cjs
• fix: Make types more precise #1424
• perf: re-use double slash regex #1435
• Update readdirp to ESM-only v5
• Lots of minor improvements in tests
• Increase security of NPM releases. Switch to token-less Trusted Publishing, with help of jsbt
• Switch compilation mode to isolatedDeclaration-based typescript for simplified auto-generated docs

New Contributors

• @mhkeller made their first contribution in #1426
• @btea made their first contribution in #1432

Full Changelog: 4.0.3...5.0.0

4.0.3

What's Changed

• Fix typescript type of emitted args by @43081j in #1397

Full Changelog: 4.0.2...4.0.3

4.0.2

What's Changed

• Fix test "should detect safe-edit" on FreeBSD by @tagattie in #1375
• Remove references to .map files by @bluwy in #1383
• feat: strongly type event emitter methods by @43081j in #1381

New Contributors

• @bxt made their first contribution in #1365
• @tagattie made their first contribution in #1375
• @bluwy made their first contribution in #1383

Full Changelog: 4.0.1...4.0.2

4.0.1

• Various fixes and improvements of typescript types

New Contributors

• @benmccann made their first contribution in #1349
• @talentlessguy made their first contribution in #1356

Full Changelog: 4.0.0...4.0.1

4.0.0

• Remove glob support
• Remove bundled fsevents
• Decrease dependency count from 13 to 1
• Rewrite in typescript. Makes emitted types more precise
• The package became hybrid common.js / ESM
• Bump minimum node.js requirement to v14+

Special thanks to @43081j for improvements and help.

Full Changelog: 3.6.0...4.0.0

3.6.0

What's Changed

• fix readyCount logic by @JLHwung in #1288
• handle MustScanSubDirs by @MarcCelani-at in #1197
• update fs.FSWatcher types to satisfy nodejs versions >= 16; fixes #1299 by @ben-polinsky in #1300

New Contributors

• @Mutahhar made their first contribution in #1226
• @zqianem made their first contribution in #1242
• @JLHwung made their first contribution in #1288
• @MarcCelani-at made their first contribution in #1197
• @ben-polinsky made their first contribution in #1300

Full Changelog: 3.5.3...3.6.0

3.5.3

What's Changed

• types: use correct type def for ignored option by @iheyunfei in #1140
• Update chokidar-cli link in README.md by @mcecode in #1142
• handle promise rejection when a symlink's target does not exist. Fixe… by @nicks in #1010
• fix: improve add and unwatch TypeScript definitions by @alan-agius4 in #1157
• Enable dtslinting by @alan-agius4 in #1158
• style: delete yarn.lock by @alan-agius4 in #1159

New Contributors

• @iheyunfei made their first contribution in #1140
• @mcecode made their first contribution in #1142
• @nicks made their first contribution in #1010
• @alan-agius4 made their first contribution in #1157

Full Changelog: 3.5.2...3.5.3

3.5.2

"Update" glob-parent dependency from ~5.1.0 to ~5.1.2 to silence "vulnerability" warnings

3.5.1

• Symlink fixes

3.5.0

• Support for ARM Macs with Apple Silicon.
• Fixed missing removal of symlinks when the target path was deleted (#1042)