microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli
WinGet Progress Bar on PowerShell Module
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PowerShell
- Dominant language
- C++
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Description
Description of the new feature / enhancement
The WinGet PowerShell module is a great tool, but it does have one critical limitation—it uses generic PowerShell graphical elements instead of WinGet's. This means a major functionality of WinGet—the rainbow progress bar—is entirely inaccessible when using the app through cmdlets. If possible, this should be rectified.
Proposed technical implementation details
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Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating the WinGet PowerShell module's progress handling and comparing it with WinGet's CLI progress behavior. Done means the module exposes WinGet's rainbow progress bar instead of generic PowerShell graphical elements.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, powershell
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100