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New in v1.28

• Bumped the winget version to 1.28 to match the package version.
• Additional options for limiting the size of log files.

What's Changed

• Bump version to 1.28 by @florelis in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/5787
• Move to latest 7.4 PS SDK by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/5811
• Enable MultiProcessorCompilation by @Trenly in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/5804
• Remove mention of WinGet Insider program from the README by @florelis in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/5832
• Ignore ReleaseStatic outputs and clean intermediates by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/5848
• Make Repair-WGPM a COM-aware cmdlet and rework version retrieval by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/5842
• Unregister signal handler by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/5861
• Support associating export units with packages in subdirectories of install location by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/5859
• Send host geo to sandbox by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/5873
• Update C++ nuget package references using new scripts by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/5877
• Update platform toolset by @florelis in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/5882
• Extract event log for potential crash info by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/5807
• Update CODEOWNERS to include winget-developers by @florelis in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/5891
• Fixes for VS2026 by @florelis in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/5896
• Additional logging limitations and control by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/5888
• Use hybrid CRT linkage instead of full static by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/5913
• Enable source reference to get thread globals for off-thread logging by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/5780

Full Changelog: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/compare/v1.12.440...v1.28.90-preview