microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli

Ability to download multiple packages in a single command

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Description

Description of the new feature / enhancement

The install and upgrade commands support passing in multiple package queries (https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/219). The download command should also support multiple queries as:

winget download [[-q] <query1> <query2>...] [<options>]

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Research direction

Compare the existing install and upgrade command handling for multiple package queries with the download command's argument parsing. Confirm the documented multi-query syntax, add coverage for multiple download queries, and verify that each query is processed successfully.

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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
35/100

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