Update cake monorepo to v6 (major)

[renovate]

This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Change	Age	Confidence
Cake.Core (source)	3.0.0 → 6.1.0
Cake.Testing (source)	3.0.0 → 6.1.0
cake.tool (source)	3.0.0 → 6.1.0

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Release Notes

cake-build/cake (Cake.Core)

v6.1.0

• #​4656 Gitlab CI_PIPELINE_ID has exceeded the int limits on gitlab.com and the variable should be changed to a long.
• #​4698 Add FormattableString Support to Logging Methods.
• #​4520 add slnx support.
• #​4071 Unable to set multiple of the same attribute CustomAttributes in AssemblyInfo creator.
• #​3517 NuGet Pack Should support new readme file.
• #​2028 In-Process NuGet doesn't support authentication.
• #​4740 Add CakeModule assemmbly attribute to NuGetModule.
• #​4737 Update Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection to 9.0.13 & 10.0.3 (net9.0&net10.0).
• #​4735 Update Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens to 8.16.0.
• #​4733 Update NuGet.* to 7.3.0.
• #​4715 Update System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs to 9.0.12 & 10.0.2 (net9.0&net10.0).
• #​4713 Update Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection to 9.0.12 & 10.0.2 (net9.0&net10.0).
• #​4694 Update Autofac to 9.0.0.
• #​4692 Update System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs to 10.0.1 for net10.0.
• #​4688 Update Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens to 8.15.0.
• #​4685 Update Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection to 10.0.1 for net10.0.
• #​4683 Update Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Scripting to 5.0.0.
• #​4679 Update Basic.Reference.Assemblies.* to 1.8.4.
• #​4677 Update NuGet.* to 7.0.1.
• #​4675 Update Spectre.Console & Spectre.Console.Cli to 0.54.0 & 0.53.1.
• #​4658 Add support for MSBuild 18 and VS2026.
• #​4635 DotCover no longer works with version 2025.2+ of JetBrains.dotCover.CommandLineTools.
• #​4720 Use non-boolean self-contained arguments for dotnet publish.
• #​4706 Add support for .slnx files in dotnet test PathType autodetection.
• #​4687 Cake Frosting FrostingConfiguration Command Line parameters are not parsed correctly.
• #​4667 DotNetSlnList hardcodes English output.
• #​4662 Colorization of console log output.

v6.0.0

• #​4639 Make CakeSpectreReportPrinter the default ICakeReportPrinter.
• #​4638 Update Spectre.Console to 0.53.0.
• #​4593 Update LatestPotentialBreakingChange to 6.0.0.
• #​4534 Azure Pipleines Environement Agent Info uses FilePath instead of DirectoryPath.
• #​4592 C# 14 Scripting Support.
• #​4576 Add .NET 10 (net10.0) TFM.
• #​4642 Display Delegated/Executed status as Succeded in Cake task summary.
• #​4636 Enhance file system abstraction with timestamps, Unix modes, and performance improvements.
• #​4627 .NET Test Platform Requires --project <PROJECT_PATH> / --solution <SOLUTION_PATH> to be specified.
• #​4624 Update System.* to 9.0.10.
• #​4623 Update Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection to 9.0.10.
• #​4622 Update Spectre.Console to 0.52.0.
• #​4616 Replace using with await using for IAsyncDisposable resources.
• #​4615 Replace manual null checks with ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull().
• #​4614 Modernize Enum.GetName calls to use generic overload.
• #​4613 Use char literals instead of string literals for single characters in StreamWriter.Write.
• #​4612 Replace StringBuilder.Append(string.Join()) with StringBuilder.AppendJoin() for better performance.
• #​4611 Use char literals instead of string literals for single characters in StringBuilder.Append.
• #​4610 Replace string.Join with string.Concat for empty separator cases.
• #​4609 Optimize string.Join calls to use char separators instead of string separators.
• #​4608 Modernize dictionary access patterns with TryGetValue and deconstruction.
• #​4603 Fix .NET framework version detection.

