Install PowerShell modules to a custom directory

[splatteredbits]

We have dozens of applications that use different versions of PowerShell modules when they get deployed. These modules are not pre-installed on the destination servers, nor do those servers have network access to any place from which they can be downloaded. Instead, we save all our to a PSModules directory in each application's repository (during builds) and include that directory in our deployment packages. Scripts import modules from that directory instead of globally.

Update PSDepend to support saving a module to a custom path instead of using "Install-Module".

[splatteredbits]

If you give me a little direction on how you'd like this implemented, I can put together a PR. We use Whiskey to run our builds, and it has a GetPowerShellModule build task, but I'd prefer to get Whiskey out of the PowerShell module management business.

[gaelcolas]

Hey Aaron, you can already using the option target:
https://github.com/gaelcolas/Sampler/blob/master/RequiredModules.psd1

It will save the modules in the target path.

@{
    PSDependOptions             = @{
        AddToPath  = $true
        Target     = 'output\RequiredModules'
        Parameters = @{}
    }

    InvokeBuild                 = 'latest'
    PSScriptAnalyzer            = '1.19.0'
    Pester                      = '4.10.1'
    Plaster                     = 'latest'
    ModuleBuilder               = 'latest'
}

[splatteredbits]

Thank. This issue can be closed.

[fourpastmidnight]

@gaelcolas Quick question: do you know, is the PSDependOptions.Target directory relative to the *.psd1 file where it is set? For example, if I have the following directory structure:

<ProjectRoot>
  | -- build
  |      | -- build.depend.psd1  <-- Contains my PSDepend configuration
  | -- Dependencies              <-- This is where I want PSDependOptions.Target to point to...

then would PSDependOptions.Target's value be ..\Dependencies?

[gaelcolas]

I don't know.
I'd expect either that or $pwd.

[fourpastmidnight]

Thanks for the response @gaelcolas , I appreciate it!