Include Aliases to export in Module Manifest

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 temp/
 run.ps1
-dist/
+dist/
+justfile

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [1.1.0] - 2025-08-28
+
+## Added
+
+- Now Module manifest includes `AliasesToExport`. This helps loading aliases without explicitly importing modules to session. 
+- thanks to @djs-zmtc for suggesting the feature
+
 ## [1.0.0] - 2025-03-11
 
 ### Added

project.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "ProjectName": "ModuleTools",
   "Description": "ModuleTools is a versatile, standalone PowerShell module builder. Create anything from simple to robust modules with ease. Built for CICD and Automation.",
-  "Version": "1.0.0",
+  "Version": "1.1.0",
   "copyResourcesToModuleRoot": false,
   "Manifest": {
     "Author": "Manjunath Beli",

src/private/Build.Manifest.ps1

@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ function Build-Manifest {
 
     $PubFunctionFiles = Get-ChildItem -Path $data.PublicDir -Filter *.ps1
     $functionToExport = @()
-    $PubFunctionFiles | ForEach-Object {
-        $functionToExport += Get-FunctionNameFromFile -filePath $_.FullName
+    $aliasToExport = @()
+    $PubFunctionFiles.FullName | ForEach-Object {
+        $functionToExport += Get-FunctionNameFromFile -filePath $_
+        $aliasToExport += Get-AliasInFunctionFromFile -filePath $_
     }
 
     $ManfiestAllowedParams = (Get-Command New-ModuleManifest).Parameters.Keys
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ function Build-Manifest {
         Path              = $data.ManifestFilePSD1
         Description       = $data.Description
         FunctionsToExport = $functionToExport
+        AliasesToExport   = $aliasToExport
         RootModule        = "$($data.ProjectName).psm1"
         ModuleVersion     = $data.Version
     }

src/private/GetAliasNameFromFunction.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<#
+.SYNOPSIS
+Retrieves information about alias in a given function/file so it can be added to module manifest
+
+.DESCRIPTION
+Adding alias to module manifest and exporting it will ensure that functions can be called using alias without importing explicitly
+#>
+function Get-AliasInFunctionFromFile {
+    param($filePath)
+    try {
+        $ast = [System.Management.Automation.Language.Parser]::ParseFile($filePath, [ref]$null, [ref]$null)
+
+        $functionNodes = $ast.FindAll({
+                param($node)
+                $node -is [System.Management.Automation.Language.FunctionDefinitionAst]
+            }, $true)
+
+        $function = $functionNodes[0]
+        $paramsAttributes = $function.Body.ParamBlock.Attributes 
+
+        $aliases = ($paramsAttributes | Where-Object { $_.TypeName -like 'Alias' } | ForEach-Object PositionalArguments).Value
+        $aliases
+    } catch {
+        return
+    }
+}