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v0.22.0#

What's changed since v0.21.0:

  • Engine features:
    • Added HasFields assertion helper to check all fields exist. #578
    • Updated HasField to check if any of the specified fields exist. #578
  • General improvements:
    • Input format detection now includes .jsonc and .markdown file extensions. #575
    • Improved support for cross module rule dependencies. #248
      • Rule dependencies are now automatically imported.
  • Bug fixes:
    • Fixed handling for null or empty arrays with StartsWith, Contains, EndsWith, In, and NotIn. #579

What's changed since pre-release v0.22.0-B2010014:

  • No additional changes.

v0.22.0-B2010014 (pre-release)#

What's changed since v0.21.0:

  • Engine features:
    • Added HasFields assertion helper to check all fields exist. #578
    • Updated HasField to check if any of the specified fields exist. #578
  • General improvements:
    • Input format detection now includes .jsonc and .markdown file extensions. #575
    • Improved support for cross module rule dependencies. #248
      • Rule dependencies are now automatically imported.
  • Bug fixes:
    • Fixed handling for null or empty arrays with StartsWith, Contains, EndsWith, In, and NotIn. #579

v0.21.0#

What's changed since v0.20.0:

  • Engine features:
    • Added support for formatting results as markdown. #474
      • Use -OutputFormat Markdown or configure Output.Format to output markdown.
      • To format as either detail or summary, use the -As parameter or configure Output.As.
    • Added character case assertion helpers IsLower, and IsUpper. #555
      • IsLower checks that all letters in a field value are lowercase.
      • IsUpper checks that all letters in a field value are uppercase.
  • General improvements:
    • Numerical strings can be converted with numeric assertion helpers. #550
    • Added outcome Output.Outcome as a configurable option. #552
    • Added help links and default snippets to schemas. #561
    • Improved rule error reporting by including rule and source location. #565
  • Engineering:
    • Bump Manatee.Json from 13.0.2 to 13.0.3. #563
  • Bug fixes:
    • Fixed NUnit report reasons should be escaped in markdown. #471
    • Fixed reporting of error when rule error is handled. #564
      • Additionally rules can use -ErrorAction Ignore to ignore non-exception errors.
    • Fixed first exception stops other rules from being processed. #566

What's changed since pre-release v0.21.0-B2010010:

  • No additional changes.

v0.21.0-B2010010 (pre-release)#

What's changed since pre-release v0.21.0-B2010003:

  • General improvements:
    • Improved rule error reporting by including rule and source location. #565

v0.21.0-B2010003 (pre-release)#

What's changed since pre-release v0.21.0-B2009016:

  • General improvements:
    • Added help links and default snippets to schemas. #561
  • Engineering:
    • Bump Manatee.Json from 13.0.2 to 13.0.3. #563
  • Bug fixes:
    • Fixed reporting of error when rule error is handled. #564
      • Additionally rules can use -ErrorAction Ignore to ignore non-exception errors.
    • Fixed first exception stops other rules from being processed. #566

v0.21.0-B2009016 (pre-release)#

What's changed since pre-release v0.21.0-B2009006:

  • Engine features:
    • Added character case assertion helpers IsLower, and IsUpper. #555
      • IsLower checks that all letters in a field value are lowercase.
      • IsUpper checks that all letters in a field value are uppercase.
  • Bug fixes:
    • Fixed NUnit report reasons should be escaped in markdown. #471

v0.21.0-B2009006 (pre-release)#

What's changed since v0.20.0:

  • Engine features:
    • Added support for formatting results as markdown. #474
      • Use -OutputFormat Markdown or configure Output.Format to output markdown.
      • To format as either detail or summary, use the -As parameter or configure Output.As.
  • General improvements:
    • Numerical strings can be converted with numeric assertion helpers. #550
    • Added outcome Output.Outcome as a configurable option. #552

v0.20.0#

What's changed since v0.19.0:

  • Engine features:
    • Added support for scanning repository files. #524
      • Added File input type (-InputType File) to scan for files without deserializing them.
      • Added Input.PathIgnore option to ignore files.
      • When using the File input type path specs in .gitignore are ignored.
    • Added Get-PSRuleTarget cmdlet to read input files and return raw objects. #525
      • This cmdlet can be used to troubleshoot PSRule input issues.
    • Baselines can now be flagged as obsolete. #499
      • Set the metadata.annotations.obsolete property to true to flag a baseline as obsolete.
      • When an obsolete baseline is used, a warning will be generated.
    • Added file assertion helpers FileHeader, and FilePath. #534
      • FileHeader checks for a comment header in the file.
      • FilePath checks that a file path (optionally with suffixes) exist.
  • General improvements:
    • Added automatic binding for Rule object. #542
  • Engineering:
    • Warn when deprecated $Rule properties are used. #536 #545
      • First usage of deprecated property generates a warning.
      • Rule using deprecated property is flagged in debug output.
    • Bump YamlDotNet dependency to v8.1.2. #439
  • Bug fixes:
    • Fixed out of bounds exception when empty markdown documentation is used. #516

What's changed since pre-release v0.20.0-B2009013:

  • Bug fixes:
    • Fixed excessive obsolete property warnings. #545

v0.20.0-B2009013 (pre-release)#

What's changed since pre-release v0.20.0-B2009007:

  • General improvements:
    • Added automatic binding for Rule object. #542
  • Bug fixes:
    • Fixed InputFileInfo Type property causes downstream binding issues. #541

v0.20.0-B2009007 (pre-release)#

What's changed since pre-release v0.20.0-B2008010:

