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Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer required Path parameter

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
csharp, powershell
Domain
cli, tooling

Research direction

Start by locating the Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer command implementation and its Path parameter definition. Check how the command behaves when Path is omitted, then verify that invoking Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer without arguments runs against the current directory and does not prompt for Path.

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Description

Area - Engine Up-for-Grabs

The required -Path parameter is a usability concern. It should default to . removing the need for the required parameter.

Is there a reason or design choice of why this parameter is required without a default value?

Steps to reproduces

Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer

Expected behavior

# just runs
Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer

Actual behavior

Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer

cmdlet Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer at command pipeline position 1
Supply values for the following parameters:
Path:

If an unexpected error was thrown then please report the full error details using e.g. $error[0] | Select-Object *

Environment data

> $psversiontable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.3.2
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.3.2
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.19044
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

> (Get-Module -ListAvailable PSScriptAnalyzer).Version | ForEach-Object { $_.ToString() }

1.21.0
1.20.0
1.19.1
1.18.3

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