- Issue [#48](https://github.com/guard/guard/issues/48): Adding support for inline Guard classes rather than requiring a gem. ([@jrsacks](https://github.com/jrsacks))
- Issue [#35](https://github.com/guard/guard/issues/35): Fixed open-gem/gem_open dependency problem by using `gem which` to locate guards gem path. (reported by [@thierryhenrio](https://github.com/thierryhenrio), fixed by [@thibaudgg](https://github.com/thibaudgg))
- Issue [#38](https://github.com/guard/guard/issues/38) & Pull request [#39](https://github.com/guard/guard/issues/39): Fixed an invalid ANSI escape code in `Guard::UI.reset_line`. ([@gix](https://github.com/gix))
- Issue [#28](https://github.com/guard/guard/issues/28): New `-n` command line option to disable notifications (Growl / Libnotify). ([@thibaudgg](https://github.com/thibaudgg))
- Avoid launching run_on_change guards method when no files matched. --clear guard argument is now usable. ([@thibaudgg](https://github.com/thibaudgg))
### New features:
- The whole directory is now watched during `run_on_change` to detect new files modifications. ([@thibaudgg](https://github.com/thibaudgg))
- Pull request [#26](https://github.com/guard/guard/issues/26): New DSL method: `group` allows you to group several guards. ([@netzpirat](https://github.com/netzpirat))
- Pull request [#26](https://github.com/guard/guard/issues/26): New CLI option: `--group group_name` to specify certain groups of guards to start. ([@netzpirat](https://github.com/netzpirat))
-`watch` patterns are now more strict: strings are matched with `String#==`, `Regexp` are matched with `Regexp#match`. ([@rymai](https://github.com/rymai))
- A deprecation warning is displayed if your `Guardfile` contains `String` that look like `Regexp` (bad!). ([@rymai](https://github.com/rymai))
- It's now possible to return an `Enumerable` in the `watch` optional blocks in the `Guardfile`. ([@rymai](https://github.com/rymai))
- Issue [#5](https://github.com/guard/guard/issues/5): avoid creating new copy of `fsevent_watch` every time a file is changed. (reported by [@stouset](https://github.com/stouset), fixed by [@thibaudgg](https://github.com/thibaudgg))
- Pull request [#7](https://github.com/guard/guard/issues/7): Fixes for Linux support. ([@yannlugrin](https://github.com/yannlugrin)))
- Pull request [#6](https://github.com/guard/guard/issues/6): Locate guard now chomp newline in result path. ([@yannlugrin](https://github.com/yannlugrin)))
- Issue [#3](https://github.com/guard/guard/issues/3): `guard init <guard-name>` no more need `Gemfile` but `open_gem` is required now. (reported by [@wereHamster](https://github.com/wereHamster), fixed by [@thibaudgg](https://github.com/thibaudgg))
- Issue [#2](https://github.com/guard/guard/issues/2): 1.8.6 compatibility. (reported by [@veged](https://github.com/veged), fixed by [@thibaudgg](https://github.com/thibaudgg))