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AutomaticEnv works with Unmarshal

Previously, environment variables that weren't bound manually or had no defaults could not be mapped by Unmarshal. (The problem is explained in details in this issue: #761)

#1429 introduced a solution that solves that issue.

What's Changed

Enhancements 🚀

• chore: rename files according to enabled build tags by @alexandear in https://github.com/spf13/viper/pull/1642
• test: replace ifs with asserts to simplify tests by @alexandear in https://github.com/spf13/viper/pull/1656
• ci: enable test shuffle and fix tests by @alexandear in https://github.com/spf13/viper/pull/1643
• fix: gocritic lint issues by @alexandear in https://github.com/spf13/viper/pull/1696

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Implement viper.BindStruct for automatic unmarshalling from environment variables by @krakowski in https://github.com/spf13/viper/pull/1429
• fix isPathShadowedInFlatMap type cast bug by @linuxsong in https://github.com/spf13/viper/pull/1585

Dependency Updates ⬆️

• build(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 2.21.9 to 2.22.3 by @dependabot in https://github.com/spf13/viper/pull/1661
• build(deps): bump golang.org/x/net from 0.15.0 to 0.17.0 by @dependabot in https://github.com/spf13/viper/pull/1659
• build(deps): bump actions/checkout from 4.1.0 to 4.1.1 by @dependabot in https://github.com/spf13/viper/pull/1663
• build(deps): bump actions/github-script from 6.4.1 to 7.0.1 by @dependabot in https://github.com/spf13/viper/pull/1686
• build(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 2.22.3 to 2.22.8 by @dependabot in https://github.com/spf13/viper/pull/1688
• build(deps): bump github.com/spf13/afero from 1.10.0 to 1.11.0 by @dependabot in https://github.com/spf13/viper/pull/1692
• build(deps): bump actions/dependency-review-action from 3.1.0 to 3.1.4 by @dependabot in https://github.com/spf13/viper/pull/1690
• build(deps): bump cachix/install-nix-action from 23 to 24 by @dependabot in https://github.com/spf13/viper/pull/1689
• build(deps): bump github.com/nats-io/nkeys from 0.4.5 to 0.4.6 by @dependabot in https://github.com/spf13/viper/pull/1672
• build(deps): bump github.com/spf13/cast from 1.5.1 to 1.6.0 by @dependabot in https://github.com/spf13/viper/pull/1691
• build(deps): bump github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify from 1.6.0 to 1.7.0 by @dependabot in https://github.com/spf13/viper/pull/1668
• chore: update dependencies by @sagikazarmark in https://github.com/spf13/viper/pull/1694
• chore: update crypt by @sagikazarmark in https://github.com/spf13/viper/pull/1701

Other Changes

• Add info about multiple hosts for remote config by @KaymeKaydex in https://github.com/spf13/viper/pull/1684
• refactor: drop fsonitfy wrapper by @sagikazarmark in https://github.com/spf13/viper/pull/1693
• Note Get* behavior on parse failure by @scop in https://github.com/spf13/viper/pull/1687
• fix: godot lint issues by @alexandear in https://github.com/spf13/viper/pull/1657

New Contributors

• @KaymeKaydex made their first contribution in https://github.com/spf13/viper/pull/1684
• @krakowski made their first contribution in https://github.com/spf13/viper/pull/1429
• @linuxsong made their first contribution in https://github.com/spf13/viper/pull/1585

Full Changelog: https://github.com/spf13/viper/compare/v1.17.0...v1.18.0