Lint-staged is a popular npm package that helps developers automatically lint files staged in Git before committing, ensuring code quality and consistency. Comparing versions 4.1.3 and 4.1.2 reveals subtle but important distinctions for users. Both versions share the same core dependencies like chalk, execa, listr, p-map, lodash, is-glob, minimatch, npm-which, cosmiconfig, app-root-path, jest-validate, staged-git-files, and stringify-object. This indicates the fundamental functionality remained consistent. The development dependencies also remain identical, including tools for testing (jest, jest-cli, babel-jest), linting (eslint, jsonlint), code formatting (prettier), dependency management (npm-check), commit automation (commitizen, cz-conventional-changelog), pre-commit hooks (pre-commit), and utilities (strip-ansi, consolemock, babel-preset-env, remove-lockfiles, eslint-plugin-node, eslint-config-okonet).
The key difference lies in the release date. Version 4.1.3 was released on September 7, 2017, while version 4.1.2 was released on September 6, 2017. This suggests the newer 4.1.3 version likely includes bug fixes, performance improvements, or minor enhancements addressed since the previous release. While the exact nature of these changes isn't explicitly defined in the provided metadata, upgrading to 4.1.3 is generally recommended to benefit from the latest improvements and stability enhancements. Developers should always prioritize using the most recent stable version to minimize potential issues and ensure compatibility.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 4.1.3 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.
