Vscode-powershell: Support PowerShell installed as .NET Core Global Tools

[maximpashuk]

My issue related to following newsblog:

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/introducing-powershell-as-net-global-tool/

I have uninstalled PowerShell 6.2.2 to test installation via dotnet tool install --global PowerShell
Everything is working fine.

Unfortunately, VSCode powershell extensions can't automatically pick up PowerShell installed as .net core global tool and falls back to built-in windows powershell 5.1.
For example, I can't change language mode

Can you modify autodetection mechanics so powershell as global tools picked up correctly?

[SydneyhSmith]

Thanks for opening this issue @maximpashuk it looks like we need to incorporate ~.dotnet\tools\pwsh.exe into the paths we check for all available PowerShell versions on a system.

[JustinGrote]

Workaround

This is what I do for my scoop-installed powershells, you can do the same for the dotnet tools global folder

    "powershell.powerShellAdditionalExePaths": [
        {
            "exePath": "C:/Users/JGrote/scoop/apps/pwsh/current/pwsh.exe",
            "versionName": "Powershell"
        },
        {
            "exePath": "C:/Users/JGrote/scoop/apps/pwsh-preview/current/pwsh.exe",
            "versionName": "Powershell Preview"
        }
    ],

[maximpashuk]

According to
https://github.com/PowerShell/vscode-powershell/pull/2503
this issue seems to be fixed, so I close it.

[mromanch]

This does not work for me. I just tried re-installing dotnet tool install --global PowerShell but that doesn't change anything.

1. Install PowerShell using dotnet tool install --global PowerShell
2. Start Visual Studio Code, e.g. code .
3. From the command pallet, run Terminal: Select Default Shell

Expected behavior: The list of available shells will include pwsh using the dotnet tool global path.

Actual behavior: There is no pwsh listed.

The "powershell.powerShellAdditionalExePaths" workaround doesn't work either.

VS Code version: Code 1.46.1 (cd9ea6488829f560dc949a8b2fb789f3cdc05f5d, 2020-06-17T21:13:20.174Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.18363

> dotnet tool list --global
Package Id                              Version      Commands
-------------------------------------------------------------
powershell                              7.0.1        pwsh

> (Get-Command pwsh).Source
C:\Users\alais\.dotnet\tools\.store\powershell\7.0.1\powershell\7.0.1\tools\netcoreapp3.1\any\win\pwsh.exe

> $env:Path
C:\Users\alais\.dotnet\tools\.store\powershell\7.0.1\powershell\7.0.1\tools\netcoreapp3.1\any\win; ... ; ...

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Extensions (33)

Extension|Author (truncated)|Version
---|---|---
vscode-openapi|42C|3.3.0
Bookmarks|ale|11.3.1
project-manager|ale|11.1.0
vscode-json|and|1.5.0
vscode-markdownlint|Dav|0.36.1
xml|Dot|2.5.0
gitlens|eam|10.2.2
eppz-code|epp|1.2.41
vsc-material-theme|Equ|32.8.0
vsc-material-theme-icons|equ|1.1.4
easy-icons|jam|0.3.1
azure-pipelines|ms-|1.170.0
vscode-azureappservice|ms-|0.17.0
vscode-azurefunctions|ms-|0.22.1
vscode-azureresourcegroups|ms-|0.2.0
vscode-azurestorage|ms-|0.9.0
vscode-azurevirtualmachines|ms-|0.1.1
vscode-cosmosdb|ms-|0.13.0
vscode-docker|ms-|1.3.1
csharp|ms-|1.22.1
vscode-dotnet-runtime|ms-|0.1.2
remote-wsl|ms-|0.44.4
azure-account|ms-|0.8.11
azurecli|ms-|0.5.0
powershell|ms-|2020.6.0
vscode-node-azure-pack|ms-|0.0.11
team|ms-|1.161.0
azurerm-vscode-tools|msa|0.11.0
vscode-json-editor|nic|0.2.3
quicktype|qui|12.0.46
vscode-yaml|red|0.8.0
code-spell-checker|str|1.9.0
unique-window-colors|stu|1.0.51

(10 theme extensions excluded)

[SydneyhSmith]

@mromanch thanks for this comment, if you would like to have PowerShell show up as an option for Terminal:Default Shell please open an issue in VSCode's repo as that is one of their editor commands that they would need to update to search for the global tool path...the additionalexespath setting influences the integrated console (rather than the terminal)...apologies for any confusion!