v6.1.0-rc.1 - 2018-08-22 * 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)