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This pull request introduces improvements to development tooling and documentation, focusing on better PowerShell support in VS Code, workflow updates, and a more user-friendly pull request template.

Enhancements to development environment:

  • Added .vscode/launch.json to enable interactive PowerShell module debugging directly in VS Code, improving developer experience when working with the Maester.psd1 module.
  • Added .vscode/settings.json with PowerShell-specific formatting and analysis options, as well as editor settings to standardize code style and improve productivity.

Continuous integration and workflow updates:

  • Updated actions/checkout version from v4 to v5 in both .github/workflows/copy-tags.yml and .github/workflows/test-action.yml for improved security and compatibility. [1] [2] [3]

Documentation and contributor experience:

  • Refined .github/pull_request_template.md to provide clearer instructions, a more detailed description section, and improved checklist formatting for contributors.

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  • Make sure you are requesting to pull a topic/feature/bugfix branch (right side). Don't request your main branch!
  • Make sure you are making a pull request against the main branch (left side). Also you should start your branch off maester-action/main.
  • Check the commit's or even all commits' message styles matches our requested structure.
  • Enable the checkbox to allow maintainer edits so the branch can be updated for a merge.
  • If changing anything in the action, make sure it still works and is backward compatible.

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Pull Request Overview

This PR enhances the development environment and updates project infrastructure. It adds VS Code configuration files for better PowerShell development support, upgrades GitHub Actions dependencies, and improves the pull request template for better contributor guidance.

  • Added VS Code settings and launch configurations for PowerShell development
  • Updated actions/checkout from v4 to v5 across workflow files
  • Refined the pull request template with clearer structure and improved contributor instructions

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File Description
.vscode/settings.json Adds PowerShell-specific formatting rules and editor settings
.vscode/launch.json Configures interactive PowerShell module debugging session
.github/workflows/test-action.yml Updates checkout action to v5 and removes trailing whitespace
.github/workflows/copy-tags.yml Updates checkout action to v5 and removes trailing whitespace
.github/pull_request_template.md Restructures template with clearer sections and updated messaging

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@SamErde SamErde requested a review from svrooij October 30, 2025 21:33
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