PowerShell / PowerShell/PSResourceGet

feature request (breaking) - fail on get/find

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Description

(referencing PowerShellGet 2.0)

Please consider changing behavior when Get-Module or Find-Module does not find anything.

Get-Package and Find-Package both fail, enabling the decent usage of try/catch and other errorhandling options
Get-Module or Find-Module both return nothing, but do not fail.

However, for instance Get-InstalledModule does fail....

This is inconvenient and inconsistent.

I noticed in issue https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShellGet/issues/335 that v3 might introduce a new command?
And while on subject; same with the usage of -Source and -Repository params......
Nice moment to align...

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Research direction

Start by comparing the behavior of Get-Module, Find-Module, Get-Package, Find-Package, and Get-InstalledModule when no results are found. Review the referenced PowerShellGet issue 335 and the current -Source and -Repository handling. Done means the intended failure behavior and parameter alignment are decided and consistently covered for the affected commands.

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Assessment

Tech stack
powershell
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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