Release-Notes.md

Invoke-Build Release Notes

Show-BuildGraph.ps1 - use viz-3.9.0

v5.11.3

exec -Echo: echo properties, #221

v5.11.2

Like ib.cmd, the dotnet tool ib uses the environment variable pwsh.

Show-BuildGraph.ps1 - use viz-3.5.0

v5.11.1

requires / Test-BuildAsset

• improved errors on invalid null/empty arguments

v5.11.0

exec / Invoke-BuildExec

• new switch StdErr, to get more useful error messages, #218
• $LastExitCode is set to 0 before invoking, to avoid subtleties

v5.10.6

Fix cryptic errors on unknown parameters, #217

Minor tweaks, new demo Tasks/Repeat2, etc.

Show-BuildGraph.ps1

• available at PSGallery
• uses Viz.js by default and dot with -Dot
• shows node and edge tooltips (synopses, names)

Show-BuildMermaid.ps1

• uses Mermaid 10.8.0

v5.10.5

Resolve-MSBuild.ps1: Tweak errors, do not wrap internal errors, #216

New script Show-BuildMermaid.ps1 for viewing build task graphs.

v5.10.4

Support verbose and information streams in Build-Parallel, #212

v5.10.3

Add ProgressAction to common parameters, #210

v5.10.2

Use global $pwd, #208

v5.10.1

Make Use-BuildEnv parameters mandatory.

v5.10.0

New helper function Use-BuildEnv.

v5.9.12

Fix ANSI in PS Core 7.2.6, #204

v5.9.11

• rename master to main, update links
• use %pwsh% in ib.cmd
• use net6.0 in ib tool

v5.9.10

Fix package version issue, #198.

v5.9.9

Amend Build-Checkpoint for PS v2.

Retire deprecated alias error, use Get-BuildError instead.

v5.9.8

Amend parameter sets of Build-Checkpoint.

v5.9.7

New parameter Path of requires (Test-BuildAsset).

v5.9.6

Amend output on task errors. #194

v5.9.5

Write-Build: render lines separately, #193

v5.9.4

Tweak getting variable expressions.

v5.9.3

Amend exec -echo output, use cd ....

Add Release.build.ps1.

v5.9.2

Amend exec -echo for ANSI rendering, #192

v5.9.1

With PowerShell 7.2+ and $PSStyle.OutputRendering ANSI, Write-Build uses ANSI escape sequences. As far as Write-Build is used by the engine itself, build/task headers/footers and build messages are rendered accordingly, for example, colored in GitHub workflow terminals.

v5.9.0

New switch Auto of Build-Checkpoint.

New build script helper Confirm-Build

• See Tasks/Confirm for Confirm-Build demo and notes
• Tasks/Confirm replaces its predecessor Tasks/Ask

The build variable $Task previously defined for tasks is also defined in the script scope. It has the only property Name set to $BuildFile, the build script path. Scripts should not set this variable or change its content.

v5.8.8

Work around potential strict mode issues, #190.

v5.8.7

Add parameter ShowParameter to Build-Parallel, #189.

v5.8.6

Fix Resolve-MSBuild.ps1 BuildTools 2022, #188.

v5.8.5

Support MSBuild 17.0 (VS 2022).

v5.8.4

Make the variable $Job read only, #185.

v5.8.3

Use $Job variable instead of argument, #185.

v5.8.2

Enter-BuildJob and Exit-BuildJob are called with the job script block as the first argument, #185.

v5.8.1

Added the variable $OriginalLocation, where the build starts, #183.

v5.8.0

Published nuget.org/packages/ib, the dotnet tool ib.

Removed ib.cmd, ib.sh from the package avoiding conflicts with the tool ib.
The scripts are still available in the repository, slightly adjusted for their new roles.

Users decide which of the ib shell commands is more suitable for their scenarios.
For details see ib commands.

v5.7.3

Add $pwd information to exec -echo, #179.

v5.7.2

Add the ErrorMessage parameter to exec, #178.

v5.7.1

Inherit build headers and footers from parent builds.

v5.7.0

Add the switch Echo to exec.

v5.6.5

Resolve-MSBuild Get-MSBuild15Guess - stop search as soon as items found.

v5.6.4

Tweak use of dynamic parameters.

v5.6.3

Fixed potential issues with tasks and parameters named Count, Keys, Values, #173.

Created Invoke-Build.template

v5.6.2

Fail on adding tasks after loading build scripts, #171.

v5.6.1

Add InvocationInfo to Write-Warning records and use in post build text.