  • Engine features:
    • Added file assertion helpers FileHeader, and FilePath. #534
      • FileHeader checks for a comment header in the file.
      • FilePath checks that a file path (optionally with suffixes) exist.
  • Engineering:
    • Warn when deprecated $Rule properties are used. #536
  • Bug fixes:
    • Fixed out of bounds exception when empty markdown documentation is used. #516
    • Fixed lines breaks in RepositoryInfo target name with git ref. #538

v0.20.0-B2008010 (pre-release)#

What's changed since pre-release v0.20.0-B2008002:

  • Engine features:
    • Baselines can now be flagged as obsolete. #499
      • Set the metadata.annotations.obsolete property to true to flag a baseline as obsolete.
      • When an obsolete baseline is used, a warning will be generated.
  • Engineering:
    • Bump YamlDotNet dependency to v8.1.2. #439

v0.20.0-B2008002 (pre-release)#

What's changed since v0.19.0:

  • Engine features:
    • Added support for scanning repository files. #524
      • Added File input type (-InputType File) to scan for files without deserializing them.
      • Added Input.PathIgnore option to ignore files.
      • When using the File input type path specs in .gitignore are ignored.
    • Added Get-PSRuleTarget cmdlet to read input files and return raw objects. #525
      • This cmdlet can be used to troubleshoot PSRule input issues.

v0.19.0#

What's changed since v0.18.1:

  • Engine features:
    • Added Reason method to assertion results. #500
      • This new method, streamlines setting custom reasons particularly with formatted strings.
      • The Reason method replaces any previously set reasons with a custom string.
      • Optional arguments can be provided to be included in string formatting.
    • Improvements to assertion methods.
      • Added regular expression assertion helpers Match, and NotMatch. #502
      • Added collection assertion helpers In, and NotIn. #501
    • Added module version constraints. #498
      • The module versions that PSRule uses can be constrained.
  • Bug fixes:
    • Fixed styling for no rule files warning with Assert-PSRule. #484
    • Fixed actual value in reason for numeric comparison assertion method. #505

What's changed since pre-release v0.19.0-B2007030:

  • No additional changes.

v0.19.0-B2007030 (pre-release)#

  • Bug fixes:
    • Fixed Assert.In unable to compare PSObject wrapped array items. #512

v0.19.0-B2007023 (pre-release)#

  • Engine features:
    • Added Reason method to assertion results. #500
      • This new method, streamlines setting custom reasons particularly with formatted strings.
      • The Reason method replaces any previously set reasons with a custom string.
      • Optional arguments can be provided to be included in string formatting.
    • Improvements to assertion methods.
      • Added regular expression assertion helpers Match, and NotMatch. #502
      • Added collection assertion helpers In, and NotIn. #501
    • Added module version constraints. #498
      • The module versions that PSRule uses can be constrained.
  • Bug fixes:
    • Fixed styling for no rule files warning with Assert-PSRule. #484
    • Fixed actual value in reason for numeric comparison assertion method. #505

v0.18.1#

What's changed since v0.18.0:

  • Bug fixes:
    • Fixed unable to read properties for .NET DynamicObject. #491
    • Fixed read of JSON input format with null array item. #490
    • Fixed Csv output format with summary for Invoke-PSRule. #486

v0.19.0-B2006027 (pre-release)#

  • Bug fixes:
    • Fixed unable to read properties for .NET DynamicObject. #491
    • Fixed read of JSON input format with null array item. #490

v0.19.0-B2006018 (pre-release)#

  • Bug fixes:
    • Fixed Csv output format with summary for Invoke-PSRule. #486

v0.18.0#

What's changed since v0.17.0:

  • General improvements:
    • Improved Assert-PSRule output formatting. #472
      • Added recommendation and reasons for AzurePipelines and GitHubActions styles.
      • Summary line is has been updated to include synopsis instead of reasons.
  • Bug fixes:
    • Fixed binding with ModuleConfig. #468
    • Fixed recommendation output with client style. #467

What's changed since pre-release v0.18.0-B2005015:

  • No additional changes.

v0.18.0-B2005015 (pre-release)#

  • General improvements:
    • Improved Assert-PSRule output formatting. #472
      • Added recommendation and reasons for AzurePipelines and GitHubActions styles.
      • Summary line is has been updated to include synopsis instead of reasons.
  • Bug fixes:
    • Fixed binding with ModuleConfig. #468
    • Fixed recommendation output with client style. #467

v0.17.0#

What's changed since v0.16.0:

  • General improvements:
    • Improved Assert-PSRule output formatting.
      • Added recommendation and reasons for Client and Plain styles. #456
    • Added support for configuration of default module options. #459
      • binding and configuration options can be set to a default value.
      • Updated New-PSRuleOption parameter sets and help based on updates to module config.
    • Added support for module fallback culture. #441
  • Bug fixes:
    • Fixed resource schema to include useQualifiedName and nameSeparator option. #458

What's changed since pre-release v0.17.0-B2005010:

  • No additional changes.

v0.17.0-B2005010 (pre-release)#

  • General improvements:
    • Improved Assert-PSRule output formatting.
      • Added recommendation and reasons for Client and Plain styles. #456
    • Added support for configuration of default module options. #459
      • binding and configuration options can be set to a default value.
      • Updated New-PSRuleOption parameter sets and help based on updates to module config.
    • Added support for module fallback culture. #441
  • Bug fixes:
    • Fixed resource schema to include useQualifiedName and nameSeparator option. #458

v0.16.0#

What's changed since v0.15.0:

  • General improvements:
    • Added configuration option Output.Culture for setting culture. #442
    • Improved handling of fields to allow the input object to be referenced with .. #437
  • Bug fixes:
    • Fixed numeric comparison assertion with non-int types. #436
    • Fixed output culture option ignored. #449

What's changed since pre-release v0.16.0-B2003027:

