v0.3.126

Highlights

• Improvements to child resource declarations
  • Nested child resources (#1516) (@rynowak)
    • spec
  • Change resource access operator to :: (#1815) (@rynowak)
  • Parent property implementation (#1800)
    • spec
• Loop enhancements spec
  • index loop syntax (#1790)
  • batchSize(int) decorator and misc. decorator fixes (#1714)
  • resource/module loop filters (#1884)
  • Resource & property loop decompilation (#1640)
  • Add support for decompiling output loops (#1732)
• Parameter modifier syntax is now marked as deprecated in favor of decorators
  • Support for the old syntax will be removed in v0.4

Features and bug fixes

Bicep Team:

• Avoid unhandled exception for duplicate properties (#1771)
• Correct codegen for module name reference (#1733)
• Fix for issue 1817 (#1825)
• Fixes for nested resource and scope interop issues (#1827)
• Add decompiler support for templateLink.relativePath (#1850)
• Add type definitions for providers() (#1877)
• Add rewriter to simplify loop statements generated by the decompiler (#1873)
• Add test framework to evaluate a template containing expressions (#1875)
• Avoid showing completions inside strings (#1933)
• Display custom warning for resource type with /providers/ (#1943)
• Upgrade types libraries to 0.1.94 (#1940)
• Negative integer literals are compile-time constants (#1836)
• fixed misc. scope issues (#1834)
• Snippet for resource/module conditions (#1856)
• Fixed property value context with partially typed identifiers (#1907)
• Fix stack overflow when formatting large templates (#1668)
• Fix issue #1627 (#1901)
• Ensure minLength and maxLength take non-negative values (#1902)
• Add a job to build Bicep CLI for linux-musl-x64 (#1752)
• Ban duplicate decorators (#1854)

@miqm:

• Return "custom" in bicep's version when AssemblyInfromationalVersion does not have commit hash. (#1721)
• Using ApiVersionComparer to sort Resource Types (#1784)
• Improved error message on existing resource properties (#1881)

Doc updates

Bicep Team:

• Add documentation on updating baselines via GH Action (#1878)
• Update examples to use decorators (#1685)
• Mark parameter modifiers as deprecated and update spec (#1693)
• Fix typos in docs, test names and comments (#1751)

@lrottach:

• Changed 'name' parameter to avoid deployment errors while following the tutorial (#1861)

@thepaulmacca::

• fixed 'via Az CLI' link (#1678)

@pinakighatak:

• curl download file extension added (#1896)

@takekazuomi:

• fix sample code typo. without quote and extra comma. (#1666)

@wayneforrester:

• Update 06-creating-modules.md (#1747)

@barker1889:

• Update 05-loops-conditions-existing.md (#1844)

Examples

@vermegi:

• Added example app-service-regional-vnet-integration (#1744)

@jesseloudon:

• add DeployIfNotExists policy bicep example (#1763)

@jhueppauff:

• Fixed comments (#1775)

@MCKLMT:

• Add vm-copy-managed-disks example (#1700)

@StefanIvemo:

• Added example for looping outputs (#1681)