v7.0.0-preview.2 Release of PowerShell

v7.0.0-preview.2 - 07/17/2019

Breaking Changes

• Cleanup workflow - remove PSProxyJob (#10083) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Disable Enter-PSHostProcess cmdlet when system in lock down mode (Internal 9168)
• Consider DBNull.Value and NullString.Value the same as $null when comparing with $null and casting to bool (#9794) (Thanks @vexx32!)

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Allow methods to be named after keywords (#9812) (Thanks @vexx32!)
• Create JumpList in STA thread as some COM APIs are strictly STA only to avoid sporadic CLR crashes (#9928) (#10057) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Skip JumpList on NanoServer and IoT (#10164)
• Display COM method signature with argument names (#9858) (Thanks @nbkalex!)
• Use the original precision (prior-dotnet-core-3) for double/float-to-string conversion (#9893)
• Import-DscResource should allow to overwrite DSC built-in resources. (#9879)
• Add ability to pass InitialSessionState to the ConsoleShell.Start (#9802) (Thanks @asrosent!)
• Have console host not enter command prompt mode when using Read-Host -Prompt (#9743)
• Fix use of Start-Process http://bing.com (#9793)
• Support negative numbers in -split operator (#8960) (Thanks @ece-jacob-scott!)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

• Support DSC compilation on Linux. (#9834)
• Add alias for Service StartType (#9940) (Thanks @NeoBeum!)
• Add -SecurityDescriptorSddl parameter to Set-Service (#8626) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)
• Fix auto-download of files when enumerating files from a OneDrive folder (#9895)
• Set request headers when request body is empty in Web Cmdlets (#10034) (Thanks @markekraus!)
• Fix wrong comparison in CertificateProvider (#9987) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Sync docs changes into the embedded help for pwsh (#9952)
• Display Duration when displaying HistoryInfo (#9751) (Thanks @rkeithhill!)
• Update console startup and help url for PowerShell docs (#9775)
• Make UseAbbreviationExpansion and TempDrive official features (#9872)
• Fix Get-ChildItem -Path with wildcard char (#9257) (Thanks @kwkam!)

Performance

• Add another fast path to WildcardPattern.IsMatch for patterns that only have an asterisk in the end (#10054) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Move some of the creations of WildcardPattern in outer loop to avoid unnecessary allocation (#10053) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Make Foreach-Object 2 times faster by reducing unnecessary allocations and boxing (#10047)
• Use a static cache for PSVersionInfo.PSVersion to avoid casting SemanticVersion to Version every time accessing that property (#10028)
• Reduce allocations in NavigationCmdletProvider.NormalizePath() (#10038) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Add fast path for wildcard patterns that contains no wildcard characters (#10020)
• Avoid Assembly.GetName() in ClrFacade.GetAssemblies(string) to reduce allocations of CultureInfo objects (#10024) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Avoid the int[] and int[,] allocation when tokenizing line comments and matching wildcard pattern (#10009)

Tools

• Update change log generation tool to deal with private commits (#10096)
• Update Start-PSBuild -Clean logic of git clean to ignore locked files from VS2019 (#10071) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Indent fix in markdown-link.tests.ps1 (#10049) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Start-PSBuild -Clean does not remove all untracked files (#10022) (Thanks @vexx32!)
• Add module to support Pester tests for automating debugger commands (stepInto, stepOut, etc.), along with basic tests (#9825) (Thanks @KirkMunro!)
• Remove markdownlint tests due to security issues (#10163)

Code Cleanup

• Cleanup CompiledScriptBlock.cs (#9735) (Thanks @vexx32!)
• Cleanup workflow code (#9638) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Use AddOrUpdate() instead of Remove then Add to register runspace (#10007) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Suppress PossibleIncorrectUsageOfAssignmentOperator rule violation by adding extra parenthesis (#9460) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Use AddRange in GetModules() (#9975) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Code cleanup: use IndexOf(char) overload (#9722) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Move consts and methods to single CharExtensions class (#9992) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Cleanup: Use EndsWith(char) and StartsWith(char) (#9994) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Remove LCIDToLocaleName P/Invoke from GetComputerInfoCommand (#9716) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Cleanup Parser tests (#9792) (Thanks @vexx32!)
• Remove EtwActivity empty constructor and make minor style fixes (#9958) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Fix style issues from last commits (#9937) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Remove dead code about IsTransparentProxy (#9966)
• Fix minor typos in code comments (#9917) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Style fixes for CimAsyncOperations (#9945) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Fix minor CodeFactor style issues in ModuleCmdletBase (#9915) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Clean up the use of SetProfileRoot and StartProfile in ConsoleHost (#9931)
• Fix minor style issues come from last commits (#9640) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Improve whitespace for Parser tests (#9806) (Thanks @vexx32!)
• Use new string.ConCat() in Process.cs (#9720) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Code Cleanup: Tidy up scriptblock.cs (#9732) (Thanks @vexx32!)

