v1.12.0

met4citizen/TalkingHeadv1.12.0Feb 28, 2026by yamadashy

AI Summary

This release delivers significant performance improvements and a smoother CLI experience, featuring faster startup times, optimized file collection, and reduced package size.

Key Highlights

Enabled Node.js V8 compile cache for approximately 10% faster startup time
Introduced auto-detection of remote GitHub/GitLab URLs without the --remote flag
Optimized file collection using a UTF-8 fast path and promise pool
Replaced ZIP archive download with streaming tar.gz extraction for better large file handling
Reduced npm package size by 50% by removing unused source maps

New Features

Auto-detection of remote repository URLs in positional arguments
Node.js V8 compile cache for faster module loading
Optimized file collection with UTF-8 fast path and promise pool
Streaming tar.gz extraction for remote repositories
Reduced npm package size from 2.4MB to 1.2MB

Full Release Notes

This release brings significant performance improvements across the board—faster startup, optimized file collection, and reduced package size—along with a smoother CLI experience for remote repositories!

## What's New 🚀

### Auto-detect Remote URLs Without `--remote` Flag (#1145)

You can now pass GitHub URLs directly as positional arguments without the `--remote` flag:

```bash
# Before
repomix --remote https://github.com/user/repo

# Now also works!
repomix https://github.com/user/repo
```

The CLI automatically detects explicit remote URLs (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, etc.) in positional arguments and treats them as remote repository targets.

## Improvements ⚡

### Node.js Module Compile Cache for Faster Startup (#1181)

Enabled Node.js V8 compile cache (available in Node.js 22.8.0+) for approximately **10% faster startup time**. The compiled module cache is stored automatically and speeds up subsequent launches.

### Optimized File Collection with UTF-8 Fast Path (#1155)

Improved file collection performance with two key optimizations:
- **UTF-8 fast path**: Skips expensive encoding detection for files that are valid UTF-8, which covers the vast majority of source code files
- **Promise pool**: Replaced worker threads with a lightweight promise pool for better concurrency control

### Streaming tar.gz Extraction for Remote Repositories (#1153)

Replaced ZIP archive download with **streaming tar.gz extraction** for remote repository operations:
- Better handling of large repositories

### Smaller npm Package (#1092)

Removed unused source maps from the npm package, reducing `lib/` size from **2.4MB to 1.2MB** (~50% reduction).

## Bug Fixes 🐛

### Skip Retry on Archive Extraction Error (#1149)

Fixed an issue where archive extraction errors would trigger unnecessary retries. Extraction errors are now treated as non-retryable, providing faster error feedback.

## How to Update

```bash
npm update -g repomix
```

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