New-VSCodeTask.ps1 1.3.1 - suppress echo and reuse messages in terminal.

v5.6.0

Changed the default script resolution rule, see #166.

This change is potentially breaking but the chances are low.

v5.5.11

Support PowerShell doc comment format for task synopsis #165

v5.5.10

Invoke-Build ** includes hidden test files.

v5.5.9

Add ib.sh to the package, #162.

v5.5.8

Add the workaround notes to exec help.

v5.5.7

Add version to Invoke-Build.ps1 header comment.

New-VSCodeTask.ps1

• merges custom .vscode/tasks-merge.json with generated
• new parameter Merge specifies the custom merge path
• new parameter Shell specifies the custom shell path
• new parameter WhereTask filters build tasks

v5.5.6

Show-TaskHelp.ps1 - process Inputs and Outputs as well as If and Jobs.

v5.5.5

Add parameter MinimumVersion to Resolve-MSBuild #154

v5.5.4

Fix sorting by product in Resolve-MSBuild #153

v5.5.3

Do not make script parameters named, fix #152

v5.5.2

Add the switch Preserve to Build-Checkpoint #150

v5.5.1

Resolve-MSBuild - allow some spaces in versions #148

v5.5.0

Support MSBuild 16.0 of VS 2019, #146.

v5.4.6

Support remove -Verbose, #147.

v5.4.5

Amend help about Write-Build, #144.

v5.4.4

Fix wrong task info in warning records, #142.

v5.4.3

Save checkpoints after each task and before the first, #140.

Tools

• New Build-JustTask.ps1 invokes tasks without references.
• Show-BuildGraph.ps1 uses the latest viz.js, see #139.

v5.4.2

Tiny internal tweak for Show-BuildGraph.ps1, #137

Show-BuildGraph.ps1, see #136:

• Show conditional tasks as diamonds.
• Show job numbers only on edges.

v5.4.1

Add help for Set-BuildHeader, Set-BuildFooter.

v5.4.0

• Add Set-BuildFooter in addition to Set-BuildHeader, #125
• Update the sample Tasks/Header, use custom footers, too.
• Tweak remove for more useful error location info.

v5.3.0

Add the robust helper remove, the alternative to Remove-Item, see #123

Tools

• New-VSCodeTask.ps1 1.1.6 - Confirm removal of not generated file.

v5.2.1

• New switch Latest of Resolve-MSBuild, #122

v5.2.0

• New: Alternative syntax of task parameters, kind of inline splatting, #119
• Add "missing output" message to incremental task processing, #120

Tools

• Invoke-TaskFromVSCode.ps1 should save the file on invoking, #118
• Improve Invoke-TaskFromVSCode.ps1 error info in some cases
• Support viz.js in Show-BuildGraph.ps1

v5.1.1

• Show-TaskHelp - switches are shown after other parameters.
• Optimized calls of Show-TaskHelp from Invoke-Build.

v5.1.0

New internal tool, #117

• The new tool Show-TaskHelp.ps1 is included to packages.
• Invoke-Build ... -WhatIf uses the new Show-TaskHelp.

New external tool, #116

• Show-BuildDgml.ps1 generates build graphs as DGML for Visual Studio.

v5.0.1

Tidy up some check failure errors, #115

Convert FormatTaskName by Convert-psake, #114

v5.0.0

Allow empty lines between synopsis comments and tasks, #111.

Remove actions on dot-sourcing, #112.

Retire obsolete features:

• (job TaskName -Safe) - instead, use ?TaskName, see #105.
• use VisualStudio - not used much, not designed for VS 2017

v4.2.0

Preserve attributes of build script parameters, #109.

Amend exit codes on -Safe in cmd: 1 on argument errors, 0 otherwise.

v4.1.2

Add ability to use MSBuild from Visual Studio Preview, #107.

Avoid trailing \r in task synopses extracted from block comments.

Amend the role of Done in custom tasks. It is always called and works as finally for a task. Handlers check for $Task.Error if it matters.

v4.1.1

Improve Result on invalid arguments

• Ensure Result's variable or hashtable Value entry is always created.
• Fail with a proper error if Result is not a string or hashtable.
• On invalid calls ensure at least a surrogate result Error.

Amend Build-Parallel

• Better errors on invalid builds parameters.
• Do not count incomplete build results.

Tidy up help.

v4.1.0

• Improve syntax and usability of safe references. #105
  • Introduce ?TaskName instead of deprecated (job TaskName -Safe).
  • Support ?TaskName in the parameter -Task of Invoke-Build.
• Redesign error output.
  • Improve for VSCode, AppVeyor, and redirection. #106
  • If a task fails in If, add it to the list of invoked tasks.

v4.0.2

Build-Checkpoint should fail if not supported WhatIf is specified.

v4.0.1

• Support colored output in AppVeyor, #103.
• Deprecate use VisualStudio.

v4.0.0

New command Build-Checkpoint replaces Invoke-Build -Checkpoint. If you use persistent builds then change the command and parameters, see #101.

