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CHANGELOG

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0.14.2

  • Add HelpInfoUri for platyPS module
  • CI changes to exclude build on v2 branch
  • Fix issues with module and external help file metadata
    • Escape # in output ype
    • Allow hyphen in module name
    • Make sure for script module .psm1 is added to the external help file metadata for nested module
  • New-Yaml help generates YAML for common parameters

0.14.1

  • Fix appveyor build script
    • Update-Help for selected modules only
    • Pin Pester to version 4.10.1
  • Add makecab directive to set size limit to CDROM

0.14.0

  • Fix passing ExcludeDontShow flag to modules (#459)
  • Make CommonParameters text use proper link format (#449)
  • Modified GetSchemaVersion function to assume 2.0.0 if no schema version found (#452)
  • Fix errors for New-MarkdownHelp ps1 input (#450)

0.13.0

  • Fix Update-MarkdownHelp to not rewrite files if there are not updates (#412) (Thanks @iricigor)
  • Add -ModulePagePath parameter to New-MarkdownHelp for better placement of generated file (#416) (Thanks @PrzemyslawKlys)
  • Remove doubled blank lines and trailing spaces in docs (#425) (Thanks @it-praktyk)
  • Add Localized Data support for strings in platyPS.psm1 (#426) (Thanks @tnieto88)
  • Add tags to module manifest to improve search on gallery (#428) (Thanks @it-praktyk)
  • Fix Update-MarkdownHelp to respect order of parameters (#423) (Thanks @it-praktyk)
  • Fix Update-MarkdownHelpModule to respect -Force parameter (#438) (Thanks @it-praktyk)
  • Fix for Common and Workflow parameters autowrap (#431) (Thanks @PrzemyslawKlys)
  • Do not generate help content for parameters with DontShow attribute if -ExlcudeDontShow switch is used (#445) (Thanks @MiYanni)

0.12.0

  • Include proper escaping handing for \* and \_ (#398)
  • Update YamlDotNet dependency to 5.0.0 (CVE-2018-1000210)
  • Add New-ExternalHelpCab File Type Check (#403)
  • Add Update-MarkdownHelpModule -ModulePagePath parameter (#397)

0.11.1

  • Fix the incorrect metadata retrieval for the single parameter sets in remote sessions (#399).

0.11.0

  • Add default descriptions for paging parameters (#392).
  • Fix yaml new-line bug (#381).
  • Add -UpdateInputOutput parameter (#383).
  • Add -UseFullName parameter to Update-MarkdownHelpModule (#380)

0.10.2

  • Fix remote module support to work correctly with parameter sets with no parameters.

0.10.1

  • Fix remote module support for PowerShell version 3.0 and 4.0.
  • Avoid doubling about_ when user provide it in the AboutName parameter.

0.10.0

  • Add basic deduplication for Examples in Merge-MarkdownHelp #331
  • Support for remote modules. Pass -Session parameter in supported cmdlets to retrieve accurate metadata from the remote session.
  • The ShowProgress parameter was added to the New-ExternalHelp function. By default progress bars are not display to increase speed of files processing.

0.9.0

  • platyPS is now cross platform and works on powershell 6.0 as well as previous versions of powershell.

0.8.4

  • Clean up trailing whitespace during markdown generation #225
  • Preserve line breaks after headers when Update-MarkdownHelp is used #319
  • MAML generation now pads example titles with dash (-) to improve readability #119
  • Fixed issue with New-MarkdownHelp preventing CommonParameter being added for advanced functions and workflows #223 #253
  • Fixed issue with Update-MarkdownHelp removing named info-string from code fence #318

0.8.3

  • New-ExternalHelp support 'about' help topics. (Thanks @jazzdelightsme)
  • Improve first build experience. (Thanks @jazzdelightsme)
  • Fixed spellings and casing in developer notes. (Thanks @DarqueWarrior)
  • Added ErrorLogFile parameter to New-ExternalHelp cmdlet. (Thanks @DarqueWarrior)
  • Added -MaxAboutWidth parameter to New-ExternalHelp cmdlet. (Thanks @jazzdelightsme)
  • Use ToString to get full type name for parameters. (Thanks @yishengjin1413)

0.8.2

  • Help content for Merge-MarkdownHelp is updated.
  • Added New-YamlHelp cmdlet to convert Markdown help into YAML format.

0.8.1

  • New-MarkdownHelp and Update-MarkdownHelp now support -UseFullTypeName parameter.
  • MamlRenderer now uses XLinq to serialize MAML rather than a Stack and a StringBuilder.
  • Bugfixes for Merge-MarkdownHelp:
    • Sort tags alphabetically
    • Fix -ExplicitApplicableIfAll to work as expected

0.8.0

  • Removing the auto increment of help version #269
  • Schema version v1 is not longer supported. Update-MarkdownHelpSchema cmdlet removed.
  • Enhanced error reporting for New-ExternalHelp #270
  • New schema feature: applicable tag #273
    • You can now combine different version / flavours of the same cmdlet into a single markdown file.
    • Applicable entry in yaml metadata controls what is applicable for each module on two levels: cmdlet and parameter.
    • New cmdlet Merge-MarkdownHelp
  • Fix WildcardSupport for -Path parameter for multiply comments in our help.

