PSDeployScripts/PlatyPS.ps1
<# .SYNOPSIS Deploys An External Help Xml file from PlatyPS markdown. .DESCRIPTION Deploys An External Help Xml file from PlatyPS markdown to specified help folder. .PARAMETER Deployment Deployment to run .PARAMETER Encoding Character encoding for your external help file. It should be of the type [System.Text.Encoding]. You can control precise details (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms404377.aspx)about your encoding. .PARAMETER Force Override existing files. #> [cmdletbinding()] param( [ValidateScript({ $_.PSObject.TypeNames[0] -eq 'PSDeploy.Deployment' })] [psobject[]]$Deployment, [System.Text.Encoding]$Encoding, [switch]$Force ) foreach ($Deploy in $Deployment) { Write-Verbose -Message "Starting deployment [$($deploy.DeploymentName)] to PlatyPS" if (Test-Path -Path $Deploy.Source) { foreach ($target in $deploy.Targets) { $Params = @{ Path = $deploy.Source OutputPath = $target Verbose = $VerbosePreference } if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('Encoding')) { $params.Encoding = $Encoding } if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('Force')) { $params.Force = $true } Try { Write-Verbose -Message "Creating New External Help in [$($target)]" New-ExternalHelp @params } catch { Throw } } } else { Throw "[$($Deploy.Source)] does not exist" } } |