v8.0.0-alpha.1

What's Changed

• feat(helpers): allow empty string in fake by @ST-DDT in #1679
• infra: remove git commit hooks by @Shinigami92 in #1684
• test(helpers): fake should not trim whitespace by @ST-DDT in #1680
• chore(deps): update vitest to ~0.26.2 by @renovate in #1688
• chore(deps): update devdependencies by @renovate in #1689
• chore(deps): update pnpm to v7.20.0 by @renovate in #1690
• chore(deps): update dependency @types/prettier to ~2.7.2 by @renovate in #1687
• docs(datatype): allow markdown in @see links by @matthewmayer in #1667
• docs: update gitignore by @ST-DDT in #1697
• docs: fix param check by @ST-DDT in #1694
• chore: turn on padding-line-between-statements by @Shinigami92 in #1691
• chore(locale): split de_CH first names into male and female by @matthewmayer in #1692
• feat(person): add short bio by @matthewmayer in #1696
• chore: update license years to 2023 by @Shinigami92 in #1706
• feat(helpers): add new faker.helpers.weightedArrayElement by @matthewmayer in #1654
• refactor(location): nearbyGPSCoordinate options by @Shinigami92 in #1682
• feat(locale): extend english company by @Busyvar in #1701
• chore(locale): split es_MX names into female/male by @matthewmayer in #1704
• chore(locale): split ne first_names to female and male by @matthewmayer in #1705
• feat(number): add binary and octal random number generation by @pladreyt in #1708
• feat(string): add binary and octal random string generation by @pladreyt in #1710
• docs: show hint regarding displayed readme version by @ST-DDT in #1698
• chore(test): skip console messages containing 'deprecated' by @matthewmayer in #1709
• feat(locale): add Luxembourg (French) locale by @DavidMoraisFerreira in #1693
• docs: fix simple typo by @lpmi-13 in #1712
• infra: set lint warnings to error by @ST-DDT in #1714
• feat(person): split prefix into gendered versions by @matthewmayer in #1665
• feat(string): nanoid by @xDivisionByZerox in #1716
• refactor(company): deprecate suffix methods by @ST-DDT in #1719
• test: repair all functional test by @ST-DDT in #1718
• chore(deps): update vitest to ~0.27.0 by @renovate in #1722
• chore(deps): update pnpm to v7.24.2 by @renovate in #1723
• chore(deps): update devdependencies by @renovate in #1725
• chore: remove debug code by @ST-DDT in #1724
• chore(deps): update typescript-eslint to ~5.48.1 by @renovate in #1727
• chore(deps): update doc-dependencies by @renovate in #1728
• docs: use native mastodon icon by @Shinigami92 in #1729
• feat(string): generate string from characters by @ST-DDT in #1717
• feat(locales): add mergeLocales utility by @ST-DDT in #1707
• chore(deps): update pnpm to v7.25.0 by @renovate in #1743
• chore(deps): update vitest to ~0.27.1 by @renovate in #1741
• chore(deps): update dependency vitepress to v1.0.0-alpha.36 by @renovate in #1740
• chore(deps): update dependency prettier to v2.8.3 by @renovate in #1726
• chore(deps): update dependency rimraf to v4 by @renovate in #1744
• chore(deps): update devdependencies by @renovate in #1742
• infra: setup dev-container by @ST-DDT in #1652
• build: escape locale import names if they match the module name by @matthewpetro in #1737
• docs: jsdoc for options by @Shinigami92 in #1644
• fix(locale): filter inappropriate words in the en locale by @matthewmayer in #1745
• fix(internet): fix invalid emails in some locales by @matthewmayer in #1746
• feat(company): add realistic Hungarian company names by @BenceSzalai in #1758
• infra: apply shorter CI timeouts and retry e2e once by @ST-DDT in #1756
• infra: changelog generation by @xDivisionByZerox in #1304
• docs: unwrap complex array params by @ST-DDT in #1753
• chore: export mergeLocales utility by @ST-DDT in #1751
• chore(deps): update vitest to ~0.27.3 by @renovate in #1762
• refactor(git): commitDate explicitly set default for refDate by @xDivisionByZerox in #1750
• test: use basic reporter by @Shinigami92 in #1763
• chore(deps): update pnpm to v7.25.1 by @renovate in #1768
• chore(deps): update typescript-eslint to ~5.48.2 by @renovate in #1769
• chore(deps): update doc-dependencies by @renovate in #1767
• refactor: reorganize apidoc scripts and reuse them for tests by @ST-DDT in #1759
• chore(deps): update devdependencies by @renovate in #1766
