microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli
add an option to list only packages with versions that cannot be determined
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Description
Description of the new feature / enhancement
When you run "winget update --all" and have packages with versions that cannot be determined you are recommended to "Use --include-unknown to see all results" IMO this is very vague and using --include-unknown simply seems to remove the recommendation message when you use it and further execution of "winget update --all" again shows the recommendation with no direction or explanation. It doesn't seem to "...see all results" in any way I understand.
Proposed technical implementation details
I have a lot of installed applications. I'd like to be able to do something like "winget list --unknown-only" and show just the packages with versions that cannot be determined and not have to sort through a huge list or parse it with something else. I could just pin them or find versions winget can determine. I'd like the recommendation to read something like "Use "winget list --unknown-only to see unknown results"
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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 with the CLI handling for winget list and winget update --all, then inspect how --include-unknown currently affects results and the recommendation message. Done means an --unknown-only option lists only packages whose versions cannot be determined and the recommendation clearly points users to that command.
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
- 35/100