microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli

Support UNC source

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Description

As an enterprise IT administrator I want to be able to have a UNC source so I don't have to stand up APIs or web services to provide a private repository to my users.

This may mean that the repository is simply a "manifests" folder, and the client needs to traverse the structure to pull in the information in order to support the "search" command.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Start by tracing how package sources are handled for the search command, then determine where a UNC path and a manifests folder would fit in that flow. Done means the client can traverse the UNC repository and include its package information in search results without requiring an API or web service.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
32/100

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