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7.1.0-preview.4 - 2020-06-25

Note: MSI installer packages have been removed due to #13035 till further investigation.

Breaking Changes

  • Make the switch parameter -Qualifier not positional for Split-Path (#12960) (Thanks @yecril71pl!)
  • Resolve the working directory as literal path for Start-Process when it's not specified (#11946) (Thanks @NoMoreFood!)
  • Make -OutFile parameter in web cmdlets to work like -LiteralPath (#11701) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

Engine Updates and Fixes

  • Ensure null-coalescing LHS is evaluated only once (#12667)
  • Fix path handling bug in PSTask (#12554) (Thanks @IISResetMe!)
  • Remove extra line before formatting group (#12163) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Make module formatting not generate error with strict mode (#11943)
  • Adding more ETW logs to WSMan plugin (#12798) (Thanks @krishnayalavarthi!)
  • Restrict loading of amsi.dll to system32 folder (#12730)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

  • Fix NullReferenceException in CommandSearcher.GetNextCmdlet (#12659) (Thanks @powercode!)
  • Prevent NullReferenceException in Unix computer cmdlets with test hooks active (#12651) (Thanks @vexx32!)
  • Fix issue in Select-Object where Hashtable members (e.g. Keys) cannot be used with -Property or -ExpandProperty (#11097) (Thanks @vexx32!)
  • Fix conflicting shorthand switch -w for pwsh (#12945)
  • Rename the CimCmdlet resource file (#12955) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Remove use of Test-Path in ConciseView (#12778)
  • Flag default switch statement condition clause as keyword (#10487) (Thanks @msftrncs!)
  • Add parameter SchemaFile to Test-Json cmdlet (#11934) (Thanks @beatcracker!)
  • Bring back Certificate provider parameters (#10622) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Fix New-Item to create symbolic link to relative path target (#12797) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Add CommandLine property to Process (#12288) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Adds -MaskInput parameter to Read-Host (#10908) (Thanks @davinci26!)
  • Change CimCmdlets to use AliasAttribute (#12617) (Thanks @thlac!)

Code Cleanup

We thank the following contributors!

@xtqqczze, @sethvs, @romero126, @kvprasoon, @powercode

  • Use nameof operator (#12716) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Fix comments in Mshexpression.cs (#12711) (Thanks @sethvs!)
  • Formatting: remove duplicate semicolons (#12666) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Replace SortedList with Generic.SortedList<TKey,TValue> (#12954) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Use HashSet instead of Hashtable with null values (#12958) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Rename CopyItem.Tests.ps1 to Copy-Item.Tests.ps1 to match other tests (#10701) (Thanks @romero126!)
  • Fix RCS1114: Remove redundant delegate creation (#12917) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Code redundancy fixes (#12916) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Update the PowerShell modules to use the new Help URI (#12686)
  • Reorder modifiers according to preferred order (#12864) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Expand numberOfPowershellRefAssemblies list capacity (#12840) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Add readonly modifier to internal static members (#11777) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • cleanup: Use coalesce expression (#12829) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Add missing assessibility modifiers (#12820) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Use t_ naming convention for ThreadStatic members (#12826) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Formatting: Add empty line between declarations (#12824) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Clarify defaultRefAssemblies list capacity in AddType.cs (#12520) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Fixing "Double "period" (..) in message for System.InvalidOperationException" (#12758) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)
  • Rethrow to preserve stack details for better maintainability (#12723) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Delete license.rtf (#12738) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Nullable annotations for CommandSearcher (#12733) (Thanks @powercode!)
  • Redundancy: Remove 'partial' modifier from type with a single part (#12725) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Remove phrase 'All rights reserved' from Microsoft copyright statements (#12722) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • IDictionary -> IDictionary<string, FunctionInfo> for FunctionTable (#12658) (Thanks @powercode!)

