NEWS.md
In sessioninfo: R Session Information

1.2.2

This version does not add an emoji hash to the output.
The source column of the output data frame of package_info() (also part of session_info()), now contains the full SHA for packages installed from GitHub, instead of only the first seven characters. This makes it easier to use the SHA programmatically. Note that this does not affect formatting and printing, which still use the abbreviated SHA. (@muschellij2, #61).
RStudio Package Manager (RSPM) and other repository sources are now shown in the source column, if they set the Repository field in DESCRIPTION.

1.2.1

package_info() and session_info() now do not fail if the version number of an installed package is invalid.
Better aliases for the list of attached, loaded and installed packages in package_inf() and session_info().

1.2.0

New function external_info(), information about external software. It can be also requested with the new info argument of session_info() (@llrs).
New function python_info(), information about Python configuration. It is automatically included in session_info() if the reticulate package is loaded and Python is available. You can also request it manually via the new info argument of session_info() (#33).
The output of session_info() now has an emoji hash, consisting of three emojis. This allows quick comparison of two session infos (#26).
All *_info() functions use ANSI colors on systems that support them. In particular, it highlights unusual package versions and sources, and possible package problems (#3).
New session_diff() function, to compare two session infos from various sources (#6).
session_info() has a new argument named info, to select which parts of the session information should be printed.
session_info() now has a to_file argument, to write the output to a file (#30).
session_inf() has a dependencies argument now, and passes it to package_info().
package_info() and session_info() can now list the attached or installed packages, see the pkgs argument in the manual for details (#42).
platform_info() and session_info() now include the Windows build number in the output (#40).
sessioninfo now never wraps the output if the screen is too narrow (#31).
All *_info() functions have a format() S3 method now.
platform_info() and session_info() now include the RStudio version if the R session is in RStudio (#29).
The source column of the package list is now more informative.

1.1.1

package_info() and session_info() now detect locally installed packages correctly if they have an empty biocViews field in `DESCRIPTION (@llrs, #25)
package_info() and session_info() now handle the case when a loaded package was removed from the disk.

1.1.0

package_info() now has a dependencies argument, to filter the type of dependent packages in the output (#22).
session_info() and package_info() now show the library search path, and also which library each package was loaded from. They also warn if the on-disk version of the package has a different path than the loaded version (#9, #20).
package_info()'s ondiskversion entry is now correct.
session_info() and package_info() now verify the MD5 hashes of DLL files on Windows, and warns for micmatches, as these are usually broken packages (#12, #16).
We use now the cli package, instead of clisymbols, and this fixes printing bugs in LaTeX documents (#14).
session_info() and platform_info() now include the LC_CTYPE locale category (@patperry, #11)
session_info() and package_info() now print source of the CRAN packages in uppercase, always, even if they were installed by devtools.
session_info() and platform_info() now handle the case when utils::sessionInfo()$running is NULL (@HenrikBengtsson, #7).
session_info() and package_info() now only list loaded versions for namespaces which are already loaded. This only makes a difference if the pkgs argument is given (#4).
Do not consult the max.print option, for platform and package info (@jennybc, #13).