PowerShell/CHANGELOG/6.2.md

6.2 Changelog

v6.2.3 - 09/12/2019

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Fix debugger performance regression in system lock down mode (#10269)

Tests

• Remove markdownlint tests due to security issues (#10163)

Build and Packaging Improvements

• Update DotNet SDK and runtime framework version (Internal 9946)
• Fix macOS build break (#10207)

v6.2.2 - 07/16/2019

Breaking Changes

• Disable Enter-PSHostProcess cmdlet when system in lock down mode (Internal 8969)

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Create JumpList in STA thread as some COM APIs are strictly STA only to avoid sporadic CLR crashes (#10057, #9928) (Thanks @bergmeister!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

• Update DotNet SDK and runtime framework version (Internal 9082, 9088, 9092)
• Make Hashtable case insensitivity test use current culture rather than shell to set culture (Internal 8529)
• Add automated RPM signing to release build (#10013)
• Update copyright symbol for NuGet packages (#9936)
• Bump Microsoft.ApplicationInsights from 2.9.1 to 2.10.0 (#9757)
• Switch from BMP to PNG for graphical MSI installer assets (#9606)
• Bump System.Net.Http.WinHttpHandler from 4.5.3 to 4.5.4 (#9789)
• Enable building of MSIX package (#9289, #9715)

v6.2.1 - 05/21/2019

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Re-enable tab completion for functions (#9383)
• Disable debugger in System Lock down mode (Internal 8428)

Code Cleanup

• Update repo for Ubuntu 14.04 EOL (#9324)

Tests

• Fix skipping of tests in RemoteSession.Basic.Tests.ps1 (#9304)
• Update tests to account for when $PSHOME is read only (#9279)
• Mark tests in macOS CI which use applescript as pending/inconclusive (#9352)
• Make sure non-Windows CI fails when a test fails (#9303)

Build and Packaging Improvements

• Partially revert "Fix the failed test and update Publish-TestResults to make AzDO fail the task when any tests failed (#9457)"
• Bump Markdig.Signed from 0.16.0 to 0.17.0 (#9595)
• Bump Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive from 1.2.2.0 to 1.2.3.0 in /src/Modules (#9594)
• Enable building on Kali Linux (#9471)
• Fix the failed test and update Publish-TestResults to make AzDO fail the task when any tests failed (#9457)
• Add Preview assets for msix (#9375)
• Create code coverage and test packages for non-windows (#9373)
• Fix publishing daily nupkg to MyGet (#9269)
• Bump PackageManagement from 1.3.1 to 1.3.2 in /src/Modules (#9568)
• Bump NJsonSchema from 9.13.27 to 9.13.37 (#9524)
• Bump gulp from 4.0.0 to 4.0.2 in /test/common/markdown (#9443)
• Bump Newtonsoft.Json from 12.0.1 to 12.0.2 (#9433)
• Bump System.Net.Http.WinHttpHandler from 4.5.2 to 4.5.3 (#9367)
• Add AccessToken variable to jobs that perform signing (#9351)
• Create test package for macOS on release builds (#9344)
• Add component detection to all jobs (#8964)
• Move artifacts to artifact staging directory before uploading (#9273)

v6.2.0 - 03/28/2019

Breaking Changes

• Fix -NoEnumerate behavior in Write-Output to be consistent with Windows PowerShell (#9069) (Thanks @vexx32!)

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Add PowerShell remoting enable/disable cmdlet warning messages (#9203)
• Fix for FormatTable remote deserialization regression (#9116)
• Update the task-based async APIs added to PowerShell to return a Task object directly (#9079)
• Add 5 InvokeAsync overloads and StopAsync to the PowerShell type (#8056) (Thanks @KirkMunro!)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

• Enable SecureString cmdlets for non-Windows by storing the plain text (#9199)
• Add Obsolete message to Send-MailMessage (#9178)
• Fix Restart-Computer to work on localhost when WinRM is not present (#9160)
• Make Start-Job throw terminating error when PowerShell is being hosted (#9128)
• Update version for PowerShell.Native and hosting tests (#8983)

Tools

• Adding CmdletsToExport and AliasesToExport to test module manifests. (#9108) (Thanks @powercode!)
• Comment cleanup in releaseTools.psm1 (#9064) (Thanks @RDIL!)

Tests

• Fix Enter-PSHostProcess tests flakiness (#9007)
• Add tests for command globbing (#9180)
• Add source for Install-package to install netDumbster (#9081) (Thanks @Geweldig!)
• Fix tab completion test to handle multiple matches (#8891)
• Refactor macOS and Linux CI so that tests run in parallel (#9056, #9209)
• Added RequireSudoOnUnix tags to PowerShellGet tests and remove -pending parameter (#8954) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Pending NamedPipeConnectionInfo test (#9003) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Add test for -WhatIf for New-FileCatalog (#8966) (Thanks @mjanko5!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

• Performance improvements for release build (#9179)
• Add tsaVersion property as TsaV1 for compliance build phase (#9176)
• Publish global tool packages to pwshtool blob and bug fixes (#9163)
• Translate Skipped test results into something Azure DevOps does not understand (#9124)
• Disable Homebrew analytics in macOS VSTS builds (#9130) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Remove AppVeyor references from packaging tools (#9117) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Fixed Dockerfile syntax highlighting (#8991) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Fix dependencies of NuGet build to wait on DEB uploads to finish (#9118)
• Fix artifact download issue in release build (#9095)
• Publish test package on release builds (#9063)
• Bump Microsoft.PowerShell.Native from 6.2.0-rc.1 to 6.2.0 (#9200)
• Bump NJsonSchema from 9.13.19 to 9.13.27 (#9044, #9136, #9166, #9172, #9184 #9196)
• Bump PowerShellGet from 2.0.4 to 2.1.2 in /src/Modules (#9110, #9145)
• Bump SelfSignedCertificate in /test/tools/Modules (#9055)

Documentation and Help Content

• Update docs for 6.2.0-rc.1 release (#9022)

v6.2.0-rc.1 - 2019-03-05

Breaking Changes

• Make Join-String -InputObject 1,2,3 result equal to 1,2,3 | Join-String result (#8611) (Thanks @sethvs!)

