7.17.0

v7.17.0 (2022-02-02)

Thanks @atti187 and @phulin for your first PRs!

🚀 New Feature

• babel-cli, babel-core
  • #14065 Allow plugins/presets to indicate external dependencies (@nicolo-ribaudo)
• babel-core, babel-parser, babel-traverse
  • #14174 Expose .index on Position to internally track nodes location (@tolmasky)
• babel-generator, babel-parser, babel-plugin-proposal-pipeline-operator, babel-plugin-syntax-pipeline-operator
  • #13973 proposal-pipe: Add support for ^^ and @@ topics (@js-choi)
• babel-traverse
  • #13940 Add new method to check if node is null or not (@danez)
• babel-generator, babel-parser, babel-plugin-syntax-destructuring-private, babel-standalone
  • #13931 Parse destructuring private fields (@JLHwung)
• babel-helper-create-class-features-plugin, babel-helpers, babel-plugin-proposal-decorators, babel-plugin-syntax-decorators, babel-runtime-corejs2, babel-runtime-corejs3, babel-runtime, babel-standalone, babel-types
  • #14004 Add new decorators transform (@pzuraq)
• babel-generator, babel-parser, babel-traverse, babel-types
  • #13681 Add the decoratorsAutoAccessors parser plugin (@pzuraq)
• babel-core, babel-helper-create-regexp-features-plugin, babel-plugin-proposal-unicode-sets-regex, babel-plugin-syntax-unicode-sets-regex, babel-plugin-transform-dotall-regex
  • #14125 Add transform support for the "regexp unicode sets" proposal (@nicolo-ribaudo)
• babel-parser
  • #14086 Add parser support for the "regexp unicode sets" proposal (@nicolo-ribaudo)
• babel-register
  • #14087 Expose @babel/register/experimental-worker (@nicolo-ribaudo)

🐛 Bug Fix

• babel-parser
  • #14145 Reinterpret << when parsing TS type arguments (@JLHwung)
• babel-plugin-transform-runtime
  • #14187 Normalize absolute paths on Windows (@atti187)

📝 Documentation

• #14223 Remove Babel 6 from SECURITY.md (@nicolo-ribaudo)

🏠 Internal

• babel-helper-fixtures, babel-parser
  • #14201 Fuzz test location-related parser options (@tolmasky)
• babel-compat-data
  • #14208 Update compat data (specifically for rhino 1.7.14) (@phulin)
• Other
  • #14190 chore: run tscheck on babel 8 breaking test (@JLHwung)

🏃‍♀️ Performance

• babel-cli, babel-core
  • #14209 Switch to @ampproject/remapping to merge source maps (@jridgewell)

Committers: 10

• Chris Garrett (@pzuraq)
• Daniel Tschinder (@danez)
• Francisco Ryan Tolmasky I (@tolmasky)
• Huáng Jùnliàng (@JLHwung)
• J. S. Choi (@js-choi)
• Justin Ridgewell (@jridgewell)
• Mattias Ekstrand (@atti187)
• Nicolò Ribaudo (@nicolo-ribaudo)
• Patrick Hulin (@phulin)
• @overlookmotel

Does any of this look wrong? Please let us know.

See the full diff on Github. The new version differs by 28 commits:

• v7.17.0
• Update version of `_applyDecs` and `_identity` helpers
• Allow plugins/presets to indicate external dependencies (#14065)
• Update `eslint-plugin-import` (#14222)
• Remove Babel 6 from SECURITY.md (#14223)
• Expose `.index` on Position to internally track nodes location (#14174)
• proposal-pipe: Add support for `^^` and `@@` topics (#13973)
• Add new method to check if node is null or not (#13940)
• remove invalid test output
• fix: usePrivateName usage
• Parse destructuring private fields (#13931)
• Make `decoratorsBeforeExport` optional for 2021-12 decorators (#14217)
• Add new decorators transform (#14004)
• Add the `decoratorsAutoAccessors` parser plugin (#13681)
• Add transform support for the "regexp unicode sets" proposal (#14125)
• Add parser support for the "regexp unicode sets" proposal (#14086)
• Expose `@babel/register/experimental-worker` (#14087)
• Switch to `@ampproject/remapping` to merge source maps (#14209)
• Fuzz test location-related parser options (#14201)
• [babel 8] breaking: bump minimum required Node.js to 14.17 (#14206)
• Fix `instance class fields` compat-table names (#14210)
• Update compat data (specifically for rhino 1.7.14) (#14208)
• Fix traverse scope tests (#14202)
• fix: Enforce newer version of `pirates` (#14195)
• Reinterpret << when parsing TS type arguments (#14145)
• chore: run tscheck on babel 8 breaking test (#14190)
• Normalize absolute paths on Windows (#14187)
• Add v7.16.12 to CHANGELOG.md [skip ci]

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