NLog.Extended

Fixes

• #4700 AsyncTargetWrapper - Fix performance for OverflowAction Block on NetCore (#4700) (@snakefoot)
• #4644 AsyncTargetWrapper - Swallow OutOfMemoryException instead of crashing (#4644) (@snakefoot)

Improvements

• #4649 Fix broken XML doc comment (#4649) (@GitHubPang)

Fixes

• #4627 PropertiesDictionary - Fixed threading issue in EventProperties (#4627) (@snakefoot)
• #4631 FileTarget - Failing to CleanupInitializedFiles should not stop logging (#4631) (@snakefoot)

Features

• #4629 LogEventInfo constructor with eventProperties as IReadOnlyList (#4629) (@snakefoot)

Fixes

• #4519 JsonSerializer - Fix CultureNotFoundException with Globalization Invariant Mode (#4519) (@snakefoot)

Features

• #4475 WebServiceTarget - Added support for assigning UserAgent-Header (#4475) (@snakefoot)

Fixes

• #4401 JsonSerializer - Fixed bug when handling custom IConvertible returning TypeCode.Empty (#4401) (@snakefoot)

Improvements

• #4391 Support TargetDefaultParameters and TargetDefaultWrapper (#4391) (@snakefoot)
• #4403 JsonLayout - Apply EscapeForwardSlash for LogEventInfo.Properties (#4403) (@snakefoot)
• #4393 NLog.Config package: Updated hyperlink (#4393) (@snakefoot)

Fixes

• #4349 Fixed TrimDirectorySeparators to not use the root-path on Linux (#4349) (@snakefoot)
• #4353 Fixed FileTarget archive cleanup within same folder at startup (#4353) (@snakefoot)
• #4352 Fixed FileTarget archive cleanup when using short filename (#4352) (@snakefoot)

Improvements

• #4326 Make it possible to extend the FuncLayoutRenderer (#4326) (@304NotModified)
• #4369 + #4375 LoggingConfigurationParser - Recognize LoggingRule.FilterDefaultAction (#4369 + #4375) (@snakefoot)

Performance

• #4337 JsonLayout - Avoid constant string-escape of JsonAttribute Name-property (#4337) (@snakefoot)

Fixes

• #4316 Fix TrimDirectorySeparators to handle root-path on Windows and Linux to load Nlog.config from root-path (#4316) (@snakefoot)

Improvements

• #4273 Handle Breaking change with string.IndexOf(string) in .NET 5 (#4273) (@snakefoot)
• #4301 Update docs, remove ArrayList in docs (#4301) (@304NotModified)

Fixes

• #4229 Skip lookup MainModule.FileName on Android platform to avoid crash (#4229) (@snakefoot)
• #4202 JsonLayout - Generate correct json for keys that contain quote (#4202) (@virgilp)
• #4245 JsonLayout - Unwind after invalid property value to avoid invalid Json (#4245) (@snakefoot)

Improvements

• #4222 Better handling of low memory (#4222) (@snakefoot)
• #4221 JsonLayout - Added new ExcludeEmptyProperties to skip GDC/MDC/MLDC properties with null or empty values (#4221) (@pruiz)

Performance

• #4207 Skip allocation of SingleCallContinuation when ThrowExceptions = false (#4207) (@snakefoot)

Fixes

• #4142 JsonSerializer - Ensure invariant formatting of DateTimeOffset (#4142) (@snakefoot)
• #4172 AsyncTaskTarget - Flush when buffer is full should not block forever (#4172) (@snakefoot)
• #4182 Failing to lookup ProcessName because of Access Denied should fallback to Win32-API (#4182) (@snakefoot)

Features

• #4153 ExceptionLayoutRenderer - Added FlattenException option (#4153) (@snakefoot)

Improvements

• #4141 NetworkTarget - Improve handling of synchronous exceptions from UdpClient.SendAsync (#4141) (@snakefoot)
• #4176 AsyncTaskTarget - Include TaskScheduler in ContinueWith (#4176) (@snakefoot)
• #4190 Improving debugger-display for Logger.Properties and LogEventInfo.Properties (@snakefoot)

Performance

• #4132 Improve thread concurrency when using wrapper cached=true (#4132) (@snakefoot)
• #4171 ConditionLayoutExpression - Skip allocating StringBuilder for every condition check (#4171) (@snakefoot)

