v6.1.0-preview.1

- Count-and-Length/PSCustomObject
- Basic/Number-of-returned-objects
- Get-ChildItem/Directory-with-backticks, /v5-LiteralPath-Recurse-ignores-Include

Author: nightroman

Basic/Count-and-Length/PSCustomObject/.test.ps1

@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 
-if ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -le 2) {return task v2}
+$Version = $PSVersionTable.PSVersion
+if ($Version.Major -le 2) {return task v2}
 
 task Test-1.normal.vs.custom {
 	($r = ./Test-1.normal.vs.custom.ps1)
 	equals $r.Count 2
 	equals $r[0] 'normal.Count: 1'
-	equals $r[1] 'custom.Count: '
+	if ($Version -ge ([version]'6.0.9999')) {
+		equals $r[1] 'custom.Count: 1'
+	}
+	else {
+		equals $r[1] 'custom.Count: '
+	}
 }
 
 task Test-2.Select-Object {
@@ -14,5 +20,10 @@ task Test-2.Select-Object {
 	equals $r[0] 'Get-Some 2 : 2'
 	equals $r[1] 'Get-Some 1 : 1'
 	equals $r[2] 'Get-Some 2 | Select-Object : 2'
-	equals $r[3] 'Get-Some 1 | Select-Object : '
+	if ($Version -ge ([version]'6.0.9999')) {
+		equals $r[3] 'Get-Some 1 | Select-Object : 1'
+	}
+	else {
+		equals $r[3] 'Get-Some 1 | Select-Object : '
+	}
 }

Basic/Count-and-Length/PSCustomObject/README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 
 ### PSCustomObject does not have surrogate Count and Length
 
+**Fixed in v6.1.0**
+
 See help *about_Properties*:
 
     Beginning in Windows PowerShell 3.0, Windows PowerShell tries

Basic/Count-and-Length/PSCustomObject/Test-1.normal.vs.custom.ps1

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Set-StrictMode -Off
 # "normal" objects have surrogate Count
 "normal.Count: $($normal.Count)"
 
+# v6.1.0 -- fixed
 # "custom" objects do not have surrogate Count
 # $custom.Count is either $null or error in the strict mode
 "custom.Count: $($custom.Count)"

Basic/Count-and-Length/PSCustomObject/Test-2.Select-Object.ps1

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Set-StrictMode -Off
 "Get-Some 2 : $((Get-Some 2).Count)"
 "Get-Some 1 : $((Get-Some 1).Count)"
 
+# v6.1.0 -- fixed, gets expected 1
 # get Count 2 (expected) and $null/error (may be unexpected)
 "Get-Some 2 | Select-Object : $((Get-Some 2 | Select-Object Name).Count)"
 "Get-Some 1 | Select-Object : $((Get-Some 1 | Select-Object Name).Count)"

Basic/Number-of-returned-objects/.test.ps1

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 
 $v2 = $PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -eq 2
+$v610 = $PSVersionTable.PSVersion -gt ([version]'6.0.9999')
 
 task test1.no.results {
 	($r = .\test1.no.results.ps1)
@@ -44,7 +45,12 @@ task test4.one.object.Count {
 task test5.PSCustomObject {
 	($r = ./test5.PSCustomObject.ps1)
 	equals $r.Count 3
-	if ($v2) {
+	if ($v610) {
+		equals $r[0] 1
+		equals $r[1] $false
+		equals $r[2] PSCustomObject
+	}
+	elseif ($v2) {
 		equals $r[0] 2
 		equals $r[1] $false
 		equals $r[2] Hashtable

Basic/Number-of-returned-objects/README.md

@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ cannot be used safely. See [Count-and-Length/Strict-Mode](../Count-and-Length/St
 Secondly, if the only returned object has native `Count` or `Length` then the
 native value has nothing to do with 1, the number of returned objects.
 
