Lint-staged is a popular npm package that helps developers automatically lint files that are staged in Git, ensuring code quality and consistency before commits. Examining versions 4.0.2 and 4.0.1, it becomes evident that the core functionality and dependencies remain largely consistent, offering stable linting capabilities. Both versions rely on several key dependencies such as execa for executing commands, listr for creating elegant task lists, p-map for concurrent operations, and cosmiconfig for flexible configuration. Development dependencies including testing frameworks like jest and linting tools like eslint also stay the same, indicating a continued focus on maintaining code quality and test coverage.
The most notable difference between the versions is the release date. Version 4.0.2 was released on July 17, 2017, while version 4.0.1 saw daylight on July 6, 2017. This relatively short time span between releases suggests that version 4.0.2 is likely a patch release addressing minor issues or improvements found in version 4.0.1. While the specific changes are not detailed in the provided metadata, developers upgrading from 4.0.1 to 4.0.2 can expect a similar linting experience with potential bug fixes or internal enhancements. Lint Staged reduces errors in the codebase of developers or companies that use code quality tools like linters by running them automatically. Code linters get executed before committing every change, and the packages operates only on the changed files.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 4.0.2 of the package
Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in cross-spawn
Versions of the package cross-spawn before 7.0.5 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to improper input sanitization. An attacker can increase the CPU usage and crash the program by crafting a very large and well crafted string.
