microsoft / microsoft/terminal
VS devshell generator should prefer using powershell core if available
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Issue-Task
Product-Terminal
- Dominant language
- C++
- Stars
- 105k
- Forks
- 9.6k
- Avg merge
- 3d 17h
- Merged PRs (30d)
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Description
moved from https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/pull/11326#issuecomment-930690887
Description of the new feature/enhancement
use pwsh for the devshell command on the visual studio generators
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 locating the Visual Studio generator entry points and the current devshell command. Check how the generator detects or invokes PowerShell, then verify that pwsh is preferred when available and that the existing fallback still works; the issue names no specific files or tests.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, powershell
- Domain
- build-system, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100