  • No additional changes.

v0.16.0-B2003027 (pre-release)#

  • Bug fixes:
    • Fixed output culture option ignored. #449

v0.16.0-B2003022 (pre-release)#

  • General improvements:
    • Added configuration option Output.Culture for setting culture. #442
    • Improved handling of fields to allow the input object to be referenced with .. #437
  • Bug fixes:
    • Fixed numeric comparison assertion with non-int types. #436

v0.15.0#

What's changed since v0.14.0:

  • Engine features:
    • Added -ResultVariable to store results from Assert-PSRule into a variable. #412
  • General improvements:
    • Added recommendation to failure message of NUnit results. #421
  • Bug fixes:
    • Fixed handling of v in field value with $Assert.Version. #429
    • Fixed handling of warning action preference with Assert-PSRule. #428
    • Fixed parent culture unwind with POSIX. #414
    • Fixed output of warning with Assert-PSRule. #417
    • Fixed NUnit report to include a failure element when reason is not specified. #420

What's changed since pre-release v0.15.0-B2002031:

  • No additional changes.

v0.15.0-B2002031 (pre-release)#

  • Fixed handling of v in field value with $Assert.Version. #429
  • Fixed handling of warning action preference with Assert-PSRule. #428

v0.15.0-B2002019 (pre-release)#

  • Added -ResultVariable to store results from Assert-PSRule into a variable. #412

v0.15.0-B2002012 (pre-release)#

  • Fixed output of warning with Assert-PSRule. #417
  • Fixed NUnit report to include a failure element when reason is not specified. #420
  • Added recommendation to failure message of NUnit results. #421

v0.15.0-B2002005 (pre-release)#

  • Fixed parent culture unwind with POSIX. #414

v0.14.0#

What's changed since v0.13.0:

  • Engine features:
    • Added support for qualified target names. #395
      • Added options Binding.UseQualifiedName and Binding.NameSeparator.
      • See about_PSRule_Options for details.
    • Added assertion method HasJsonSchema to check if a JSON schema is referenced. #398
      • See about_PSRule_Assert for usage details.
    • Added file content helper for reading objects from files. #399
      • The method GetContent of $PSRule can be used to read files as objects.
      • See about_PSRule_Variables for usage details.
  • General improvements:
    • Improved reporting on runtime errors in rule blocks. #239
    • Improved NUnit results to include a failure message based on reported reasons. #404
  • Bug fixes:
    • Fixed wide formatting of rules with Get-PSRule. #407
    • Fixed TargetName hash serialization for base types. #406
    • Fixed output not generated with Assert-PSRule and Stop. #405
    • Fixed NUnit results incorrectly reporting that the test had not executed. #403

What's changed since pre-release v0.14.0-B2002003:

  • No additional changes

v0.14.0-B2002003 (pre-release)#

  • Fixed wide formatting of rules with Get-PSRule. #407
  • Fixed TargetName hash serialization for base types. #406
  • Fixed output not generated with Assert-PSRule and Stop. #405
  • Fixed NUnit results incorrectly reporting that the test had not executed. #403
  • Improved NUnit results to include a failure message based on reported reasons. #404
  • Improved reporting on runtime errors in rule blocks. #239

v0.14.0-B2001020 (pre-release)#

  • Added support for qualified target names. #395
    • Added options Binding.UseQualifiedName and Binding.NameSeparator.
    • See about_PSRule_Options for details.
  • Added assertion method HasJsonSchema to check if a JSON schema is referenced. #398
    • See about_PSRule_Assert for usage details.
  • Added file content helper for reading objects from files. #399
    • The method GetContent of $PSRule can be used to read files as objects.
    • See about_PSRule_Variables for usage details.

v0.13.0#

What's changed since v0.12.0:

  • Engine features:
    • Improvements to rule help and documentation. #382 #316
      • Added links and notes sections to help.
      • Added -Full switch to Get-PSRuleHelp to display links and notes sections.
      • Added support for using a parent culture in rule help.
      • Rule help will use parent culture when a more specific culture is not available.
    • Added input format for reading PowerShell data .psd1 files. #368
      • PowerShellData has been added to Input.Format.
      • See about_PSRule_Options for details.
    • Added custom rule data to results. #322
      • $PSRule.Data can be used to set custom data during rule execution that is included in output.
      • See about_PSRule_Variables for usage details.
    • Improvements to assertion methods. #386 #374 #387 #344 #353 #357
      • Added support for assertion methods to be used within script pre-conditions.
      • Added numeric comparison assertion helpers Greater, GreaterOrEqual, Less and LessOrEqual.
      • Added semantic version assertion helper Version.
      • Added string affix assertion helpers StartsWith, EndsWith and Contains.
      • See about_PSRule_Assert for usage details.
    • Improvements to output logging and formatting for Assert-PSRule.
      • Formatting now includes errors and warnings using style.
      • Added PSRule banner with module information.
      • Added rule success summary.
  • General improvements:
    • Added aliases for -OutputFormat (-o) and -Module (-m) parameters. #384
    • Added WithReason to append/ replace reasons from assertion result. #354
    • Added configuration helper for strings arrays. #363
  • Bug fixes:
    • Fixed JSON de-serialization fails with single object. #379
    • Fixed stack overflow when parsing malformed JSON. #380

What's changed since pre-release v0.13.0-B2001013:

  • No additional changes.

