diff --git a/changelog/ignoreHiddenDirectories.dd b/changelog/ignoreHiddenDirectories.dd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a8e1bc82f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/ignoreHiddenDirectories.dd
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Hidden directories are now ignored.
+
+A hidden directory on most Posix file systems starts with a period. e.g.
+`.dub`. By default, dub ignored hidden files (e.g. `.swap.file.d`), but not
+hidden directories. Some operating systems create hidden directories that dub
+would try to include for compilation. This release now will properly ignore
+hidden directories, unless those directories are specifically named in the dub
+recipe file.
+
+Note that this uses the directory name exclusively and does not check file
+attributes.
diff --git a/changelog/lintReportFile.dd b/changelog/lintReportFile.dd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..061599491
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/lintReportFile.dd
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Dub lint now supports --report-file argument.
+
+Dub lint can now be called with --report-file argument:
+dub lint --report-file report.json
+
diff --git a/source/dub/commandline.d b/source/dub/commandline.d
index 077b9f699..c07b37b88 100644
--- a/source/dub/commandline.d
+++ b/source/dub/commandline.d
@@ -714,7 +714,6 @@ abstract class PackageBuildCommand : Command {
 		auto pack = dub.packageManager.getFirstPackage(package_name);
 		enforce(pack, "Failed to find a package named '"~package_name~"' locally.");
 		logInfo("Building package %s in %s", pack.name, pack.path.toNativeString());
-		dub.rootPath = pack.path;
 		dub.loadPackage(pack);
 		return true;
 	}
@@ -1052,6 +1051,7 @@ class LintCommand : PackageBuildCommand {
 		string m_errorFormat;
 		bool m_report = false;
 		string m_reportFormat;
+		string m_reportFile;
 		string[] m_importPaths;
 		string m_config;
 	}
@@ -1091,7 +1091,11 @@ class LintCommand : PackageBuildCommand {
 			"Specifies the format of the generated report."
 		]);
 
-		if (m_reportFormat) m_report = true;
+		args.getopt("report-file", &m_reportFile, [
+			"Write report to file."
+		]);
+
+		if (m_reportFormat || m_reportFile) m_report = true;
 
 		args.getopt("import-paths", &m_importPaths, [
 			"Import paths"
@@ -1118,6 +1122,7 @@ class LintCommand : PackageBuildCommand {
 		if (m_errorFormat) args ~= ["--errorFormat", m_errorFormat];
 		if (m_report) args ~= "--report";
 		if (m_reportFormat) args ~= ["--reportFormat", m_reportFormat];
+		if (m_reportFile) args ~= ["--reportFile", m_reportFile];
 		foreach (import_path; m_importPaths) args ~= ["-I", import_path];
 		if (m_config) args ~= ["--config", m_config];
 
@@ -1445,8 +1450,7 @@ class FetchCommand : FetchRemoveCommand {
 			"",
 			"Complete applications can be retrieved and run easily by e.g.",
 			"$ dub fetch vibelog --cache=local",
-			"$ cd vibelog",
-			"$ dub",
+			"$ dub run vibelog --cache=local",
 			"",
 			"This will grab all needed dependencies and compile and run the application.",
 			"",
diff --git a/source/dub/compilers/compiler.d b/source/dub/compilers/compiler.d
index bca611436..0f4fb32fd 100644
--- a/source/dub/compilers/compiler.d
+++ b/source/dub/compilers/compiler.d
@@ -152,15 +152,20 @@ interface Compiler {
 			build_platform.compilerVersion = ver;
 		}
 
