Convert decnum to binary64 (double) instead of decimal64. This makes jq behave like the JSON specification suggests and more similar to other languages. @wader @leonid-s-usov #2949
Fix memory leaks on invalid input for ltrimstr/1 and rtrimstr/1. @emanuele6 #2977
Fix memory leak on failed get for setpath/2. @emanuele6 #2970
Fix nan from json parsing also for nans with payload that start with 'n'. @emanuele6 #2985
Allow carriage return characters in comments. @emanuele6 #2942 #2984
Documentation changes
Generate links in the man page. @emanuele6 #2931
Standardize arch types to AMD64 & ARM64 from index page download dropdown. @owenthereal #2884
libjq
Add extern C for C++. @rockwotj #2953
Build and test changes
Fix incorrect syntax for checksum file. @kamontat @wader #2899
Remove -dirty version suffix for windows release build. @itchyny #2888
Make use of od in tests more compatible. @nabijaczleweli @emanuele6 @nicowilliams #2922
Add dependabot. @yeikel #2889
Extend fuzzing setup to fuzz parser and and JSON serializer. @DavidKorczynski @emanuele6 #2952
Keep releasing executables with legacy names. @itchyny #2951
New Contributors
@yeikel made their first contribution in https://github.com/jqlang/jq/pull/2889
@dependabot made their first contribution in https://github.com/jqlang/jq/pull/2894
@kamontat made their first contribution in https://github.com/jqlang/jq/pull/2899
@taoky made their first contribution in https://github.com/jqlang/jq/pull/2904
@tboz203 made their first contribution in https://github.com/jqlang/jq/pull/2920
@nabijaczleweli made their first contribution in https://github.com/jqlang/jq/pull/2922
@klemensn made their first contribution in https://github.com/jqlang/jq/pull/2934
@asheiduk made their first contribution in https://github.com/jqlang/jq/pull/2946
@rockwotj made their first contribution in https://github.com/jqlang/jq/pull/2953
@jesperronn made their first contribution in https://github.com/jqlang/jq/pull/2898
Full Changelog: https://github.com/jqlang/jq/compare/jq-1.7...jq-1.7.1