Chocolatey v2 Support

Added

• Future support for Chocolatey v2

Changed

• Install Chocolatey v1.2.1 by default if Chocolatey is not already installed

Version 4.0.0

Added

• Support for package parameters/arguments that start with dashes via separate cmdlet dynamic parameters (#29)
  • Thanks to @jberezanski for the contribution

Fixed

• Duplicate legacy logic has been tightened up in the following areas:
  • package name checks
  • package version parsing and checks
  • prompt bypass flag checks
  • parameter/argument parsing
  • resolving package source information

Changed

• Always use exact package name in searches, unless the package name contains a wildcard character
• Upgraded unit tests to Pester v5 format, and added static code analysis tests with PSScriptAnalyzer
• Including dependent packages during package uninstalling must now be explicitly requested (#40)
  • Thanks to @jberezanski for the suggestion
• Install Chocolatey 0.11.2 by default if Chocolatey is not already installed (#41)
  • Thanks to @jberezanski for the suggestion

Removed

• Due to exact package search behavior mentioned above, support for the CHOCO_NONEXACT_SEARCH environment variable has been removed

Chocolatey.org Native API correction

Fixed

• No longer throws an error when searching for or installing packages from Chocolatey.org using the native API

Automatically install Choco if missing

Fixed

• Chocolatey once again will be installed automatically if not already present

Remove Native API calls

Removed

• No longer using Native API method for interacting with choco.exe due to a compatibility issue between the Chocolatey API and Chocolatey.org (#24)

PowerShell Crescendo

Changed

• ChocolateyGet CLI integration with Choco.exe is now based on the Foil PowerShell Crescendo module

Removed

• The AdditionalArgs parameter will now only pass package argument/parameter-related values to Choco.exe
• The dependency on Foil (and Crescendo) means ChocolateyGet is no longer supported with PowerShell 5.0 and below

Change default package search

Changed

• Change default search to use exact package name if both package name and required version are specified (#20)
  • Requires downgrade to Chocolatey 0.10.13 due to a Chocolatey defect until 0.10.16 is released

Fixed

• AppVeyor builds no longer fail due to change in build image permissions
• Version min/max comparison should now work properly

Rewrite

Refactor of the module with several feature additions

Added

• Searching/installing/managing multiple Chocolatey sources (#5)
• DSC Compatibility, including additional package arguments
• 'Upgrade' packages using the 'latest' required version keyword (#14)
  • Thanks to @matthewprenger for help with this
• Package and Choco.exe installation can run without confirmation prompts by passing the -AcceptLicense flag (#17)
  • Thanks to @Gregoorio for the idea
• Support for CoreCLR-based PowerShell (7.0.1 or higher) (#18)
  • Thanks to @sgryphon for bringing this up
• Availability via PSGallery on CoreCLR-based PowerShell (#18)

Changed

• To facilitate readability, broke up main module file into several function files
• Grouped by 'public' functions used by PackageManagement vs 'private' functions that contain much of the shared logic for interacting with Chocolatey
• Common logic, such as building commands, sending them to Chocolatey, and parsing results, are consolidated across multiple PackageManagement cmdlets into a single set of helper functions
• Choco.exe installed automatically without any user prompts if -Force flag is passed
• Uninstall behavior to also remove all unnecessary dependencies
• Invokes Chocolatey via native API by default under PowerShell 5.1 and below for significant performance gains
  • Thanks to @jirkapok for the inspiration

Fixed

• Get-Package no longer lists 'chocolatey' twice (#12)
• Improved performance when downloading large packages with embedded installers
• Choco.exe once again installs automatically after TLS 1.2 changes to chocolatey.org (#16)
  • Thanks to @kendr1ck for help with this
• Suppress Choco prompts during uninstall and upgrade actions

Removed

• With Chocolatey-managed upgrades via the provider now available, the package provider no longer unilaterally upgrades Chocolatey on invocation if already installed
• No longer displays progress bars in order to simplify passing data between functions via the pipeline in a way that's idiomatic to PowerShell

Initial release

The initial release of the ChocolateyGet package provider by @jianyunt

Allowed for PowerShell-based package search, retrieval, install, and uninstall of packages via the Chocolatey package manager.