-		// Hack: see #1059
-		// When compiling with --arch=x86_mscoff build_platform.architecture is equal to ["x86"] and canFind below is false.
-		// This hack prevents unnesessary warning 'Failed to apply the selected architecture x86_mscoff. Got ["x86"]'.
-		// And also makes "x86_mscoff" available as a platform specifier in the package recipe
-		if (arch_override == "x86_mscoff")
-			build_platform.architecture ~= arch_override;
-		if (arch_override.length && !build_platform.architecture.canFind(arch_override)) {
-			logWarn(`Failed to apply the selected architecture %s. Got %s.`,
-				arch_override, build_platform.architecture);
+		// Skip the following check for LDC, emitting a warning if the specified `-arch`
+		// cmdline option does not lead to the same string being found among
+		// `build_platform.architecture`, as it's brittle and doesn't work with triples.
+		if (build_platform.compiler != "ldc") {
+			// Hack: see #1059
+			// When compiling with --arch=x86_mscoff build_platform.architecture is equal to ["x86"] and canFind below is false.
+			// This hack prevents unnesessary warning 'Failed to apply the selected architecture x86_mscoff. Got ["x86"]'.
+			// And also makes "x86_mscoff" available as a platform specifier in the package recipe
+			if (arch_override == "x86_mscoff")
+				build_platform.architecture ~= arch_override;
+			if (arch_override.length && !build_platform.architecture.canFind(arch_override)) {
+				logWarn(`Failed to apply the selected architecture %s. Got %s.`,
+					arch_override, build_platform.architecture);
+			}
 		}
 
 		return build_platform;
diff --git a/source/dub/compilers/dmd.d b/source/dub/compilers/dmd.d
index fd5b73f06..70df37e23 100644
--- a/source/dub/compilers/dmd.d
+++ b/source/dub/compilers/dmd.d
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ config    /etc/dmd.conf
 			case TargetType.dynamicLibrary:
 				if (platform.platform.canFind("windows"))
 					return settings.targetName ~ ".dll";
-				else if (platform.platform.canFind("osx"))
+				else if (platform.platform.canFind("darwin"))
 					return "lib" ~ settings.targetName ~ ".dylib";
 				else return "lib" ~ settings.targetName ~ ".so";
 			case TargetType.object:
diff --git a/source/dub/compilers/gdc.d b/source/dub/compilers/gdc.d
index 71f425723..ea2a596ff 100644
--- a/source/dub/compilers/gdc.d
+++ b/source/dub/compilers/gdc.d
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ class GDCCompiler : Compiler {
 			case TargetType.dynamicLibrary:
 				if (platform.platform.canFind("windows"))
 					return settings.targetName ~ ".dll";
-				else if (platform.platform.canFind("osx"))
+				else if (platform.platform.canFind("darwin"))
 					return "lib" ~ settings.targetName ~ ".dylib";
 				else return "lib" ~ settings.targetName ~ ".so";
 			case TargetType.object:
diff --git a/source/dub/compilers/ldc.d b/source/dub/compilers/ldc.d
index da0cdff7a..02559c48c 100644
--- a/source/dub/compilers/ldc.d
+++ b/source/dub/compilers/ldc.d
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ config    /etc/ldc2.conf (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
 			case TargetType.dynamicLibrary:
 				if (p.canFind("windows"))
 					return settings.targetName ~ ".dll";
-				else if (p.canFind("osx"))
+				else if (p.canFind("darwin"))
 					return "lib" ~ settings.targetName ~ ".dylib";
 				else return "lib" ~ settings.targetName ~ ".so";
 			case TargetType.object:
@@ -269,6 +269,9 @@ config    /etc/ldc2.conf (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
 
 	private static bool isLinkerDFlag(string arg)
 	{
+		if (arg.length > 2 && arg.startsWith("--"))
+			arg = arg[1 .. $]; // normalize to 1 leading hyphen
+
 		switch (arg) {
 			case "-g", "-gc", "-m32", "-m64", "-shared", "-lib",
 			     "-betterC", "-disable-linker-strip-dead", "-static":
diff --git a/source/dub/packagesuppliers/registry.d b/source/dub/packagesuppliers/registry.d
index 470f636c2..3751efb29 100644
--- a/source/dub/packagesuppliers/registry.d
+++ b/source/dub/packagesuppliers/registry.d
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class RegistryPackageSupplier : PackageSupplier {
 	import dub.internal.vibecompat.data.json : parseJson, parseJsonString, serializeToJson;
 	import dub.internal.vibecompat.inet.url : URL;
 