v0.13.0-B2001013 (pre-release)#

  • Fixed JSON de-serialization fails with single object. #379
  • Fixed stack overflow when parsing malformed JSON. #380
  • Added rule documentation links and notes to help. #382
    • Added -Full switch to Get-PSRuleHelp to display links and notes sections.
  • Added aliases for -OutputFormat (-o) and -Module (-m) parameters. #384
  • Improved numeric comparison assertion helpers to support strings. #387
    • Methods Greater, GreaterOrEqual, Less and LessOrEqual now also check string length.
  • Added support for assertion methods to be used within script pre-conditions. #386

v0.13.0-B1912043 (pre-release)#

  • Added input format for reading PowerShell data .psd1 files. #368
    • PowerShellData has been added to Input.Format.
    • See about_PSRule_Options for details.
  • Added numeric comparison assertion helpers. #374
    • Added methods Greater, GreaterOrEqual, Less and LessOrEqual.
    • See about_PSRule_Assert for usage details.

v0.13.0-B1912027 (pre-release)#

  • Added configuration helper for strings arrays. #363
  • Added support for using a parent culture in rule help. #316
    • Rule help will use parent culture when a more specific culture is not available.
  • Added custom rule data to results. #322
    • $PSRule.Data can be used to set custom data during rule execution that is included in output.
    • See about_PSRule_Variables for usage details.

v0.13.0-B1912012 (pre-release)#

  • Improves output logging and formatting for Assert-PSRule. #357
    • Formatting now includes errors and warnings using style.
    • Added PSRule banner with module information.
    • Added rule success summary.

v0.13.0-B1912005 (pre-release)#

  • Added semantic version assertion helper Version. #344
  • Added string affix assertion helpers. #353
    • Added methods StartsWith, EndsWith and Contains. See about_PSRule_Assert for usage details.
  • Added WithReason to append/ replace reasons from assertion result. #354

v0.12.0#

What's changed since v0.11.0:

  • Engine features:
    • Added -All option to Exists keyword. #331
    • Added custom field binding. #321
      • Added new option Binding.Field available in baselines to configure binding.
  • General improvements:
    • Added filtering for rules against a baseline with Get-PSRule. #345
    • Added parameter alias -f for -InputPath. #340
      • -f was added to Invoke-PSRule, Assert-PSRule and Test-PSRuleTarget cmdlets.
  • Important change: Added $PSRule generic context variable. #341
    • Deprecated TargetName, TargetType and TargetObject properties on $Rule.
    • Use TargetName, TargetType and TargetObject on $PSRule instead.
    • Properties TargetName, TargetType and TargetObject on $Rule will be removed in the future.
    • Going forward $Rule will only contain properties that relate to the current rule context.
  • Bug fixes:
    • Fixed key has already been added for default baseline. #349
    • Fixed multiple value tag filtering. #346
    • Fixed TargetType fall back to type name. #339
    • Fixed NUnit serialization issue for unprocessed rules. #332

What's changed since pre-release v0.12.0-B1912007:

  • Fixed key has already been added for default baseline. #349

v0.12.0-B1912007 (pre-release)#

  • Fixed multiple value tag filtering. #346
  • Added filtering for rules against a baseline with Get-PSRule. #345

v0.12.0-B1912002 (pre-release)#

  • Fixed TargetType fall back to type name. #339
  • Added custom field binding. #321
    • Added new option Binding.Field available in baselines to configure binding.
  • Added parameter alias -f for -InputPath. #340
    • -f was added to Invoke-PSRule, Assert-PSRule and Test-PSRuleTarget cmdlets.
  • Important change: Added $PSRule generic context variable. #341
    • Deprecated TargetName, TargetType and TargetObject properties on $Rule.
    • Use TargetName, TargetType and TargetObject on $PSRule instead.
    • Properties TargetName, TargetType and TargetObject on $Rule will be removed in the future.
    • Going forward $Rule will only contain properties that relate to the current rule context.

v0.12.0-B1911013 (pre-release)#

  • Fixed NUnit serialization issue for unprocessed rules. #332
  • Added -All option to Exists keyword. #331

v0.11.0#

What's changed since v0.10.0:

  • General improvements:
    • Added -TargetType parameter to filter input objects by target type. #176
      • This parameter applies to Invoke-PSRule, Assert-PSRule and Test-PSRuleTarget.
  • Bug fixes:
    • Fixed null reference exception when bound property is null. #323
    • Fixed missing Markdown input format in options schema. #315
  • Breaking change: Unprocessed object results are not returned from Test-PSRuleTarget by default. #318
    • Previously unprocessed objects returned $True, now unprocessed objects return no result.
    • Use -Outcome All to return $True for unprocessed objects the same as <= v0.10.0.

What's changed since pre-release v0.11.0-B1911002:

  • No additional changes.

v0.11.0-B1911002 (pre-release)#

  • Fixed null reference exception when bound property is null. #323

v0.11.0-B1910014 (pre-release)#

  • Fixed missing Markdown input format in options schema. #315
  • Added -TargetType parameter to filter input objects by target type. #176
    • This parameter applies to Invoke-PSRule, Assert-PSRule and Test-PSRuleTarget.
  • Breaking change: Unprocessed object results are not returned from Test-PSRuleTarget by default. #318
    • Previously unprocessed objects returned $True, now unprocessed objects return no result.
    • Use -Outcome All to return $True for unprocessed objects the same as <= v0.10.0.

v0.10.0#

What's changed since v0.9.0:

  • General improvements:
    • Added source note properties to input objects read from disk with -InputPath. #302
  • Engine features:
    • Added assertion helper for checking field default value. #289
    • Added dependency DependsOn information to results from Get-PSRule. #210
      • To include dependencies that would normally be filtered out use -IncludeDependencies.
    • Added input format for reading markdown front matter. #301
      • Markdown front matter is deserialized and evaluated as an object.
    • Added Assert-PSRule cmdlet to improve integration into CI processes. #290
      • Added Output.Style option to support output in the following styles:
        • Client/ Plain - Output returns easy to read log of rule pass/ fail.
        • Azure Pipelines - Report rule failures as errors collected by Azure Pipelines.
        • GitHub Actions - Reports rule failures as errors collected by GitHub Actions.
  • Bug fixes:
    • Fix Get-PSRuleHelp -Online in constrained language mode. #296
  • Breaking change: Removed previously deprecated alias Hint for Recommend. #165
    • Use the Recommend keyword instead.