Tests

• Mark Set-Service tests with password as Pending (#10146)
• Fix test password generation rule to meet Windows complexity requirements (#10143)
• Add test for New-Item -Force (#9971) (Thanks @robdy!)
• Fix gulp versions (#9916) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Indentation fixes in ci.psm1 (#9947) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Remove some Travis-CI references (#9919) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Improve release testing Docker images (#9942) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Use yarn to install global tools (#9904) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Attempt to work around the zip download issue in Azure DevOps Windows CI (#9911)
• Update PowerShell SDK version for hosting tests (Internal 9185)

Build and Packaging Improvements

• Update the target framework for reference assemblies to netcoreapp3.0 (#9747)
• Pin version of netDumbster to 2.0.0.4 (#9748)
• Fix daily CodeCoverageAndTest build by explicitly calling Start-PSBootStrap (#9724)
• Split the fxdependent package on Windows into two packages (#10134)
• Bump System.Data.SqlClient (#10109)
• Bump System.Security.AccessControl (#10100)
• Add performance tag to change log command (Internal)
• Upgrade .Net Core 3 SDK from preview5 to preview6 and related out of band Nuget packages from 2.1 to 3.0-preview6 (#9888) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Add to /etc/shells on macOS (#10066)
• Bump Markdig.Signed from 0.17.0 to 0.17.1 (#10062)
• Update copyright symbol for NuGet packages (#9936)
• Download latest version (6.2.0) of PSDesiredStateConfiguration nuget package. (#9932)
• Add automated RPM signing to release build (#10013)
• Bump ThreadJob from 1.1.2 to 2.0.1 in /src/Modules (#10003)
• Bump PowerShellGet from 2.1.4 to 2.2 in /src/Modules (#9933) (#10085)
• Bump PackageManagement from 1.4 to 1.4.3 in /src/Modules (#9820) (#9918) (#10084)
• Update to use TSAv2 (#9914)
• Bump NJsonSchema from 9.14.1 to 10.0.21 (#9805) (#9843) (#9854) (#9862) (#9875) (#9885) (#9954) (#10017)
• Bump System.Net.Http.WinHttpHandler from 4.5.3 to 4.5.4 (#9786)
• Bump Microsoft.ApplicationInsights from 2.9.1 to 2.10.0 (#9757)
• Increase timeout of NuGet job to workaround build timeout (#9772)

Documentation and Help Content

• Change log 6.1.4 (#9759)
• Change log for release 6.2.1 (#9760)
• Add quick steps for adding docs to cmdlets (#9978)
• Update readme gitter badge (#9920) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Update README and metadata.json for 7.0.0-preview.1 release (#9767)

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v6.2.2 Release of PowerShell Core

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)

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v6.1.5 Release of PowerShell Core

6.1.5 - 2019-07-16

Breaking changes

• Disable Enter-PSHostProcess cmdlet when system in lock down mode (Internal 8968)

Build and Packaging Improvements

• Update DotNet SDK and runtime framework version (Internal 9087)
• Add automated RPM signing to release build (#10013)
• Update copyright symbol for NuGet packages (#9936)
• Bump System.Net.Http.WinHttpHandler from 4.5.3 to 4.5.4 (#9790)
• Integrate building NuGet package in the coordinated build (#8947) (#9708)
• Bump Newtonsoft.Json (#9662)

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v7.0.0-preview.1 Release of PowerShell

v7.0.0-preview.1 - 05/30/2019

Breaking Changes

• Disable the debugger when in system lock-down mode (#9645)
• Fix Get-Module -FullyQualifiedName option to work with paths (#9101) (Thanks @pougetat!)
• Fix -NoEnumerate behavior in Write-Output (#9069) (Thanks @vexx32!)
• Make command searcher treat wildcard as literal if target exists for execution (#9202)

