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v0.7.4
Modified : default compression level for CLI is 3

v0.7.3
New : compression format specification
New : `--` separator, stating that all following arguments are file names. Suggested by Chip Turner.
New : `ZSTD_getDecompressedSize()`
New : OpenBSD target, by Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado
New : `examples` directory
fixed : dictBuilder using HC levels, reported by Bartosz Taudul
fixed : legacy support from ZSTD_decompress_usingDDict(), reported by Felix Handte
fixed : multi-blocks decoding with intermediate uncompressed blocks, reported by Greg Slazinski
modified : removed "mem.h" and "error_public.h" dependencies from "zstd.h" (experimental section)
modified : legacy functions no longer need magic number

v0.7.2
fixed : ZSTD_decompressBlock() using multiple consecutive blocks. Reported by Greg Slazinski.
fixed : potential segfault on very large files (many gigabytes). Reported by Chip Turner.
fixed : CLI displays system error message when destination file cannot be created (#231). Reported by Chip Turner.

v0.7.1
fixed : ZBUFF_compressEnd() called multiple times with too small `dst` buffer, reported by Christophe Chevalier
fixed : dictBuilder fails if first sample is too small, reported by Руслан Ковалёв
fixed : corruption issue, reported by cj
modified : checksum enabled by default in command line mode

v0.7.0
New : Support for directory compression, using `-r`, thanks to Przemyslaw Skibinski
New : Command `--rm`, to remove source file after successful de/compression
New : Visual build scripts, by Christophe Chevalier
New : Support for Sparse File-systems (do not use space for zero-filled sectors)
New : Frame checksum support
New : Support pass-through mode (when using `-df`)
API : more efficient Dictionary API : `ZSTD_compress_usingCDict()`, `ZSTD_decompress_usingDDict()`
API : create dictionary files from custom content, by Giuseppe Ottaviano
API : support for custom malloc/free functions
New : controllable Dictionary ID
New : Support for skippable frames

v0.6.1
New : zlib wrapper API, thanks to Przemyslaw Skibinski
New : Ability to compile compressor / decompressor separately
Changed : new lib directory structure
Fixed : Legacy codec v0.5 compatible with dictionary decompression
Fixed : Decoder corruption error (#173)
Fixed : null-string roundtrip (#176)
New : benchmark mode can select directory as input
Experimental : midipix support, VMS support

v0.6.0
Stronger high compression modes, thanks to Przemyslaw Skibinski
API : ZSTD_getFrameParams() provides size of decompressed content
New : highest compression modes require `--ultra` command to fully unleash their capacity
Fixed : zstd cli return error code > 0 and removes dst file artifact when decompression fails, thanks to Chip Turner

v0.5.1
New : Optimal parsing => Very high compression modes, thanks to Przemyslaw Skibinski
Changed : Dictionary builder integrated into libzstd and zstd cli
Changed (!) : zstd cli now uses "multiple input files" as default mode. See `zstd -h`.
Fix : high compression modes for big-endian platforms
New : zstd cli : `-t` | `--test` command

v0.5.0
New : dictionary builder utility
Changed : streaming & dictionary API
Improved : better compression of small data

v0.4.7
Improved : small compression speed improvement in HC mode
Changed : `zstd_decompress.c` has ZSTD_LEGACY_SUPPORT to 0 by default
fix : bt search bug

v0.4.6
fix : fast compression mode on Windows
New : cmake configuration file, thanks to Artyom Dymchenko
Improved : high compression mode on repetitive data
New : block-level API
New : ZSTD_duplicateCCtx()

v0.4.5
new : -m/--multiple : compress/decompress multiple files

v0.4.4
Fixed : high compression modes for Windows 32 bits
new : external dictionary API extended to buffered mode and accessible through command line
new : windows DLL project, thanks to Christophe Chevalier

v0.4.3 :
new : external dictionary API
new : zstd-frugal

v0.4.2 :
Generic minor improvements for small blocks
Fixed : big-endian compatibility, by Peter Harris (#85)

v0.4.1
Fixed : ZSTD_LEGACY_SUPPORT=0 build mode (reported by Luben)
removed `zstd.c`

v0.4.0
Command line utility compatible with high compression levels
Removed zstdhc => merged into zstd
Added : ZBUFF API (see zstd_buffered.h)
Rolling buffer support

v0.3.6
small blocks params

v0.3.5
minor generic compression improvements

v0.3.4
Faster fast cLevels

v0.3.3
Small compression ratio improvement

v0.3.2
Fixed Visual Studio

v0.3.1 :
Small compression ratio improvement

v0.3
HC mode : compression levels 2-26

v0.2.2
Fix : Visual Studio 2013 & 2015 release compilation, by Christophe Chevalier

v0.2.1
Fix : Read errors, advanced fuzzer tests, by Hanno Böck

v0.2.0
**Breaking format change**
Faster decompression speed
Can still decode v0.1 format

v0.1.3
fix uninitialization warning, reported by Evan Nemerson

v0.1.2
frame concatenation support

v0.1.1
fix compression bug
detects write-flush errors
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v0.1.0
first release