Fixes

• #4106 FileTarget - New current file should write start header, when archive operation is performed on previous file (#4106) (@snakefoot)

Improvements

• #4102 LoggingConfiguration - ValidateConfig should only throw when enabled (#4102) (@snakefoot)
• #4114 Fix VerificationException Operation could destabilize the runtime (#4114) (@snakefoot)

Performance

• #4115 Removed EmptyDefaultDictionary from MappedDiagnosticsContext (#4115) (@snakefoot)

Other

• #4109 Fix root .editorconfig to use end_of_line = CRLF. Remove local .editorconfig (#4109) (@snakefoot)
• #4097 Improve docs (#4097) (@304NotModified)

Features

• #4076 DatabaseTarget - Added AllowDbNull for easier support for nullable parameters (#4076) (@snakefoot)

Fixes

• #4069 Fluent LogBuilder should suppress exception on invalid callerFilePath (#4069) (@snakefoot)

Improvements

• #4073 FileTarget - Extra validation of the LogEvent-timestamp before checking time to archive (#4073) (@snakefoot)
• #4068 FileTarget - Improve diagnostic logging to see reason for archiving (@snakefoot)

Features

• #4017 Allow to change the RuleName of a LoggingRule (#4017) (@304NotModified)
• #3974 logging of AggregrateException.Data to prevent it from losing it after Flatten call (#3974) (@chaos0307)

Fixes

• #4011 LocalIpAddressLayoutRenderer - IsDnsEligible and PrefixOrigin throws PlatformNotSupportedException on Linux (#4011) (@snakefoot)

Improvements

• #4057 ObjectReflectionCache - Reduce noise from properties that throws exceptions like Stream.ReadTimeout (#4057) (@snakefoot)
• #4053 MessageTemplates - Changed Literal.Skip to be Int32 to support message templates longer than short.MaxValue (#4053) (@snakefoot)
• #4043 ObjectReflectionCache - Skip reflection for Stream objects (#4043) (@snakefoot)
• #3999 LogFactory Shutdown is public so it can be used from NLogLoggerProvider (#3999) (@snakefoot)
• #3972 Editor config with File header template (#3972) (@304NotModified)

Performance

• #4058 FileTarget - Skip delegate capture in GetFileCreationTimeSource. Fallback only necessary when appender has been closed. (#4058) (@snakefoot)
• #4021 ObjectReflectionCache - Reduce initial memory allocation until needed (#4021) (@snakefoot)
• #3977 FilteringTargetWrapper - Remove delegate allocation (#3977) (@snakefoot)

Fixes

• #3969 FileTarget - ArchiveOldFileOnStartup not working together with ArchiveAboveSize (@snakefoot)

Improvements

• #3962 XSD: Added Enabled attribute for <logger> (@304NotModified)

Features

• #3871 LogManager.Setup().LoadConfigurationFromFile("NLog.config") added to fluent setup (@snakefoot + @304NotModified)
• #3909 LogManager.Setup().GetCurrentClassLogger() added to fluent setup (@snakefoot + @304NotModified)
• #3861 LogManager.Setup().SetupInternalLogger(s => s.AddLogSubscription()) added to fluent setup (@snakefoot + @304NotModified)
• #3891 ColoredConsoleTarget - Added Condition option to control when to do word-highlight (@snakefoot)
• #3915 Added new option CaptureStackTrace to ${stacktrace} and ${callsite} to skip implicit capture by Logger (@snakefoot)
• #3940 Exception-LayoutRenderer with new option BaseException for rendering innermost exception (@snakefoot)

Improvements

• #3857 FileTarget - Batch write to filestream in max chunksize of 100 times BufferSize (@snakefoot)
• #3867 InternalLogger include whether NLog comes from GlobalAssemblyCache when logging NLog version (@snakefoot)
• #3862 InternalLogger LogToFile now support ${processdir} to improve support for single-file-publish (@snakefoot)
• #3877 Added ${processdir} that matches ${basedir:processDir=true} for consistency with InternalLogger (@snakefoot)
• #3881 Object property reflection now support IReadOnlyDictionary as expando object (@snakefoot)
• #3884 InternalLogger include more details like FilePath when loading NLog.config file (@snakefoot)
• #3895 Added support for Nullable when doing conversion of property types (@304NotModified)
• #3896 InternalLogger Warnings when skipping unrecognized LayoutRenderer options (@snakefoot)
• #3901 MappedDiagnosticsLogicalContext - SetScoped with IReadOnlyList also for Xamarin (@snakefoot)
• #3904 Object property reflection automatically performs ToString for System.Reflection.Module (@snakefoot)
• #3921 Improve ${basedir:fixtempdir=true} to work better on Linux when TMPDIR not set (@snakefoot)
• #3928 NetworkTarget respect MaxQueueSize for http- / https-protocol (@snakefoot)
• #3930 LogFactory.LoadConfiguration() reports searched paths when throwing FileNotFoundException (@304NotModified)
• #3949 ReplaceNewLines-LayoutRenderer will also remove windows newlines on the Linux platform (@Silvenga)

