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Make PowerShell default for new registered Windows shell executors

Steve Xuereb requested to merge 4163-change-default-windows-shell into master

What does this MR do?

Make PowerShell default for Windows shell executor

Why was this MR needed?

When a user registers a new Shell executor cmd is the default shell. In 11.11 Windows Batch was deprecated https://about.gitlab.com/2019/05/22/gitlab-11-11-released/#support-for-windows-batch-is-now-deprecated. For new registered Runners Powershell should be the default shell used to increase adoption of PowerShell, the user still has the option to go back to cmd if they specify it.

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Does this MR meet the acceptance criteria?

  • Documentation created/updated
  • Added tests for this feature/bug
  • In case of conflicts with master - branch was rebased

What are the relevant issue numbers?

Reference #4163 (closed)

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