chocolatey / chocolatey/choco

outdated: filter by package id

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0 - Backlog Enhancement Up For Grabs
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Description

`choco outdated mypackage`

This command should show only the outdated status of the one package provided.

Example output:
```
choco outdated mypackage
Chocolatey v0.10.16
Outdated Packages
Output is package name | current version | available version | pinned?

mypackage|1.0.0|1.0.1|false
```

Basically it should check the outdated status of only that package.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start at the `choco outdated` command entry point and trace how it determines outdated packages. Run the provided `choco outdated mypackage` example and compare the result with the expected single-package output; done means the command reports only the requested package while preserving the existing output format.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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