Fixes

• #3868 SplitGroup Target Wrapper should not skip remaining targets when single target fails (@snakefoot)
• #3918 ColoredConsoleTarget - Fix bug in handling of newlines without word-highlight (@snakefoot)
• #3941 ${processid} will no longer fail because unable to lookup ${processdir} on Mono Android (@snakefoot)

Performance

• #3855 FileTarget - Skip checking file-length when only using ArchiveEvery (@snakefoot)
• #3898 ObjectGraphScanner performs caching of property reflection for NLog config items (@snakefoot)
• #3894 Condition expressions now handles operator like '==' without memory boxing (@snakefoot)
• #3903 ObjectGraphScanner should only check for layout-attributes on Layouts and LayoutRenderers (@snakefoot)
• #3902 MessageTemplate parsing of properties skips unnecessary array allocation (@snakefoot)

Fixes

• #3566 DatabaseTarget - Auto escape special chars in password, and improve handling of empty username/password (@304NotModified)
• #3584 LoggingRule - Fixed IndexOutOfRangeException for SetLoggingLevels with LogLevel.Off (@snakefoot)
• #3609 FileTarget - Improved handling of relative path in ArchiveFileName (@snakefoot)
• #3631 ExceptionLayoutRenderer - Fixed missing separator when Format-value gives empty result (@brinko99)
• #3647 ${substring} - Length should not be mandatory (@304NotModified)
• #3653 SimpleLayout - Fixed NullReferenceException in PreCalculate during TryGetRawValue optimization (@snakefoot)

Features

• #3578 LogFactory - AutoShutdown can be configured to unhook from AppDomain-Unload, and avoid premature shutdown with IHostBuilder (@snakefoot)
• #3579 PerformanceCounterLayoutRenderer - Added Layout-support for Instance-property (@snakefoot)
• #3583 ${local-ip} Layout Renderer for local machine ip-address (@snakefoot + @304NotModified)
• #3583 CachedLayoutRendererWrapper - Added CachedSeconds as ambient property. Ex. ${local-ip:cachedSeconds=60} (@snakefoot)
• #3586 JsonLayout - Added EscapeForwardSlash-option to skip Json-escape of forward slash (@304NotModified)
• #3593 AllEventPropertiesLayoutRenderer - Added Exclude-option that specifies property-keys to skip (@snakefoot)
• #3611 ${Exception} - Added new Format-option values HResult and Properties (@snakefoot)

Improvements

• #3622 + #3651 ConcurrentRequestQueue refactoring to reduce code complexity (@snakefoot)
• #3636 AsyncTargetWrapper now fallback to clearing internal queue if flush fails to release blocked writer threads (@snakefoot)
• #3641 ${CallSite} - Small improvements for recognizing async callsite cases (@snakefoot)
• #3642 LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger - Improved capture of Logger name when called within lambda_method (@snakefoot)
• #3649 ${BaseDir:FixTempDir=true} fallback to process directory for .NET Core 3 Single File Publish (@snakefoot)
• #3649 Auto-loading NLog configuration from process.exe.nlog will priotize process directory for .NET Core 3 Single File Publish (@snakefoot)
• #3654 ObjectPathRendererWrapper minor refactorings (@snakefoot)
• #3660 ObjectHandleSerializer.GetObjectData includes SerializationFormatter=true for use in MDLC + NDLC (@snakefoot)
• #3662 FileTarget - Extra logging when FileName Layout renders empty string (@snakefoot)

Performance

• #3618 LogFactory - Faster initial assembly reflection and config loading (@snakefoot)
• #3635 ConsoleTarget - Added WriteBuffer option that allows batch writing to console-stream with reduced allocations (@snakefoot)
• #3635 ConsoleTarget - Added global lock to prevent any threadsafety issue from unsafe console (@snakefoot)

