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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Question about ModuleBuild-Extension: \u003cModulename\u003e.build.ps1: less Join-Path statements","articleBody":"Good evening Zachary\r\n\r\nIn `\u003cModulename\u003e.build.ps1` you naturally have a lot of Join-Path statements. I tried to understand your code (to extend it) and had to fight a lot :-). \r\nTherefore, I created one function which calculates all used Path- and File-Names. This Function is called at the beginning of almost every task to that it has all Path- and File-Names. It looks like this:\r\n```\r\n# Calculates all Directories used in a build\r\nFunction Get-Buid-Directories {\r\n  $Dirs = ([ordered] @{\r\n    # Applied Config Variables\r\n    BuildReportsFolder              = [IO.Path]::Combine($BuildRoot, $Script:BuildEnv.BuildReportsFolder)\r\n    BuildToolPath                   = [IO.Path]::Combine($BuildRoot, $Script:BuildEnv.BuildToolFolder)\r\n    TranscriptLog                   = [IO.Path]::Combine($BuildRoot, $Script:BuildEnv.BuildToolFolder, $Script:BuildEnv.OptionTranscriptLogFile)\r\n    CodeHealthScanPathPublic        = [IO.Path]::Combine($BuildRoot, $Script:BuildEnv.PublicFunctionSource)\r\n    CodeHealthScanPathPrivate       = [IO.Path]::Combine($BuildRoot, $Script:BuildEnv.PrivateFunctionSource)\r\n    ReleasePath                     = [IO.Path]::Combine($BuildRoot, $Script:BuildEnv.BaseReleaseFolder)\r\n    CurrentReleasePath              = [IO.Path]::Combine($BuildRoot, $Script:BuildEnv.BaseReleaseFolder, $Script:BuildEnv.ModuleToBuild)\r\n    ThisReleasePath                 = [IO.Path]::Combine($BuildRoot, $Script:BuildEnv.BaseReleaseFolder, $Script:BuildEnv.ModuleVersion)\r\n    # Other Files and Dirs\r\n    BuildTools                      = [IO.Path]::Combine($BuildRoot, $Script:BuildEnv.BuildToolFolder, 'dotSource')\r\n    ModuleManifestFileName          = [IO.Path]::Combine($BuildRoot, \"$($Script:BuildEnv.ModuleToBuild).psd1\")\r\n    ScriptModuleFileName            = [IO.Path]::Combine($BuildRoot, \"$($Script:BuildEnv.ModuleToBuild).psm1\")\r\n    CodeHealthReportPublic          = [IO.Path]::Combine($BuildRoot, $Script:BuildEnv.BuildReportsFolder, 'CodeHealthReport-Public.html')\r\n    CodeHealthReportPrivate         = [IO.Path]::Combine($BuildRoot, $Script:BuildEnv.BuildReportsFolder, 'CodeHealthReport-Private.html')\r\n    RootDocsPath                    = [IO.Path]::Combine($BuildRoot, 'docs')\r\n    RootDocsFunctionsPath           = [IO.Path]::Combine($BuildRoot, 'docs', 'Functions')\r\n    BuildDocsPath                   = [IO.Path]::Combine($BuildRoot, $Script:BuildEnv.BuildToolFolder, 'docs')\r\n    CurrentModuleManifestFile       = [IO.Path]::Combine($BuildRoot, $Script:BuildEnv.BaseReleaseFolder, $Script:BuildEnv.ModuleToBuild, \"$($Script:BuildEnv.ModuleToBuild).psd1\")\r\n    # Staging Dirs\r\n    StagePath                       = [IO.Path]::Combine($BuildRoot, $Script:BuildEnv.ScratchFolder)\r\n    StagePathEnUs                   = [IO.Path]::Combine($BuildRoot, $Script:BuildEnv.ScratchFolder, 'en-US')\r\n    StageReleasePath                = [IO.Path]::Combine($BuildRoot, $Script:BuildEnv.ScratchFolder, $Script:BuildEnv.BaseReleaseFolder)\r\n    StagePSD1OutputFile             = [IO.Path]::Combine($BuildRoot, $Script:BuildEnv.ScratchFolder, $Script:BuildEnv.BaseReleaseFolder, \"$($Script:BuildEnv.ModuleToBuild).psd1\")\r\n    StageReleaseModul               = [IO.Path]::Combine($BuildRoot, $Script:BuildEnv.ScratchFolder, $Script:BuildEnv.BaseReleaseFolder, \"$($Script:BuildEnv.ModuleToBuild).psm1\")\r\n    StagePreloadFilePath            = [IO.Path]::Combine($BuildRoot, $Script:BuildEnv.ScratchFolder, \"$($Script:BuildEnv.OtherModuleSource)\", 'PreLoad.ps1')\r\n    StagePrivateFunctionSourceFiles = [IO.Path]::Combine($BuildRoot, $Script:BuildEnv.ScratchFolder, \"$($Script:BuildEnv.PrivateFunctionSource)\", '*.ps1')\r\n    StagePublicFunctionSourceFiles  = [IO.Path]::Combine($BuildRoot, $Script:BuildEnv.ScratchFolder, \"$($Script:BuildEnv.PublicFunctionSource)\", '*.ps1')\r\n    StagePostLoadFileName           = [IO.Path]::Combine($BuildRoot, $Script:BuildEnv.ScratchFolder, \"$($Script:BuildEnv.OtherModuleSource)\", 'PostLoad.ps1')\r\n    StageOtherModuleSourceDir       = [IO.Path]::Combine($BuildRoot, $Script:BuildEnv.ScratchFolder, $Script:BuildEnv.OtherModuleSource)\r\n    StagePrivateFunctionSourceDir   = [IO.Path]::Combine($BuildRoot, $Script:BuildEnv.ScratchFolder, $Script:BuildEnv.PrivateFunctionSource)\r\n    StagePublicFunctionSourceDir    = [IO.Path]::Combine($BuildRoot, $Script:BuildEnv.ScratchFolder, $Script:BuildEnv.PublicFunctionSource)\r\n    StageModuleToBuildDir           = [IO.Path]::Combine($BuildRoot, $Script:BuildEnv.ScratchFolder, $Script:BuildEnv.ModuleToBuild)\r\n  })\r\n  # Return a Object\r\n  $oDirs = New-Object PSObject -Property $Dirs\r\n  $oDirs\r\n}\r\n```\r\n\r\nI guess the Hashtable could be sorted better, but for contributors like myself, this helps a lot to just get an overview of all used path- and filenames and to undestand what's happening.\r\n\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/schittli","@type":"Person","name":"schittli"},"datePublished":"2018-04-09T19:29:00.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1},"url":"https://github.com/14/ModuleBuild/issues/14"}