v6.1.0 Release of PowerShell Core

v6.1.0 - 2018-09-13

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Enable indexing operations on System.Tuple and System.ValueTuple (#7633) (Thanks @SeeminglyScience!)
• Use non-virtual call to invoke 'family or assembly' methods on base class from PowerShell class (#7624) (Thanks @yurko7!)
• Handle operations with ByRef-like types gracefully in PowerShell (#7533)
• Make the -settingfile flag on pwsh work for ScriptBlock logging on windows (#7631)
• Ensure the SSHClientSessionTransportManager stream writer and reader fields are cleared after disposing (#7746)
• Add LocationChangedAction handler to support the Windows Compatibility module (#7552)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

• Fix Set-Service -Status Stopped to stop services with dependencies (#5525) (Thanks @zhenggu!)
• Add the Duration property to HistoryInfo (#5208) (Thanks @powercode!)
• Fix null reference in ConvertFrom-Markdown when the markdown content is empty (#7463)
• Fix file blocking issue with WebCmdlets (#7676) (Thanks @Claustn!)
• Fix performance issue in WSMan provider by using Refresh() to update the status rather than instantiating ServiceController (#7680)

Code Cleanup

• Remove Suspend-Job and Resume-Job cmdlets from compilation on Unix platforms (#7650)
• Remove extra spaces in error messages in Modules.resx (#7662) (Thanks @sethvs!)
• Cleanup the platform runtime checks from FileSystemProvider (#7655) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Improve code style of Send-MailMessage cmdlet (#7723) (Thanks @ThreeFive-O!)

Tools

• Add tools for PowerShell performance analysis (#7595) (Thanks @lzybkr!)
• Update code coverage module to download zip files based on job ID (#7653)

Tests

• Update test which assumes all previews have the name preview in the version (#7625)
• Update Pester syntax in Set-Location test (#7615) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Add ScriptBlock logging test for Linux and macOS (#7599) (#7586)
• Add tests to report when package references are out of date (#7661)
• Fix ModuleSpecification.Tests.ps1 (#7663) (Thanks @sethvs!)
• Updates Docker package tests (#7667)

Build and Packaging Improvements

• Update to the latest package references, dotnet core SDK and framework (#7646) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Make the artifact upload only occur for non-PR builds (#7657)
• Change to not upload artifacts during pull request due to missing VSTS feature (#7588)
• Remove workaround on VSTS that is no longer needed (#7666)
• Update docker files to use MCR (#7656)
• Add symbolic links for libssl and libcrypto to Debian 9 build to make remoting work (#7609)
• Simplify the StartupInfo type used in Jumplist creation for faster P/Invoke (#7580) (Thanks @powercode!)
• Add VSTS CI for Windows (#7536)
• Update the version of PowerShellGet module to 1.6.7 (#7564)
• update the version of PSReadLine module to 2.0.0-beta3 (#7711)
• Make sure MSI build works for non-preview builds (#7752)
• Build and package framework dependent package (#7729)
• Change locale of mdspell to en-US (#7671)
• Add daily build on non-windows platforms (#7683)
• Fix Windows MSI to remove the Uninstall shortcut during an uninstall when more than one version is installed (#7701) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Fix docker image names for release build (#7726)

Documentation and Help Content

• Update the version of .NET Core in docs (#7467) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Fix links in README.md (#7619) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Add VSTS CI build badges for master branch to README.md (#7691) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Add a paragraph in CONTRIBUTING.md about updating files.wxs (#7695) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

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v6.1.0-rc.1 Release of PowerShell Core

v6.1.0-rc.1 - 2018-08-22

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

• Fix to not duplicate the System32 module path when starting pwsh from pwsh (#7414)
• Fix sequence point update for switch/if/for/while/do-while/do-until statements (#7305)
• Set the cursor to the place where a user hits tab key (#7299)
• Adding LanguagePrimitives.TryCompare to provide faster comparisons (#7438) (Thanks @powercode!)
• Improving performance of LanguagePrimitives.TryConvertTo (#7418) (Thanks @powercode!)
• Set PowerShellVersion to 3.0 for built-in modules to make Windows PowerShell work when starting from PowerShell Core (#7365)
• Avoid extra unnecessary allocations in PSMemberInfoInternalCollection<T> (#7435) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Enforce the CompatiblePSEditions check for modules from the legacy System32 module path (#7183)
• Make sure that SettingFile argument is parsed before we load the settings (#7449)
• Default to DefaultConsoleWidth when DotNet says WindowWidth is 0 (#7465)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

