Debugging in Visual Studio

[4ndri]

it would be nice, to debug the module without attaching to process in Visual Studio.

this could be achieved by adding following launchSettings to the PnP.PowerShell.csproj:

src\Commands\Properties\launchSettings.json

{
  "profiles": {    
    "PnP.PowerShell-Module": {
      "commandName": "Executable",
      "executablePath": "pwsh",
      "commandLineArgs": "-NoExit -NoProfile -Command Import-Module  $(ProjectDir)/_debug/debug.ps1",
      "workingDirectory": "$(ProjectDir)\\..\\..\\"
    }
  }
}

this will start the following PS-Script in powershell-core:

src\Commands\_debug\debug.ps1

$ProjectPath = $PSScriptRoot | Split-Path -Parent
$BinPath = "$ProjectPath\bin\Debug"

$dlls = @("PnP.PowerShell.ALC.dll", "PnP.PowerShell.dll")

$netversion = "netcoreapp3.1"

if ($PSEdition -eq 'Core') {
  $netversion = "netcoreapp3.1"
}
else {
  $netversion = "net461"
}

$BinPath = "$BinPath\$netversion"

foreach ($dll in $dlls) {
  try {
    Import-Module "$BinPath\$dll" -Force -Global
  }
  catch {
    Write-Warning -Message "load.ps1: Import Modules -- $($_.Exception.Message)"
  }
}

this powershell script loads the module DLL. afterwards you can Connect-PnPOnline and debug the module.

if I'm not the only one who would like to have this, I could make a PR.