Extension's Formatter ignores config file.

[ninmonkey]

Issue Description

The extension's formatter is ignoring the config file: PSScriptAnalyzerSettings.psd1
I didn't file this in /PSScriptAnalyzer because it (Invoke-Formatter) works as expected with the same config file.

Properties set under "powershell.codeFormatting.* are working.
Except it's ignoring "powershell.scriptAnalysis.settingsPath": "PSScriptAnalyzerSettings.psd1" when formatting.

I can disable changing process using Invoke-Formatter using this config

@{
    'Rules' = @{
        'PSAvoidUsingCmdletAliases' = @{
            'Whitelist' = @('process')
        }
    }
}

Expected Behaviour

Input example:

function foo {
    param ()

    Process {
        ls
        process
    }
}

Should format as

function foo {
    param ()

    Process {
        Get-ChildItem
        process
    }
}

Actual Behaviour

function foo {
    param ()

    Process {
        Get-ChildItem
        Get-Process
    }
}

System Details

A tiny workspace reproduces the example: 2020-10-20 - Invoke-Formatter - ignores config.zip

System Details Output (Click to Expand)

### VSCode version: 1.50.1 d2e414d9e4239a252d1ab117bd7067f125afd80a x64

### VSCode extensions:
alefragnani.Bookmarks@11.4.0
arcticicestudio.nord-visual-studio-code@0.14.0
bungcip.better-toml@0.3.2
christian-kohler.path-intellisense@2.3.0
CoenraadS.bracket-pair-colorizer@1.0.61
CoenraadS.bracket-pair-colorizer-2@0.2.0
DavidAnson.vscode-markdownlint@0.37.1
donjayamanne.githistory@0.6.12
DotJoshJohnson.xml@2.5.1
eamodio.gitlens@10.2.2
eamodio.tsl-problem-matcher@0.3.1
Equinusocio.vsc-community-material-theme@1.4.2
Equinusocio.vsc-material-theme@33.0.0
equinusocio.vsc-material-theme-icons@1.2.0
esbenp.prettier-vscode@5.7.1
evan-buss.font-switcher@3.1.0
firefox-devtools.vscode-firefox-debug@2.9.1
formulahendry.code-runner@0.11.1
juanmnl.vscode-theme-hydra@3.1.0
matangover.mypy@0.1.4
mechatroner.rainbow-csv@1.7.1
medo64.code-point@1.7.1
ms-dotnettools.csharp@1.23.4
ms-mssql.mssql@1.9.0
ms-python.python@2020.9.114305
ms-python.vscode-pylance@2020.10.2
ms-vscode-remote.remote-wsl@0.50.1
ms-vscode.cpptools@1.0.1
ms-vscode.hexeditor@1.3.0
ms-vscode.powershell@2020.6.0  [disabled]
ms-vscode.powershell-preview@2020.9.0 
ms-vscode.vscode-typescript-tslint-plugin@1.2.3
msjsdiag.debugger-for-chrome@4.12.11
octref.vscode-json-transform@0.1.2
PKief.material-icon-theme@4.3.0
PowerQuery.vscode-powerquery@0.1.5
RandomFractalsInc.vscode-data-preview@2.2.0
redhat.vscode-xml@0.13.0
RobbOwen.synthwave-vscode@0.1.8
rogalmic.bash-debug@0.3.9
rust-lang.rust@0.7.8
sallar.vscode-duotone-dark@0.3.3
shakram02.bash-beautify@0.1.1
shd101wyy.markdown-preview-enhanced@0.5.13
stansw.vscode-odata@0.1.0
stuart.unique-window-colors@1.0.51
vadimcn.vscode-lldb@1.6.0
VisualStudioExptTeam.vscodeintellicode@1.2.10
webfreak.debug@0.25.0
wwm.better-align@1.1.6
yzhang.markdown-all-in-one@3.3.0
zhuangtongfa.material-theme@3.9.3

### PSES version: 2.3.0.0

Name                              Version
----                              -------
PowerShellEditorServices.Commands 0.2.0
PowerShellEditorServices.VSCode   0.2.0

### PowerShell version:

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.0.3
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.0.3
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.19041
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

Attached Logs

log - editorServices.log

Environment Information

Visual Studio Code

Name	Version
Operating System	Windows_NT x64 10.0.19041
VSCode	1.50.1
PowerShell Extension Version	2020.9.0

PowerShell Information

Name	Value
PSVersion	7.0.3
PSEdition	Core
GitCommitId	7.0.3
OS	Microsoft Windows 10.0.19041
Platform	Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions	1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 5.1.10032.0 6.0.0 6.1.0 6.2.0 7.0.3
PSRemotingProtocolVersion	2.3
SerializationVersion	1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion	3.0

