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
Removed more Python2 legacy code
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](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/013ba5e2115e21d3587a0563598b5f63a4ef981d) • *Michael Hoefler* • Added alias options: add, remove, list
* 2021-04-07 [3477d39](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/3477d39efda169475eceda736d7249a12e6f5c2b) • *Michael Hoefler* • fixed typo
* 2021-04-12 [29368d0](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/29368d04a03d4a297a63dd43294919b1cd62fe68) • *Michael Hoefler* • subcommands / tab completion
* 2021-04-12 [46b24aa](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/46b24aab32a051aeedec343a039dd14bf6144af8) • *Michael Hoefler* • clearer code
* 2021-04-12 [1cb15f4](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/1cb15f4990df85322bfc321135ddd28d3cc88062) • *Michael Hoefler* • update docs for aliases command
* 2021-04-14 [df34985](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/df3498589b1b27790837b15a4fb0a42a7103a968) • *Michael Hoefler* • suggested changes
* 2021-04-14 [908db30](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/908db309d7eb347a4dbd08ee5ee26aa68b109410) • *Michael Hoefler* • unit test
* 2021-04-16 [0ad5f99](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/0ad5f9976cb09071ff83456e1c285e80f9e02b6a) • *Jacob Heybey* • Upgrade the tcache command to work for all threads
* 2021-04-28 [5ff0bdc](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/5ff0bdc27aa9688b4fdd16c424d8fa0ea040274b) • *Jeffrey Swan* • Fix some typos in the docs
* 2021-05-18 [2479d6a](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/2479d6a9bd5454b566d71576a42d821482c99455) • *Grazfather* • ida_gef: Add api map for DelBpt
* 2021-05-21 [4ae9dbb](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/4ae9dbbbca1623787ab88a378e17bbfdec99727b) • *Simon Wörner* • fix address underflow on disassemble (#652)
* 2021-06-05 [c032bf6](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/c032bf6b5f1e4240a0e6fc3a00869223d0797dcd) • *Boris Molodenkov* • Fix aarch64 tbz, tbnz, cbz and cbnz instructions estimation
* 2021-06-06 [fac0fb4](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/fac0fb46fa0d162ad53aee78be235c8e064db298) • *Michael Hoefler* • minor changes
* 2021-06-07 [03bb804](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/03bb804c4ea5a7ce03351987cf0a78c270141bb4) • *Michael Hoefler* • remove automatic saves
* 2021-06-08 [aa38365](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/aa38365b495facb51583015679c9596a26a782ae) • *hugsy* • implemented argparsing using argparse, applied on unicorn-emulate
* 2021-06-08 [0f7a5e5](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/0f7a5e5ce2f7724eb27a0f987d3670d9fb672ffd) • *Michael Hoefler* • fix alias tests
* 2021-06-09 [bd8e338](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/bd8e3387c61675b7b2a1e9c961e50fb8c57593a0) • *hugsy* • * improved command argparsing * ported a few functions to use it * updated unit tests to reflect the syntax change
* 2021-06-09 [08946bd](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/08946bda086e3edac047e97daf48b5488543bae3) • *hugsy* • - switched `emulate` to use the new argparser
* 2021-06-09 [34b15d6](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/34b15d63face971c0fb0bae78f545846a3c1327c) • *hugsy* • implemented argparsing using argparse, applied on unicorn-emulate
* 2021-06-09 [6482690](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/64826905f8cbcc67cc7cca4be42347900f4fc7c4) • *hugsy* • * improved command argparsing * ported a few functions to use it * updated unit tests to reflect the syntax change
* 2021-06-09 [2892d15](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/2892d15382168927d0f480753036ba8358a9ef47) • *hugsy* • - switched `emulate` to use the new argparser
* 2021-06-09 [0b503b5](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/0b503b55e9c187475f4acbdf42e63f1755d38ea3) • *hugsy* • merge fix
* 2021-06-10 [bd65e81](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/bd65e811f0baeb90197f0a276b4f067b5b1cd19e) • *hugsy* • [argparse] allowing positional arguments to pass default values as list
* 2021-06-11 [d6fd038](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/d6fd038a4e768027d7cbd33ac38279f40a742982) • *hugsy* • New addition for #659 : - added `pattern` command - changed the default period to 4 for better compat with `pwntools` (fixed #658) - updated unit tests
* 2021-06-12 [bbe84db](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/bbe84db62dff7cbce96d0ef7a17c66b258f6aef5) • *hugsy* • Added argparsing support and unit test for processlisting (#659)
* 2021-06-12 [782dd88](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/782dd88bb6b285d107fae9368ee2f06b5aacddb1) • *hugsy* • - added RemoteCommand for argparsing (#659) - fixed ArgumentParser prog name (#659)
* 2021-06-14 [2ed2373](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/2ed237378b77f2b3483e0e9be00f7310d30ce501) • *Michael Hoefler* • gef command documentation
