Merged PR 6702: Add change log for v6.2.0-preview.4 release

Add change log for v6.2.0-preview.4 release

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@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ arm64
 asp.net
 assemblyloadcontext
 authenticodesignature
+azdevops
 azurerm.netcore.preview
 azurerm.profile.netcore.preview
 azurerm.resources.netcore.preview
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ dchristian3188
 ddwr
 debughandler
 dee-see
+deps
 deserialization
 deserialize
 dest
@@ -276,6 +278,7 @@ gitcommitid
 github
 githug
 gitter
+glachancecmaisonneuve
 globbing
 GoogleTest
 gzip
@@ -337,6 +340,7 @@ json
 jsonconfigfileaccessor
 judgement
 jumplist
+jwmoss
 kanjibates
 kasper3
 katacoda
@@ -360,6 +364,7 @@ lee303
 libpsl
 libpsl-native
 libunwind8
+linux
 locationglobber
 loopback
 lossless
@@ -371,6 +376,7 @@ macos
 maertendmsft
 mahawar
 markekraus
+marktiedemann
 mcbobke
 md
 meir017
@@ -447,6 +453,7 @@ non-r2
 noresume
 notcontains
 nuget
+nugetfeed
 nuget.exe
 numberbytes
 nupkg
@@ -480,6 +487,7 @@ plaintext
 pluggable
 pluralsight
 poshcode
+pougetat
 powerbi
 powercode
 powershell
@@ -511,10 +519,12 @@ preview.4
 preview1-24530-04
 productversion
 program.cs
+prototyyppi
 providername
 proxycommand
 ps1
 ps1xml
+pscore
 pscredential
 psd1
 psdrive
@@ -604,6 +614,7 @@ savehelp
 sazonov
 schvartzman
 schwartzmeyer
+scriptblock
 securestring
 seemethere
 select-xml
@@ -656,6 +667,7 @@ sudo
 superproject
 swarfegagit
 sxs
+sydneyhsmith
 symlink
 symlinks
 syscall
@@ -698,6 +710,8 @@ typecataloggen
 typeconversion
 typegen
 typematch
+ubuntu
+unicode
 unregister-event
 unregister-packagesource
 unregister-psrepository
@@ -708,6 +722,7 @@ update-modulemanifest
 update-scriptfileinfo
 update-typedata
 uri
+urls
 userdata
 uservoice
 utf8
@@ -772,7 +787,9 @@ www.github.com
 x64
 x86
 xpath
+xtqqczze
 xunit
+yaml
 youtube
 zackjknight
 vexx32

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,176 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v6.2.0-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)
+
 ## v6.2.0-preview.3 - 2018-12-10
 
 ### Breaking Changes
@@ -1639,7 +1810,7 @@ To read more about this, check out [this blog post](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft
 * Add support for `Invoke-Item -Path <folder>`. (#4262)
 * Fix `ConvertTo-Html` output when using a single column header. (#4276)
 * Fix output of `Length` for `FileInfo` when using `Format-List`. (#4437)
-* Fix an issue in implicit remoting where restricted sessions couldn't use `Get-FormatData –PowerShellVersion`. (#4222)
+* Fix an issue in implicit remoting where restricted sessions couldn't use `Get-FormatData <EFBFBD>PowerShellVersion`. (#4222)
 * Fix an issue where `Register-PSSessionConfiguration` fails if `SessionConfig` folder doesn't exist. (#4271)
 
 ### Installer updates