2.1.6 (March 6, 2019)

v2.1.6 is a maintenance release that brings a few new improvements, most notably:

• 🚀 Reduced TypeScript rebuild times while running the development server. This was previously introduced in v2.1.4 but had to be reverted. Thanks to @ianschmitz for getting this ready.

🐛 Bug Fix

• react-dev-utils
  • #6511 Fix deploy instructions to make link clickable. (@sbimochan)
• react-scripts
  • #6472 Revert CSS sourcemaps in development. (@bugzpodder)
  • #6444 Revert "Switch to eval-source-map (#5060)". (@ianschmitz)

💅 Enhancement

• react-dev-utils, react-scripts
  • #6406 Speed up TypeScript rebuild times in development. (@ianschmitz)
• create-react-app
  • #6253 Only use yarn.lock.cached if using the default Yarn registry. (@hangryCat)
• react-scripts
  • #5457 Add forward ref to React SVG Component. (@GasimGasimzada)

📝 Documentation

• babel-preset-react-app
  • #6254 Improve Flow and TypeScript usage docs. (@saranshkataria)
• babel-preset-react-app, confusing-browser-globals, react-app-polyfill
  • #6419 Improve language used in markdown code blocks. (@cherouvim)
• create-react-app
  • #6481 Fix typo. (@adyouri)
• react-dev-utils
  • #6482 Fix typo. (@mattfwood)
• Other
  • #6438 Update source-map-explorer docs to analyze all chunks. (@Kamahl19)
  • #6454 Fix typo. (@DenrizSusam)
  • #5767 Add information about using custom registries in e2e testing #4488. (@juanpicado)
• react-dev-utils, react-scripts
  • #6239 Convert all bit.ly links from http to https. (@leighhalliday)

🏠 Internal

• #6493 Remove AppVeyor config files. (@iansu)
• #6474 Remove latest Node version from Travis config. (@iansu)

🔨 Underlying Tools

• react-scripts
  • #6387 Use contenthash instead of chunkhash for better long-term caching. (@ianschmitz)
• Other
  • #6365 Upgrade Docusaurus and enable new features. (@yangshun)

Committers: 15

• Abdelhadi Dyouri (adyouri)
• Bimochan Shrestha (sbimochan)
• Deniz Susman (DenrizSusam)
• Gasim Gasimzada (GasimGasimzada)
• Ian Schmitz (ianschmitz)
• Ian Sutherland (iansu)
• Ioannis Cherouvim (cherouvim)
• Jack Zhao (bugzpodder)
• Juan Picado @jotadeveloper (juanpicado)
• Leigh Halliday (leighhalliday)
• Martin Litvaj (Kamahl19)
• Matt Wood (mattfwood)
• Meo H. (hangryCat)
• Saransh Kataria (saranshkataria)
• Yangshun Tay (yangshun)

Migrating from 2.1.5 to 2.1.6

Inside any created project that has not been ejected, run:

npm install --save --save-exact react-scripts@2.1.6

or

yarn add --exact react-scripts@2.1.6