* 2021-06-14 [9e27f9e](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/9e27f9ead0fa5afee4026af9751631bef9b6084c) • *Michael Hoefler* • fix period
* 2021-06-15 [d0a01da](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/d0a01dafe3b730bf4947cdc3ae8142a474b59abb) • *Michael Hoefler* • gef subcommand documentation
* 2021-06-15 [50ea000](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/50ea000a65a7c4769342e27af2a442f05003585a) • *Michael Hoefler* • fixes + line wrapping
* 2021-06-20 [5d167f8](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/5d167f8674fad9782f570b1eabfeecd31a113d90) • *hugsy* • * Addresses most of the concerns raised in the review of PR #661 * Added the possibility to use short flags * Updated the documentation to provide relevant examples
* 2021-06-20 [7e47e8f](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/7e47e8f0d19a63d627ccc5ecab60aa75a5d434aa) • *hugsy* • Updated example of `print-format` to reflect short flag
* 2021-06-20 [f52183f](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/f52183ffe7e20c228c10f43f0d95a86caa3dbba2) • *hugsy* • [printf-format] fixed incorrect syntax
* 2021-06-20 [eda454b](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/eda454b6c55ba166f6cc01f9c3dc4f387c24943a) • *hugsy* • Doc: added an example for `parse_arguments` to illustrate how to use positional arguments with a list of option (as suggested in #661)
* 2021-06-21 [abe837e](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/abe837e2a88d4e5f9c988b1d46fd089d1d014752) • *hugsy* • Making @Grazfather happy again ?(issue #661)
* 2021-06-22 [9f9b9b9](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/9f9b9b9d977421d2e41e0c291e73600ce87919ae) • *hugsy* • [copy_to_clipboard] using context (see #661)
* 2021-06-22 [202a185](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/202a185e50c1829cdd522c047793504b5e236131) • *hugsy* • Fixed issue #664 : adding an acknowledgement section to project sponsors
* 2021-06-22 [7e62dda](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/7e62dda591770c9f61977aae4686abefee84450c) • *hugsy* • [gef-remote] fixed missing incorrect option name
* 2021-06-22 [a652786](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/a652786b87d885e17b4101568178142ff2827b45) • *hugsy* • [capstone-disassemble] using new argparsing (see ##661)
* 2021-06-22 [5f5ba01](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/5f5ba011640421afff3ebcc87bd1dee42275f362) • *hugsy* • [registers] using new argparsing (issue #661)
* 2021-06-22 [c5644b1](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/c5644b196a3766c16c4bc84a87f2d0d72eddef70) • *hugsy* • [elf-info] using new argparsing (issue #661)
* 2021-06-22 [9ffe5cd](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/9ffe5cd4e5241a4be51a93c501231b331111195a) • *hugsy* • [name-break] using new argparsing (issue #661)
* 2021-06-22 [e38f7dd](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/e38f7dde4a390d217f82032bc49898a6e313a6f4) • *hugsy* • [hexdump] using new argparsing (issue #661)
* 2021-06-22 [556aa92](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/556aa92ffbd080d1dff6dacffd79f9066fa164c5) • *hugsy* • [patch] using new argparsing (issue #661)
* 2021-06-23 [4661f81](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/4661f819e6f59f0e0a789cedff9afc2179350397) • *hugsy* • [discord-notify] using embeds to make things more explicit, bumped to 0.3.2
* 2021-06-24 [a6d2baf](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/a6d2baf899cbb065976b23feb144bb175c667c02) • *hugsy* • [discord-notify] fixed json typo + removed unsupported hyperlink
* 2021-06-24 [b335d3d](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/b335d3dbb7eca71316565bca9740e74f0ea455ac) • *hugsy* • [discord-notify] better formatting using embeds
* 2021-06-24 [de053b8](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/de053b88dc25b955b16efc670d8a15a8bd4e8728) • *hugsy* • [discord-notify] fixed typo
* 2021-06-24 [6acab61](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/6acab6132489b095c7675fb62b89add5c5bd5a43) • *hugsy* • [discord-notify] fixed syntax error
* 2021-06-24 [417f7b0](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/417f7b0d2ac772e36ca2a9a7ef6fc0a9c2b10318) • *hugsy* • [discord-notify] using the proper syntax for `Ilshidur/action-discord`
* 2021-06-24 [71dbadd](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/71dbaddac3ae2bf4f46a968c60d9aa8ea43b422c) • *hugsy* • [discord-notify] typo
* 2021-06-25 [762e73d](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/762e73df4ac1ef016f7e9335c8ba6a3eaaaaf93a) • *Boris Molodenkov* • Restore selected frame after context_threads
* 2021-06-24 [7b2a0a2](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/7b2a0a265937ef738669a22ccf6a082cbc8dff7a) • *hugsy* • [discord-notify] bye bye trash `Ilshidur/action-discord` , hello `sarisia/actions-status-discord`
* 2021-06-24 [8b04ca3](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/8b04ca382a55d2cced86446de97302d69d35de5f) • *hugsy* • [discord-notify] syntax
