microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli
Winget Configuration Export should support more than one ID
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Description
Description of the new feature / enhancement
I want to be able to export more than one app.
I type in winget configuration export -o C:\temp\export.winget --package-id git.git Microsoft.VisualStudio
and fail.
or
winget configuration export -o C:\temp\export.winget --package-id git.git --package-id Microsoft.VisualStudio
Windows Package Manager (Preview) v1.8.1311-preview
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Argument provided more times than allowed: 'package-id'
Proposed technical implementation details
Allow for more than one app to be submitted
Contributor guide
First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start at the winget configuration export command and its --package-id argument handling. Confirm how export currently processes one package ID, then verify that multiple IDs are accepted and all requested apps are included in the generated configuration export.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100