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Run the Native Windows Check for the Bootstrap Dash-Name Refusal #3161
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Context
#3156 (for #3129) makes both bootstrap loaders refuse an -Agents name that starts with a dash. On the PowerShell side, that includes the U+2013, U+2014, and U+2015 dashes, because PowerShell binds those as a parameter prefix. CI's Windows unit-test job and a local pwsh 7 run pass. Neither one covers native Windows PowerShell 5.1 or the en dash case on real Windows.
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In an unelevated pwsh 7 window on Windows, paste the whole block below. It clones the repository into $env:TEMP at #3156's squash commit on develop. It runs every case with -DryRun, so nothing installs even if a refusal fails, and it runs the cases under both pwsh and powershell. Then it deletes the clone. Expect about a minute.
& {
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$sha = 'a040949784d829f1b80bb27df5e82bd0edcf3514'
$wt = Join-Path $env:TEMP "pt-check-$(Get-Random)"
git clone --quiet https://github.com/ptr727/ProjectTemplate.git $wt
if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'clone failed' }
Push-Location $wt
try {
git checkout --quiet $sha
if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'checkout failed' }
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Continue'
$d = [char]0x2013
foreach ($exe in 'pwsh', 'powershell') {
foreach ($name in '-All', '-a', 'herdr,-All', "${d}All") {
$out = & $exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\host-setup\bootstrap.ps1 -Ref develop -DryRun -Agents $name 2>&1 | Out-String
$code = $LASTEXITCODE
$why = ($out -split "`n" | Where-Object { $_ -match 'ERROR|Missing an argument' } | Select-Object -First 1)
$r = if ($code) { 'PASS' } else { 'FAIL' }
"$r $exe -Agents '$name' exit=$code (expect nonzero) $why"
}
$null = & $exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\host-setup\bootstrap.ps1 -Ref develop -DryRun -Agents herdr 2>&1
$code = $LASTEXITCODE
$r = if ($code) { 'FAIL' } else { 'PASS' }
"$r $exe -Agents 'herdr' exit=$code (expect 0)"
}
} finally {
Pop-Location
Remove-Item -Recurse -Force $wt
}
}Expected
Every printed line starts with PASS: each dash-led name exits nonzero, and the plain herdr name exits 0. A single dash-led value may be stopped by pwsh with "Missing an argument for parameter 'Agents'" instead of the new message, which still counts as refused. Post the printed lines as a comment, then close this issue if all of them pass.
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ptr727 commentedon Oct 16, 2026
ptr727 commentedon Oct 16, 2026
All ten cases pass natively under pwsh 7 and Windows PowerShell 5.1, the en dash case included, so #3156 is verified on Windows.
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