* 2021-06-24 [847949b](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/847949b7547fac856b008a30ad493abc2ef49291) • *hugsy* • [discord-notify] last touch
* 2021-06-24 [ba88941](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/ba889410af0dba8994d115ba0bdb3d0404beec8d) • *hugsy* • [discord-notify] last touch
* 2021-06-25 [ee3564a](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/ee3564aaf3c540e9ea84de8473f8c16a4953c94d) • *hugsy* • [discord-notify] fixed syntax error in issue notification
* 2021-06-26 [0749012](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/0749012893b26a0eb9a02fa1bbd30e646f753b6c) • *Boris Molodenkov* • Fix incorrect lru_cache usage
* 2021-06-26 [ac545fe](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/ac545fe3bcfd62e1cc1531bfcc8f70700aa6ce03) • *hugsy* • [ci] caching libs for test runs - #660
* 2021-06-26 [527b840](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/527b840ee6a52bfc1008941ef6c6b8cf60ca5bbd) • *hugsy* • [ci] better jobs splitting - #660
* 2021-06-26 [e83dafc](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/e83dafc25c1abda8fa4d18425eba67aa90bb0156) • *hugsy* • [ci] fixed yaml syntax error - #660
* 2021-06-27 [75223e5](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/75223e50662eb5b778573020fad69748b2bca914) • *Boris Molodenkov* • Fix frame level in context_trace and highlight selected frame
* 2021-06-28 [cdb4896](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/cdb48960ec04312a38d77309492a5455abbff9d6) • *Boris Molodenkov* • Fix context regs order (#670)
* 2021-06-30 [15ffa33](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/15ffa335a42c0cd6de16604d56bc38e6f6564a8e) • *hugsy* • Improvement of `get_register` after #669 to restore some decent level of caching
* 2021-06-30 [cbaf9d7](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/cbaf9d728d18daec3a1c5816ef2bb22c2de3a2dd) • *hugsy* • Merge branch 'dev' of github.com:hugsy/gef into dev
* 2021-06-30 [42c7e51](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/42c7e51734bc57f58f56b327b7dd54722ae7f3d4) • *hugsy* • added regression tests for the PRs #670 and #668
* 2021-06-30 [62b7a04](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/62b7a04bd9ba4851664be38c19307148504d9194) • *hugsy* • added regression tests for the PRs #670 and #668
* 2021-06-30 [1e9b7de](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/1e9b7deb9164576098104442b68a2d323e775ede) • *hugsy* • removed useless todo
* 2021-06-30 [686ff82](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/686ff82f0e8d836e1397ca5435d40169f5b33536) • *hugsy* • fixed pylint
* 2021-07-01 [39503df](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/39503dfdb48d248a8f04deda094fa9989fc3759e) • *hugsy* • turn pylint into something actionable
* 2021-07-01 [4d4a813](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/4d4a813cccdba56d96a7650172918fc7c6124f5d) • *hugsy* • minor pylint suggested improvements
* 2021-07-01 [ee81a62](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/ee81a62026e74315e6ad4205688dbf916df18e25) • *hugsy* • minor pylint fixes (`no-space-after-comma`)
* 2021-07-01 [42d524c](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/42d524ca059ff3b0138e6008d1aff4666985f3e0) • *hugsy* • [pylint] add missing-import exceptions
* 2021-07-01 [05d244f](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/05d244ff8f797ad68cbd2b2580087ad944683f4e) • *hugsy* • [actions] fixing gh action cache
* 2021-07-01 [6ba3867](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/6ba38675b037a0421bf85c40678ecac0d2ebb23d) • *hugsy* • [actions] fixed missing path for gh action cache
* 2021-07-01 [185fa0c](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/185fa0c64b9e02a3508b6212e21892badd55ceb0) • *hugsy* • [actions] fixed bad archive path
* 2021-07-01 [2b5bb29](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/2b5bb296796e17f234871c27b4b4d38d2f605f9b) • *hugsy* • [actions] caching is hard
* 2021-07-01 [5fb2e90](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/5fb2e90b723d2dc2679b641fe3625ac01f36f1eb) • *hugsy* • adding `parse_arguments` for `pie *` commands (#659)
* 2021-07-03 [c9b0bda](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/c9b0bda450864efe388d10021554ec9bde6ccc11) • *hugsy* • Merge branch 'dev' of github.com:hugsy/gef into dev
* 2021-07-03 [ab0edc5](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/ab0edc52b5d859b34ffc431459a5604bd45b75e7) • *hugsy* • [ci] Fixed a bug in`run-test.yml` that prevented cache to be correctly collected
* 2021-07-05 [7d1ab00](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/7d1ab00d539b22070fa2c49dbbcf19bde0727b98) • *Boris Molodenkov* • Add missing aarch64 condition codes (#671)
* 2021-07-05 [80c768a](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/80c768aaab6ed864c55940741343683ac73e6462) • *Grazfather* • Remove more python2-specific stuff
* 2021-07-05 [e95b072](http://github.com/hugsy/gef/commit/e95b072f5684857ffd3d3c95c3369f83cdba0dee) • *Grazfather* • Fix caching in CI tests
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