PVM v2.6.0 — Profiles, Aliases, Cache Management & Enhanced PHP Extension Support

PVM v2.6.0

What's New

• pvm aliases command — user-editable aliases persisted in JSON
• pvm cache command — manage cache files
• pvm repair command — recreate missing PVM dirs and files
• pvm profile clear sub-command
• pvm install latest — install latest PHP version
• Colon-style nested command syntax (pvm ini:get, pvm ini:set, etc.)
• pvm info now consolidates PVM status and paths

Improvements

• Config refactored into unified $Global:PVMConfig nested hashtable
• Extensions and settings helpers unified with Get-All-* / Get-Matching-* pattern
• Start-PVM dispatch pipeline refactored; Resolve-FlagCommand as single source of truth for flag mapping
• Resolve-Alias with comprehensive alias map and JSON persistence
• Setup-PVM decomposed into New-PVM-Directories / New-PVM-Files
• NTS build type support across install, list, and use commands
• Pester test architecture standardized across all modules
• Expanded documentation and examples.

Bug Fixes

• Shallow copy bug in test config setup
• PSCustomObject vs OrderedDictionary deserialization after JSON alias persistence
• -match vs -contains fix on array flag resolution
• ini-only extension detection fix
• Added -NoProfile to pvm.bat and subprocess

Credits

Thank you to the following contributors: @mattlindell