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6.2 Changelog

6.2.7 - 2020-07-16

Build and Packaging Improvements

  • Fix Azure file copy issues in release build by fixing the path to upload directory content (#13182)
  • Update .NET Core to version 2.1.808 (Internal 12003)
  • Fix Azure file copy break in AzDevOps by updating task version to latest (#13173)

6.2.6 - 2020-06-11

Engine Updates and Fixes

  • Restrict loading of amsi.dll to system32 folder (#12730)

Tools

  • Update the PowerShell team list to correct changelog generation (#12927)

Tests

  • Pin major Pester version to 4 to prevent breaking changes caused by upcoming release of v5 (#12262) (Thanks @bergmeister!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Update to `.NET Core 2.1.807`

  • update to dotnet 2.1.807 (Internal 11697)
  • update hosting tests
  • Check if Azure Blob exists before overwriting (#12921)
  • Upgrade APIScan version (#12876)
  • Fix break in package build by pinning ffi version to 1.12 (#12889)
  • Update the build to sign any unsigned files as 3rd party Dlls (#12581)

6.2.5 - 2020-05-14

Build and Packaging Improvements

  • Port back the code for new changelog format.
  • Work around FPM issue with a specific version on macOS
  • Update the combined package build to release the daily builds (#10449)
  • Refactor packaging pipeline (#11852)
  • Bump .NET SDK version to the version 2.1.18
  • Move to standard internal pool for building (#12119)

6.2.4 - 2020-01-27

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

  • Enable Start-Process to work on Windows 7 (#10417) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Fix global tool issues around exit code, command line parameters, and paths with spaces (#10461)
  • Make Add-Type usable in applications that host PowerShell (#10587)

Build and Packaging Improvements

  • Update to use TSAv2 (#9914)
  • Update the dotnet SDK install script URL in build.psm1 (#10927)
  • Update dependencies needed by Azure PowerShell and patch for Newtonsoft.Json (Internal 10798)
  • Fix path for getting reference assemblies (Internal 10792)

6.2.3 - 2019-09-12

Engine Updates and Fixes

  • Fix debugger performance regression in system lock down mode (#10269)

Tests

  • Remove markdownlint tests due to security issues (#10163)

Build and Packaging Improvements

  • Update DotNet SDK and runtime framework version (Internal 9946)
  • Fix macOS build break (#10207)

6.2.2 - 2019-07-16

Breaking Changes

  • Disable Enter-PSHostProcess cmdlet when system in lock down mode (Internal 8969)

Engine Updates and Fixes

  • Create JumpList in STA thread as some COM APIs are strictly STA only to avoid sporadic CLR crashes (#10057, #9928) (Thanks @bergmeister!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

  • Update DotNet SDK and runtime framework version (Internal 9082, 9088, 9092)
  • Make Hashtable case insensitivity test use current culture rather than shell to set culture (Internal 8529)
  • Add automated RPM signing to release build (#10013)
  • Update copyright symbol for NuGet packages (#9936)
  • Bump Microsoft.ApplicationInsights from 2.9.1 to 2.10.0 (#9757)
  • Switch from BMP to PNG for graphical MSI installer assets (#9606)
  • Bump System.Net.Http.WinHttpHandler from 4.5.3 to 4.5.4 (#9789)
  • Enable building of MSIX package (#9289, #9715)

6.2.1 - 2019-05-21

Engine Updates and Fixes

  • Re-enable tab completion for functions (#9383)
  • Disable debugger in System Lock down mode (Internal 8428)

Code Cleanup

  • Update repo for Ubuntu 14.04 EOL (#9324)

Tests

  • Fix skipping of tests in RemoteSession.Basic.Tests.ps1 (#9304)
  • Update tests to account for when $PSHOME is read only (#9279)
  • Mark tests in macOS CI which use applescript as pending/inconclusive (#9352)
  • Make sure non-Windows CI fails when a test fails (#9303)

