v6.1.2 Release of PowerShell Core

v6.1.2 - 2019-01-15

Tests

• Fix test failures (Internal 6310)

Build and Packaging Improvements

• Moved the cleanup logic to Restore-PSModuleToBuild (Internal 6442)
• Update dependency versions (Internal 6421)
• Create unified release build for macOS and Linux packages (#8399)
• Build Alpine tar.gz package in release builds (Internal 6027)

Documentation and Help Content

• Update version for README, Alpine docker file and hosting tests (Internal 6438)

SHA256 Hashes of the release artifacts

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v6.2.0-preview.3 Release of PowerShell Core

v6.2.0-preview.3 - 2018-12-10

Breaking Changes

• Get-ExperimentalFeature no longer has -ListAvailable switch (#8318)
• Debug parameter now sets DebugPreference to Continue instead of Inquire (#8195) (Thanks @KirkMunro!)

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Improve PowerShell startup time by 24% (#8341) (#8396)
• Remove extra newlines from formatting which resulted in unnecessary double newlines (#8247)
• Add Enable-ExperimentalFeature and Disable-ExperimentalFeature cmdlets (#8318)
• Fix Export-ModuleMember bug for a ScriptBlock having no context (#8363)
• Fix race condition to access powershell.config.json (#8249) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Add SkipCA and SkipCN check requirement to WinRM/OMI HTTPS connection (#8279)
• Add fix for Start-Job initialization script which should not be executed as trusted in system lockdown (#8284)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

• Add Enable-ExperimentalFeature and Disable-ExperimentalFeature cmdlets (#8318)
• Add cmdlet Join-String for creating text from pipeline input (#7660) (Thanks @powercode!)
• Expose all cmdlets from PSDiagnostics if logman.exe is available (#8366)
• Fix Get-Help for advanced functions with MAML help content (#8353)
• Conditionally mark getter/setter implementations as virtual in generated classes (#8303) (Thanks @IISResetMe!)
• Fix for PSDrive creation with a UNC path with a trailing backslash or forward slash when combined with -Persist (#8305) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)
• Remove Persist parameter from New-PSDrive on non-Windows platform (#8291) (Thanks @lukexjeremy!)
• Test-Path: Return $false when given an empty or $null -Path/-LiteralPath value (#8080) (Thanks @vexx32!)
• Token calculation fix for Get-Help executed on ScriptBlock for comment help. (#8238) (Thanks @hubuk!)
• Support Get-PSHostProcessInfo and Enter-PSHostProcess on Unix platforms (#8232)

Code Cleanup

• Update resgen, typegen to use .Net Core 2.1 (#8369) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Change Newtonsoft deserializing bug comment to link to the new issue (#8377) (Thanks @louistio!)
• Cleanup #if !CORECLR code (#8337) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Cleanup UpdatableHelpSystem and enable XSD validation on MAML help content (#8335) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Remove old customPSSnapInType parameter from PSSnapInInfo() (#8333) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Cleanup #if CORECLR from some files (#8332) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Cleanup AssemblyInfo (#8190) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Fix GetLocationCommand output type parameter set and style issues (#8324) (Thanks @Meir017!)

Tools

• Remove dependabot attribution and generate changelog sections using CL-* labels (#8386)

Tests

• Update folder path for storing optimization profile and add test to validate loaded assemblies and libraries on startup (#8406)
• Fix an intermittent failure in macOS logging tests (#8385)
• Created a csproj to pin test modules and updated build.psm1 accordingly (#8350)
• Update help content for TabCompletion tests only if it does not exist (#8355)
• Skip Enter-PSHostProcess tests on AppVeyor due to PSReadline issue (#8317)

Build and Packaging Improvements

• Remove AmazonLinux Dockerfile (#8271) (Thanks @kiazhi!)
• Make install-powershell.sh auto-detect if it should use wget or curl (#8225) (Thanks @DarwinJS!)
• Bump NJsonSchema from 9.12.2 to 9.13.1 (#8319) (#8328) (#8412) (#8371) (#8384)
• Bump Microsoft.PowerShell.Native from 6.2.0-preview.2 to 6.2.0-preview.3 (#8411)
• Update the name of the artifact to be unique per artifact (#8405)
• Create unified release build for macOS and Linux packages (#8399)
• Add Linux ARM64 build support (#8016) (Thanks @slide!)
• Update the timeout of CI builds (#8398)
• Bump PackageManagement from 1.2.2 to 1.2.4 in /src/Modules (#8320) (#8383)
• Bump Newtonsoft.Json from 11.0.2 to 12.0.1 (#8348)
• Enable pipeline to sync PSGallery modules to AzArtifacts feed (#8316)
• Build Alpine tar.gz package in release builds (#8340)
• Publish test package to AppVeyor daily build (#8273)
• Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp from 2.9.0 to 2.10.0 (#8294)
• Bump PowerShellGet from 2.0.1 to 2.0.3 in /src/Modules (#8321)
• Enable Open Here context menu on Windows to work with root of a drive (#8287)
• Bump System.Data.SqlClient from 4.5.1 to 4.6.0 (#8266)

