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Release Notes

1.2.4

25 Oct 2025

  • Bug: fixed unable to extract legacy files

1.2.3

24 Oct 2025

  • Enhancement: if you specify a file, does not tar first, encodes directly
  • Tweak: File size shows in GB not bytes

1.2.2

20 Oct 2025

  • Feature: checks available disk space before creating or extracting archive
  • Feature: --ignore-size flag (which will skip above feature)

1.2.1

29 Apr 2025

Bug: Verify feature: fixed incorrect reporting around data corruption if users sets own par value during creation

1.2.0

29 Apr 2025*

Breaking changes: archives created in this version cannot be extracted or verified by previous versions; however, backward compatability still exists: previous archives created by all arcK versions can be restored and verifed

I am pleased to annouch a new branch. Version 1.2 now allows you to split large part files, making it easy to upload to cloud storage.

  • New metadata file layout more
  • Increased verbose output in debug mode more
  • Feature: custom part files; new flags --files X --par X more
  • Feature: legancy mode to extract archives created in previous version more
  • Reduced verbose output in normal mode
  • Bug: fixed overwriting of file if same name given during creation

1.1.6

14 Apr 2025

  • Feature: Added ability to enter debug mode with flag -debug
  • Bug: Fixed display bug which reports a mixture of missing and failed can still be restored
  • Added URL to aid users understand fail or missing error

1.1.5

06 Apr 2025

Breaking changes: archives created in this version cannot be extracted or verified by previous versions; however, backward compatability still exists: previous archives created by all arcK versions can be restored and verifed from 1.1.5 onwards

  • Allows additional metadata in the future to m file
  • Fixes critcal bug that crashes if m file does not exist or broken

1.1.4

05 Apr 2025

  • If no project specified, then will be name of file or directory
  • Built with go version 1.24.2
  • Minor text tweaks

1.1.3

  • No new features; new year bump

1.1.2

27 Oct 2024

  • Added skip flag (skips verification checks during restore)
  • Improved a few info messages and error messages during restore should failure occur

1.1.1

19 Oct 2024

  • Fixed deb package. Conflicting package called ark already exists. Change to arck
  • Changed project name, arcK

1.1.0

13 Oct 2024

  • New wizard
  • Minor tweaks and fixes

1.0.0

12 Oct 2024

Welcome to the first release of ark. We hope you find it useful.