v7.2.0-preview.5 Release of PowerShell

7.2.0-preview.5 - 2021-04-14

Breaking Changes

• Make PowerShell Linux deb and RPM packages universal (#15109)
• Enforce AppLocker Deny configuration before Execution Policy Bypass configuration (#15035)
• Disallow mixed dash and slash in command line parameter prefix (#15142) (Thanks @davidBar-On!)

Experimental Features

• PSNativeCommandArgumentPassing: Use ArgumentList for native executable invocation (breaking change) (#14692)

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Add IArgumentCompleterFactory for parameterized ArgumentCompleters (#12605) (Thanks @powercode!)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

• Fix SSH remoting connection never finishing with misconfigured endpoint (#15175)
• Respect TERM and NO_COLOR environment variables for $PSStyle rendering (#14969)
• Use ProgressView.Classic when Virtual Terminal is not supported (#15048)
• Fix Get-Counter issue with -Computer parameter (#15166) (Thanks @krishnayalavarthi!)
• Fix redundant iteration while splitting lines (#14851) (Thanks @hez2010!)
• Enhance Remove-Item -Recurse to work with OneDrive (#14902) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Change minimum depth to 0 for ConvertTo-Json (#14830) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)
• Allow Set-Clipboard to accept empty string (#14579)
• Turn on and off DECCKM to modify keyboard mode for Unix native commands to work correctly (#14943)
• Fall back to CopyAndDelete() when MoveTo() fails due to an IOException (#15077)

Code Cleanup

We thank the following contributors!

@xtqqczze, @iSazonov, @ZhiZe-ZG

• Update .NET to 6.0.0-preview.3 (#15221)
• Add space before comma to hosting test to fix error reported by SA1001 (#15224)
• Add SecureStringHelper.FromPlainTextString helper method for efficient secure string creation (#14124) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Use static lambda keyword (#15154) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Remove unnecessary Array -> List -> Array conversion in ProcessBaseCommand.AllProcesses (#15052) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Standardize grammar comments in Parser.cs (#15114) (Thanks @ZhiZe-ZG!)
• Enable SA1001: Commas should be spaced correctly (#14171) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Refactor MultipleServiceCommandBase.AllServices (#15053) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)

Tools

• Use Unix line endings for shell scripts (#15180) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)

Tests

• Add the missing tag in Host Utilities tests (#14983)
• Update copy-props version in package.json (#15124)

Build and Packaging Improvements

We thank the following contributors!

@JustinGrote

• Fix yarn-lock for copy-props (#15225)
• Make package validation regex accept universal Linux packages (#15226)
• Bump NJsonSchema from 10.4.0 to 10.4.1 (#15190)
• Make MSI and EXE signing always copy to fix daily build (#15191)
• Sign internals of EXE package so that it works correctly when signed (#15132)
• Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 16.9.1 to 16.9.4 (#15141)
• Update daily release tag format to work with new Microsoft Update work (#15164)
• Feature: Add Ubuntu 20.04 Support to install-powershell.sh (#15095) (Thanks @JustinGrote!)
• Treat rebuild branches like release branches (#15099)
• Update WiX to 3.11.2 (#15097)
• Bump NJsonSchema from 10.3.11 to 10.4.0 (#15092)
• Allow patching of preview releases (#15074)
• Bump Newtonsoft.Json from 12.0.3 to 13.0.1 (#15084, #15085)
• Update the minSize build package filter to be explicit (#15055)
• Bump NJsonSchema from 10.3.10 to 10.3.11 (#14965)

Documentation and Help Content

• Merge 7.2.0-preview.4 changes to master (#15056)
• Update README and metadata.json (#15046)
• Fix broken links for dotnet CLI (#14937)

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