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6.2 Changelog

6.2.7 - 2020-07-16

Build and Packaging Improvements

Fix Azure file copy issues in release build by fixing the path to upload directory content (#13182)
Update .NET Core to version 2.1.808 (Internal 12003)
Fix Azure file copy break in AzDevOps by updating task version to latest (#13173)

6.2.6 - 2020-06-11

Engine Updates and Fixes

Restrict loading of amsi.dll to system32 folder (#12730)

Tools

Update the PowerShell team list to correct changelog generation (#12927)

Tests

Pin major Pester version to 4 to prevent breaking changes caused by upcoming release of v5 (#12262) (Thanks @bergmeister!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Update to `.NET Core 2.1.807`

update to dotnet 2.1.807 (Internal 11697)
update hosting tests
Check if Azure Blob exists before overwriting (#12921)
Upgrade APIScan version (#12876)
Fix break in package build by pinning ffi version to 1.12 (#12889)
Update the build to sign any unsigned files as 3rd party Dlls (#12581)

6.2.5 - 2020-05-14

Build and Packaging Improvements

Port back the code for new changelog format.
Work around FPM issue with a specific version on macOS
Update the combined package build to release the daily builds (#10449)
Refactor packaging pipeline (#11852)
Bump .NET SDK version to the version 2.1.18
Move to standard internal pool for building (#12119)

6.2.4 - 2020-01-27

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

Enable Start-Process to work on Windows 7 (#10417) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Fix global tool issues around exit code, command line parameters, and paths with spaces (#10461)
Make Add-Type usable in applications that host PowerShell (#10587)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Update to use TSAv2 (#9914)
Update the dotnet SDK install script URL in build.psm1 (#10927)
Update dependencies needed by Azure PowerShell and patch for Newtonsoft.Json (Internal 10798)
Fix path for getting reference assemblies (Internal 10792)

6.2.3 - 2019-09-12

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)

6.2.2 - 2019-07-16

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)

6.2.1 - 2019-05-21

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)

6.2.0 - 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)

6.2.0-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)

6.2.0-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)

6.2.0-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)

6.2.0-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!)

6.2.0-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 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!)