v5.1.0

Feature

• #​4539 Add Woodpecker CI Support.
• #​4436 Add support for capturing MSBuild properties, items and target results.
• #​4431 Add property for GitLab's "Pipeline Source" to GitLabCIBuildInfo.
• #​4418 GitLab Server url should be available in GitLabCIServerInfo.
• #​4416 Make Merge Request source and target branch available in GitLabCIPullRequestInfo.
• #​4401 Add DotNetSlnRemove alias for dotnet sln remove command.
• #​4584 Update Spectre.Console to 0.51.1.
• #​4583 Update Newtonsoft.Json to 13.0.4.
• #​4582 Update Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection to 9.0.9.
• #​4581 Update System.* to 9.0.9.
• #​4549 Update Basic.Reference.Assemblies.Net90 to 1.8.3.
• #​4548 Update Basic.Reference.Assemblies.Net80 to 1.8.3.
• #​4547 Update Autofac to 8.4.0.
• #​4546 Update Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens to 8.14.0.
• #​4545 Update Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection to 9.0.8.
• #​4544 Update System.Reflection.Metadata to 9.0.8.
• #​4543 Update System.Collections.Immutable to 9.0.8.
• #​4542 Update System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs to 9.0.8.
• #​4529 Update System.Reflection.Metadata 9.0.7.
• #​4528 Update System.Collections.Immutable to 9.0.7.
• #​4527 Update System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs to 9.0.7.
• #​4526 Update Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection to 9.0.7.
• #​4523 Update Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens to 8.12.1.
• #​4510 Update Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens to 8.12.0.
• #​4509 Update Basic.Reference.Assemblies.Net* to 1.8.2.
• #​4505 Update Basic.Reference.Assemblies.Net* to 1.8.1.
• #​4497 Cake.Testing.Xunit.v3 should not reference xunit.v3.
• #​4493 Update Spectre.Console to 0.50.0.
• #​4492 Update Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Scripting to 4.14.0.
• #​4491 Update System.Reflection.Metadata to 9.0.5.
• #​4490 Update System.Collections.Immutable to 9.0.5.
• #​4489 Update Autofac to 8.3.0.
• #​4488 Update Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection to 9.0.5.
• #​4483 Update System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs to 9.0.5.
• #​4482 Update Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens to 8.11.0.
• #​4481 Update NuGet.* to 6.14.0.
• #​4471 Improve script caching behavior.
• #​4440 Update Basic.Reference.Assemblies.Net80 to 1.8.0.
• #​4426 Update Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Scripting to 4.12.0.
• #​4425 Update NuGet.* to 6.12.1.
• #​4421 Update Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens to 8.3.0.
• #​4420 Update Autofac to 8.2.0.
• #​4412 NuGet 6.9 renamed no-cache to no-http-cache and deprecated the old setting name.
• #​4407 SignTool missing the /kc and /csp parameters. .
• #​4399 Refactor DotNetAliases: Extract methods into a separate partial class.
• #​4478 Failed to install addin when running from Windows powershell.exe.
• #​4475 Script execution does not always show a report summary.
• #​4410 AzurePipelinesPullRequestInfo fails to detect if build is running in the context of a GitHub Pull Request.
• #​4286 DotNetToolRunner doesn't support empty space at tool path.

v5.0.0

• #​4384 Remove obsolete members / methods.
• #​4383 Update LatestPotentialBreakingChange to 5.0.0.
• #​4346 Remove Unsupported TFMS .NET 6 & 7 (net6.0 & net7.0).
• #​4396 Add DotNetSlnAdd alias for dotnet sln add command.
• #​4393 Add DotNetSlnList alias for dotnet sln list command.
• #​4379 C# 13 Scripting Support.
• #​4345 Add .NET 9 (net9.0) TFM.
• #​4310 Update Cake.Tool to support running on FreeBSD.
• #​4391 DownloadArtifacts errors in latest Cake 4.2.0 with 404 error.

v4.2.0

• #​4374 Argument 'foo' was not set" after update to 4.1 in Cake Frosting.

