1.2.0

As part of this release we had 29 issues closed.

Note

As part of this release, we have added the functionality to allow officially signed extensions, other than Chocolatey Licensed Extension, to be loaded dynamically. See #2693.

Feature

• Allow post/pre hooks to run on upgrade/install/uninstall - see #1185

Deprecated Features

• Deprecate side-by-side installs - see #2787

Bug Fixes

• Fix - Upgrade all reuses overridden package parameters when useRememberedArgumentsForUpgrades feature is turned on - see #1443
• Fix - Wrong item set for overriding credentials when using remembered arguments during upgrade - see #2752
• Fix - Python alternative source doesn't create arguments correctly due to spelling mistake - see #2777
• Fix - Directory permissions not set when installed from PowerShell 7.2.5 - see #2789

Improvements

• [Security] Unable to extract files from nupkg when different file name encoding is used - see #2816
• Add cmdlet for acquiring paths set in environment variables that should not be used directly - see #2860
• Add support for the --pin option on the install and upgrade commands - see #798
• Packages.config should include all options (including ignorechecksums) - see #886
• Add option to skip file logging for Zip file extraction in the Get-ChocolateyUnZip and Install-ChocolateyZipPackage cmdlets - see #1332
• List parameters in templates - see #2500
• ChocolateyTabExpansion.ps1 can cause slow auto-complete in PowerShell - see #2556
• Change source type on source runners to be a generic string - see #2791
• Remove trailing semicolon in templates and tests - see #2807

Documentation

• Minor spelling errors in chocolatey/choco - see #2465
• Update brand names - see #2747