v1.5.5

saga-soft/novelWriterv1.5.5Jan 5, 2022by vkbo

AI Summary

This is a bugfix release that resolves a crash in the backup tool occurring when project and backup paths are located on different drives on Windows.

Key Highlights

Fixed backup tool crash on Windows when paths are on different drives.

Full Release Notes

### Release Notes

This is a bugfix release that fixes an issues with the backup tool crashing the app if the project path and backup path are on different drive locations. This issue only affects Windows.

### Detailed Changelog

**Bugfixes**

* Fixed a bug with using the commonpath command in Python which will raise an error if the two paths don't have a common root. This is particularly an issue on Windows where the paths can be on different drives. The command was used in the project backup function, and has now been replaced by a safer check. Issue #954.