+	import std.uri : encodeComponent;
 	import std.datetime : Clock, Duration, hours, SysTime, UTC;
 	private {
 		URL m_registryUrl;
@@ -86,8 +87,10 @@ class RegistryPackageSupplier : PackageSupplier {
 			m_metadataCache.remove(packageId);
 		}
 
-		auto url = m_registryUrl ~ NativePath("api/packages/infos?packages=[\"" ~
-				packageId ~ "\"]&include_dependencies=true&minimize=true");
+		auto url = m_registryUrl ~ NativePath("api/packages/infos");
+
+		url.queryString = "packages=" ~
+				encodeComponent(`["` ~ packageId ~ `"]`) ~ "&include_dependencies=true&minimize=true";
 
 		logDebug("Downloading metadata for %s", packageId);
 		string jsonData;
diff --git a/source/dub/platform.d b/source/dub/platform.d
index 0c27199d1..d9084383f 100644
--- a/source/dub/platform.d
+++ b/source/dub/platform.d
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ enum string platformCheck = q{
 	version(Windows) ret ~= "windows";
 	version(linux) ret ~= "linux";
 	version(Posix) ret ~= "posix";
-	version(OSX) ret ~= "osx";
+	version(OSX) ret ~= ["osx", "darwin"];
+	version(iOS) ret ~= ["ios", "darwin"];
+	version(TVOS) ret ~= ["tvos", "darwin"];
+	version(WatchOS) ret ~= ["watchos", "darwin"];
 	version(FreeBSD) ret ~= "freebsd";
 	version(OpenBSD) ret ~= "openbsd";
 	version(NetBSD) ret ~= "netbsd";
@@ -42,6 +45,7 @@ enum string platformCheck = q{
 	version(Android) ret ~= "android";
 	version(Cygwin) ret ~= "cygwin";
 	version(MinGW) ret ~= "mingw";
+	version(PlayStation4) ret ~= "playstation4";
 	version(WebAssembly) ret ~= "wasm";
 	return ret;
 };
diff --git a/source/dub/recipe/packagerecipe.d b/source/dub/recipe/packagerecipe.d
index 5ecf3de68..a879991aa 100644
--- a/source/dub/recipe/packagerecipe.d
+++ b/source/dub/recipe/packagerecipe.d
@@ -250,9 +250,16 @@ struct BuildSettingsTemplate {
 						continue;
 					}
 
