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Engine updates and fixes:

Update PowerShell to use 2.0.5 dotnet core runtime and packages.

This change addresses the following vulnerabilities:

Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2018-0764: Denial of Service when parsing XML documents
Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2018-0786: Security Feature Bypass in X509 Certificate Validation

Build and Packaging Improvements:

Re-release of v6.0.0 as v6.0.1 due to issues upgrading from pre-release versions

Test:

Update regular expression to validate GitCommitId in $PSVersionTable to not require a pre-release tag (#5893)

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Engine updates and fixes:

Update PowerShell to use 2.0.6 dotnet core runtime and packages (d607f20). This change addresses the following vulenerabilities:Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2018-0875: Hash Collision can cause Denial of Service

Build and Packaging Improvements:

Add Ubuntu build without AppImage (#6380)
Add scripts to set and or update the release tag in VSTS (#6107)
Fix DSC Configuration compilation (#6225)
Fix errors in Start-PSBootStrap during release builds (#6159)
Fix spelling failures in CI (#6191)
Use PowerShell windowsservercore Docker image for release builds (#6226)
Use ADD instead of Invoke-WebRequest in nanoserver Docker file (#6255)
When doing daily/test build in a non-release branch use the branch name as the preview name (#6355)
Add Environment Variable override of telemetry (#6063)
Build: Remove two unneeded lines from 'Invoke-AppveyorFinish' (#6344)
MSI: Refactor New-MsiPackage into packaging.psm1
and various fixes to enable patching
(#5871, #6221, #6254, #6303, #6356, #6208, #6334, #6379, #6094, #6192)
MSI: Use HKLM instead of HKCU registry keys since the current installation scope is perMachine. (#5915)

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Breaking Changes:

Throw terminating error in New-TemporaryFile and make it not rely on the presence of the TEMP environment variable (#6182)
Remove the unnecessary AddTypeCommandBase class from Add-Type (#5407)
Remove unsupported members from the enum Language in Add-Type (#5829)
Fix range operator to work better with character ranges (#5732)

Engine Updates and Fixes:

Fix ValidateSet with generator in a module (#5702)
Update SAL annotation and fix warnings (#5617)
Add ForEach and Where methods to PSCustomobject (#5756)
Add Count and Length properties to PSCustomobject (#5745)
Make minor fixes in compiler to properly handle void type expression (#5764)
Logging: Fix the escaped characters when generating .resx file from PowerShell ETW manifest. (#5892)
Remove PSv2 only code from Types_Ps1Xml.cs and HostUtilities.cs (#5907)
Enable passing arrays to pwsh -EncodedArguments on debug builds. (#5836)
Logging: Handle path that contains spaces in RegisterManifest.ps1 (#5859)
Add -settingsfile to pwsh to support loading a custom powershell config file. (#5920)
Return better error for pwsh -WindowStyle on unsupported platforms. (#5975)
Enable conversions from PSMethod to Delegate (#5287)
Minor code clean-up changes in tab completion code (#5737)
Add lambda support to -replace operator (#6029)
Fix retrieval of environment variables on Windows in cases where variable names differ only by case. (#6320)
Fix the NullRefException when using -PipelineVariable with DynamicParam block (#6433)
Add NullReference checks to two code paths related to PseudoParameterBinder (#5738)
Fix PropertyOnlyAdapter to allow calling base methods (#6394)
Improve table view for Certs and Signatures by adding EnhancedKeyUsageList and StatusMessage (#6123)
Fix the filtering of analytic events on Unix platforms. (#6086)
Update copyright and license headers (#6134)
Set pipeline thread stack size to 10MB (#6224)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes:

