PowerShell / PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer
Invoke-Formatter loses one level of identation after chain with more than 2 commands and script blocks
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Description
Steps to reproduce
Input script, formatted already as expected.
Function a {
Function b {
Get-Content blah | ? {
$_ -match foo
} | Set-Content bleh
$AnotherStatement = 1
}
Write-Host "hi"
b
exit 1
}
a
Expected behavior
The example above after formatted looks the same.
Actual behavior
After a chain of more than 2 commands which spans several lines, the formatter loses one level of indentation. Using $(...) triggers the same problem.
Function a {
Function b {
Get-Content blah | ? {
$_ -match foo
} | Set-Content bleh
$AnotherStatement = 1
}
Write-Host "hi"
b
exit 1
}
a
Environment data
> $PSVersionTable
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 5.1.15063.1805
PSEdition Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion 10.0.15063.1805
CLRVersion 4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion 3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
> (Get-Module -ListAvailable PSScriptAnalyzer).Version | ForEach-Object { $_.ToString() }
1.18.3
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the reported behavior with Invoke-Formatter and the PowerShell script in the issue, including the multi-command pipeline and the $(...) variant. Trace the formatter entry point and verify that formatting preserves the original indentation of statements following these chains and script blocks.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp, powershell
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100