microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli
Add `--override` to `uninstall`
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Description
Description of the new feature / enhancement
Current only install provides an option to pass a string directly to the installer. It would be useful to have this option also for the uninstall process.
Use cases:
- installation was done with
overrideand now required for the uninstallation - buggy uninstaller which required special input
- simple workaround for more difficult implementations like #1885#
- manually provide silent flag for uninstallers which do not set a silentuninstall registry entry #1368
Proposed technical implementation details
Same as install.
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Research direction
Start by tracing the existing override option for install and the uninstall command entry point. Compare how the two commands accept and pass installer arguments; done means uninstall supports the same override behavior as install and the relevant CLI checks pass.
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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
- 38/100