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+## Changes 2.4.0
+  - Read command-line options from config files `~/.hspec` and `.hspec`
+  - Add support for `--diff`
+  - Add `xit`, `xspecify`, `xdescribe` and `xcontext` (see #252)
+  - Add `--rerun-all-on-success`
+  - Report exceptions in `beforeAll` operations only once
+  - Add indentation when actual/expected contain newlines (see #263)
+  - More graceful shutdown on ctrl-c (see #270)
+  - Run around-hook for Bool and Result (see #252)
+  - Include `CHANGES.markdown` in package tarball
+
+## Changes in 2.3.2
+  - Compatibility with HUnit 1.5
+
+## Changes in 2.3.1
+  - Fix build for HUnit < 1.4
+
+## Changes in 2.3.0
+  - Proper support for GHC 8 call stacks
+
+## Changes in 2.2.4
+  - Compatibility with QuickCheck-2.9
+
+## Changes in 2.2.3
+  - Make sure that `cabal haddock` works for `hspec-discover`
+  - Forward compatibility for HUnit 1.4
+  - Fix tests for GHC 8.0.1-rc1
+
+## Changes in 2.2.2
+  - Fix compilation for GHC 8.0.1-rc1
+
+## Changes in 2.2.1
+  - Make sure that Vim's default `errorformat` recognizes exact locations
+  - GHCJS compatibility
+
+## Changes in 2.2.0
+  - Add source locations to test `Result`
+
+## Changes in 2.1.10
+  - GHC 7.0.* compatibility
+
+## Changes in 2.1.9
+  - Make use of GHC 7.10.2 source locations
+  - Add `--jobs`
+
+## Changes in 2.1.8
+  - Depend on `hspec-expectations-0.7.0"
+
+## Changes in 2.1.7
+  - Add `beforeAll_`
+
+## Changes in 2.1.6
+  - If there were no previous failures, run all spec items on `--rerun`
+
+## Changes in 2.1.5
+  - Compatibility with QuickCheck-2.8
+
+## Changes in 2.1.4
+  - Make `hspec-discover` ignore modules with invalid module names, this fixes
+    issues with `flycheck`'s temporary files
+
+## Changes in 2.1.3
+  - Format source locations like gcc does
+
+## Changes in 2.1.2
+  - Re-export `before_` from `Test.Hspec`
+
+## Changes in 2.1.1
+  - Add `before_`
+  - Add command-line option `--skip`
+
+## Changes in 2.1.0
+  - Generalize `after_`, `afterAll_` and `around_`
+
+## Changes in 2.0.2
+  - Indent error messages for failed examples (fixes #186)
+  - Export `defaultParams` from `Test.Hspec.Core.Example`
+  - Bring back `Test.Hspec.HUnit` and deprecate it to provide a smother upgrade
+    path
+
+## Changes in 2.0.1
+  - Add missing extra source files to for `hspec-discover`
+
+## Changes in 2.0.0
+  - Split package into `hspec`, `hspec-core` and `hspec-discover`
+  - Allow hooks (`before`, `around`, etc.) to pass arguments to spec items
+  - Do not print `-` in front of spec items with `specdoc` formatter
+  - Move `Test.Hspec.HUnit` to `hspec-contrib`
+
+## Changes in 1.12.4
+  - Add `specGroup` and `specItem` to `Test.Hspec.Core`
+  - Deprecate `Test.Hspec.Core.it` and `Test.Hspec.Core.describe`
+
+## Changes in 1.12.3
+  - Make `hspec-discover` work with `-XNoImplicitPrelude`
+
+## Changes in 1.12.2
+  - Include `IOErrorType` when printing uncaught `IOException`s (see #204)
+
+## Changes in 1.12.1
+  - Add `--module-name` flag to `hspec-discover` (see #168)
+
+## Changes in 1.12.0
+  - Add optional source location to spec items
+  - Move item requirement text from `SpecItem` constructor to `Item` data type
+  - Remove `BuildSpecs` constructor from `SpecTree`, having `runIO` this is not
+    really needed
+  - Add `mapSpecTree` to `Test.Hspec.Core`
+  - Add `afterAll` (see #188)
+  - Do not return `Result` from `hspecWith` and accept command-line arguments
+    (the old behavior is still available as `hspecWithResult`)
+  - Rename `configHandle` to `configOutputFile`
+  - Omit empty `describe` groups from report
+  - Do not pass position to `Formatter.exampleGroupStarted` (we can not support
+    this with the upcomming cleanup actions #188)
+  - Do not print empty lines before/after spec groups
+  - Deprecate `Test.Hspec.Formatters.newParagraph`
+
+## Changes in 1.11.4
+  - Make test suite independent from QuickCheck seed (see #187)
+
+## Changes in 1.11.3
+  - Depend on `hspec-expectations-0.6.1`
+
+## Changes in 1.11.2
+  - Add `beforeAll`
+
+## Changes in 1.11.1
+ - Add `specify` as an alias for `it`
+
+## Changes in 1.11.0
+ - Add `BuildSpecs` constructor to internal `SpecTree` data structure.  This
+   allows you to do `IO` while constructing the spec tree.
