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v6.2.0-preview.2
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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!)

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