Is there a way to exclude multiple apps using LIKE operator?

[ztrhgf]

Is there a way to exclude multiple apps using LIKE operator?

I need to exclude a lot of "developer" apps, like different version of .Net, Python, VS, .... and its impossible to gather all those IDs and maintain them.

So something like LIKE or CONTAINS operator for matching IDs would be nice.

For example:
Microsoft.DotNet.SDK.*
Microsoft.DotNet.Runtime.*
Python.Python.*

[KnifMelti]

No, there isn't as of today.

[ztrhgf]

It would be very helpful for developer apps like python, visual studio etc which exists in a lot of separate version I. E. It is quite hard to exclude them right now. Not mentioning that such list has to be updated regularly as new versions are released. Dne čt 25. 1. 2024 18:41 uživatel Göran Axel Johannesson < ***@***.***> napsal:

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No, there isn't as of today. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#537 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAWLN47EQVVOSFEKWFGHSATYQKKMLAVCNFSM6AAAAABAZ42V2CVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43SRDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHM4DENBYGIZDQ> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.*** com>

[KnifMelti]

@Romanitho (the Maintainer of this Repo) has been active just once since 2023-12-13...
...not sure where this is going in the future (hope he and his family are well!)

[Romanitho]

Hi :)
I think this is something that can more or less easy to implement. Time is the thing 😅

[ztrhgf]

I can create pull request for this if that's fine? Dne po 19. 2. 2024 14:13 uživatel Romain ***@***.***> napsal:

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Hi :) I think this is something that can more or less easy to implement. Time is the thing 😅 — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#537 (reply in thread)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAWLN46NT4LSVPLLLO2IKLDYUNFXDAVCNFSM6AAAAABAZ42V2CVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43SRDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHM4DKMJXGMYTC> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.*** com>

[Romanitho]

Sure. You'll be credited ;)

[ztrhgf]

Just asking because there is my another push request waiting 🙂 #541 Anyway, I will try to code this one ASAP. Dne út 20. 2. 2024 19:22 uživatel Romain ***@***.***> napsal:

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[Romanitho]

The #541 still need to be discussed 😅 as it is specific and complxe case (that might soon be managed by winget if I don't say wrong.)

[ztrhgf]

Ok get it. Btw this particular LIKE support request might be interesting because if I am not wrong, any character is allowed in the WinGet ID. Hence it cannot be decided if % or * is wildcard or just an ordinary char 🙂. Some extra parameter to "enable" wildcard matching with a warning that such issue can occur could solve this... But at least for now there seems to be no packages with LIKE special chars in their name...  Dne út 20. 2. 2024 20:23 uživatel Romain ***@***.***> napsal:

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The #541 <#541> still need to be discussed 😅 as it is specific and complxe case (that might soon be managed by winget if I don't say wrong.) — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#537 (reply in thread)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAWLN4ZPNEXEDFFZF37IKW3YUTZ3VAVCNFSM6AAAAABAZ42V2CVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43SRDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHM4DKMZUGMZDQ> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.*** com>

[ztrhgf]

Unfortunately, because I have already one pull request and because of my poor git knowledge I am unable to separate my new commit that supports LIKE from it. I will write the solution here...

My commit that solves this 721f22f

In Winget-Upgrade.ps1 one line has to be changed from:

if (-not ($toSkip -contains $app.Id) -and $($app.Version) -ne "Unknown") {

to:

if (-not ($toSkip | ? { $app.Id -like $_ }) -and $($app.Version) -ne "Unknown") {

And same very similar approach would be for whitelisting IF statement.