Documentation and Help Content

• Merge changelogs from 6.1.1 and 6.0.5 into master (#8283)
• Remove all reference to AppVeyor and Travis CI from docs (#8376)
• Change default issue template to use different categories (#8203)

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v6.2.0-preview.2 Release of PowerShell Core

v6.2.0-preview.2 - 2018-11-15

Breaking Changes

• Honor -OutputFormat if specified in non-interactive, redirected, encoded command used with pwsh (#8115)
• Load assembly from module base path before trying to load from the GAC (#8073)
• Remove tilde from Linux preview packages (#8244)
• Move processing of -WorkingDirectory before processing of profiles (#8079)

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

• Enable case-insensitive tab completion for files and folders on case-sensitive filesystem (#8128)
• Experimental feature: Implicit remoting batching performance improvements (#8038)
• Add a path for checking ZoneInformation without throwing an exception (#8025) (Thanks @powercode!)
• Fix CVE-2018-8256,
  issues with expanding ZIP files with relative paths (#8252)
• Fix CVE-2018-8415,
  issue logging when the scriptblock has a null character (#8253)
• Make PSVersionInfo.PSVersion and PSVersionInfo.PSEdition public (#8054) (Thanks @KirkMunro!)
• Enable distinct ModuleAnalysisCache files for each installation of pwsh (#8174)
• Consolidation of all Windows PowerShell work ported to PowerShell Core (#8257)
• Fix incorrect name check when auto-loading required modules (#8218)
• Adding verbose output for experimental implicit remoting batching feature (#8166)
• Add Type Inference for $_ / $PSItem in catch{ } blocks (#8020) (Thanks @vexx32!)
• Fix static method invocation type inference (#8018) (Thanks @SeeminglyScience!)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

• Reduce allocations in Get-Content cmdlet (#8103) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Enable Set-Location -LiteralPath to work with folders named - and + (#8089)
• Enable Add-Content to share read access with other tools while writing content (#8091)
• Add new Offset and Count parameters to Format-Hex and refactor the cmdlet (#7877) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Add -Name, -NoUserOverrides and -ListAvailable parameters to Get-Culture cmdlet (#7702) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Allow dynamic parameter to be returned even if path does not match any provider (#7957)
• Style fixes in Format-Hex (#8083) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Fix logic to rely on PowerShell major and minor version instead of build number to determine whether to output formatdata (#8063)
• Fix Rename-Item -Path with wildcard char (#7398) (Thanks @kwkam!)
• When using Start-Transcript and file exists, empty file rather than deleting (#8131) (Thanks @paalbra!)
• Error message enhancement for Clear-Content cmdlet when targeting a directory (#8134) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)
• Make Select-String faster by not doing extra work (#7673) (Thanks @powercode!)
• Remove ShouldProcess from Format-Hex (#8178)

Code Cleanup

• Remove clone of command-line arguments array (#7910) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Use DefaultPathSeparator char instead of DefaultPathSeparatorString (#8082) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Replace StringComparision.CurrentCulture with StringComparision.Ordinal (#8068) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Fix typo in -icontains description from incase sensitive to case insensitive (#7840) (Thanks @StingyJack!)
• Refactor module version/GUID comparison logic (#7125)

Tools

• Update installpsh-amazonlinux.sh for container specific issues (#7907) (Thanks @DarwinJS!)
• Update the codeowners file (#8017)

Tests

• Filter the TestPackage artifact upload by name to avoid other ZIP files being uploaded (#8116)
• Adding fxdependent PowerShell package tests (#7830)
• Fix Windows Feature tests running in Azure DevOps (#8220)
• Create $PROFILE if it does not exist for -WorkingDirectory processing test (#8152)
• Add test coverage for additional Get-Module parameters (#8137) (Thanks @KevinMarquette!)
• Fix conflict with Get-AdlStoreChildItem from az module in tab completion tests (#8167)
• Fix static secret in code (#8186)

