v6.1.4 Release of PowerShell Core

6.1.4 - 2019-05-21

Build and Packaging Improvements

• Disable debugger in System Lock down mode (Internal 8430)
• Port changes for release automation to 6.1 (Internal 8402)
• Fix MSI WIX generation (#9013) (Internal 8385)
• Update Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive version (Internal 8380)
• Update package version in hosting test (Internal 8374)
• Bump to dotnet 2.1.11 release
• Remove update build table logic from release build (Internal 8364)
• Add AccessToken variable to jobs that perform signing (#9351)
• Support release branches based on the forward slash separator (#8903)

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v6.2.0 Release of PowerShell Core

v6.2.0 - 2019-03-28

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)

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v6.2.0-rc.1 Release of PowerShell Core

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

NOTE: The snap package update is delayed due to a snap build issue.

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)

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v6.1.3 Release of PowerShell Core

6.1.3 - 2019-02-19

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Add security mitigation for 6.1.3 release (Internal 6561)

Tools

• Change the feed URL to feed name due to changes in Azure DevOps (#8664)

Tests

• Updating test gallery URL in PackageManagement tests (#7879)

Build and Packaging Improvements

• Get PowerShellGet tests working (#7831)
• Start tracking release build information in an azure storage table (#8850)
• Remove PDBs from fxdependent package (#8006)
• 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)
• Move Final artifacts from coordinated build to finalResults folder (#8806)
• Refactor Unified 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)
• Add Windows build to coordinated release build YAML (#8695)
• Build package build using Ubuntu 18.04 image (#8666)
• Adding yml for Windows Release builds (#8374)
• Update SignType in signing.xml (#8223)
• Update DotNet SDK and Runtime version (Internal 7004)
• Add binskim to coordinated build and increase timeout (#8834)

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v6.2.0-preview.4 Release of PowerShell Core

Changelog

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...

v6.1.2 Release of PowerShell Core

v6.1.2 - 2019-01-15

Tests

• Fix test failures (Internal 6310)

Build and Packaging Improvements

• Moved the cleanup logic to Restore-PSModuleToBuild (Internal 6442)
• Update dependency versions (Internal 6421)
• Create unified release build for macOS and Linux packages (#8399)
• Build Alpine tar.gz package in release builds (Internal 6027)

Documentation and Help Content

• Update version for README, Alpine docker file and hosting tests (Internal 6438)

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v6.2.0-preview.3 Release of PowerShell Core

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)

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v6.2.0-preview.2 Release of PowerShell Core

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!)

SHA256 Hashes of the release artifacts

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v6.1.1 Release of PowerShell Core

v6.1.1 - 2018-11-13

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Fix issue with logging the null character in ScriptBlock logging (Internal 5607)
• Consolidation of all Windows PowerShell work ported to 6.1 (Internal 5233)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

• Use ZipFile and ExtractToDirectory APIs to extract zip file (Internal 5608)

Build and Packaging Improvements

• Update the Archive module version (Internal 5671)
• Update to .NET Core 2.1.5 with SDK 2.1.403 (#7936) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Disable package major upgrade tests for release branch (Internal 5209)
• Bump versions for dependencies (Internal 5612)
• Port changes to allow AzDevOps NuGet feeds for macOS build (Internal 5716)
• Port macOS changes from GitHub (#8189, #8188, #8185)
• Add function to create a new nuget.config file (#8170)
• Updated wxs file to match published packages (Internal 5660)

Tests

• Change API to match cmdlet which is more reliable in AzDevOps Pipelines Windows (#8003)
• Fix conflict with Get-AdlStoreChildItem from az module in tab completion tests (#8167)

SHA256 Hashes of the release artifacts

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v6.0.5 Release of PowerShell Core

v6.0.5 - 2018-11-13

Engine updates and fixes

• Fix issue with logging the null character in ScriptBlock logging (Internal 5605)

General cmdlet updates and fixes

• Use ZipFile and ExtractToDirectory APIs to extract zip file (Internal 4802)

Build and Packaging Improvements

• Update SignType in signing.xml (Internal 5721)
• Port changes to pull PowerShell Gallery modules from Modules csproj (Internal 5713)
• Port macOS Release build changes changes from GitHub (#8189, #8188, #8185)
• Fix script path for PowerShellPackageVsts.ps1 (#8189)
• Workaround for accessing AzDevOps Artifacts (#8188)
• Bump various packages to latest patch version (Internal 5675)
• Update PowerShell SDK NuGet various metadata description (Internal 4527, 4510, 4505)

SHA256 Hashes of the release artifacts

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