iricigor / installmodulefromgit

Helps installing modules directly from GitHub or Azure DevOps

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installmodulefromgit's Issues

support to clone tags, not branches

Access Denied error on Temp Dir?

Hello, I found your repo after not being able to get dfinkle's one to work - though the idea is super promising!

And I can get your module installed with no problem, everything looks good.
But when I go to use it as intended, I keep getting an Accessed Denied error on the temp dir it is trying to use...?
PS is running as Admin, I am a Local admin of the machine, and even if I specify a destination path, it never gets that far...
Am I missing something simple here?

.Net FrameWork Full Version : 4.8.04084
PowerShell Version          : 5.1.19041.2673
OS Version                  : Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise  v. 22H2 Build. 19045.2728
--- [WITHOUT DESTINATION PATH] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Remove-Item : Cannot remove item C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp\01aefda8-69bf-48ec-82ea-9ca9b8193d59.tmp: 
The process cannot access the file 'C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp\01aefda8-69bf-48ec-82ea-9ca9b8193d59.tmp' 
because it is being used by another process.

At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\InstallModuleFromGit\1.2.0\Public\Get-GitModule.ps1:53 char:17
+                 Remove-Item (Join-Path $tempDir '*') -Recurse -Force
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : WriteError: (C:\Users\USERNAME...ca9b8193d59.tmp:FileInfo) [Remove-Item], IOException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : RemoveFileSystemItemIOError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand

--- [WITH DESTINATION PATH] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WARNING: Install-GitModule using path which is not in $Env:PSModulePath (O:\Temp\TestModules)

Remove-Item : Cannot remove item C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp\f86a921e-06e3-4c96-b089-54ac0ef8fa52.tmp: 
The process cannot access the file 'C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp\f86a921e-06e3-4c96-b089-54ac0ef8fa52.tmp' 
because it is being used by another process.

At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\InstallModuleFromGit\1.2.0\Public\Get-GitModule.ps1:53 char:17
+                 Remove-Item (Join-Path $tempDir '*') -Recurse -Force
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : WriteError: (C:\Users\USERNAME...4ac0ef8fa52.tmp:FileInfo) [Remove-Item], IOException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : RemoveFileSystemItemIOError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand
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Install-GitModule outputs new directory

investigate destination from PSModulePath

Find first writable location from $Env:PSModulePath -split ';' and use it

update Readme with PS Gallery installation info

Get-Module with multiple psd1, but only one exactly named

If there are multiple psd1 files, but only one named the same as module, use that one

switch to built-in Install-Module

• use -Path for the source
• check return value of Path parameter

check for module name return value

Currently, it is obtained from URL, but it should be from psd1 file

external help

• implement external help for module
• test it
• mention in readme how to update help

Get-Module parameter Name

Get-Module -Name should check if already installed module has RepositoryUri parameter, and then use it as before.

Specify what files not to publish to PS Gallery

Currently we list .gitignore file content, but, it should be more general. For example, we do not need cab files, tests, etc. in PS Gallery. They are needed only in GitHub.

do validation of ProjectUri parameter

at the moment whatever is passed at the end will be folder name, even if it is not valid name
for example, module PowerShellGet has ProjectUri this one https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=828955 and that tries to create directory ?LinkId=828955

In should be expanded to https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShellGet

publish 1.0.1

add changelog file and version image to readme

install module path return value is wrong

split tests into separate files

• order it in invoketests.ps1
• add also test for Update-Help

Support modules with psm1 only (without psd1)

Stripping .git from the module name

(Get-GitModule 'https://github.com/riedyw/PoshFunctions.git').Name returns PoshFunctions.git, which means the end of the module path ends as Modules/PoshFunctions.git - however, I'd prefer it to be Modules/PoshFunctions instead.

Since -DestinationPath is only for specifying a root directory, it would be nice if there were an option to manually specify what name I want the module to have and/or an option to strip the .git portion off the folder name.

update-module by name

Add more icons

• downloads, language, ...
• contribute, skype chat, etc.
• open new issue

win core install path is wrong

Update-GitModule with Gitlab

Module was successfully installed with
Install-GitModule https://git/XX/hotdog
and its commands are working. When trying to update via
Update-GitModule https://git/XX/hotdog
I get the error

PackageManagement\Get-Package : No match was found for the specified search criteria and module names 'hotdog'.
In C:\Users\XX\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\2.2.1\PSModule.psm1:9421 Zeichen:9
PackageManagement\Get-Package @PSBoundParameters | Microsoft. ...

CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Microsoft.Power...lets.GetPackage:GetPackage) [Get-Package], Exception
FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.GetPackage

Looking through PackageManagement\Get-Package @PSBoundParameters does not include my module (why would it ^^). Am I doing something wrong?

The module is internal tooling and not available to the public. https://git is a locally running Gitlab server.

Get-GitHubModule

A function similar to Get-GitModule, just adopted for GitHub. It should not use git client for downloading, but a zip file.

Publish module to PSGallery

Get-ADOModule

you can download zip also from ADO
test how it works with branches

update-gitmodule

Add cmdlet that will check for module version in git repo, and if newer, install it

master versus default branch

Usually default branch is master, but it is not mandatory. Try to check for default branch if -Branch is not specified.

add switches to InvokeTests

• just documentation
• just modules

it requires also tags for tests

support module from user/<module>/<module>

For example
https://github.com/devblackops/Terminal-Icons

module manifest is not in the root but in the Terminal-Icons directory
https://github.com/devblackops/Terminal-Icons/blob/master/Terminal-Icons/Terminal-Icons.psd1

support multiple psd1 in repository with new parameter

Add parameter [string]$ManifestPath which will resolve the cases when there is more than one psd1 (or psm1) in target repository.