Write proper error messages for Get-Command ' ' by jakekerr · Pull Request #13564 · PowerShell/PowerShell

jakekerr · 2020-09-02T19:23:38Z

PR Summary

Fix #13342. Checks if _commandName is empty or null in the DoPowerShellRelativePathLookup() method. Removes a Dbg.Assert() that checks if the name is empty or null. The assertion fails because _commandName is trimmed in setupPathSearcher().

PR Context

After this change Get-Command ' ' will return a CommandNotFoundException instead of a IndexOutOfRangeException. The Dbg.Assert was removed because according to Issue #10165 whitespace should be a valid argument for Get-Command.

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SteveL-MSFT

Please add test cases

ghost · 2020-09-04T04:16:52Z

All CLA requirements met.

jakekerr · 2020-09-04T04:35:05Z

I see now that an alternate and maybe cleaner solution would involve changing only this line _commandName = _commandName.TrimEnd(Utils.Separators.PathSearchTrimEnd); to create a new variable which is only used for the setupPathSearcher() routine. Creating a new variable for path searching may be more desirable than altering the existing _commandName string. If _commandName doesn't get trimmed we don't ever have to worry about the IndexOutOfRangeException being thrown.

iSazonov · 2020-09-04T05:40:08Z

                // Home Path:           "~\command.exe"
                // Drive Relative Path: "\Users\User\AppData\Local\Temp\command.exe"
-                if (_commandName[0] == '.' || _commandName[0] == '~' || _commandName[0] == '\\')
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(_commandName) && (_commandName[0] == '.' || _commandName[0] == '~' || _commandName[0] == '\\'))


_commandName is defined as non-nullable so we can do not check null.
Also it is on a hot path and we could optimize the code a bit. I suggest to add && _commandName.Length != 0 in if above, define char firstChar = _commandName[0] and use the firstChar in the line.

@iSazonov just to confirm. Is this along the lines of what you're suggesting?
char firstChar = _commandName[0];
if (_commandName.Length != 0 && (firstChar == '.' || firstChar == '~' || firstChar == '\\'))

I agree it would be more optimized but the issue of this PR (Get-Command ' ' returns the wrong exception) wouldn't be fixed. Sorry I may be misunderstanding. I'm still learning.

(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(_commandName)

You added the check to fix the issue. But _commandName is annotated as non-nullable and we can exclude null check and have _commandName.Length != 0. And the check should be in previous if condition (before char firstChar = _commandName[0]).

iSazonov · 2020-09-04T05:41:26Z

+        It "Returns CommandNotFoundException if a single space is used" {
+            {Get-Command ' ' -ErrorAction Stop} | Should -Throw -ErrorId "CommandNotFoundException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetCommandCommand"
+        }


For consistency we could add tests for null and empty arguments. Please use -TestCases.

iSazonov · 2020-09-04T05:47:30Z

Creating a new variable for path searching may be more desirable than altering the existing _commandName string.

I think it makes no sense to create new variable - this complicates code and don't protect underlying internal methods.

iSazonov · 2020-09-07T03:09:49Z

+                //char firstChar = _commandName[0];
+                if (_commandName.Length != 0) 


Please remove commented code and move the condition in line 1104 to line 1090.

Oh yeah thanks. Can't believe I missed that.

Co-authored-by: Ilya <darpa@yandex.ru>

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jakekerr · 2020-09-14T19:36:01Z

@SteveL-MSFT what do you think of the added test cases? Thanks.

ghost · 2020-09-22T02:00:08Z

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jakekerr · 2020-11-02T16:10:24Z

@adityapatwardhan I don't mean to bother you but I just wanted to know if there's anything else I can do to help get this PR approved? Thanks.

adityapatwardhan · 2020-11-02T16:36:14Z

Currently working on some high priority items. I will be reviewing this after. Thank you for your patience.

ghost · 2020-11-10T02:00:08Z

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adityapatwardhan · 2020-11-13T22:32:13Z

@SteveL-MSFT can you update your review

ghost · 2020-11-21T02:00:12Z

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iSazonov · 2021-01-10T13:03:50Z

@jakekerr Thanks for your contribution!

ghost · 2021-02-12T02:06:52Z

🎉v7.2.0-preview.3 has been released which incorporates this pull request.:tada:

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jakekerr added 2 commits August 27, 2020 10:53

Remove an unnecessary dbg.assert()

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Add IsNullOrEmpty check to relative path lookup.

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Add test case for single whitespace name parameter

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jakekerr added 3 commits September 6, 2020 13:12

Check for _commandName length in setupPathSearcher

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Added tests for whitespace, empty and null names

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Remove commented out code.

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Moved _commandName length conditional check.

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Remove unused variable.

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jakekerr and others added 4 commits September 7, 2020 21:32

Remove extra empty line.

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Co-authored-by: Ilya <darpa@yandex.ru>

use Name variable for headers and value for tests.

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Capitalized Name header and put it in single quote

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Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/jackerr3/PowerShell into …

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Get-Command fails with unexpected error when given a blank command-name argument #13342

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		//char firstChar = _commandName[0];
		if (_commandName.Length != 0)

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