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Improve check for developer mode by checking minimum required build number (#8749)
• Simplify the declaration of new experimental features (#8726)
• Remove AMSI uninitialized assert and replace with call to uninitialized (#8713)
• Port Security bypass fixes from 6.1.3 (#8915)
• Enable discovering modules that have names same as a culture (e.g. Az) (#8777)
• Flatten interface hierarchy when generating properties that implement interface properties (#8382) (Thanks @IISResetMe!)
• Don't use Win32 native APIs on non-Windows for cryptography of secure string over remoting (#8746)
• Allow .exe files to be used as IL binary modules (#7281)
• Remove unused cached types (#9015)

Experimental Features

• Add the experimental feature for creating Temp:\ drive when FileSystemProvider initializes (#8696)
• Move CommandNotFoundException suggestion to an experimental feature (#8805)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

• Correctly Report impact level when SupportsShouldProcess is not set to 'true' (#8209) (Thanks @vexx32!)
• Fix Request Charset Issues in Web Cmdlets (#8742) (Thanks @markekraus!)
• Refactor ConvertTo-Json to expose JsonObject.ConvertToJson as a public API (#8682)
• Add -CustomPipeName to pwsh and Enter-PSHostProcess (#8889)
• Add configurable maximum depth in ConvertFrom-Json with -Depth (#8199) (Thanks @louistio!)
• Enable creating relative symbolic links on Windows with New-Item (#8783)
• Parse numeric strings as numbers again during conversions (#8681) (Thanks @vexx32!)
• Expose file attributes of OneDrive placeholders (#8745) (Thanks @sba923!)
• Enable Write-Information to accept $null (#8774)
• Adding parameter ReplyTo to Send-MailMessage (#8727) (Thanks @replicaJunction!)
• Fix Get-Help PSTypeName issue with -Parameter when only one parameter is declared (#8754) (Thanks @pougetat!)

Code Cleanup

• Use HTTPS in URLs where available (#8622) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Update code to use single method to check if path is UNC (#8680)
• Fix typo: aganist ➜ against (#8943) (Thanks @lupino3!)
• Use the OperationCancellationException to replace the StoppingException in ConvertToJson (#8920)
• Fix style issues in CSV cmdlets (#8894) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Fix LGTM issues (#8843) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Fix length check in PSSnapinQualifiedName.GetInstance() (#8837) (Thanks @hvitved!)
• Reduce string allocations when formatting file system objects. (#8831) (Thanks @powercode!)
• Fix many instances of CodeFactor style issue A single-line comment must not be followed by a blank line (#8825) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Refactor appveyor.psm1 to ci.psm1 (#8733, #8854, #8709, #8756, #8867) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Refactor travis.ps1 into ci.psm1 (#8822, #8888) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Fix Markdown lint issues (#8929)
• Fix code-of-conduct linting (#8896) (Thanks @RDIL!)

Tools

• Fix broken reference (#8753) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Remove GitKracken files from .gitignore (#8743) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Update path of test\xUnit\xUnit.tests.csproj in PowerShell.sln (#8730) (Thanks @markekraus!)
• Ignore files added by SelfSignedCertificate (#8728) (Thanks @markekraus!)
• Build Global tool for PowerShell and SDK container (#8984)
• Add Experimental Features to change log creation (#8827)
• Remove unneeded Invoke-Expression on unvalidated input (#8826)
• Update CLA pull request labeling info (#8820) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Update some info in md-link-checks (#8757) (Thanks @RDIL!)

Tests

• Fix Enter-PSHostProcess test to wait until runspace is ready before attempting to enter (#8725)
• Package validation tests updates (#8714)
• Make xUnit tests run sequentially to avoid race conditions caused by manipulating powershell.config.json in tests (#8945)
• Use verbatim string literals for paths (#8937) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Parallelize the Windows CI to enable us to run all tests all the time (#8868)
• Fixes for Scheduled release build (#8887)
• Remove references to uninitialized variable (#8849)
• Remove directory causing static analysis failure (#8812)
• Update Pester version to 4.4.4 (#8739)
• Change xUnit Runspace tests to run sequentially (#8796)
• Fix cleanup config files for the csharp xUnit tests (#8761) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Moved fxdependent-dotnetsdk-latest/Dockerfile (#8738)