Features

• #3531 Added ${object-path} / ${exception:objectpath=PropertyName}, for rendering a property of an object (e.g. an exception) (#3531) (@304NotModified)
• #3560 WhenMethodFilter - Support dynamic filtering using lambda (#3560) (@snakefoot)
• #3184 Added support for dynamic layout renderer in log level filters (e.g. minLevel, maxLevel) (#3184) (@snakefoot)
• #3558 ExceptionLayoutRenderer - Added Source as new format parameter. (@snakefoot)
• #3523 ColoredConsoleTarget - Added DetectOutputRedirected to skip coloring on redirect (@snakefoot)

Improvements

• #3541 MessageTemplateParameters - Improve validation of parameters when isPositional (#3541) (@snakefoot)
• #3546 NetworkTarget - HttpNetworkSender no longer sends out-of-order (@snakefoot)
• #3522 NetworkTarget - Fix InternalLogger.Trace to include Target name (#3522) (@snakefoot)
• #3562 XML config - Support ThrowConfigExceptions=true even when xml is invalid (@snakefoot)
• #3532 Fix summary of NoRawValueLayoutRendererWrapper class (#3532) (@304NotModified)

Performance

• #3540 MessageTemplateParameters - Skip object allocation when no parameters (@snakefoot)
• #3527 XmlLayout - Defer allocation of ObjectReflectionCache until needed (#3527) (@snakefoot)

Features

• #3514 Added XmlLoggingConfiguration(XmlReader reader) ctor, improved docs and annotations (@dmitrychilli, @304NotModified)
• #3513 AutoFlushTargetWrapper - Added FlushOnConditionOnly property (@snakefoot)

Performance

• #3492 FileTarget - improvements when ConcurrentWrites=false (@snakefoot)

Fixes

• #3476 Fix broken XSD schema - NLog.Schema package (@snakefoot, @304NotModified)

Features

• #3478 XSD: Support <value> in <variable> (@304NotModified)
• #3477 ${AppSetting} - Added support for ConnectionStrings Lookup (@snakefoot)
• #3469 LogLevel - Added support for TypeConverter (@snakefoot)
• #3453 Added null terminator line ending for network target (@Kahath)
• #3442 Log4JXmlEventLayout - Added IncludeCallSite + IncludeSourceInfo (@snakefoot)

Improvements

• #3482 Fix typos in docs and comments (@304NotModified)

Performance

• #3444 RetryingMultiProcessFileAppender - better init BufferSize (@snakefoot)

Fixes

• #3392 NLog.Schema: Added missing defaultAction attribute on filters element in XSD (@304NotModified)
• #3415 AsyncWrapper in Blocking Mode can cause deadlock (@snakefoot)

Features

• #3430 Added "Properties" property on Logger for reading and editing properties.(@snakefoot, @304NotModified)
• #3423 ${all-event-properties}: Added IncludeEmptyValues option (@304NotModified)
• #3394 ${when}, support for non-string values (@304NotModified)
• #3398 ${whenEmpty} support for non-string values (@snakefoot, @304NotModified)
• #3391 Added ${environment-user} (@snakefoot)
• #3389 Log4JXmlEventLayout - Added support for configuration of Parameters (@snakefoot)
• #3411 LoggingConfigurationParser - Recognize LoggingRule.RuleName property (@snakefoot)

Improvements

• #3393 Update package descriptions to note the issues with <PackageReference> (@304NotModified)
• #3409 Various XSD improvements (NLog.Schema package) (@304NotModified)

Performance

• #3398 ${whenEmpty} faster rendering of string values (@snakefoot, @304NotModified)
• #3405 FilteringTargetWrapper: Add support for batch writing (@snakefoot, @304NotModified)
• #3405 PostFilteringTargetWrapper: performance optimizations (@snakefoot, @304NotModified)
• #3435 Async / buffering wrapper: Improve performance when blocking (@snakefoot)
• #3434 ObjectReflectionCache - Skip property-reflection for IFormattable (@snakefoot)

Fixes

• #3345 Fixed potential memory issue and message duplication with large strings (@snakefoot)
• #3316 TargetWithContext - serialize MDC and MDLC values properly (@304NotModified)

