PowerShell/CHANGELOG.md

# Changelog

## v6.0.0-alpha.18 - 2017-04-05

### Progress Bar

We made a number of fixes to the progress bar rendering and the `ProgressRecord` object that improved cmdlet performance and fixed some rendering bugs on non-Windows platforms.

- Fix a bug that caused the progress bar to drift on Unix platforms. (#3289)
- Improve the performance of writing progress records. (#2822) (Thanks to @iSazonov!)
- Fix the progress bar rendering on Unix platforms. (#3362) (#3453)
- Reuse `ProgressRecord` in Web Cmdlets to reduce the GC overhead. (#3411) (Thanks to @iSazonov!)

### Cmdlet updates

- Use `ShellExecute` with `Start-Process`, `Invoke-Item`, and `Get-Help -Online` so that those cmdlets use standard shell associations to open a file/URI.
  This means you `Get-Help -Online` will always use your default browser, and `Start-Process`/`Invoke-Item` can open any file or path with a handler.
  (Note: there are still some problems with STA threads.) (#3281, partially fixes #2969)
- Add `-Extension` and `-LeafBase` switches to `Split-Path` so that you can split paths between the filename extension and the rest of the filename. (#2721) (Thanks to @powercode!)
- Implement `Format-Hex` in C# along with some behavioral changes to multiple parameters and the pipeline. (#3320) (Thanks to @MiaRomero!)
- Add `-NoProxy` to web cmdlets so that they ignore the system-wide proxy setting. (#3447) (Thanks to @TheFlyingCorpse!)
- Fix `Out-Default -Transcript` to properly revert out of the `TranscribeOnly` state, so that further output can be displayed on Console. (#3436) (Thanks to @PetSerAl!)
- Fix `Get-Help` to not return multiple instances of the same help file. (#3410)

### Interactive fixes

- Enable argument auto-completion for `-ExcludeProperty` and `-ExpandProperty` of `Select-Object`. (#3443) (Thanks to @iSazonov!)
- Fix a tab completion bug that prevented `Import-Module -n<tab>` from working. (#1345)

### Cross-platform fixes

- Ignore the `-ExecutionPolicy` switch when running PowerShell on non-Windows platforms because script signing is not currently supported. (#3481)
- Standardize the casing of the `PSModulePath` environment variable. (#3255)

### JEA fixes

- Fix the JEA transcription to include the endpoint configuration name in the transcript header. (#2890)
- Fix `Get-Help` in a JEA session. (#2988)

## v6.0.0-alpha.17 - 2017-03-08

- Update PSRP client libraries for Linux and Mac.
    - We now support customer configurations for Office 365 interaction, as well as NTLM authentication for WSMan based remoting from Linux (more information [here](https://github.com/PowerShell/psl-omi-provider/releases/tag/v1.0.0.18)). (#3271)
- We now support remote step-in debugging for `Invoke-Command -ComputerName`. (#3015)
- Use prettier formatter with `ConvertTo-Json` output. (#2787) (Thanks to @kittholland!)
- Port `*-CmsMessage` and `Get-PfxCertificate` cmdlets to Powershell Core. (#3224)
- `powershell -version` now returns version information for PowerShell Core. (#3115)
- Add the `-TimeOut` parameter to `Test-Connection`. (#2492)
- Add `ShouldProcess` support to `New-FileCatalog` and `Test-FileCatalog` (fixes `-WhatIf` and `-Confirm`). (#3074) (Thanks to @iSazonov!)
- Fix `Test-ModuleManifest` to normalize paths correctly before validating.
  - This fixes some problems when using `Publish-Module` on non-Windows platforms. (#3097)
- Remove the `AliasProperty "Count"` defined for `System.Array`.
  - This removes the extraneous `Count` property on some `ConvertFrom-Json` output. (#3231) (Thanks to @PetSerAl!)
- Port `Import-PowerShellDatafile` from PowerShell script to C#. (#2750) (Thanks to @powercode!)
- Add `-CustomMethod` parameter to web cmdlets to allow for non-standard method verbs. (#3142) (Thanks to @Lee303!)
- Fix web cmdlets to include the HTTP response in the exception when the response status code is not success. (#3201)
- Expose a process' parent process by adding the `CodeProperty "Parent"` to `System.Diagnostics.Process`. (#2850) (Thanks to @powercode!)
- Fix crash when converting a recursive array to a bool. (#3208) (Thanks to @PetSerAl!)
- Fix casting single element array to a generic collection. (#3170)
- Allow profile directory creation failures for Service Account scenarios. (#3244)
- Allow Windows' reserved device names (e.g. CON, PRN, AUX, etc.) to be used on non-Windows platforms. (#3252)
- Remove duplicate type definitions when reusing an `InitialSessionState` object to create another Runspace. (#3141)
- Fix `PSModuleInfo.CaptureLocals` to not do `ValidateAttribute` check when capturing existing variables from the caller's scope. (#3149)
- Fix a race bug in WSMan command plug-in instance close operation. (#3203)
- Fix a problem where newly mounted volumes aren't available to modules that have already been loaded. (#3034)
- Remove year from PowerShell copyright banner at start-up. (#3204) (Thanks to @kwiknick!)
- Fixed spelling for the property name `BiosSerialNumber` for `Get-ComputerInfo`. (#3167) (Thanks to @iSazonov!)

