PowerShell / PowerShell/PSResourceGet

Add `.nupkg` to GitHub releases as mirror

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feature_request
Dominant language
C#
Stars
576
Forks
114
Avg merge
1d 2h
Merged PRs (30d)
7

Description

Summary of the new feature / enhancement

It'd be nice if the .nupkg published to PowerShell Gallery also could be added to each GitHub release, in case the PowerShell Gallery goes down and users needs PSResourceGet to install packages from other supported repositories:

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Inspect the GitHub Actions workflow that publishes the PowerShell package and the repository's release configuration; the issue does not name specific files. Start by tracing how the .nupkg reaches PowerShell Gallery and review softprops/action-gh-release. Done means each GitHub release includes the published .nupkg as an asset.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
github-actions, powershell
Domain
ci-cd, release
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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