Symlink v0.1.4

0.1.4 (2021-02-27)

• Update: Format.ps1xml: Improve formatting styles to present information and the state of the symbolic-links in a clearer manner.
• Fix: New-Symlink: Incorrectly throwing an error when using the '-MoveExistingItem' switch and when no renaming is necessary as the existing and desired item names are identical.

Symlink v0.1.3

0.1.3 (2020-12-30)

• Add: '-Force' for New-Symlink: Forces the creation of the symbolic-link even if the creation condition evaluates to false, and overwrites any existing symlink if the names collide.
• Add: '-Force' for Build-Symlink: Forces the creation of the symbolic-link even if the creation condition evaluates to false.
• Add: '-Force' for Set-Symlink: Forces the creation of the symbolic-link even if the creation condition evaluates to false, or overwrites any existing symlink if the names collide.
• Add: [Symlink]: TargetState() method to get the status of the target field.
• Update: Format.ps1xml: Improve formatting styles to present information more clearly and utilise colours better.
• Update: stream_output: Improve verbose logging, remove a few unnecessary logs and add ones which were missing.
• Update: should_process: Improve the messages and text, and add previously missing checks/logs.
• Update: help_descriptions: Rewritten to be clearer and more consistent with the official powershell help, and to have a wider range of clearer examples, and added descriptors for the newly introduced switches.
• Update: about_Symlink: Reformat the document layout, update descriptors to match new help_descriptions, and cleared up a few potentially unclear things.
• Fix: '-Value' for Set-Symlink: Doesn't allow a $NULL value when setting the "Creation Condition" property.
• Fix: cmdlets: Lack of many validations/checks in all cmdlets which could have led to cmdlets not working correctly 100% of the time.
• Remove: [Symlink]: The CreateFile() and DeleteFile() methods. Now you must use the cmdlets for these purposes.

Symlink v0.1.2

0.1.2 (2020-12-08)

• Add: alias: Added the 'nsl', 'gls', 'ssl', 'rsl', 'bsl' aliases for each respective exported cmdlet.
• Add: '-MoveExistingItem' for Build-Symlink: Switch to move existing item rather than deleting it. Saves time by removing need to manually move the contents to the target destination beforehand.
• Update: Format.ps1xml: Improve formatting styles to present information more clearly and consistently. Modified custom-format view to show the in-depth properties of the object.
• Fix: [Symlink]: ShortPath() and ShortTarget() methods incorrectly replacing strings when inserting environment variables.

Symlink v0.1.1

0.1.1 (2020-10-17)

• Add: should_process: Support for the '-WhatIf' and '-Confirm' switches for the New-, Set-, Remove-, and Build- cmdlets.
• Update: about_Symlink: Add information regarding common parameters to all examples and explanations.
• Update: help_descriptions: Extra examples for all cmdlets.
• Update: stream_output: Improve verbose logging to make it clearer and more succinct.
• Update: New-Symlink: Outputs the newly-created [Symlink] object at the end of execution.
• Fix: Build-Symlink: Error when calling legacy method on the [Symlink] object.
• Fix: stream_output: Sets the powershell $global:error variable even if a "real" logic error hasn't occurred.

Symlink v0.1.0

0.1.0 (2020-10-14)

• Add: New-Symlink: Allows for creating a new symlink definition, and creating the symbolic-link item on the filesystem.
• Add: Get-Symlink: Allows for retrieving an existing symlink, and displaying it to the screen or piping it to other cmdlets.
• Add: Set-Symlink: Allows for changing the properties on an existing symlink, and accordingly update the item on the filesystem.
• Add: Remove-Symlink: Allows for deleting an existing symlink, including the item on the filesystem.
• Add: Build-Symlink: Allows for creating/re-creating/updating symbolic-link items on the filesystem.
• Add: about_Symlink: Details the feature set of this module, and how to use it along with some examples.
• Add: help_descriptions: Contains descriptions of all cmdlets along with multiple examples for each and any important notes to know.
• Add: tab_completion: Tab completion functionality for parameters of all cmdlets where appropriate.
• Add: stream_output: Provides error logging, and verbose logging when using the '-Verbose' switch.
• Add: [Symlink]: Implementation of symlink logic as a custom object with appropriate public getters/setters for properties and methods.
• Add: Format.ps1xml: Custom formatting for the symlink object, supporting all 4 formatting views. Also included alternative formatting outputs if running in certain terminals, for enhanced readability.