Build and Packaging Improvements

  • Partially revert "Fix the failed test and update Publish-TestResults to make AzDO fail the task when any tests failed (#9457)"
  • Bump Markdig.Signed from 0.16.0 to 0.17.0 (#9595)
  • Bump Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive from 1.2.2.0 to 1.2.3.0 in /src/Modules (#9594)
  • Enable building on Kali Linux (#9471)
  • Fix the failed test and update Publish-TestResults to make AzDO fail the task when any tests failed (#9457)
  • Add Preview assets for msix (#9375)
  • Create code coverage and test packages for non-windows (#9373)
  • Fix publishing daily nupkg to MyGet (#9269)
  • Bump PackageManagement from 1.3.1 to 1.3.2 in /src/Modules (#9568)
  • Bump NJsonSchema from 9.13.27 to 9.13.37 (#9524)
  • Bump gulp from 4.0.0 to 4.0.2 in /test/common/markdown (#9443)
  • Bump Newtonsoft.Json from 12.0.1 to 12.0.2 (#9433)
  • Bump System.Net.Http.WinHttpHandler from 4.5.2 to 4.5.3 (#9367)
  • Add AccessToken variable to jobs that perform signing (#9351)
  • Create test package for macOS on release builds (#9344)
  • Add component detection to all jobs (#8964)
  • Move artifacts to artifact staging directory before uploading (#9273)

6.2.0 - 2019-03-28

Breaking Changes

  • Fix -NoEnumerate behavior in Write-Output to be consistent with Windows PowerShell (#9069) (Thanks @vexx32!)

Engine Updates and Fixes

  • Add PowerShell remoting enable/disable cmdlet warning messages (#9203)
  • Fix for FormatTable remote deserialization regression (#9116)
  • Update the task-based async APIs added to PowerShell to return a Task object directly (#9079)
  • Add 5 InvokeAsync overloads and StopAsync to the PowerShell type (#8056) (Thanks @KirkMunro!)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

  • Enable SecureString cmdlets for non-Windows by storing the plain text (#9199)
  • Add Obsolete message to Send-MailMessage (#9178)
  • Fix Restart-Computer to work on localhost when WinRM is not present (#9160)
  • Make Start-Job throw terminating error when PowerShell is being hosted (#9128)
  • Update version for PowerShell.Native and hosting tests (#8983)

Tools

  • Adding CmdletsToExport and AliasesToExport to test module manifests. (#9108) (Thanks @powercode!)
  • Comment cleanup in releaseTools.psm1 (#9064) (Thanks @RDIL!)

Tests

  • Fix Enter-PSHostProcess tests flakiness (#9007)
  • Add tests for command globbing (#9180)
  • Add source for Install-package to install netDumbster (#9081) (Thanks @Geweldig!)
  • Fix tab completion test to handle multiple matches (#8891)
  • Refactor macOS and Linux CI so that tests run in parallel (#9056, #9209)
  • Added RequireSudoOnUnix tags to PowerShellGet tests and remove -pending parameter (#8954) (Thanks @RDIL!)
  • Pending NamedPipeConnectionInfo test (#9003) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Add test for -WhatIf for New-FileCatalog (#8966) (Thanks @mjanko5!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

  • Performance improvements for release build (#9179)
  • Add tsaVersion property as TsaV1 for compliance build phase (#9176)
  • Publish global tool packages to pwshtool blob and bug fixes (#9163)
  • Translate Skipped test results into something Azure DevOps does not understand (#9124)
  • Disable Homebrew analytics in macOS VSTS builds (#9130) (Thanks @RDIL!)
  • Remove AppVeyor references from packaging tools (#9117) (Thanks @RDIL!)
  • Fixed Dockerfile syntax highlighting (#8991) (Thanks @RDIL!)
  • Fix dependencies of NuGet build to wait on DEB uploads to finish (#9118)
  • Fix artifact download issue in release build (#9095)
  • Publish test package on release builds (#9063)
  • Bump Microsoft.PowerShell.Native from 6.2.0-rc.1 to 6.2.0 (#9200)
  • Bump NJsonSchema from 9.13.19 to 9.13.27 (#9044, #9136, #9166, #9172, #9184 #9196)
  • Bump PowerShellGet from 2.0.4 to 2.1.2 in /src/Modules (#9110, #9145)
  • Bump SelfSignedCertificate in /test/tools/Modules (#9055)

Documentation and Help Content

  • Update docs for 6.2.0-rc.1 release (#9022)

6.2.0-rc.1 - 2019-03-05

Breaking Changes

  • Make Join-String -InputObject 1,2,3 result equal to 1,2,3 | Join-String result (#8611) (Thanks @sethvs!)

