Commits

August 2026:

• pyproject.toml: tweak ruff config for ruff v0.16
  85b202b · 6 August · +3
• youtube: replace /v/ URLs with /watch?v= URLs
  c68d4a9 · 6 August · +24, −6
• youtube: replace /embed/ URLs with /watch?v= URLs
  edd1044 · 1 August · +15
• requirements.txt: bump dependencies
  5af6529 · 1 August · +53, −30

July 2026:

• requirements: bump the version of chives
  2b2e9db · 26 July · +2, −2

May 2026:

• test_yt-dlp_alexwlchan: remove an unnecessary pymediainfo dependency
  efd0e9c · 26 May · +2, −7
• .github: remove the now-unused GitHub Actions config
  db77c16 · 15 May · −64
• scripts: remove the pytest-cov dependency
  0b30c48 · 15 May · +7, −9
• LICENSE: add a basic license file
  76dc613 · 10 May · +19

April 2026:

• scripts: switch to standard test runner; ty for type checking; add coverage
  15955a8 · 20 April · +38, −22
• all: print output as UTF-8 rather than with HTML entities
  3f30c9d · 18 April · +1, −1
• youtube: normalise URLs; remove unneeded query parameters
  f96c4de · 18 April · +45
• all: add missing docstrings to satisfy ruff linter
  e79b606 · 18 April · +31, −13
• instagram: flush the gallery-dl cache before getting avatars
  b026e89 · 18 April · +5
• requirements: remove the hyperlink dependency
  b21bbd1 · 14 April · +16, −24
• yt-dlp_alexwlchan: use `download_image` from chives
  e995c87 · 1 April · +8, −33

March 2026:

• yt-dlp_alexwlchan: switch to `chives.fetch` for HTTP requests
  d63f9a4 · 30 March · +13, −23
• all: remove httpx as a dependency
  6f5f6e3 · 28 March · +36, −54

February 2026:

• Create a video entity with chives
  a222945 · 28 February · +22
• requirements.txt: bump all dependencies
  97b4186 · 27 February · +14, −28
• Merge pull request #39 from alexwlchan/dependabot/pip/types-yt-dlp-2026.2.21.20260223
  27284c7 · 27 February · +1, −1
• build(deps-dev): bump types-yt-dlp
  46780c1 · 23 February · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +1, −1
• Merge pull request #40 from alexwlchan/dependabot/pip/yt-dlp-curl-cffidefault--2026.2.21
  9c51e80 · 27 February · +2, −2
• build(deps): bump yt-dlp[curl-cffi,default] from 2026.2.4 to 2026.2.21
  156e31c · 23 February · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +2, −2
• Merge pull request #37 from alexwlchan/dependabot/pip/gallery-dl-1.31.6
  1fb2c14 · 9 February · +23, −9
• build(deps): bump gallery-dl from 1.31.5 to 1.31.6
  91ef541 · 9 February · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +23, −9
• Merge pull request #38 from alexwlchan/dependabot/pip/types-yt-dlp-2026.2.4.20260206
  af2cb70 · 9 February · +2, −9
• build(deps-dev): bump types-yt-dlp
  3e83001 · 9 February · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +2, −9
• requirements: bump to the latest version of yt-dlp
  7c7a390 · 5 February · +40, −15

January 2026:

• Bump all the dependencies
  a135651 · 8 January · +15, −27
• Escape some more characters
  6bf0078 · 8 January · +13, −3
• Remember to actually exclude AI-upscaled videos
  334c370 · 8 January · +4
• Merge pull request #30 from alexwlchan/dependabot/pip/gallery-dl-1.31.2
  1649481 · 5 January · +20, −8
• build(deps): bump gallery-dl from 1.31.1 to 1.31.2
  10795b6 · 5 January · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +20, −8

December 2025:

