CHANGELOG.md

3.4.4 (November 12, 2016)

• Add New-MockObject function that creates empty objects for almost any .NET class [GH-635]

3.4.3 (August 25, 2016)

• Fixed mocking for certain cmdlets containing dynamic parameters in PowerShell 5.1. [GH-599]

3.4.2 (August 2, 2016)

• Bug fix when multiple cmdlets with the same name exist in PowerShell 5.1. [GH-588]

3.4.1 (July 22, 2016)

• Updated code to use Get-CimInstance if possible, then Get-WmiObject, for Nano compatibility. [GH-484]
• Fixed failure message output of Should BeLike / BeLikeExactly. [GH-497]
• Added some missing information to about_Should help. [GH-519]
• Made -OutputFormat parameter optional, defaulting to NUnitXml. [GH-503]
• Fix error message of Should Throw when null input is provided [GH-521]
• Fix mocking bug on functions that contain certain parameter names (Metadata, etc). [GH-583]

3.4.0 (February 29, 2016)

• Bug fix for PSv2 when no matching scripts are found by Invoke-Pester. [GH-441]
• Added "Should BeLike" assertion. [GH-456]
• Discarded unwanted pipeline output from BeforeEach / AfterEach / BeforeAll / AfterAll. [GH-468]
• Allowed closures to be used as mocks. [GH-465]
• Fixed invalid NUnit XML output if test script had a syntax error. [GH-467]
• Fix for mocking advanced functions that define a parameter named 'Args'. [GH-471]
• Fixed bug when trying to mock a command with a weird name containing a single quotation mark. [GH-474]
• Fixed bug for mocking Cmdlets that do not contain any positional parameters. [GH-477]
• Fixed bug when calling a mocked command from inside the mock. [GH-478]
• Added PesterOption parameter, and a switch to tweak console output for better VSCode extension functionality. [GH-479]

3.3.14 (December 16, 2015)

• Fixed Coverage analysis output, which broke in 3.3.12. [GH-440]

3.3.13 (December 10, 2015)

• Fixed a bug where mocking Get-Command would result in infinite recursion. [GH-437]

3.3.12 (December 8, 2015)

• Fixed a bug with mocking dynamic parameters on latest Windows 10 / PSv5 builds. [GH-419]
• Fix for NUnit XML export on .NET core. [GH-420]
• Added Set-TestInconclusive command. [GH-421]
• Mocking improvements for calling original commands with begin/process/end blocks. [GH-422]
• Case insensitive replacement of Test in help [GH-428]
• Improve stack trace and exception console output [GH-426]
• Added support for intercepting module-qualified calls to a mocked command. [GH-432]
• Improved Assert-MockCalled to allow it to be passed an alias as the -CommandName.

3.3.11 (September 8, 2015)

• Fixed a bug where mocking New-Object would cause a stack overflow. [GH-405]

3.3.10 (August 14, 2015)

• Fully qualified calls to Get-Content within Mocking code, to avoid triggering client's mocked versions of that command. [GH-362]
• Fixed a scoping error when calling the original command if no parameter filters match the call. [GH-362]
• Added Ignore alias for -Skip on the It command, and updated NUnit output to flag these tests as Ignored instead of Skipped, for better integration with things like TeamCity. [GH-368]
• Added support for Unicode to Should Contain. [GH-378]
• Added support for side-by-side installations to chocolateyInstall.ps1. [GH-401]

3.3.9 (May 23, 2015)

• Fixed Describe's handling of TestName filter when multiple strings are passed to Invoke-Pester's -TestName parameter.
• Failing BeforeEach or AfterEach will fail the test [GH-326]
• Added BeOfType operator to the Should command. [GH-327]
• Fixed BeforeEach / etc parsing in PSv3+ so breakpoints and automatic variables ($PSCommandPath, etc) will work properly. [GH-333]
• Fixed bug in 'Should Be' when comparing strings, and null or empty strings are piped in to the Should command. [GH-333]
• Added some calls to Write-Progress in the It command. [GH-322]
• Bug fix when mocking functions that are in the global scope; the original functions were being lost when the Describe block ended. [GH-323]
• Improved failed assertion output from Assert-MockCalled; now behaves more like Should. [GH-324]
• Added -ExclusiveFilter parameter to Assert-MockCalled. Works like -ParameterFilter, except there also must not be any calls to the mocked command which do not match the filter.
• Added the "bin" folder to the PATH environment variable when installing from Chocolatey. Also removed the hard-coded -OutputXml and -Strict parameters from this file; only -EnableExit is always used from the bat file now. [GH-281]
• PassThru object (when used in conjunction with -CodeCoverage) now includes information about Hit commands in addition to Missed commands. [GH-341]
• Improvements to support for mocking advanced functions with dynamic parameters. [GH-346]
• Fix for PowerShell v2 bug when mocking commands that have an -ArgumentList parameter with validation attributes. [GH-354]
• Fixed stack trace output when the call to Should is in a file other than the file that contains the It block. [GH-358]

3.3.8 (April 15, 2015)

• Further mocking fixes around the use of $ExecutionContext in client scope. [GH-307]

3.3.7 (April 15, 2015)