Visual Studio Code Extensions

Visual Studio Code Extensions(Click to Expand)

Extension	Author	Version
better-toml	bungcip	0.3.2
Bookmarks	alefragnani	11.4.0
code-point	medo64	1.7.1
code-runner	formulahendry	0.11.1
cpptools	ms-vscode	1.0.1
csharp	ms-dotnettools	1.23.4
debug	webfreak	0.25.0
debugger-for-chrome	msjsdiag	4.12.11
font-switcher	evan-buss	3.1.0
githistory	donjayamanne	0.6.12
gitlens	eamodio	10.2.2
hexeditor	ms-vscode	1.3.0
markdown-all-in-one	yzhang	3.3.0
material-icon-theme	PKief	4.3.0
material-theme	zhuangtongfa	3.9.3
mssql	ms-mssql	1.9.0
mypy	matangover	0.1.4
nord-visual-studio-code	arcticicestudio	0.14.0
path-intellisense	christian-kohler	2.3.0
powershell-preview	ms-vscode	2020.9.0
prettier-vscode	esbenp	5.7.1
python	ms-python	2020.9.114305
rainbow-csv	mechatroner	1.7.1
remote-wsl	ms-vscode-remote	0.50.1
rust	rust-lang	0.7.8
synthwave-vscode	RobbOwen	0.1.8
tsl-problem-matcher	eamodio	0.3.1
vsc-community-material-theme	Equinusocio	1.4.2
vsc-material-theme	Equinusocio	33.0.0
vsc-material-theme-icons	equinusocio	1.2.0
vscode-data-preview	RandomFractalsInc	2.2.0
vscode-duotone-dark	sallar	0.3.3
vscode-firefox-debug	firefox-devtools	2.9.1
vscode-json-transform	octref	0.1.2
vscode-lldb	vadimcn	1.6.0
vscode-odata	stansw	0.1.0
vscode-powerquery	PowerQuery	0.1.5
vscode-pylance	ms-python	2020.10.2
vscode-theme-hydra	juanmnl	3.1.0
vscode-typescript-tslint-plugin	ms-vscode	1.2.3
vscode-xml	redhat	0.13.0
vscodeintellicode	VisualStudioExptTeam	1.2.10

manual_invoke_formatter.ps1 (Click to Expand)

$settings = 'PSScriptAnalyzerSettings.psd1'
$src = @'
function foo {
    param ()

    Process {
        ls
        process
    }
}
'@

$expected = @'
function foo {
    param ()

    Process {
        Get-ChildItem
        process
    }
}
'@

Write-Host -fore red "Input"
$src

Write-Host -fore red "Result"
$result = Invoke-Formatter -ScriptDefinition $src -Settings $settings
$result

"Expected?"
$result -eq $expected

[corbob]

It looks like @bergmeister may have answered this in the #vscode channel on Discord/Slack Reproduced here to provide context within the issue: @ninmonkey The settings path settings only applies for script analysis, i.e. Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer and not formatting. All formatting related rule properties are settable via the powershell.codeformatting.* settings

I'll add: if you're looking for project specific formatting options, you might want to use a workspace settings file .vscode/settings.json so that anyone pulling down the code gets your formatting options.

[ninmonkey]

@corbob:

All formatting related rule properties are settable via the powershell.codeformatting.* settings

My original examples weren't great. This new one shows that

• there's a formatting setting that the extension doesn't support
• this involes a real error unlike the original -- which is technically correct behavior, because that's still parsable

I cannot find a powershell.formatting setting that lets me change the formatting setting PSAvoidUsingCmdletAliases

Problem

Formatter breaks code when there's parse errors.

Invoke-Formatter runs even on parse errors. Because of that, it's indirectly mutating code. After fixing the error (like a missing comma), you also have to fix the (now missing) process block

Proposed Solution

• If ParseErrors are found, don't run Invoke-Formatter , otherwise
• allow whitelisting process for the rule PSAvoidUsingCmdletAliases

( I filed this under vscode-powershell because it's invoking the formatter with its own config)

How to Reproduce

PSScriptAnalyzerSettings.psd1

@{
    'Rules' = @{
        # keep the rule *except* 'process' because tiny typo-s mutates code
        'PSAvoidUsingCmdletAliases' = @{
            Enable      = $True
            'Whitelist' = @('process')
        }
    }
}

To Reproduce

Case1: Error Case

function DoStuff {
    <#
    .description
        example trigger type 1

        A few cases the script becomes synatically invalid
        Like accidentally deleting a ',' in the parameter block

        The formatter should not modify the script when  **error severity level** errors are found

        As a work-around I whitelisted 'process', so I could keep the rule on
    #>
    param(
        [Parameter()][int]$Num
        [Parameter()][int]$Num2
    )
    process {
    }
}

Case2: Unexpected, but correct behavior.

function OtherStuff {
    <#
    .description
    example trigger type 2

    By accident, there exists code outside the process/begin/end blocks

    The code is technically synatically valid. The User doesn't expect doesn't expect `process` ( or `get-process` ) to be called with a script block.

