2.7.1

As part of this release we had 1 issue closed.

Bug Fix

• Linux docker container (v2.7.0-linux) does not find choco.exe.
  • See #3867 by Montellese, resolved in !3869 by gep13.

Contributors

2 contributors made this release possible.

1.4.5

As part of this release we had 4 issues closed.

Dependency Changes

• [Security] Update to version 2.11.0.20260219 of NuGet.Core.
  • See #3852 by corbob resolved in !3847 by corbob.
• Update bundled 7zip executables to v26.00.
  • See #3857 by AdmiringWorm resolved in !3859 by AdmiringWorm.

Contributors

2 contributors made this release possible.

2.7.0

As part of this release we had 10 issues closed.

Dependency Change

• Update bundled 7zip executables to v26.00.
  • See #3857 by AdmiringWorm, resolved in !3858 by AdmiringWorm.

Enhancements

• Capture the source that was being used when searching for packages.
  • See #3849 by gep13, resolved in !3850 by gep13.

Bug Fix

• Chocolatey does not handle passwords with non ASCII characters when interacting with authenticating sources
  • See #3600 by pfremy, resolved in !3762 by AdmiringWorm.

Contributors

2 contributors made this release possible.

2.6.0

As part of this release we had 117 commits which resulted in 11 issues being closed.

Read our blog post about this release.

Bug Fixes

• Paths for TMP & TEMP are overridden when running "refreshenv" as "SYSTEM".
  • See #3681 by michiexe, resolved in !3787 by corbob.
• Installing a new license enables chocolatey.licensed source even if it was originally disabled.
  • See #3802 by sync-by-unito[bot], resolved in !3803 by vexx32.

Enhancements

• Include software install path in choco info output.
  • See #1901 by Foadsf, resolved in !3317 by TheCakeIsNaOH, !3801 by corbob.
• Record and display the source location used to install package.
  • See #3804 by DarwinJS, resolved in !3801 by corbob, !3806 by corbob.
• Update tab completion script with new options added in Chocolatey Licensed Extension.
  • See #3817 by AdmiringWorm, resolved in !3818 by AdmiringWorm.

Contributors

8 contributors made this release possible.

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.