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PowerShell v6.0.0-beta.9 Release Notes

Release Date: 2017-10-24 // over 6 years ago

  • 💥 Breaking changes

    • 🛠 Fix ValueFromRemainingArguments to have consistent behavior between script and C# cmdlets. (#2038) (Thanks @dlwyatt)
    • ✂ Remove parameters -importsystemmodules and -psconsoleFile from powershell.exe. (#4995)
    • ✂ Removed code to show a GUI prompt for credentials as PowerShell Core prompts in console. (#4995)
    • ✂ Remove -ComputerName from Get/Set/Remove-Service. (#5094)
    • 📇 Rename the executable name from powershell to pwsh. (#5101)
    • ✂ Remove RunspaceConfiguration support. (#4942)
    • ✂ Remove -ComputerName support since .NET Core Process.GetProcesses(computer) returns local processes. (#4960)
    • 0️⃣ Make -NoTypeInformation the default on Export-Csv and ConvertTo-Csv. (#5164) (Thanks @markekraus)
    • Unify cmdlets with parameter -Encoding to be of type System.Text.Encoding. (#5080)

    ⚡️ Engine updates and fixes

    • 🛠 Fix PowerShell to update the PATH environment variable only if PATH exists. (#5021)
    • 👍 Enable support of folders and files with colon in name on Unix. (#4959)
    • 🛠 Fix detection of whether -LiteralPath was used to suppress wildcard expansion for navigation cmdlets. (#5038)
    • Enable using filesystem from a UNC location. (#4998)
    • Escape trailing backslash when dealing with native command arguments. (#4965)
    • 🔄 Change location of ModuleAnalysisCache so it isn't shared with Windows PowerShell. (#5133)
    • Put command discovery before scripts for Unix. (#5116)

    ⚡️ General cmdlet updates and fixes

    • Correct comma position in SecureStringCommands.resx. (#5033) (Thanks @markekraus)
    • 🌐 User Agent of Web Cmdlets now reports the OS platform (#4937) (Thanks @LDSpits)
    • ➕ Add the positional parameter attribute to -InputObject for Set-Service. (#5017) (Thanks @travisty-)
    • ➕ Add ValidateNotNullOrEmpty attribute to -UFormat for Get-Date. (#5055) (Thanks @DdWr)
    • ➕ Add -NoNewLine switch for Out-String. (#5056) (Thanks @raghav710)
    • 👌 Improve progress messages written by Web Cmdlets. (#5078) (Thanks @markekraus)
    • ➕ Add verb descriptions and alias prefixes for Get-Verb. (#4746) (Thanks @Tadas)
    • 🛠 Fix Get-Content -Raw to not miss the last line feed character. (#5076)
    • ➕ Add authentication parameters to Web Cmdlets. (#5052) (Thanks @markekraus)
      • Add -Authentication that provides three options: Basic, OAuth, and Bearer.
      • Add -Token to get the bearer token for OAuth and Bearer options.
      • Add -AllowUnencryptedAuthentication to bypass authentication that is provided for any transport scheme other than HTTPS.
    • 🛠 Fix MatchInfoContext clone implementation (#5121) (Thanks @dee-see)
    • Exclude PSHostProcess cmdlets from Unix platforms. (#5105)
    • 🛠 Fix Add-Member to fetch resource string correctly. (#5114)
    • Enable Import-Module to be case insensitive. (#5097)
    • ➕ Add exports for syslog APIs in libpsl-native. (#5149)
    • 🛠 Fix Get-ChildItem to not ignore -Depth parameter when using with -Include or -Exclude. (#4985) (Thanks @Windos)
    • ➕ Added properties UserName, Description, DelayedAutoStart, BinaryPathName and StartupType to the ServiceController objects returned by Get-Service. (#4907) (Thanks @joandrsn)