• Fix parameter name in the Get-Variable cmdlet error message (#7384) (Thanks @sethvs!)
• Fix Move-Item -Path with wildcard character (#7397) (Thanks @kwkam!)
• Ignore Newtonsoft.Json metadata properties in ConvertFrom-Json (#7308) (Thanks @louistio!)
• Fix several issues in Markdown cmdlets (#7329)
• Add support for parsing Link Header with variable whitespace (#7322)
• Change parameter order in Get-Help and help in order to get first -Full and
  then -Functionality when using Get-Help -Fu followed by pressing tab and help -Fu followed by pressing tab (#7370) (Thanks @sethvs!)
• Add support for passing files and Markdown directly to Show-Markdown (#7354)
• Add -SkipIndex parameter to Select-Object (#7483) (Thanks @powercode!)
• Improve performance of Import-CSV up to 10 times (#7413) (Thanks @powercode!)
• Update Enable-PSRemoting so configuration name is unique for Preview releases (#7202)
• Improve performance on JSON to PSObject conversion (#7482) (Thanks @powercode!)
• Fix error message for Add-Type when -AssemblyName with wildcard is not found (#7444)
• Make native globbing on Unix return an absolute path when it is given an absolute path (#7106)
• Improve the performance of Group-Object (#7410) (Thanks @powercode!)
• Remove one unneeded verbose output from ConvertTo-Json (#7487) (Thanks @devblackops!)
• Enable Get-ChildItem to produce Mode property even if cannot determine if hard link (#7355)

Code Cleanup

• Remove empty XML comment lines (#7401) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Cleanup Docker files (#7328)
• Correct the comment for WSManReceiveDataResult.Unmarshal (#7364)
• Format Utility csproj with updated codeformatter (#7263) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Bulk update format for files in Management folder with codeformatter (#7346) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Cleanup: replace Utils.FileExists()/DirectoryExists()/ItemExists() with DotNet methods (#7129) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Update Utils.IsComObject to use Marshal.IsComObject since CAS is no longer supported in DotNet Core (#7344)
• Fix some style issues in engine code (#7246) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

Test

• Use -BeExactly and -HaveCount instead of -Be in BugFix.Tests.ps1 (#7386) (Thanks @sethvs!)
• Use -BeExactly and -HaveCount instead of -Be in TabCompletion.Tests.ps1 (#7380) (Thanks @sethvs!)
• Update CI scripts to support running tests for experimental features (#7419)
• Use -HaveCount instead of -Be in Where-Object.Tests.ps1 (#7379) (Thanks @sethvs!)
• Fix ThreadJob tests so that they will run more reliably (#7360)
• Make logging tests for macOS pending (#7433)

Build and Packaging Improvements

• Update Build script owners (#7321)
• Make MUSL NuGet package optional (#7316)
• Enable pwsh-preview to work on Windows (#7345)
• Fix SDK dependencies
• Add back the powershell-core NuGet source for hosting tests
• Fix typo in environment checker (#7547 & #7549)
• Only remove the revision if it is 0 from module version when restoring modules (#7538)
• Update WCF and NJsonSchema NuGet packages to latest released patch version (#7411) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Add Linux and macOS VSTS CI (#7490, #7527, #7535, #7515 & #7516)
• Updated ThreadJob to version 1.1.2 (#7522)
• Add xUnit project to PowerShell.sln and make it runnable from within VisualStudio (#7254) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Update NuGet packaging code for the new markdown assembly (#7431)
• Update version of modules shipped with PowerShell (#7531)
• Retry restore on failure (#7544 & #7550)
• Update PowerShellGet version
• Update NuGet package metadata (#7517)
• Update reference to use packages from NuGet.org (#7525)
• Start-DevPowerShell: add -Configuration and handle -ArgumentList more properly (#7300) (Thanks @jazzdelightsme!)
• Add preview icon to macOS launcher (#7448) (Thanks @thezim!)
• Add Microsoft.PowerShell.MarkdownRender to signing.xml (#7472)
• Fix building on RedHat Enterprise Linux (#7489)
• Build: Also search PATH for rcedit (#7503) (Thanks @kwkam!)
• Save modules to un-versioned folder to enable servicing (#7518 & #7523)
• Fix macOS launcher app to allow release and preview versions (#7306) (Thanks @thezim!)

Documentation and Help Content

• Fix docs comments in utility folder (#7192) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Fix a typo in issue-management.md (#7393) (Thanks @alexandair!)
• Fix casing of GitHub in best-practice.md (#7392) (Thanks @alexandair!)
• Fix typos in docs/maintainers/README.md (#7390) (Thanks @alexandair!)
• Add maintainer's best practice document and update maintainer list (#7311)
• Update Docker link to PowerShell-Docker (#7351) (Thanks @JoshuaCooper!)
• Add Snapcraft to spelling dictionary (#7318)
• Update README.md and metadata.json for release v6.0.4 (#7497)
• Add Former Repository Maintainers section in maintainers/README.md (#7475)
• Update the HelpUri for Get-ExperimentalFeature (#7466)

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v6.0.4 Release of PowerShell Core

v6.0.4 - 2018-08-10

Build and Packaging Improvements

• Aggregate native components into a single NuGet package "Microsoft.PowerShell.Native".
• Update the version of NuGet packages referenced by PowerShell.
• Fix release build for macOS.

Test

• Fix xUnit tests.
• Add new tests for hosting PowerShell SDK NuGet packages.

