"winget install microsoft-git" finds entries in msstore

[Eschryn]

To address this: using the id parameter we can make sure it will always install this package.

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Adding the source parameter will make sure that the install command will actually install from winget

[derrickstolee]

Hi @Eschryn. Could you explain more about what it means to "find entries in msstore"? This seems like a strange behavior for winget to not use the source that we have specified. The recommended change to add -s winget seems odd and it would be good to have some justification.

[Eschryn]

Maybe its not reproducible for everyone, but when I run winget install microsoft-git it gives me the following output:

> winget install microsoft-git
Multiple packages found matching input criteria. Please refine the input.
Name          Id            Source
-----------------------------------
Windows Scan  9WZDNCRFJ3PV  msstore
Microsoft Git Microsoft.Git winget

We could use the id instead I suppose.
Not sure why I haven't thought of that immediately.

winget install --id Microsoft.Git

Thats actually better.

[derrickstolee]

Maybe its not reproducible for everyone, but when I run winget install microsoft-git it gives me the following output:

> winget install microsoft-git
Multiple packages found matching input criteria. Please refine the input.
Name          Id            Source
-----------------------------------
Windows Scan  9WZDNCRFJ3PV  msstore
Microsoft Git Microsoft.Git winget

Odd. This doesn't help indicate what exactly is causing your msstore to include something that matches microsoft-git. That's not helpful (and not your fault).

We could use the id instead I suppose. Not sure why I haven't thought of that immediately.

winget install --id Microsoft.Git

Thats actually much better.

I think this is a clearer way to be exact about it without having odd duplication of the word winget.

Edit: We should probably update all of our winget install commands.

[Eschryn]

I think this is a clearer way to be exact about it without having odd duplication of the word winget.

I will make a change quickly. Kind of weird I didn't think of that at first.