Summary of releases#

[Unreleased]#

Python interface#

  • [#420] Raise TypeError when a given cell is invalid

  • [#420] Add type annotation for cell

Main Changes#

  • Separated the CMake sub-projects to be buildable as standalone projects with pre-installed Spglib C library: test, python, fortran

  • Bumped minimum CMake version to 3.20 (Note: previously the project was not tested for the minimum CMake version)

  • Migrated the example and package test to the ctest test-suite

  • Properly mark all deprecated functions where possible

C Interface#

  • Mark deprecated api with [[deprecated]] and pre-C23 equivalents

C interface#

  • Explicitly mark public API for export

Python API#

  • Fixed the Python module build and installation in the pure CMake environment (without scikit-build-core)

  • Use importlib to search and load the bundled spglib C library

  • Support editable installs

CI#

  • [#425] - Update to codecov v4

  • [#402] - Bump artifact actions to v4

  • [#402] - Build and inspect python sdist

v2.3.1 (10 Feb. 2024)#

Fortran API#

  • [#421] - Allow importing Fortran API when library/consumer compilers differ

  • [#421] - Fix building Fortran API from exported spglib_f08.F90

Fixes#

  • [#423] - Update DynamicVersion to v0.4.1. Fixes CMake build when git repository does not have a tag

  • [#426] - Fix Windows installation path

CI#

  • [#422] - Update to ci-build-wheel v2.16

Documentation#

  • [#408] doc: Add homebrew and spack badges

v2.3.0 (27 Jan. 2024)#

Features#

  • Version is now calculated dynamically from commit information

    • version is the X.Y.Z version format of Spglib

    • version_full is the full version formatted like guess-next-dev from [setuptools-scm]

    • commit is the commit used when building the Spglib library

Fixes (layer group)#

  • [#378] - fix(database): add missing unique axis choices

  • [#379] - fix #377 (symmetry): fix matrix pattern for layer groups

Fixes (magnetic space group)#

  • [#382] - Fix comparison of translation parts in MSG type identification

CMake interface#

  • Exporting Spglib_VERSION_FULL and Spglib_COMMIT CMake variables

C interface#

  • Added spg_get_verison, spg_get_verison_full, spg_get_commit

Python interface#

  • [#376] Dropped Python 3.7 support

  • [#386] - Drop ASE Atoms-style input

  • Deprecating get_version in favor of __version__ and get_spg_version

  • Added spg_get_version, spg_get_version_full, spg_get_commit to get the version/commit of the spglib C library that is being used by the binding

  • __version__ now reports the version of the python interface

Fortran interface#

  • [#396] - feat: Reorganize Fortran interface

    • Added spg_get_version, spg_get_version_full, spg_get_commit to get the version/commit of the spglib C library that is being used by the binding

    • Added version, version_full, commit variables containing the version/commit of the Fortran bindings

Documentation#

  • [#361] - ci: Add doc-test

  • [#387] - Merge and migrate Python API documents into docstring

  • [#391] - Fix quick for autodoc2 render plugin

  • [#401] - fix: RTD build

Refactoring#

  • [#271] - Fully dynamic version from git-tag

  • [#392] - Replace linter and formatter with ruff and mypy

CI#

  • [#356] - Use downstream tmt tests

  • [#362] - ci: Reorganize CI

  • [#393] - ci: Enable testing for Fedora 38

v2.2.0 (6 Dec. 2023)#

This minor release includes update of crystallographic databases to adopt the latest editions of International Tables for Crystallography:

Table of the new Hall symbols for space groups in spglib

hall_number

spg_database (previous)

spg_database (new)

