2021.07 - Impractical Information

[hugsy]

Changelog: 2021.07 - Impractical Information

Highlights of Impractical Information

• New unified command argument parser
• Better aliasing (thanks @hoefler02)
• More documentation (thanks @plan-do-break-fix )
• Updated the pattern command to strictly follow its usage in pwntools
• Bug fixes in AARCH64 (thanks @borismol )
• Improved CI & CD (Actions, Pylint, regressions)
• Bug fix in heap bin tcache for multi-threaded execution (thanks @irontigran )
• Started moving support for IDA/Binary Ninja interface to gef-extras, by leveraging rpyc

Contributors

Name	Number of commits
Boris Molodenkov	6
Grazfather	4
hugsy	79
Jacob Heybey	1
Jeffrey Swan	1
Michael Hoefler	14
Simon Wörner	1

Closed Issues

• 12 issues closed ( 664 • 663 • 660 • 659 • 658 • 657 • 655 • 653 • 648 • 647 • 643 • 634 • )

Closed Pull Requests

• 18 PRs closed ( 671 • 670 • 669 • 668 • 666 • 665 • 662 • 661 • 656 • 652 • 649 • 644 • 640 • 639 • 638 • 637 • 635 • 633 • )

Commit details

106 commits since 2021.04

Commits

• 2021-04-07 013ba5e • Michael Hoefler • Added alias options: add, remove, list
• 2021-04-07 3477d39 • Michael Hoefler • fixed typo
• 2021-04-12 29368d0 • Michael Hoefler • subcommands / tab completion
• 2021-04-12 46b24aa • Michael Hoefler • clearer code
• 2021-04-12 1cb15f4 • Michael Hoefler • update docs for aliases command
• 2021-04-14 df34985 • Michael Hoefler • suggested changes
• 2021-04-14 908db30 • Michael Hoefler • unit test
• 2021-04-16 0ad5f99 • Jacob Heybey • Upgrade the tcache command to work for all threads
• 2021-04-28 5ff0bdc • Jeffrey Swan • Fix some typos in the docs
• 2021-05-18 2479d6a • Grazfather • ida_gef: Add api map for DelBpt
• 2021-05-21 4ae9dbb • Simon Wörner • fix address underflow on disassemble (Fix address underflow on disassemble (Fixed-length ABI) #652)
• 2021-06-05 c032bf6 • Boris Molodenkov • Fix aarch64 tbz, tbnz, cbz and cbnz instructions estimation
• 2021-06-06 fac0fb4 • Michael Hoefler • minor changes
• 2021-06-07 03bb804 • Michael Hoefler • remove automatic saves
• 2021-06-08 aa38365 • hugsy • implemented argparsing using argparse, applied on unicorn-emulate
• 2021-06-08 0f7a5e5 • Michael Hoefler • fix alias tests
• 2021-06-09 bd8e338 • hugsy • * improved command argparsing * ported a few functions to use it * updated unit tests to reflect the syntax change
• 2021-06-09 08946bd • hugsy • - switched emulate to use the new argparser
• 2021-06-09 34b15d6 • hugsy • implemented argparsing using argparse, applied on unicorn-emulate
• 2021-06-09 6482690 • hugsy • * improved command argparsing * ported a few functions to use it * updated unit tests to reflect the syntax change
• 2021-06-09 2892d15 • hugsy • - switched emulate to use the new argparser
• 2021-06-09 0b503b5 • hugsy • merge fix
• 2021-06-10 bd65e81 • hugsy • [argparse] allowing positional arguments to pass default values as list
• 2021-06-11 d6fd038 • hugsy • New addition for Unified argument parsing support for commands #659 : - added pattern command - changed the default period to 4 for better compat with pwntools (fixed Switch Debruijn pattern to use 4 byte period #658) - updated unit tests
• 2021-06-12 bbe84db • hugsy • Added argparsing support and unit test for processlisting (Unified argument parsing support for commands #659)
• 2021-06-12 782dd88 • hugsy • - added RemoteCommand for argparsing (Unified argument parsing support for commands #659) - fixed ArgumentParser prog name (Unified argument parsing support for commands #659)
• 2021-06-14 2ed2373 • Michael Hoefler • gef command documentation
• 2021-06-14 9e27f9e • Michael Hoefler • fix period
• 2021-06-15 d0a01da • Michael Hoefler • gef subcommand documentation
• 2021-06-15 50ea000 • Michael Hoefler • fixes + line wrapping
• 2021-06-20 5d167f8 • hugsy • * Addresses most of the concerns raised in the review of PR Proper command argument parsing #661 * Added the possibility to use short flags * Updated the documentation to provide relevant examples
• 2021-06-20 7e47e8f • hugsy • Updated example of print-format to reflect short flag
• 2021-06-20 f52183f • hugsy • [printf-format] fixed incorrect syntax
• 2021-06-20 eda454b • hugsy • Doc: added an example for parse_arguments to illustrate how to use positional arguments with a list of option (as suggested in Proper command argument parsing #661)
• 2021-06-21 abe837e • hugsy • Making @Grazfather happy again 😀(issue Proper command argument parsing #661)