+ - Add `runIO`
+
+## Changes in 1.10.0
+ - Do not use exception type to distinguish between synchronous/asynchronous
+   exceptions (thanks to Michael Snoyman)
+ - Remove `Example` instance for `Test.HUnit.Test` (#101), use
+   `Test.Hspec.HUnit.fromHUnitTest` instead.
+ - Do not reexport `property` from `Test.Hspec.QuickCheck`
+ - Move `ProgressCallback` out of `Params`
+ - Add show instance for `Params`
+ - Move requirement text from `Item` to `SpecItem` constructor
+ - Remove deprecated modules and functions
+
+## Changes in 1.9.5
+ - Make sure that ctrl-c works properly with GHC 7.8.* and QuickCheck-2.6
+
+## Changes in 1.9.4
+ - Compatibility with transformers-0.4.0.0
+
+## Changes in 1.9.3
+ - Make internal Tree data structure more strict (#169)
+
+## Changes in 1.9.2
+ - Print type of exceptions that are raised from QuickCheck properties (#94)
+
+## Changes in 1.9.1
+ - Bring back compatibility with older versions of QuickCheck (#166)
+
+## Changes in 1.9.0
+ - Depend on QuickCheck 2.7
+
+## Changes in 1.8.3
+ - Do not use color if `TERM=dumb` (see #158)
+
+## Changes in 1.8.2
+ - `hspec-discover` now accepts `--no-main` which results in a top-level spec
+   being generated instead of a test driver (thanks @DanielG)
+ - Make sure that `after` is run on failing tests (see #159)
+
+## Changes in 1.8.1
+ - Add `shouldMatchList`
+
+## Changes in 1.8.0
+ - Run `before`/`after`/`around` for each single check of a QuickCheck property
+ - Add `Test.Hspec.Core.mapSpecItem`
+ - Add `modifyMaxSuccess`, `modifyMaxDiscardRatio` and `modifyMaxSize` to
+   `Test.Hspec.QuickCheck`
+ - Don't fail if callback is not called in `around`
+ - `hspec-discover`: Remove `--nested` option
+ - `hspec-discover`: Ignore `Spec.hs`/`Spec.lhs`
+
+## Changes in 1.7.2
+ - Add `after` and `around`
+
+## Changes in 1.7.1
+ - Add `shouldContain` (thanks to Alfredo Di Napoli)
+ - When printing progress, skip total if it is 0
+ - Do not colorize the description/requirement in failure list
+
+## Changes in 1.7.0
+ - Add `--depth` for use with `hspec-smallcheck`
+
+## Change in 1.6.2
+ - Add `before`
+ - Add `--qc-max-discard` and `--qc-max-size`
+
+## Changes in 1.6.1
+ - Allow to specify the output file with `--out`
+
+## Changes in 1.6.0
+ - Add support for parallelization
+ - Change license to MIT
+ - Add MonadIO instance for FormatM
+ - Add support for custom formatters to hspec-discover
+ - Add hspecResult
+ - Rename `--re-run` to `--rerun` + add documentation (#95)
+ - Remove `configVerbose`
+ - Use same `--qc-max-success` on `--rerun` (#125)
+ - Add command-line option `--no-color`, `--color` does not accept arguments
+   anymore (#130)
+
+## Changes in 1.5.4
+ - Make sure that QuickCheck is never chatty
+ - Make sure progress for QuickCheck examples is shown
+
+## Changes in 1.5.3
+ - Print "Randomized with seed ..." only once
+
+## Changes in 1.5.2
+ - Add `--seed`, it can be used to specify the seed for QuickCheck properties
+ - Reuse previous seed on `--re-run`
+
+## Changes in 1.5.1
+ - Depend on quickcheck-io
+
+## Changes in 1.5.0
+ - Allow to use expectations as QuickCheck properties (#80)
+ - Do not suppress output to `stdout`
+ - Change type of `pending` to `Expectation`, add `pendingWith` (#121)
+ - Add the `example` function, it fixes the type of an Expectation (#86)