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v6.1.0-preview.4 Release of PowerShell Core

v6.1.0-preview.4 - 2018-07-19

Known Issues

• Ubuntu 18.04 has experienced issues with PowerShellGet with some configurations. Desktop and Server images from Ubuntu seem to work fine.
• PowerShell Remoting on Windows ARM 32 doesn't work. (#7317)

Breaking Changes

• Remove the VisualBasic support from Add-Type (#7284)
• Update PowerShell Direct to try pwsh then fallback to powershell (#7241)
• Make pwsh able to start in a directory with wildcards in the name (#7240)
• Update Enable-PSRemoting so configuration name is unique for Preview releases (#7202)
• Enforce the CompatiblePSEditions check for modules from the legacy System32 module path (#7183)

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Add support to experimental features (#7242)
• Fix error when using Get-ChildItem c: (#7033) (Thanks @sethvs!)
• Add location history for Set-Location to enable cd - scenario (issue #2188) (#5051) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Fix padding for right aligned column in table formatting (#7136)
• Fix a performance regression to the -replace operator after adding ScriptBlock support (#7135)
• Fix tab expansion for Get-Process on macOS (#7176)
• When using PSRP, if we receive text instead of XML, output it as error to help troubleshoot (#7168)
• Fix trimming of whitespace when table is wrapped (#7184)
• Modified the Group-Object -AsHashTable to use the base object of PSObject as the key for the Hashtable (#7123)
• Add back ADSI and WMI type accelerators (#7085)
• Add CompatiblePSEditions to PowerShell Core built-in modules (#7083)
• Make Start-Process -ArgumentList to accept @() or $null (#6597)
• Avoid calling native APIs to check for existence of FileSystem items (#6929) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Add copy environment variables from ProcessStartInfo to key/pair array used in creating SSH process (#7070)
• Add markdown rendering feature assemblies to the trusted assembly list (#7280)
• Don't fail if SaferPolicy API is not available on Windows 10 IoT or NanoServer (#7075)
• Fix conditions for transcription of Write-Information command. (#6917) (Thanks @hubuk!)
• Fix a parsing error when break and continue are used in a switch statement in a finally block (#7273)
• Fix prompt string to be platform agnostic and keep its trailing spaces (#7255)
• Make progress panel display correctly on UNIX when the user is typing. (#6972)
• Revert change to have SetLocation() treat wildcarded path as literal if it exists (#7101)
• Make Select-Object/ForEach-Object/Where-Object see dynamic properties (#6898) (Thanks @jazzdelightsme!)
• Fix class searcher to ignore hidden properties (#7188)
• Update remote prompt when using SSH to show username if different (#7191)
• Remove SemanticVersion from knowntypes list in serialization code to enable interop between Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core (#7016)
• Add more information to job process failure error (#7251)
• Use .Net Core File.Delete() method to remove symbolic links and alternate streams (#7017) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Enable UseShellExecute on all platforms (#7198)
• Methods with return type [object] should return null for an empty result (#7138)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

• Add Markdown rendering cmdlets (#6926)
• Send-MailMessage: Update all parameters to support ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName. (#6911) (Thanks @sethvs!)
• Allow Basic Auth over HTTPS (#6890)
• Add ThreadJob module package and tests (#7169)
• Fix Windows Event Log channel isolation semantics (#6956) (Thanks @Robo210!)
• Make Measure-Object handle scriptblock properties. (#6934)
• Added functionality to retry in Invoke-RestMethod and Invoke-WebRequest. (#5760)
• Add type inference for Select-Object command (#7171) (Thanks @powercode!)
• Add -AllStats Switch parameter for Measure-Object cmdlet (#7220) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)

Code Cleanup

• Remove unneeded code that forces ARM platforms to run PowerShell in CL mode (#7046)
• Bulk update code base to put null on the right-hand-side of a comparison expression (#6949) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Remove MapSecurityZoneWithUrlmon method and related code (#7103)
• Cleanup: remove the unneeded type RemotingCommandUtils (#7029)
• Remove unneeded "Windows-Full" modules (#7030)
• CodeFactor code style cleanup: replace literal empty strings with string.Empty (#6950) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Remove dummy comments in Utility module files (#7224) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Use empty array for Functions/Cmdlets/AliasesToExport to follow the best practice (#7108)
• Refactor module code related to Get-Module -ListAvailable (#7145)
• Refactor module specification logic (#7126)

Test

• Add tests for module specifications (#7140)
• Update test string for better clarity in Send-MailMessage.Tests.ps1 (#7195) (Thanks @sethvs!)
• Add test to verify filesystem provider isn't used when accessing root path in PSDrive (#7173)
• Fix to address ThreadJob tests reliability and speed (#7270)
• Add additional checks for test that passes inconsistently (#7051)