• Escape another character
  a2405be · 17 December · +1, −1
• Remember to run `ruff fmt`
  af3514e · 24 December · +1, −5
• Don't download AI upscaled videos from YouTube
  cc7d9bc · 24 December · +24, −1
• Add a missing type hint
  472817c · 24 December · +1, −1
• Download YouTube videos with no automatic subtitles
  0ba233b · 24 December · +44, −1
• Run tests in parallel with pytest-xdist
  6ef2935 · 24 December · +13, −18
• Merge pull request #29 from alexwlchan/dependabot/pip/gallery-dl-1.31.1
  9dd8b29 · 22 December · +20, −8
• build(deps): bump gallery-dl from 1.31.0 to 1.31.1
  525dc41 · 22 December · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +20, −8
• Merge pull request #28 from alexwlchan/cleanup-paths
  2be02e9 · 17 December · +59, −33
• Clean up URL-unsafe characters in filenames
  2234ced · 17 December · +37, −1
• Bump all dependencies again
  1b907c1 · 16 December · +22, −32
• Merge pull request #25 from alexwlchan/dependabot/pip/types-yt-dlp-2025.12.8.20251210
  7f53fd5 · 16 December · +1, −1
• build(deps-dev): bump types-yt-dlp
  cab079b · 15 December · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +1, −1
• Merge pull request #26 from alexwlchan/dependabot/pip/gallery-dl-1.31.0
  74400a8 · 16 December · +17, −7
• build(deps): bump gallery-dl from 1.30.10 to 1.31.0
  c077bbe · 15 December · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +17, −7
• Or Mypy
  fe7f542 · 8 December · +1
• Don't bump pytest with Dependabot
  258c9f3 · 8 December · +1

November 2025:

• Merge pull request #22 from alexwlchan/dependabot/github_actions/actions/checkout-6
  2586376 · 24 November · +1, −1
• build(deps): bump actions/checkout from 5 to 6
  b8cacb1 · 24 November · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +1, −1
• Merge pull request #20 from alexwlchan/dependabot/pip/pytest-9.0.1
  1073e81 · 17 November · +1, −1
• build(deps-dev): bump pytest from 9.0.0 to 9.0.1
  138c9e5 · 17 November · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +1, −1
• Merge pull request #21 from alexwlchan/dependabot/pip/types-yt-dlp-2025.11.12.20251115
  7ce701c · 17 November · +1, −1
• build(deps-dev): bump types-yt-dlp
  1d031dc · 17 November · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +1, −1
• Merge pull request #18 from alexwlchan/dependabot/pip/types-yt-dlp-2025.10.22.20251031
  d295cbf · 10 November · +1, −1
• build(deps-dev): bump types-yt-dlp
  685c123 · 10 November · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +1, −1
• Merge pull request #19 from alexwlchan/dependabot/pip/pytest-9.0.0
  aeebf67 · 10 November · +1, −1
• build(deps-dev): bump pytest from 8.4.2 to 9.0.0
  490ef5c · 10 November · dependabot <https://github.com/dependabot> · +1, −1

October 2025:

• .github: ignore ruff in Dependabot
  e5f6f94 · 27 October · +2
• Bump the yt-dlp dependency again
  186269d · 23 October · +2, −2
• Merge pull request #16 from alexwlchan/include-video-id
  eb5ad6a · 19 October · +5, −1
• all: include the video ID in the downloaded filenames
  3393777 · 19 October · +5, −1
• Merge pull request #14 from alexwlchan/avatars
  6d926af · 19 October · +120, −24
• all: download avatars and provide a path to downstream code
  e093e69 · 19 October · +120, −24
• instagram: remove some leftover debugging code
  7ab7c8a · 19 October · −2
• Merge pull request #12 from alexwlchan/mypy
  091a9a5 · 19 October · +45, −28
• all: add type checking with Mypy
  9246d0f · 19 October · +45, −28
• Merge pull request #8 from alexwlchan/include-upload-date
  4b36185 · 5 October · +8
• yt-dlp: include upload date in the output
  8a6f48c · 5 October · +8
• Merge pull request #6 from alexwlchan/include-video-id
  24f47f7 · 5 October · +7
• yt-dlp: include the video ID in the output
  add6ee0 · 5 October · +7
• Merge pull request #4 from alexwlchan/support-instagram
  86ecfd7 · 5 October · +84, −25
• all: add support for downloading Instagram videos
  24b8eea · 5 October · +84, −25
• yt-dlp: add a missing comment
  9a8b746 · 5 October · +2, −1
• README: add a bit more info
  0ec1ff5 · 5 October · +15
• README: add some installation instructions
  b08ad96 · 5 October · +24
• .github: disable tests in CI for now
  7ce8cd4 · 5 October · +5, −2
• README: add a bit more info
  13b0b3d · 5 October · +7
• yt-dlp: print the absolute path, not the relative path
  96e65c9 · 5 October · +86, −14
• .github: bump to the newest GitHub Actions versions
  5ad14de · 5 October · +2, −2
• yt-dlp: fix formatting
  9b04737 · 5 October · +1, −3
• all: initial commit
  1b75edc · 5 October · +245