PSScriptAnalyzer v1.18.1

Please see the CHANGELOG for information about the changes in the release. You can download this version from PowerShellGallery.

Fixes

• Formatter

  • UseCorrectCasing
    • Do not use alias name as key for command info cache to fix the problem where UseCorrectCasing corrects aliases (#1216) (by @bergmeister)
    • Fix wildcard lookups for command lookup and do not append .exe for applications on Windows (#1210) (by @bergmeister)
    • Do not correct applications or script paths at all (#1255) (by @bergmeister)
  • Prevent PSCloseBrace crash if hashtable definition start on first token and there is a PSCloseBrace violation (#1235) (by @bergmeister)
  • PipelineIndentationStyle
    • Fix formatting regression in 1.18.0 whereby single-line pipeline reduces indentation level incorrectly (#1191) (by @bergmeister)
    • Make IncreaseIndentationForFirstPipeline the true default option for PipelineIndentationStyle option (#1218) (by @bergmeister)

• Compatibility Rules

  • Fix UseCompatibleSyntax class error message (#1215) (by @rjmholt)
  • Convert compatibility module to binary module, fix compatibility with Azure environments (#1212) (by @rjmholt)
  • Prevent .NET members with names differing only by case from crashing the compatibility profiler (#1195) (by @rjmholt)
  • Fix compatibility profile query API so that aliases referring to other modules appear (#1194) (by @rjmholt)

• DSC

  • Instead of using the first cimClass and then having no superClass, use the first cimClass that has a non-null superClass (#1200) (by @bergmeister, thanks to @ykuijs! for the great collaboration)
  • Make -SaveDscDependency work on Linux (#1246) (by @bergmeister)

• Enable suppression of custom rules when used together with -IncludeDefaultRules to allow all possible scenarios from 1.17.1 and 1.18.0. This removes also the check if the rule name in the suppression attribute can be found because this check is technically not possible in all scenarios (#1245) (by @bergmeister)

• Fix NullReferenceException for class type (#1182) (by @bergmeister)

Performance

2 improvements were made that make cold runs of ScriptAnalyzer twice as fast compared to 1.18.0

• Speedup cold runs by using a runspace pool (#1178) (by @bergmeister)
• Fix logic errors in AvoidAlias rule to halve the amount of necessary calls to Get-Command, making the rule twice (#1251) (by @JamesWTruher)

General Improvements

• Add ImplementingType to RuleInfo object for better settings file validation and settings template file creation (#1250) (by @JamesWTruher)
• Fix typo in AvoidDefaultValueForMandatoryParameterError resource string (#1233) (Thanks @tnieto88!)
• Change module root find function in CompatibilityRule (#1196) (by @rjmholt)

Documentation

• Update PossibleIncorrectComparisonWithNull documentation with better example (#1244, #1226 and #1220) (by @bergmeister and thanks to @PrzemyslawKlys and @lesterw1!)
• Compatibility rules documentation fixes (#1229, #1204, #1225 and #1221) (by @rjmholt, @bergmeister and thanks @skycommand!)
• Update README.md on supported PowerShell Core version and update Docker examples (#1188) (Thanks @PrzemyslawKlys!)
• Update UseConsistentWhitespace documentation to show all options (#1185) (by @bergmeister)

Build

• Make it possible to build ScriptAnalyzer with PowerShell7 (#1256) (by @bergmeister)
• Update signing file for versioned location of module (#1253) (by @JamesWTruher)
• Bump version to 1.18.1 (#1248) (by @bergmeister)
• Change build script to install into a versioned directory (#1247) (by @JamesWTruher)
• Remove code for deprecated rules that is not used any more (#1232) (by @bergmeister)
• Speedup CI builds by skipping the first time initialization of the bootstrapped dotnet CLI (#1211) (by @bergmeister)
• Add suppression of warning for MS policy (#1205) (by @JamesWTruher)
• Change logic for copying profiles into the 'install' directory (#1197) (by @JamesWTruher)