Fix the NullRefException in Enter-PSHostProcess (#5995)
Merge and Sort BasicHtmlWebResponseObject and ContentHelper in Web Cmdlets (#5720)
Encoding for New-ModuleManifest on all platforms should be UTF-8 NoBOM (#5923)
Make Set-Location use path with wildcard characters as literal if it exists (#5839)
Combine Web Cmdlets partial class files (#5612)
Change Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetDateCommand.SystemTime to struct. (#6006)
Add Simplified multipart/form-data support to Web Cmdlets through -Form parameter (#5972)
Make a relative redirect URI absolute when Authorization header present (#6325)
Make relation-link handling in Web Cmdlets case-insensitive (#6338)
Make Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath accept Include or Exclude filter (#5462)
Stop ConvertTo-Json when Ctrl+c is hit (#6392)
Make Resolve-Path -Relative return useful path when $PWD and -Path is on different drive (#5740)
Correct the %c, %l, %k, %s and %j formats in Get-Date -UFormat (#4805)
Add standard deviation implementation on Measure-Object (#6238)
Make Get-ChildItem <PATH>/* -file include <Path> as search directory (#5431)
Enable setting PSSession Name when using SSHTransport and add Transport property (#5954)
Add Path alias to -FilePath parameters and others for several commands (#5817)
Add the parameter -Password to Get-PfxCertificate (#6113)
Don't add trailing spaces to last column when using Format-Table (#5568)
Fix table alignment and padding. (#6230)
Add -SkipHeaderValidation Support to ContentType on Web Cmdlets (#6018)
Add common aliases for all write-* commands default message parameter (#5816)
Make UTF-8 the default encoding for application/json (#6109)
Enable $env:PAGER to work correctly if arguments are used (#6144)
Test
Convert Web Cmdlets test to one-true-brace-style formatting (#5716)
Add a test for IValidateSetValuesGenerator in a module (#5830)
Replace HttpListener tests with WebListener (#5806, #5840, #5872)
Stop HttpListener from running in Web Cmdlets tests (#5921)
Fix PSVersion in PSSessionConfiguration tests (#5554)
Update test framework to support Pester v4 (#6064)
Update tests to use Pester v4 Syntax. (#6294, #6257, #6306, #6304, #6298)
Add negative tests for Copy-Item over remote sessions (#6231)
Markdown test: Use strict in JavaScript (#6328)
Add tests for Get-Process about the -Module and -FileVersion parameters (#6272)
Add test for the OsLocalDateTime property of Get-ComputerInfo. (#6253)
Change Get-FileHash tests to use raw bytes (#6430)
Remove runas.exe from tests as we have tags to control this behavior (#6432)
Refactor the Get-Content tests to use -TestCases. (#6082)
Use RequireAdminOnWindows tag in Set-Date tests (#6034)
Remove -TimeOutSec from non timeout related tests (#6055)
Add verbosity and more accurate timeout implementation for Start-WebListener (#6013)
Skip tests that use ExecutionPolicy cmdlets on Unix (#6021)
Change Web Cmdlet tests to use 127.0.0.1 instead of Localhost (#6069)
Fix Start-PSPester to include or exclude RequireSudoOnUnix tag smartly on Unix (#6241)
Fix the terse output on Windows for test runs without admin privilege (#6252)
Add RequireSudoOnUnix tag for Get-Help tests. (#6223)
Add tests for *-Item Cmdlets in function provider (#6172)

Build and Packaging Improvements:

Add option to add explorer shell context menu in Windows installer (#5774)
Make the explorer shell context menu registry entries platform specific to allow side by side of x86 and x64. (#5824)
Fix start menu folder clash of shortcut when x86 and x64 are both installed by appending (x86) for x86 installation. (#5826)
Reduce image file sizes using lossless compression with imgbot (#5808)
Windows installer: Allow Launch PowerShell checkbox to be toggled using the space bar. (#5792)
Fix release packaging build (#6459)
Fail AppVeyor Build if MSI does not build (#5755)
Cleanup temporarily created WiX files after compilation to be able to have a clean re-build (#5757)
Fix install-powershell.ps1 for running during window setup (#5727)
Start using Travis-CI cache (#6003)
Fix build, packaging and installation scripts for SLES (#5918)
Update recommended WiX toolset link to be generic to WiX 3.x but mention that latest version of 3.11 has to be taken (#5926)
Add service point manager call in Install-PowerShell.ps1 to force TLS1.2. (#6310)
Add -Restore when build win-arm and win-arm64 (#6353)
Make sure package verification failure fails the AppVeyor build (#6337)
Specify the runtime when running dotnet restore in Start-PSBuild (#6345)
Rename log and logerror to Write-Log [$message] [-error] (#6333)
Add support for Debian in installpsh-debian.sh (#6314)
MSI: Make preview builds to install Side by side with release builds (#6301)
Add TLS1.2 workaround for code coverage script (#6299)
Cleanup after Powershell install for CentOS and Fedora Docker images (#6264)
MSI: Update the environment variable PATH with proper value (#6441)
MSI: Remove the version from the product name (#6415)
Support non-GitHub commits in the change log generation script (#6389)
Fix secret and JavaScript compliance issues (#6408)
Remove AppVeyor specific cmdlet from Start-NativeExecution (#6263)
Restore modules from the NuGet package cache by using dotnet restore (#6111)
CI Build: Use TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST_SHA to accurately get the commit message (#6024)
Use TLS1.2 on Windows during Start-PSBootstrap (#6235)
Use TLS1.2 in Start-PSBootStrap without breaking HTTPS (#6236)
Add options to enable PSRemoting and register Windows Event Logging Manifest to MSI installer (#5999)