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Port PowerShell to .NET Core 3.0 (#9597)
• Make sure we always return an object in command searcher (#9623)
• Support line continuance with pipe at the start of a line (#8938) (Thanks @KirkMunro!)
• Add support for ValidateRangeKind to ParameterMetadata.GetProxyAttributeData (#9059) (Thanks @indented-automation!)
• Allow passing just a dash as an argument to a file via pwsh (#9479)
• Fix tab completion for functions (#9383)
• Reduce string allocation in console output code (#6882) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Fixing test run crash by not passing script block to the callback (#9298)
• Add Binary Parsing Support & Refactor TryGetNumberValue & ScanNumberHelper (#7993) (Thanks @vexx32!)
• Add PowerShell remoting enable/disable cmdlet warning messages (#9203)
• Add xsd for cdxml (#9177)
• Improve formatting performance by having better primitives on PSObject (#8785) (Thanks @powercode!)
• Improve type inference of array literals and foreach statement variables (#8100) (Thanks @SeeminglyScience!)
• Fix for FormatTable remote deserialization regression (#9116)
• Get MethodInfo from .NET public type with explicit parameter types (#9029) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Add retry logic to the operation that updates powershell.config.json (#8779) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• 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!)
• Remove unused cached types (#9015)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

• Fix use of unicode ellipsis in XML for truncating error messages (#9589)
• Improve error message in FileSystemProvider when removing a folder containing hidden or read only files (#9551) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Enable recursion into OneDrive by not treating placeholders as symlinks (#9509)
• Change MatchType for EnumerationOptions to be Win32 making this consistent with Windows PowerShell (#9529)
• Add Support for null Usernames in Web Cmdlet Basic Auth (#9536) (Thanks @markekraus!)
• Fix null reference when Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility is loaded as a snapin in hosting scenarios (#9404)
• Update width of DateTime to accommodate change in Japan DateTime format with new era starting 5/1/19 (#9503)
• Fix Get-Runspace runspace object format Type column (#9438)
• Return correct casing of filesystem path during normalization (#9250)
• Move warning message to EndProcessing so it only shows up once (#9385)
• Fix the platform check in CimDSCParser.cs (#9338)
• New New-PSBreakpoint cmdlet & new -Breakpoint parameter for Debug-Runspace (#8923)
• Fix help paging issues on macOS/Linux and with custom pager that takes arguments (#9033) (Thanks @rkeithhill!)
• Add QuoteFields parameter to ConvertTo-Csv and Export-Csv (#9132) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Fix progress for Get-ComputerInfo (#9236) (Thanks @powercode!)
• Add ItemSeparator and AltItemSeparator properties in ProviderInfo (#8587) (Thanks @renehernandez!)
• Add timestamp to pshost trace listener (#9230)
• Implement Get-Random -Count without specifying an InputObject list (#9111) (Thanks @pougetat!)
• Enable SecureString cmdlets for non-Windows (#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 exception when -RunAs32 is specified in 64-bit pwsh (#9143)
• Make Start-Job throw terminating error when PowerShell is being hosted (#9128)
• Made -Subject parameter of Send-MailMessage command no longer mandatory. (#8961) (Thanks @ece-jacob-scott!)
• Make New-ModuleManifest consistent with Update-ModuleManifest (#9104) (Thanks @pougetat!)
• Add support for empty NoteProperty in Group-Object (#9109) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Remove Hardlink from Mode property in default file system format (#8789) (Thanks @powercode!)
• Fixing issue with help progress with Get-Help not calling Completed (#8788) (Thanks @powercode!)
• Allow Test-ModuleManifest to work when RootModule has no file extension (#8687) (Thanks @pougetat!)
• Add UseQuotes parameter to Export-Csv and ConvertTo-Csv cmdlets (#8951) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Update version for PowerShell.Native and hosting tests (#8983)
• Refactor shuffle in Get-Random to save a full iteration of the objects. (#8969) (Thanks @st0le!)
• Suggest -Id pid for Get-Process pid (#8959) (Thanks @MohiTheFish!)

