Version Details and Security Vulnerabilities

FS-Extra version 2.1.0 introduces subtle but potentially impactful changes compared to version 2.0.0. Both versions provide essential file system utilities beyond the standard Node.js fs module, simplifying tasks like creating directories recursively (mkdir -p), copying files recursively (cp -r), and forcefully removing files/directories (rm -rf). These functionalities remain consistent across both versions, offering developers a robust toolset for file system manipulation.

The core dependencies, jsonfile for handling JSON files and graceful-fs for improved file system error handling, are unchanged. However, a notable difference lies in the development dependencies. Version 2.1.0 removes the semver package, which is used for semantic versioning, and adds klaw-sync for synchronous directory crawling. This is used together with klaw which is in both versions and is used for asynchronous directory crawling. Also a new tarball is released and the release date has been updated to reflect the changes. While these adjustments may not directly affect the library's API or core functionality, they can influence the development workflow, testing procedures as well as introduce potentially subtle performance differences depending on the specific use-cases.

For developers, upgrading from version 2.0.0 to 2.1.0 should generally be seamless, provided they don't rely on aspects of the previous version's development environment that have been removed. The core value proposition of FS-Extra—extending Node.js's file system capabilities with convenient and cross-platform utilities—remains the primary draw. The MIT license also ensures the library remains developer-friendly for a wide range of commercial and open-source projects.