What's changed since pre-release v0.10.0-B1910036:

  • No additional changes.

v0.10.0-B1910036 (pre-release)#

  • Added dependency DependsOn information to results from Get-PSRule. #210
    • To include dependencies that would normally be filtered out use -IncludeDependencies.
  • Added input format for reading markdown front matter. #301
    • Markdown front matter is deserialized and evaluated as an object.
  • Added source note properties to input objects read from disk with -InputPath. #302
  • Breaking change: Removed previously deprecated alias Hint for Recommend. #165
    • Use the Recommend keyword instead.

v0.10.0-B1910025 (pre-release)#

  • Fix Get-PSRuleHelp -Online in constrained language mode. #296
  • Added Assert-PSRule cmdlet to improve integration into CI processes. #290
    • Added Output.Style option to support output in the following styles:
      • Client/ Plain - Output returns easy to read log of rule pass/ fail.
      • Azure Pipelines - Report rule failures as errors collected by Azure Pipelines.
      • GitHub Actions - Reports rule failures as errors collected by GitHub Actions.

v0.10.0-B1910011 (pre-release)#

  • Added assertion helper for checking field default value. #289

v0.9.0#

What's changed since v0.8.0:

  • General improvements:
    • Improve feedback of parsing errors. #185
    • Updated Get-PSRuleHelp to include help within the current path by default. #197
  • Engine features:
    • Added support for a wildcard match using the Within keyword. #272
    • Added rule info display name. #276
    • Added support for matching an array of tag values. #282
    • Added named baselines. Now baselines are a separate resource that can be individually used.
      • Baselines can be packaged within module.
      • Modules can specify a default baseline in module manifest.
      • Target binding options (Binding) are now part of baselines.
      • See about_PSRule_Baseline for more information.
  • Bug fixes:
    • Fix can not serialize nested System.IO.DirectoryInfo property. #281
    • Fix ModuleName not displayed in Get-PSRuleHelp list. #275
    • Fix outcome reported when error or exception is raised. #211
  • Breaking change: Baseline improvements, fundamentally changes how baselines work. #274
    • Previously, baselines were specified as workspace options.
    • The previous baseline options property has been renamed to rule.
    • The previous configuration property is now a top level option.

What's changed since pre-release v0.9.0-B190905:

  • No additional changes

v0.9.0-B190905 (pre-release)#

  • Added support for matching an array of tag values. #282
  • Updated Get-PSRuleHelp to include help within the current path by default. #197
  • Fix can not serialize nested System.IO.DirectoryInfo property. #281
  • Fix export of Like parameter for Within keyword. #279
  • Breaking change: Added named baselines. This changes how baselines work. #274
    • Previously, baselines were specified as workspace options.
    • Now, baselines are a separate resource that can be individually used. Additionally:
      • Baselines can be packaged within module.
      • Modules can specify a default baseline in module manifest.
      • Target binding options (Binding) are now part of baselines.
    • The previous baseline options property has been renamed to rule.
    • The previous configuration property is now a top level option.
    • See about_PSRule_Baseline for more information.

v0.9.0-B190819 (pre-release)#

  • Added support for a wildcard match using the Within keyword. #272
  • Added rule info display name. #276
  • Fix ModuleName not displayed in Get-PSRuleHelp list. #275

v0.9.0-B190810 (pre-release)#

  • Improve feedback of parsing errors. #185
  • Fix outcome reported when error or exception is raised. #211

v0.8.0#

What's changed since v0.7.0:

  • General improvements:
    • PSRule options are now displayed as YAML instead of a complex object. #233
    • Add detection for improper keyword use. #203
    • Automatically load rule modules. #218
    • Added support for debug messages and Write-Debug in rule definitions. #146
    • Added Logging.LimitDebug and Logging.LimitVerbose options to limit logging to named scopes. #235
  • Engine features:
    • Added per object reason for failing rules. #200
      • Keywords Exists, Match, Within and TypeOf automatically add a reason when they fail.
      • Custom reason can be set for keywords Exists, Match, Within and TypeOf with -Reason.
      • Added Reason keyword to add to reason for custom logic.
      • Added wide output display for Invoke-PSRule which include the reason why rule failed.
        • To use wide output use the -OutputFormat Wide parameter.
      • Renamed -Message parameter to -Text on the Recommend keyword.
        • The -Message is an alias of -Text and will be deprecated in the future.
    • Added assertion helper $Assert for extensibility. #250
      • Add built-in assertions for HasField, HasFieldValue and NullOrEmpty.
      • Add JSON schema assertion method JsonSchema. #42
  • Bug fixes:
    • Fix rule synopsis comment capture. #214
    • Fix YAML options file discovery issue in dotted directory. #232
    • Fix comparison of wrapped types and null with Within. #237
  • Breaking change: Use rule references consistent with cmdlet fully qualified syntax. #217
    • Rule names have to be unique within the current execution path or within a module.
      • Previously rule names only had to be unique within a single file.
    • Previously the filename.rule.ps1/RuleName was required to reference rules across files.
      • This is no longer required because rule names are unique.
    • You can reference a rule from a loaded module by using the syntax ModuleName\RuleName.

