Open Manifest's Homepage in default browser via a command

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by reviewing the existing winget show command and how it exposes the manifest homepage URL. Define the new homepage command around the requested manifest argument, opening a found URL in the system default browser and reporting when no homepage is present. Done means both behaviors are covered and the command is documented.

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Description

Issue-Feature

Description of the new feature/enhancement

I was expecting to have a command that would open the homepage of the manifest without having to use copy paste within the command window itself.

Current Process I have to employ

exploring winget's : List of available manifests via

winget show

The above command lists all the manifests.
looking through the manifests some may interest me and I run

winget show <app.mainfest>

This outputs the data of the manifest in a human readable form.

Its at this point i have to Select the URL of the homepage and copy paste it into my browser.
I was expecting to find an option to open the Homepage URL via the command line.

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

I was epxecting to be able to type something like

winget homepage <app.manifest>

Expected Functions of this command.

  1. This command would [if homepage or other URL, is found in the manifest] take the url and open the url in the user's/systems default browser.
  2. If the homepage is not present in the manifest the output would notify the user the URL was not found in the manifest.

Example: Scoop home would open the app's homepage listed in the manifest allowing for exploration.

Additional Consideration

I would also consider making at least one informatic URL (be it license[licenseURL], privacy policy[not found in manifest], or homepage url[Homepage]) required in the minimum required.

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