WinGet-Essentials

1.2.0

modules/WinGet-Checkpoint.psm1

                                Set-StrictMode -Version 2

[string]$CheckpointFilePath = "$PSScriptRoot/winget.{HOSTNAME}.checkpoint"

<#

.DESCRIPTION

    Creates/updates a manifest file (winget.{HOSTNAME}.checkpoint) that

    contains a list of all software installed on this system that is available

    on WinGet through at least one source.

.EXAMPLE

    PS> Checkpoint-WingetSoftware

#>

function Checkpoint-WingetSoftware

{

    $checkpointFile = $CheckpointFilePath.Replace('{HOSTNAME}', $(hostname).ToLower())

    if (Test-Path $checkpointFile) {

        Move-Item -Force -Path $checkpointFile -Destination "$checkpointFile.bak"

    }

    winget export --include-versions -o $checkpointFile

}