## v6.0.0-alpha.16 - 2017-02-15

- Add `WindowsUBR` property to `Get-ComputerInfo` result
- Cache padding strings to speed up formatting a little
- Add alias `Path` to the `-FilePath` parameter of `Out-File`
- Fix the `-InFile` parameter of `Invoke-WebRequest`
- Add the default help content to powershell core
- Speed up `Add-Type` by crossgen'ing its dependency assemblies
- Convert `Get-FileHash` from script to C# implementation
- Fix lock contention when compiling the code to run in interpreter
- Avoid going through WinRM remoting stack when using `Get-ComputerInfo` locally
- Fix native parameter auto-completion for tokens that begin with a single "Dash"
- Fix parser error reporting for incomplete input to allow defining class in interactive host
- Add the `RoleCapabilityFiles` keyword for JEA support on Windows

## v6.0.0-alpha.15 - 2017-01-18

- Use parentheses around file length for offline files
- Fix issues with the Windows console mode (terminal emulation) and native executables
- Fix error recovery with `using module`
- Report `PlatformNotSupported` on IoT for Get/Import/Export-Counter
- Add `-Group` parameter to `Get-Verb`
- Use MB instead of KB for memory columns of `Get-Process`
- Add new escape character for ESC: `` `e``
- Fix a small parsing issue with a here string
- Improve tab completion of types that use type accelerators
- `Invoke-RestMethod` improvements for non-XML non-JSON input
- PSRP remoting now works on CentOS without addition setup

## v6.0.0-alpha.14 - 2016-12-14

- Moved to .NET Core 1.1
- Add Windows performance counter cmdlets to PowerShell Core
- Fix try/catch to choose the more specific exception handler
- Fix issue reloading modules that define PowerShell classes
- `Add ValidateNotNullOrEmpty` to approximately 15 parameters
- `New-TemporaryFile` and `New-Guid` rewritten in C#
- Enable client side PSRP on non-Windows platforms
- `Split-Path` now works with UNC roots
- Implicitly convert value assigned to XML property to string
- Updates to `Invoke-Command` parameters when using SSH remoting transport
- Fix `Invoke-WebRequest` with non-text responses on non-Windows platforms
- `Write-Progress` performance improvement from `alpha13` reverted because it introduced crash with a race condition

## v6.0.0-alpha.13 - 2016-11-22

- Fix `NullReferenceException` in binder after turning on constrained language mode
- Enable `Invoke-WebRequest` and `Invoke-RestMethod` to not validate the HTTPS certificate of the server if required.
- Enable binder debug logging in PowerShell Core
- Add parameters `-Top` and `-Bottom` to `Sort-Object` for Top/Bottom N sort
- Enable `Update-Help` and `Save-Help` on Unix platforms
- Update the formatter for `System.Diagnostics.Process` to not show the `Handles` column
- Improve `Write-Progress` performance by adding timer to update a progress pane every 100 ms
- Enable correct table width calculations with ANSI escape sequences on Unix
- Fix background jobs for Unix and Windows
- Add `Get-Uptime` to `Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility`
- Make `Out-Null` as fast as `> $null`
- Add DockerFile for 'Windows Server Core' and 'Nano Server'
- Fix WebRequest failure to handle missing ContentType in response header
- Make `Write-Host` fast by delay initializing some properties in InformationRecord
- Ensure PowerShell Core adds an initial `/` rooted drive on Unix platforms
- Enable streaming behavior for native command execution in pipeline, so that `ping | grep` doesn't block
- Make `Write-Information` accept objects from pipeline
- Fixes deprecated syscall issue on macOS 10.12
- Fix code errors found by the static analysis using PVS-Studio
- Add support to W3C Extended Log File Format in `Import-Csv`
- Guard against `ReflectionTypeLoadException` in type name auto-completion
- Update build scripts to support win7-x86 runtime
- Move PackageManagement code/test to oneget.org