0.7.6

  • Updated artifact name to 0.7.6

0.7.5

  • Updated New-ExternalHelpCab.md for removing duplicate word in synopsis.
  • Fixed XML_PREAMBULA to have msh namespace, so provider help works.
  • Updated the names of the generated cab and zip files so that they have correct case sensitivity.

0.7.4

  • Add path to md file to the error message Issue #237
  • Allow multiple code snippets in the examples
  • Allow schema to have non-yaml codesnippets in the Parameter as part of Description Issue #239

0.7.3

0.7.2

  • Enhanced Logging and Error trapping for Update Scenarios Issue #214

0.7.1

  • Improve blank-line padding in New-MarkdownHelp and Update-MarkdownHelp. Issue #210
  • Auto-generate default descriptions for -Confirm and -WhatIf parameters in New-MarkdownHelp. Issue #211

0.7.0

New

  • Update markdown parser to handle underscore version of italics and bold Issue #176
  • Cab creation the help version metadata is incremented prior to cabbing. IE: 1.0.0.0 -> 1.0.0.1
  • Update markdown will now check the external help file name and update to correct value.
  • Update-MarkdownHelpModule new switch -RefreshModulePage, update the module page with cmdlet synopsis and preserves the module description field.
  • Add -AlphabeticParamsOrder parameter to New-MarkdownHelp, Update-MarkdownHelp and New-MarkdownHelpModule. When specified orders parameters alphabetically by name in PARAMETERS section.

Bug Fixes

  • Resolved issue where about topic second header was case sensitive. Now insensitive. Issue #174
  • About topics will be named with about_ when converted to txt using New-ExternalHelp. Enhancement suggested in Issue #174
  • If PowerShell session is in a non-file system provider, PlatyPS will switch to a file system provider. Preference C: drive. Issue #161
  • Updates to Pester-Tests to fix issues occuring when updatable-help changes
  • Default parameter values should be 'none' not 'false' Issue #167
  • Updated New-MarkdownAboutHelp to name the about file about_.md instead of .md. Issue #177

0.6.1

New

  • Forcing metadata in md files to be sorted alphabetically by key.

0.6.0

New

  • About Topics Support
    • New Cmdlet New-MarkdownAboutHelp generates a MD of a blank about topic MD file from a template file.
    • The About MD file template can be customized. The template is stored in the templates folder in PlatyPS
    • New-ExternalHelp will now transform About MD files into About Txt files.

Bug Fixes

  • Update-MarkdownHelp Log updated to improve readability.
  • You can use relative file paths for related links now. #164

0.5.0

This release focuses on stability and usability. Special thanks to @TimShererAtAquent for the thoughful feedback.

New

  • normalize all the things:
    • casing in the parameters metadata section #122 (i.e. Accepts pipeline input: true -> Accepts pipeline input: True)
    • Em-dashes, smart quotes are replaced by regular ones #127
    • Unicode whitespaces #113
  • Enhance your help to leverage markdown:
    • New-MarkdownHelp -ConvertNotesToList creates bullet list for NOTES section. #125
    • New-MarkdownHelp -ConvertDoubleDashLists turns you double-dash lists into markdown-compatible single-dash lists. #117
  • Default parameter set marker in SYNTAX #107
  • Online version (for Get-Help -Online) got it's own place in markdown metadata header #123
  • ( and ) are not escaped in the generated markdown anymore.
  • If SYNOPSIS not present, generate placeholder for it, instead of a duplicate for SYNTAX #110

Bugfixes

  • Update-MarkdownHelp doesn't add extra-lines anymore.
  • Bold or italic doesn't strip spaces anymore #130
  • platyPS.psm1 doesn't use aliases anymore #126
  • Parameter HelpMessage attribute can be used to generate Parameter description in markdown #115
  • No unwanted markdown files for aliases anymore #114

0.4.0

  • Schema 2.0.0
  • Layout of generated files - one file per cmdlet.
  • Cmdlets renamed: platyPS prefix removed from the names.
  • Removed APIs:
    • Get-ModuleFromMaml
    • New-MarkdownHelp always produces one md file per cmdlet in -OutputFolder.
  • New APIs:
    • New-ExternalHelpCab - create updatable help Cab files.
    • Get-MarkdownMetadata - get a hashtable with yaml metadata (new in schema 2.0.0) from the markdown file
    • Update-MarkdownHelp, Update-MarkdownHelpModule - update your markdown with actual parameters metadata using reflection.
    • Update-MarkdowhHelpSchema - migrate from schema version 1.0.0 to schema version 2.0.0
    • Get-HelpPreview - get preview of help from Maml file. Returns help objects.
  • Tab-completion support by @dotps1
    • Requires PS v5 or TabExpansionPlusPlus
    • Provides complitions for module names in New-ExternalHelp -Module <Tab>

0.3.1

0.3.0

  • Add Get-PlatyPSTextHelpFromMaml command to simplify resulted help review

0.2.0

  • Better support for working with big modules:
    • Get-PlatyPSMarkdown -OneFilePerCommand -OutputFolder
    • Get-PlatyPSExternalHelp -MarkdownFolder

0.1.0

  • Initial release
  • Commands: Get-PlatyPSExternalHelp, Get-PlatyPSMarkdown, Get-ModuleFromMaml
  • Schema: Version 1.0.0