Winget should support slash to introduce a switch

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
55/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
cli

Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating WinGet's command-line switch parsing and compare how existing switch prefixes are handled; done means slash-prefixed switches work consistently with the current command-line behavior and are covered by the relevant CLI tests.

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Description

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Description of the new feature/enhancement

Winget should support slash to introduce a switch (it's the standard for Windows command-line tools).

[Originally submitted by @ptorr-msft]

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