What's changed since pre-release v0.8.0-B190806:

  • Fix export of assertion helper variable $Assert. #262

v0.8.0-B190806 (pre-release)#

  • Fix module reloading with different versions. #254
  • Fix not finding rules in current path by default. #256
  • Fix rule synopsis comment capture. #214

v0.8.0-B190742 (pre-release)#

  • Fix inconsistent handling of $PWD. #249
  • Add detection for improper keyword use. #203
  • Automatically load rule modules. #218
  • Added assertion helper $Assert for extensibility. #250
    • Add built-in assertions for HasField, HasFieldValue and NullOrEmpty.
    • Add JSON schema assertion method JsonSchema. #42
  • Breaking change: Use rule references consistent with cmdlet fully qualified syntax. #217
    • Rule names have to be unique within the current execution path or within a module.
      • Previously rule names only had to be unique within a single file.
    • Previously the filename.rule.ps1/RuleName was required to reference rules across files.
      • This is no longer required because rule names are unique.
    • You can reference a rule from a loaded module by using the syntax ModuleName\RuleName.

v0.8.0-B190716 (pre-release)#

  • Added per object reason for failing rules. #200
    • The keywords Exists, Match, Within and TypeOf automatically add a reason when they fail.
    • Added -Reason parameter to Exists, Match, Within and TypeOf keywords to allow a custom reason to be set.
    • Added Reason keyword to add to reason for custom logic.
    • Added wide output display for Invoke-PSRule which include the reason why rule failed.
      • To use wide output use the -OutputFormat Wide parameter.
    • Renamed -Message parameter to -Text on the Recommend keyword.
      • The -Message is an alias of -Text and will be deprecated in the future.

v0.8.0-B190708 (pre-release)#

  • Fix YAML options file discovery issue in dotted directory. #232
  • Fix comparison of wrapped types and null with Within. #237
  • PSRule options are now displayed as YAML instead of a complex object. #233
  • Added support for debug messages and Write-Debug in rule definitions. #146
  • Added Logging.LimitDebug and Logging.LimitVerbose options to limit logging to named scopes. #235

v0.7.0#

What's changed since v0.6.0:

  • Fix reading nested arrays from JSON input. #223
  • Fix comparison of non-string types with Within. #226
  • Fix circular rule dependency issue. #190
  • Fix rule DependsOn parameter allows null. #191
  • Fix error message when attempting to use the rule keyword in a rule definition. #189
  • Fix TargetName binding when TargetName or Name property is null. #202
  • Fix handling of non-boolean results in rules. Rule is failed with more specific error message. #187 #224
  • Include .ps1 files that are specified directly with -Path, instead of only .Rule.ps1 files. #182
    • Improved warning message displayed when no Rule.ps1 files are founds.
  • Added support for Invoke-PSRule to return CSV formatted results. #169
    • To generate CSV results use the -OutputFormat Csv parameter.
    • Added Output.Path option to allow output to be saved directly to file.
    • Added Output.Encoding option configure encoding used to write to file.
    • By default, UTF-8 encoding without BOM is used.
    • Invoke-PSRule cmdlet also provides a parameter -OutputPath to write results to file.
  • Reordered cmdlet parameters to improve usage of frequently used parameters. #175
    • -Module parameter will tab-complete with imported rule modules.
  • Added culture support for PowerShell informational messages. #158
    • A new $LocalizedData variable can be used within rule definitions.
  • Added -Not switch to Within and Match keywords to allow negative comparison. #208
  • Improve discovery of rule tags. #209
    • Add wide format -OutputFormat Wide to Get-PSRule to allow output of rule tags.
  • Breaking change: Changed rule filtering by tag to be case-insensitive. #204
    • Previously tag value was case-sensitive, however this is confusing since PowerShell is case-insensitive by default.
  • Breaking change: Rule time is recorded in milliseconds instead of seconds. #192

What's changed since pre-release v0.7.0-B190664:

  • No additional changes.

v0.7.0-B190664 (pre-release)#

  • Fix reading nested arrays from JSON input. #223
  • Fix comparison of non-string types with Within. #226
  • Improve handling of null rule result. #224

v0.7.0-B190652 (pre-release)#

  • Fix TargetName binding when TargetName or Name property is null. #202
  • Add culture support for PowerShell informational messages. #158
    • A new $LocalizedData variable can be used within rule definitions.
  • Add -Not switch to Within and Match keywords to allow negative comparison. #208
  • Improve discovery of rule tags. #209
    • Add wide format -OutputFormat Wide to Get-PSRule to allow output of rule tags.
  • Breaking change: Change rule filtering by tag to be case-insensitive. #204
    • Previously tag value was case-sensitive, however this is confusing since PowerShell is case-insensitive by default.

v0.7.0-B190633 (pre-release)#

  • Fix circular rule dependency issue. #190
  • Fix rule DependsOn parameter allows null. #191
  • Fix error message when attempting to use the rule keyword in a rule definition. #189
  • Breaking change: Rule time is recorded in milliseconds instead of seconds. #192

v0.7.0-B190624 (pre-release)#

  • Fix handling of non-boolean results in rules. Rule is failed with more specific error message. #187
  • Include .ps1 files that are specified directly with -Path, instead of only .rule.ps1 files. #182
    • Improved warning message displayed when no Rule.ps1 files are founds.

v0.7.0-B190613 (pre-release)#

  • Added support for Invoke-PSRule to return CSV formatted results. #169
    • To generate CSV results use the -OutputFormat Csv parameter.
    • Added Output.Path option to allow output to be saved directly to file.
    • Added Output.Encoding option configure encoding used to write to file.
    • By default, UTF-8 encoding without BOM is used.
    • Invoke-PSRule cmdlet also provides a parameter -OutputPath to write results to file.
  • Reordered cmdlet parameters to improve usage of frequently used parameters. #175
    • -Module parameter will tab-complete with imported rule modules.

