🔧 Fixed #

• Replaced reusable workflow with custom workflow to fix version detection
• GitHub Actions now correctly reads version from pubspec.yaml

🔧 Fixed #

• Fixed GitHub Actions workflow for automated publishing to pub.flutter-io.cn
• Simplified workflow to use official dart-lang/setup-dart reusable workflow

🚀 Release #

• Stable release with all KeyConstants features and JSON output support
• Fixed all publication issues and package structure
• Complete feature set ready for production use

🔧 Fixed #

• Fixed publication issues and improved package structure
• Removed problematic example files that caused analysis errors
• Enhanced .pubignore configuration for cleaner package publishing

✨ New Features #

• JSON Output Support: Complete implementation of JSON output format for all operations
  • --report json now outputs structured JSON for CI/CD integration
  • --json-key-constants flag for KeyConstants analysis in JSON format
  • Comprehensive JSON structure with timestamps, summaries, and detailed results

🔧 Improvements #

• Enhanced CLI: New --json-key-constants flag for machine-readable KeyConstants reports
• Better Integration: JSON output enables seamless CI/CD pipeline integration
• Improved Documentation: Enhanced README with comprehensive JSON output examples

🏗️ Technical #

• Added JSON encoder for all report types
• Structured output format for automated processing
• Improved error handling in JSON generation

Added #

• KeyConstants Support: Modern key pattern detection for Key(KeyConstants.*) and ValueKey(KeyConstants.*)
• Dynamic Key Methods: Support for KeyConstants.*Key() method patterns
• KeyConstants Validation: New --validate-key-constants flag to validate KeyConstants class structure
• Usage Analysis Report: New --key-constants-report flag for comprehensive key usage analysis
• Migration Recommendations: Intelligent suggestions for migrating from traditional to KeyConstants patterns
• Enhanced Key Detection: Improved regex patterns for modern Flutter key management

Enhanced #

• Key Detection Engine: Extended to support both traditional and modern key patterns
• CLI Interface: Added new flags for KeyConstants analysis and validation
• Reporting System: Enhanced reports with pattern categorization and recommendations
• Test Coverage: Comprehensive tests for KeyConstants functionality

Fixed #

• Updated GitHub Actions workflows to use Flutter SDK instead of Dart SDK
• Fixed example configuration and script for proper demonstration
• Enhanced workflow reliability with consistent Flutter version (3.24.5)

Fixed

• Prepared release after pub.flutter-io.cn rate limit reset
• Enhanced workflow with dry-run validation

Fixed

• Shortened package description for pub.flutter-io.cn compliance
• Added example file for pub.flutter-io.cn scoring

Fixed

• Restored working GitHub Actions workflows from v2.1.0
• Fixed automated publishing through OIDC authentication

Fixed

• Fixed changelog dates (corrected year from 2024 to 2025)
• Added GitHub Actions for automated publishing

Fixed

• Fixed repository URLs in package metadata to point to correct GitHub repository (1nk1/flutter_keycheck)

Fixed

• Fixed repository URLs in package metadata to point to correct GitHub repository (1nk1/flutter_keycheck)

Added

🎯 Tracked Keys Feature

• New tracked_keys configuration option - Define a subset of keys to validate from your expected keys file

• When specified, only validates the tracked keys instead of the entire expected keys list

• Perfect for QA automation teams who want to focus on critical UI elements

• Example usage:

  tracked_keys:
    - login_submit_button
    - signup_email_field
    - card_dropdown
  

🔧 Enhanced Configuration Management

• Complete configuration file rewrite with improved YAML parsing and error handling
• New configuration hierarchy: CLI arguments > Config file > Defaults
• Enhanced error messages with clear guidance for configuration issues
• Comprehensive configuration validation with helpful warnings

📊 Advanced Key Generation

• Enhanced --generate-keys command now respects all filtering options
• Tracked keys support in key generation - only generates specified tracked keys
• Improved YAML output with descriptive comments showing applied filters
• Better formatting with sorted keys and clear structure

🎨 Beautiful CLI Output

• Redesigned human-readable output with improved formatting and colors
• Tracked keys status indicators - shows "✅ Matched tracked key" vs "❌ Missing tracked key"
• Enhanced verbose mode with detailed configuration display
• Better error reporting with actionable suggestions

🏗️ Package Development Support

• Automatic example/ folder detection for Flutter packages published to pub.flutter-io.cn
• Intelligent project path resolution - works from root or example/ directory
• Comprehensive scanning of both main project and example application code
• Dual dependency validation - checks both main and example pubspec.yaml files