    Meaning it's formatting using the correct behavior.
    #>
    'accidental outer code'
    process {

    }
}

[rjmholt]

See PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1402 (comment)

[ninmonkey]

See PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1402 (comment)

@rjmholt I think I found another case. Going through that thread it didn't have a case with a syntax error in param() blocks. (they were always empty) (Edit: it was fixed)

I thought maybe it's not the same answer because of these differences:

• This time has process {} as the first non-param block.
• This time it's a syntax error verses the other examples that were synatically valid
• param is a language keyword, so shouldn't accidentally be calling a function named param?
• param() process() does not trigger the warning unexpected token 'param/proces', expected 'begin', 'process', 'end', or 'dynamicparam'.

Semantic highlighting made me this might be a different situation AST wise , that it's not actually parsing as a function with 2 parameters, where the parenthesis were redundant, ex:

param $a $b

Part2

If I put process before param, Then I get the token outside of blocks begin/end/etc

unexpected token 'param', expected 'begin', 'process', 'end', or 'dynamicparam'.

Should this occur as the same when the token is a language keyword?

[ninmonkey]

Describe bug or problem

Update: There's currently 2 parts:

1. bug : The formatter is ran when the script has parse errors / can't run. (Verses the linked thread where the case was valid) like 'PROCESS' is implicitly aliasing 'Get-PROCESS' PSScriptAnalyzer#1402 (comment)

quoting @rjmholt:

Running the formatter on scripts with errors on them is inherently risky, since what the user thinks they're looking at and what the parser sees are possibly quite different in those scenarios.

2. feature request: vscode-powershell preferences are missing a formatting setting.
   Using the rules file powershell.scriptAnalysis.settingsPath when calling Invoke-formatter would solve that.

Is there a reason not to use the config file? IIRC It there were api limitations at the time.

To reproduce

input

function F {
    param( $x $y )
    process {}
}

rules

$settingsPathRule = @{
    'Rules' = @{
        'PSAvoidUsingCmdletAliases' = @{
            Enable      = $true
            'Whitelist' = @('process')
        }
    }
}

$vsCodeRule = @{
    'Rules' = @{
        'PSAvoidUsingCmdletAliases' = @{
            Enable = $true
        }
    }
}

Expected Behavior

Don't format code when Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer returns severity level ParseError

Actual

function F {
    param( $x $y )
    Get-Process {}
}

ScriptAnalyzer output

Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -ScriptDefinition 'function F {
    param( $x $y )
    process {}
}' | ft -AutoSize -Wrap

RuleName                                     Severity   ScriptName Line Message
--------                                     --------   ---------- ---- -------
MissingEndParenthesisInFunctionParameterList ParseError            2    Missing ')' in function parameter list.
MissingEndCurlyBrace                         ParseError            1    Missing closing '}' in statement block or type definition.
UnexpectedToken                              ParseError            2    Unexpected token ')' in expression or statement.
UnexpectedToken                              ParseError            4    Unexpected token '}' in expression or statement.
PSAvoidUsingCmdletAliases                    Warning               3    'process' is implicitly aliasing 'Get-process' because it is missing the 'Get-' prefix.
                                                                        This can introduce possible problems and make scripts hard to maintain. Please consider
                                                                        changing command to its full name.
PSReviewUnusedParameter                      Warning               2    The parameter 'x' has been declared but not used.

Sample Cases:

• TestBreak was fixed <= 1.58.1
• F { param(x y) }

[SydneyhSmith]

Wanted to check in and see if you are still having this issue @ninmonkey also wanted to confirm that you still hit this issue when there is no "s" in "settings" i.e. "powershell.scriptAnalysis.settingsPath": "PSScriptAnalyzerSetting.psd1"

[bergmeister]

This issue has completely deviated from that it was before. The powershell.scriptAnalysis.settingsPath setting in VS-Code is just used for script analysis and not formatting. Its name makes this clear. There is no such equivalent setting for the formatter, which is currently controlled by a set of powershell.codeFormatting.* settings.