PSScriptAnalyzer

1.4.0

PSScriptAnalyzer provides script analysis and checks for potential code defects in the scripts by applying a group of built-in or customized rules on the scripts being analyzed.

Minimum PowerShell version

3.0

Installation Options

Copy and Paste the following command to install this package using PowerShellGet More Info

Install-Module -Name PSScriptAnalyzer -RequiredVersion 1.4.0

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Install-PSResource -Name PSScriptAnalyzer -Version 1.4.0

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Owners

Copyright

(c) Microsoft Corporation 2016. All rights reserved.

Package Details

Author(s)

  • Microsoft Corporation

Tags

lintbestpractice

Cmdlets

Get-ScriptAnalyzerRule Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer

Dependencies

This module has no dependencies.

Release Notes

Features:
- IncludeRule and ExcludeRule now consume RuleInfo objects

Rules:
- Rule to validate HelpMessage parameter attribute value
- Rule to suggest module manifest *ToExport field values for optimizing module loading


Fixes:

Engine:
- Fixed bug in engine handling of severity for custom rules - this property was being ignored
- Exclude help files from being Ast parsed

Rules:
- Emit accurate ast extents for rules - helps VSCode-PowerShell to mark violations better
- Improved heuristics for Singular noun rule - reduce false positives
- Updated credential rules to be less noisy based on community feedback
- Support for [switch] type along with [boolean] for ShouldContinueWithoutForce rule
- Improved handling of deprecated module manifest fields when PSv2.0 is specified in the manifest

FileList

Version History

Version Downloads Last updated
1.22.0 203,001 2/27/2024
1.21.0 1,348,365 9/29/2022
1.20.0 854,849 8/24/2021
1.19.1 684,717 7/28/2020
1.19.0 183,773 5/4/2020
1.18.3 490,675 9/16/2019
1.18.2 25,378 9/3/2019
1.18.1 111,821 6/13/2019
1.18.0 154,643 3/21/2019
1.17.1 233,465 6/5/2018
1.16.1 109,663 9/5/2017
1.16.0 5,650 8/16/2017
1.15.0 22,065 6/21/2017
1.14.1 2,649 6/12/2017
1.14.0 894 6/9/2017
1.13.0 6,481 5/18/2017
1.12.0 2,271 5/9/2017
1.11.1 7,089 4/4/2017
1.11.0 8,418 3/1/2017
1.10.0 6,202 1/19/2017
1.9.0 5,474 12/6/2016
1.8.1 7,174 10/14/2016
1.8.0 1,258 10/8/2016
1.7.0 5,205 8/18/2016
1.6.0 28,798 6/7/2016
1.5.0 5,038 3/30/2016
1.4.0 (current version) 3,086 2/17/2016
1.3.0 1,203 1/19/2016
1.2.0 12,551 12/16/2015
1.1.1 872 11/4/2015
1.1.0 862 9/1/2015
1.0.2 591 6/24/2015
1.0.1 480 5/8/2015
1.0 446 4/24/2015
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