40

A -2yac

A -2yab

43

C -2ybc

C -2yac

46

B -2bc

B -2ab

49

A -2ac

A -2ab

52

C -2xbc

C -2xac

55

B -2xbc

B -2xab

91

-A 2yac

-A 2yab

94

-C 2ybc

-C 2yac

97

-B 2bc

-B 2ab

100

-A 2ac

-A 2ab

103

-C 2xbc

-C 2xac

106

-B 2xbc

-B 2xab

191

A 2 -2c

A 2 -2b

192

B 2 -2c

B 2 -2a

193

B -2c 2

B -2a 2

194

C -2b 2

C -2a 2

195

C -2b -2b

C -2a -2a

196

A -2c -2c

A -2b -2b

203

A 2 -2ac

A 2 -2ab

204

B 2 -2bc

B 2 -2ab

205

B -2bc 2

B -2ab 2

206

C -2bc 2

C -2ac 2

207

C -2bc -2bc

C -2ac -2ac

208

A -2ac -2ac

A -2ab -2ab

304

-C 2bc 2

-C 2ac 2

305

-C 2bc 2bc

-C 2ac 2ac

306

-A 2ac 2ac

-A 2ab 2ab

307

-A 2 2ac

-A 2 2ab

308

-B 2 2bc

-B 2 2ab

309

-B 2bc 2

-B 2ab 2

316

-C 2b 2

-C 2a 2

317

-C 2b 2b

-C 2a 2a

318

-A 2c 2c

-A 2b 2b

319

-A 2 2c

-A 2 2b

320

-B 2 2c

-B 2 2a

321

-B 2c 2

-B 2a 2

322

C 2 2 -1bc

C 2 2 -1ac

323

-C 2b 2bc

-C 2a 2ac

324

C 2 2 -1bc

C 2 2 -1ac

325

-C 2b 2c

-C 2a 2c

326

A 2 2 -1ac

A 2 2 -1ab

327

-A 2a 2c

-A 2a 2b

328

A 2 2 -1ac

A 2 2 -1ab

329

-A 2ac 2c

-A 2ab 2b

330

B 2 2 -1bc

B 2 2 -1ab

331

-B 2bc 2b

-B 2ab 2b

332

B 2 2 -1bc

B 2 2 -1ab

333

-B 2b 2bc

-B 2b 2ab

440

P 31 2c (0 0 1)

P 31 2 (0 0 4)

442

P 32 2c (0 0 -1)

P 32 2 (0 0 2)

472

P 61 2 (0 0 -1)

P 61 2 (0 0 5)

474

P 62 2c (0 0 1)

P 62 2 (0 0 4)

475

P 64 2c (0 0 -1)

P 64 2 (0 0 2)

515

F -4c 2 3

F -4a 2 3

524

-F 4c 2 3

-F 4a 2 3

527

F 4d 2 3 -1cd

F 4d 2 3 -1ad

528

-F 4cvw 2vw 3

-F 4ud 2vw 3

Table of the new H-M symbols for space groups in spglib

hall_number

spg_database (previous)

spg_database (new)

494

P m 3

P m -3

495

P n 3

P n -3

496

P n 3

P n -3

497

F m 3

F m -3

498

F d 3

F d -3

499

F d 3

F d -3

500

I m 3

I m -3

501

P a 3

P a -3

502

I a 3

I a -3

Table of the new Hall symbols for layer groups in spglib

layer group hall number

spg_database (previous)

spg_database (new)

62

c -2b -2b

c -2a -2a

63

c -2b 2

c -2a 2

81

-c 2b 2

-c 2a 2

In addition, this minor release includes a range of improvements across documentation, crystallographic database fixes, magnetic space group fixes, refactoring of the C codebase, enhancements to the Fortran and Julia interfaces, and continuous integration (CI) improvements.

Documentation#

  • [#369] - Minor update of variable.md

  • [#355] - Fix example wrong results in definition.md

  • [#343] - Fix BNS number in API example

  • [#257] - Improve release documentation

  • [#332] - Clarify definition of primitive_lattice for MSG

Fixes (crystallographic database)#

  • [#367] - Fix arithmetic crystal class for -6m2P and -62mP

  • [#360] - Fix typo for arithmetic crystal class 6/mmmP

  • [#317] - fix #155 refactor(database): standardize Hall symbols

Fixes (magnetic space group)#

  • [#371] - Fix order of primitive basis for get_magnetic_symmetry

  • [#349] - Check pointer to magnetic dataset before free

C codebase Refactoring#

  • [#347] - Minor simplification of trim_cell

  • [#339] - Increase max attempts for reduced cells

Fortran interface#

  • [#357] - fix: Fortran pkg-config file

  • [#342] - Tests for noncollinear case and spg_get_symmetry_with_site_tensors of fortran interface

  • [#337] - Add Fortran interface and Fortran interface tests

  • [#333] - Add magnetic dataset support in Fortran

Julia interface#

  • [#341] - fix: Julia packaging issues

  • [#340] - Add “Julia interface” to interface.md

CI and releasing#

v2.1.0 (10 Sep. 2023)#

This minor release includes a lot of improvements in build system and CI.

Documentation and examples#

  • [#242] - Update examples in C and Fortran

  • [#245] - Readthedocs

  • [#246] - Clean up and documentation fix

  • [#253] - Update documentation link

  • [#263] - Redirect GitHub pages to Read the Docs

  • [#265] - Clarify non-collinear magmoms in Python interface

  • [#283] - Document behavior for type-II magnetic crystal structure

  • [#322] - Add citation info

Fixes (layer group)#

  • [#199] - Fix a bug in layer groups.

  • [#201] - Add layer group python interface

  • [#209] - fix(layergroup): fix unique axis of monocli system

  • [#288] - Initial refactor for layer group implementation

Fixes (magnetic space group)#

  • [#267] - Validate type of MSG

C codebase Refactoring#

  • [#223] - Rename periodic_niggli_reduce to niggli_reduce_periodic

  • [#258] - Change SPGCONST to const

  • [#278] - Revive compiler warnings

  • [#281] - Fix message and remove redundant lines

  • [#284] - Ensure thread-safety

  • [#293] - Refactor debug-warning rules

Fortran interface#

  • [#216] - Fortran spg get symmetry with site tensors

  • [#224] - Change installation location of spglib_f08.mod

  • [#226] - Add fortran tests and clean cmake

  • [#227] - Quick fix: Fix fortran cmake target

  • [#230] - Add fortran interface test

  • [#232] - Add more fortran wrapper tests

Build system improvement#

  • [#210] - Improve cmake build

  • [#215] - Fix pre-commit

  • [#233] - Cmake refactoring

  • [#260] - Fix #191 again

  • [#266] - Add rpm spec file

  • [#270] - Fix codecov package dependency

  • [#272] - Fedora packaging maintenance

  • [#274] - [Temp] Disable intel toolchain

  • [#279] - Various cmake cleanups

  • [#300] - tests: Refactor testing framework

  • [#302] - Silence C warning “arrays with different qualifiers”