Build and Packaging Improvements

• Make every csproj files have its own folder (#8750)
• Update packaging script to build reference assembly targeting netcoreapp2.1 and use actual .csproj files (#8729)
• Generate and deploy reference assembly for Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility.dll (#8716)
• Make test file result names unique (#8979)
• Add variable to control the version of the signing task we use (#8982)
• Publish test and code coverage artifacts for daily builds (#8955)
• Integrate building NuGet package in the coordinated build (#8947)
• Support release branches based on the forward slash separator (#8903)
• Port DotNet fixes from 6.1.3 (#8914)
• Start tracking release build information in an azure storage table (#8850)
• Make license a link in the MSI (#8846)
• Use -ErrorAction Ignore instead of SilentlyContinue with Get-Command in build.psm1 (#8832)
• Add binskim to coordinated build and increase timeout (#8834)
• Fix daily CI builds to publish tar package as artifacts (#8775)
• Add instrumentation for Start-PSPackage (#8811)
• Fix passing credential to the SyncGalleryToAzArtifacts.psm1 script (#8808)
• Move Final artifacts from coordinated build to finalResults folder (#8806)
• Refactor coordinated release build (#8804)
• Add compliance to Coordinated build (#8798)
• Switch to 1.11 of FPM to fix FPM install issue (#8797)
• Update the coordinated build with framework dependent package for dotnet SDK (#8773)
• Fix MSI upgrade failure for preview builds (#9013)
• Build(deps): Bump Microsoft.ApplicationInsights from 2.8.1 to 2.9.1 (#8807,#8848)
• Build(deps): Bump Microsoft.PowerShell.Native (#8712)
• Build(deps): Bump NJsonSchema from 9.13.15 to 9.13.19 (#8732, #8747, #8881, #8952)
• Build(deps): Bump PackageManagement from 1.2.4 to 1.3.1 (#8800)
• Build(deps): Bump XunitXml.TestLogger from 2.0.0 to 2.1.26 (#8731)
• Build(deps): Bump Markdig.Signed from 0.15.7 to 0.16.0 (#8981)

Documentation and Help Content

• Updating README.md for supported openSUSE version and updating link to OS versions supported by CoreFx (#8701) (Thanks @stknohg!)
• Add complete XML docs for ConvertToJsonContext constructors (#8737)
• Update README.md for ARM to include both 32-bit and 64-bit PS package links (#8677) (Thanks @slide!)
• Update issue templates with new supported values (#8718) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Update maintainer docs about the CLA PR labels (#8734) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Add Andrew to the maintainer list (#8722)
• Update release process template (#8711)
• Change label in doc issue template (#8895) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Update the dir -recurse example (#8939) (Thanks @vmsilvamolina!)
• Update CHANGELOG for release 6.1.3 (#8918)
• Update stable version to 6.1.3 (#8902)
• Fix broken link (#8905)
• Update Coding Guidelines (#8844) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Update governance documentation (#8776) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Fix broken python method (#8821) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Changing docs issue template to new docs repo location (#8818)
• Fix spelling in releaseTool/README.md (#8810)
• Update GitHub templates (#8792) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Fix broken link in FAQs.md (#8803)
• Updated basics.md to add a link for showing example for installing git on all package managers (#8735) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Update README.md for preview.4 (#8772)

v6.2.0-preview.4 - 2019-01-28

Breaking Changes

• Add -Stable to Sort-Object and related tests (#7862) (Thanks @KirkMunro!)
• Improve Start-Sleep cmdlet to accept fractional seconds (#8537) (Thanks @Prototyyppi!)
• Change hashtable to use OrdinalIgnoreCase to be case-insensitive in all Cultures (#8566)
• Fix LiteralPath in Import-Csv to bind to Get-ChildItem output (#8277) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Allow user-specified underlying type for enums (#8329) (Thanks @IISResetMe!)
• Handle case where AppLocker test script fails to delete (#8627)
• Update CommandNotFound fuzzy suggestion to only return unique results (#8640)
• Add support to show suggestions on CommandNotFound exception (#8458)
• Make S.M.A.PowerShell.GetSteppablePipeline method public (#8055) (Thanks @KirkMunro!)
• Add S.M.A.PowerShell.Create method overload with Runspace argument (#8057) (Thanks @KirkMunro!)
• Fix mistake on deserialization (#8502)
• Fix formatting of header of table when center aligned (#8497)
• Add -RepeatHeader to Format-Table to enable repeating header for each screen full (#8481)
• Fix Debug-Runspace for Unix platforms and properly enable Windows identity impersonation code (#8451)
• Reset output attributes if column had ESC char when using Format-Table; Replace ... with unicode ellipsis (#8326)

Experimental Features

• Add the experimental feature PSUseAbbreviationExpansion to support tab completion on abbreviated command names (#8109)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

• Fix code page parsing issue in Invoke-RestMethod (#8694) (Thanks @markekraus!)
• Fix Expect 100-continue issue with Web Cmdlets (#8679) (Thanks @markekraus!)
• Allow 'name' as an alias key for 'label' in ConvertTo-Html, allow the 'width' entry to be an integer (#8426) (Thanks @mklement0!)
• Resolve :PAGER if its path contains spaces (#8571) (Thanks @pougetat!)
• Add support enum and char types in Format-Hex cmdlet (#8191) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Change Get-Help cmdlet -Parameter parameter so it accepts string arrays (#8454) (Thanks @sethvs!)
• Fix FixupFileName to not load resolved assembly during module discovery (#8634)
• Change Clear-Host back to using $RAWUI and clear to work over remoting (#8609)
• Fix LiteralPath in Import-Csv to bind to Get-ChildItem output (#8277) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Make scriptblock based calculated properties work again in ConvertTo-Html (#8427) (Thanks @mklement0!)
• Fix Join-String cmdlet FormatString parameter logic (#8449) (Thanks @sethvs!)
• Allow Windows users in developer mode to create symlinks without elevation (#8534)
• Help function should only pass content to pager if content was found (#8528)
• Change Clear-Host to simply called [console]::clear and remove clear alias from Unix (#8603)
• help function shouldn't use pager for AliasHelpInfo (#8552)
• Fix XML nesting bug in CustomSerializer.WriteMemberInfoCollection() (#8476) (Thanks @IISResetMe!)
• Add -UseMinimalHeader to Start-Transcript to minimize transcript header (#8402) (Thanks @lukexjeremy!)

