What's Changed

• PHP 8.4 | Fix implicitly nullable parameters by @jrfnl in #5982
• PHP 8.3 | ReportWidthTest: fix deprecation notices for ReflectionProperty::setValue() by @jrfnl in #5984
• PHP 8.1 | WP_CLI\Iterators\CSV: fix "missing return type" deprecation warnings by @jrfnl in #5983
• PHP 8.4 | wp_debug_mode(): remove use of E_STRICT by @jrfnl in #5986
• PHP 8.4 | Update Requests to v 2.0.12 by @jrfnl in #5981
• Remove unused automerge workflow by @swissspidy in #5992
• Composer: prevent a lock file from being created by @swissspidy in #5993
• Fix tests against WordPress trunk by @swissspidy in #5995
• Skip Requests v1 test on PHP 8.2+ by @swissspidy in #5996
• UtilsTest: fix the test failure by @jrfnl in #5997
• PHPUnit: convert deprecations to exceptions by @swissspidy in #5994
• PHP 8.4 | Fix CSV escaping deprecation notices by @jrfnl in #5991
• Added global documentation by @wpeople-dev in #6017
• Update wp-cli/php-cli-tools by @bor0 in #6021
• Code quality improvements powered by PHPStan by @swissspidy in #6019
• Fix: Update outdated AJAX documentation link by @PARTHVATALIYA in #6031
• Update expected error message in unit tests by @swissspidy in #6032
• Add hook to http_request() util by @swissspidy in #6036
• Improve regex for detecting wp-settings.php by @swissspidy in #6039
• Ensure code after wp-settings.php call is loaded by @swissspidy in #6042
• Added PHPDoc for cmd_starts_with() method by @PARTHVATALIYA in #6034
• Update log and warning logger functions comment according to the actual functionality by @matiasbenedetto in #5979
• Add configurable user agent to WP-CLI to detect in firewall logs by @amirhmoradi in #5998
• docker scheme: working-directory and stdin passing by @drzraf in #5974
• Revert "docker scheme: working-directory and stdin passing" by @swissspidy in #6049
• Allow collecting PHPUnit coverage by @swissspidy in #6041
• Add defaults and accepted values for runcommand() options in doc by @i-am-chitti in #5953
• Check PHP version requirement in update check by @swissspidy in #6037
• docker scheme: working-directory and stdin passing (reroll of #5974) by @drzraf in #6057
• Fix undefined variable issue by @swissspidy in #6058
• Add test for line breaks in table view by @BhargavBhandari90 in #6055
• Temporarily remove roave/security-advisories by @swissspidy in #6060
• Improve command suggestions for taxonomies and post types by @karthick-murugan in #6059
• Update wp-cli/php-cli-tools dependency by @swissspidy in #6061
• Support multiple files in WP_CLI_EARLY_REQUIRE by @swissspidy in #6065
• Removes array_column compatability function by @9ete in #6068
• Properly create missing wp cli config file when needed. by @mrsdizzie in #6062
• Add WP_CLI_REQUIRE env var for including extra php files by @mrsdizzie in #6070
• Update WP-CLI update message by @wojsmol in #6071
• Detect MariaDB vs MySQL by @swissspidy in #6072
• Fix update step for nightlies by @swissspidy in #6075
• Fix Gherkin lint issues by @swissspidy in #6076
• Do not error if mysql binary not found by @swissspidy in #6077
• Fix Gherkin lint issues by @ernilambar in #6082
• Set display_errors to stderr (lowercase) instead of STDERR by @WPprodigy in #6084
• don't forcefully exec() docker version by @drzraf in #6040
• Update release issue templates by @swissspidy in #6078
• Fix unstable package override tests by @swissspidy in #6069
• allow remote binary customization by @drzraf in #6013
• Make sure existing esc_like() takes precedence by @schlessera in #6088
• Check for root earlier by @schlessera in #5987
• Escape CSV output by @schlessera in #6089
• Use forked mustache library by @swissspidy in #6090
• Replace duplicate-post plugin with debug-bar in feature tests by @schlessera in #6091
• Release v2.12.0 by @schlessera in #6092

