PowerShell / PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer
Allow Invoke-Formatter to be pipable
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Hi I have some powershell code in a variable, it would be usefull if I could run $code | Invoke-Formatter, this does not seem to work instead I have to run Invoke-Formatter $code.
What is the latest version of PSScriptAnalyzer at the point of writing
I am using 1.20.0 of PSScriptAnalyzer on Windows 10 using pwsh 7.1
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Research direction
Start by locating the Invoke-Formatter command in PSScriptAnalyzer and inspect how it currently accepts the code argument. Verify the desired behavior with PowerShell pipeline input, and consider the work complete when $code | Invoke-Formatter produces the same formatted output as Invoke-Formatter $code.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- powershell
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100