PowerShell Validator

A PowerShell script for validating .gitinfo files.

Requirements

• PowerShell 5.1+ (Windows) or PowerShell Core 7+ (cross-platform)

Usage

# Validate .gitinfo in current directory
.\Validate-GitInfo.ps1

# Validate a specific file
.\Validate-GitInfo.ps1 -Path "path/to/.gitinfo"

Features

• Parses JSONC (strips // and /* */ comments)
• Validates against the gitinfo JSON Schema
• Checks types, formats (URI, email), and patterns
• Enforces additionalProperties: false
• Returns exit code 0 on success, 1 on failure
• Color-coded output (green for success, red for errors)

Example Output

✓ .gitinfo is valid

Validation failed for .gitinfo:
  - .root: invalid URI "not-a-url"
  - root: unknown property "invalid_field"

Notes

On Windows, you may need to adjust the execution policy:

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser