Update syntax for && and || statement operators

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
powershell
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start by locating the PowerShell TextMate grammar and inspect how the existing & and ; statement operators are tokenized. Use the provided Get-Command sample to verify that && and || receive matching operator highlighting while the pipelines between them remain highlighted normally.

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Description

Issue Description

PS 7 adds the && and || pipeline chain operators. These will need implementing in the TM grammar.

Expected Behavior

Highlight && and || like & or ;, highlight pipelines between them as normal

Code Samples
Get-Command -Name 'mycommand' && & mycommand
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