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* Add a Quick Start section to README.md by bootchk in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/4
* component: Check if footprint has expected len by kylemanna in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/8
* Prioritize component fields over library fields by kylemanna in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/10
* Make KiBOM_CLI.py executable by pointhi in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/12
* Fixed support for tab separated files "tsv" by schneidersoft in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/15
* Even with "merge_blank_fields" set to 0 blank fields still get merged… by schneidersoft in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/16
* Made it possible to use Kibom as a generic bom writer without groupin… by schneidersoft in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/17
* Do not overwite config file if it exists. by schneidersoft in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/18
* Added CSV separator override option by suzizecat in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/21
* Fix PCB configurations feature for "+blah" by zwlp in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/25
* Naming and formatting by diegoherranz in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/27
* Use "variant" instead of "revision" by diegoherranz in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/28
* Made creation of backup file configurable by schneidersoft in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/19
* Adding fixes to support Python 3 by haata in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/30
* Adding basic support for Travis-CI testing by haata in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/31
* Update README.md by kerrsmith in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/33
* small fix for missing footprint by marcelobarrosalmeida in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/38
* Use new description attribute in libsource for aliases by fauxpark in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/34
* Fix for how config works by MrSurly in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/42
* fix small typo by frankalicious in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/44
* Add optional `bom.ini` configuration of `boards` (qty of PCBs in the BOM) and `pcbConfig` (the PCB variant). by AngusP in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/46
* Display "~" as empty fields by fauxpark in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/50
* Fix group_connectors option not working by Swij in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/51
* Feature xlsx by Ximi1970 in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/57
* Add support for multiple inclusive or exclusive variants by AngusP in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/37
* Add flag to output variant name to BoM filename by trentks in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/58
* Fix b'' issue with python3 csv files by trentks in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/59
* Add support for arbitrary filenames by trentks in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/60
* Flexible parser using whitespace instead of a single tab by leoheck in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/61
* Fix default bom.ini generation by trentks in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/63
* Split hideHeaders preference into hideHeaders + hidePcbInfo; add options parsing. by szabodabo in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/64
* Travis fix by SchrodingersGat in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/66
* Fixed preference names in README (issue 71) by hraftery in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/72
* Fix UnicodeEncodeError when printing Field Conflicts by hraftery in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/74
* Description fallback fix for KiCad 5.x by set-soft in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/78
* Removed useless executable flags by set-soft in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/87
* Unit testing by SchrodingersGat in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/88
* Update README.md to match actual command-line output of -h option by SchrodingersGat in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/89
* Fix path encoding for Windows by SchrodingersGat in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/90
* Support space as separator in the Config field by set-soft in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/83
* Dnc by SchrodingersGat in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/91
* Added 'html_generate_dnf' to add a separated section for DNF components by set-soft in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/85
* Fix line endings by SchrodingersGat in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/92
* Pipify by SchrodingersGat in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/93
* Fixes by SchrodingersGat in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/96
* Fixing output subdirectory issues by SchrodingersGat in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/99
* Incremement version number by SchrodingersGat in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/100
* Fix XML writer output by SchrodingersGat in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/103
* Fix DNC (isFixed) by set-soft in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/105
* Use "M" for "mega" and "m" for "milli" by set-soft in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/109
* Avoid destroying the current locale's decimal point by set-soft in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/111
* Recover the KiBOM_CLI.py script. by set-soft in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/104
* Fixed variants with +VARIANT not working. by set-soft in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/106
* Added 'digikey_link' to make a column with links to digikey P/Ns by set-soft in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/114
* Remove alt_wrap option by SchrodingersGat in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/117
* Skip the DNF HTML list if it will contain 0 rows. by set-soft in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/113
* Added "join" to join fields like voltage, current, etc. with the value by set-soft in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/115
* Add support for spaces between a value an its unit. by set-soft in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/108
* Update docs by SchrodingersGat in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/118
* Optimize the regex used to match component values by set-soft in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/110
* Modified the R/L/C sort to try to make sense of the multiplier by set-soft in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/82
* Fixes extra parameter in getAltRefs by set-soft in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/119
* Tolerate no `output_file_name` and/or `variant_file_name_format` by set-soft in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/121
* Improved error message when description can't be found (libpart None). by gbmhunter in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/127
* Fix Python 2 issues by set-soft in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/128
* add support for sheetpath field in BOM by hkennyv in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/126
* Fixed utf-8 bug in the XML writer. by gbmhunter in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/129
* Second fix for utf-8 bug in XML writer. by gbmhunter in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/130
* Fixes to micro and ohm characters. by set-soft in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/135
* add kibom.__main__:main entry point by Evidlo in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/138
* Reference Designator Separators by n0dyjeff in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/139
* Fixed the ref_separator save, must be quoted. by set-soft in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/140
* Fix misplaced parenthesis for raise AttributeError by hkennyv in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/148
* Add support for variants of the Value field by eeintech in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/150
* Fix to the variants logic. by set-soft in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/137
* Fix ref_separator not showing with alt refs by kcalden in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/145
* Add a mechanism to rename columns by set-soft in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/120
* Updated to the offical kicad.org url by bombledmonk in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/160
* Fix white space docs by SchrodingersGat in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/166
* added support for mouser links by suuppl in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/173
* Fix Digi-Key link generation by apcountryman in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/175
* Adds an option to make a column to contain datasheet links by set-soft in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/112
* Allow user to specify description field if desired by SchrodingersGat in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/177
* Try different capitalization for Description field by jonathanfisher in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/181
* Adds github workflow for PEP style checks by SchrodingersGat in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/182
* Adds workflow to build and publish to PyPi by SchrodingersGat in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/183
* Check for 'dnp' attribute introduced in kicad v7 by SchrodingersGat in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/184
* Bump version number to 1.9.0 by SchrodingersGat in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/185
New Contributors
* bootchk made their first contribution in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/4
* kylemanna made their first contribution in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/8
* pointhi made their first contribution in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/12
* schneidersoft made their first contribution in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/15
* suzizecat made their first contribution in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/21
* zwlp made their first contribution in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/25
* diegoherranz made their first contribution in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/27
* haata made their first contribution in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/30
* kerrsmith made their first contribution in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/33
* marcelobarrosalmeida made their first contribution in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/38
* fauxpark made their first contribution in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/34
* MrSurly made their first contribution in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/42
* frankalicious made their first contribution in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/44
* AngusP made their first contribution in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/46
* Swij made their first contribution in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/51
* Ximi1970 made their first contribution in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/57
* trentks made their first contribution in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/58
* leoheck made their first contribution in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/61
* szabodabo made their first contribution in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/64
* SchrodingersGat made their first contribution in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/66
* hraftery made their first contribution in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/72
* set-soft made their first contribution in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/78
* gbmhunter made their first contribution in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/127
* hkennyv made their first contribution in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/126
* Evidlo made their first contribution in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/138
* n0dyjeff made their first contribution in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/139
* eeintech made their first contribution in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/150
* kcalden made their first contribution in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/145
* bombledmonk made their first contribution in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/160
* suuppl made their first contribution in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/173
* apcountryman made their first contribution in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/175
* jonathanfisher made their first contribution in https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/pull/181
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/SchrodingersGat/KiBoM/compare/1.2...1.9.0