What's Changed

• Set shebang correctly as initial line by @gertvdijk in #164
• Add kotlin opts for disabling invokedynamic by @benjaminRomano in #681
• Pin buildifier to 4.2.5 to unblock master by @Bencodes in #691
• Update Jetpack Compose to 1.1.0 by @Kernald in #683
• Remove Android NDK by @Kernald in #684
• Pin buildifier to 5.x and fix violations by @Bencodes in #692
• Generic -Xopt-in support by @sugarmanz in #676
• Fix --enable_runfiles on Windows by @jesseschalken in #680
• Remove legacy Javac compilation by @Bencodes in #694
• Support using --jvmopt with kt_jvm_binary by @mai93 in #689
• Delete unused KtAbiPluginArgs.kt by @Bencodes in #698
• [Docs] Add x_optin to kt_kotlinc_options docs by @Bencodes in #702
• Flatten JavaBuilderFlags into KotlinBuilderFlags by @Bencodes in #699
• [Docs] Improve archive_repository docs by @Bencodes in #701
• Use canonical repo name for android rules: build_bazel_rules_android by @dflems in #675
• Update kotlinc_opts documentation by @pettermahlen in #706
• Use JavaPersistantWorker, create new kotlinc every invocation by @restingbull in #703
• Check JavaPluginInfo provider is not empty by @mauriciogg in #685
• Mixed source compile test reproducing issues/707 by @restingbull in #710
• Build rules_kotlin using Kotlin 1.6 by @Bencodes in #626
• Rename PersistentWorkerTest to JavaPersistentWorkerTest by @nkoroste in #713
• Support all -Xjvm-default options by @Bencodes in #715
• Support -Xuse-fir to enable the experimental new Kotlin frontend by @Bencodes in #717
• Allow java 15 and 17 for jvm_target by @andrewhamon in #712
• Allow java 16 for jvm_target by @Bencodes in #719
• use absolute_target for the default toolchain by @restingbull in #720
• Bump Kotlin compiler from 1.6.20 -> 1.6.21 by @Bencodes in #718

New Contributors

• @sugarmanz made their first contribution in #676
• @mai93 made their first contribution in #689
• @dflems made their first contribution in #675
• @andrewhamon made their first contribution in #712

Full Changelog: v1.5.0...1.6.0-RC-1