Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

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Added support for Fortinet FortiOS platform
Added --format option to output results in JSON, YAML, or text formats
Added --output / -o flag to save output to file
Added list-platforms command to show all available platforms
Added version command to display tool version
Added comprehensive error handling for file operations and platform validation
Added verbose logging support with -v (INFO) and -vv (DEBUG) flags
Added complete type hints throughout codebase
Added comprehensive test suite with 20+ test cases including:
- Error handling tests
- All platform tests
- Output format tests (text, JSON, YAML)
- File output tests
- Verbose logging tests
Added comprehensive documentation:
- Detailed README with installation instructions and examples
- CONTRIBUTING.md with development guidelines
- SECURITY.md with security policy
- Examples directory with sample configurations
- Integration examples for Nornir, Ansible, and CI/CD
Added development tools configuration:
- Black formatter configuration
- Ruff linter configuration
- Mypy type checker configuration
- Pytest with coverage reporting
Added py.typed marker file for PEP 561 compliance

BREAKING: Converted to proper Python package structure with __init__.py
BREAKING: Entry point now uses hier_config_cli:cli instead of module path
Refactored duplicate code in commands into shared process_configs() function
Fixed platform-specific output formatting (no longer hardcodes cisco_style_text() for all platforms)
Improved command help text with detailed descriptions and examples
Enhanced pyproject.toml with comprehensive metadata and classifiers
Updated Python version support to 3.9-3.13
Improved error messages to be more descriptive and actionable