This release drops support for Go 1.19 and 1.20 and includes many features and bugfixes, such as improving EditorConfig support in shfmt.

• cmd/shfmt
  • Support EditorConfig language sections such as [[shell]] - #664
  • Add --apply-ignore for tools and editors - #1037
• syntax
  • Allow formatting redirects before all command argumetnts - #942
  • Support brace expansions with uppercase letters - #1042
  • Unescape backquotes in single quotes within backquotes - #1041
  • Better error when using function in POSIX mode - #993
  • Better column numbers for escapes inside backquotes - #1028
• interp
  • Support parentheses in classic test commands - #1036
  • Determine access to a directory via unix.Access - #1033
  • Support subshells with FuncEnviron as Env - #1043
  • Add support for fs.DirEntry via ReadDirHandler2
• expand
  • Add support for fs.DirEntry via ReadDir2
  • Support zero-padding in brace expansions - #1042

A special thanks to all the contributors to this release! @theclapp @slabstone @MaienM

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Binaries built on go version go1.22.0 linux/amd64 with:

CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -trimpath -ldflags="-w -s -X=main.version=v3.8.0"