v8.0.0 pre-release available

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Major new features are a new api for adding command-arguments, and support for life cycle hooks before and after the action handler.

Release Notes:

• https://github.com/tj/commander.js/releases/tag/v8.0.0-0
• https://github.com/tj/commander.js/releases/tag/v8.0.0-1
• https://github.com/tj/commander.js/releases/tag/v8.0.0-2

README: https://github.com/tj/commander.js/blob/release/8.x/Readme.md

You can try the prerelease with:

npm install commander@next

Open an issue or add a comment here for any problems you encounter.

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There are two changes which have not landed yet but which are intended for v8.0.0: .choices() for command-arguments (#1525), and a refactor of the source into multiple files (#1522).

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Major change landed in v8.0.0-1 is a refactor of the source into multiple files.

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Highlight of v8.0.0-2: added .showHelpAfterError() in PR #1534

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Commander v8 has been released.