2.5.1

As part of this release we had 2 issues closed.

Bug Fix

• Unable to install additional packages in the Docker image due to addition of backports repository - see #3756 by LordAro.

Dependency Change

• Update bundled 7zip executables to v25.01 - see #3767 by nagten resolved in !3778 by gep13.

Contributors

3 contributors made this release possible.

1.4.4

As part of this release we had 1 issue closed.

Dependency Change

• Update bundled 7zip executables to v25.01 - see #3779 by gep13 resolved in !3780 by gep13.

Contributors

1 contributors made this release possible.

2.5.0

Read our blog post about this release.

As part of this release we had 41 issues closed.

Note

The new --include-headers option as well as some of the expanded tab completions will not fully function with Chocolatey Licensed Extension. See our tracking issue for more information.

Features

• Add choco license command.
  • See #2829 by mkevenaar, resolved in !2847 by JPRuskin.
• Add choco support command.
  • See #3668 by gep13, resolved in !3676 by gep13.

Bug Fixes

• Execution of the refreshenv command incorrectly removes % (percent) characters from environment variable values.
  • See #1664 by johnyesberg, resolved in !1678 by MPagel, !3688 by gep13.
• choco upgrade command fails with error message The string is missing the terminator: '. when useRememberedArgumentsForUpgrades feature is enabled.
  • See #2410 by BlythMeister, resolved in !2804 by BlythMeister, !3705 by AdmiringWorm.
• Chocolatey CLI outputs errors/warnings when validating a license file with --limit-output option enabled.
  • See #2851 by corbob, resolved in !2857 by corbob.
• Execution of the refreshenv command fails when an environment variables contains a | (pipe) character.
  • See #3294 by notexactlyawe, resolved in !3688 by gep13.
• Incorrect environment variable name being used in documentation and in the template generated by the choco new command.
  • See #3685 by gep13.
• Unable to list template information via the choco template command when template name includes capital letters.
  • See #3694 by gep13, resolved in !3732 by gep13, !3736 by gep13.

Improvements

• Throw error (with suggestion on how to fix) when usage of -v option in conjunction with a version number is detected.
  • See #123 by ferventcoder, resolved in !3730 by AdmiringWorm.
• Expand the ChocolateyTabExpansion.ps1 file with completions for multiple Chocolatey CLI commands.
  • See #669 by ferventcoder, resolved in !3725 by gep13, !3728 by AdmiringWorm.
• Add ability for Chocolatey CLI to calculate hash for large files (over 2 GB).
  • See #747 by ruckc, resolved in !2714 by TheCakeIsNaOH.
• Add ability to pass multiple arguments to the Install-ChocolateyFileAssociation PowerShell function.
  • See #1176 by bazzilic, resolved in !1169 by bazzilic, !3684 by gep13.
• Add ability for package maintainers to know the package version of previously installed package version during choco upgrade command.
  • See #1713 by FranklinYu, resolved in !3689 by gep13.
• Add a headers row to the output from all appropriate Chocolatey CLI commands when using --limit-output option.
  • See #2591 by corbob, resolved in !2856 by corbob.
• Add $env:ChocolateyPackageId environment variable to represent the id from the nuspec file for a package.
  • See #2781 by schittli, resolved in !2900 by steviecoaster.
• Remove verbose wording for confirmation messages when installing and upgrading packages.
  • See #2848 by lemonlambda, resolved in !2849 by lemonlambda.
• Add the ability for package maintainers to know when the --not-silent option is being used by Chocolatey commands.
  • See #3666 by TheCakeIsNaOH, resolved in !3695 by gep13.
• Improve readability, maintainabilty, and correctness of the ChocolateyTabExpansion.ps1 file.
  • See #3700 by gep13, resolved in !3701 by gep13.
• Add --order-by option to choco search command to extend ability to order package results.
  • See #3709 by AdmiringWorm, resolved in !1619 by bartvanandel.
• Add short -n option to the choco new and choco config commands to improve consistency with other commands.
  • See #3713 by gep13, resolved in !3714 by gep13.
• Add ability for choco list command to ignore packages that are pinned using --ignore-pinned option.
  • See #3717 by gep13, resolved in !3727 by gep13.
• Add ability to always ignore the HTTP request cache when running Chocolatey CLI commands.
  • See #3718 by gep13, resolved in !3729 by gep13.

Documentation

• Fix documentation for Install-ChocolateyZipPackage output.
  • See !2357 by Ana06.
• Fix typo in --online option.
  • See !3593 by gep13.

Contributors

19 contributors made this release possible.

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2.4.3

As part of this release we had 7 issues closed.

Bug Fixes

• Fix - Search option --id-starts-with only returned packages starting with chocolatey - see #1836.
• Fix - Warning that --trace is being used when it's not being used - see #3622.
• Fix - Update bundled 7zip executables to v24.09 - see #3626.

1.4.3

As part of this release we had 4 issues closed.

Bug Fixes

• Fix - Unable to upgrade packages on certain authenticated feeds - see #3613.
• Fix - Trace warning is outputted even when --trace argument is not used - see #3621.
• [Security] Fix - Update bundled 7zip executables to v24.09 - see #3625.

2.4.2

As part of this release we had 1 issue closed.

Bug Fix

• Fix - Trace logging is allowed in non-elevated session - see #3604.

1.4.2

As part of this release we had 1 issue closed.

Bug Fix

• Fix - Trace logging is allowed in non-elevated session - see #3603.

NOTE: Due to a previous bug in 1.4.1, which is being corrected in 1.4.3, the artifacts from this release have been removed.

2.4.1

As part of this release we had 4 issues closed.

Bug Fixes

• Fix - Searching for specific version on v3 only feed returns no results - see #3396.
• Fix - Credentials from configured source used for a non-configured source when the URL is similar - see #3565.

1.4.1

As part of this release we had 2 issues closed.

Bug Fix

• Fix - Credentials from configured source used for a non-configured source when the URL is similar - see #3566.

2.4.0

As part of this release we had 20 issues closed.

Bug Fixes

• Fix - Update tab completions for compatibility with PowerShell 7.4+ - see #3364.
• Fix - Prevent dependency resolution from unexpectedly downgrading packages - see #3461.
• Fix - Do not install packages if dependencies fail to install - see #3487.
• Fix - Ensure package folders are correctly restored if unexpected failures occur during upgrade - see #3489.
• Fix - Use the user-provided page size when querying repositories - see #3502.
• Fix - Ensure .arguments files that cannot be decrypted do not prevent running Chocolatey CLI commands - see #3503.
• Fix - Ensure invalid .arguments files do not prevent running Chocolatey CLI commands - see #3513.

Deprecated Feature

• Deprecate the Install-ChocolateyPinnedTaskBarItem helper function - see #3520.

Documentation

• Update build instructions - see #3467.
• Fixed parameter name typo in the chocolateyInstall template - see #3504.

Improvements

• Rework build process to remove the use of -unpackself command - see #3427.
• Dependency resolution during install can be slow - see #3451.
• Remove historical folder migration logic from chocolateysetup.psm1 - see #3501.
• Updated the bundled version of 7zip to 24.08 - see #3505.
• Provide better information through the user agent when querying remote repositories - see #3526.