• Added workaround for GetDynamicParameters() bug that was affecting mocks on the ActiveDirectory module in Windows 7. [GH-295]
• Revised Mocking code to avoid potential bugs when functions define parameters named $ExecutionContext or $MyInvocation. [GH-304]
• Mocked functions no longer call Get-MockDynamicParameters if the original function had no dynamicparam block. [GH-306]

3.3.6 (March 19, 2015)

• Fix for mocking aliases for commands that are in scopes that Pester can't normally see. [GH-267]
• Added line information to test failure output in Should assertion failures. [GH-266]
• Added support for passing named parameters or positional arguments to test scripts, and for calling test scripts that are not named *.Tests.ps1. [GH-272]
• Made Pester compliant with StrictMode. [GH-274]
• Improved error message when InModuleScope finds multiple modules loaded with the same name. [GH-276]
• Updated build script to allow for custom root folder in the nupkg. [GH-254]
• Improved error messages for InModuleScope and Mock -ModuleName when multiple modules with the same name are loaded. Also enabled these commands to work if only one of the loaded modules is a Script module. [GH-278]
• Added some graceful handling of test code that has a misplaced break or continue statement. [GH-290]

3.3.5 (January 23, 2015)

• Updated tests to allow PRs to be automatically tested, with status updates to GitHub, by our CI server.
• Added Snippets directory to the nuget packages, and updated code so the module won't fail to import if Snippets are missing.

3.3.4 (January 22, 2015)

• No changes; publishing again to fix broken PowerShellGet upload.

3.3.2 (January 19, 2015)

• Performance Improvements

3.3.1 (January 12, 2015)

• Import ISESteroids snippets on load
• Updated Code Coverage analysis to be compatible with the PowerShell 5.0 AST when analyzing DSC configurations. [GH-249]

3.3.0 (January 10, 2015)

• Validate manifest version, changelog version and tag version
• Added BeforeAll and AfterAll commands
• Updated code to take advantage of -ErrorAction Ignore in PowerShell v3+.
• Add ISESteroids snippets but do not import them

3.2.0 (December 3, 2014)

• Added BeGreaterThan and BeLessThan assertions to Should.
• Add -Quiet parameter for Invoke-Pester that disables the output written to screen by Write-Host [GH-223]
• Fix Error output for TestDrive [GH-232]
• Add ExcludeTagFilter parameter [GH-234]
• Add different color schemes for dark and light backgrounds

3.1.1 (October 29, 2014)

• Fix Skipped and Pending
• Fix output format on non-US systems

3.1 (October 23, 2014)

• Fix mocking of Get-ItemProperty
• Fix mocking commands with parameters named $FunctionName, $ModuleName or $ArgumentList under some circumstances. [GH-215]
• Add Skipped and Pending test results
• Added support for parameterized tests to the It command.
• Deprecated -OutputXml parameter, added -OutputFile and -OutputFormat parameters.
• Added new updated NUnit export format. Original format still available as -OutputFormat LegacyNUnitXml.
• Stopped forcing -ParameterFilter blocks to return explicit booleans, preventing some unnecessary null reference exceptions.

3.0.3 (October 12, 2014)

• Can be installed from PowerShellGet
• Version updated to solve issue on PowerShellGet

3.0.2 (September 8, 2014)

• Coverage Analysis now ignores closing conditions of do/while and do/until loops, which were giving false failures. [GH-200]
• Calls to Functions and Cmdlets with dynamic parameters can now be mocked. [GH-203]
• Mock now avoids assigning strings to items in the Function provider, bypassing a PowerShell 3.0 bug.
• Bug fix when mocking executables or functions with no param block. [GH-209]
• Replace the nuget.exe with version 2.8.2 and set the Team City server to use the same version.

3.0.1.1 (August 28, 2014)

• Fixing wrong version in the manifest, publishing new version so I can update it on Nuget/Chocolatey

3.0.1 (August 28, 2014)

• Fix nuspec specification to build the 3.0.0 package correctly
• Add verbose output for Be and BeExactly string comparison [GH-192]
• Fixed NUnit XML output (missing close tag for failure element.) [GH-195]

3.0.0 (August 21, 2014)

• Fix code coverage tests so they do not left breakpoints set [GH-149]
• Add better output for hashtables in code coverage [GH-150]
• Fix Invoke-Pester -OutputXml usage of relative paths
• Remove Validate-Xml function
• Remove legacy object adaptations support
• Remove tests testing usage of the global scope
• Add function name to Code coverage output [GH-152]
• Suppress pipeline output in Context / Describe [GH-155]
• Coverage Output Update [GH-156]
• Add initial implementation of BeforeEach / AfterEach [GH-158]
• CodeCoverage of files containing DSC Configurations [GH-163]
• Rolling back some earlier Pester Scope changes [GH-164]
• Legacy expectations cleanup [GH-165]
• Invoke-Pester tests path fix [GH-166]
• Assert-MockCalled default ModuleName fix. [GH-167]
• Output exception source when test fails [GH-147]
• Fix for PesterThrowFailureMessage on PowerShell 2.0. [GH-171]
• Pester.bat no longer enables StrictMode. [GH-172]
• Fixed default behavior of fixture parameter in Describe and Context. [GH-174]
• Syntax errors in test files, as well as terminating errors from Describe or Context blocks are now treated as failed tests. [GH-168]
• Mock lifetime is no longer tied to It blocks. [GH-176]
• Add module manifest
• Added multiple lines to failure messages from Should Be and Should BeExactly. Updated console output code to support blank lines in failure messages and stack traces. [GH-185]
• Fixed stack trace information when test failures come from inside InModuleScope blocks, or from something other than a Should assertion. [GH-183]
• Fixed stack trace information from Describe and Context block errors in PowerShell 2.0. [GH-186]
• Fixed a problem with parameter / argument resolution in mocked cmdlets / advanced functions. [GH-187]
• Improved error reporting when Pester commands are called outside of a Describe block. [GH-188]
• Extensive updates to help files and comment-based help for v3.0 release. [GH-190]

