powershell-devops

PowerShell module for dealing with commands in Azure DevOps Pipelines and GitHub Workflows.

GitHub Action

See action.yml for detailed list of inputs.

Basic:

steps:
- uses: smokedlinq/powershell-devops@v0

Specific version:

steps:
- uses: smokedlinq/powershell-devops@v0
  with:
    required-version: 0.0.7

Minimum version:

steps:
- uses: smokedlinq/powershell-devops@v0
  with:
    minimum-version: 0.0.7

Maximum version:

steps:
- uses: smokedlinq/powershell-devops@v0
  with:
    maximum-version: 0.0.7

Commands

Set-EnvironmentVariable

Sets the environment variable for the current process and optionally marks it as a secret.

set-env MY_VALUE 'Hello World!'

Note: set-env is an alias for Set-EnvironmentVariable.

Get-EnvironmentVariable

Gets the environment variable for the current process and optionally throws an error if it is not defined.

get-env MY_ENV_VALUE -Require

Note: get-env is an alias for Get-EnvironmentVariable.

Add-Path

Prepends the value to the PATH environment.

Add-Path $PSScriptRoot

Enter-Group / Exit-Group

Creates an expandable group in the log. Anything you print to the log between the Enter-Group and Exit-Group commands is nested inside an expandable entry in the log.

Enter-Group 'My group'
try {
    # .. some other commands ...
} finally {
    Exit-Group
}

Utility functions

These functions are helper functions that are used by the module but could also be useful within your script.

Test-AdoPipeline

Returns true if running in an Azure DevOps Pipeline, determined by the environment variable TF_BUILD having a value.

Test-AdoPipeline

Test-GitHubWorkflow

Returns true if running in a GitHub Workflow, determined by the environment variable GITHUB_ACTIONS having a value.

Test-GitHubWorkflow

License

The scripts and documentation in this project are released under the MIT License

Contributions

Contributions are welcome!