Features

• #3298 Added WithProperty and SetProperty on Logger (@snakefoot)
• #3329 ${EventProperties} - Added ObjectPath for rendering nested property (@snakefoot, @304NotModified)
• #3337 ${ShortDate} added support for IRawValue + IStringValueRenderer (@snakefoot)
• #3328 Added truncate ambient property, e.g. ${message:truncate=80} (@snakefoot)
• #3278 ConsoleTarget & ColoredConsoleTarget - Added AutoFlush and improve default flush behavior (@snakefoot)

Improvements

• #3322 FileTarget - Introduced EnableFileDeleteSimpleMonitor without FileSystemWatcher for non-Windows (@snakefoot)
• #3332 LogFactory - GetLogger should validate name of logger (@snakefoot)
• #3320 FallbackGroupTarget - Fixed potential issue with WINDOWS_PHONE (@snakefoot)
• #3261 NLog config file loading: use process name (e.g. applicationname.exe.nlog) when app.config is not available (@snakefoot)

Performance

• #3311 Split string - avoid allocation of object array. Added StringHelpers.SplitAndTrimTokens (@snakefoot)
• #3305 AppSettingLayoutRenderer - Mark as ThreadSafe and ThreadAgnostic (@snakefoot)

Other

• #3338 Update docs of various context classes (@304NotModified)
• #3288 Move NLogPackageLoaders for better unittest debugging experience of NLog (@304NotModified)
• #3274 Make HttpNetworkSender mockable, add unit test, introduce NSubsitute (@304NotModified)
• 10 pull requests with refactorings (@snakefoot, @304NotModified)

Fixes

• #3260 Fix escaping nested close brackets when parsing layout renderers (@lobster2012-user)
• #3271 NLog config - Fixed bug where empty xml-elements were ignored (@snakefoot, @jonreis)

Fixes

• #3199 LoggingConfigurationParser - Fixed bug in handling of extensions prefix (@snakefoot)
• #3253 Fix wrong warnings on <nlog> element (only wrong warnings) (#3253) (@snakefoot, @304NotModified)
• #3195 SimpleStringReader: fix DebuggerDisplay value (#3195) (@lobster2012-user)
• #3198 XmlLayout - Fixed missing encode of xml element value (@snakefoot)
• #3191 VariableLayoutRenderer - Fixed format-string for internal logger warning (@snakefoot, @lobster2012-user)
• #3258 Fix error with Embedded Assembly in LogAssemblyVersion (@snakefoot)

Improvements

• #3255 Auto-flush on process exit improvements (@snakefoot)
• #3189 AsyncTaskTarget - Respect TaskDelayMilliseconds on low activity (@snakefoot)

Performance

• #3256 ${NDLC} + ${NDC} - Faster checking when TopFrames = 1 (@snakefoot)
• #3201 ${GDC} reading is now lockfree (#3201) (@snakefoot)

Improvements

• #2985 LogBuilder - Support fluent assignment of message-template after properties (@snakefoot)
• #2983 JsonSerializer - Use ReferenceEquals instead of object.Equals when checking for cyclic object loops (#2983) (@snakefoot)
• #2988 NullAppender - Added missing SecuritySafeCritical (@snakefoot)

Fixes

• #2987 JSON encoding should create valid JSON for non-string dictionary-keys (@snakefoot)

Fixes

• #2883 Fix LoadConfiguration for not found config file (@snakefoot, @304NotModified)

Fixes

• #2865 JSON encoding should create valid JSON for special double values (@snakefoot)

Improvements

• #2846 Include Entry Assembly File Location when loading candidate NLog.config (@snakefoot)

Features

• #2809 MethodCallTarget - Support for Lamba method (@snakefoot)
• #2816 MessageTemplates - Support rendering of alignment + padding (@snakefoot)

Fixes

• #2827 FileTarget - Failing to CreateArchiveMutex should not stop logging (@snakefoot)
• #2830 Auto loading of assemblies was broken in some cases (@snakefoot)

Improvements

• #2814 LoggingConfiguration - Improves CheckUnusedTargets to handle target wrappers (@snakefoot)

Performance

• #2817 Optimize LayoutRendererWrappers to reduce string allocations (#2817) (@snakefoot)

Features

• #2792 OutputDebugStringTarget - Support Xamarin iOS and Android (@snakefoot)
• #2776 FileTarget - Introduced OpenFileFlushTimeout to help when AutoFlush = false (@snakefoot)

