Bulk Reviewer 0.3.1

• Fixes JSONDecodeError when downloading tar exclude or exporting files (#50)

Bulk Reviewer 0.3.1 release candidate 3

• Fixes JSONDecodeError when downloading tar exclude or exporting files (#50)

Bulk Reviewer 0.3.0

Notable changes:

• Updated dependencies, including Node 14 and Electron 11 (further Electron updates coming soon, as the Electron release cadence has sped up to every 8 weeks)
• Spaces in tar exclude filepaths are now escaped with a backslash
• UI/UX changes to file selector and new session screen
• Features subtly highlighted in context

Bulk Reviewer 0.2.1

This patch release includes:

• Bug fix: Reading files features sometimes fails due to UnicodeDecodeError (#29)

Bulk Reviewer 0.2.0

This release includes:

• Security updates for node_module dependencies
• Python backend code quality improvements
  • Refactored module for file exports
  • Added integration tests and configured testing in CI
• UI/UX improvements
  • Actions moved from dropdown list items to buttons
  • New file export options dialog
  • User-friendly error messages for common processing errors
• Bug fixes:
  • Issue 3: Bulk Reviewer no longer fails when a vcard directory is encountered in the bulk_extractor reports directory. vCard (Virtual Contact File) results are also now included as a first-class feature type in the application. Issue reported by John Richan and Sarah Lake, Concordia University Records Management and Archives.
  • Issue 4: Errors related to single files on file export (e.g. inability to carve a file from a disk image due to a long filepath) no longer result in the entire export failing. Instead, the user is presented with an error message listing the problematic files upon completion of the job and details are logged. Issue reported by Brian Dietz, NCSU Libraries.
  • Issue 19: Lightgrep results are now also considered "User-supplied regular expressions". When features files include both lightgrep.txt and find.txt, Bulk Reviewer will read only from the former to avoid duplicate regular expression results in the Review Dashboard. Issue reported by Hannah Wang, Wisconsin Historical Society.
  • Bulk Reviewer will now load the Review Dashboard so long as a valid Bulk Reviewer JSON file was created, regardless of bulk_extractor stderr messages (these are still displayed in an error dialog).
• New features:
  • Issue 5: Adds support for custom bulk_extractor commands by allowing users to specify an existing bulk_extractor reports directory. If selected, Bulk Reviewer will not run bulk_extractor but instead read from the feature files in the provided directory. Issue reported by Brian Dietz, NCSU Libraries.
  • Issue 15: Original directory structure and filepaths are now retained by default in private file exports. Bulk Reviewer 0.2.0 retains the flattened private export option but makes it optional. Issue reported by Keith Pendergrass, Harvard Business School Baker Library.
  • Issue 16: Adds option to create a tar exclude file containing paths to files with undismissed PII. Issue reported by Brian Dietz, NCSU Libraries.

Bulk Reviewer 0.2.0 release candidate 2

v0.2.0-rc2

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Bulk Reviewer 0.2.0 release candidate 1

v0.2.0-rc1

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Bulk Reviewer 0.1.0

First release of Bulk Reviewer for macOS and Linux