Engine Updates and Fixes

  • Improve check for developer mode by checking minimum required build number (#8749)
  • Simplify the declaration of new experimental features (#8726)
  • Remove AMSI uninitialized assert and replace with call to uninitialized (#8713)
  • Port Security bypass fixes from 6.1.3 (#8915)
  • Enable discovering modules that have names same as a culture (e.g. Az) (#8777)
  • Flatten interface hierarchy when generating properties that implement interface properties (#8382) (Thanks @IISResetMe!)
  • Don't use Win32 native APIs on non-Windows for cryptography of secure string over remoting (#8746)
  • Allow .exe files to be used as IL binary modules (#7281)
  • Remove unused cached types (#9015)

Experimental Features

  • Add the experimental feature for creating Temp:\ drive when FileSystemProvider initializes (#8696)
  • Move CommandNotFoundException suggestion to an experimental feature (#8805)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

  • Correctly Report impact level when SupportsShouldProcess is not set to 'true' (#8209) (Thanks @vexx32!)
  • Fix Request Charset Issues in Web Cmdlets (#8742) (Thanks @markekraus!)
  • Refactor ConvertTo-Json to expose JsonObject.ConvertToJson as a public API (#8682)
  • Add -CustomPipeName to pwsh and Enter-PSHostProcess (#8889)
  • Add configurable maximum depth in ConvertFrom-Json with -Depth (#8199) (Thanks @louistio!)
  • Enable creating relative symbolic links on Windows with New-Item (#8783)
  • Parse numeric strings as numbers again during conversions (#8681) (Thanks @vexx32!)
  • Expose file attributes of OneDrive placeholders (#8745) (Thanks @sba923!)
  • Enable Write-Information to accept $null (#8774)
  • Adding parameter ReplyTo to Send-MailMessage (#8727) (Thanks @replicaJunction!)
  • Fix Get-Help PSTypeName issue with -Parameter when only one parameter is declared (#8754) (Thanks @pougetat!)

Code Cleanup

  • Use HTTPS in URLs where available (#8622) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Update code to use single method to check if path is UNC (#8680)
  • Fix typo: aganistagainst (#8943) (Thanks @lupino3!)
  • Use the OperationCancellationException to replace the StoppingException in ConvertToJson (#8920)
  • Fix style issues in CSV cmdlets (#8894) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Fix LGTM issues (#8843) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Fix length check in PSSnapinQualifiedName.GetInstance() (#8837) (Thanks @hvitved!)
  • Reduce string allocations when formatting file system objects. (#8831) (Thanks @powercode!)
  • Fix many instances of CodeFactor style issue A single-line comment must not be followed by a blank line (#8825) (Thanks @RDIL!)
  • Refactor appveyor.psm1 to ci.psm1 (#8733, #8854, #8709, #8756, #8867) (Thanks @RDIL!)
  • Refactor travis.ps1 into ci.psm1 (#8822, #8888) (Thanks @RDIL!)
  • Fix Markdown lint issues (#8929)
  • Fix code-of-conduct linting (#8896) (Thanks @RDIL!)

Tools

  • Fix broken reference (#8753) (Thanks @RDIL!)
  • Remove GitKracken files from .gitignore (#8743) (Thanks @RDIL!)
  • Update path of test\xUnit\xUnit.tests.csproj in PowerShell.sln (#8730) (Thanks @markekraus!)
  • Ignore files added by SelfSignedCertificate (#8728) (Thanks @markekraus!)
  • Build Global tool for PowerShell and SDK container (#8984)
  • Add Experimental Features to change log creation (#8827)
  • Remove unneeded Invoke-Expression on unvalidated input (#8826)
  • Update CLA pull request labeling info (#8820) (Thanks @RDIL!)
  • Update some info in md-link-checks (#8757) (Thanks @RDIL!)

