Powershell commands for development

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• Enable long path support (Windows 10 version 1607 or later)

New-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem" `
-Name "LongPathsEnabled" -Value 1 -PropertyType DWORD -Force

• Delete bin and obj directories produced by build

function RemoveBinObj  {
    $directories = Get-ChildItem -Directory -Recurse | Where-Object { $_.Name -eq "bin" -or $_.Name -eq "obj" }
    foreach ($directory in $directories) {
        Write-Host "Deleting $($directory.FullName)" -ForegroundColor Yellow
        Remove-Item $directory.FullName -Recurse -Force
    }
    Write-Host "Cleanup complete!" -ForegroundColor Green
}

RemoveBinObj

• add tab completion to PowerShell for the .NET CLI:

1. Make sure that profile exists:

if (!(Test-Path -Path $PROFILE)) {
  New-Item -ItemType File -Path $PROFILE -Force
}

2. Open for editing:

notepad $PROFILE

3. Add the following code:

# PowerShell parameter completion shim for the dotnet CLI
Register-ArgumentCompleter -Native -CommandName dotnet -ScriptBlock {
    param($wordToComplete, $commandAst, $cursorPosition)
        dotnet complete --position $cursorPosition "$commandAst" | ForEach-Object {
            [System.Management.Automation.CompletionResult]::new($_, $_, 'ParameterValue', $_)
        }
}