Build and Packaging Improvements

• install-powershell.sh filter pre-releases (when available), params documentation (#6849) (Thanks @DarwinJS!)
• Fedora 28 was released, Fedora 26 and 25 went end of life. (#7079) (Thanks @adelton!)
• Disambiguate icon on Windows for preview builds/installers to use Powershell_av_colors and
  make daily build use Powershell_avatar instead (#7086) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Update to build for Alpine (#7139)
• Update build and packaging modules for Alpine (#7149)
• Add ability to install previews side-by-side with production releases (#7194) (Thanks @DarwinJS!)
• Enable NuGet Package Registration for compliance (#7053)
• Fix the preview macOS package link (#7061)
• Remove PSReadLine from then PowerShell.sln file (#7137)
• Fix the file PowerShell.sln that was corrupted by accident (#7288)
• Fix the encoding of PowerShell.sln to be utf-8 (#7289)
• Make sure all references to the Package ID for previews packages is powershell-preview (#7066)
• Update internals.md with the latest build changes (#7058)
• When installing using MSI, set the working directory of the shortcut to the user home directory (#7072)
• Move to dotnet core 2.1.1 (#7161) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Update to latest package references, runtime framework, and SDK (#7272)
• AppVeyor build matrix: more efficient build job split to reduce total time by another 5 minutes (#7021) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Build: Fix the source location of PowerShell.Core.Instrumentation.dll (#7226)
• Add Andrew to the default reviewers of the build related files (#7019)
• Build: Fix a check to avoid null argument in case vcvarsall.bat is absent (#7218) (Thanks @PetSerAl!)
• Update releaseTag in tools/metadata.json (#7214)
• Update Start-PSPester to make it more user friendly (#7210) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Make Start-PSBuild -Clean not prompt due to locked files when Visual Studio is open by excluding sqlite3 folder and use -x instead of -X option on git clean (#7235) (Thanks @bergmeister!)

Documentation and Help Content

• Fix typos in DOCSMIGRATION.md (#7094) (Thanks @alexandair!)
• Add instructions to update Homebrew formula for the preview version PowerShell (#7067) (Thanks @vors!)
• Merge Third Party Notices and License updates (#7203)
• Update third party notices (#7042)
• Fix Markdown and spelling errors in CHANGELOG.md (#7064)
• Fix New-TemporaryFile online help URI (#6608)
• Fix links to PowerShell install docs (#7001) (Thanks @jokajak!)
• Update links that contain en-us culture (#7013) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Update docs for ArgumentCompleterAttribute class (#7227) (Thanks @Meir017!)
• Fix the name of a Register-EngineEvent test (#7222) (Thanks @alexjordan6!)
• Update README files for native code for migration (#7248)
• Comment about dynamic members for the DotNetAdapter, GetMember and GetMembers (#7087)
• Update the PowerShell executable location in building guide docs (#7205) (Thanks @louistio!)

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v6.0.3 Release of PowerShell Core

v6.0.3 - 2018-07-19

Build and Packaging Improvements

• Remove PackageManagement installed by PowerShellGet and pin PackageManagement to 1.1.7.0 to maintain the ability to patch
• Pin PowerShellGet to 1.6.0 to maintain the ability to patch MSI installs
• Update NuGet package references to the latest and get fix for CVE-2018-8356
• Enable NuGet Package Registration for compliance (#7053)
  • Restore when building test projects
• Update to DotNet Runtime Framework 2.0.8
• Specify the runtime when running 'dotnet restore' in 'Start-PSBuild' (#6345)
• Update version of fpm to resolve issues installing
• MSI: Update path with proper value (#6441)
• MSI: Remove the version from the product name (#6415)
• Migrate the macOS official binary build to VSTS mac hosted preview (#6363)

Test

• Get newer xUnit Skippable Fact Package

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v6.1.0-preview.3 Release of PowerShell Core

v6.1.0-preview.3 - 2018-06-13

Breaking Changes

• Clean up uses of CommandTypes.Workflow and WorkflowInfo (#6708)
• Disallow Basic Auth over HTTP in PowerShell Remoting on Unix (#6787)
• Change packaging to differentiate only between major versions and previews (#6968)
• Enhance and refactor Add-Type cmdlet (#6141) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • A few error strings were removed and thus the corresponding fully qualified error ids are no longer in use.

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Fix crash when terminal is reset (#6777)
• Fix a module-loading regression that caused an infinite loop (#6843)
• Further improve PSMethod to Delegate conversion (#6851)
• Blacklist System.Windows.Forms from loading to prevent a crash (#6822)
• Fix Format-Table where rows were being trimmed unnecessarily if there's only one row of headers (#6772)
• Fix SetDate function in libpsl-native to avoid corrupting memory during P/Invoke (#6881)
• Fix tab completions for hash table (#6839) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Fix parser to continue parsing key-value pairs after an If-Statement value in a HashExpression (#7002)
• Add error handling for #requires in an interactive session (#6469)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

• Improve parameter validation in ExportCsvHelper (#6816) (Thanks @sethvs!)
• Quote Multipart form-data field names (#6782) (Thanks @markekraus!)
• Fix Web Cmdlets for .NET Core 2.1 (#6806) (Thanks @markekraus!)
• Fix Set-Location DriveName: to restore current working directory in the drive (#6774) (Thanks @mcbobke!)
• Add the alias -lp for -LiteralPath parameters #6732 (#6770) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)
• Remove more function and move the $env:PAGER capability into the help function (#6059) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Add line break to the error message for Set-ExecutionPolicy (#6803) (Thanks @wesholton84!)

