PowerShell
Need a way to extract DSC resource schema for IntelliSense scenario
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Steps to reproduce
For configuration example below, there should be a way to call dsc.exe to request schema for types PowerShellGet/MSFT_PSRepository and TestFileDscResource/FileResource (that are handled by DSC/PowerShellGroup resource provider) to be used in IntelliSense when authoring configurations with these types.
- name: Get info from classic DSC resources
type: DSC/PowerShellGroup
properties:
resources:
- name: Get PS Repository Info
type: PowerShellGet/MSFT_PSRepository
properties:
Name: PSGallery
- name: Check File
type: TestFileDscResource/FileResource
properties:
Path: C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
Ensure: Present
Expected behavior
`dsc.exe` should be able to return schema for resources that are processed by resource providers.
Actual behavior
Currently this is not implemented.
Error details
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Environment data
v1.
Version
v1
Visuals
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For the editor, would we deliver this through the existing PowerShell extension or should we publish a new language extension for DSC?
It's probably more work, but if part of the goal for the project is to move DSC beyond "a PowerShell thing", I think a separate extension is going to be important in the long run. That would also allow the extension to ship with a vendored DSC executable specific to that version of the extension instead of relying on the locally installed version, that sort of thing.
