Making install.ps1 build with msbuild

Author: Staffan Gustafsson

install.ps1

@@ -1,13 +1,41 @@
+param(
+    [ValidateSet('Debug', 'Release')]
+    [string]$Configuration = 'Release'
+    ,
+    [switch] $Rebuild
+)
+Set-StrictMode -Version Latest
+$man = Test-ModuleManifest $PSScriptRoot/PSEverything/PSEverything.psd1
+
+$msbuild = Resolve-Path ${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\msbuild\*\bin\msbuild.exe | Select-Object -last 1
+[string] $sln = Resolve-Path "$PSScriptRoot\$($man.Name).sln"
+
+if($msbuild -eq $Null){
+    throw "Cannot find msbuild.exe"
+}
+
+$msbuildArgs = @("/p:Configuration=$Configuration")
+if ($Rebuild){
+    $msbuildArgs += '/target:rebuild'
+}
+else{
+    $msbuildArgs += '/target:build'
+}
+$msbuildArgs += $sln
+"$msbuildArgs" 
+& $msbuild.ProviderPath $msbuildArgs
+
 $man = Test-ModuleManifest $PSScriptRoot/PSEverything/PSEverything.psd1
 
 $name = $man.Name
 [string]$version = $man.Version
-$moduleSourceDir = "$PSScriptRoot/PSEverything/bin/release/PSEverything"
+$moduleSourceDir = "$PSScriptRoot/PSEverything/bin/$Configuration/PSEverything"
 $moduleDir = "~/documents/WindowsPowerShell/Modules/$name/$version/"
 
 $newLine = [Environment]::NewLine
+
 $ofs = $newLine
-[string]$about_content = Get-Content $PSScriptRoot/README.md | foreach {
+[string]$about_content = Get-Content $PSScriptRoot/README.md | ForEach-Object {
     $_ -replace '```.*', ''    
 } 
 
@@ -16,8 +44,11 @@ if (-not (Test-Path $moduleDir))
     $null = mkdir $moduleDir
 }
 
-Get-ChildItem $moduleSourceDir | copy -Destination $moduleDir
+Get-ChildItem $moduleSourceDir | Copy-Item -Destination $moduleDir -ErrorAction:Continue
 Set-Content -Path $moduleDir/about_${name}.help.txt -value $about_content
 
 $cert =Get-ChildItem cert:\CurrentUser\My -CodeSigningCert
-Get-ChildItem $moduleDir/*.ps?1,$moduleDir/*.dll | Set-AuthenticodeSignature -Certificate $cert -TimestampServer http://timestamp.verisign.com/scripts/timstamp.dll 
+if($cert)
+{
+    Get-ChildItem $moduleDir/*.ps?1,$moduleDir/*.dll | Set-AuthenticodeSignature -Certificate $cert -TimestampServer http://timestamp.verisign.com/scripts/timstamp.dll
+}