Publishing with publish-psresource requires specific folder name [3.0.0-beta10]

When using publish-psresource, the folder/directory name must be the same as the directory folder, and publishing from a folder with the version name will result in an error

Example:

gh:\psrapid\psrAPId> publish-psresource -path C:\Users\adrian.andersson\git\psrapid\psrAPId\1.0.1\psrAPId.psd1 -Repository powershellgetbeta -Credential $pshelf.credential -APIKey $pshelf.NuGetApiKey -verbose
Publish-PSResource: Value cannot be null. (Parameter 'path')
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gh:\psrapid\psrAPId> publish-psresource -path C:\Users\adrian.andersson\git\psrapid\psrAPId\1.0.1\ -Repository powershellgetbeta -Credential $pshelf.credential -APIKey $pshelf.NuGetApiKey -verbose
Publish-PSResource: No file with a .psd1 extension was found in C:\Users\adrian.andersson\git\psrapid\psrAPId\1.0.1\1.0.1.psd1.  Please specify a path to a valid modulemanifest.

Works fine if the folder name matches the psd1 name. Seems its parsing the folder name and searching for a manifest file using that name, which makes having a versioned release folder a bit more complicated

Bonus Oddness: It is possible to omit the repository name and publish-psresource will not throw an error, even if there are multiple repositories with the same priority weight

[mgreenegit]

Confirmed. Repro: Module file name - AzureConnectedMachineDsc.psd1 Publish-PSResource -ApiKey ‘***’ -Repository PSGallery -Path ‘/Users/username/git/AzCMAgentPublish/’ -Verbose Publish-PSResource: Value cannot be null. (Parameter ‘path’)

I was using a different folder name because I don’t want to publish every file I use in my local testing/development folder.

It doesn’t seem like a good practice to require assumptions about the folder name/structure. At minimum, the error message does not indicate what the user needs to do, so that could be corrected.

[Jaykul]

It’s broken the other way too. I used to publish with folder name:

Publish-PSResource -Path C:\Users\Jaykul\Projects\Modules\TerminalBlocks\1.0.0

Now it expects the file to be named 1.0.0 instead of “TerminalBlocks.psd1”:

Publish-PSResource: No file with a .psd1 extension was found in C:\Users\Jaykul\Projects\Modules\TerminalBlocks\1.0.0\1.0.0.psd1.  Please specify a path to a valid modulemanifest.