-					foreach (d; dirEntries(path.toNativeString(), pattern, SpanMode.depth)) {
-						import std.path : baseName;
-						if (baseName(d.name)[0] == '.' || d.isDir) continue;
+					auto pstr = path.toNativeString();
+					foreach (d; dirEntries(pstr, pattern, SpanMode.depth)) {
+						import std.path : baseName, pathSplitter;
+						import std.algorithm.searching : canFind;
+						// eliminate any hidden files, or files in hidden directories. But always include
+						// files that are listed inside hidden directories that are specifically added to
+						// the project.
+						if (d.isDir || pathSplitter(d.name[pstr.length .. $])
+								   .canFind!(name => name.length && name[0] == '.'))
+							continue;
 						auto src = NativePath(d.name).relativeTo(base_path);
 						files ~= src.toNativeString();
 					}
diff --git a/test/fetchzip.sh.min_frontend b/test/fetchzip.sh.min_frontend
index bb0a2e1e9..4817f9964 100644
--- a/test/fetchzip.sh.min_frontend
+++ b/test/fetchzip.sh.min_frontend
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.076
+2.077
diff --git a/test/issue1180-local-cache-broken.sh.min_frontend b/test/issue1180-local-cache-broken.sh.min_frontend
index bb0a2e1e9..4817f9964 100644
--- a/test/issue1180-local-cache-broken.sh.min_frontend
+++ b/test/issue1180-local-cache-broken.sh.min_frontend
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.076
+2.077
diff --git a/test/issue1372-ignore-files-in-hidden-dirs.sh b/test/issue1372-ignore-files-in-hidden-dirs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..1ecede271
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue1372-ignore-files-in-hidden-dirs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+. $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/common.sh
+
+
+BASEDIR=${CURR_DIR}/issue1372-ignore-files-in-hidden-dirs
+rm -rf ${BASEDIR}/.dub
+rm -rf ${BASEDIR}/issue1372
+
+echo "Compile and ignore hidden directories"
+${DUB} build --root ${BASEDIR} --config=normal --force
+OUTPUT=`${BASEDIR}/issue1372`
+if [[ "$OUTPUT" != "no hidden file compiled" ]]; then die "Normal compilation failed"; fi
+
+rm -rf ${BASEDIR}/.dub
+rm -rf ${BASEDIR}/issue1372
+
+
+echo "Compile and explcitly include file in hidden directories"
+${DUB} build --root ${BASEDIR} --config=hiddenfile --force
+OUTPUT=`${BASEDIR}/issue1372`
+
+if [[ "$OUTPUT" != "hidden file compiled" ]]; then die "Hidden file compilation failed"; fi
+
+rm -rf ${BASEDIR}/.dub
+rm -rf ${BASEDIR}/issue1372
+
+echo "Compile and explcitly include extra hidden directories"
+${DUB} build --root ${BASEDIR} --config=hiddendir --force
+OUTPUT=`${BASEDIR}/issue1372`
+
+if [[ "$OUTPUT" != "hidden dir compiled" ]]; then die "Hidden directory compilation failed"; fi
+
+rm -rf ${BASEDIR}/.dub
+rm -rf ${BASEDIR}/issue1372
diff --git a/test/issue1372-ignore-files-in-hidden-dirs/.hiddensource/hello.d b/test/issue1372-ignore-files-in-hidden-dirs/.hiddensource/hello.d
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..47aa81e99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue1372-ignore-files-in-hidden-dirs/.hiddensource/hello.d
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module hello;
+import std.stdio;
+
+void helloFun()
+{
+    writeln("hidden dir compiled");
+}
diff --git a/test/issue1372-ignore-files-in-hidden-dirs/dub.json b/test/issue1372-ignore-files-in-hidden-dirs/dub.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a07edbd23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue1372-ignore-files-in-hidden-dirs/dub.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+    "name": "issue1372",
+    "mainSourceFile": "source/app.d",
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "name": "normal",
+            "targetType": "executable"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "hiddenfile",
+            "targetType": "executable",
+            "versions" : ["UseHiddenFile"],
+            "sourceFiles":["source/.compileMe/hello.d"]
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "hiddendir",
+            "targetType": "executable",
+            "versions" : ["UseHiddenFile"],
+            "sourcePaths":["source", ".hiddensource"],
+            "importPaths":["source", ".hiddensource"]
+        }]
+}
diff --git a/test/issue1372-ignore-files-in-hidden-dirs/source/.AppleDouble/app.d b/test/issue1372-ignore-files-in-hidden-dirs/source/.AppleDouble/app.d
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff89f4f77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue1372-ignore-files-in-hidden-dirs/source/.AppleDouble/app.d
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+This file needs to contain something to show the issue up.