    🏗 Build and Packaging Improvements

    • Treat .rtf files as binary so EOL don't get changed. (#5020)
    • 👌 Improve the output of tools/installpsh-osx.sh and update Travis-CI to use Ruby 2.3.3. (#5065)
    • 👌 Improve Start-PSBootstrap to locate dotnet SDK before installing it. (#5059) (Thanks @PetSerAl)
    • 🛠 Fix the prerequisite check of the MSI package. (#5070)
    • 👌 Support creating tar.gz package for Linux and macOS. (#5085)
    • ➕ Add release builds that produce symbols for compliance scans. (#5086)
    • ⚡️ Update existing Docker files for the Linux package changes. (#5102)
    • ➕ Add compiler switches and replace dangerous function with safer ones. (#5089)
    • ➕ Add macOS launcher. (#5138) (Thanks @thezim)
    • ✅ Replace httpbin.org/response-headers Tests with WebListener. (#5058) (Thanks @markekraus)
    • ⚡️ Update appimage.sh to reflect the new name pwsh. (#5172)
    • ⚡️ Update the man help file used in packaging. (#5173)
    • ⚡️ Update to use pwsh in macOS launcher. (#5174) (Thanks @thezim)
    • ➕ Add code to send web hook for Travis-CI daily build. (#5183)
    • ➕ Add global.json to pick correct SDK version. (#5118) (Thanks @rkeithhill)
    • ⚡️ Update packaging to only package PowerShell binaries when packaging symbols. (#5145)
    • ⚡️ Update Docker files and related due to the name change. (#5156)

    Code Cleanup

    • Clean up Json cmdlets. (#5001) (Thanks @iSazonov)
    • 👌 Remove code guarded by RELATIONSHIP_SUPPORTED and SUPPORTS_IMULTIVALUEPROPERTYCMDLETPROVIDER, which has never been used. (#5066)
    • ✂ Remove PSMI code that has never been used. (#5075)
    • ✂ Remove unreachable code for Stop-Job. (#5091) (Thanks @travisty-)
    • ✂ Removed font and codepage handling code that is only applicable to Windows PowerShell. (#4995)

    ✅ Test

    • 🛠 Fix a race condition between WebListener and Web Cmdlets tests. (#5035) (Thanks @markekraus)
    • ➕ Add warning to Start-PSPester if Pester module is not found (#5069) (Thanks @DdWr)
    • ➕ Add tests for DSC configuration compilation on Windows. (#5011)
    • ✅ Test fixes and code coverage automation fixes. (#5046)

    📚 Documentation and Help Content

    • ⚡️ Update Pi demo instructions about installing libunwind8. (#4974)
    • ➕ Add links on best practice guidelines in coding guideline. (#4983) (Thanks @iSazonov)
    • 💻 Reformat command line help for powershell -help (#4989) (Thanks @iSazonov)
    • 🔄 Change logo in readme to current black icon. (#5030)
    • 🛠 Fix RPM package name in README.md. (#5044)
    • ⚡️ Update docs/building/linux.md to reflect the current status of powershell build. (#5068) (Thanks @dee-see)
    • ➕ Add black version of .icns file for macOS. (#5073) (Thanks @thezim)
    • ⚡️ Update Arch Linux installation instructions. (#5048) (Thanks @kylesferrazza)
    • ➕ Add submodule reminder to testing-guidelines.md. (#5061) (Thanks @DdWr)
    • ⚡️ Update instructions in docs/building/internals.md for building from source. (#5072) (Thanks @kylesferrazza)
    • ➕ Add UserVoice link to Issue Template. (#5100) (Thanks @markekraus)
    • ➕ Add Get-WebListenerUrl Based Examples to WebListener README.md. (#4981) (Thanks @markekraus)
    • ➕ Add document about how to create cmdlet with dotnet CLI. (#5117) (Thanks @rkeithhill)
    • ⚡️ Update the help text for PowerShell executable with the new name pwsh. (#5182)
    • ➕ Add new forward links for PowerShell 6.0.0 help content. (#4978)
    • 🛠 Fix VSCode launch.json to point to pwsh. (#5189)
    • ➕ Add example of how to create .NET Core cmdlet with Visual Studio. (#5096)