I found some WTF I cannot explain.
I have PowerShell 3 installed. But I have ability to run PowerShell 2 host
C:\Users\Michael>PowerShell -Version 2
Windows PowerShell
Copyright (C) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Michael> $host.Version
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2 0 -1 -1But if I do the same from Cygwin it does not work properly
$ PowerShell -Version 2
Windows PowerShell
Copyright (C) 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Michael> $host.Version
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3 0 -1 -1WTF? Why it is still running PowerShell 3 ?!!
Moreover, I even tried to call cmd in between
$ cmd
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.2.9200]
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C:\Users\Michael>PowerShell -Version 2
Windows PowerShell
Copyright (C) 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Michael> $host.Version
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3 0 -1 -1The same effect..
Does anyone know why that happens?!
It very annoying, especially because of the bug with breakpoints.
So far I could not find a way how to run PowerShell 2 from my machine, and I have to use VM for that… Very annoying!
If you curious why I need to run PowerShell from Cygwin, it is because of the git hooks I am writing. To develop server-side hooks I write PowerShell script, and because of the problem described above, I cannot use my nice trick with breakpoints