Tests

  • Fix Enter-PSHostProcess test to wait until runspace is ready before attempting to enter (#8725)
  • Package validation tests updates (#8714)
  • Make xUnit tests run sequentially to avoid race conditions caused by manipulating powershell.config.json in tests (#8945)
  • Use verbatim string literals for paths (#8937) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Parallelize the Windows CI to enable us to run all tests all the time (#8868)
  • Fixes for Scheduled release build (#8887)
  • Remove references to uninitialized variable (#8849)
  • Remove directory causing static analysis failure (#8812)
  • Update Pester version to 4.4.4 (#8739)
  • Change xUnit Runspace tests to run sequentially (#8796)
  • Fix cleanup config files for the csharp xUnit tests (#8761) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Moved fxdependent-dotnetsdk-latest/Dockerfile (#8738)

Build and Packaging Improvements

  • Make every csproj files have its own folder (#8750)
  • Update packaging script to build reference assembly targeting netcoreapp2.1 and use actual .csproj files (#8729)
  • Generate and deploy reference assembly for Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility.dll (#8716)
  • Make test file result names unique (#8979)
  • Add variable to control the version of the signing task we use (#8982)
  • Publish test and code coverage artifacts for daily builds (#8955)
  • Integrate building NuGet package in the coordinated build (#8947)
  • Support release branches based on the forward slash separator (#8903)
  • Port DotNet fixes from 6.1.3 (#8914)
  • Start tracking release build information in an azure storage table (#8850)
  • Make license a link in the MSI (#8846)
  • Use -ErrorAction Ignore instead of SilentlyContinue with Get-Command in build.psm1 (#8832)
  • Add binskim to coordinated build and increase timeout (#8834)
  • Fix daily CI builds to publish tar package as artifacts (#8775)
  • Add instrumentation for Start-PSPackage (#8811)
  • Fix passing credential to the SyncGalleryToAzArtifacts.psm1 script (#8808)
  • Move Final artifacts from coordinated build to finalResults folder (#8806)
  • Refactor coordinated release build (#8804)
  • Add compliance to Coordinated build (#8798)
  • Switch to 1.11 of FPM to fix FPM install issue (#8797)
  • Update the coordinated build with framework dependent package for dotnet SDK (#8773)
  • Fix MSI upgrade failure for preview builds (#9013)
  • Build(deps): Bump Microsoft.ApplicationInsights from 2.8.1 to 2.9.1 (#8807,#8848)
  • Build(deps): Bump Microsoft.PowerShell.Native (#8712)
  • Build(deps): Bump NJsonSchema from 9.13.15 to 9.13.19 (#8732, #8747, #8881, #8952)
  • Build(deps): Bump PackageManagement from 1.2.4 to 1.3.1 (#8800)
  • Build(deps): Bump XunitXml.TestLogger from 2.0.0 to 2.1.26 (#8731)
  • Build(deps): Bump Markdig.Signed from 0.15.7 to 0.16.0 (#8981)

Documentation and Help Content

  • Updating README.md for supported openSUSE version and updating link to OS versions supported by CoreFx (#8701) (Thanks @stknohg!)
  • Add complete XML docs for ConvertToJsonContext constructors (#8737)
  • Update README.md for ARM to include both 32-bit and 64-bit PS package links (#8677) (Thanks @slide!)
  • Update issue templates with new supported values (#8718) (Thanks @RDIL!)
  • Update maintainer docs about the CLA PR labels (#8734) (Thanks @RDIL!)
  • Add Andrew to the maintainer list (#8722)
  • Update release process template (#8711)
  • Change label in doc issue template (#8895) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Update the dir -recurse example (#8939) (Thanks @vmsilvamolina!)
  • Update CHANGELOG for release 6.1.3 (#8918)
  • Update stable version to 6.1.3 (#8902)
  • Fix broken link (#8905)
  • Update Coding Guidelines (#8844) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Update governance documentation (#8776) (Thanks @RDIL!)
  • Fix broken python method (#8821) (Thanks @RDIL!)
  • Changing docs issue template to new docs repo location (#8818)
  • Fix spelling in releaseTool/README.md (#8810)
  • Update GitHub templates (#8792) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Fix broken link in FAQs.md (#8803)
  • Updated basics.md to add a link for showing example for installing git on all package managers (#8735) (Thanks @RDIL!)
  • Update README.md for preview.4 (#8772)

