Templates: Defined Encoding

[FriedrichWeinmann]

• Explicitly specify output encoding
• Include encoding information in file
• Override template provided encoding

[Splaxi]

Would that fix my issue with Invoke-PSMDTemplate CommandTest that doesn't give me the same encoding like Set-PSMDEncoding?

I run Set-PSMDEncoding against all my ps1 files, this includes my pester test files. When I afterwards want to update the pester file, the encoding is changed.

[FriedrichWeinmann]

Heya,

it will fix files emitted by Invoke-PSMDTemplate from being the wrong encoding.
Given your description however, I'm assuming you have a case of VS Code changing your formatting on save. This would be something you can fix in your editor, by changing the default encoding.

Either way, updating the editor settings and this update combined will lead you to never having to worry about encoding issues for your projects.

[Splaxi]

And the default encoding should be UTF 8 BOM?

[FriedrichWeinmann]

Indeed. UTF8 for widest compatibility and the closest we have for a standard.
BOM so we know rather than assume the encoding of a file