Fix Archive test failures and forward port changes from xPSDesiredSta…

…teConfiguration

.gitattributes

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+* text eol=crlf
+*.exe binary

.gitignore

@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 DSCResource.Tests
-*.vscode

.vscode/analyzersettings.psd1

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+@{
+    <#
+        For the custom rules to work, the DscResource.Tests repo must be
+        cloned. It is automatically clone as soon as any unit or
+        integration tests are run.
+    #>
+    CustomRulePath = '.\DSCResource.Tests\DscResource.AnalyzerRules'
+
+    IncludeRules   = @(
+        # DSC Resource Kit style guideline rules.
+        'PSAvoidDefaultValueForMandatoryParameter',
+        'PSAvoidDefaultValueSwitchParameter',
+        'PSAvoidInvokingEmptyMembers',
+        'PSAvoidNullOrEmptyHelpMessageAttribute',
+        'PSAvoidUsingCmdletAliases',
+        'PSAvoidUsingComputerNameHardcoded',
+        'PSAvoidUsingDeprecatedManifestFields',
+        'PSAvoidUsingEmptyCatchBlock',
+        'PSAvoidUsingInvokeExpression',
+        'PSAvoidUsingPositionalParameters',
+        'PSAvoidShouldContinueWithoutForce',
+        'PSAvoidUsingWMICmdlet',
+        'PSAvoidUsingWriteHost',
+        'PSDSCReturnCorrectTypesForDSCFunctions',
+        'PSDSCStandardDSCFunctionsInResource',
+        'PSDSCUseIdenticalMandatoryParametersForDSC',
+        'PSDSCUseIdenticalParametersForDSC',
+        'PSMisleadingBacktick',
+        'PSMissingModuleManifestField',
+        'PSPossibleIncorrectComparisonWithNull',
+        'PSProvideCommentHelp',
+        'PSReservedCmdletChar',
+        'PSReservedParams',
+        'PSUseApprovedVerbs',
+        'PSUseCmdletCorrectly',
+        'PSUseOutputTypeCorrectly',
+        'PSAvoidGlobalVars',
+        'PSAvoidUsingConvertToSecureStringWithPlainText',
+        'PSAvoidUsingPlainTextForPassword',
+        'PSAvoidUsingUsernameAndPasswordParams',
+        'PSDSCUseVerboseMessageInDSCResource',
+        'PSShouldProcess',
+        'PSUseDeclaredVarsMoreThanAssignments',
+        'PSUsePSCredentialType',
+
+        <#
+            This is to test all the DSC Resource Kit custom rules.
+            The name of the function-blocks of each custom rule start
+            with 'Measure*'.
+        #>
+        'Measure-*'
+    )
+}

.vscode/settings.json

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+{
+    "powershell.codeFormatting.openBraceOnSameLine": false,
+    "powershell.codeFormatting.newLineAfterOpenBrace": false,
+    "powershell.codeFormatting.newLineAfterCloseBrace": true,
+    "powershell.codeFormatting.whitespaceBeforeOpenBrace": true,
+    "powershell.codeFormatting.whitespaceBeforeOpenParen": true,
+    "powershell.codeFormatting.whitespaceAroundOperator": true,
+    "powershell.codeFormatting.whitespaceAfterSeparator": true,
+    "powershell.codeFormatting.ignoreOneLineBlock": false,
+    "powershell.codeFormatting.preset": "Custom",
+    "files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true,
+    "files.insertFinalNewline": true,
+    "powershell.scriptAnalysis.settingsPath": ".vscode\\analyzersettings.psd1"
+}

DscResources/CommonResourceHelper.psm1

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 #>
 function Test-IsNanoServer
 {
-    [OutputType([Boolean])]
+    [OutputType([System.Boolean])]
     [CmdletBinding()]
     param ()
 
     $isNanoServer = $false
-    
+
     if (Test-CommandExists -Name 'Get-ComputerInfo')
     {
         $computerInfo = Get-ComputerInfo -ErrorAction 'SilentlyContinue'
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ function Test-IsNanoServer
 #>
 function Test-CommandExists
 {
-    [OutputType([Boolean])]
+    [OutputType([System.Boolean])]
     [CmdletBinding()]
-    param 
+    param
     (
         [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
         [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
-        [String] $Name 
+        [System.String] $Name
     )
 
     $command = Get-Command -Name $Name -ErrorAction 'SilentlyContinue'
@@ -67,12 +67,12 @@ function New-InvalidArgumentException
     (
         [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
         [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
-        [String]
+        [System.String]
         $Message,
 
         [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
         [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
-        [String]
+        [System.String]
         $ArgumentName
     )
 
@@ -102,10 +102,12 @@ function New-InvalidOperationException
     [CmdletBinding()]
     param
     (
+        [Parameter()]
         [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
-        [String]
+        [System.String]
         $Message,
 
+        [Parameter()]
         [ValidateNotNull()]
         [System.Management.Automation.ErrorRecord]
         $ErrorRecord
@@ -155,7 +157,7 @@ function Get-LocalizedData
     (
         [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
         [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
-        [String]
+        [System.String]
         $ResourceName
     )