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Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
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Description
Good morning,
I have a PowerShell module at work with almost 400 functions. Recently I switched from PSScriptAnalyzer version 1.13.0 to version 1.21.0, fixed a lot of problems, but I have one left. On random functions I get the error:
Exception: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
If I use the Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer function with the -Verbose switch, the error does not occur. I discovered this by accident while looking for which function is causing the error.
Please advise how to trace the cause.
Somewhere I found information that this can be caused by the Export-ModuleMember function, but I don't want to get rid of it because I would have to fiddle with building the manifest file and that's how Psake does it for me.
For building and checking a powershell module I use
TeamCity and
Psake = '4.9.0'
Pester = '5.3.3'
BuildHelpers = '2.0.16'
PSScriptAnalyzer = '1.21.0'
PSDepend = '0.3.8'

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Research direction
Start by reproducing the null-reference error with the reported PowerShell module and PSScriptAnalyzer 1.21.0, comparing normal and -Verbose Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer runs. Narrow the failure to a specific function or analyzer operation using the module and build-tool versions listed in the report; done means identifying the cause and preventing the exception without requiring verbose output.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- powershell
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100