PowerShell / PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer

Rule to ensure that `ConfirmImpact=High` has `Confirm` and `-Force`

Open
#734 1 comment 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Issue - New Rule
Dominant language
C#
Stars
2.2k
Forks
414
Avg merge
13h 1m
Merged PRs (30d)
2

Description

Per PowerShell/PowerShell#3337, whenever ConfirmImpact=High is specified, we should suggest having a -Confirm and -Force parameter to ensure that users can skip the prompt in non-interactive scenarios.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

No implementation files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by reading the referenced PowerShell/PowerShell#3337 issue and then inspect how PSScriptAnalyzer represents existing rules; done means a rule identifies high-impact confirmations that lack both -Confirm and -Force handling, with coverage for the intended cases.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
csharp, powershell
Domain
devtools, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.