PowerShell / PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer
Member within filter incorrectly marked as alias for Get-Member
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Description
Get-ADGroup -Filter { Member -RecursiveMatch $DistinguishedName } -searchbase $Group.DistinguishedName -server $Group.Domain
Environment data
> $PSVersionTable
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 5.1.18362.145
PSEdition Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion 10.0.18362.145
CLRVersion 4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion 3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
> (Get-Module -ListAvailable PSScriptAnalyzer).Version | ForEach-Object { $_.ToString() }
[DBG]: PS C:\Users\przemyslaw.klys\OneDrive - Evotec\Support\GitHub\Testimo> (Get-Module -ListAvailable PSScriptAnalyzer).Version | ForEach-Object { $_.ToString() }
1.18.1
1.18.0
Not sure if this can be addressed thou. Just posting just in case this is indeed a bug.
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Research direction
Reproduce the reported Get-ADGroup filter with PSScriptAnalyzer 1.18.1 and examine how the Member token is reported. Done means the filter no longer incorrectly marks Member as an alias for Get-Member, while preserving valid alias diagnostics.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
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- powershell
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
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