chore: update changelog and bump to 1.8.2 version

Author: shubham-stepsecurity

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 See [VERSIONING.md](VERSIONING.md) for why the version starts at 1.8.1.
 
+## [1.8.2] - 2026-03-17
+
+### Added
+- `--search-dirs DIR [DIR...]` flag to scan specific directories instead of `$HOME` (replaces default; repeatable)
+  - Accepts multiple directories in a single flag: `--search-dirs /tmp /opt /var`
+  - Supports repeated use: `--search-dirs /tmp --search-dirs /opt`
+  - Quoted paths with spaces work: `--search-dirs "/path/with spaces"`
+
 ## [1.8.1] - 2026-03-10
 
 First open-source release. The scanning engine was previously an internal enterprise tool (v1.0.0-v1.8.1) running in production. This release adds community mode for local-only scanning while keeping the enterprise codebase intact.
@@ -36,4 +44,5 @@ First open-source release. The scanning engine was previously an internal enterp
 - Execution log capture and base64 encoding
 - Instance locking to prevent concurrent runs
 
+[1.8.2]: https://github.com/step-security/dev-machine-guard/compare/v1.8.1...v1.8.2
 [1.8.1]: https://github.com/step-security/dev-machine-guard/releases/tag/v1.8.1

examples/sample-output.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "agent_version": "1.8.1",
+  "agent_version": "1.8.2",
   "scan_timestamp": 1741305600,
   "scan_timestamp_iso": "2026-03-07T00:00:00Z",
   "device": {
@@ -133,4 +133,4 @@
     "mcp_configs_count": 2,
     "node_projects_count": 0
   }
-}
+}

stepsecurity-dev-machine-guard.sh

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # SECTION 2: VERSION AND CLI DEFAULTS
 #==============================================================================
 
-AGENT_VERSION="1.8.1"
+AGENT_VERSION="1.8.2"
 
 # Output configuration (set by CLI flags)
 OUTPUT_FORMAT="pretty"  # pretty | json | html