ProductivityTools.NewAliasSafe

0.0.3

ProductivityTools.NewAliasSafe.psm1

function New-AliasSafe {
    [cmdletbinding()]
    param([string]$Name, [string]$Value)
    
    $alias=Get-Alias $Name -ErrorAction Ignore
    if($alias -eq $null)
    {
        New-Alias -Name $Name -Value $Value -Scope Global
        Write-Verbose "Alias $Name set. It is pointing to $Value"
    }
    else
    {
        if ($alias.Definition -eq $Value)
        {
            Write-Verbose "Alias already setup"
        }
        else
        {
            throw "Alias $Name exists and it points to $($alias.Definition)"
        }
    }    
}

Export-ModuleMember New-AliasSafe