-Thirdly, the `PSCustomObject` is an exception to this rule. A collection of
-these objects will have a correct count, but a single object will return
-`$null` for `Count`.
+Thirdly (**Fixed in v6.1.0**), the `PSCustomObject` is an exception to this
+rule. A collection of these objects will have a correct count, but a single
+object will return `$null` for `Count`.
 
 ```powershell
 $object = [PSCustomObject]@{Name='Joe'; Age=42}

Basic/Number-of-returned-objects/test5.PSCustomObject.ps1

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 
-$Version = $PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major
-if ($Version -ge 3) {
-	Set-StrictMode -Off
+$Version = $PSVersionTable.PSVersion
+if ($Version -ge ([version]'3.0.0') -and $Version -lt ([version]'6.0.9999')) {
+    Set-StrictMode -Off
+}
+else {
+    Set-StrictMode -Version Latest
 }
 
 $object = [PSCustomObject]@{Name='Joe'; Age=42}
@@ -10,6 +13,9 @@ $object = [PSCustomObject]@{Name='Joe'; Age=42}
 # v3+:
 # - $null, $true, PSCustomObject
 # - error in strict mode (v5)
+# v6.1.0
+# - 1, $false, PSCustomObject
+# - no error in strict mode
 
 $object.Count
 $null -eq $object.Count

CHANGES.md

@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
 
+### PowerShell v6.1.0-preview.1
+
+- [Count-and-Length\PSCustomObject](Basic\Count-and-Length\PSCustomObject)
+-- Fixed
+- [Number-of-returned-objects](Basic\Number-of-returned-objects)
+-- Fixed for `PSCustomObject`, same as above
+- [Get-ChildItem\Directory-with-backticks](Cmdlets\Get-ChildItem\Directory-with-backticks)
+-- `Get-ChildItem` does not fail in the empty directory but still fails in not empty
+- [v5-LiteralPath-Recurse-ignores-Include](Cmdlets\Get-ChildItem\v5-LiteralPath-Recurse-ignores-Include)
+- Fixed the v5 regression
+
 ### PowerShell v6-RC Core
 
 - [Strict-mode-ErrorRecord-formatting](Basic\Strict-mode-ErrorRecord-formatting)

Cmdlets/Get-ChildItem/Directory-with-backticks/.test.ps1

@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 
+$v610 = $PSVersionTable.PSVersion -ge ([version]'6.0.9999')
+
 task Test-1 {
 	($r = .\Test-1.ps1)
-	equals $r.FullyQualifiedErrorId 'PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetChildItemCommand'
+	if ($v610) {
+		equals $r.Count 2
+		equals $r[0] 'v6.1.0 worked'
+		equals $r[1].FullyQualifiedErrorId 'ItemNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetChildItemCommand'
+	}
+	else {
+		equals $r.FullyQualifiedErrorId 'PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetChildItemCommand'
+	}
 }

Cmdlets/Get-ChildItem/Directory-with-backticks/Test-1.ps1

@@ -1,19 +1,40 @@
 
 $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
-Set-Location -LiteralPath (Split-Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path)
+$v610 = $PSVersionTable.PSVersion -ge ([version]'6.0.9999')
 
-# make directory with backticks and cd to it
+# make directory with backticks, cd to it
+$root = Split-Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
+Set-Location -LiteralPath $root
 $null = mkdir '``test``'
 Set-Location -LiteralPath '``test``'
 
+# try Get-ChildItem * in the directory with backticks
 try {
-	# it fails "Cannot find path '...\`test`'
+	# v2-v6.0.2 - fails "Cannot find path '...\`test`'
 	Get-ChildItem *
+
+	# v6.1.0 - does not fail in the empty directory, but see next
+	'v6.1.0 worked'
 }
 catch {
 	$_
 }
 
+# v6.1.0
+if ($v610) {
+	# make a file
+	[System.IO.File]::WriteAllText((Join-Path $root '``test``/z.txt'), 'text')
+
+	# try Get-ChildItem * again in the directory with a file
+	try {
+		# fails "Could not find item ...\`test`\z.txt"
+		Get-ChildItem *
+	}
+	catch {
+		$_
+	}
+}
+
 # remove test directory
 Set-Location ..
-Remove-Item -LiteralPath '``test``'
+Remove-Item -LiteralPath '``test``' -Force -Recurse

Cmdlets/Get-ChildItem/v5-LiteralPath-Recurse-ignores-Include/.test.ps1

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 
 $Version = $PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major
+$v610 = $PSVersionTable.PSVersion -ge ([version]'6.0.9999')
 
 task Test-1.Path {
 	$r = .\Test-1.Path.ps1
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ task Test-2.Path {
 	$r = .\Test-2.LiteralPath.ps1
 	($r = @($r | Group-Object Extension -NoElement))
 
-	if ($Version -ge 5 -or $Version -eq 2) {
+	if ($Version -eq 2 -or ($Version -ge 5 -and !$v610)) {
 		# unexpected
 		assert ($r.Count -ge 2)
 	}

Cmdlets/Get-ChildItem/v5-LiteralPath-Recurse-ignores-Include/README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 
-### v5 and v2: Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath -Recurse ignores -Include
+### Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath -Recurse ignores -Include
+
+(Affected versions: v2, v5 - v6.0.2, **Fixed in v6.1.0**)
 
 This command (see [Test-1.Path.ps1](Test-1.Path.ps1))
 

Cmdlets/Get-ChildItem/v5-LiteralPath-Recurse-ignores-Include/Test-2.LiteralPath.ps1

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 
 # This command with LiteralPath in v5 and v2 gets all items instead of expected *.exe
+# v6.1.0 -- fixed
+
 Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $PSHOME -Include *.exe -Recurse