• docs(internet): document emoji type values by @matthewmayer in #1732
• feat(date): introduce faker.defaultRefDate and setDefaultRefDate by @ST-DDT in #1757
• fix(helpers): uniform distribution in helpers.arrayElements by @ST-DDT in #1770
• chore: remove disturbing image from README by @ST-DDT in #1782
• feat(helpers): add length range support in arrayElements by @import-brain in #1772
• docs: fix unwrap literal union by @ST-DDT in #1752
• chore: fix missing defaultRefDate calls by @ST-DDT in #1781
• docs: big api button by @ST-DDT in #1773
• test(helpers): widen arrayElements distribution by @Shinigami92 in #1786
• refactor(locale)!: remove unused separator entry by @ST-DDT in #1731
• refactor(docs): split generate:api-docs execution from import by @ST-DDT in #1779
• refactor(internet): remove weigths in userAgent by @xDivisionByZerox in #1761
• refactor(string): rename special to symbol by @xDivisionByZerox in #1789
• test(system): add valid 0 for cron by @Shinigami92 in #1787
• refactor(system): replace mime db with common dataset by @xDivisionByZerox in #1788
• chore(deps): update pnpm to v7.26.2 by @renovate in #1797
• chore(deps): update typescript-eslint to ~5.49.0 by @renovate in #1798
• feat(number)!: default to high precision float by @matthewmayer in #1675
• test: use cypress container by @Shinigami92 in #1792
• docs: fix see also for non faker.x references by @ST-DDT in #1794
• feat(airline): add airline module by @matthewpetro in #1699
• chore(deps): update vitest to ~0.28.3 by @renovate in #1799
• chore(deps): update devdependencies by @renovate in #1796
• chore(deps): update dependency vitepress to v1.0.0-alpha.43 by @renovate in #1795
• infra: configure lint rule array-type by @Shinigami92 in #1793
• test: run tests shuffled by @Shinigami92 in #1645
• infra(docs): add docs diff script by @ST-DDT in #1755
• fix(person): change fullName to use name patterns by @matthewmayer in #1637
• test: configure chai truncated threshold by @Shinigami92 in #1807
• docs: show source link by @ST-DDT in #1780
• fix(locale): replace Ð with Đ in hr and vi by @matthewmayer in #1810
• test: use cy.request for e2e by @Shinigami92 in #1808
• refactor(location): normalize signatures by @xDivisionByZerox in #1784
• fix(git): commitEntry normalize user by @Shinigami92 in #1813
• refactor(datatype): standardize arguments by @xDivisionByZerox in #1804
• refactor(commerce): price use options object by @xDivisionByZerox in #1805
• docs: switch shinigami from twitter to mastodon by @Shinigami92 in #1815
• feat(person): add Portuguese BR Language to western zodiac sign by @Minozzzi in #1814
• docs: improving readability of UUID string by @Kcops11 in #1622
• docs: add matthewmayer to team by @Shinigami92 in #1816
• fix(person): Improvements to Dutch name generation, in particular regarding affixes by @amarillion in #1778
• chore(deps): update devdependencies by @renovate in #1828
• chore(deps): update dependency prettier to v2.8.4 by @renovate in #1824
• chore(deps): update pnpm to v7.27.0 by @renovate in #1829
• chore(deps): update dependency eslint-plugin-jsdoc to v40 by @renovate in #1831
• chore(deps): update vitest to ~0.28.5 by @renovate in #1827
• chore(deps): update dependency typescript to ~4.9.5 by @renovate in #1825
• chore(deps): update typescript-eslint to ~5.52.0 by @renovate in #1830
• chore(deps): update doc-dependencies by @renovate in #1826
• chore: remove comments in tsconfig.json by @bdb2381 in #1811
• docs: focus api search immediately by @ST-DDT in #1774
• test(date): add birthdate error test by @PeterYinusa in #1833
• refactor(finance): standardize arguments by @xDivisionByZerox in #1821
• chore: activate noImplicitAny by @Shinigami92 in #1839
• chore: improve error message for faker.date.birthday by @johnmal-dev in #1843
• infra: fix broken links in pull_request_template by @xDivisionByZerox in #1849
• infra: add preflight script by @xDivisionByZerox in #1846
• docs: Updated first example in README to utilize faker.helpers.multiple by @jhechtf in #1854
• refactor(datatype): deprecate json by @xDivisionByZerox in #1852
• refactor(datatype): deprecate array by @xDivisionByZerox in #1853
• chore(deps): update pnpm to v7.27.1 by @renovate in #1858
• chore(deps): update devdependencies by @renovate in #1859
• chore: turn on noImplicitThis by @ST-DDT in #1842
• refactor(location)!: countryCode use ISO-3166-1 by @xDivisionByZerox in #1720
• fix(person): avoid repeated last name via new last_name_patterns by @matthewmayer in #1819
• refactor(company)!: rename bs to buzz by @Shinigami92 in #1860
• fix(random): remove deprecated method usage by @ST-DDT in #1865
• refactor(git): length for commit sha by @Shinigami92 in #1863
• infra: error on deprecation by @ST-DDT in #1867
• feat(finance): currency object by @matthewmayer in #1809
• fix(currency): modernise currency list for 2023 by @matthewmayer in #1880
• fix: correct types field by @Shinigami92 in #1878
• docs: update top section of readme by @matthewmayer in #1887
• fix: discord link by @Shinigami92 in #1891
• docs: show deprecation message by @matthewmayer in #1889
• fix: more discord links by @matthewmayer in #1893
• chore: fix typo by @beaunus in #1896
• chore(deps): update devdependencies by @renovate in #1898
• refactor!: remove dynamic locale switching support by @ST-DDT in #1735
• chore(deps): update pnpm to v7.29.0 by @renovate in #1900
• chore(deps): update doc-dependencies by @renovate in #1899
• chore(deps): update typescript-eslint to ~5.54.1 by @renovate in #1901
• chore(deps): update vitest to ~0.29.2 by @renovate in #1902
• chore(deps): update dependency glob to v9 by @renovate in #1903
• fix: consistent locale names by @ST-DDT in #1884
• fix(locale): remove invalid city patterns from pt_BR by @matthewmayer in #1913
• fix(locale): correct capitalization of last_name in en_AU by @matthewmayer in #1912
• fix(internet): filter banned dots from email addresses by @matthewmayer in #1883
• docs: Add 'Sourcing data for definitions' to CONTRIBUTING by @matthewmayer in #1888
• fix(locale): az company name_patterns return undefined in name by @matthewmayer in #1914
• fix(locale): fix pt_PT street addresses by @matthewmayer in #1911
• chore(deps): update pnpm to v7.29.1 by @renovate in #1924
• chore(deps): update devdependencies by @renovate in #1925
• feat: provide enums for color values by @Shinigami92 in #1910
• refactor(date): remove duplicate context of date definitions by @matthewmayer in #1915
• refactor(internet): standardize signatures by @xDivisionByZerox in #1845
• docs: add reproducible results section by @matthewmayer in #1892
• chore(deps): update dependency vitepress to v1.0.0-alpha.58 by @renovate in #1923
• infra: run generate scripts first by @ST-DDT in #1933
• infra: enable prettier cache by @matthewmayer in #1930
• feat(helpers): new method enumValue by @ocodista in #1920
• fix(random): prevent infinite do-while by @Shinigami92 in #1938
• test(git): relax email validation in commitEntry results by @matthewmayer in #1876
• docs: fix nested parameter defaults by @ST-DDT in #1931
• chore: use enumValue by @Shinigami92 in #1937
• docs: enhance readme by @Shinigami92 in #1918
• feat(locale): add state and state_abbr to cz by @xDivisionByZerox in #1847
• chore(locale): added dedicated swiss street names by @asharnadeem in #1946
• infra: try to fix e2e flakyness by @ST-DDT in #1947
• chore(locale): remove bs_ files in sk and cz by @matthewmayer in #1942
• chore(deps): update pnpm to v7.30.0 by @renovate in #1951
• chore(deps): update vitest to ~0.29.3 by @renovate in #1949
• chore(deps): update devdependencies by @renovate in #1950
• chore(deps): update doc-dependencies by @renovate in #1948
• chore(release): 8.0.0-alpha.1 by @Shinigami92 in #1955

New Contributors

• @Busyvar made their first contribution in #1701
• @pladreyt made their first contribution in #1708
• @DavidMoraisFerreira made their first contribution in #1693
• @lpmi-13 made their first contribution in #1712
• @matthewpetro made their first contribution in #1737
• @BenceSzalai made their first contribution in #1758
• @Kcops11 made their first contribution in #1622
• @amarillion made their first contribution in #1778
• @bdb2381 made their first contribution in #1811
• @PeterYinusa made their first contribution in #1833
• @johnmal-dev made their first contribution in #1843
• @jhechtf made their first contribution in #1854
• @beaunus made their first contribution in #1896
• @ocodista made their first contribution in #1920
• @asharnadeem made their first contribution in #1946

Full Changelog: v8.0.0-alpha.0...v8.0.0-alpha.1