MyAliases management

✨ Get-MyAliases, Reload-MyAliases
📝🕸 https:/blog.lksz.me/a-case-of-sensitivity/

Get-MyAliases.ps1

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+[CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess)]param()
+
+$local:allAliases = @()
+
+$MyAliasScope = 0
+$local:_scope = 0
+$local:_done = $false
+do {
+  try {
+    $local:newAliases += Get-Alias -Scope $_scope |
+      Where-Object {
+        ($_.Definition -match "^$MyPSScrtipRoot") -or ($_.Description -match '#MyAlias')
+      }
+    if( $newAliases ) {
+      $allAliases += $newAliases
+      $MyAliasScope = $_scope;
+      Write-Verbose "`$MyAliasScope is now set to $MyAliasScope"
+    }
+    $_scope += 1
+  } catch {
+    $done = $_.Exception.Message -match 'The scope .* exceeds'
+  }
+} until ( $done )
+
+$allAliases

README.md

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-# PowerShell_Scripts
+# PowerShell Scripts
 
 These are the scripts that go into $MyPSScriptRoot which is part of my $env:PATH.
 
 The development of these is documented in my blog: https://blog.lksz.me
 
 They are provided 'as is' for your review and for your reuse.
+
+There is a [blog post](https://blog.lksz.me/keeping-track-of-everything/#-mypsscriptroot) about how to clone this repo and use it as your own.
+
+The scripts all [assume](https://blog.lksz.me/functions-or-scripts/#myprofilecode) the following code is part of one of your $PROFILE files:
+```
+$global:PathEnvDelimiter = $(if( $PSVersionTable.Platform -match 'unix' ) {':'} else {';'})
+function Split-PathEnv {
+param([string]$EnvPath)
+  $EnvPath -split $PathEnvDelimiter
+}
+
+$global:MyPSModulePath = Split-PathEnv $env:PSModulePath | Where-Object { $_ -match "^$(Resolve-Path ~)" }
+
+if( -not $MyPSModulePath ) {
+  $MyPSModulePath = Resolve-Path ~/powershell/Modules
+  if( -not (Test-Path $MyPSModulePath) ) {
+      New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $MyPSModulePath -Force | Out-Null
+  }
+  $env:PSModulePath = "$MyPSModulePath$PathEnvDelimiter$env:PSModulePath"
+}
+
+$local:p = Split-PathEnv $env:PATH
+$global:MyPSScrtipRoot = Join-Path (Split-Path -Parent $MyPSModulePath) Scripts
+if( -not (Test-Path $MyPSScrtipRoot) ) {
+  New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $MyPSScrtipRoot -Force | Out-Null
+}
+
+$p = @($p[0], $MyPSScrtipRoot) + $($p | Select-Object -Skip 1)
+$env:PATH = $p -join $PathEnvDelimiter
+```

Reload-MyAliases.ps1

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+[CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess)]param()
+
+$local:myAliases = [ordered]@{}
+$myAliases.sudo = 'Invoke-MySudo'
+$myAliases.vi = 'Edit-TextFile'
+$myAliases.vim = 'Edit-TextFile'
+$myAliases.nvim = 'Edit-TextFile'
+$myAliases.nvim = 'Edit-TextFile'
+
+#######################################################################
+
+$local:IsVerbose = [bool]($PSBoundParameters['Verbose'])
+
+$local:MyAliasScope = 1
+
+$local:oldAliases = Get-MyAliases
+
+$oldAliases = Get-Alias -Scope $MyAliasScope |
+  Where-Object Name -in $($oldAliases.Name + $myAliases.Keys)
+
+if( $oldAliases -and $IsVerbose ) { 
+  Write-Verbose "Removing: $($oldAliases.Name -join ', ')"
+}
+$oldAliases | Remove-Alias -Scope $MyAliasScope
+Get-ChildItem (Join-Path $MyPSScrtipRoot '*.ps1') |
+  ForEach-Object {
+    Set-Alias $($_.BaseName) $_.FullName -Scope $MyAliasScope
+  }
+
+foreach( $local:alias in $myAliases.Keys ) {
+  Set-Alias -Name $alias -Value $myAliases[$alias] -Description '#MyAlias' -Scope $MyAliasScope
+}