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

Copy and Paste the following command to install this package using Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet More Info

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
1.24.0 3,279,150 3/18/2025
1.23.0 1,142,044 10/9/2024
1.22.0 1,002,726 2/27/2024
1.21.0 1,523,516 9/29/2022
1.20.0 1,047,322 8/24/2021
1.19.1 720,367 7/28/2020
1.19.0 197,880 5/4/2020
1.18.3 521,606 9/16/2019
1.18.2 29,416 9/3/2019
1.18.1 116,243 6/13/2019
1.18.0 157,275 3/21/2019
1.17.1 234,790 6/5/2018
1.16.1 110,611 9/5/2017
1.16.0 5,693 8/16/2017
1.15.0 22,117 6/21/2017
1.14.1 2,689 6/12/2017
1.14.0 939 6/9/2017
1.13.0 6,523 5/18/2017
1.12.0 2,317 5/9/2017
1.11.1 7,134 4/4/2017
1.11.0 8,571 3/1/2017
1.10.0 6,252 1/19/2017
1.9.0 5,873 12/6/2016
1.8.1 7,239 10/14/2016
1.8.0 1,313 10/8/2016
1.7.0 5,255 8/18/2016
1.6.0 28,877 6/7/2016
1.5.0 5,115 3/30/2016
1.4.0 (current version) 3,144 2/17/2016
1.3.0 1,250 1/19/2016
1.2.0 13,579 12/16/2015
1.1.1 921 11/4/2015
1.1.0 909 9/1/2015
1.0.2 639 6/24/2015
1.0.1 528 5/8/2015
1.0 529 4/24/2015
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