Build and Packaging Improvements

• Bump xunit.runner.visualstudio from 2.4.0 to 2.4.1 (#8139)
• Bump xunit from 2.4.0 to 2.4.1 (#8140)
• Bump Microsoft.ApplicationInsights from 2.8.0 to 2.8.1 (#8104)
• Bump NJsonSchema from 9.11.1 to 9.12.1 (#8183, #8248)
• Fix Start-PSBuild -Output (#7504) (Thanks @kwkam!)
• Adding YML for Linux builds (#8168)
• Publish test package at AGENT_WORKFOLDER if TEMP is not available (#8108)
• Fix psmodulerestore path when built in Visual Studio Code (#8075)
• Use approved verb instead of Generate-CrossGenAssembly (#8151) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)
• Add path filters to CI YAML (#8222)
• Update SignType in signing.xml (#8223)
• Update metadata for 6.0.5 and 6.1.1 releases (#8259)
• Port changes to allow Azure DevOps NuGet feeds for Mac build (Internal 5818)
• Update version for dependencies (Internal 5822)
• Add code to use private NuGet feeds when running in internal CI system (#8187)
• Add title to Open Here window for MSI installer (#8164)
• Remove build and documentation references to git submodules (#8177) (Thanks @andschwa!)
• Add function to create a new nuget.config file (#8170)
• Update macOS release build to create the nuget.config (#8185)
• Workaround for accessing Azure Artifacts (#8188)
• Fix script path for PowerShellPackageVsts.ps1 (#8189)
• Microsoft.PowerShell.Native now has MUSL binaries for Alpine.

Documentation and Help Content

• Fix grammar in README.md (#8059) (Thanks @daviddreher2!)
• Update powershell-beginners-guide.md to add alias for Clear-Host (#7912) (Thanks @aavdberg!)
• Add Microsoft Docs link to FAQ (#8133) (Thanks @vongrippen!)
• Added updated photo of Visual Studio Code due to new version of Code (#8084) (Thanks @lassehastrup!)
• Update license.rtf to only have major version (#8127)
• Updated Pester Syntax in Writing Tests Guide (#8039) (Thanks @markwragg!)
• Remove duplicate parts from license file (#8143) (Thanks @azkarmoulana!)
• Fix spellings in CHANGELOG.md (#8062)
• Update license RTF to 6.2 (#8065)
• Combine notes about ITuple changes in Change Log (#8077) (Thanks @Jocapear!)
• Correct typos in powershell-beginners-guide.md (#8088) (Thanks @nycjan!)
• Added Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches as recommended reading (#8067) (Thanks @tobvil!)
• Update README.md for v6.1.1 (#8255)
• Fix some typos (#8206) (Thanks @jeis2497052!)
• Promote HTTPS (#8160) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Simple grammatical correction in README.md file (#7978) (Thanks @iGotenz!)
• Update URLs to use HTTPS instead of HTTP in the documentation (#8165) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Remove #7633 from v6.2.0-preview.1 CHANGELOG.md updates. (#8101) (Thanks @stknohg!)

SHA256 Hashes of the release artifacts

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v6.1.1 Release of PowerShell Core

v6.1.1 - 2018-11-13

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Fix issue with logging the null character in ScriptBlock logging (Internal 5607)
• Consolidation of all Windows PowerShell work ported to 6.1 (Internal 5233)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

• Use ZipFile and ExtractToDirectory APIs to extract zip file (Internal 5608)

Build and Packaging Improvements

• Update the Archive module version (Internal 5671)
• Update to .NET Core 2.1.5 with SDK 2.1.403 (#7936) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Disable package major upgrade tests for release branch (Internal 5209)
• Bump versions for dependencies (Internal 5612)
• Port changes to allow AzDevOps NuGet feeds for macOS build (Internal 5716)
• Port macOS changes from GitHub (#8189, #8188, #8185)
• Add function to create a new nuget.config file (#8170)
• Updated wxs file to match published packages (Internal 5660)

Tests

• Change API to match cmdlet which is more reliable in AzDevOps Pipelines Windows (#8003)
• Fix conflict with Get-AdlStoreChildItem from az module in tab completion tests (#8167)

SHA256 Hashes of the release artifacts

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v6.0.5 Release of PowerShell Core

v6.0.5 - 2018-11-13

Engine updates and fixes

• Fix issue with logging the null character in ScriptBlock logging (Internal 5605)

General cmdlet updates and fixes

• Use ZipFile and ExtractToDirectory APIs to extract zip file (Internal 4802)

Build and Packaging Improvements

• Update SignType in signing.xml (Internal 5721)
• Port changes to pull PowerShell Gallery modules from Modules csproj (Internal 5713)
• Port macOS Release build changes changes from GitHub (#8189, #8188, #8185)
• Fix script path for PowerShellPackageVsts.ps1 (#8189)
• Workaround for accessing AzDevOps Artifacts (#8188)
• Bump various packages to latest patch version (Internal 5675)
• Update PowerShell SDK NuGet various metadata description (Internal 4527, 4510, 4505)

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v6.2.0-preview.1 Release of PowerShell Core

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!)
• Enable indexing operations on System.Tuple and System.ValueTuple (#7633) (Thanks @SeeminglyScience!)
• Enable indexing operations on objects that implement ITuple (#7633) (Thanks @SeeminglyScience!)
• 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)
• 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!)

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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)

SHA256 Hashes of the release artifacts

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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!)

SHA256 Hashes of Release Artifacts

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