v0.5.2

This is a maintenance release in the 0.5.x series which contains an important bug fix.

Fixed

• Properly escape file names to ensure that file names are never renreded as HTML. (Patch by Anthony Ryan <[email protected]>, #128.)

v0.5.1

This is a maintenance release in the 0.5.x series which fixes a regression introduced in version 0.5.0.

Fixed

• Properly handle optional second argument to fancyindex_header and fancyindex_footer (#117).

v0.5.0

This release adds news features and is backwards-compatible with the 0.4.x series.

Added

• New option fancyindex_show_dotfiles. (Path by Joshua Shaffer <[email protected]>.)
• The fancyindex_header and fancyindex_footer options now support local files properly, by means of a local flag. (Patches by JoungKyun Kim <[email protected]> and Adrián Pérez <[email protected]>.)

Changed

• Improved performance of directory entry sorting, which should be quite noticeable for directories with thousands of files. (Patch by Yuxiang Zhang.)
• The minimum Nginx version supported by the module is now 0.8.x.

Fixed

• Properly escape square brackets in directory entry names when the module is built with older versions of Nginx. (Patch by Adrián Pérez <[email protected]>.)
• Fix directory entry listing not being shown when using the nginx-auth-ldap module. (Patch by JoungKyun Kim <[email protected]>.)

v0.4.4

This is a maintenance release in the 0.4.x series.

Added

• New option fancyindex_hide_parent_dir, which disables generating links to parent directories in listings. (Patch by Kawai Ryota <[email protected]>.)

Changed

• Each table row is now separated by a new line (as a matter of fact, a CRLF sequence), which makes it easier to parse output using simple text tools. (Patch by Anders Trier <[email protected]>.)
• Some corrections and additions to the README file. (Patches by Nicolas Carpi <[email protected]> and David Beitey <[email protected]>.)

Fixed

• Use correct character references for & characters in table sorter URLs within the template (Patch by David Beitey <[email protected]>.)
• Properly encode filenames when used as URI components.

v0.4.3

This is a maintenance release in the 0.4.x series.

Added

• Table cells now have class names, which allows for better CSS styling. (Patch by qjqqyy <[email protected]>.)
• The test suite now can parse and check elements from the HTML returned by the module, thanks to the pup tool.

Fixed

• Sorting by file size now works correctly. (Patch by qjqqyy <[email protected]>.)

v0.4.2

This release contains an important fix which can cause Nginx to crash when a directory contains zero-sized (empty) files. This bug has been present in all previous releases, and all users are strongly encouraged to update to version 0.4.2.

Changed

• Generated HTML from the default template is now proper HTML5, and it should now pass validation (#52).
• File sizes now have decimal positions when using fancyindex_exact_size off. (Patch by Anders Trier <[email protected]>.)
• Multiple updates to README.rst (Patches by Danila Vershinin <[email protected]>, Iulian Onofrei, Lilian Besson, and Nick Geoghegan <[email protected]>.)

Fixed

• Sorting by file size now also works correctly for directories which contain files of sizes bigger than INT_MAX. (#74, fix suggestion by Chris Young.)
• Custom headers which fail to declare an UTF-8 encoding no longer cause table header arrows to be rendered incorrectly by browsers (#50).
• Fix segmentation fault when opening directories with empty files (#61, patch by Catgirl <[email protected]>.)

v0.4.1

This release contains an important fix which allows to use fancyindex on in conjunction with the index … option. The issue was present since version 0.4.0, and it is strongly recommended to update if you are using it.

Change Log

Added

• New fancyindex_directories_first configuration directive (enabled by
  default), which allows setting whether directories are sorted before other
  files. (Patch by Luke Zapart [email protected].)

Fixed

• Fix index files not working when the fancyindex module is in use (#46).

v0.4.0

Change Log

Added

• The module can now be built as a dynamic
  module.
  (Patch by Róbert Nagy [email protected].)
• New configuration directive fancyindex_show_path, which allows hiding the
  <h1> header which contains the current path.
  (Patch by Thomas P. [email protected].)

Changed

• Directory and file links in listings now have a title="..." attribute.
  (Patch by @janglapuk [email protected].)

Fixed

• Fix for hung requests when the module is used along with ngx_pagespeed.
  (Patch by Otto van der Schaaf [email protected].)

v0.3.6

Change Log

Added

• New feature: Allow filtering out symbolic links using the
  fancyindex_hide_symlinks configuration directive. (Idea and prototype
  patch by Thomas Wemm.)
• New feature: Allow specifying the format of timestamps using the
  fancyindex_time_format configuration directive. (Idea suggested by Xiao
  Meng [email protected]).

Changed

• Listings in top-level directories will not generate a "Parent Directory"
  link as first element of the listing. (Patch by Thomas P.)

Fixed

• Fix propagation and overriding of the fancyindex_css_href setting inside
  nested locations.
• Minor changes in the code to allow building cleanly under Windows with
  Visual Studio 2013. (Patch by Y. Yuan [email protected]).

v0.3.5

Change Log

Added

• New feature: Allow setting the default sort criterion using the
  fancyindex_default_sort configuration directive. (Patch by
  Алексей Урбанский).
• New feature: Allow changing the maximum length of file names, using
  the fancyindex_name_length configuration directive. (Patch by
  Martin Herkt).

Changed

• Renames NEWS.rst to CHANGELOG.md, which follows the recommendations
  from Keep a Change Log.
• Configuring Nginx without the http_addition_module will generate a
  warning during configuration, as it is needed for the fancyindex_footer
  and fancyindex_header directives.