Code Cleanup

• Remove the no longer used RunspaceConfigurationEntry types (#8424)
• Remove unneeded catch/throw from mkdir and oss functions (#8425)
• Remove comments after closing brackets (#8344) (Thanks @Meir017!)
• Cleanup Format-Hex (#8683) (Thanks @vexx32!)
• Delete appveyor.yml (#8639) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Revise use of Start-Sleep cmdlet (#8633) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Style: Change first char to upper in summary comments (#8597) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Style: Use the type aliases char and bool instead of Char and Boolean (#8572) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Style: Use the type alias string instead of String in places that are appropriate (#8573) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Correctly capitalize the ForEach operator in *.ps1 (#8583) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Remove unnecessary trim of passed-in command line in interactive debugging (#8594)
• Style: Add a space after "//" in comments and remove unneeded comments after "}" (#8576) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Style: Add the ending period to the XML document texts (#8577) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Avoid use of mkdir alias in *.ps1 and *.psm1 (#8582) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Regularize redirection operator spacing in *.ps1 and *.psm1 (#8581) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Style: Change 'String.' to 'string.' (#8568) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Style: Replace String.IsNullOrEmpty with string.IsNullOrEmpty (#8557) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Fix typo in AMSI test (#8561) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Style: Convert to upper first char in <param> and <exception> doc tags (#8556) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Style: Add period before </param> and </exception> doc tags (#8553) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Remove use of cmdlet aliases from .\test\powershell (#8546) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Style: Remove extra spaces after <para> and before </para> docs tags (#8547) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Style: Remove preceding spaces from C# preprocessor-type keywords (#8540) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Style: remove <remarks> </remarks> (#8538) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Style: Add period before returns doc tag (#8535) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Style: Change Object[] to object[] (#8526) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Style: Change Object to object (#8522) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Style: Change UInt64? to ulong? (#8527) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Style: Change Byte{} to byte[] (#8525) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Code cleanup: Add space after closing brace where needed (#8530)
• Style: Change System.Boolean to bool (#8521) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Change String to string for simple references (#8519)
• Change Int32 to int for simple references in variable declaration (#8518)
• Style: Member access symbols should be followed with member name (#8517)
• Style: Remove extra space before colon in named parameters (#8504)
• Style: Use the shorthand of the nullable type (#8501)
• Remove empty lines; correct space on closing square brackets, negative signs, and generic brackets (#8508)
• Remove space after new keyword in implicitly typed array allocation (#8505)
• The static keyword should be right after access modifier (#8506)
• Remove comments after closing bracket (#8503)
• Remove space character after '!' (#8507)
• Style: Remove extra space before colon in named parameters (#8504)

Tools

• Recommend Azure DevOps extension inside VS-Code for better YAML editing. (#8403) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• -AddToPath re-implementation in install-powershell.ps1 (#8081) (Thanks @glachancecmaisonneuve!)
• Change the feed URL to feed name due to changes in AzDevOps (#8664)
• Batch merge builds together while a merge build is running (#8668)
• Fix grammar in stale bot message (#8660) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Add macOS files to .gitignore (#8456) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Name the spelling yaml something more appropriate (#8601) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Add script to create icns files. (#7456) (Thanks @thezim!)
• Pass nugetkey as parameter (#8461)
• Add gitkracken files to gitignore (#8434) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Create release process issue template (#8417)
• Support for linuxmint in installpsh-debian.sh (#8440) (Thanks @DarwinJS!)
• Enable install-powershell.ps1 to use MSI (#8418)

Tests

• Remove broken HelpUri from CimTest (#8688) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Remove appveyor environment checks (#8669) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Adding tests for PSDiagnostics Module (#8431) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)
• Increase diagnose-ability of Link Checker failures (#8667)
• Fix broken urls (#8653)
• Update fuzzy test to fix daily build (#8629)
• Create link check task (#8471) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Add Tests for ConfirmImpact Ratings (#8214) (Thanks @vexx32!)
• Fix style issues in xUnit tests (#8465) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Move xUnit tests in new folder (#8356) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Fix environment variable test and add missing null check in CommandHelpProvider (#8408)
• Remove dotnet dependency to start WebListener (#8390)

Build and Packaging Improvements

• Update Third Party Notices (#8415)
• Adding yaml for Windows Release builds (#8374)
• Bump NJsonSchema from 9.13.1 to 9.13.2 (#8422)
• Do not ship fullclr binaries of PackageManagement (#8700) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Fix the build for fxdependent build for dotnet sdk (#8670)
• Add Windows build to universal release build YAML (#8695)
• Remove Debian 8 references as it is EOL (#8678)
• Build(deps): Bump NJsonSchema from 9.13.14 to 9.13.15 (#8671)
• Build package build using ubuntu 18.04 image (#8666)
• Fix a typo in packaging.psm1 (#8647) (Thanks @sethvs!)
• Add function to create a framework dependent package dotnet-sdk containers (#8644)
• Build(deps): Bump NJsonSchema from 9.13.13 to 9.13.14 (#8648)
• Build(deps): Bump PowerShellGet from 2.0.3 to 2.0.4 (#8649)
• Fix installing fpm and ronn in macOS CI by avoid installing docs for them (#8656)
• Build(deps): Bump Markdig.Signed from 0.15.6 to 0.15.7 (#8637)
• Build(deps): Bump System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs from 4.5.1 to 4.5.2 (#8614)
• Build(deps): Bump System.Net.Http.WinHttpHandler from 4.5.1 to 4.5.2 (#8615)
• Build(deps): Bump NJsonSchema from 9.13.11 to 9.13.13 (#8616)
• Build(deps): Bump System.Text.Encoding.CodePages from 4.5.0 to 4.5.1 (#8613)
• Enable install of Preview MSI release side-by-side with Stable release (#8513)
• Get macOS to publish daily build to nugetfeed (#8464)
• Build(deps): Bump Markdig.Signed from 0.15.5 to 0.15.6 (#8558)
• Build(deps): Bump NJsonSchema from 9.13.10 to 9.13.11 (#8569)
• Remove duplicate Open Here context menu item upgrading to newer Preview release (#8496)
• Bump NJsonSchema from 9.13.9 to 9.13.10 (#8511)
• Bump NJsonSchema from 9.13.7 to 9.13.9 (#8498)
• Bump NJsonSchema from 9.13.4 to 9.13.7 (#8493)
• Bump NJsonSchema from 9.13.3 to 9.13.4 (#8462)
• Fix daily NuGet publishing (#8460)
• Bump NJsonSchema from 9.13.2 to 9.13.3 (#8457)
• Bump Markdig.Signed from 0.15.4 to 0.15.5 (#8444)