+If it's empty, it'll get ignored.
diff --git a/test/issue1372-ignore-files-in-hidden-dirs/source/.compileMe/hello.d b/test/issue1372-ignore-files-in-hidden-dirs/source/.compileMe/hello.d
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6cf6595a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue1372-ignore-files-in-hidden-dirs/source/.compileMe/hello.d
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module hello;
+import std.stdio;
+
+void helloFun()
+{
+    writeln("hidden file compiled");
+}
diff --git a/test/issue1372-ignore-files-in-hidden-dirs/source/app.d b/test/issue1372-ignore-files-in-hidden-dirs/source/app.d
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..126276e50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue1372-ignore-files-in-hidden-dirs/source/app.d
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import std.stdio;
+
+void main()
+{
+    version(UseHiddenFile)
+    {
+        import hello;
+        helloFun();
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        static assert(!__traits(compiles, {
+            import hello;
+            helloFun();
+        }));
+        writeln("no hidden file compiled");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/issue1416-maven-repo-pkg-supplier.sh.min_frontend b/test/issue1416-maven-repo-pkg-supplier.sh.min_frontend
index bb0a2e1e9..4817f9964 100644
--- a/test/issue1416-maven-repo-pkg-supplier.sh.min_frontend
+++ b/test/issue1416-maven-repo-pkg-supplier.sh.min_frontend
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.076
+2.077
diff --git a/test/issue1524-maven-upgrade-dependency-tree.sh.min_frontend b/test/issue1524-maven-upgrade-dependency-tree.sh.min_frontend
index bb0a2e1e9..4817f9964 100644
--- a/test/issue1524-maven-upgrade-dependency-tree.sh.min_frontend
+++ b/test/issue1524-maven-upgrade-dependency-tree.sh.min_frontend
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.076
+2.077
diff --git a/test/issue1556-fetch-and-build-pkgs/.no_build b/test/issue1556-fetch-and-build-pkgs/.no_build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/test/issue1556-fetch-and-build-pkgs/dependency-package-1.0.0.zip b/test/issue1556-fetch-and-build-pkgs/dependency-package-1.0.0.zip
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b4aa2e659
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/issue1556-fetch-and-build-pkgs/dependency-package-1.0.0.zip differ
diff --git a/test/issue1556-fetch-and-build-pkgs/main-package-1.0.0.zip b/test/issue1556-fetch-and-build-pkgs/main-package-1.0.0.zip
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87e945cf1
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/issue1556-fetch-and-build-pkgs/main-package-1.0.0.zip differ
diff --git a/test/issue1556-fetch-and-build.sh b/test/issue1556-fetch-and-build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..9e2fec454
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue1556-fetch-and-build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+DIR=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")
+
+. "$DIR"/common.sh
+
+dub remove main-package --non-interactive --version=* 2>/dev/null || true
+dub remove dependency-package --non-interactive --version=* 2>/dev/null || true
+
+
+echo "Trying to fetch fs-sdl-dubpackage"
+"$DUB" --cache=local fetch main-package --skip-registry=all --registry=file://"$DIR"/issue1556-fetch-and-build-pkgs
+
+echo "Trying to build it (should fetch dependency-package)"
+"$DUB" --cache=local build main-package --skip-registry=all --registry=file://"$DIR"/issue1556-fetch-and-build-pkgs
+
diff --git a/test/issue1574-addcommand.sh.min_frontend b/test/issue1574-addcommand.sh.min_frontend
index bb0a2e1e9..4817f9964 100644
--- a/test/issue1574-addcommand.sh.min_frontend
+++ b/test/issue1574-addcommand.sh.min_frontend
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.076
+2.077
diff --git a/test/issue1773-lint.sh b/test/issue1773-lint.sh
index 9a00262d5..5a95f51a8 100755
--- a/test/issue1773-lint.sh
+++ b/test/issue1773-lint.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 . $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/common.sh
-DIR=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")
+cd ${CURR_DIR}/issue1773-lint
+rm -rf report.json
 
-if ! { ${DUB} lint --root ${DIR}/issue1773-lint || true; } | grep -cF "Parameter args is never used."; then
+if ! { ${DUB} lint || true; } | grep -cF "Parameter args is never used."; then
     die $LINENO 'DUB lint did not find expected warning.'
 fi
 
+${DUB} lint --report-file report.json
+if ! grep -c -e "Parameter args is never used." report.json; then
+	die $LINENO 'Linter report did not contain expected warning.'
+fi