v0.6.0#

What's changed since v0.5.0:

  • Fix operation is not supported on this platform failure. #152
  • Fix FullName cannot be found on this object error. #149
  • Fix discovery of rules within paths that contain spaces fails. #168
  • Added rule documentation, which allows additional rule information to be stored in markdown files. #157
    • Rule documentation also adds culture support. #18
    • Rule documentation can be accessed like help with the Get-PSRuleHelp cmdlet.
  • Added annotations, which are non-indexed metadata stored in rule documentation. #148
    • Annotations can contain a link to online version of the documentation. #147
  • Important change: Changed Hint keyword to Recommend to align with rule documentation. #165
    • Use of Hint keyword is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Currently Hint is aliased to Recommend for compatibility.
  • Breaking change: Changed rule properties to align with rule documentation. #164
    • Rule Synopsis, is a brief summary of the rule and Description is a detailed purpose of the rule.
    • Description: metadata keyword used in comment help is now Synopsis:, use of Description: will set synopsis. Description metadata keyword is deprecated and will be removed in a future update.
    • Output property Message on rule results is now Recommendation.

What's changed since pre-release v0.6.0-B190627:

  • Fix discovery of rules within paths that contain spaces fails. #168
  • Fix exporting of Recommend keyword and Hint alias. #171

v0.6.0-B190627 (pre-release)#

  • Important change: Changed Hint keyword to Recommend to align with rule documentation. #165
    • Use of Hint keyword is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Currently Hint is aliased to Recommend for compatibility.
  • Breaking change: Changed rule properties to align with rule documentation. #164
    • Rule Synopsis, is a brief summary of the rule and Description is a detailed purpose of the rule.
    • Description: metadata keyword used in comment help is now Synopsis:, use of Description: will set synopsis. Description metadata keyword is deprecated and will be removed in a future update.
    • Output property Message on rule results is now Recommendation.

v0.6.0-B190614 (pre-release)#

  • Added rule documentation, which allows additional rule information to be stored in markdown files. #157
    • Rule documentation also adds culture support. #18
    • Rule documentation can be accessed like help with the Get-PSRuleHelp cmdlet.
  • Added annotations, which are non-indexed metadata stored in rule documentation. #148
    • Annotations can contain a link to online version of the documentation. #147

v0.6.0-B190514 (pre-release)#

  • Fix operation is not supported on this platform failure. #152
  • Fix FullName cannot be found on this object error. #149

v0.5.0#

What's changed since v0.4.0:

  • Fix PSRule options schema usage of additionalProperties. #136
  • Fix null reference exception when traversing null field. #123
  • Fix missing help topics for options and variables. #125
  • Improved handling of default YAML options file. #137
  • Added support for Invoke-PSRule to return NUnit3 formatted results. #129
    • To generate NUnit3 results use the -OutputFormat NUnit3 parameter.
  • Added Set-PSRuleOption cmdlet to configure YAML options file. #135
  • Added parameters to New-PSRuleOption to configure common options. #134
    • Additional parameters are an alternative to using a -Option hashtable.

What's changed since pre-release v0.5.0-B190423:

  • Fix schema conformance of -OutputFormat NUnit3 to NUnit report schema. #141
  • Fix PSRule options schema usage of additionalProperties. #136

v0.5.0-B190423 (pre-release)#

  • Added support for Invoke-PSRule to return NUnit3 formatted results. #129
    • To generate NUnit3 results use the -OutputFormat NUnit3 parameter.
  • Added Set-PSRuleOption cmdlet to configure YAML options file. #135
  • Added parameters to New-PSRuleOption to configure common options. #134
    • Additional parameters are an alternative to using a -Option hashtable.
  • Improved handling of default YAML options file. #137

v0.5.0-B190405 (pre-release)#

  • Fix null reference exception when traversing null field. #123
  • Fix missing help topics for options and variables. #125

v0.4.0#

What's changed since v0.3.0:

  • Fix incorrect JSON de-serialization. #109 #111
  • Added support for using -InputPath instead of using -InputObject to handle serialized objects. #106
    • -Format is automatically detected for .yaml, .yml and .json file extensions.
  • Added -OutputFormat parameter to serialize output from Invoke-PSRule as YAML or JSON. #29
  • Added support for logging pass or fail outcomes to a data stream such as Error, Warning or Information. #97
  • Breaking change: Deprecated usage of the -TargetName parameter on the Hint keyword has been removed. #81

What's changed since pre-release v0.4.0-B190328:

  • No additional changes.

v0.4.0-B190328 (pre-release)#

  • Fix summary is not correctly serialized with JSON or YAML output format. #116
  • Fix missing properties on serialized YAML output. #115
  • Fix incorrect property name case of YAML serialized results. #114

v0.4.0-B190320 (pre-release)#

  • Fix incorrect JSON de-serialization of nested arrays. #109
  • Fix incorrect JSON de-serialization of non-object arrays. #111

v0.4.0-B190311 (pre-release)#

  • Added support for using -InputPath instead of using -InputObject to handle serialized objects. #106
    • -Format is automatically detected for .yaml, .yml and .json file extensions.
  • Added -OutputFormat parameter to serialize output from Invoke-PSRule. #29
  • Added support for logging pass or fail outcomes to a data stream such as Error, Warning or Information. #97
  • Breaking change: Deprecated usage of the -TargetName parameter on the Hint keyword has been removed. #81

v0.3.0#

What's changed since v0.2.0:

  • Added support for pipelining with Exists, Within, Match and TypeOf keywords #90
  • Added support for packaging rules in modules #16
  • Import objects from YAML or JSON format #75
    • Added support for input de-serialization from FileInfo objects #95
  • Support nested TargetObjects #77
  • Export variables to improve authoring experience #83
  • Binding improvements:
    • Added object type binding and dynamic filtering for rules #82
    • Added support for indexed and quoted field names #86
    • Added support for case-sensitive binding operations #87
      • Binding ignores case by default. Set option Binding.CaseSensitive to true to enable case-sensitivity.
    • Support TargetName binding of nested properties #71
  • Added online help links to keywords #72
  • Added schema for PSRule options #74
  • Important change: The -TargetName parameter of the Hint keyword has been deprecated #81
    • -TargetName parameter not longer sets the pipeline object TargetName and generates a warning instead.
    • The -TargetName will be completely removed in v0.4.0, at which time using the parameter will generate an error.
  • Breaking change: Changed parameter alias for -Path from -f to -p #99

What's changed since pre-release v0.3.0-B190231:

  • Added support for input de-serialization from FileInfo objects #95
  • Breaking change: Changed parameter alias for -Path from -f to -p #99

v0.3.0-B190231 (pre-release)#

  • Added support for pipelining with Exists, Within, Match and TypeOf keywords #90
  • Fix empty YAML object causes format de-serialize to fail #92

v0.3.0-B190224 (pre-release)#

  • Export variables to improve authoring experience #83
  • Added support for packaging rules in modules #16
  • Added support for indexed and quoted field names #86
  • Added object type binding and dynamic filtering for rules #82
  • Added support for case-sensitive binding operations #87
    • Binding ignores case by default. Set option Binding.CaseSensitive to true to enable case-sensitivity.
  • Important change: The -TargetName parameter of the Hint keyword has been deprecated #81
    • -TargetName parameter not longer sets the pipeline object TargetName and generates a warning instead.
    • The -TargetName will be completely removed in v0.4.0, at which time using the parameter will generate an error.

v0.3.0-B190208 (pre-release)#

  • Added online help links to keywords #72
  • Added schema for PSRule options #74
  • Import objects from YAML or JSON format #75
  • Support TargetName binding of nested properties #71
  • Support nested TargetObjects #77

v0.2.0#

What's changed since v0.1.0:

  • Added support for cross-platform environments (Windows, Linux and macOS) #49
  • Added support for nested field names with Exists, Within and Match keywords #60
  • Added support for rule configuration using baselines #17
  • Use rule description when hint message not set #61
  • Allow objects to be suppressed by TargetName for individual rules #13
  • Allow binding of TargetName to custom property #44
  • Custom functions can be used to bind TargetName #44
  • Objects that are unable to bind a TargetName will use a SHA1 object hash for TargetName #44
  • Added Test-PSRuleTarget command to return an overall $True or $False after evaluating rules for an object #30
  • Improve reporting of inconclusive results and objects that are not processed by any rule #46
    • Inconclusive results and objects not processed will return a warning by default.
  • Fix propagation of informational messages to host from rule scripts and definitions #48
  • Fix Get-PSRule generates exception when no .rule.ps1 scripts exist in path #53
  • Fix LocalizedData.PathNotFound warning when no .rule.ps1 scripts exist in path #54

What's changed since pre-release v0.2.0-B190121:

  • No additional changes.

v0.2.0-B190121 (pre-release)#

  • Added support for nested field names with Exists, Within and Match keywords #60
  • Added support for rule configuration using baselines #17
  • Use rule description when hint message not set #61

v0.2.0-B190113 (pre-release)#

  • Fix Get-PSRule generates exception when no .rule.ps1 scripts exist in path #53
  • Fix LocalizedData.PathNotFound warning when no .rule.ps1 scripts exist in path #54
  • Breaking change: Renamed Test-PSRule cmdlet to Test-PSRuleTarget which aligns more closely to the verb-noun naming standard #57

v0.2.0-B190105 (pre-release)#

  • Allow objects to be suppressed by TargetName for individual rules #13
  • Allow binding of TargetName to custom property #44
  • Custom functions can be used to bind TargetName #44
  • Objects that are unable to bind a TargetName will use a SHA1 object hash for TargetName #44
  • Added Test-PSRule command to return an overall $True or $False after evaluating rules for an object #30
  • Improve reporting of inconclusive results and objects that are not processed by any rule #46
    • Inconclusive results and objects not processed will return a warning by default.
  • Fix propagation of informational messages to host from rule scripts and definitions #48
  • Added support for cross-platform environments (Windows, Linux and macOS) #49

v0.1.0#

  • Initial release

What's changed since pre-release v0.1.0-B181235:

  • Fix outcome filtering of summary results #33
  • Fix target object counter in verbose logging #35
  • Fix hashtable keys should be handled as fields #36

v0.1.0-B181235 (pre-release)#

  • RuleId and RuleName are now independent. Rules are created with a name, and the RuleId is generated based on rule name and file name
    • Rules with the same name can exist and be cross linked with DependsOn, as long a the script file name is different
  • Added -Not to Exists keyword
  • Improved verbose logging of Exists, AllOf, AnyOf keywords and core engine
  • Breaking change: Renamed outcome filtering parameters to align to type name and increase clarity
    • Invoke-PSRule has a -Outcome parameter instead of -Status
    • -Outcome supports values of Pass, Fail, Error, None, Processed and All

v0.1.0-B181222 (pre-release)#

  • Added rule tags to results to enable grouping and sorting #14
  • Added support to check for rule tag existence. Use * for tag value on -Tag parameter with Invoke-PSRule and Get-PSRule
  • Added option to report rule summary using -As parameter of Invoke-PSRule #12

v0.1.0-B181212 (pre-release)#

  • Initial pre-release.
Last update: 2022-10-04