Code Cleanup

• Clean up #if SILVERLIGHT (#6907) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Clean up the unused method NonWindowsGetDomainName() (#6948) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Clean up FileSystem provider (#6909) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

Test

• Add tests for PowerShell hosting API to verify MyGet packages (#6737)
• Remove Web Cmdlets tests using proxy environment variables (#6808) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Enable Web Cmdlets tests for greater platform support (#6836) (Thanks @markekraus!)
• Convert ShouldBeErrorId to Should -Throw -ErrorId in PowerShell tests (#6682)
• Fix CIM cmdlets tests (#6755) (Thanks @sethvs!)
• Add tests for PowerShell classes inheriting from abstract .NET classes (#6752)
• Fix Select-Object.Tests.ps1 which previously failed intermittently on Unix platforms. (#6747)
• Update docker package tests to fix error on OpenSUSE 42 (#6783)
• Fix test and infrastructure that block code coverage runs (#6790)
• Update Tests Isfile to correct response for "/" (#6754) (Thanks @Patochun!)
• Improve code coverage in Export-Csv.Tests.ps1 (#6795) (Thanks @sethvs!)
• Change -Quiet parameter of Invoke-Pester to -Show None in OpenCover.psm1 (#6798) (Thanks @sethvs!)
• Replace Dbg.Assert with if () throw in CSVCommands.cs (#6910) (Thanks @sethvs!)
• Fix xUnit test GetTempFileName (#6943) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

• Add Windows Compatibility Pack 2.0.0 to PowerShell Core and adopt the official .NET Core 2.1 (#6958)
• Add Jumplist 'Run as Administrator' to Taskbar on Windows (#6913, #6985) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Use AppVeyor matrix for faster Pull Request builds (#6945) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Fix build.psm1 to not add tool path to $PATH twice (#6834)
• Add script to create a container manifest (#6735)
• Fix docker manifest creation script to work with more complex tags and with repeated use (#6852)
• Add functions to merge Pester and xUnit logs (#6854)
• Enable generating full symbols for the Windows debug build (#6853)
• Add functions into build.psm1 to save and restore PSOptions between different sessions. (#6884)
• Update signing XML based on new signing guidelines (#6893)
• Update the release docker files to allow specifying the version of to-be-installed PowerShell and the version of image to use (#6835)
• Updates docker files for Fedora 27 and Kali Linux (#6819)
• Change packaging to support Ubuntu 17.10 and 18.04 (#6769)
• Update Get-ChangeLog to make it more accurate (#6764)
• Fix comparison to see if sudo test is needed in install-*.sh (#6771) (Thanks @bjh7242!)
• Packaging: Add registry keys to support library folder background for explorer context menu (#6784) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Skip dotnet-cli initialization and stop caching the dotnet folder for Travis CI (#7007)
• Skip compiling the non-supported cmdlets on Unix in System.Management.Automation.dll to fix the crash in Unix debug build (#6939)
• Use PSReadLine 2.0.0-beta2 from PSGallery (#6998)
• Update PSRP Linux NuGet package version to 1.4.2-* (#6711)
• Add path cleanup utility Reset-PWSHSystemPath.ps1 (#6892) (Thanks @DarwinJS!)
• Add logic to create signing XML for NuGet packages (#6921)
• Add and config the Settings.StyleCop file (#6930, #6986) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Fix the double curly bracket typo in a docker file (#6960) (Thanks @adelton!)
• Remove dependencies on libcurl and libunwind in packaging to match the .NET Core behavior (#6964) (Thanks @qmfrederik!)
• Make the docker build fail when the curl operation fails. (#6961) (Thanks @adelton!)

Documentation and Help Content

• Update installation doc about Raspbian (#6859)
• Add code coverage report generation instructions (#6515)
• Migrate docs from PowerShell repository to Docs repository (#6899)
• Fix broken links due to migrating GitHub docs on Installation, Known Issues and Breaking Changes to docs.microsoft.com (#6981) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Update documentation on how to write tests verifying errors conditions (#6687)
• Fix preview download links in README.md (#6762)

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v6.1.0-preview.2 Release of PowerShell Core

v6.1.0-preview.2 - 2018-04-27

Known Issue

pwsh crashes on Win10 IoT arm32 - #6750

Breaking Changes

• Remove support for file to opt-out of telemetry, only support environment variable (#6601)
• Simplify the installation paths the MSI uses (#6442)

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Fix running pwsh produced from dotnet build (#6549)
• Remove the FullCLR-only symbol-info related code from EventManager.cs (#6563)
• Improve PSMethod-to-Delegate conversion (#6570)
• Fix PsUtils.GetManModule() to avoid infinite loop when there was no main module (#6358)
• Fix error in windows environment provider when the environment variable has duplicates that differ only by case (#6489) (Thanks @mklement0!)
• Make sure that the width of the header is at least the size of the label (or property name) (#6487)
• Enable [Environment]::OSVersion to return current OS rather than compatible version (#6457)
• Change the SaveError method in Parser to use nameof for error ids (#6498)
• Fix error when Format-Wide -AutoSize | Out-String is called (#6491) (Thanks @stknohg!)
• Make LanguagePrimitive.GetEnumerable treat DataTable as Enumerable (#6511)
• Fix formatting of tables where headers span multiple rows (#6504)
• Improve performance of parsing RegexOption for -split by using if branches (#6605) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Enable specifying sshd subsystem to use via -Subsystem (#6603)
• Add some optimizations in formatting subsystem (#6678) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Throw better parsing error when statements should be put in named block (#6434)
• Use Unregister-Event to remove an event subscriber when removing PSEdit function (#6449)
• Make the PSISERemoteSessionOpenFile a support event (#6582)
• Add -WorkingDirectory parameter to pwsh (#6612)
• Support importing module paths that end in trailing directory separator (#6602)
• Formatting: Use cache for dash padding strings for tables (#6625) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Port Windows PowerShell AppLocker and DeviceGuard UMCI application white listing support (#6133)
• Reduce allocations in TableWriter (#6648) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