Enhanced

🔍 Improved Key Detection

• Better regex patterns for finding ValueKey and Key instances in Dart code
• Enhanced file scanning with recursive directory traversal
• Optimized performance for large codebases
• More accurate key extraction with improved parsing logic

⚙️ Configuration System Overhaul

• Type-safe configuration classes with proper null safety
• Immutable configuration objects with builder pattern for merging
• Comprehensive getter methods for accessing configuration values
• Better default value handling with explicit fallbacks

🧪 Robust Testing Infrastructure

• 45 comprehensive test cases covering all functionality
• 8 new tracked keys tests validating the new feature
• 12 enhanced configuration tests with edge case coverage
• 8 example folder tests ensuring package development support
• 17 core feature tests with improved reliability

📦 Package Publishing Optimization

• Enhanced .pubignore to exclude development files from published package
• Clean package structure following pub.flutter-io.cn best practices
• Comprehensive metadata with topics, funding, and platform support
• Example folder included in repository but excluded from package

Fixed

🐛 Configuration Loading Issues

• Fixed YAML parsing errors with better error handling and recovery
• Resolved null safety issues in configuration merging
• Fixed CLI argument precedence to properly override config file values
• Improved file path resolution for relative and absolute paths

🔧 CLI Argument Processing

• Fixed comma-separated value parsing for include-only and exclude options
• Resolved boolean flag handling for proper true/false detection
• Enhanced argument validation with better error messages
• Fixed help output formatting with proper alignment and examples

📁 Project Structure Detection

• Fixed example/ folder detection when running from different directories
• Resolved nested structure scanning for complex project layouts
• Fixed pubspec.yaml detection in multi-project setups
• Improved directory traversal with better error handling

Technical Details #

🏗️ Architecture Improvements

• Modular configuration system with separation of concerns
• Enhanced KeyChecker class with better method organization
• Improved error handling throughout the codebase
• Better code documentation with comprehensive inline comments

📈 Performance Enhancements

• Optimized file scanning with efficient directory traversal
• Reduced memory usage in large project scanning
• Faster regex matching with compiled patterns
• Improved startup time with lazy initialization

🔒 Type Safety & Reliability

• Full null safety compliance with proper nullable types
• Immutable data structures preventing accidental mutations
• Comprehensive error handling with graceful degradation
• Enhanced test coverage ensuring reliability

Usage Examples #

Basic Tracked Keys Validation

# Validate only critical QA automation keys
flutter_keycheck --keys keys/expected_keys.yaml

Advanced Filtering with Tracked Keys

# .flutter_keycheck.yaml
tracked_keys:
  - login_submit_button
  - signup_email_field
  - card_dropdown
include_only:
  - qa_
  - e2e_
exclude:
  - temp_
  - debug_

Key Generation for QA Teams

# Generate keys file with only QA automation patterns
flutter_keycheck --generate-keys --include-only="qa_,e2e_" > keys/qa_keys.yaml

Package Development Workflow

# Automatically detects and validates example/ folder
flutter_keycheck --keys keys/expected_keys.yaml --strict --verbose

Breaking Changes #

None. This release maintains full backward compatibility with v2.0.x configurations and CLI usage.

Migration Guide #

No migration required. Existing configurations and CLI usage continue to work unchanged. New features are opt-in through configuration.

Requirements #

• Dart SDK: >=3.0.0 <4.0.0
• Flutter: Any version (for projects being validated)
• Platforms: Linux, macOS, Windows

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Fixed

• Fixed configuration loading for edge cases
• Improved error messages for missing dependencies
• Enhanced file path resolution

Enhanced

• Better documentation and examples
• Improved CLI help output
• More robust YAML parsing

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Added

• Advanced key filtering with --include-only and --exclude options
• Configuration file support with .flutter_keycheck.yaml
• Enhanced key generation with filtering support
• Example folder support for Flutter packages
• Comprehensive test suite with 37 test cases

Enhanced

• Complete rewrite with enhanced configuration management
• Beautiful output formatting with colors and emojis
• Comprehensive CI/CD integration support
• Better error handling and user experience

Breaking Changes

• Configuration file format updated
• CLI argument structure improved
• Output format enhanced

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Added

• Initial release
• Basic key validation functionality
• Integration test dependency checking
• Simple CLI interface

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For more information and detailed usage examples, visit pub.flutter-io.cn/packages/flutter_keycheck.