New command Build-Parallel replaces Invoke-Builds (mind "s"). If you use parallel builds then simply rename the command, see #100.

v3.7.2

Normalize, test, and make $BuildRoot constant after loading tasks (#95).

v3.7.1

Invoke-Builds (parallel builds)

• Add FailHard, it tells to abort builds if any build fails.
• Redesign the script without using runspace pools.
• Avoid some duplicated info in output.

v3.7.0

Package the module files together with scripts. As a result, the script package may be used as the module, too. This change does not affect the module package.

Retire Get-BuildVersion. Use (Get-Module InvokeBuild).Version instead. In theory, this change is breaking but it seems the function was not used. The standard module version is used from now on.

v3.6.5

Fix resuming of persistent builds after failures in task -If (#90).

v3.6.4

Support version suffix x86 in use and Resolve-MSBuild (#85).

v3.6.3

Resolve MSBuild 15 to ../amd64/MSBuild.exe on x64 (#84).

v3.6.2

Warn about always skipped double references (#82).

v3.6.1

• Fix #80, lost Task in the collected errors.
• Fix potential PS v6-beta.3 issues in ib.cmd.

v3.6.0

Support script block as File (#78).

v3.5.3

Improved product selection logic in Resolve-MSBuild (#77). If you use the module VSSetup make sure it is not too old. It should support -Product *.

v3.5.2

• Avoid some property limitations (#75).
• Use & in exec, it looks safer.
• Tweak help.

v3.5.1

• Remove redundant information from safe errors.
• Remove retired "Parameters" from reserved.

v3.5.0

• New block Set-BuildHeader for writing custom task headers.
• New function Get-BuildSynopsis, e.g. for Set-BuildHeader.

See repo/Tasks/Header for examples of Set-BuildHeader and Get-BuildSynopsis.

v3.4.0

New command requires, the alias of Test-BuildAsset (#73).

v3.3.11

Rework engine variables to reduce noise on debugging (#72).

v3.3.10

• Add exported aliases to .psd1, work around #71.
• Fix leaked variable on dot-sourcing Invoke-Build.

v3.3.9

Fix incremental tasks on Mono (#69).

v3.3.8

• Write messages about redefined tasks, resolve #68.
• Fix unexpected output on some debugging cases.

v3.3.7

Improve errors on tasks check failures (#67).

v3.3.6

Retire obsolete events defined as functions, see #66.

v3.3.5

Use less cryptic names for internal functions (#63).

v3.3.4

Adjust property behaviour to PowerShell and MSBuild (#60):

• get the session variable value if it is not $null or ''
• get the environment value if it is not $null or ''
• get the specified default if it is not $null
• throw an error

v3.3.3

Resolve-MSBuild supports the BuildTools installation (#57).

v3.3.2

Improve info on typical mistakes:

• missing comma in job lists
• unexpected build output
• dangling script blocks

v3.3.1

Improve errors on invalid script syntax (#56).

v3.3.0

New Resolve-MSBuild.ps1 for finding MSBuild 2.0-15.0, specified or the latest. It may be used directly. Build scripts use it via the alias Resolve-MSBuild. NuGet and PSGallery packages include this script.

The old way use <version> MSBuild is supported and works with all versions. But the new script is used internally, Invoke-Build.ps1 alone is not enough.

v3.2.4

Fix #54, exec should use $global:LastExitCode.

v3.2.3

Use exit /B in ib.cmd (#52).

v3.2.2

• Incremental tasks print some more info (#49)
• Outputs block receives piped Inputs (#50)

v3.2.1

Module help tweaks.

v3.2.0

use: The conventional path VisualStudio\<version> is resolved via the registry to the Visual Studio tools directory (devenv, mstest, tf).

v3.1.0

Event blocks instead of functions, see #36.

v3.0.2

Use exit 0 on success (#34).

v3.0.1

Invoke-Build is cross-platform with PowerShell v6.0.0-alpha.

v3.0.0

Build script parameters are specified as Invoke-Build dynamic parameters. The parameter Parameters was removed. This change is breaking in some cases, see #29.

Avoided cryptic errors on invoking scripts with invalid syntax and on resuming builds with an invalid checkpoint file.

v2 releases

Previous release notes: V2 Release Notes