Husky is a popular npm package that simplifies the process of using Git hooks in your projects, helping you enforce code quality and automate tasks before commits and pushes. Comparing version 4.3.4 with its predecessor, 4.3.3, reveals subtle yet potentially important changes for developers. Both versions share the same core functionality: preventing bad commits or pushes leveraging pre-commit, pre-push, and post-merge Git hooks. They both rely on the same dependencies like chalk for colorful console output, slash for path manipulation, and cosmiconfig for configuration file loading. Similarly, the developer dependencies, crucial for testing and development, remain consistent.
However, the key difference lies in the details of each release. While both versions have 24 files, version 4.3.4 has a slightly larger unpacked size of 52989 bytes compared to 4.3.3's 52914 bytes, suggesting internal adjustments or minor code additions. Most notably, the release date of version 4.3.4 is later, indicating that it likely includes bug fixes or small improvements discovered after the release of 4.3.3. For developers, this means that upgrading to version 4.3.4 is generally recommended, as it likely contains the latest stability and performance enhancements, ensuring a smoother experience when integrating Git hooks into their workflow. Always reviewing the changelog, if available, on the repository would offer even more details.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 4.3.4 of the package
semver-regex Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDOS)
npm semver-regex is vulnerable to Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
Regular expression denial of service in semver-regex
An exponential ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service) can be triggered in the semver-regex npm package, when an attacker is able to supply arbitrary input to the test() method
