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Upgrading FluentAssertions 7 to 8

Breaking7.2.2 → 8.11.0Breaking22Security2Platform1New38Changed40Fixed41Other502

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22 breaking changes and a platform requirement change and 2 security fixes.

In plain terms
  • Removes the obsolete OrEqualTo methods.
  • Removes SpacesPerIndentionLevel.
  • Removes the binary formatter.
  • Renames EquivalencyAssertionOptions to EquivalencyOptions.
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What you must change

Breaking22
Removes the obsolete OrEqualTo methods.
OrEqualTo
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Removes SpacesPerIndentionLevel.
SpacesPerIndentionLevel
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Removes the binary formatter.
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Renames EquivalencyAssertionOptions to EquivalencyOptions.
EquivalencyAssertionOptionsEquivalencyOptions
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Renames RespectingRuntimeTypes and RespectingDeclaredTypes to better clarify their purpose.
RespectingRuntimeTypesRespectingDeclaredTypes
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Renames ExcludingNestedObjects to WithoutRecursing to better describe its purpose.
ExcludingNestedObjectsWithoutRecursing
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Removes support for HttpResponseMessage assertions.
HttpResponseMessage
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Moves all DataSet, DataTable and DataRow support into the separate FluentAssertions.DataSets package.
DataSetDataTableDataRow
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Changes AllSatisfy to succeed on empty collections.
AllSatisfy
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Adds ForConstraint to IAssertionScope.
ForConstraintIAssertionScope
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Changes OnlyContain to succeed on empty collections.
OnlyContain
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Converts AsyncFunctionAssertions into a real base class.
AsyncFunctionAssertions
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Moves non-generic NotThrow and NotThrowAfter to ActionAssertions.
NotThrowNotThrowAfterActionAssertions
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Allows fluently calling WithoutMatchingRules and WithoutSelectionRules while using BeEquivalentTo.
WithoutMatchingRulesWithoutSelectionRulesBeEquivalentTo
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Consolidates namespace and file location.
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Allows event monitoring to ignore failing event accessors.
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Improves BeUpperCased and BeLowerCased semantics.
BeUpperCasedBeLowerCased
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Makes various naming improvements.
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Redesigns AssertionScope and how it travels over chained calls.
AssertionScope
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Simplifies inheritance of SubsequentOrderingAssertions.
SubsequentOrderingAssertions
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Redesigns Configuration, Services and AssertionOptions.
ConfigurationServicesAssertionOptions
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Makes the equivalency validator core internal.
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Security2
Prevents pwn-request RCE via the Qodana workflow.
Qodana
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Hardens the NPM install step.
NPM
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Platform1
Drops support for .NET Core.
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