PowerShell / PowerShell/PowerShellEditorServices
Provide a way to enable auto-loading of editor command modules
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Description
It would be nice if there was a way for the user to opt in to the auto-loading of any PowerShell Gallery modules they've installed which include editor commands written with the new extensibilty model. The user would add a cmdlet call to their chosen editor's profile which invokes this module auto-loading process. It might look something like this:
Import-EditorCommandModules [-Exclude <String[]> [-Repository <String[]>]`
The -Exclude parameter would take a list of module names which should be excluded from the auto-loading process. The -Repository parameter would restrict auto module loading to only the modules which were installed from the specified repositories.
When invoked, this command would use Get-InstalledModule to find all modules and then filter them down to the specified repositories. It'd then filter them down even further to only those with a conventional tag called EditorCommand. This would allow module authors to indicate that their module contains editor commands which can be auto-loaded.
Contributor guide
First steps
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the proposed Import-EditorCommandModules entry point and the editor profile where users would invoke it. Review how Get-InstalledModule exposes installed modules and repositories, then define filtering for -Exclude, -Repository, and the EditorCommand tag. Done means opted-in loading finds only eligible modules and respects both filters.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- powershell
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100