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Behavior of Set-EnvironmentVariable contravenes creation-on-demand expectations #5

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mklement0 opened this issue Aug 10, 2023 · 0 comments
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Behavior of Set-EnvironmentVariable contravenes creation-on-demand expectations #5

mklement0 opened this issue Aug 10, 2023 · 0 comments

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Long established Set-* cmdlets such as Set-Variable and Set-Alias have creation on demand logic.

For instance, Set-Variable NoSuchVarYet NewValue creates $NoSuchVarYet if it doesn't exist yet.

By contrast, Set-EnvironmentVariable only succeeds if the target environment variable already exists.
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