New Contributors

• @wpeople-dev made their first contribution in #6017
• @bor0 made their first contribution in #6021
• @PARTHVATALIYA made their first contribution in #6031
• @matiasbenedetto made their first contribution in #5979
• @amirhmoradi made their first contribution in #5998
• @drzraf made their first contribution in #5974
• @i-am-chitti made their first contribution in #5953
• @BhargavBhandari90 made their first contribution in #6055
• @karthick-murugan made their first contribution in #6059
• @9ete made their first contribution in #6068
• @WPprodigy made their first contribution in #6084

Full Changelog: v2.11.0...v2.12.0

• Allow manually dispatching tests workflow [#5965]
• Add fish shell completion [#5954]
• Add defaults and accepted values for runcommand() options in doc [#5953]
• Address warnings with filenames ending in fullstop on Windows [#5951]
• Fix unit tests [#5950]
• Update copyright year in license [#5942]
• Fix breaking multi-line CSV values on reading [#5939]
• Fix broken Gutenberg test [#5938]
• Update docker runner to resolve docker path using /usr/bin/env [#5936]
• Fix inherit path in nested directory [#5930]
• Minor docblock improvements [#5929]
• Add Signup fetcher [#5926]
• Ensure the alias has the leading @ symbol when added [#5924]
• Include any non default hook information in CompositeCommand [#5921]
• Correct completion case when ends in = [#5913]
• Docs: Fixes for inline comments [#5912]
• Update Inline comments [#5910]
• Add a real-world example for wp cli has-command [#5908]
• Fix typos [#5901]
• Avoid PHP deprecation notices in PHP 8.1.x [#5899]

• Fix PHP deprecation warnings [#5897]
• Only use --skip-column-statistics flag when available [#5895]
• Handle unparseable tags gracefully [#5894]
• WpOrgApi: allow specifying fields request param [#5893]
• Remove unneeded compatibility shim [#5885]
• Use has_config() in get_config() to prevent warnings on null values [#5880]
• Suggest 'network meta' intead of 'network option' [#5879]
• Updated Doc Block for Admin.php [#5877]
• Admin Context: Fix PHP fatals when admin.php has CRLF line endings [#5875]
• Standard completion of current option [#5873]
• Add WP_CLI\Utils\has_stdin() function [#5872]
• Revert the revert of the Move of RecursiveDataStructureTraverser to wp-cli/wp-cli [#5871]
• Add verbosity level and quiet flag in ssh command based on debug flag [#5869]
• Remove the pre-commit hook installation and its corresponding command [#5868]
• Revert "Move RecursiveDataStructureTraverser to wp-cli/wp-cli package" [#5866]
• Add missing required arguments when using --prompt [#5865]
• Move RecursiveDataStructureTraverser to wp-cli/wp-cli package [#5864]
• Add docker compose command support in SSH command generation [#5863]
• Add missing documentation for $data attribute in http_request() [#5861]
• Updated Inline PHP Documentation [#5853]
• Remove contrib-list.php [#5851]
• Update release checklist template [#5850]
• Update tests to accommodate for SQLite [#5849]
• Post-release version bump after v2.9.0 [#5848]
• Update Formatter\show_table to use Runner->in_color rather than shouldColorize [#5804]

• Prepare v2.9.0 [#5846]
• Add debugging output for @when command registration [#5841]
• Fix --skip-themes for WordPress 6.4 [#5840]
• Update phpcs.xml to match new WPCS rules [#5836]
• Update to WPCS v3 [#5834]
• Respect alias --path= in IncludeRequestsAutoloader [#5830]
• Update type hint of $callable parameter in add_command() method [#5828]
• Require PHP 7.0 for tests installing WP via Composer [#5825]
• Require PHP 7+ for installing Gutenberg [#5824]
• Run test only on PHP 7.0+ [#5823]
• Display a custom error message when themes/functions.php fatals [#5817]
• Fix PHP 8.1 deprecation: ReturnTypeWillChange [#5807]
• Add support for the proxyjump key [#5805]
• Mention updating the homepage in the release process [#5802]
• Fix link in README.md [#5801]

• Define WP_CLI_ROOT if needed [#5797]
• Extract Requests out of Composer [#5796]