• Add -Resume Feature to WebCmdlets (#6447) (Thanks @markekraus!)
• Support user@host:port syntax for SSH transport (#6558)
• Add ported Test-Connection cmdlet (#5328) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Added line break to Access-Denied error message (#6607)
• Some fixes in Get-Date -UFormat (#6542) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Added check for existence of Location HTTP header before using it (#6560) (Thanks @ffeldhaus!)
• Enable Update-Help to save help content in user scope by default (#6352)
• Update Enable-PSRemoting to create PowerShell.6 endpoint and version specific endpoint (#6519, #6630)
• Update error message that Disconnect-PSSession is only supported with WSMan (#6689)
• Make Export-FormatData print pretty XML output (#6691) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Add -AsArray parameter to ConvertoTo-Json command (#6438)
• Add Test-Json cmdlet (NJsonSchema) (#5229) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Correct a typo in comment for Invoke-WebRequest (#6700) (Thanks @gabrielsroka!)
• Re-order UFormat options in Get-Date (#6627) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Add the parameter -Not to Where-Object (#6464) (Thanks @SimonWahlin!)

Code Cleanup

• Engine: Fix several code cleanup issues (#6552, #6609)
• Clean up workflow logic in the module loading component (#6523)
• Engine: Clean up unneeded GetTypeInfo() calls (#6613, #6636, #6633, #6635, #6634)

Test

• Fix line ending in DefaultCommands.Tests.ps1 from CRLF to LF (#6553)
• Use new Pester parameter syntax in tests (#6490, #6574, #6535, #6536, #6488, #6366, #6351, #6349, #6256, #6250) (Thanks @KevinMarquette, @sethvs, @bergmeister!)
• Fix Copy.Item.Tests.ps1 (#6596) (Thanks @sethvs!)
• Fix typos or formatting in some test files (#6595, #6593, #6594, #6592, #6591) (Thanks @sethvs!)
• Add missing Start-WebListener to WebCmdlets tests (#6604) (Thanks @markekraus!)
• Update Dockerfile test to use Ubuntu 17.10 as the base image (#6503)
• Add PowerShell logging tests for macOS and Linux (#6025)
• Add tests for Format-Table -Wrap (#6670) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Reformat Format-Table tests (#6657) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Add new reliable tests for Get-Date -UFormat (#6614) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

• Use C# latest language in .csproj files (#6559) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Update installpsh-<distrofamily>.sh installers to handle "preview" in version number (#6573) (Thanks @DarwinJS!)
• Enable PowerShell.sln to work in VisualStudio (#6546)
• Remove duplicate Restore-PSPackage (#6544)
• Use -WorkingDirectory parameter to handle context menu when path contains single quotes (#6660) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Make -CI not depend on -PSModuleRestore in Start-PSBuild (#6450)
• Restore for official Linux arm builds (#6455)
• Fix error about setting readonly variable in install-powershell.sh (#6617)
• Make release macOS build work better (#6619, #6610)
• MSI: add function to generate a MSP package (#6445)

Documentation and Help Content

• Doc: Update Ubuntu source creation commands to use curl -o (#6510) (Thanks @M-D-M!)
• Update stale bot message (#6462) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Remove extraneous SSH and install docs from the 'demos' folder (#6628)

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v6.1.0-preview.1 Release of PowerShell Core

v6.1.0-preview.1 - 2018-03-23

Known Issue

$PSVersionTable.PSVersion throw error - #6482

Breaking Changes

• Throw terminating error in New-TemporaryFile and make it not rely on the presence of the TEMP environment variable (#6182) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Remove the unnecessary AddTypeCommandBase class from Add-Type (#5407) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Remove unsupported members from the enum Language in Add-Type (#5829) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Fix range operator to work better with character ranges (#5732) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Fix ValidateSet with generator in a module (#5702)
• Update SAL annotation and fix warnings (#5617)
• Add ForEach and Where methods to PSCustomobject (#5756) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Add Count and Length properties to PSCustomobject (#5745) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Make minor fixes in compiler to properly handle void type expression (#5764)
• Logging: Fix the escaped characters when generating .resx file from PowerShell ETW manifest. (#5892)
• Remove PSv2 only code from Types_Ps1Xml.cs and HostUtilities.cs (#5907) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Enable passing arrays to pwsh -EncodedArguments on debug builds. (#5836)
• Logging: Handle path that contains spaces in RegisterManifest.ps1 (#5859) (Thanks @tandasat!)
• Add -settingsfile to pwsh to support loading a custom powershell config file. (#5920)
• Return better error for pwsh -WindowStyle on unsupported platforms. (#5975) (Thanks @thezim!)
• Enable conversions from PSMethod to Delegate (#5287) (Thanks @powercode!)
• Minor code clean-up changes in tab completion code (#5737) (Thanks @kwkam!)
• Add lambda support to -replace operator (#6029) (Thanks @IISResetMe!)
• Fix retrieval of environment variables on Windows in cases where variable names differ only by case. (#6320)
• Fix the NullRefException when using -PipelineVariable with DynamicParam block (#6433)
• Add NullReference checks to two code paths related to PseudoParameterBinder (#5738) (Thanks @kwkam!)
• Fix PropertyOnlyAdapter to allow calling base methods (#6394)
• Improve table view for Certs and Signatures by adding EnhancedKeyUsageList and StatusMessage (#6123)
• Fix the filtering of analytic events on Unix platforms. (#6086)
• Update copyright and license headers (#6134)
• Set pipeline thread stack size to 10MB (#6224) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