Fixes

• #2761 ${Callsite} fix class naming when includeNamespace=false and cleanNamesOfAnonymousDelegates=true (@Azatey)
• #2752 JSON: Fixes issue where char types are not properly escaped (#2752) (@smbecker)

Improvements

• #2804 FileTarget - Do not trust Last File Write TimeStamp when AutoFlush=false (@snakefoot)
• #2763 Throw better error when target name is null (@masters3d)
• #2788 ${Assembly-version} make GetAssembly protected and virtual (@alexangas)
• #2756 LongDateLayoutRenderer: Improve comments (@stic)
• #2749 NLog.WindowsEventLog: Update dependency System.Diagnostics.EventLog to RTM version (@304NotModified)

Performance

• #2797 Better performance with Activator.CreateInstance (@tangdf)

Fixes

• #2747 JsonSerializer - Generate valid Json when hitting the MaxRecursionLimit (@snakefoot)
• Fixup for NLog.WindowsEventLog package

Improvements

• #2745 FileTarget - Improve support for Linux FileSystem without BirthTime (@snakefoot)

Performance

• #2744 LogEventInfo - HasProperties should allocate PropertiesDicitonary when needed (@snakefoot)
• #2743 JsonLayout - Reduce allocations when needing to escape string (44% time improvement) (@snakefoot)

Fixes

• #2736 FileTarget - Calculate correct archive date when multiple file appenders (@snakefoot)

Features

• #2726 WhenRepeated - Support logging rules with multiple targets (@snakefoot)
• #2727 Support for custom targets that implements IUsesStackTrace (@snakefoot)
• #2719 DatabaseTarget: use parameters on install (@Jejuni)

Improvements

• #2718 JsonLayout - Always stringify when requested (@snakefoot)
• #2739 Target.WriteAsyncLogEvents(IList) to public

Performance

• #2704 Allocation improvement in precalculating layouts (@snakefoot)

Fixes

• #2688 Faulty invalidate of FormattedMessage when getting PropertiesDictionary (@snakefoot)
• #2687 Fix: NLog.config build-action and copy for non-core projects, it's now "copy if newer" (@304NotModified)
• #2698 FileTarget - Calculate correct archive date, when using Monthly archive (@snakefoot)

Improvements

• #2673 TargetWithContext - Easier to use without needing to override ContextProperties (@snakefoot)
• #2684 DatabaseTarget - Skip static assembly lookup for .Net Standard (@snakefoot)
• #2689 LogEventInfo - Structured logging parameters are not always immutable (@snakefoot)
• #2679 Target.WriteAsyncThreadSafe should always have exception handler (@snakefoot)
• #2586 Target.MergeEventProperties is now obsolete (@snakefoot)
• Sonar warning fixes: #2691, #2694, #2693, #2690, #2685, #2683, #2696 (@snakefoot, @304NotModified)

Fixes

• #2662 FileTarget - Improve handling of archives with multiple active files (@snakefoot)

Improvements

• #2587 Internal Log - Include target type and target name in the log messages (@snakefoot)
• #2651 Searching for NLog Extension Files should handle DirectoryNotFoundException (@snakefoot)

Performance

• #2653 LayoutRenderer ThreadSafe Attribute introduced to allow lock free Precalculate + other small performance improvements (@snakefoot)

Features

• #2648 ${processtime} and ${time} added invariant option (@snakefoot)

Fixes

• #2643 UWP with NetStandard2 on Net Native does not support Assembly.CodeBase + Handle native methods in StackTrace (#2643) (@snakefoot)
• #2644 FallbackGroupTarget: handle async state on fallback correctly (@snakefoot)

Performance

• #2645 Minor performance optimization of some layoutrenderers (@snakefoot)
• #2642 FileTarget - InitializeFile should skip dictionary lookup when same file (@snakefoot)

Fixes

• #2637 Fix IndexOutOfRangeException in NestedDiagnosticsLogicalContext (@snakefoot)
• #2638 Handle null values correctly in LogReceiverSecureService (@304NotModified)

Performance

• #2639 MessageTemplates - Optimize ParseHole for positional templates (@snakefoot)
• #2640 FileTarget - InitializeFile no longer need justData parameter + dispose fileapenders earlier (@snakefoot)
• #2628 RoundRobinGroupTarget - Replaced lock with Interlocked for performance (@snakefoot)

• #583 .gitattributes specifies which files should be considered as text (@ilya-g)

