Changes in version 0.0.8.9016                      

                        Changes in version 0.0.8                        

Major features and improvements

  - Added a GitHub Copilot-like code suggestion adding called "Copilot."
  - Added support for more AI services: anthropic, huggingface, google
    ai studio, and ollama (local models) (in #0042b93, #f3c64c2).
  - Implemented a fully local option for AI models (in #231f2c8,
    #482157f).
  - Users can now use local embeddings as an option within the package
    (in #0042b93).
  - Improved site scraping workflow for more efficiency and better data
    retrieval (in #308c809).
  - Enhanced the package documentation index updating functions for
    smoother maintenance (in #2139bfb, #4aa2344, #0304daf).
  - Provided package options for easy switching between different AI
    models (in #2027dbb).
  - Added save options to the chat with retrieval app for better user
    experience (in #51cc6a3, #4202256).
  - Optionally execute code in the chat with retrieval app (in
    #7546037).

Bug fixes and other changes

  - Reconciled local versus OpenAI API for history tracking, ensuring
    consistency and reliability in the app's history feature (in
    #f3c64c2, #6d328b2).
  - Improved scraping of packages, exploring potential improvements in
    scraping efficiency (in #46e233a).
  - Added an "all indices" option to the app, providing users with a
    comprehensive view of indices.
  - Updated the README and pkgdown site to reflect recent changes and
    guide the users through new features (in #15a971b).
  - Improved AI services vignettes to provide more detailed and
    up-to-date documentation on using various AI services (in #0304daf).
  - Added a new vignette for package scraping, making the scraping
    process clearer for other developers.
  - Added a vignette for chat with retrieval, offering a tutorial on how
    to leverage this new feature within the package.
  - Removed dedicated azure functions and azure embedding option due to
    the new focus on fully local options (in #ea30c57, #4259474).
  - Azure OpenAI streaming added along with option to use api key and
    Azure token for auth

Developmental changes

  - Major cleanup of the codebase to remove old, unused files, and tidy
    the namespace and global variables (in #7b71ab9, #737a266,
    #5e83b2e).
  - Updated pre-commit configurations to help maintain a clean and
    consistent coding style (in #39828fb, #466830e, #32e5f1e, #423e107,
    #4c1713f).
  - Removed unnecessary dependencies such as miniUI to streamline the
    package (in #f337b32).

                        Changes in version 0.0.7                        

  - comment code
  - generate roxygen
  - suggest unit tests
  - convert a script into function(s)
  - document data

  - Added a NEWS.md file to track changes to the package.