CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

v0.9.5

• Fix incorrect handling of $DotFilesAllowNestedSymlinks preference

v0.9.4

• Add workaround for failure to import Appx module under PowerShell 7.1
• Fix potentially incorrect verbose output on nested symlinks state
• Miscellaneous code style changes & development tooling updates

v0.9.3

• Add documentation on global variables
• Add support for global ignore paths via $DotFilesGlobalIgnorePaths
• Switch most arrays to Collections.Generic.List<T> types
• Performance optimisations around array use

v0.9.2

• Populate most Component metadata even when not available
• Handle failure to set symlink attributes when hidden
• Minor documentation updates & miscellaneous fixes

v0.9.1

• Republishing with development files excluded to reduce package size
• Updates to module manifest to indicate platform & PowerShell support

v0.9

• Handle change of Target property type in FileSystemInfo under PowerShell 7
• Create symlinks natively via New-Item when unprivileged and PowerShell is 6.2+
• Correctly quote paths passed to mklink & improved associated error handling
• Update FriendlyName in posh.xml metadata definition to Windows PowerShell
• Use precise Windows build number when testing for unprivileged symlinks support

v0.8

• Breaking Change: Removed the UninstallKey property from the Component class
• Added support for enumerating app packages (AppX) during automatic component detection
• Treat multiple matches in automatic component detection as a warning (previously was error)
• Remove-DotFiles: Fixed stupid oversight introduced in v0.7 which broke this command

v0.7

• Added new <AdditionalPaths> metadata element for additional target symlinks paths
• Get-DotFiles: Ensure an unpacked Component array is returned
• Miscellaneous refactoring & additional debug output

v0.6.1

• Correctly handle the case where Get-DotFiles returns an empty collection and warn the user

v0.6

• Breaking Change: The <Path> element under <IgnorePaths> is now <IgnorePath>
• Added new <BasePath> metadata element to specify a component subfolder as source path
• Added new <RenamePaths> metadata element to rename target symlink path by source file path
• Added global setting to disable XML metadata schema validation: $DotFilesDisableMetadataSchemaChecks

v0.5.3

• Add support for toggling nested symlink support via parameter: -AllowNestedSymlinks

v0.5.2

• Add support for handling nested symlinks (i.e. handling of symlinks not related to a component)

v0.5.1

• Ensure the parent directory of the target path exists when operating on the top-level directory of a component during an install operation

v0.5

• Added pipeline support to Install-DotFiles & Remove-DotFiles for handling Component objects
• Added support for unprivileged symlink creation under Windows 10 Creators Update Developer Mode
• Added schema definition for metadata XML files & perform validation of each metadata file on load
• Enabled Strict Mode set to version 2.0 (latest at time of writing)
• Major refactoring & clean-up of the codebase to conform to best practices
• Numerous documentation updates & improvements

v0.4.5

• Now licensed under The MIT License
• Minor changes to the module manifest
• Minor updates to module documentation

v0.4.4

• Add support for new detection method: PathExists
• Rename the <FindBinary> element to <FindInPath> for consistency
• Clean-up comments for the detection methods in the sample XML file
• Remove redundant check for valid known component detection method

v0.4.3

• Add support for new detection method: FindInPath
• Remove the list view definition for the PSDotFiles.Component type

v0.4.2

• Support the case where $DotFilesPath or -Path is itself a symlink
• Add a proper changelog for tracking version changes

v0.4.1

• Added check in Install-DotFiles for Administrator privileges
• Numerous minor documentation improvements

v0.4

• Initial stable release