Tools

  • Use correct isError parameter with Write-Log (#12989)
  • Disable NonPrivateReadonlyFieldsMustBeginWithUpperCaseLetter rule in StyleCop (#12855) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Add @TylerLeonhardt to PowerShell team list to correct changelog generation (#12927)
  • Enable the upload of ETW traces to CLR CAP in Windows daily build (#12890)
  • Prevent GitHub workflow for daily dotnet build updates from running in forks (#12763) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
  • Add GitHub action for PR creation and Wix file generation logic (#12748)

Tests

  • Remove duplicate tests from Measure-Object.Tests.ps1 (#12683) (Thanks @sethvs!)
  • Fix tests to not write errors to console (#13010)
  • Make sure tabcompletion tests run (#12981)
  • Remove dependency on DNS for Test-Connection tests on macOS (#12943)
  • Restore markdownlint tests (#12549) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Wrap tests in pester blocks (#12700) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

We thank the following contributors!

@iSazonov, @kvprasoon, @Saancreed, @heaths, @xtqqczze

  • Update Distribution_Request.md
  • Bump NJsonSchema from 10.1.15 to 10.1.16 (#12685)
  • Disable uploading Symbols package (#12687)
  • Update .NET SDK version from 5.0.100-preview.5.20279.10 to 5.0.100-preview.6.20318.15 (#13018)
  • Remove component ref when re-generating the wix file (#13019)
  • Make sure icons are added to MSI staging folder (#12983)
  • Update DotnetRutimeMetadata.json to point to preview 6 (#12972)
  • Bump PSReadLine from 2.0.1 to 2.0.2 (#12909)
  • Bump NJsonSchema from 10.1.18 to 10.1.21 (#12944)
  • Check if Azure Blob exists before overwriting (#12921)
  • Enable skipped tests (#12894) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Fix break in package build by pinning ffi version to 1.12 (#12889)
  • Upgrade APIScan version (#12876)
  • Make contributors unique in Release notes (#12878) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)
  • Update Linux daily CI to run in a single agent & collect traces (#12866)
  • Update .NET SDK version from 5.0.100-preview.5.20278.13 to 5.0.100-preview.5.20279.10 (#12844) (Thanks @github-actions[bot]!)
  • Sign the MSIX files for the store (#12582)
  • Update the CI builds (#12830)
  • Update .NET SDK version from 5.0.100-preview.5.20272.6 to 5.0.100-preview.5.20278.13 (#12772) (Thanks @github-actions[bot]!)
  • Allow use of build module on unknown Linux distros (#11146) (Thanks @Saancreed!)
  • Fix MSI upgrade and shortcut issues (#12792) (Thanks @heaths!)
  • Bump NJsonSchema from 10.1.17 to 10.1.18 (#12812)
  • Update .NET SDK version from 5.0.100-preview.5.20269.29 to 5.0.100-preview.5.20272.6 (#12759) (Thanks @github-actions[bot]!)
  • Bump NJsonSchema from 10.1.16 to 10.1.17 (#12761)
  • Update to dotnet SDK 5.0.0-preview.5.20268.9 (#12740)
  • Remove assets\license.rtf (#12721) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp from 3.5.0 to 3.6.0 (#12731)

Documentation and Help Content

  • Update README and metadata files for next release (#12717)
  • Update README.md removing experimental status of Arm builds, but Win-Arm64 is still preview for Stable release. (#12707)
  • Add link to Github compare in changelog (#12713) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Added missing changelog for v7.1.0-preview.2 (#12665)
  • Update required Visual Studio version in build docs (#12628) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • minor update to Distribution_Request.md (#12705) (Thanks @kilasuit!)
  • Update docs.microsoft.com links (#12653) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Update change log for 6.2.5 release (#12670)
  • Update README.md and metadata.json for next release (#12668)
  • Merge 7.0.1 change log (#12669)
  • Remove markdown unused definitions (#12656) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Add HoloLens to list of PowerShell adopters (#12940) (Thanks @reynoldsbd!)
  • Update README.md and metadata.json for next releases (#12939)
  • Fix broken link in README.md (#12887) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Minor typo corrections in Distribution Request Issue Templates (#12744) (Thanks @corbob!)
  • Correct 'review-for-comments' in Governance.md (#11035) (Thanks @MarvTheRobot!)
  • Fix markdown ordered lists (#12657) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Fix broken docs.microsoft.com link (#12776) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Replace link to Slack with link to PowerShell Virtual User Group (#12786) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Update LICENSE.txt so that it's recognized as MIT (#12729)

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