Changes in version 1.1.0 (2026-03-23)                  

New Features

  - Added create_bids_sidecar_metadata() function to create BIDS sidecar
    from metadata without using any processed datasets. The old
    create_bids_sidecar() function is now renamed to
    create_bids_sidecar_data().
  - Added get_all_releases() and get_latest_release() functions to
    retrieve information about all data releases, the latest release,
    respectively.
  - Added a validation step in join_tabulated() that checks if the
    specified release version is the same as the data version of files
    in the dir_data directory. This is done by searching for a special
    file by study that contains the correct session IDs for that
    release. If this file is not found, users will get a warning message
    and futher validation is skipped. If the file is found but the
    session IDs do not match, an error is raised.
  - Added add_custom_metadata() function to allow users to add their own
    metadata to the NBDCtools environment. This is useful for users who
    have their own metadata. A new vignette "Add custom metadata" has
    been added to demonstrate how to use this function.

Other Changes

  - Updated instructions on how to install install the package from a
    release downloaded tarball file in the README.md.

                 Changes in version 1.0.2 (2025-10-05)                  

Changes

  - Removed startup check for NBDCtoolsData package, as CRAN does not
    allow skipping checks. Now the check_data_pkg_installed performs the
    check when other functions are called.
  - Data from NBDCtoolsData is now loaded into a separate environment as
    caching for faster access.
  - Added NBDCtoolsData to Suggests in DESCRIPTION file.
  - Removed is_on_cran() internal function.
  - Used @examplesIf roxygen tag to avoid examples being run on CRAN if
    NBDCtoolsData is not installed.

Bug fixes

  - Fixed in transf_factor function that caused an error when the data
    has no session_id column.

                 Changes in version 1.0.1 (2025-09-10)                  

Bug fixes

  - Fixed an error in the transf_value_to_label() function that led to
    the order of categorical levels being incorrect after transformation
    to labels.
  - Fixed an error in the join_tabulated() function that occurred if the
    first table/variable in tables_add/vars_add was static but further
    tables/variables were dynamic.

Changes

  - all join_bys in join_tabulated() are now dynamically set by
    intersecting with id_cols. Hardcoded join_by has been removed.

                        Changes in version 1.0.0                        

New Features

The initial release of the NBDCtools package.