Documentation and Help Content:

Show usage (short) help if command line parameter is wrong (#5780)
Add the breaking changes doc for 6.0.0 release. (#5620)
Remove DockerFile for Fedora 25 and add DockerFile for Fedora 27 (#5984)
Update BREAKINGCHANGES.md to include WebCmdlets breaking changes (#5852)
Fix typos in BREAKINGCHANGES.md (#5913)
Update docs with test guidelines with the RequireSudoOnUnix tag. (#6274)
Update to Governance doc to reflect current working model (#6323)
Add guidance on adding copyright and license header to new source files (#6140)
Fix the command to build type catalog in internals.md (#6084)
Fix Pull Request Process dead link (#6066)
Update processes to allow for coordinated vulnerability disclosure (#6042)
Rework Windows Start menu folder name (#5891)
Update Raspbian installation instructions to create symlink for pwsh (#6122)
Fix various places that still refer to old versions of pwsh (#6179)
Change synopsis of install-powershell.ps1 to reflect that it works cross-platform (#5465)

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Breaking Changes:

Remove support for file to opt-out of telemetry, only support environment variable (#6601)
Simplify the installation paths the MSI uses (#6442)

Engine Updates and Fixes:

Fix running pwsh produced from dotnet build (#6549)
Remove the FullCLR-only symbol-info related code from EventManager.cs (#6563)
Improve PSMethod-to-Delegate conversion (#6570)
Fix PsUtils.GetManModule() to avoid infinite loop when there was no main module (#6358)
Fix error in windows environment provider when the environment variable has duplicates that differ only by case (#6489)
Make sure that the width of the header is at least the size of the label (or property name) (#6487)
Enable [Environment]::OSVersion to return current OS rather than compatible version (#6457)
Change the SaveError method in Parser to use nameof for error ids (#6498)
Fix error when Format-Wide -AutoSize | Out-String is called (#6491)
Make LanguagePrimitive.GetEnumerable treat DataTable as Enumerable (#6511)
Fix formatting of tables where headers span multiple rows (#6504)
Improve performance of parsing RegexOption for -split by using if branches (#6605)
Enable specifying sshd subsystem to use via -Subsystem (#6603)
Add some optimizations in formatting subsystem (#6678)
Throw better parsing error when statements should be put in named block (#6434)
Use Unregister-Event to remove an event subscriber when removing PSEdit function (#6449)
Make the PSISERemoteSessionOpenFile a support event (#6582)
Add -WorkingDirectory parameter to pwsh (#6612)
Support importing module paths that end in trailing directory separator (#6602)
Formatting: Use cache for dash padding strings for tables (#6625)
Port Windows PowerShell AppLocker and DeviceGuard UMCI application white listing support (#6133)
Reduce allocations in TableWriter (#6648)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes:

Add -Resume Feature to WebCmdlets (#6447)
Support user@host:port syntax for SSH transport (#6558)
Add ported Test-Connection cmdlet (#5328)
Added line break to Access-Denied error message (#6607)
Some fixes in Get-Date -UFormat (#6542)
Added check for existence of Location HTTP header before using it (#6560)
Enable Update-Help to save help content in user scope by default (#6352)
Update Enable-PSRemoting to create PowerShell.6 endpoint and version specific endpoint (#6519, #6630)
Update error message that Disconnect-PSSession is only supported with WSMan (#6689)
Make Export-FormatData print pretty XML output (#6691)
Add -AsArray parameter to ConvertoTo-Json command (#6438)
Add Test-Json cmdlet (NJsonSchema) (#5229)
Correct a typo in comment for Invoke-WebRequest (#6700)
Re-order UFormat options in Get-Date (#6627)
Add the parameter -Not to Where-Object (#6464)

