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PowerShell v6.2.0-preview.1 Release Notes

Release Date: 2018-10-18 // over 5 years ago

  • 💥 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)
    • 0️⃣ 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 hang 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!)