• Harden loading of upgrader [#5791]
• Ignore Requests deprecations in error handling for now [#5790]
• Fallback to hardcoded folder when WPINC not defined [#5786]
• Add RequestsLibrary::get_bundled_certificate_path() method [#5785]
• Conditionally adapt to Core Requests library [#5783]
• Add bootstrap step to extract default CA certificate [#5781]
• Revert "Extract cacert from Phar for cURL" [#5780]
• Use wp_cache_flush_runtime if supported. [#5778]
• Extract cacert from Phar for cURL [#5777]
• Fix some PHP 8.2 depreciation notices in behat tests [#5776]
• Use rtrim on phar-safe path to avoid double slash [#5775]
• Upgrade WP-CLI to Requests v2 [#5774]
• Added "wp cli alias is-group" subcommand. [#5766]
• Update test to reflect warning when --url=<url> is provided [#5763]
• Use -R instead of -r for fallback pager command [#5759]
• Fix autocompletion notice with PHP 8.2 [#5749]
• fix PHP Deprecation for 8.1 [#5743]
• Add composer phpcbf [#5740]
• Use WP_CLI_FORCE_USER_LOGIN=1 to force --user=<login> [#5738]
• Fix --skip-themes for themes with block patterns [#5737]
• Make sure subcommand @alias definition respects @when definition [#5730]
• Improve docs for SHELL_PIPE [#5729]
• Use AWK instead of sed to create BOM in feature test [#5728]
• Add runtime_args to options array for runcommand [#5722]
• Fix deprecation notice triggered in WpOrgApi class in PHP 8.1 [#5717]
• Fix return type of make_progress_bar [#5715]
• Add name context to before_invoke and after_invoke [#5712]
• Check that proc_open() is available in Process::run() [#5711]
• Improve support for cases with empty --path provided to wp-cli commands [#5709]
• Fix composer test after branch rename [#5708]
• PHP 8.2: explicitly declare CompositeCommand::$longdesc to fix deprecation warning [#5707]
• Detect Object Cache Pro [#5698]
• Ensure WP_CLI_ROOT is defined before accessing it [#5697]
• Bump actions/checkout from 2 to 3 [#5691]
• Bump nucleos/auto-merge-action from 1.0.0 to 1.3.0 [#5690]
• Fix proc_open_compat util on Windows [#5689]
• Move WP_CLI_CONFIG_SPEC_FILTER_CALLBACK test to flags.feature [#5687]

See https://make.wordpress.org/cli/2022/10/18/wp-cli-v2-7-1-release-notes/

• Add support for docker-compose run to the --ssh option [#5637]
• Internalize global_terms_enabled() [#5684]
• Remove old global terms feature test [#5682]
• Add cache directory path to cli info output [#5681]
• Always return PHP_BINARY when using a PHAR bundle [#5672]
• Load config-spec.php in a "filterable" way [#5664]
• Use different action for admin context logic [#5663]
• Require v3.1.6 of wp-cli/wp-cli-tests [#5659]
• Address some PHP 8.1 deprecation notices [#5658]
• Add johnpbloch/wordpress-core-installer to allowed-plugins [#5653]
• Documents return type for WP_CLI::halt() as never [#5651]
• Fix skip theme tests [#5646]
• Add missing $upgrade argument to enable_maintenance_mode filter [#5630]
• Handle optional option values in SynopsisParser::render() [#5618]
• Add missing relative namespace [#5616]
• Update README.md [#5610]

