# # Validates Get-Help for cmdlets in Microsoft.PowerShell.Core. function UpdateHelpFromLocalContentPath { param ([string]$ModuleName, [string]$Tag = 'CI') # Update-Help is not yet supported on non-Windows platforms; # currently it is using Windows Cabinet API (cabinet.dll) internally if ($IsWindows) { if ($Tag -eq 'CI') { $helpContentPath = Join-Path $PSScriptRoot "HelpContent" $helpFiles = @(Get-ChildItem "$helpContentPath\*" -ea SilentlyContinue) if ($helpFiles.Count -eq 0) { throw "Unable to find help content at '$helpContentPath'" } Update-Help -Module $ModuleName -SourcePath $helpContentPath -Force -ErrorAction Stop -Verbose } else { Update-Help -Module $ModuleName -Force -Verbose -ErrorAction Stop } } } function RunTestCase { param ([string]$tag = "CI") $moduleName = "Microsoft.PowerShell.Core" UpdateHelpFromLocalContentPath $moduleName $tag $cmdlets = get-command -module $moduleName $cmdletsToSkip = @( "Get-PSHostProcessInfo", "Out-Default", "Register-ArgumentCompleter" ) foreach ($cmdletName in $cmdlets) { if ($cmdletsToSkip -notcontains $cmdletName) { It "Validate -Description and -Examples sections in help content. Run 'Get-help -name $cmdletName'" { $help = get-help -name $cmdletName $help.Description | Out-String | Should Match $cmdletName $help.Examples | Out-String | Should Match $cmdletName } if ($tag -eq "CI") { # For a CI test run, we are only interested in validating one cmdlet to ensure that # get-help works. break } } } } Describe "Validate that get-help works" -Tags "CI" { RunTestCase -tag "CI" } Describe "Validate Get-Help for all cmdlets in 'Microsoft.PowerShell.Core'" -Tags "Feature" { RunTestCase -tag "Feature" } Describe "Validate that Get-Help returns provider-specific help" -Tags "CI" { BeforeAll { $namespaces = @{ command = 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/dev/command/2004/10' dev = 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/dev/2004/10' maml = 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/2004/10' msh = 'http://msh' } # Currently these test cases are verified only on Windows, because # - WSMan:\ and Cert:\ providers are not yet supported on non-Windows platforms. # - Update-Help is not yet supported on non-Windows platforms; it is using Windows Cabinet API (cabinet.dll) internally. $testCases = @( @{ helpFile = "$PSHOME\$([Globalization.CultureInfo]::CurrentUICulture)\System.Management.Automation.dll-help.xml" path = "$PSHOME" helpContext = "[@id='FileSystem' or @ID='FileSystem']" verb = 'Add' noun = 'Content' }, @{ helpFile = "$PSHOME\$([Globalization.CultureInfo]::CurrentUICulture)\Microsoft.PowerShell.Security.dll-help.xml" path = 'Cert:\' helpContext = $null # CertificateProvider uses only verb and noun in XPath query verb = 'New' noun = 'Item' }, @{ helpFile = "$PSHOME\$([Globalization.CultureInfo]::CurrentUICulture)\Microsoft.WSMan.Management.dll-help.xml" path = 'WSMan:\localhost\ClientCertificate' helpContext = "[@id='ClientCertificate' or @ID='ClientCertificate']" verb = 'New' noun = 'Item' } ) UpdateHelpFromLocalContentPath -ModuleName 'Microsoft.PowerShell.Core' -Tag 'CI' UpdateHelpFromLocalContentPath -ModuleName 'Microsoft.PowerShell.Security' -Tag 'CI' UpdateHelpFromLocalContentPath -ModuleName 'Microsoft.WSMan.Management' -Tag 'CI' } It -Skip:(-not $IsWindows) "shows contextual help when Get-Help is invoked for provider-specific path (Get-Help -Name - -Path )" -TestCases $testCases { param($helpFile, $path, $helpContext, $verb, $noun) # Path should exist or else Get-Help will fallback to default help text $path | Should Exist $xpath = "/msh:helpItems/msh:providerHelp/msh:CmdletHelpPaths/msh:CmdletHelpPath$helpContext/command:command/command:details[command:verb='$verb' and command:noun='$noun']" $helpXmlNode = Select-Xml -Path $helpFile -XPath $xpath -Namespace $namespaces | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Node # Synopsis comes from command:command/command:details/maml:description $expected = Get-Help -Name "$verb-$noun" -Path $path | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Synopsis # System.Management.Automation.ProviderContext.GetProviderSpecificHelpInfo ignores extra whitespace, line breaks and # comments when loading help XML, but Select-Xml can not; use BeLikeExactly operator to omit trailing line breaks: $helpXmlNode.description.para -clike "$expected*" | Should Be $true } }