microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli

winget validate misses URL-Validation-Error

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Description

Brief description of your issue

Steps to reproduce

  1. Modify a manifest to have a Publisher URL
  2. Use winget validate to validate your modified manifest
  3. Submit the package to the winget-pkgs repository
  4. Wait for the Azure Pipeline to run

Expected behavior

winget validate should detect the URL validation errors before submitting the Pull Request

Actual behavior

The package is failing the pipeline with a URL validation error.
Example Pull Request

Environment

[winget --info]
Windows Package Manager  v1.0.11692
Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.19042.1052
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.12.11692.0

Any other software? None

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with the winget validate --manifest command and compare its checks with the Azure Pipeline result linked in the example pull request. The work is done when the local validation reports the same Publisher URL validation error before submission.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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