Documentation and Help Content

• Remove unused AppVeyor links from README.md (#8685) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Update README.md (#8684)
• Update Package Management license to MIT (#8676) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Create Support File (#8618) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Update git clone URL (#8673) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• docs(contributing): add link check information (#8659) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Update License and Third Party Notice (#8646)
• Update README, metadata.json and changelog for release 6.1.2 (#8658)
• Fix typo in README.md (#8642) (Thanks @MarkTiedemann!)
• Fix some typos in the README (#8623) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Remove en-us from docs.microsoft.com URL (#8628) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Update examples for hosting PSCore and remove old outdated examples (#8472) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Update the pull request template (#8624) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Contributing guidelines: Remove references to Travis CI and AppVeyor (#8617) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Update code coverage analysis document (#8543) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Remove en-us from our doc links (#8602)
• Document First-time-issue and Hackathon/Hacktoberfest labels (#8575)
• Updated linux build link (#8579) (Thanks @jwmoss!)
• Update contributing guidelines doc to run spellchecking in English (#8473) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Updating links to point to new VS Code docs (#8468)

v6.2.0-preview.3 - 2018-12-10

Breaking Changes

• Get-ExperimentalFeature no longer has -ListAvailable switch (#8318)
• Debug parameter now sets DebugPreference to Continue instead of Inquire (#8195) (Thanks @KirkMunro!)

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Improve PowerShell startup time by 24% (#8341) (#8396)
• Remove extra newlines from formatting which resulted in unnecessary double newlines (#8247)
• Add Enable-ExperimentalFeature and Disable-ExperimentalFeature cmdlets (#8318)
• Fix Export-ModuleMember bug for a ScriptBlock having no context (#8363)
• Fix race condition to access powershell.config.json (#8249) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Add SkipCA and SkipCN check requirement to WinRM/OMI HTTPS connection (#8279)
• Add fix for Start-Job initialization script which should not be executed as trusted in system lockdown (#8284)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

• Add Enable-ExperimentalFeature and Disable-ExperimentalFeature cmdlets (#8318)
• Add cmdlet Join-String for creating text from pipeline input (#7660) (Thanks @powercode!)
• Expose all cmdlets from PSDiagnostics if logman.exe is available (#8366)
• Fix Get-Help for advanced functions with MAML help content (#8353)
• Conditionally mark getter/setter implementations as virtual in generated classes (#8303) (Thanks @IISResetMe!)
• Fix for PSDrive creation with a UNC path with a trailing backslash or forward slash when combined with -Persist (#8305) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)
• Remove Persist parameter from New-PSDrive on non-Windows platform (#8291) (Thanks @lukexjeremy!)
• Test-Path: Return $false when given an empty or $null -Path/-LiteralPath value (#8080) (Thanks @vexx32!)
• Token calculation fix for Get-Help executed on ScriptBlock for comment help. (#8238) (Thanks @hubuk!)
• Support Get-PSHostProcessInfo and Enter-PSHostProcess on Unix platforms (#8232)

Code Cleanup

• Update resgen, typegen to use .Net Core 2.1 (#8369) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Change Newtonsoft deserializing bug comment to link to the new issue (#8377) (Thanks @louistio!)
• Cleanup #if !CORECLR code (#8337) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Cleanup UpdatableHelpSystem and enable XSD validation on MAML help content (#8335) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Remove old customPSSnapInType parameter from PSSnapInInfo() (#8333) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Cleanup #if CORECLR from some files (#8332) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Cleanup AssemblyInfo (#8190) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Fix GetLocationCommand output type parameter set and style issues (#8324) (Thanks @Meir017!)