## v6.0.0-alpha.12 - 2016-11-03

- Fix `Get-ChildItem -Recurse -ErrorAction Ignore` to ignore additional errors
- Don't block pipeline when running Windows EXE's
- Fix for PowerShell SSH remoting with recent Win32-OpenSSH change.
- `Select-Object` with `-ExcludeProperty` now implies `-Property *` if -Property is not specified.
- Adding ValidateNotNullOrEmpty to `-Name` parameter of `Get-Alias`
- Enable Implicit remoting commands in PowerShell Core
- Fix GetParentProcess() to replace an expensive WMI query with Win32 API calls
- Fix `Set-Content` failure to create a file in PSDrive under certain conditions.
- Adding ValidateNotNullOrEmpty to `-Name` parameter of `Get-Service`
- Adding support <Suppress> in `Get-WinEvent -FilterHashtable`
- Adding WindowsVersion to `Get-ComputerInfo`
- Remove the unnecessary use of lock in PseudoParameterBinder to avoid deadlock
- Refactor `Get-WinEvent` to use StringBuilder for XPath query construction
- Clean up and fix error handling of libpsl-native
- Exclude Registry and Certificate providers from UNIX PS
- Update PowerShell Core to consume .Net Core preview1-24530-04

## v6.0.0-alpha.11 - 2016-10-17

- Add '-Title' to 'Get-Credential' and unify the prompt experience
- Update dependency list for PowerShell Core on Linux and OS X
- Fix 'powershell -Command -' to not hang and to not ignore the last command
- Fix binary operator tab completion
- Enable 'ConvertTo-Html' in PowerShell Core
- Remove most Maximum* capacity variables
- Fix 'Get-ChildItem -Hidden' to work on system hidden files on Windows
- Fix 'JsonConfigFileAccessor' to handle corrupted 'PowerShellProperties.json'
    and defer creating the user setting directory until a write request comes
- Fix variable assignment to not overwrite read-only variables
- Fix 'Get-WinEvent -FilterHashtable' to work with named fields in UserData of event logs
- Fix 'Get-Help -Online' in PowerShell Core on Windows
- Spelling/grammar fixes

## v6.0.0-alpha.10 - 2016-09-15

- Fix passing escaped double quoted spaces to native executables
- Add DockerFiles to build each Linux distribution
- `~/.config/PowerShell` capitalization bug fixed
- Fix crash on Windows 7
- Fix remote debugging on Windows client
- Fix multi-line input with redirected stdin
- Add PowerShell to `/etc/shells` on installation
- Fix `Install-Module` version comparison bug
- Spelling fixes

## v6.0.0-alpha.9 - 2016-08-15

- Better man page
- Added third-party and proprietary licenses
- Added license to MSI

## v6.0.0-alpha.8 - 2016-08-11

- PowerShell packages pre-compiled with crossgen
- `Get-Help` content added
- `Get-Help` null reference exception fixed
- Ubuntu 16.04 support added
- Unsupported cmdlets removed from Unix modules
- PSReadline long prompt bug fixed
- PSReadline custom key binding bug on Linux fixed
- Default terminal colors now respected
- Semantic Version support added
- `$env:` fixed for case-sensitive variables
- Added JSON config files to hold some settings
- `cd` with no arguments now behaves as `cd ~`
- `ConvertFrom-Json` fixed for multiple lines
- Windows branding removed
- .NET CoreCLR Runtime patched to version 1.0.4
- `Write-Host` with unknown hostname bug fixed
- `powershell` man-page added to package
- `Get-PSDrive` ported to report free space
- Desired State Configuration MOF compilation ported to Linux
- Windows 2012 R2 / Windows 8.1 remoting enabled

