chocolatey / chocolatey/choco

Assess the source lookup when a URL is specified at the command line.

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Description

### Checklist

- [x] I have verified this is the correct repository for opening this issue.
- [x] I have verified no other issues exist related to my request.

### Is Your Feature Request Related To A Problem? Please describe.

_No response_

### Describe The Solution. Why is it needed?

The behaviour of looking up a source based purely on the URL is bad In General, choco should probably just use the literal command line arguments and not assume you want it to look things up in the config when you did not ask.

### Additional Context

_No response_

### Related Issues

- #3568

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Research direction

Start by reading related issue #3568 and tracing how choco handles a source URL supplied on the command line versus values from configuration. The issue does not name an entry point, file, or test; done criteria would need to define the intended lookup behavior and tests for the command-line case.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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