microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli
Expose "export --all" via the COM API
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Area-COM-API
Issue-Feature
- Dominant language
- C++
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Description
Relevant area(s)
WinGet CLI
Description of the new feature / enhancement
The COM API should enable calling for a full export.
Proposed technical implementation details
No response
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by comparing the WinGet CLI's export --all behavior with the existing COM API surface. Trace how export is exposed through the COM API and define completion as allowing callers to request the same full export; the issue names no files or tests, so repository research is required first.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- api, cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100