+ - Rename `--fast-fail` to `--fail-fast` (for consistency with RSpec)
+ - Do not clutter Cabal test suite logs with QuickCheck output (#112)
+ - Skip redundant output from QuickCheck failure messages (#102)
+
+## Changes in 1.4.5
+ - hspec-discover now discovers .lhs files, too
+
+## Changes in 1.4.4
+ - Visually distinguish error message from requirements in the summary (#100)
+ - Export `formatException` from `Test.Hspec.Formatters`
+ - Add `--fast-fail` (#82)
+ - Print a summary on UserInterrupt/ctrl-c (#107)
+
+## Changes in 1.4.3
+ - Add `--dry-run` (#111)
+
+## Changes in 1.4.2
+ - Properly handle ctrl-c while running QuickCheck properties (#93)
+ - Default to `--color=always` when `--color` is used without argument (#106)
+ - treat `--qc-max-success` as an alias for `--maximum-generated-tests`
+
+## Changes in 1.4.1
+ - Used CPU time is now only included in the test summary if run with
+   `--print-cpu-time`.
+
+## Changes in 1.4.0
+ - We now have a manual at http://hspec.github.io/.  The sources are in
+   `doc/`.  It's still work in progress.  Contributions are very welcome!
+ - The Haddock documentation now indicates the stability of each exposed
+   module.  `Test.Hspec` is now considered stable.
+ - `hspec` now supports command-line options
+   - `--color` can be used to enable/disable colored output
+   - `--format` can be used to pick a specific formatter
+   - `--html` can be used to produce an HTML report
+   - `--maximum-generated-tests` can be used to specify QuickCheck's
+     `maxSuccess`
+   - `--match` only runs spec items that match a given string
+   - `--re-run` only runs spec items that previously failed.  This is
+     undocumented,
+     experimental and only works within GHCi (use `:reload` / `:main`)!
+ - Runner functions exported from `Test.Hspec.Runner` new expect a monadic
+   spec.
+ - `fromHUnitTest` has been added.  It can be used to run existing HUnit test
+   suites with Hspec.
+ - The `Example` instance for HUnit `Test`s has been deprecated.
+   `fromHUnitTest` can be used instead.  The primary motivation is, that
+   `fromHUnitTest` gives more detailed reporting for nested HUnit test suites.
+ - `Test.Hspec.Monadic` has been deprecated, all functionality is available
+   through one of `Test.Hspec`, `Test.Hspec.Core` or `Test.Hspec.Runner`.
+ - More of Hspec's internals are now exposed from `Test.Hspec.Core`
+ - All runner functions for the core spec type (aka as non-monadic spec) have
+   been deprecated, use e.g. `Test.Hspec.hspec . fromSpecList` instead.  The
+   motivation is to provide an API that does not expose colliding names.
+ - Some other stuff from `Test.Hspec.Core` that collides with other parts of
+   the API has been deprecated.  Compatible alternatives are given in each
+   deprecation message.
+ - The default formatter now produces less whitespace (#73) + other minor
+   improvements
+ - The formatter API has been revamped.
+ - The exception type is now printed if an example fails due to an exception
+   (#50)
+ - The number of pending examples is now printed after each test run (#85)
+ - `--verbose` has been added (#87)
+
+## Changes in 1.3.0
+
+ - `Test.Hspec` now re-exports the monadic API.  If you still use the
+   non-monadic API, you can use `Test.Hspec.Core` as a drop-in replacement.