Tools

• Remove dependabot attribution and generate changelog sections using CL-* labels (#8386)

Tests

• Update folder path for storing optimization profile and add test to validate loaded assemblies and libraries on startup (#8406)
• Fix an intermittent failure in macOS logging tests (#8385)
• Created a csproj to pin test modules and updated build.psm1 accordingly (#8350)
• Update help content for TabCompletion tests only if it does not exist (#8355)
• Skip Enter-PSHostProcess tests on AppVeyor due to PSReadline issue (#8317)

Build and Packaging Improvements

• Remove AmazonLinux Dockerfile (#8271) (Thanks @kiazhi!)
• Make install-powershell.sh auto-detect if it should use wget or curl (#8225) (Thanks @DarwinJS!)
• Bump NJsonSchema from 9.12.2 to 9.13.1 (#8319) (#8328) (#8412) (#8371) (#8384)
• Bump Microsoft.PowerShell.Native from 6.2.0-preview.2 to 6.2.0-preview.3 (#8411)
• Update the name of the artifact to be unique per artifact (#8405)
• Create unified release build for macOS and Linux packages (#8399)
• Add Linux ARM64 build support (#8016) (Thanks @slide!)
• Update the timeout of CI builds (#8398)
• Bump PackageManagement from 1.2.2 to 1.2.4 in /src/Modules (#8320) (#8383)
• Bump Newtonsoft.Json from 11.0.2 to 12.0.1 (#8348)
• Enable pipeline to sync PSGallery modules to AzArtifacts feed (#8316)
• Build Alpine tar.gz package in release builds (#8340)
• Publish test package to AppVeyor daily build (#8273)
• Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp from 2.9.0 to 2.10.0 (#8294)
• Bump PowerShellGet from 2.0.1 to 2.0.3 in /src/Modules (#8321)
• Enable Open Here context menu on Windows to work with root of a drive (#8287)
• Bump System.Data.SqlClient from 4.5.1 to 4.6.0 (#8266)

Documentation and Help Content

• Merge changelogs from 6.1.1 and 6.0.5 into master (#8283)
• Remove all reference to AppVeyor and Travis CI from docs (#8376)
• Change default issue template to use different categories (#8203)

v6.2.0-preview.2 - 2018-11-15

Breaking Changes

• Honor -OutputFormat if specified in non-interactive, redirected, encoded command used with pwsh (#8115)
• Load assembly from module base path before trying to load from the GAC (#8073)
• Remove tilde from Linux preview packages (#8244)
• Move processing of -WorkingDirectory before processing of profiles (#8079)

Known Issues

• PowerShell WSMan remoting does not work on Debian 9 due to missing symbolic links. For more information and a workaround see issue #7598

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Enable case-insensitive tab completion for files and folders on case-sensitive filesystem (#8128)
• Experimental feature: Implicit remoting batching performance improvements (#8038)
• Add a path for checking ZoneInformation without throwing an exception (#8025) (Thanks @powercode!)
• Fix CVE-2018-8256, issues with expanding ZIP files with relative paths (#8252)
• Fix CVE-2018-8415, issue logging when the scriptblock has a null character (#8253)
• Make PSVersionInfo.PSVersion and PSVersionInfo.PSEdition public (#8054) (Thanks @KirkMunro!)
• Enable distinct ModuleAnalysisCache files for each installation of pwsh (#8174)
• Consolidation of all Windows PowerShell work ported to PowerShell Core (#8257)
• Fix incorrect name check when auto-loading required modules (#8218)
• Adding verbose output for experimental implicit remoting batching feature (#8166)
• Add Type Inference for $_ / $PSItem in catch{ } blocks (#8020) (Thanks @vexx32!)
• Fix static method invocation type inference (#8018) (Thanks @SeeminglyScience!)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

• Reduce allocations in Get-Content cmdlet (#8103) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Enable Set-Location -LiteralPath to work with folders named - and + (#8089)
• Enable Add-Content to share read access with other tools while writing content (#8091)
• Add new Offset and Count parameters to Format-Hex and refactor the cmdlet (#7877) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Add -Name, -NoUserOverrides and -ListAvailable parameters to Get-Culture cmdlet (#7702) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Allow dynamic parameter to be returned even if path does not match any provider (#7957)
• Style fixes in Format-Hex (#8083) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Fix logic to rely on PowerShell major and minor version instead of build number to determine whether to output formatdata (#8063)
• Fix Rename-Item -Path with wildcard char (#7398) (Thanks @kwkam!)
• When using Start-Transcript and file exists, empty file rather than deleting (#8131) (Thanks @paalbra!)
• Error message enhancement for Clear-Content cmdlet when targeting a directory (#8134) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)
• Make Select-String faster by not doing extra work (#7673) (Thanks @powercode!)
• Remove ShouldProcess from Format-Hex (#8178)

Code Cleanup

• Remove clone of command-line arguments array (#7910) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Use DefaultPathSeparator char instead of DefaultPathSeparatorString (#8082) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Replace StringComparision.CurrentCulture with StringComparision.Ordinal (#8068) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Fix typo in -icontains description from incase sensitive to case insensitive (#7840) (Thanks @StingyJack!)
• Refactor module version/GUID comparison logic (#7125)

Tools

• Update installpsh-amazonlinux.sh for container specific issues (#7907) (Thanks @DarwinJS!)
• Update the codeowners file (#8017)

Tests

• Filter the TestPackage artifact upload by name to avoid other ZIP files being uploaded (#8116)
• Adding fxdependent PowerShell package tests (#7830)
• Fix Windows Feature tests running in Azure DevOps (#8220)
• Create $PROFILE if it does not exist for -WorkingDirectory processing test (#8152)
• Add test coverage for additional Get-Module parameters (#8137) (Thanks @KevinMarquette!)
• Fix conflict with Get-AdlStoreChildItem from az module in tab completion tests (#8167)
• Fix static secret in code (#8186)

