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mklement0 opened this issue Mar 24, 2019 · 1 comment
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Get-Help reports multiple versions of conceptual help topics for side-by-side modules #9215

mklement0 opened this issue Mar 24, 2019 · 1 comment
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Issue-Discussion the issue may not have a clear classification yet. The issue may generate an RFC or may be reclassif Resolution-Duplicate The issue is a duplicate. WG-Interactive-HelpSystem help infrastructure and formatting of help

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If you have 2 versions of a module installed side by side, the conceptual help topics from both versions are reported by Get-Help, in list form.

Not only is it hard to tell which is which, it is non-obvious how to display their content.

As an aside: There is currently no way to ask for a given module version's help specifically.

Steps to reproduce

Run the following Pester test:

Note: This test installs the stable version of PSReadLine (1.2) alongside the the 2.0.0-beta3 version that ships with PowerShell Core 6.2.0-rc.1 with -Scope CurrentUser.

Describe "Duplicate conceptual help topic test." {
  BeforeAll {
    # Install the stable version of PSReadLine (1.2) alongside the 
    # the 2.0.0-beta3 version that ships with PowerShell Core 6.2.0-rc.1
    Install-Module -Scope CurrentUser PSReadLine -Force 
  }
  It "Only 1 about_psreadline topic is found." {
    (Get-Help about_PSReadLine | Measure-Object).Count | Should -Be 1
  }
}

Expected behavior

The test should pass.

Actual behavior

The test fails:

[-] Only 1 about_psreadline topic is found. 80ms
Expected 1, but got 2.

Environment data

PowerShell Core 6.2.0-rc.1
@mklement0 mklement0 added the Issue-Question ideally support can be provided via other mechanisms, but sometimes folks do open an issue to get a label Mar 24, 2019
@iSazonov iSazonov added WG-Interactive-HelpSystem help infrastructure and formatting of help Issue-Discussion the issue may not have a clear classification yet. The issue may generate an RFC or may be reclassif and removed Issue-Question ideally support can be provided via other mechanisms, but sometimes folks do open an issue to get a labels Mar 24, 2019
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@iSazonov iSazonov added the Resolution-Duplicate The issue is a duplicate. label Nov 30, 2019
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Continue in #11205

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