+
+ - `hspec-expectations`, a set of combinators that allow to express
+   expectations about the outcome of code examples, is now included with Hspec.
+   Have a look at the [README of `hspec-expectations`]
+   (https://github.com/sol/hspec-expectations#readme)
+   for a short introduction.
+
+ - `hspec-discover`, a mechanism for automatic spec discovery, is now an
+   official part of Hspec.
+   Have a look at [`hspec-discover`'s README]
+   (https://github.com/hspec/hspec/tree/master/hspec-discover#readme)
+   for a short introduction.
+
+## Changes in 1.2.0
+
+ - `hspec` has been removed, and `hspecX` has been renamed to `hspec` (see
+   [#71](https://github.com/hspec/hspec/issues/71))
+
+ - `hHspec` now returns a summary of the test run.
+
+ - The time reporting after a test run is not colored anymore.
+
+## Changes in 1.1.3
+
+ - `Test.Hspec` warns now about future changes: It will re-export
+   `Test.Hspec.Monadic` in the future.  If you still use the non-monadic API,
+   you can either use `Test.Hspec.Core` as a drop-in replacement, or migrate your
+   code to the monadic API.
+
+   The monadic API is more stable and easier to use.  Now is a good time to
+   switch!
+
+ - `Test.Hspec.Core` is now a proper superset of `Test.Hspec`
+
+## Changes in 1.1.2
+
+ * All descriptions of nested examples are now included in summary for failing
+   examples
+
+ * `context` is now an alias for `describe`
+
+## Changes in 1.1.1
+
+ * Specs from Test.Hspec.Monadic has been renamed to Spec.  For backward
+   compatibility Specs is still kept as an alias.
+
+## Changes in 1.1.0
+
+### The reason for pending examples is now optional
+
+With this change, both of the following code snippets work.
+
+```haskell
+it "some behavior" $
+  pending  -- no reason given
+```
+
+```haskell
+it "some other behavior" $
+  pending "some reason"
+```
+
+### Hspec does not rely on ExistentialQuantification anymore
+
+### The type used to represent specs is now abstract
+
+This should give more useful error messages when adapting old specs that use
+the non-monadic API for `hspec-1.0`/`hspec-1.1`.
+
+### Several internal types and functions have been deprecated
+
+Those are internal functions, and they will be removed/hidden with the next
+release.  If you use any of those, update your code.  If you really need them,
+[open a ticket](https://github.com/hspec/hspec/issues) and describe your use
+case.
+
+## Changes in 1.0.0
+
+### Hspec now re-uses QuickCheck's property function
+
+`Test.Hspec.QuickCheck.property` is now simply a re-exports of
+`Test.QuickCheck.property`.  This has the advantage that you do not get a name
+collision if you import both, `Test.Hspec.QuickCheck` and `Test.QuickCheck`.
+
+### Better support for nested specs
+
+*NOTE: This is a breaking change to the non-monadic API.  The monadic API is
+not affected.*
+
+In some situations parent descriptions for nested specs were not included in
+the generated report.  Solving this required a change to the data structure
+that is used to represent specs (it was not a proper tree, now it is).
+
+#### Updating specs that use the non-monadic API
+
+The runner functions (`hspec`, `hspecB` and `hspecX`) now take a list of
+descriptions.
+
+The following works with `hspec-0.9`, but not with `hspec-1.0`.
+
+```haskell
+main = hspecX $
+  describe "reverse" [
+    it "reverses a list" $
+      reverse [1, 2, 3] == [3, 2, 1],
+
+    it "gives the original list, if applied twice" $ property $
+      \xs -> reverse (reverse xs) == (xs :: [Int])
+  ]
+
+```
+
+For `hspec-1.0`, you need to wrap it into a list.
+
+```haskell
+main = hspecX [
+    describe "reverse" [
+      it "reverses a list" $
+        reverse [1, 2, 3] == [3, 2, 1],
+
+      it "gives the original list, if applied twice" $ property $
+        \xs -> reverse (reverse xs) == (xs :: [Int])
+    ]
+  ]
+```
+
+Specs consisting of several *desribes*, combined with `descriptions`, continue
+to work unchanged.  But `descriptions` is now a noop, and it will be removed in
+a future release.  So it is a good idea to drop it.