Build and Packaging Improvements

• Bump xunit.runner.visualstudio from 2.4.0 to 2.4.1 (#8139)
• Bump xunit from 2.4.0 to 2.4.1 (#8140)
• Bump Microsoft.ApplicationInsights from 2.8.0 to 2.8.1 (#8104)
• Bump NJsonSchema from 9.11.1 to 9.12.1 (#8183, #8248)
• Fix Start-PSBuild -Output (#7504) (Thanks @kwkam!)
• Adding YML for Linux builds (#8168)
• Publish test package at AGENT_WORKFOLDER if TEMP is not available (#8108)
• Fix psmodulerestore path when built in Visual Studio Code (#8075)
• Use approved verb instead of Generate-CrossGenAssembly (#8151) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)
• Add path filters to CI YAML (#8222)
• Update SignType in signing.xml (#8223)
• Update metadata for 6.0.5 and 6.1.1 releases (#8259)
• Port changes to allow Azure DevOps NuGet feeds for Mac build (Internal 5818)
• Update version for dependencies (Internal 5822)
• Add code to use private NuGet feeds when running in internal CI system (#8187)
• Add title to Open Here window for MSI installer (#8164)
• Remove build and documentation references to git submodules (#8177) (Thanks @andschwa!)
• Add function to create a new nuget.config file (#8170)
• Update macOS release build to create the nuget.config (#8185)
• Workaround for accessing Azure Artifacts (#8188)
• Fix script path for PowerShellPackageVsts.ps1 (#8189)
• Microsoft.PowerShell.Native now has MUSL binaries for Alpine.

Documentation and Help Content

• Fix grammar in README.md (#8059) (Thanks @daviddreher2!)
• Update powershell-beginners-guide.md to add alias for Clear-Host (#7912) (Thanks @aavdberg!)
• Add Microsoft Docs link to FAQ (#8133) (Thanks @vongrippen!)
• Added updated photo of Visual Studio Code due to new version of Code (#8084) (Thanks @lassehastrup!)
• Update license.rtf to only have major version (#8127)
• Updated Pester Syntax in Writing Tests Guide (#8039) (Thanks @markwragg!)
• Remove duplicate parts from license file (#8143) (Thanks @azkarmoulana!)
• Fix spellings in CHANGELOG.md (#8062)
• Update license RTF to 6.2 (#8065)
• Combine notes about ITuple changes in Change Log (#8077) (Thanks @Jocapear!)
• Correct typos in powershell-beginners-guide.md (#8088) (Thanks @nycjan!)
• Added Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches as recommended reading (#8067) (Thanks @tobvil!)
• Update README.md for v6.1.1 (#8255)
• Fix some typos (#8206) (Thanks @jeis2497052!)
• Promote HTTPS (#8160) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Simple grammatical correction in README.md file (#7978) (Thanks @iGotenz!)
• Update URLs to use HTTPS instead of HTTP in the documentation (#8165) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Remove #7633 from v6.2.0-preview.1 CHANGELOG.md updates. (#8101) (Thanks @stknohg!)

v6.2.0-preview.1 - 2018-10-18

Breaking Changes

• Do not add PATHEXT environment variable on Unix (#7697) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

Known Issues

• Remoting on Windows IOT ARM platforms has an issue loading modules. See #8053

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Add C# style type accelerators and suffixes for ushort, uint, ulong, and short literals (#7813) (Thanks @vexx32!)
• Create inferred types for Select-Object, Group-Object, PSObject and Hashtable (#7231) (Thanks @powercode!)
• Fix .NET adapter to be able to get members from System.IntPtr (#7808)
• Fix .NET adapter to not throw when fails to create a PSMethod due to ByRef-like type (#7788)
• Support calling method with ByRef-like type parameters (#7721)
• Fix perf issue in provider by using Refresh() to update the status rather than instantiating ServiceController which has a significant perf degradation from .NET Framework (#7680)
• Update PowerShell to handle the case where the Windows PowerShell module path is already in the environment's PSModulePath (#7727)
• Ensure the SSHClientSessionTransportManager stream writer and reader fields are cleared after dispose. (#7746)
• Add unified attribute for completion for Encoding parameter. (#7732) (Thanks @ThreeFive-O!)
• Add support for Byte Literals (#7901) (Thanks @vexx32!)
• Fix Property and ScriptBlock expressions in EntrySelectedBy tags within custom controls (#7913) (Thanks @SeeminglyScience!)
• Fix BeginInvoke/EndInvoke to return results when Stop or BeginStop/EndStop was called previously (#7917)
• Allow root node of format.ps1xml to have attributes that are ignored (#7987)
• Use non-virtual call to invoke 'family or assembly' methods on base class from PowerShell class (#7622) (#7624) (Thanks @yurko7!)
• Make the parameter to ImportPSModule use params so that it is easier to call (#7933) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

• Add EscapeHandling parameter in ConvertTo-Json cmdlet (#7775) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Make Add-Type open source files with FileAccess.Read and FileShare.Read explicitly (#7915) (Thanks @IISResetMe!)
• No longer skips a column without name if double quote delimiter is used in Import-Csv (#7899) (Thanks @Topping!)
• Add support for cd + (#7206) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Allow numeric Ids and name of registered code pages in -Encoding parameters (#7636) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Remove extra space in LastWriteTime format (#7810) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Fix Enter-PSSession -ContainerId for the latest Windows (#7883)
• Get/Add-Content throws improved error when targeting a container (#7823) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)
• Ensure NestedModules property gets populated by Test-ModuleManifest (#7859)
• Add %F case to Get-Date -UFormat (#7630) (Thanks @britishben!)
• Fix file blocking issue with web cmdlets (#7676) (Thanks @Claustn!)
• Improve error message on non-Windows when importing clixml with securestring (#7997)
• Add prompt to the use of less in the function 'help' to instruct user how to quit (#7998)
• Fix Set-Service -Status Stopped to stop services with dependencies (#5525) (Thanks @zhenggu!)