3.0.0-beta2 (July 4, 2014)

• Add code coverage [GH-148]
• Fix TestName
• Fix direct execution of tests when the script is dot-sourced to global scope [GH-144]
• Fix mock parameter filter in strict mode [GH-143]
• Fix nUnit schema compatibility
• Fix special characters in nUnit output

3.0.0-beta (June 24, 2014)

• Add full support for module mocking
• Isolate Pester internals from tested code [GH-139]
• Tests.ps1 files can be run directly [GH-139]
• Add It scope to TestDrive
• Add It scope to Mock
• Add Scope parameter to Assert-MockCalled
• Measure test time more precisely

2.1.0 (June 15, 2014)

• Process It blocks in memory [GH-123]
• Fixed -ExecutionPolicy in pester.bat [GH-130]
• Add support for mocking internal module functions, aliases, exe and filters. [GH-126]
• Fix TestDrive clean up [GH-129]
• Fix ShouldArgs in Strict-Mode [GH-134]
• Fix initialize $PesterException [GH-136]
• Validate Should Assertion methods [GH-135]
• Fix using commands without fully qualified names [GH-137]
• Enable latest strict mode when running Pester tests using Pester.bat

2.0.4 (March 9, 2014)

• Fixed issue where TestDrive doesn't work with paths with . characters [GH-52]
• Fixed issues when mocking Out-File [GH-71]
• Exposing TestDrive with Get-TestDriveItem [GH-70]
• Fixed bug where mocking Remove-Item caused cleanup to break [GH-68]
• Added -Passthru to Setup to obtain file system object references [GH-69]
• Can assert on exception messages from Throw assertions [GH-58]
• Fixed assertions on empty functions [GH-50]
• Fixed New-Fixture so it creates proper syntax in tests [GH-49]
• Fixed assertions on Object arrays [GH-61]
• Fixed issue where curly brace misalignment would cause issues [GH-90]
• Better contrasting output colours [GH-92]
• New-Fixture handles "." properly [GH-86]
• Fixed mix scoping of It and Context [GH-98] and [GH-99]
• Test Drives are randomly generated, which should allow concurrent Pester processes [GH-100] and [GH-94]
• Fixed nUnit test failing on non-US computers [GH-109]
• Add case sensitive Be, Contain and Match assertions [GH-107]
• Fix Pester template self-tests [GH-113]
• Time is output to the XML report [GH-95]
• Internal fixes to remove unnecessary dependencies among functions
• Cleaned up Invoke-Pester interface
• Make output better structured
• Add -PassThru to Invoke-Pester [GH-102], [GH-84] and [GH-46]
• Makes New-Fixture -Path option more resilient [GH-114]
• Make the New-Fixture input accept any path and output objects
• Move New-Fixture to separate script
• Remove Write-UsageForNewFixture
• Fix Should Throw filtering by exception message [GH-125]

2.0.3 (Apr 16, 2013)

• Fixed line number reported in pester failure when using new pipelined should assertions [GH-40]
• Added describe/context scoping for mocks [GH-42]

2.0.2 (Feb 28, 2013)

• Fixed exit code bug that was introduced in version 2.0.0

2.0.1 (Feb 3, 2013)

• Renamed -EnableLegacyAssertions to -EnableLegacyExpectations

2.0.0 (Feb 2, 2013)

• Functionality equivalent to 1.2.0 except legacy assertions disabled by default. This is a breaking change for anyone who is already using Pester

1.2.0 (Feb 2, 2013)

• Fixing many of the scoping issues [GH-9]
• Ability to tag describes [GH-35]
• Added new assertion syntax (eg: 1 | Should Be 1)
• Added 'Should Throw' assertion [GH-37]
• Added 'Should BeNullOrEmpty' assertion [GH-39]
• Added negative assertions with the 'Not' keyword
• Added 'Match' assertion
• Added -DisableOldStyleAssertions [GH-19] and [GH-27]
• Added Contain assertion which tests file contents [GH-13]

1.1.1 (Dec 29, 2012)

• Add should.not_be [GH-38]

1.1.0 (Nov 4, 2012)

• Add mocking functionality [GH-26]

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This changelog is inspired by the Vagrant file. Hopefully this will help keep the releases tidy and understandable.