v4.1.0

• 4353 Add DotNetListReference alias for dotnet list reference command.
• 4352 Add DotNetRemoveReference alias for dotnet remove reference command .
• 4334 Add DotNetSearchPackage Alias for dotnet package search.
• 4282 Add DotNetAddReference alias for dotnet add reference command.
• 4224 Add DotNetListPackage alias for dotnet list package command.
• 4363 Update System.Reflection.Metadata to 8.0.1.
• 4364 Update Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection to 8.0.1.
• 4362 Update NuGet.* to 6.11.1.
• 4359 Update Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens to 8.1.2.
• 4358 Update Autofac to 8.1.1.
• 4355 Different target argument values depending on specifying --target or --Target.
• 4351 Use NuGet Client built-in Settings Utility to Get Enabled Sources.
• 4349 GitHubActionCommand DownloadArtifact is not using the latest @​v4 Version.
• 4343 Update Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Scripting to 4.11.0.
• 4342 Update Basic.Reference.Assemblies.* to 1.7.9.
• 4341 Update Autofac to 8.1.0.
• 4340 Update NuGet.* to 6.11.0.
• 4335 Add ReportGenerator missing markdown report types.
• 4331 GitHubActionCommand UploadArtifact is not using the latest @​v4 Version.
• 4322 FakeFileSystem throws on linux, when it is created on a Windows FakeEnvironment.
• 4306 Update Autofac to 8.0.0.
• 4305 Update Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Scripting to 4.9.2.
• 4304 Update Basic.Reference.Assemblies.* to 1.5.0.
• 4303 Update Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk to 17.9.0.
• 4302 Update Verify.Xunit to 23.5.2.
• 4301 Update xunit to 2.7.0.
• 4300 Update NuGet.* to 6.9.1.
• 4299 Update NuGet.Packaging to 6.8.1.
• 4278 Update Spectre.Console to 0.49.1.
• 4276 Update NuGet.* to 6.8.0.
• 4274 Update Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Scripting to 4.8.0.

v4.0.0

• 4266 Update LatestPotentialBreakingChange to 4.0.0.
• 4132 Add File APIs for setting timestamps (creation time, last write time, last access time).
• 4250 Update System.Collections.Immutable to 8.0.0.
• 4260 Unzip alias should support overwrite files.
• 4251 Update System.Reflection.Metadata 8.0.0.
• 4249 Update Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection to 8.0.0.
• 4197 Execution of Cake script fails if an addin defines an alias that uses nullable reference types in its signature.
• 4150 Cake script is contributing unactionable diagnostics in VS Code Problems pane.

v3.2.0

• 4225 Add DotNetRemovePackage alias for dotnet remove package command.
• 4187 Add DotNetAddPackage alias for dotnet add package command.
• 4221 Add Azure Pipelines group logging commands.
• 4219 Update Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Scripting to 4.7.0.
• 4217 Update NuGet.* to 6.7.0.
• 4215 Update Autofac to 7.1.0.
• 4157 Upgrading to spectre.console 0.47.0 breaks the cake build.
• 4144 DotNetMSBuildSettings is missing NodeReuse.
• 3996 Error: Bad IL format with Cake MacOSX (2.3.0 - 3.1.0).

v3.1.0

• 4122 Call multiple tasks from CLI in Frosting.
• 4092 Add support for getting the user's home directory in the Cake Environment.
• 4184 Update Autofac to 7.0.1.
• 4183 Update System.Reflection.Metadata to 7.0.2.
• 4182 Update Basic.Reference.Assemblies.Net60/Net70 to 1.4.2.
• 4181 Update Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Scripting to 4.6.0.
• 4170 Update NuGet.* to v6.6.1.
• 4138 Upgrade Spectre.Console to v0.46.0.
• 4109 Add PublishReadyToRun to DotNetRestoreSettings.
• 4107 DotNetPublishSettings is missing a way to set the --os option.
• 4090 Update Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Scripting to v4.4.0.
• 4087 Update Newtonsoft.Json to v13.0.2.
• 4086 Update Autofac to v6.5.0.
• 4085 Update NuGet.* to v6.4.0.
• 1317 CleanDirectory does not clean readonly files.
• 4095 Fix broken link to Cake Team on CONTRIBUTING.md.
• 4128 Inconsistent determination of positional Argument when using context.Arguments versus context.Argument.

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