PowerShell / PowerShell/vscode-powershell
Integrate with tool version managers like Aqua and mise
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Description
Prerequisites
- I have written a descriptive issue title.
- I have searched all issues to ensure it has not already been reported.
Summary
There are now multiple multiplatform tools that can manage PowerShell versions as any other dev tool, like:
- Aqua: https://aquaproj.github.io/
- mise: https://mise.jdx.dev/
- Uses Aqua registry (and other sources)
It'd be cool if vscode-powershell somehow could integrate with external tools for easily setting what PowerShell version to run for a session. It doesn't have to be tool specific, but maybe instead of hardcoding a path to pwsh.exe one could do trigger a command:
mise use pwsh@<version_supplied_by_vscode_powershell>; mise where pwsh@<version_supplied_by_vscode_powershell>
Which then tells what path to pwsh.exe vscode-powershell should use.
Proposed Design
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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
No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by locating how vscode-powershell currently selects the PowerShell executable, then evaluate the proposed Aqua or mise command flow. Done would mean the extension can use an externally managed PowerShell version for a session without being tied to a hardcoded path.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- powershell, typescript, vscode
- Domain
- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100