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v2

v2.1.1

Jul 28, 2026

v2.1.0

Jul 6, 2026

v2.0.1

Jul 5, 2026

v2.0.0

Jul 1, 2026

Changes in this version

+ var ErrEmptySlice = errors.New("empty slice is not a valid value")

+ var ErrInvalidObject = errors.New("invalid object")

+ var ErrNotImplemented = errors.New("not implemented")

+ var ErrSyntax = errors.New("syntax error")

+ func Dump(obj any) (string, error)

+ type Config struct

+ AddKeysToAgent options.AddKeysToAgentOption

+ AddressFamily string

+ AppleMultiPath options.BooleanOption

+ BatchMode options.BooleanOption

+ BindAddress string

+ BindInterface string

+ CASignatureAlgorithms []string

+ CanonicalDomains []string

+ CanonicalizeFallbackLocal options.BooleanOption

+ CanonicalizeHostname options.CanonicalizeHostnameOption

+ CanonicalizeMaxDots int

+ CanonicalizePermittedCNAMEs []string

+ CertificateFile []string

+ ChannelTimeout map[string]time.Duration

+ CheckHostIP options.BooleanOption

+ Ciphers []string

+ ClearAllForwardings options.BooleanOption

+ Compression options.BooleanOption

+ ConnectTimeout time.Duration

+ ConnectionAttempts int

+ ControlMaster options.ControlMasterOption

+ ControlPath string

+ ControlPersist options.ControlPersistOption

+ DynamicForward []string

+ EnableEscapeCommandline options.BooleanOption

+ EnableSSHKeysign options.BooleanOption

+ EscapeChar options.EscapeCharOption

+ ExitOnForwardFailure options.BooleanOption

+ FingerprintHash options.FingerprintHashOption

+ ForkAfterAuthentication options.BooleanOption

+ ForwardAgent options.ForwardAgentOption

+ ForwardX11 options.BooleanOption

+ ForwardX11Timeout time.Duration

+ ForwardX11Trusted options.BooleanOption

+ GSSAPIAuthentication options.BooleanOption

+ GSSAPIDelegateCredentials options.BooleanOption

+ GatewayPorts options.BooleanOption

+ GlobalKnownHostsFile []string

+ HashKnownHosts options.BooleanOption

+ Host string

+ HostKeyAlgorithms []string

+ HostKeyAlias string

+ HostbasedAcceptedAlgorithms []string

+ HostbasedAuthentication options.BooleanOption

+ Hostname string

+ IPQoS []string

+ IdentitiesOnly options.BooleanOption

+ IdentityAgent options.IdentityAgentOption

+ IdentityFile []string

+ IgnoreUnknown []string

+ KbdInteractiveAuthentication options.BooleanOption

+ KbdInteractiveDevices []string

+ KexAlgorithms []string

+ KnownHostsCommand string

+ LocalCommand string

+ LocalForward map[string]string

+ LogLevel string

+ LogVerbose []string

+ MACs []string

+ NoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost options.BooleanOption

+ NumberOfPasswordPrompts *int

+ ObscureKeystrokeTiming options.ObscureKeystrokeTimingOption

+ PKCS11Provider string

+ PasswordAuthentication options.BooleanOption

+ PermitLocalCommand options.BooleanOption

+ PermitRemoteOpen []string

+ Port int

+ PreferredAuthentications []string

+ ProxyCommand string

+ ProxyJump []string

+ ProxyUseFdpass options.BooleanOption

+ PubkeyAcceptedAlgorithms []string

+ PubkeyAuthentication options.PubkeyAuthenticationOption

+ RekeyLimit options.RekeyLimitOption

+ RemoteCommand string

+ RemoteForward map[string]string

+ RequestTTY options.RequestTTYOption

+ RequiredRSASize *int

+ RevokedHostKeys string

+ SecurityKeyProvider string

+ SendEnv []string

+ ServerAliveCountMax *int

+ ServerAliveInterval time.Duration

+ SessionType string

+ SetEnv map[string]string

+ SmartcardDevice string

+ StdinNull options.BooleanOption

+ StreamLocalBindMask *uint

+ StreamLocalBindUnlink options.BooleanOption

+ StrictHostKeyChecking options.StrictHostKeyCheckingOption

+ SyslogFacility string

+ TCPKeepAlive options.BooleanOption

+ Tag string

+ Tunnel options.TunnelOption

+ TunnelDevice string

+ UpdateHostKeys options.UpdateHostKeysOption

+ UseKeychain options.BooleanOption

+ User string

+ UserKnownHostsFile []string

+ VerifyHostKeyDNS options.VerifyHostKeyDNSOption

+ VisualHostKey options.BooleanOption

+ XAuthLocation string

+ func ConfigFor(host string, opts ...ParserOption) (*Config, error)

+ type OptionArguments map[string]any

+ func (o OptionArguments) ApplyTo(setter *Setter) error

+ func (o OptionArguments) Copy() OptionArguments

+ func (o OptionArguments) IsSet(key string) bool

+ func (o OptionArguments) Set(key string, value any)

+ func (o OptionArguments) SetIfUnset(key string, value any)

+ func (o OptionArguments) ToArgs() []string

+ type Parser struct

+ func NewParser(r io.Reader, opts ...ParserOption) (*Parser, error)

+ func (p *Parser) Apply(obj any, host string) error

+ func (p *Parser) Reset()

+ type ParserOption func(*parserOptions)

+ func WithExecutor(e executor) ParserOption

+ func WithGlobalConfigPath(path string) ParserOption

+ func WithGlobalConfigReader(r io.Reader) ParserOption

+ func WithNoFinalize() ParserOption

+ func WithStrict() ParserOption

+ func WithUserConfigPath(path string) ParserOption

+ func WithUserConfigReader(r io.Reader) ParserOption

+ func WithUserHome(home string) ParserOption

+ type Setter struct

+ ErrorOnUnknownFields bool

+ OriginalHost string

+ func NewSetter(obj any) (*Setter, error)

+ func (s *Setter) CanonicalizeHostname() error

+ func (s *Setter) ExpandSlice(key string) ([]string, error)

+ func (s *Setter) ExpandString(key string) (string, error)

+ func (s *Setter) Finalize() error

+ func (s *Setter) HostChanged() bool

+ func (s *Setter) Reset(key string) error

+ func (s *Setter) Set(key string, values ...string) error

v2.0.0-rc.1

Jul 1, 2026

v2.0.0-beta.2

Jun 9, 2026

v2.0.0-beta.1

Jun 3, 2026

v2.0.0-alpha.3

Aug 7, 2024

v2.0.0-alpha.2

May 7, 2024