• Adapt VERSION from 2.5.1-alpha to 2.6.0-alpha [#5605]
• Force the use of Mustache 2.14.1 security fix [#5604]
• Use proper WP_User_Query for fetching users [#5600]
• Fix Composer stack tests [#5599]
• Detect and ignore BOMs [#5597]
• Allow dealerdirect/phpcodesniffer-composer-installer [#5593]
• Check github.repository_owner in automerge workflow [#5591]
• Revert addition of the Mustache PHP 8.1 workaround and update dependency [#5590]
• Use Mustache work-around for PHP 8.1 compat [#5588]
• Use fork on schlessera for Mustache PHP 8.1 fix [#5587]
• Re-add subcommands on all composite commands that are overwritten [#5584]
• Fix default mysqli error reporting mode for PHP 8.1+ [#5582]
• Add --context flag [#5581]
• Make cache size and expiry configurable via environment variables [#5576]
• Updated default branch for roave/security-advisories [#5575]
• Fix wrong variable name used in argument parsing [#5564]
• Fix regression that broke extending existing commands [#5563]
• Add a SECURITY.md file [#5562]
• Update credits [#5556]
• Pass in args to before_run_command hook [#5554]
• Update Composer lock file [#5553]
• Change "Fake Site" site name to "WordPress" wp core multisite-install subcommand [#5552]
• Add missing docblocks [#5551]
• Update Composer lock file - 2021-07-26 [#5550]
• Make logger accessible and add colorization control to Quiet logger [#5549]
• Fix OOM issues when exporting to STDOUT [#5546]
• Update Composer lock file [#5545]
• Allow WP_DEBUG_LOG to override the debug.log location [#5511]

• Require v1.8 of Requests [#5529]
• Remove tech debt via Rector [#5528]
• Move fetcher implementations back into framework [#5527]
• Add WpOrgApi abstraction to handle WordPress.org API requests [#5526]
• Update Composer dependencies - 2021-05-08 [#5524]
• Disable automatic retry by default on certificate validation error [#5523]
• Add missing $pipes variables when creating processes [#5522]
• Harden error message on failed cache directory creation [#5520]
• Update docblocks for methods that accept error objects [#5516]
• Use custom certificate if provided [#5514]
• Respect provided verify option in Utils\http_request [#5507]
• Add magic properties to docblock [#5504]
• Allow disabling of ini_set() [#5499]
• Update GHA functional tests workflow [#5498]
• Switch from Travis CI to GitHub Actions [#5483]
• Add PHP 8 as an allowed PHP version [#5477]
• Fix registering a command with a class and method name pair on PHP 8. [#5476]
• [PHP 8] Add properties argument to __set_state magic method [#5469]
• Improve regex to match __FILE__ and __DIR__ magic constants [#5465]
• Skip using removed Operation::getReason() for Composer v2 compat [#5462]
• Update Composer dependencies - 2020-10-31 [#5461]
• Support custom folder structures in wp-config.php file [#5460]
• Fixed: Wrong param type. [#5459]
• Fix non static methods in Extractor_Test class call statically [#5457]
• Only suppress global parameters if set as true [#5455]
• Add global parameter for executing php [#5454]
• Missing @return tag in function/method PHPDoc comment [#5450]
• Allow root from environment [#5448]
• Update dependencies 2020-09-29 [#5445]
• Fix a broken link in the README file [#5443]
• Add support for Redis Object Cache [#5436]
• Allow user to suppress global parameters info from help display [#5423]
• Updated license date [#5421]
• Add $interactive arg for run_mysql_command() [#5420]
• Add support for comma-separated flag values [#5419]
• Fix SERVER_PORT JSON encoding failure [#5417]
• Create a default global config file if it does not exist [#5411]
• Update Composer lock file - 2020-06-10 [#5409]
• Updated minimum required PHP version too 5.6 [#5408]
• Include classmap in order to fix composer 2.0 deprecation notices. [#5407]
• Bump PHPCS compatibility tests to new PHP 5.6+ minimum [#5406]
• Throw exception when misusing error_to_string() [#5405]
• Add regenerate-readme GitHub Action workflow [#5399]
• Improve replace_path_costs() with logic from eval file command [#5397]
• Add database info to cli info command [#5386]
• Let Utils\run_mysql_command() return data [#5384]
• Bump Travis CI OS from trusty to xenial [#5381]
• Enforce PHP 7.4 compatibility in Travis CI [#5380]
• Remove is_bundled_command() method [#5375]
• Allow for array of strings in ComposerIO [#5370]
• Escape path before wp-config.php string replacement [#5368]
• Add $wp_config_path param for get_wp_config_code() [#5366]
• Update drush project URL [#5350]
• Fix typos and docs standards and URL. [#5337]
• Fix typos and docs standards [#5336]
• Support exceptions in WP_CLI::error_to_string() method [#5331]
• Update mustache/mustache to version 2.13 [#5326]
• Show full command after using the --prompt flag [#5322]
• Adapt branch alias for v2.5.0 [#5319]