+
+The following works with both `hspec-0.9` and `hspec-1.0`.
+
+```haskell
+main = hspecX $ descriptions [  -- descriptions is redundant
+    describe "Foo" [
+      it "has some behavior" True
+    ]
+  , describe "Bar" [
+      it "has some behavior" True
+    ]
+  ]
+```
+
+But the following is recommended instead.
+
+```haskell
+main = hspecX [
+    describe "Foo" [
+      it "has some behavior" True
+    ]
+  , describe "Bar" [
+      it "has some behavior" True
+    ]
+  ]
+```
+
+### A new monadic API for custom Formatters
+
+For all the details, have a look at the [docs]
+(http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/hspec/latest/doc/html/Test-Hspec-Formatters.html).
+
+
+### The total time required to run a spec is now included in the summary
+
+In addition to the used CPU time, the total time required to run a spec is now
+include in the summary.  This is useful for specs that do non-CPU-intensive
+stuff, or fork subprocesses.
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) 2011-2015 Simon Hengel <sol@typeful.net>
+Copyright (c) 2011-2017 Simon Hengel <sol@typeful.net>
 Copyright (c) 2011-2012 Trystan Spangler <trystan.s@comcast.net>
 Copyright (c) 2011-2011 Greg Weber <greg@gregweber.info>
 
diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,1 +0,0 @@
-See https://github.com/hspec/hspec/blob/master/CHANGES.markdown
diff --git a/hspec.cabal b/hspec.cabal
--- a/hspec.cabal
+++ b/hspec.cabal
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 
 name:             hspec
-version:          2.3.2
+version:          2.4.0
 license:          MIT
 license-file:     LICENSE
-copyright:        (c) 2011-2015 Simon Hengel,
+copyright:        (c) 2011-2017 Simon Hengel,
                   (c) 2011-2012 Trystan Spangler,
                   (c) 2011 Greg Weber
 maintainer:       Simon Hengel <sol@typeful.net>
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
                   The Hspec Manual is at <http://hspec.github.io/>.
 
 extra-source-files:
-    changelog
+    CHANGES.markdown
 
 source-repository head
   type: git
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
       src
   build-depends:
       base == 4.*
-    , hspec-core == 2.3.2
-    , hspec-discover == 2.3.2
+    , hspec-core == 2.4.0
+    , hspec-discover == 2.4.0
     , hspec-expectations == 0.8.2.*
     , transformers >= 0.2.2.0
     , QuickCheck >= 2.5.1
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@
       Test.Hspec.DiscoverSpec
   build-depends:
       base == 4.*
-    , hspec-core == 2.3.2
-    , hspec-discover == 2.3.2
+    , hspec-core == 2.4.0
+    , hspec-discover == 2.4.0
     , hspec-expectations == 0.8.2.*
     , transformers >= 0.2.2.0
     , QuickCheck >= 2.5.1
diff --git a/src/Test/Hspec.hs b/src/Test/Hspec.hs
--- a/src/Test/Hspec.hs
+++ b/src/Test/Hspec.hs
@@ -17,16 +17,28 @@
 , module Test.Hspec.Expectations
 
 -- * Defining a spec
-, describe
-, context
 , it
 , specify
+, describe
+, context
 , example
-, pending
-, pendingWith
 , parallel
 , runIO
 
+-- * Pending spec items
+-- |
+-- During a test run a /pending/ spec item is:
+--
+-- 1. not executed
+--
+-- 1. reported as \"pending\"
+, pending
+, pendingWith
+, xit
+, xspecify
+, xdescribe
+, xcontext
+
 -- * Hooks
 , ActionWith
 , before
@@ -65,11 +77,3 @@
 -- >   putStrLn
 example :: Expectation -> Expectation
 example = id
-
--- | @context@ is an alias for `describe`.
-context :: String -> SpecWith a -> SpecWith a
-context = describe
-
--- | @specify@ is an alias for `it`.
-specify :: Example a => String -> a -> SpecWith (Arg a)
-specify = it