  • [#304] - Set C standard to C11

  • [#309] - Add pytests to ctest

Python packaging improvement#

  • [#203] - Add setup.cfg for python interface

  • [#214] - Temporary fix for scikit-build on macs

  • [#218] - Move to pyproject.toml build

  • [#229] - Minor fix of pyproject.toml

  • [#268] - Refactor python optional dependencies

  • [#269] - Python: fix packaging

CI and releasing#

  • [#241] - Improvre pre-commit and github action

  • [#250] - Use tag format for PyPi action

  • [#254] - Include an autoreleaser

  • [#275] - Change PyPI publishing to Trusted publishing

  • [#280] - fix: Hotfix Fedora CI

  • [#285] - ci: Use container with pre-installed toolchains

  • [#286] - Add windows and macos CI

  • [#287] - Refactor Github CI

  • [#294] - ci: Silence codecov until all coverage tests are uploaded

  • [#306] - ci: Add concurrency to GH actions

  • [#307] - ci: Switch to native pip instead of conda

  • [#315] - Various fixes

  • [#319] - Fix python 3.12 CI

  • [#320] - Fix target branch for packit

  • [#321] - Fix: build wheel workflow

Misc#

  • [#207] - Add benchmark for get_symmetry_dataset

V2.0.2 (6 Nov. 2022)#

  • Fix segmentation fault in spgms_get_symmetry_with_site_tensors with high symprec [#195]

  • Fix possible segmentation fault in get_magnetic_dataset with high symprec [#196]

V2.0.1 (31 Aug. 2022)#

  • Fix magnetic tolerance for judging type-II MSG (#187)

Release v2.0 and future plan#

This release contains functions to search magnetic space group types which are provided as experimental features. The behaviours of these magnetic related functions (*_magnetic_*) with respect to the tolerance parameter (symprec or mag_symprec) may be changed in the future.

We are planning to separate irreducible k-points search from spglib. At spglib version 4.0, those functions will be removed if we succeed to provide an alternative package (hopefully with better functionalities) until then.

C functions and structures#

SpglibSpacegroupType structure#

  • Add hall_number member at version 2.0

  • Used as return value of spg_get_spacegroup_type and spg_get_spacegroup_type_from_symmetry

spg_get_spacegroup_type_from_symmetry#

  • New at version 2.0

  • Replacement of spg_get_hall_number_from_symmetry

spg_get_symmetry_with_site_tensors#

  • Experimental: new at version 2.0

spg_get_magnetic_dataset#

  • Experimental: new at version 2.0

spg_get_magnetic_symmetry_from_database#

  • Experimental: new at version 2.0

spg_free_magnetic_dataset#

  • Experimental: new at version 2.0

spg_get_magnetic_spacegroup_type_from_symmetry#

  • Experimental: new at version 2.0

spg_get_hall_number_from_symmetry#

  • Deprecated at version 2.0

  • Will be removed at version 3.0

spgat_get_symmetry_with_collinear_spin#

  • Deprecated at version 2.0

  • Will be removed at version 3.0

  • Will be replaced by spgms_get_symmetry_with_collinear_spin

spg_get_ir_reciprocal_mesh#

  • Plan to make it deprecated at version 3.0

spg_get_stabilized_reciprocal_mesh#

  • Plan to make it deprecated at version 3.0

Python interface#

get_symmetry#

  • get_symmetry with is_magnetic=True is deprecated at version 2.0. Use get_magnetic_symmetry for magnetic symmetry search.

  • As of version 2.0, the behavior of get_symmetry with zero magmoms (corresponding to type-II MSG) is changed. When all magmoms are zero, the newer get_symmetry returns the same spatial symmetry with time_reversal=True and time-reversal=False. This doubles the size of symmetry operations compared to the previous version.

get_spacegroup_type#

  • hall_number member is added at version 2.0.

get_spacegroup_type_from_symmetry#

  • New at version 2.0

  • Replacement of get_hall_number_from_symmetry

get_magnetic_symmetry#

  • Experimental: new at version 2.0

get_magnetic_symmetry_dataset#

  • Experimental: new at version 2.0

get_magnetic_spacegroup_type#

  • Experimental: new at version 2.0

get_magnetic_symmetry_from_database#

  • Experimental: new at version 2.0

get_hall_number_from_symmetry#

  • Deprecated at version 2.0

  • Will be removed at version 3.0

  • Will be replaced by get_spacegroup_type_from_symmetry

get_ir_reciprocal_mesh#

  • Plan to make it deprecated at version 3.0