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fix(help): ship the generated help file so Get-Help works (#93) * fix(help): ship the generated help file so Get-Help works Get-Help showed only the syntax of the cmdlets: the module shipped a pre-4.x MAML file for the old command names under the wrong name (NTFSSecurity-Help.xml), while PowerShell looks for en-US\NTFSSecurity.dll-Help.xml. - Generate en-US\NTFSSecurity.dll-Help.xml from Docs/Cmdlets with New-ExternalHelp and commit it. The csproj copies it to the output, so every build ships it, including the local Debug builds that releases are published from. - List all runtime files, including the help file, in FileList. - Remove the stale NTFSSecurity-Help.xml and the unused help editor project NTFSSecurity\Help\NTFSSecurity.Help.pshproj. - Add Tests\Help.Tests.ps1 (Pester 5): Get-Help shows the synopsis, parameters, examples, and online link of every page, and Get-Help -Online resolves to the GitHub page. - Reword six sentences in five cmdlet pages so that each link ends its sentence: platyPS drops the space after a link in the help text. - CI regenerates the help file and fails when it differs from the committed file, then runs the Pester tests. - Document the regeneration step and the link rule in the contributor guide. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: AI Assistant <ai@example.com> * ci: report each Pester test once on AppVeyor AppVeyor build 54834154 passed all 218 Pester tests but listed 870 on its Tests tab: the NUnit import files a Pester 5 test under every block that contains it (Pester, test file, Describe, and Context). Report the results through the build worker API instead (POST api/tests/batch): one entry per test with its outcome, duration, and error message. Outside AppVeyor, and when no test ran, the step sends nothing. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: AI Assistant <ai@example.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: AI Assistant <ai@example.com>
4 weeks ago
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status: accepted
date: 2026-10-02
last-verified: 2026-10-04
fix(help): ship the generated help file so Get-Help works (#93) * fix(help): ship the generated help file so Get-Help works Get-Help showed only the syntax of the cmdlets: the module shipped a pre-4.x MAML file for the old command names under the wrong name (NTFSSecurity-Help.xml), while PowerShell looks for en-US\NTFSSecurity.dll-Help.xml. - Generate en-US\NTFSSecurity.dll-Help.xml from Docs/Cmdlets with New-ExternalHelp and commit it. The csproj copies it to the output, so every build ships it, including the local Debug builds that releases are published from. - List all runtime files, including the help file, in FileList. - Remove the stale NTFSSecurity-Help.xml and the unused help editor project NTFSSecurity\Help\NTFSSecurity.Help.pshproj. - Add Tests\Help.Tests.ps1 (Pester 5): Get-Help shows the synopsis, parameters, examples, and online link of every page, and Get-Help -Online resolves to the GitHub page. - Reword six sentences in five cmdlet pages so that each link ends its sentence: platyPS drops the space after a link in the help text. - CI regenerates the help file and fails when it differs from the committed file, then runs the Pester tests. - Document the regeneration step and the link rule in the contributor guide. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: AI Assistant <ai@example.com> * ci: report each Pester test once on AppVeyor AppVeyor build 54834154 passed all 218 Pester tests but listed 870 on its Tests tab: the NUnit import files a Pester 5 test under every block that contains it (Pester, test file, Describe, and Context). Report the results through the build worker API instead (POST api/tests/batch): one entry per test with its outcome, duration, and error message. Outside AppVeyor, and when no test ran, the step sends nothing. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: AI Assistant <ai@example.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: AI Assistant <ai@example.com>
4 weeks ago
owner: shared
source: maintainer choice in work package 2 (option A)
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# Decision 8: Commit the generated help file and check it in CI
- Choice: `NTFSSecurity\en-US\NTFSSecurity.dll-Help.xml` is generated from
`Docs/Cmdlets` with `New-ExternalHelp` (platyPS 0.14.2, Windows
PowerShell 5.1) and committed. `NTFSSecurity.csproj` copies it to the
output as `Content`, the manifest `FileList` lists it, and the CI workflow
(`.github/workflows/ci.yml`) regenerates it and fails on
`git status --porcelain -- NTFSSecurity/en-US`.
fix(help): ship the generated help file so Get-Help works (#93) * fix(help): ship the generated help file so Get-Help works Get-Help showed only the syntax of the cmdlets: the module shipped a pre-4.x MAML file for the old command names under the wrong name (NTFSSecurity-Help.xml), while PowerShell looks for en-US\NTFSSecurity.dll-Help.xml. - Generate en-US\NTFSSecurity.dll-Help.xml from Docs/Cmdlets with New-ExternalHelp and commit it. The csproj copies it to the output, so every build ships it, including the local Debug builds that releases are published from. - List all runtime files, including the help file, in FileList. - Remove the stale NTFSSecurity-Help.xml and the unused help editor project NTFSSecurity\Help\NTFSSecurity.Help.pshproj. - Add Tests\Help.Tests.ps1 (Pester 5): Get-Help shows the synopsis, parameters, examples, and online link of every page, and Get-Help -Online resolves to the GitHub page. - Reword six sentences in five cmdlet pages so that each link ends its sentence: platyPS drops the space after a link in the help text. - CI regenerates the help file and fails when it differs from the committed file, then runs the Pester tests. - Document the regeneration step and the link rule in the contributor guide. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: AI Assistant <ai@example.com> * ci: report each Pester test once on AppVeyor AppVeyor build 54834154 passed all 218 Pester tests but listed 870 on its Tests tab: the NUnit import files a Pester 5 test under every block that contains it (Pester, test file, Describe, and Context). Report the results through the build worker API instead (POST api/tests/batch): one entry per test with its outcome, duration, and error message. Outside AppVeyor, and when no test ran, the step sends nothing. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: AI Assistant <ai@example.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: AI Assistant <ai@example.com>
4 weeks ago
- Rationale: Releases are built locally in Visual Studio (Debug, written to
`C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\NTFSSecurity`) and published
by hand with `Publish-Module`. A committed file ships with every build
and needs no tool on the build machine. Generating it in an MSBuild step
would need platyPS on every build machine, or would silently ship without
help when platyPS is missing.
- Consequence: every change to `Docs/Cmdlets` must be followed by
`New-ExternalHelp -Path .\Docs\Cmdlets -OutputPath .\NTFSSecurity\en-US
-Force`. The output is deterministic (byte-identical between runs), so
the CI check is exact.
- Rejected: an MSBuild `AfterBuild` target that runs platyPS.