## v6.0.0-alpha.7 - 2016-07-26

- Invoke-WebRequest and Invoke-RestMethod ported to PowerShell Core
- Set PSReadline default edit mode to Emacs on Linux
- IsCore variable renamed to IsCoreCLR
- Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts and other Windows-only assemblies excluded on Linux
- PowerShellGet fully ported to Linux
- PackageManagement NuGet provider ported
- Write-Progress ported to Linux
- Get-Process -IncludeUserName ported
- Enumerating symlinks to folders fixed
- Bugs around administrator permissions fixed on Linux
- ConvertFrom-Json multi-line bug fixed
- Execution policies fixed on Windows
- TimeZone cmdlets added back; excluded from Linux
- FileCatalog cmdlets added back for Windows
- Get-ComputerInfo cmdlet added back for Windows

## v0.6.0 - 2016-07-08

- Targets .NET Core 1.0 release
- PowerShellGet enabled
- [system.manage<tab>] completion issues fixed
- AssemblyLoadContext intercepts dependencies correctly
- Type catalog issues fixed
- Invoke-Item enabled for Linux and OS X
- Windows ConsoleHost reverted to native interfaces
- Portable ConsoleHost redirection issues fixed
- Bugs with pseudo (and no) TTY's fixed
- Source Depot synced to baseline changeset 717473
- SecureString stub replaced with .NET Core package

## v0.5.0 - 2016-06-16

- Paths given to cmdlets are now slash-agnostic (both / and \ work as directory separator)
- Lack of cmdlet support for paths with literal \ is a known issue
- .NET Core packages downgraded to build rc2-24027 (Nano's build)
- XDG Base Directory Specification is now respected and used by default
- Linux and OS X profile path is now `~/.config/powershell/profile.ps1`
- Linux and OS X history save path is now `~/.local/share/powershell/PSReadLine/ConsoleHost_history.txt`
- Linux and OS X user module path is now `~/.local/share/powershell/Modules`
- The `~/.powershell` folder is deprecated and should be deleted
- Scripts can be called within PowerShell without the `.ps1` extension
- `Trace-Command` and associated source cmdlets are now available
- `Ctrl-C` now breaks running cmdlets correctly
- Source Depot changesets up to 715912 have been merged
- `Set-PSBreakPoint` debugging works on Linux, but not on Windows
- MSI and APPX packages for Windows are now available
- Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts is available on Windows
- Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive is available on Windows
- Linux xUnit tests are running again
- Many more Pester tests are running

## v0.4.0 - 2016-05-17

- PSReadline is ported and included by default
- Original Windows ConsoleHost is ported and replaced CoreConsoleHost
- .NET Core packages set to the RC2 release at build 24103
- OS X 10.11 added to Continuous Integration matrix
- Third-party C# cmdlets can be built with .NET CLI
- Improved symlink support on Linux
- Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.Native replaced with package
- Many more Pester tests

## v0.3.0 - 2016-04-11

- Supports Windows, Nano, OS X, Ubuntu 14.04, and CentOS 7.1
- .NET Core packages are build rc3-24011
- Native Linux commands are not shadowed by aliases
- `Get-Help -Online` works
- `more` function respects the Linux `$PAGER`; defaults to `less`
- `IsWindows`, `IsLinux`, `IsOSX`, `IsCore` built-in PowerShell variables added
- `Microsoft.PowerShell.Platform` removed for the above
- Cross-platform core host is now `CoreConsoleHost`
- Host now catches exceptions in `--command` scripts
- Host's shell ID changed to `Microsoft.PowerShellCore`
- Modules that use C# assemblies can be loaded
- `New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink` supports arbitrary targets
- PSReadline implementation supports multi-line input
- `Ctrl-R` provides incremental reverse history search
- `$Host.UI.RawUI` now supported
- `Ctrl-K` and `Ctrl-Y` for kill and yank implemented
- `Ctrl-L` to clear screen now works
- Documentation was completely overhauled
- Many more Pester and xUnit tests added

## v0.2.0 - 2016-03-08

- Supports Windows, OS X, Ubuntu 14.04, and CentOS 7.1
- .NET Core packages are build 23907
- `System.Console` PSReadline is fully functional
- Tests pass on OS X
- `Microsoft.PowerShell.Platform` module is available
- `New-Item` supports symbolic and hard links
- `Add-Type` now works
- PowerShell code merged with upstream `rs1_srv_ps`

## v0.1.0 - 2016-02-23

- Supports Windows, OS X, and Ubuntu 14.04