• #600 Looks good (@kichristensen)
• #645 Stacktrace broken fix 321 (@304NotModified)
• #606 LineEndingMode type in xml configuration and xsd schema (@ilya-g)
• #608 Archiving system runs when new log file is created #390 (@awardle)
• #584 Stacktrace broken fix (@304NotModified, @ilya-g)
• #601 Mailtarget allow empty 'To' and various code improvements (@304NotModified)
• #618 Handle .tt in .csproj better (@304NotModified)
• #619 Improved badges (@304NotModified)
• #616 Added DEBUG-Conditional trace and debug methods #2 (@304NotModified)
• #10 Manual merge with master (@304NotModified, @kichristensen, @YuLad, @ilya-g, @MartinTherriault, @aelij)
• #602 Logger overloads generated by T4 (@304NotModified)
• #613 Treat warnings as errors (@304NotModified)
• #9 304 not modified stacktrace broken fix (@304NotModified, @kichristensen, @YuLad, @ilya-g, @MartinTherriault, @aelij)
• #610 Fixed NLog/NLog#609 (@dodexahedron)
• #8 Refactoring + comments (@ilya-g)
• #4 HiddenAssemblies list is treated like immutable. (@ilya-g)
• #6 Sync back (@304NotModified, @kichristensen, @YuLad, @ilya-g, @MartinTherriault, @aelij)
• #512 FileTarget uses time from the current TimeSource for date-based archiving (@ilya-g)
• #560 Archive file zip compression (@aelij)
• #576 Instance property XmlLoggingConfiguration.DefaultCultureInfo should not change global state (@ilya-g)
• #585 improved Cyclomatic complexity of ConditionTokenizer (@304NotModified)
• #598 Added nullref checks for MailTarget.To (@304NotModified)
• #582 Fix NLog.proj build properties (@ilya-g)
• #5 Extend stack trace frame skip condition to types derived from the loggerType (@ilya-g)
• #575 Event Log Target unit tests improvement (@ilya-g)
• #556 Enable the counter sequence parameter to take layouts (@304NotModified)
• #559 Eventlog audit events (@304NotModified)
• #565 Set the service contract for LogReceiverTarget as one way (@MartinTherriault)
• #563 Added info sync projects + multiple .Net versions (@304NotModified)
• #542 Delete stuff moved to NLog.Web (@kichristensen)
• #543 Auto load extensions to allow easier integration with extensions (@kichristensen)
• #555 SMTP Closing connections fix (@304NotModified)
• #3 Sync back (@kichristensen, @304NotModified, @YuLad, @ilya-g)
• #544 Escape closing bracket in AppDomainLayoutRenderer test (@kichristensen)
• #546 Update nuget packages project url (@kichristensen)
• #545 Merge exception tests (@kichristensen)
• #540 Added CONTRIBUTING.md and schields (@304NotModified)
• #2 sync back (@kichristensen, @304NotModified, @YuLad, @ilya-g)
• #535 App domain layout renderer (@304NotModified)
• #519 Fluent API available for ILogger interface (@ilya-g)
• #523 Fix for issue #507: NLog optional or empty mail recipient (@YuLad)
• #497 Remove Windows Forms targets (@kichristensen)
• #530 Added Stacktrace layout renderer SkipFrames (@304NotModified)
• #490 AllEventProperties Layout Renderer (@vladikk)
• #517 Fluent API uses the same time source for timestamping as the Logger. (@ilya-g)
• #503 Add missing tags to Nuget packages (@kichristensen)
• #496 Fix monodevelop build (@dmitry-shechtman)
• #489 Add .editorconfig (@damageboy)
• #491 LogFactory Class Refactored (@ie-zero)
• #422 Run logging code outside of transaction (@Giorgi)
• #474 [Fix] ArchiveFileOnStartTest was failing (@ie-zero)
• #479 LogManager class refactored (@ie-zero)
• #478 Get[*]Logger() return Logger instead of ILogger (@ie-zero)
• #481 JsonLayout (@vladikk)
• #473 LineEndingMode Changed to Immutable Class (@ie-zero)
• #469 Corrects a copy-pasted code comment. (@JoshuaRogers)
• #467 LoggingRule.Final only suppresses matching levels. (@ilya-g)
• #465 Fix #283: throwExceptions ="false" but Is still an error (@YuLad)
• #464 Added 'enabled' attribute to the logging rule element. (@ilya-g)