Code Cleanup:

Engine: Fix several code cleanup issues (#6552, #6609)
Clean up workflow logic in the module loading component (#6523)
Engine: Clean up unneeded GetTypeInfo() calls (#6613, #6636, #6633, #6635, #6634)

Test:

Fix line ending in DefaultCommands.Tests.ps1 from CRLF to LF (#6553)
Use new Pester parameter syntax in tests (#6490, #6574, #6535, #6536, #6488, #6366, #6351, #6349, #6256, #6250)
Fix Copy.Item.Tests.ps1 (#6596)
Fix typos or formatting in some test files (#6595, #6593, #6594, #6592, #6591)
Add missing Start-WebListener to WebCmdlets tests (#6604)
Update Dockerfile test to use Ubuntu 17.10 as the base image (#6503)
Add PowerShell logging tests for macOS and Linux (#6025)
Add tests for Format-Table -Wrap (#6670)
Reformat Format-Table tests (#6657)
Add new reliable tests for Get-Date -UFormat (#6614)

Build and Packaging Improvements:

Use C# latest language in .csproj files (#6559)
Update installpsh-<distrofamily>.sh installers to handle "preview" in version number (#6573)
Enable PowerShell.sln to work in VisualStudio (#6546)
Remove duplicate Restore-PSPackage (#6544)
Use -WorkingDirectory parameter to handle context menu when path contains single quotes (#6660)
Make -CI not depend on -PSModuleRestore in Start-PSBuild (#6450)
Restore for official Linux arm builds (#6455)
Fix error about setting readonly variable in install-powershell.sh (#6617)
Make release macOS build work better (#6619, #6610)
MSI: add function to generate a MSP package (#6445)

Documentation and Help Content:

Doc: Update Ubuntu source creation commands to use curl -o (#6510)
Update stale bot message (#6462)
Remove extraneous SSH and install docs from the 'demos' folder (#6628)

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Breaking Changes:

Clean up uses of CommandTypes.Workflow and WorkflowInfo (#6708)
Disallow Basic Auth over HTTP in PowerShell Remoting on Unix (#6787)
Change packaging to differentiate only between major versions and previews (#6968)
Enhance and refactor Add-Type cmdlet (#6141)
A few error strings were removed and thus the corresponding fully-qualified error ids are not in use anymore.

Engine Updates and Fixes:

Fix crash when terminal is reset (#6777)
Fix a module-loading regression that caused an infinite loop (#6843)
Further improve PSMethod to Delegate conversion (#6851)
Blacklist System.Windows.Forms from loading to prevent a crash (#6822)
Fix Format-Table where rows were being trimmed unnecessarily if there's only one row of headers (#6772)
Fix SetDate function in libpsl-native to avoid corrupting memory during P/Invoke (#6881)
Fix tab completions for hash table (#6839) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Fix parser to continue parsing key-value pairs after an If-Statement value in a HashExpression (#7002)
Add error handling for #requires in an interactive session (#6469)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes:

Improve parameter validation in ExportCsvHelper (#6816) (Thanks @sethvs!)
Quote Multipart form-data field names (#6782)
Fix Web Cmdlets for .NET Core 2.1 (#6806)
Fix Set-Location DriveName: to restore current working directory in the drive (#6774) (Thanks @mcbobke!)
Add the alias -lp for -LiteralPath parameters #6732 (#6770)
Remove more function and move the $env:PAGER capability into the help function (#6059) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Add line break to the error message for Set-ExecutionPolicy (#6803)

Code Cleanup:

Clean up #if SILVERLIGHT (#6907)
Clean up the unused method NonWindowsGetDomainName() (#6948)
Clean up FileSystem provider (#6909)

Test:

Add tests for PowerShell hosting API to verify MyGet packages (#6737)
Remove Web Cmdlets tests using proxy environment variables (#6808)
Enable Web Cmdlets tests for greater platform support (#6836)
Convert ShouldBeErrorId to Should -Throw -ErrorId in PowerShell tests (#6682)
Fix CIM cmdlets tests (#6755)
Add tests for PowerShell classes inheriting from abstract .NET classes (#6752)
Fix Select-Object.Tests.ps1 which previously failed intermittently on Unix platforms. (#6747)
Update docker package tests to fix error on OpenSUSE 42 (#6783)
Fix test and infrastructure that block code coverage runs (#6790)
Update Tests Isfile to correct response for "/" (#6754)
Improve code coverage in Export-Csv.Tests.ps1 (#6795)
Change -Quiet parameter of Invoke-Pester to -Show None in OpenCover.psm1 (#6798)
Replace Dbg.Assert with if () throw in CSVCommands.cs (#6910)
Fix xUnit test GetTempFileName (#6943)

Build and Packaging Improvements:

Add Windows Compatibility Pack 2.0.0 to PowerShell Core and adopt the official .NET Core 2.1 (#6958)
Add Jumplist 'Run as Administrator' to Taskbar on Windows (#6913, #6985) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
Use AppVeyor matrix for faster Pull Request builds (#6945)
Fix build.psm1 to not add tool path to $PATH twice (#6834)
Add script to create a container manifest (#6735)
Fix docker manifest creation script to work with more complex tags and with repeated use (#6852)
Add functions to merge Pester and xUnit logs (#6854)
Enable generating full symbols for the Windows debug build (#6853)
Add functions into build.psm1 to save and restore PSOptions between different sessions. (#6884)
Update signing XML based on new signing guidelines (#6893)
Update the release docker files to allow specifying the version of to-be-installed PowerShell and the version of image to use (#6835)
Updates docker files for Fedora 27 and Kali Linux (#6819)
Change packaging to support Ubuntu 17.10 and 18.04 (#6769)
Update Get-ChangeLog to make it more accurate (#6764)
Fix comparison to see if sudo test is needed in install-*.sh (#6771)
Packaging: Add registry keys to support library folder background for explorer context menu (#6784)
Skip dotnet-cli initialization and stop caching the dotnet folder for Travis CI (#7007)
Skip compiling the non-supported cmdlets on Unix in System.Management.Automation.dll to fix the crash in Unix debug build (#6939)
Use PSReadLine 2.0.0-beta2 from PSGallery (#6998)
Update PSRP Linux NuGet package version to 1.4.2-* (#6711)
Add path cleanup utility Reset-PWSHSystemPath.ps1 (#6892)
Add logic to create signing XML for NuGet packages (#6921)
Add and config the Settings.StyleCop file (#6930, #6986)
Fix the double curly bracket typo in a docker file (#6960)
Remove dependencies on libcurl and libunwind in packaging to match the .NET Core behavior (#6964)
Make the docker build fail when the curl operation fails. (#6961)

Documentation and Help Content:

Update installation doc about Raspbian (#6859)
Add code coverage report generation instructions (#6515)
Migrate docs from PowerShell repository to Docs repository (#6899)
Fix broken links due to migrating GitHub docs on Installation, Known Issues and Breaking Changes to docs.microsoft.com (#6981)
Update documentation on how to write tests verifying errors conditions (#6687)
Fix preview download links in README.md (#6762)

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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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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)

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    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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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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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!)

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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)

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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 .testpowershell (#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)

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Engine Updates and Fixes:

Add security mitigation for 6.1.3 release (Internal 6561)
Tools:
Change the feed URL to feed name due to changes in Azure DevOps (#8664)

Tests:

Updating test gallery URL in PackageManagement tests (#7879)

Build and Packaging Improvements:

Get PowerShellGet tests working (#7831)
Start tracking release build information in an azure storage table (#8850)
Remove PDBs from fxdependent package (#8006)
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)
Move Final artifacts from coordinated build to finalResults folder (#8806)
Refactor Unified 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)
Add Windows build to coordinated release build YAML (#8695)
Build package build using Ubuntu 18.04 image (#8666)
Adding yml for Windows Release builds (#8374)
Update SignType in signing.xml (#8223)
Update DotNet SDK and Runtime version (Internal 7004)
Add binskim to coordinated build and increase timeout (#8834)

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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: aganist ➜ against (#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 testxUnitxUnit.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)

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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 2.1.1 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)

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