microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli
Show whether a package is already installed in winget search
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Description
Relevant area(s)
WinGet CLI
Description of the new feature / enhancement
When using the "winget search" command, it would be nice to have a column at the end that would alert me to the fact that this package is already installed. When searching for and installing similar apps, it would let me know which ones are already installed (and I can therefore ignore) and which ones I should check out, which is helpful especially when you have a lot of programs on your PC and don't remember all of them at all times.
Proposed technical implementation details
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Research direction
The issue identifies the WinGet CLI and the winget search command; start by locating the search command implementation and the existing mechanism for detecting installed packages. Done means search results clearly indicate which packages are already installed, with coverage in the relevant CLI tests.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100