6.2.0-preview.4 - 2019-01-28

Breaking Changes

  • Add -Stable to Sort-Object and related tests (#7862) (Thanks @KirkMunro!)
  • Improve Start-Sleep cmdlet to accept fractional seconds (#8537) (Thanks @Prototyyppi!)
  • Change hashtable to use OrdinalIgnoreCase to be case-insensitive in all Cultures (#8566)
  • Fix LiteralPath in Import-Csv to bind to Get-ChildItem output (#8277) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

Engine Updates and Fixes

  • Allow user-specified underlying type for enums (#8329) (Thanks @IISResetMe!)
  • Handle case where AppLocker test script fails to delete (#8627)
  • Update CommandNotFound fuzzy suggestion to only return unique results (#8640)
  • Add support to show suggestions on CommandNotFound exception (#8458)
  • Make S.M.A.PowerShell.GetSteppablePipeline method public (#8055) (Thanks @KirkMunro!)
  • Add S.M.A.PowerShell.Create method overload with Runspace argument (#8057) (Thanks @KirkMunro!)
  • Fix mistake on deserialization (#8502)
  • Fix formatting of header of table when center aligned (#8497)
  • Add -RepeatHeader to Format-Table to enable repeating header for each screen full (#8481)
  • Fix Debug-Runspace for Unix platforms and properly enable Windows identity impersonation code (#8451)
  • Reset output attributes if column had ESC char when using Format-Table; Replace ... with unicode ellipsis (#8326)

Experimental Features

  • Add the experimental feature PSUseAbbreviationExpansion to support tab completion on abbreviated command names (#8109)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

  • Fix code page parsing issue in Invoke-RestMethod (#8694) (Thanks @markekraus!)
  • Fix Expect 100-continue issue with Web Cmdlets (#8679) (Thanks @markekraus!)
  • Allow 'name' as an alias key for 'label' in ConvertTo-Html, allow the 'width' entry to be an integer (#8426) (Thanks @mklement0!)
  • Resolve :PAGER if its path contains spaces (#8571) (Thanks @pougetat!)
  • Add support enum and char types in Format-Hex cmdlet (#8191) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Change Get-Help cmdlet -Parameter parameter so it accepts string arrays (#8454) (Thanks @sethvs!)
  • Fix FixupFileName to not load resolved assembly during module discovery (#8634)
  • Change Clear-Host back to using $RAWUI and clear to work over remoting (#8609)
  • Fix LiteralPath in Import-Csv to bind to Get-ChildItem output (#8277) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Make scriptblock based calculated properties work again in ConvertTo-Html (#8427) (Thanks @mklement0!)
  • Fix Join-String cmdlet FormatString parameter logic (#8449) (Thanks @sethvs!)
  • Allow Windows users in developer mode to create symlinks without elevation (#8534)
  • Help function should only pass content to pager if content was found (#8528)
  • Change Clear-Host to simply called [console]::clear and remove clear alias from Unix (#8603)
  • help function shouldn't use pager for AliasHelpInfo (#8552)
  • Fix XML nesting bug in CustomSerializer.WriteMemberInfoCollection() (#8476) (Thanks @IISResetMe!)
  • Add -UseMinimalHeader to Start-Transcript to minimize transcript header (#8402) (Thanks @lukexjeremy!)

