DataLad-next extension

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fix an invalid escape sequence in a regex that caused a syntax warning. Fixes https://github.com/datalad/datalad-next/issues/602 via https://github.com/datalad/datalad-next/pull/603 (by @mih)

💫 Enhancements and new features

• Speed up of status reports for repositories with many submodules. An early presence check for submodules skips unnecessary evaluation steps. Fixes https://github.com/datalad/datalad-next/issues/606 via https://github.com/datalad/datalad-next/pull/607 (by @mih)

🏠 Internal

• Fix implementation error in ParamDictator class that caused a test failure. The class itself is unused and has been scheduled for removal. See https://github.com/datalad/datalad-next/issues/611 and https://github.com/datalad/datalad-next/pull/610 (by @christian-monch)

🛡 Tests

• Promote a previously internal fixture to provide a standard modified_dataset fixture. This fixture is sessions-scope, and yields a dataset with many facets of modification, suitable for testing change reporting. The fixture verifies that no modifications have been applied to the testbed. (by @mih)

• iterable_subprocess tests have been robustified to better handle the observed diversity of execution environments. This addresseses, for example, https://bugs.debian.org/1061739. https://github.com/datalad/datalad-next/pull/614 (by @christian-monch)