Changes in version 1.2.0 (2026-02-25)                  

New functions

  - FFlist(): scrapes Kenneth French's data library and returns a tidy
    data frame (or tibble) of all available datasets, with columns name
    and file_url. The name column can be passed directly to inputlist.

  - FFmatch(): previews fuzzy-match results for a given inputlist before
    downloading. Returns requested, matched, edit_distance, and
    similarity columns so users can verify matches without committing to
    a download.

  - FFget(): downloads a single dataset directly into the R session (no
    file I/O). Accepts frequency and subtable arguments to slice the
    desired sub-table. Applies na_values = c(-99, -999, -99.99) by
    default.

Enhancements to FFdownload()

  - New na_values parameter: replace French's sentinel missing-value
    codes (e.g. −99, −999, −99.99) with NA after numeric conversion.

  - New return_data parameter: when TRUE, returns the FFdata list
    invisibly in addition to saving the .RData file.

  - New action parameter: cleaner alternative to the download /
    download_only flag pair. Accepts "all", "list_only",
    "download_only", or "process_only".

  - New cache_days parameter: skips re-downloading zip files in tempd
    that are younger than the specified number of days.

  - New match_threshold parameter: emits a warning when the fuzzy-match
    similarity for any requested dataset falls below the threshold.

Enhancements to internal converters

  - converter() and converter_tbl() now accept a na_values argument and
    apply sentinel replacement after numeric conversion.

New vignette

  - Added assetpricing.Rmd: a complete empirical asset pricing workflow
    covering time-series tests (CAPM, FF3) on 25 Size×BM portfolios, the
    GRS joint test, the momentum anomaly, and Fama-MacBeth
    cross-sectional regressions under CAPM, FF3, FF4 (Carhart), and FF5
    across 100 Size×BM portfolios.

                 Changes in version 1.1.1 (2023-10-12)                  

  - Release to CRAN after previous package version has been archived due
    to a broken travis link.

                         Changes in version 1.1                         

  - Resubmit to CRAN
  - Added possibility to create list of tibbles rather than list of xts.
    Also added appropriate vignettes.

                 Changes in version 1.0.6 (2021-05-27)                  

  - Resubmit to CRAN
  - Corrected variable names to not be similar to a corresponding
    command (FFdownload -> FFdata, tempdir -> tempd). This is
    potentially a breaking change, so I additionally included a warning
    message when the package is loaded.
  - Also corrected date in converter for annual data to Dec of each
    year.
  - Additionally fixed the download/download_only problem which now
    should be working

                 Changes in version 1.0.5 (2020-10-29)                  

  - Resubmit to CRAN
  - Fixed too long line in commented example

                        Changes in version 1.0.4                        

  - Resubmit to CRAN
  - wraped examples that download in donttest{} but because cran tests
    this anyway (see
    https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63693563/issues-in-r-package-after-cran-asked-to-replace-dontrun-by-donttest)
    I also commented the second example which takes some time out (as
    dontrun() seems to also not being liked on cran)

                        Changes in version 1.0.3                        

  - Resubmit to CRAN

                        Changes in version 1.0.2                        

  - Added a NEWS.md file to track changes to the package.
  - Added slight changes suggested by CRAN