Code Cleanup

  • Remove the no longer used RunspaceConfigurationEntry types (#8424)
  • Remove unneeded catch/throw from mkdir and oss functions (#8425)
  • Remove comments after closing brackets (#8344) (Thanks @Meir017!)
  • Cleanup Format-Hex (#8683) (Thanks @vexx32!)
  • Delete appveyor.yml (#8639) (Thanks @RDIL!)
  • Revise use of Start-Sleep cmdlet (#8633) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Style: Change first char to upper in summary comments (#8597) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Style: Use the type aliases char and bool instead of Char and Boolean (#8572) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Style: Use the type alias string instead of String in places that are appropriate (#8573) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Correctly capitalize the ForEach operator in *.ps1 (#8583) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Remove unnecessary trim of passed-in command line in interactive debugging (#8594)
  • Style: Add a space after "//" in comments and remove unneeded comments after "}" (#8576) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Style: Add the ending period to the XML document texts (#8577) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Avoid use of mkdir alias in *.ps1 and *.psm1 (#8582) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Regularize redirection operator spacing in *.ps1 and *.psm1 (#8581) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Style: Change 'String.' to 'string.' (#8568) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Style: Replace String.IsNullOrEmpty with string.IsNullOrEmpty (#8557) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Fix typo in AMSI test (#8561) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Style: Convert to upper first char in <param> and <exception> doc tags (#8556) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Style: Add period before </param> and </exception> doc tags (#8553) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Remove use of cmdlet aliases from .\test\powershell (#8546) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Style: Remove extra spaces after <para> and before </para> docs tags (#8547) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Style: Remove preceding spaces from C# preprocessor-type keywords (#8540) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Style: remove <remarks> </remarks> (#8538) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Style: Add period before returns doc tag (#8535) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Style: Change Object[] to object[] (#8526) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Style: Change Object to object (#8522) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Style: Change UInt64? to ulong? (#8527) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Style: Change Byte{} to byte[] (#8525) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Code cleanup: Add space after closing brace where needed (#8530)
  • Style: Change System.Boolean to bool (#8521) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Change String to string for simple references (#8519)
  • Change Int32 to int for simple references in variable declaration (#8518)
  • Style: Member access symbols should be followed with member name (#8517)
  • Style: Remove extra space before colon in named parameters (#8504)
  • Style: Use the shorthand of the nullable type (#8501)
  • Remove empty lines; correct space on closing square brackets, negative signs, and generic brackets (#8508)
  • Remove space after new keyword in implicitly typed array allocation (#8505)
  • The static keyword should be right after access modifier (#8506)
  • Remove comments after closing bracket (#8503)
  • Remove space character after '!' (#8507)
  • Style: Remove extra space before colon in named parameters (#8504)

Tools

  • Recommend Azure DevOps extension inside VS-Code for better YAML editing. (#8403) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
  • -AddToPath re-implementation in install-powershell.ps1 (#8081) (Thanks @glachancecmaisonneuve!)
  • Change the feed URL to feed name due to changes in AzDevOps (#8664)
  • Batch merge builds together while a merge build is running (#8668)
  • Fix grammar in stale bot message (#8660) (Thanks @RDIL!)
  • Add macOS files to .gitignore (#8456) (Thanks @RDIL!)
  • Name the spelling yaml something more appropriate (#8601) (Thanks @RDIL!)
  • Add script to create icns files. (#7456) (Thanks @thezim!)
  • Pass nugetkey as parameter (#8461)
  • Add gitkracken files to gitignore (#8434) (Thanks @RDIL!)
  • Create release process issue template (#8417)
  • Support for linuxmint in installpsh-debian.sh (#8440) (Thanks @DarwinJS!)
  • Enable install-powershell.ps1 to use MSI (#8418)

Tests

  • Remove broken HelpUri from CimTest (#8688) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Remove appveyor environment checks (#8669) (Thanks @RDIL!)
  • Adding tests for PSDiagnostics Module (#8431) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)
  • Increase diagnose-ability of Link Checker failures (#8667)
  • Fix broken urls (#8653)
  • Update fuzzy test to fix daily build (#8629)
  • Create link check task (#8471) (Thanks @RDIL!)
  • Add Tests for ConfirmImpact Ratings (#8214) (Thanks @vexx32!)
  • Fix style issues in xUnit tests (#8465) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Move xUnit tests in new folder (#8356) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Fix environment variable test and add missing null check in CommandHelpProvider (#8408)
  • Remove dotnet dependency to start WebListener (#8390)

