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The "PowerShell: Resolve Expand Alias" feature should do more #338

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The "PowerShell: Resolve Expand Alias" feature should do more#338
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@Jaykul
Joel Bennett (Jaykul)
opened on Nov 4, 2016

Expand Alias ought to resolve parameter aliases and short forms to full parameter names (if you need it, there is code in PoshCode/CodeFlow) for the sake of future-proofing scripts.

Expand Alias ought to also (have an option to) expand command names to fully-qualified module names to avoid ambiguity -- or perhaps offer to add an Import-Module at the the top for all the module's you're using?

System Details

  • Operating system name and version: Windows 10 AU
  • VS Code version: 1.7.0-insider
  • PowerShell extension version: 0.7.2 (who's afraid of the big 1.0?)
  • Output from $PSVersionTable:
Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      5.1.14393.206
PSEdition                      Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion                   10.0.14393.206
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion              3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

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  1. David Wilson (daviwil)
    added
    Issue-EnhancementA feature request (enhancement).
    on Nov 18, 2016
  2. David Wilson (daviwil)
    added this to the 0.10.0 milestone on Dec 6, 2016
  3. David Wilson (daviwil)
    modified the milestones: 0.11.0, 0.12.0 on Mar 22, 2017
  4. David Wilson (daviwil)
    modified the milestones: 0.12.0, on Apr 4, 2017
  5. David Wilson (daviwil)
    modified the milestones: , May 2017 on May 8, 2017
  6. David Wilson (daviwil)
    modified the milestones: May 2017, July 2017 on Jun 1, 2017
  7. David Wilson (daviwil)
    modified the milestones: July 2017, on Oct 26, 2017
  8. TylerLeonhardt
    modified the milestone: on May 24, 2018
  9. Sydney Smith (SydneyhSmith)
    added
    Area-Engine
    Up for GrabsWill shepherd PRs.
    Area-Code Formatting
    on Apr 7, 2020
  10. Sydney Smith (SydneyhSmith)
    removed this from the milestone on Jan 26, 2021

  11. andyleejordan commented on Jun 16, 2026

    @andyleejordan
    Andy Jordan (andyleejordan)
    on Jun 16, 2026
    Member

    Closing this during a backlog-triage pass. This enhancement request has had little or no activity since ~2016 and isn't on the current roadmap. That's not a judgment on the idea — if it's still something you'd like, please leave a comment or open a fresh issue with an up-to-date use case and we'll gladly reconsider. Thanks for the original suggestion!

    🤖 Drafted by GitHub Copilot at Andy Jordan (@andyleejordan)'s request — pending maintainer review.

  12. Andy Jordan (andyleejordan)
    closed this as not plannedon Jun 16, 2026
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