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PsBuildTasks provides reusable sources for build, test, release automation of PowerShell modules, written in DotNet/C# or PowerShell.

This includes:

• InvokeBuild tasks. Details.
• GitHub Actions workflows. Details.
• VsCode Tasks workflows. Details.
• A PowerShell module for installation and updates. See the command reference for descriptions and examples.

For details, visit the GitHub Pages.

Getting Started

There is a PowerShell module to manage PsBuildTasks and helps with it’s installation. Get it with Install-Module -Name PsBuildTasks from from PsGallery. The next step depends on your project.

1. If your project is written in PowerShell or DotNet/C#.
2. If your project supports only Windows or is cross platform and requires matrix tests on Windows and Linux.

There are container tasks that update multiple features of PsBuildTasks

PowerShell Matrix

Go to the project root directory and execute the following script. Make sure to save your existing code in git, since files may be overwritten.

Import-Module -Name PsBuildTasks
Install-PsBuildTask -Path . -Task PowerShell-Matrix
$ModuleName = ( Get-Location | Get-Item ).Name

Invoke-Build -File .\tasks\PsBuild.Tasks.ps1 -Task UpdatePsBuildTasks

Set-Content -Path .build.ps1 -Value @"
`$ModuleName = '$ModuleName'

. `$PSScriptRoot/tasks/Build.Tasks.ps1
. `$PSScriptRoot/tasks/PsBuild.Tasks.ps1

task InstallModuleDependencies -Jobs {}
task InstallBuildDependencies -Jobs InstallModuleDependencies, {
    Install-Module platyPs
}
task InstallTestDependencies -Jobs InstallModuleDependencies, {}
task InstallReleaseDependencies -Jobs InstallModuleDependencies, {}
"@

In case you start a module from scratch, create a module structure like this.

New-Item src -ItemType Directory
New-ModuleManifest -Path src/$ModuleName.psd1 -RootModule "$ModuleName.psm1"
$local:manifest = Get-Content -Path src/$ModuleName.psd1 | ForEach-Object {
    $_ -Replace 'FunctionsToExport', '# FunctionsToExport' -Replace 'CmdletsToExport', '# CmdletsToExport' -Replace 'VariablesToExport', '# VariablesToExport' -Replace 'AliasesToExport', '# AliasesToExport'
}
$local:manifest | Set-Content -Path src/$ModuleName.psd1
New-Item src/Internal -ItemType Directory
New-Item src/Public -ItemType Directory
New-Item test -ItemType Directory

Update development version

You can update PsBuildTasks to:

the latest stable version using:

Invoke-Build -File .\tasks\PsBuild.Tasks.ps1 -Task UpdatePsBuildTasksTasks; Invoke-Build  -File .\tasks\PsBuild.Tasks.ps1 -Task UpdatePsBuildTasks

a branch of choice using:

$PsBuildTaskBranch = 'develop'; Invoke-Build -File .\tasks\PsBuild.Tasks.ps1 -Task UpdatePsBuildTasksTasks; Invoke-Build  -File .\tasks\PsBuild.Tasks.ps1 -Task UpdatePsBuildTasks

Changelog

See the changelog file.