v8.19.0

Zowe CLI

• Enhancement: Updated help examples to replace short option aliases (e.g. -h) with full option names (e.g. --help) for improved clarity and consistency in documentation. #2484

Core SDK

• Enhancement: Updated help examples to replace short option aliases (e.g. -h) with full option names (e.g. --help) for improved clarity and consistency in documentation. #2484

Imperative

• Enhancement: Added a connection timeout to the Imperative REST Client, with a default of 60 seconds. #2486
• Enhancement: Added the ZOWE_SOCKET_CONNECT_TIMEOUT environment variable to the EnvironmentalVariableSettings class to allow extenders to determine how long to wait for a socket connection before timing out. #2486
• BugFix: Added checks to the AbstractRestClient abstract class to ensure the hostname parameter does not contain a protocol. #2486
• Enhancement: Updated help examples to replace short option aliases (e.g. -h) with full option names (e.g. --help) for improved clarity and consistency in documentation. #2484
• Enhancement: Exposed the private buildPrefix function as a replacement of moment.format(...). #2478