microsoft / microsoft/winget-create
Support creating WinGet Configuration files
Nobody has claimed this yet.
- Dominant language
- C#
- Stars
- 651
- Forks
- 114
- Avg merge
- 7h 52m
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 3
Description
Description of the new feature / enhancement
I'd like to be able to have tooling to support creating a WinGet Configuration.
We might start with a PowerShell script or something initially to work out the flow, and it could be part of the Microsoft.WinGet.Create module.
wingetcreate is all about manifests today, but it would be nice to have the ability to specify the creation of configuration files.
The tool would be able to iterate over some process like:
Do you want to add a package?
- Get the ID & source
Do you want to configure the package?
- If a DSC Resource is mapped in the source for the package, suggest that resource.
- If a DSC Resource is not mapped, but one is identified a suggestion could include adding that to the manifest.
Do you want to add a Windows Setting?
- Leverage Microsoft.Windows.Developer
Related to:
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 reviewing wingetcreate's existing manifest-creation flow and the Microsoft.WinGet.Create module mentioned in the issue. Clarify the proposed prompts for packages, DSC resources, and Windows settings, then define completion as generating a usable WinGet Configuration file from that workflow.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100