Release v1.8.0 · spf13/cobra

✨ Features

Support usage as plugin for tools like kubectl by @nirs in #2018 - this means that programs that utilize a "plugin-like" structure have much better support and usage (like for completions, command paths, etc.)
Move documentation sources to site/content by @umarcor in #1428
Add 'one required flag' group by @marevers in #1952 - this includes a new MarkFlagsOneRequired API for flags which can be used to mark a flag group as required and cause command failure if at least one is not used when invoked.
Customizable error message prefix by @5ouma in #2023 - This adds the SetErrPrefix and ErrPrefix APIs on the Command struct to allow for setting a custom prefix for errors
feat: add getters for flag completions by @avirtopeanu-ionos in #1943
Feature: allow running persistent run hooks of all parents by @vkhoroz in #2044
Improve API to get flag completion function by @marckhouzam in #2063

Fix typo in fish completions by @twpayne in #1945
Fix grammar: 'allows to' by @supertassu in #1978
powershell: escape variable with curly brackets by @Luap99 in #1960
Don't complete --help flag when flag parsing disabled by @marckhouzam in #2061
Replace all non-alphanumerics in active help env var program prefix by @scop in #1940

build(deps): bump golangci/golangci-lint-action from 3.4.0 to 3.5.0 by @dependabot in #1971
build(deps): bump golangci/golangci-lint-action from 3.5.0 to 3.6.0 by @dependabot in #1976
build(deps): bump golangci/golangci-lint-action from 3.6.0 to 3.7.0 by @dependabot in #2021
build(deps): bump actions/setup-go from 3 to 4 by @dependabot in #1934
build(deps): bump github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 from 2.0.2 to 2.0.3 by @dependabot in #2047
build(deps): bump actions/checkout from 3 to 4 by @dependabot in #2028
command: temporarily disable G602 due to securego/gosec#1005 by @umarcor in #2022

test: make fish_completions_test more robust by @branchvincent in #1980
golangci: enable 'unused' and disable deprecated replaced by it by @umarcor in #1983
cleanup: minor corrections to unit tests by @JunNishimura in #2003
ci: test golang 1.21 by @nunoadrego in #2024
Fix linter errors by @marckhouzam in #2052
Add tests for flag completion registration by @marckhouzam in #2053

doc: fix typo, Deperecated -> Deprecated by @callthingsoff in #2000
Add notes to doc about the execution condition of *PreRun and *PostRun functions by @haoming29 in #2041

Thank you everyone who contributed to this release and all your hard work! Cobra and this community would never be possible without all of you!!!! 🐍

Full Changelog: v1.7.0...v1.8.0