• Fix the NullRefException in Enter-PSHostProcess (#5995)
• Merge and Sort BasicHtmlWebResponseObject and ContentHelper in Web Cmdlets (#5720) (Thanks @markekraus!)
• Encoding for New-ModuleManifest on all platforms should be UTF-8 NoBOM (#5923)
• Make Set-Location use path with wildcard characters as literal if it exists (#5839)
• Combine Web Cmdlets partial class files (#5612) (Thanks @markekraus!)
• Change Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetDateCommand.SystemTime to struct. (#6006) (Thanks @stknohg!)
• Add Simplified multipart/form-data support to Web Cmdlets through -Form parameter (#5972) (Thanks @markekraus!)
• Make a relative redirect URI absolute when Authorization header present (#6325) (Thanks @markekraus!)
• Make relation-link handling in Web Cmdlets case-insensitive (#6338)
• Make Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath accept Include or Exclude filter (#5462)
• Stop ConvertTo-Json when Ctrl+c is hit (#6392)
• Make Resolve-Path -Relative return useful path when $PWD and -Path is on different drive (#5740) (Thanks @kwkam!)
• Correct the %c, %l, %k, %s and %j formats in Get-Date -UFormat (#4805) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Add standard deviation implementation on Measure-Object (#6238) (Thanks @CloudyDino!)
• Make Get-ChildItem <PATH>/* -file include <Path> as search directory (#5431)
• Enable setting PSSession Name when using SSHTransport and add Transport property (#5954)
• Add Path alias to -FilePath parameters and others for several commands (#5817) (Thanks @KevinMarquette!)
• Add the parameter -Password to Get-PfxCertificate (#6113) (Thanks @maybe-hello-world!)
• Don't add trailing spaces to last column when using Format-Table (#5568)
• Fix table alignment and padding. (#6230)
• Add -SkipHeaderValidation Support to ContentType on Web Cmdlets (#6018) (Thanks @markekraus!)
• Add common aliases for all write-* commands default message parameter (#5816) (Thanks @KevinMarquette!)
• Make UTF-8 the default encoding for application/json (#6109) (Thanks @markekraus!)
• Enable $env:PAGER to work correctly if arguments are used (#6144)

Test

• Convert Web Cmdlets test to one-true-brace-style formatting (#5716) (Thanks @markekraus!)
• Add a test for IValidateSetValuesGenerator in a module (#5830) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Fix function to test for docker OS due to change to use linuxkit for macOS (#5843)
• Replace HttpListener tests with WebListener (#5806, #5840, #5872) (Thanks @markekraus!)
• Stop HttpListener from running in Web Cmdlets tests (#5921) (Thanks @markekraus!)
• Fix PSVersion in PSSessionConfiguration tests (#5554) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Update test framework to support Pester v4 (#6064)
• Update tests to use Pester v4 Syntax. (#6294, #6257, #6306, #6304, #6298)
• Add negative tests for Copy-Item over remote sessions (#6231)
• Markdown test: Use strict in JavaScript (#6328)
• Add tests for Get-Process about the -Module and -FileVersion parameters (#6272)
• Add test for the OsLocalDateTime property of Get-ComputerInfo. (#6253)
• Change Get-FileHash tests to use raw bytes (#6430)
• Remove runas.exe from tests as we have tags to control this behavior (#6432)
• Refactor the Get-Content tests to use -TestCases. (#6082)
• Use RequireAdminOnWindows tag in Set-Date tests (#6034) (Thanks @stknohg!)
• Remove -TimeOutSec from non timeout related tests (#6055) (Thanks @markekraus!)
• Add verbosity and more accurate timeout implementation for Start-WebListener (#6013) (Thanks @markekraus!)
• Skip tests that use ExecutionPolicy cmdlets on Unix (#6021)
• Change Web Cmdlet tests to use 127.0.0.1 instead of Localhost (#6069) (Thanks @markekraus!)
• Fix Start-PSPester to include or exclude RequireSudoOnUnix tag smartly on Unix (#6241)
• Fix the terse output on Windows for test runs without admin privilege (#6252)
• Add RequireSudoOnUnix tag for Get-Help tests. (#6223)
• Add tests for *-Item Cmdlets in function provider (#6172)
• Support running tests in root privilege on Linux. (#6145)