• 2021-06-22 9f9b9b9 • hugsy • [copy_to_clipboard] using context (see Proper command argument parsing #661)
• 2021-06-22 202a185 • hugsy • Fixed issue Add a page of acknowledgment for the project sponsors #664 : adding an acknowledgement section to project sponsors
• 2021-06-22 7e62dda • hugsy • [gef-remote] fixed missing incorrect option name
• 2021-06-22 a652786 • hugsy • [capstone-disassemble] using new argparsing (see #Proper command argument parsing #661)
• 2021-06-22 5f5ba01 • hugsy • [registers] using new argparsing (issue Proper command argument parsing #661)
• 2021-06-22 c5644b1 • hugsy • [elf-info] using new argparsing (issue Proper command argument parsing #661)
• 2021-06-22 9ffe5cd • hugsy • [name-break] using new argparsing (issue Proper command argument parsing #661)
• 2021-06-22 e38f7dd • hugsy • [hexdump] using new argparsing (issue Proper command argument parsing #661)
• 2021-06-22 556aa92 • hugsy • [patch] using new argparsing (issue Proper command argument parsing #661)
• 2021-06-23 4661f81 • hugsy • [discord-notify] using embeds to make things more explicit, bumped to 0.3.2
• 2021-06-24 a6d2baf • hugsy • [discord-notify] fixed json typo + removed unsupported hyperlink
• 2021-06-24 b335d3d • hugsy • [discord-notify] better formatting using embeds
• 2021-06-24 de053b8 • hugsy • [discord-notify] fixed typo
• 2021-06-24 6acab61 • hugsy • [discord-notify] fixed syntax error
• 2021-06-24 417f7b0 • hugsy • [discord-notify] using the proper syntax for Ilshidur/action-discord
• 2021-06-24 71dbadd • hugsy • [discord-notify] typo
• 2021-06-25 762e73d • Boris Molodenkov • Restore selected frame after context_threads
• 2021-06-24 7b2a0a2 • hugsy • [discord-notify] bye bye trash Ilshidur/action-discord , hello sarisia/actions-status-discord
• 2021-06-24 8b04ca3 • hugsy • [discord-notify] syntax
• 2021-06-24 847949b • hugsy • [discord-notify] last touch
• 2021-06-24 ba88941 • hugsy • [discord-notify] last touch
• 2021-06-25 ee3564a • hugsy • [discord-notify] fixed syntax error in issue notification
• 2021-06-26 0749012 • Boris Molodenkov • Fix incorrect lru_cache usage
• 2021-06-26 ac545fe • hugsy • [ci] caching libs for test runs - CI Improvement #660
• 2021-06-26 527b840 • hugsy • [ci] better jobs splitting - CI Improvement #660
• 2021-06-26 e83dafc • hugsy • [ci] fixed yaml syntax error - CI Improvement #660
• 2021-06-27 75223e5 • Boris Molodenkov • Fix frame level in context_trace and highlight selected frame
• 2021-06-28 cdb4896 • Boris Molodenkov • Fix context regs order (Fix context registers order #670)
• 2021-06-30 15ffa33 • hugsy • Improvement of get_register after Fix frame level in context_trace and highlight selected frame #669 to restore some decent level of caching
• 2021-06-30 cbaf9d7 • hugsy • Merge branch 'dev' of github.com:hugsy/gef into dev
• 2021-06-30 42c7e51 • hugsy • added regression tests for the PRs Fix context registers order #670 and Fix incorrect lru_cache usage #668
• 2021-06-30 62b7a04 • hugsy • added regression tests for the PRs Fix context registers order #670 and Fix incorrect lru_cache usage #668
• 2021-06-30 1e9b7de • hugsy • removed useless todo
• 2021-06-30 686ff82 • hugsy • fixed pylint
• 2021-07-01 39503df • hugsy • turn pylint into something actionable
• 2021-07-01 4d4a813 • hugsy • minor pylint suggested improvements
• 2021-07-01 ee81a62 • hugsy • minor pylint fixes (no-space-after-comma)
• 2021-07-01 42d524c • hugsy • [pylint] add missing-import exceptions
• 2021-07-01 05d244f • hugsy • [actions] fixing gh action cache
• 2021-07-01 6ba3867 • hugsy • [actions] fixed missing path for gh action cache
• 2021-07-01 185fa0c • hugsy • [actions] fixed bad archive path
• 2021-07-01 2b5bb29 • hugsy • [actions] caching is hard
• 2021-07-01 5fb2e90 • hugsy • adding parse_arguments for pie * commands (Unified argument parsing support for commands #659)
• 2021-07-03 c9b0bda • hugsy • Merge branch 'dev' of github.com:hugsy/gef into dev
• 2021-07-03 ab0edc5 • hugsy • [ci] Fixed a bug inrun-test.yml that prevented cache to be correctly collected
• 2021-07-05 7d1ab00 • Boris Molodenkov • Add missing aarch64 condition codes (Add missing aarch64 condition codes #671)
• 2021-07-05 80c768a • Grazfather • Remove more python2-specific stuff
• 2021-07-05 e95b072 • Grazfather • Fix caching in CI tests

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[ammarfaizi2]

Cc: @hugsy
I believe something went wrong with the commit details formatting. Screenshot attached.

[hugsy]

Fixed on the release (and in the script!), thanks!