PSScriptAnalyzer v1.21.0

1.21.0 - 2022-09-14

New Rule

• Add AvoidMultipleTypeAttributes rule (#1705) (thanks @hankyi95)
• Add the AvoidSemicolonsAsLineTerminators rule to warn about lines ending with a semicolon. Fix (#824) (#1806) (thanks @tempora-mutantur)
• Add AvoidUsingBrokenHashAlgorithms (#1787) (thanks @MJVL)

Enhancements

• Also return suggestion to use PSCredential for AvoidUsingPlainTextForPassword rule (#1782) (by @bergmeister)
• Invoke-Formatter: Accept input from pipeline (#1763) (by @bergmeister)
• PSAvoidUsingPositionalParameters: Do not warn on AZ CLI (#1846) (by @bergmeister)
• PSAvoidUsingPositionalParameters: Do not warn on AZ CLI (#1846) (by @bergmeister)

Fixes

• Fix PSUseConsistentIndentation.PipelineIndentation.None to not remove code when the previous line ended with a pipe (#1746) (by @bergmeister)
• Skip OpenBrace check when preceded by Dot token (#1750) (by @bergmeister)
• Fix NRE (NullReferenceException) when custom rules omit optional properties in diagnostics (#1715) (by @rjmholt)

Build, Documentation and Maintenance

• Tweak documentation for AvoidUsingBrokenHashAlgorithms (#1829) (thanks @michaeltlombardi)
• Set MaxDepth in JsonSerializerSettings for more secure handling of exceptional conditions in Newtonsoft.Json (#1824) (by @bergmeister)
• Use latest Newtonsoft.Json version for Windows PowerShell builds and not exclude it any more in Dependabot (#1825) (by @bergmeister)
• Correct pipeline acceptance docs for Invoke-Formatter.md (#1833) (by @bergmeister)
• Sync remaining docs changes from Microsoft docs (#1835) (by @bergmeister)
• Reformat note block (#1837) (by @sdwheeler)
• Update AvoidMultipleTypeAttributes.md with example that has runtime error (#1831) (by @bergmeister)
• Fix minimum PowerShell version to be 7.0.11 instead of 7.1.7 (#1830) (by @bergmeister)
• Add .github/fabricbot.json (#1812)
• Sync changes from docs repo (#1814) (by @sdwheeler)
• Fix name of PowerShell 5.1 test stage in CI (#1820) (by @bergmeister)
• CI: Retry test tasks in cas1e of failure to reduce sporadic failures (#1770)
• Upgrade from net452 to net462 for Windows PowerShell (#1789)
• Move issue template config into folder (#1804) (thanks @michaeltlombardi)
• Bump version from 1.20.0 to 1.21.0 (#1796) (by @bergmeister)
• Bump .NET SDK and SMA patch version (#1795) (by @bergmeister)
• Be sure not to clobber existing files when installing dotnet. (#1788) (by @JamesWTruher)
• Add link to issues chooser for reporting docs issues (#1794) (by @sdwheeler)
• Update README and delete docs that were migrated (#1790) (by @sdwheeler)
• Fix errors in ShouldProcess rule document (#1766) (thanks @masaru-iritani)
• Replicate changes from docs repo (#1781) (by @sdwheeler)
• Update Windows CI images as windows-2016 has been deprecated (#1784) (by @bergmeister)
• Use latest mac image rather than a specific version. (#1777) (by @JamesWTruher)
• Add docs migration notice & fix formatting (#1779) (by @sdwheeler)
• use compliant build environment for release build. (#1776) (by @JamesWTruher)
• Enable SBOM creation for script analyzer (#1762) (by @JamesWTruher)
• Fix links to work on GitHub (#1738) (by @andschwa)
• Update AvoidUsingWMICmdlet.md (#1737) (thanks @C0smin)
• Fix broken doc link in README (#1735) (thanks @AndrewRathbun)
• Add metadata to docs (#1731) (by @sdwheeler)
• Remove Ubuntu 16.04 from test matrix (#1733) (by @rjmholt)
• Use PowerShell1ES pool for official build (#1719) (by @JamesWTruher)
• Update cmdlet docs for 1.20.0 (#1726) (by @sdwheeler)
• Fixes #1720 - move rule docs and update tests (#1724) (by @sdwheeler)
• Update rule docs (#1711) (by @sdwheeler)