PowerShell / PowerShell/PowerShellEditorServices
[Meta] PSES should handle unusual path characters properly
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Area-Workspaces
Issue-Bug
- Dominant language
- C#
- Stars
- 767
- Forks
- 266
- Avg merge
- 3d 16h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 1
Description
There are a few open issues that look like PSES is crashing when it comes across a strange character.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- 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 by reviewing Workspace.cs and the linked reports for crashes involving # and . in paths. Reproduce the reported path-character cases and trace the affected PSES behavior; done means PSES handles both unusual characters without crashing, with regression coverage if the relevant test location is identified.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp, powershell
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100