Code Cleanup

• Use nameof() in bound parameters.contains key() (#7908) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Cleanup all native code from repository (#7892)
• Add XSDs for Format and Types.ps1xml files (#7832) (Thanks @felixfbecker!)
• Remove unused commented out code (#7935) (Thanks @vpondala!)
• Add .editorconfig (#7357) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Remove unused stopwatch (#7878)
• Clean up MshObject.cs and MshMemberInfo.cs (#7446)
• Add TimeToLive and Hops aliases to MaxHops parameter of Test-Connection cmdlet. (#7850) (Thanks @sethvs!)
• Fix a typo in Credential.cs (#7696) (Thanks @sethvs!)
• Remove workaround on VSTS that is no longer needed (#7666)
• Improve code style of Send-MailMessage cmdlet (#7723) (Thanks @ThreeFive-O!)
• Cleanup FileSystemProvider from runtime checks (#7655) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Remove extra spaces in error messages in Modules.resx (#7662) (Thanks @sethvs!)
• Remove empty XML comment lines (missed in #7401) (#7641) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)
• Remove Suspend-Job and Resume-Job cmdlets from compilation (#7650)

Tools

• Fix syntax error in installpwsh-amazonlinux.sh (#7905) (Thanks @DarwinJS!)
• Add tools for PowerShell perf analysis (#7595) (Thanks @lzybkr!)
• Started using Dependabot to create PRs to update package and module versions

Tests

• Add test for $error[0] tab completion (#7924) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Replace test certificates with self-signed certificate generating command (#7875)
• Standardize Pester syntax in ReplaceOperator.Tests.ps1 (#7963) (Thanks @sethvs!)
• Updating ModulePath.Tests for fxdependent package (#7772)
• Add tests for Import-Module -Force (#7491)
• Updates to Docker package tests (#7667)
• Updating test gallery URL in PackageManagement tests (#7879)
• Add version checking tests for Import-Module (#7499)
• Update Markdown tests (#7838)
• Change locale of mdspell to en-US (#7671)
• Test changes needed for running in a container (#7869)
• Add daily build non-windows platforms (#7683)
• Remove workaround on VSTS that is no longer needed (#7666)
• Fix module specification hashtable in ModuleSpecification.Tests.ps1 (#7663) (Thanks @sethvs!)
• Use dotnet test since the dotnet xunit test runner has been deprecated (#7980) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Fix pipeline test where SmtpServer key was set wrong in pipeline object (#7745) (Thanks @ThreeFive-O!)
• Change API to get host name to match cmdlet which is more reliable in Azure DevOps Pipelines Hosted Windows VS2017 (#8003)
• Disable travis-ci (#7766)
• Make artifact upload only occur for non-PR builds (#7657)
• Change logic for downloading zip files based on job id (#7653)
• Add missing dependency for hosting xUnit tests

Build and Packaging Improvements

• Change default of Start-PSBuild to include -PSModuleRestore (#7881)
• Specify verb, pwsh, for shell context menu to avoid overriding the default verb (#7932) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Converting aliases to cmdlets in build.psm1 (#7964) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)
• Add dependencies for SUSE (#7938) (Thanks @Jellyfrog!)
• Wait for package manager not to be locked (#7817)
• Make Start-PSPackage give better message about how to fix files.wxs (#7841)
• Bump to .NET Core 2.1.5 with SDK 2.1.403 and latest packages (#7646, #7834, #7922, #7936) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Bump Markdig.Signed NuGet package from 0.15.3 to 0.15.4 (#7960) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Bump Microsoft.ApplicationInsights from 2.7.2 to 2.8.0 (#8002)
• Bump Microsoft.PowerShell.Native from 6.1.0-rc.1 to 6.1.0 (#7861)
• Bump NJsonSchema from 9.10.71 to 9.11.1 (#7705, #7764, #7990)
• Bump PackageManagement from 1.1.7.2 to 1.2.2 in /src/Modules (#8014, #8029)
• Bump Pester to use latest version (#8015)
• Bump PowerShellGet to 2.0.0 (#7831)
• Bump PSReadLine to 2.0.0-beta3 (#7711)
• Bump Xunit.SkippableFact from 1.3.6 to 1.3.12 (#7972)
• Make Windows MSI uninstallation shortcut remove work when more than one version is installed (#7701) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Update Docker files to use MCR (#7726)
• Update metadata.json in preparation for 6.1 release (#7741)
• Build and package framework dependent package (#7729)
• Make sure MSI build works when not preview (#7752)
• Remove PDBs from fxdependent package (#8006)
• Improve debugging of NuGet package generation and add type to filtering

Documentation and Help Content

• Replace ambiguous hang term (#7902, #7931) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Updating incorrect example of PowerShell.Create() (#7926) (Thanks @1RedOne!)
• Update governance.md (#7927) (Thanks @tommymaynard!)
• Add cURL to the Bash users list in README.md (#7948) (Thanks @vmsilvamolina!)
• Optimize image assets used in documentation (#7874) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Update build badges (#7792)
• Remove packaging, building and installation scripts for Ubuntu 17.10 (#7773)
• Remove badges for master build as it reflects last PR which is not actionable from the README file (#7816)
• Improve Markdown formatting of beginners guide (#7684) (Thanks @fbehrens!)
• Fix the Basic cookbooks link (#7934) (Thanks @vmsilvamolina!)
• Update version for PowerShell release 6.1.0 (#7751)
• Add VSTS CI build badges for master branch to README.md (#7691) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Add a paragraph on files.wxs updating (#7695) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Update CONTRIBUTION.md about adding an empty line after the copyright header (#7706) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Update docs about .NET Core version 2.0 to be about version 2.x (#7467) (Thanks @bergmeister!)