Build and Packaging Improvements

• Add option to add explorer shell context menu in Windows installer (#5774) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Make the explorer shell context menu registry entries platform specific to allow side by side of x86 and x64. (#5824) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Fix start menu folder clash of shortcut when x86 and x64 are both installed by appending (x86) for x86 installation. (#5826) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Reduce image file sizes using lossless compression with imgbot (#5808) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Windows installer: Allow Launch PowerShell checkbox to be toggled using the space bar. (#5792) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Fix release packaging build (#6459)
• Fail AppVeyor Build if MSI does not build (#5755) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Cleanup temporarily created WiX files after compilation to be able to have a clean re-build (#5757) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Fix install-powershell.ps1 for running during window setup (#5727)
• Start using Travis-CI cache (#6003)
• Fix build, packaging and installation scripts for SLES (#5918) (Thanks @tomconte!)
• Update recommended WiX toolset link to be generic to WiX 3.x but mention that latest version of 3.11 has to be taken (#5926) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Add service point manager call in Install-PowerShell.ps1 to force TLS1.2. (#6310) (Thanks @DarqueWarrior!)
• Add -Restore when build win-arm and win-arm64 (#6353)
• Make sure package verification failure fails the AppVeyor build (#6337)
• Specify the runtime when running dotnet restore in Start-PSBuild (#6345)
• Rename log and logerror to Write-Log [$message] [-error] (#6333)
• Make Linux packages use correct version scheme for preview releases (#6318)
• Add support for Debian in installpsh-debian.sh (#6314) (Thanks @pawamoy!)
• MSI: Make preview builds to install Side by side with release builds (#6301)
• Add TLS1.2 workaround for code coverage script (#6299)
• Cleanup after Powershell install for CentOS and Fedora Docker images (#6264) (Thanks @strawgate!)
• MSI: Update the environment variable PATH with proper value (#6441)
• MSI: Remove the version from the product name (#6415)
• Support non-GitHub commits in the change log generation script (#6389)
• Fix secret and JavaScript compliance issues (#6408)
• Remove AppVeyor specific cmdlet from Start-NativeExecution (#6263)
• Restore modules from the NuGet package cache by using dotnet restore (#6111)
• CI Build: Use TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST_SHA to accurately get the commit message (#6024)
• Use TLS1.2 on Windows during Start-PSBootstrap (#6235) (Thanks @CallmeJoeBob!)
• Use TLS1.2 in Start-PSBootStrap without breaking HTTPS (#6236) (Thanks @markekraus!)
• Add options to enable PSRemoting and register Windows Event Logging Manifest to MSI installer (#5999) (Thanks @bergmeister!)

Documentation and Help Content

• Separate macOS from Linux install instructions. (#5823) (Thanks @thezim!)
• Show usage (short) help if command line parameter is wrong (#5780) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Add the breaking changes doc for 6.0.0 release. (#5620) (Thanks @maertendMSFT!)
• Remove DockerFile for Fedora 25 and add DockerFile for Fedora 27 (#5984) (Thanks @seemethere!)
• Add a missing step to prepare the b...

v6.0.2 release of PowerShell Core

v6.0.2 - 2018-03-15

Engine updates and fixes

• Update PowerShell to use 2.0.6 dotnet core runtime and packages (d607f20)
  • This change addresses the following vulnerabilities:
    • Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2018-0875: Hash Collision can cause Denial of Service

Build and Packaging Improvements

• Add Ubuntu build without AppImage (#6380)
• Add scripts to set and or update the release tag in VSTS (#6107)
• Fix DSC Configuration compilation (#6225)
• Fix errors in Start-PSBootStrap during release builds (#6159)
• Fix spelling failures in CI (#6191)
• Use PowerShell windowsservercore Docker image for release builds (#6226)
• Use ADD instead of Invoke-WebRequest in nanoserver Docker file (#6255)
• When doing daily/test build in a non-release branch use the branch name as the preview name (#6355)
• Add Environment Variable override of telemetry (#6063) (Thanks, @diddledan!)
• Build: Remove two unneeded lines from 'Invoke-AppveyorFinish' (#6344)
• MSI: Refactor New-MsiPackage into packaging.psm1
  and various fixes to enable patching
  (#5871, #6221, #6254, #6303, #6356, #6208, #6334, #6379, #6094, #6192)
• MSI: Use HKLM instead of HKCU registry keys since the current installation scope is perMachine. (#5915) (Thanks @bergmeister!)

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v6.0.1 release of PowerShell Core

v6.0.1 - 2018-01-25

Engine updates and fixes

• Update PowerShell to use 2.0.5 dotnet core runtime and packages. (#5903, #5961) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • This change addresses the following vulnerabilities:
    • Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2018-0764: Denial of Service when parsing XML documents
    • Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2018-0786: Security Feature Bypass in X509 Certificate Validation

Build and Packaging Improvements

• Re-release of v6.0.0 as v6.0.1 due to issues upgrading from pre-release versions

Test

• Update regular expression to validate GitCommitId in $PSVersionTable to not require a pre-release tag (#5893)

SHA256 Hashes of the release artifacts

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