preferences file does not support $env: variables

[eissar]

Expected behavior

# # PSScriptAnalyzerSettings.psd1
# @{
#    CustomRulePath = "rules.psm1"
# }
Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -Path .\test.ps1 -Settings ./PSScriptAnalyzerSettings.psd1

outputs: (correct)

RuleName                            Severity     ScriptName Line  Message
--------                            --------     ---------- ----  -------
PSAvoidInvokeSomething              Warning      test.ps1   1     The command 'Invoke-Something' should not be used. Please
                                                                  use 'Invoke-SomethingElse' instead

Actual behavior

# # PSScriptAnalyzerSettings.psd1
# @{
#    CustomRulePath = "$PSScriptRoot/rules.psm1"
# }
Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -Path .\test.ps1 -Settings ./PSScriptAnalyzerSettings.psd1

Outputs:

Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer: Value in the settings hashtable should be a string or an array of strings: line 2 column 22 in file [...]\Powershell\PSScriptAnalyzerSettings.psd1

Reasoning

according to this article,

Module manifests are loaded in RestrictedLanguage mode and may use these additional variables: $PSScriptRoot $PSEdition $EnabledExperimentalFeatures Any environment variable, like $env:TEMP

relative file paths CustomRulePath for my environment were resolving relative to the cwd instead of relative to the settings.file in neovim. the ./rules.psm1 and rules.psm1 were not resolving correctly.

~/.../Powershell/PSScriptAnalyzerSettings.psd1 where '~' expands to HOMEDIR does work

Environment data

> $PSVersionTable
Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.5.2
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.5.2
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.26100
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0
> (Get-Module -ListAvailable PSScriptAnalyzer).Version | ForEach-Object { $_.ToString() }
1.24.0