microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli
Add a way for apps to know they had been installed via Winget
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Description
Relevant area(s)
WinGet CLI
Description of the new feature / enhancement
To remove issues like seen regularly in the PowerShell repo that there is a new version released to github but not yet published to winget's repository
Proposed technical implementation details
Perhaps via an Env Var or a Registry setting or something similar
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 reviewing the WinGet CLI area and the PowerShell scenario described in the issue. Compare the proposed environment-variable and registry-setting approaches, and define completion as a reliable way for apps to determine that they were installed via WinGet.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100