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The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

majic 1.2.0 - 2026-05-13

Added

  • Forked gen_magic.
  • Pool: Majic.Pool, using nimble_pool.
  • Plug: Majic.Plug.
  • Unified API: Majic.perform/1,2,3.
  • Builds an up-to-date and patched magic database.
  • Majic.Server.reload/2,3
  • Majic.Server.recycle/2,3
  • Woodpecker CI pipeline

Changed

  • Improved C port, now using erl_interface
  • Builds on Musl and macOS (Homebrew)
  • Better error and timeout handling
  • Bytes support: Majic.Server.perform(ref, {:bytes, <<>>})
  • Renamed priv/apprentice to priv/libmagic_port to be more obvious in ps
  • Renamed Majic.Helpers.perform_once to Majic.Once.perform

Fixed

  • Use pkg-config to discover libmagic paths (fixes macOS Homebrew build)
  • Remove ei_init() call that crashes on macOS with unlimited fd limit
  • Redirect C port stderr to /dev/null unless MAJIC_DEBUG is set
  • Once.perform/3 now cleans up server process on error
  • Pool.terminate_worker/3 now stops server processes
  • Extension.fix/3 preserves directory paths in output
  • Extension.fix/3 handles uppercase extensions correctly
  • Extension.fix/3 no longer produces trailing dot with no candidates
  • Majic.Plug rewritten with recursive transform for nested uploads
  • Majic.Plug no longer raises on majic errors, falls back to original upload
  • Majic.perform/2 with once: true now passes :timeout option
  • Majic.Server postpones reload/recycle calls in non-available states
  • Majic.Server handles late port data in recycling state
  • Fix :eaccess typo to :eacces in errno map
  • Guard terminate/3 against nil port

majic [1.1.1]

  • Fixed build artifact mistakenly included in the Hex.pm package

majic [1.1.0]

  • Updated dependencies
  • -Werror removed from Makefile
  • Majic.Extension.fix/3 will append an extension when requested if none exist

majic [1.0.0]

gen_majic [1.0]

Added

  • Added support for process recycling (evadne).
  • Added documentation (evadne).

Changed

  • Replaced GenServer with :gen_statem (evadne).

    • Changed API; added support for customisation.

  • Refined tests and other aspects of the library (evadne).

0.20.83

Added

  • Soak testing script (devstopfix)

Changed

  • Replaced Erlexec usage with Port (devstopfix)

0.0.1

Added

  • Initial Elixir wrapper with Erlexec (evadne)
  • Intiial C program (evadne)