Code Cleanup

• Attributes.cs - Style / Formatting Fixes (#9625) (Thanks @vexx32!)
• Remove Workflow from PSSessionType (#9618) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Update use of "PowerShell Core" to just "PowerShell" (#9513)
• Use IPGlobalProperties on all platforms for getting host name (#9530) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Remove IsSymLink() P/Invoke on Unix (#9534) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Cleanup unused P/Invokes on Unix (#9531) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Update use of Windows PowerShell to just PowerShell (#9508)
• Cleanup: sort usings (#9490) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Cleanup Export-Command from AssemblyInfo (#9455) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Run CodeFormatter for System.Management.Automation (#9402) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Run CodeFormatter with BraceNewLine,UsingLocation,FormatDocument,NewLineAbove rules (#9393) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Run CodeFormatter for WSMan.Management (#9400) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Run CodeFormatter for WSMan.Runtime (#9401) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Run CodeFormatter for Security module (#9399) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Run CodeFormatter for MarkdownRender (#9398) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Run CodeFormatter for Eventing (#9394) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Use Environment.NewLine for new lines in ConsoleHost code (#9392) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Run CodeFormatter for Diagnostics module (#9378) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Run CodeFormatter for Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management (#9377) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Run CodeFormatter for Utility module (#9376) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Style: Match file name casings of C# source files for Utility commands (#9329) (Thanks @ThreeFive-O!)
• Update repo for Ubuntu 14.04 EOL (#9324)
• Cleanup: sort usings (#9283) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Fix StyleCop Hungarian Notation (#9281) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Style: Update StyleCop rules (#8500)
• Enhance the P/Invoke code for LookupAccountSid in Process.cs (#9197) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Fix coding style for NewModuleManifestCommand (#9134) (Thanks @pougetat!)
• Remove unused method CredUIPromptForCredential from HostUtilities.cs (#9220) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Remove non-existent paths from .csproj files (#9214) (Thanks @ThreeFive-O!)
• Typo in new parameter set (#9205)
• Minor FileSystemProvider cleanup (#9182) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Cleanup style issues in CoreAdapter and MshObject (#9190) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Minor cleanups in Process.cs (#9195) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Refactor ReadConsole P/Invoke in ConsoleHost (#9165) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Clean up Get-Random cmdlet (#9133) (Thanks @pougetat!)
• Fix to not pass StringBuilder by reference (out or ref) in P/Invoke (#9066) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Update AppVeyor comments in Implicit.Remoting.Tests.ps1 (#9020) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Remove AppImage from tools (#9100) (Thanks @Geweldig!)
• Using supported syntax for restoring warnings - Visual Studio 2019 complains about enable. (#9107) (Thanks @powercode!)
• Use Type.EmptyTypes and Array.Empty<T>() to replace our custom code of the same functionality (#9042) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Rename private methods in MshCommandRuntime.cs (#9074) (Thanks @vexx32!)
• Cleanup & update ErrorRecord class code style (#9021) (Thanks @vexx32!)
• Remove unused cached types from CachedReflectionInfo (#9019) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Fix CodeFactor brace style issues in FileSystemProvider (#8992) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Use List.AddRange to optimize -Split (#9001) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Remove Arch Linux Dockerfile (#8990) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Cleanup dllimport (#8847) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

Tools

• Convert custom attribute ValidatePathNotInSettings to function (#9406)
• Create DependaBot config.yml (#9368)
• Add more users to failures detection and fix alias for static analysis (#9292)
• Make install-powershell.ps1 work on Windows Server 2012 R2 (#9271)
• Enable PoshChan for getting and automatic retrieval of test failures for a PR (#9232)
• Fix capitalization cases for PoshChan (#9188) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Update to new format for PoshChan settings and allow all users access to reminders (#9198)
• Fix settings to use dashes instead of underscore (#9167)
• Fix AzDevOps context names and add all PowerShell team members (#9164)
• Add settings for PoshChan (#9162)
• Adding CmdletsToExport and AliasesToExport to test module manifests. (#9108) (Thanks @powercode!)
• Delete Docker manifest creation script (#9076) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Make install scripts more consistent over different operating systems (#9071) (Thanks @Geweldig!)
• Comment cleanup in releaseTools.psm1 (#9064) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Fix duplicate recommendation of Azure DevOps extension for Visual Studio Code (#9032) (Thanks @ThreeFive-O!)
• Code coverage artifacts (#8993)

Tests

• Update version tests to use NextReleaseVersion from metadata.json (#9646)
• Convert Windows CI to stages (#9607)
• Multiple test fixes and improved logging for fragile tests (#9569)
• Add unit and feature tests for `Send-Mai...

v6.2.1 Release of PowerShell Core

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)

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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)

SHA256 Hashes of the release artifacts

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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)

SHA256 Hashes of the release artifacts

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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...