Category: Powershell

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Getting nested nuget dependencies using Powershell

Posted on by Patrik

Recently I needed to get a full list of all dependencies for a dotnet project and process the data using Powershell. Using the dotnet command you can get a list of all dependencies. I decided to build a function that wraps this and parses it to custom objects in Powershell. You either run it when…

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Running a Powershell script on your code before a git commit using pre-commit

Posted on by Patrik

If you’re looking to use PowerShell with the open-source framework called pre-commit, this isn’t the right article for you. Instead, I’ll be focusing on Git’s built-in pre-commit functionality without relying on any third-party tools. If that sounds confusing, don’t worry, I’ll explain this later on. I just wanted to clarify this at the beginning so…

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Powershell counting to $null instead of 1

Posted on by Patrik

There is this weird thing in Powershell that you might have come across if you have ever counted how many objects you have. In some cases Powershell will count 0 $null 2 3… You could say that this is a side effect of how Powershell tries to "magically" simplify stuff. The thing is, it doesn't…