Build and Packaging Improvements

  • Update Third Party Notices (#8415)
  • Adding yaml for Windows Release builds (#8374)
  • Bump NJsonSchema from 9.13.1 to 9.13.2 (#8422)
  • Do not ship fullclr binaries of PackageManagement (#8700) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
  • Fix the build for fxdependent build for dotnet sdk (#8670)
  • Add Windows build to universal release build YAML (#8695)
  • Remove Debian 8 references as it is EOL (#8678)
  • Build(deps): Bump NJsonSchema from 9.13.14 to 9.13.15 (#8671)
  • Build package build using ubuntu 18.04 image (#8666)
  • Fix a typo in packaging.psm1 (#8647) (Thanks @sethvs!)
  • Add function to create a framework dependent package dotnet-sdk containers (#8644)
  • Build(deps): Bump NJsonSchema from 9.13.13 to 9.13.14 (#8648)
  • Build(deps): Bump PowerShellGet from 2.0.3 to 2.0.4 (#8649)
  • Fix installing fpm and ronn in macOS CI by avoid installing docs for them (#8656)
  • Build(deps): Bump Markdig.Signed from 0.15.6 to 0.15.7 (#8637)
  • Build(deps): Bump System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs from 4.5.1 to 4.5.2 (#8614)
  • Build(deps): Bump System.Net.Http.WinHttpHandler from 4.5.1 to 4.5.2 (#8615)
  • Build(deps): Bump NJsonSchema from 9.13.11 to 9.13.13 (#8616)
  • Build(deps): Bump System.Text.Encoding.CodePages from 4.5.0 to 4.5.1 (#8613)
  • Enable install of Preview MSI release side-by-side with Stable release (#8513)
  • Get macOS to publish daily build to nugetfeed (#8464)
  • Build(deps): Bump Markdig.Signed from 0.15.5 to 0.15.6 (#8558)
  • Build(deps): Bump NJsonSchema from 9.13.10 to 9.13.11 (#8569)
  • Remove duplicate Open Here context menu item upgrading to newer Preview release (#8496)
  • Bump NJsonSchema from 9.13.9 to 9.13.10 (#8511)
  • Bump NJsonSchema from 9.13.7 to 9.13.9 (#8498)
  • Bump NJsonSchema from 9.13.4 to 9.13.7 (#8493)
  • Bump NJsonSchema from 9.13.3 to 9.13.4 (#8462)
  • Fix daily NuGet publishing (#8460)
  • Bump NJsonSchema from 9.13.2 to 9.13.3 (#8457)
  • Bump Markdig.Signed from 0.15.4 to 0.15.5 (#8444)

Documentation and Help Content

  • Remove unused AppVeyor links from README.md (#8685) (Thanks @RDIL!)
  • Update README.md (#8684)
  • Update Package Management license to MIT (#8676) (Thanks @RDIL!)
  • Create Support File (#8618) (Thanks @RDIL!)
  • Update git clone URL (#8673) (Thanks @RDIL!)
  • docs(contributing): add link check information (#8659) (Thanks @RDIL!)
  • Update License and Third Party Notice (#8646)
  • Update README, metadata.json and changelog for release 6.1.2 (#8658)
  • Fix typo in README.md (#8642) (Thanks @MarkTiedemann!)
  • Fix some typos in the README (#8623) (Thanks @RDIL!)
  • Remove en-us from docs.microsoft.com URL (#8628) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Update examples for hosting PSCore and remove old outdated examples (#8472) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
  • Update the pull request template (#8624) (Thanks @RDIL!)
  • Contributing guidelines: Remove references to Travis CI and AppVeyor (#8617) (Thanks @RDIL!)
  • Update code coverage analysis document (#8543) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Remove en-us from our doc links (#8602)
  • Document First-time-issue and Hackathon/Hacktoberfest labels (#8575)
  • Updated linux build link (#8579) (Thanks @jwmoss!)
  • Update contributing guidelines doc to run spellchecking in English (#8473) (Thanks @RDIL!)
  • Updating links to point to new VS Code docs (#8468)

6.2.0-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)

6.2.0-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!)

6.2.0-preview.1 - 2018-10-18

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!)
  • 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 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!)