🩹 [Patch]: Remove initialization step and dependency on Utilities

[MariusStorhaug]

Description

This pull request simplifies the codebase by removing redundant module dependencies and improving code readability across various scripts. It also consolidates file exclusions in the .jscpd.json configuration and updates logic for handling module manifest properties.

Module Dependency Removal:

• Removed #Requires statements for unused module dependencies (GitHub, Utilities, Hashtable) across multiple scripts, including Build-PSModule.ps1, Build-PSModuleManifest.ps1, and Build-PSModuleRootModule.ps1 files. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Configuration Updates:

• Consolidated file exclusions in .github/linters/.jscpd.json by replacing specific file paths with a wildcard (**/scripts/helpers/**).

Workflow Simplification:

• Removed the Initialize-PSModule step from the Action-Test.yml workflow, streamlining the setup process. [1] [2] [3]

Code Readability Improvements:

• Replaced custom IsNotNullOrEmpty function calls with native .NET methods like [string]::IsNullOrEmpty for better clarity and maintainability in scripts such as Build-PSModuleManifest.ps1 and Get-PSModuleAliasesToExport.ps1. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Suppression Attribute Adjustments:

• Updated Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute to include Scope = 'Function' for consistency in scripts like Get-PSModuleClassesToExport.ps1 and Get-PSModuleCmdletsToExport.ps1. [1] [2]

Type of change

• 📖 [Docs]
• 🪲 [Fix]
• 🩹 [Patch]
• ⚠️ [Security fix]
• 🚀 [Feature]
• 🌟 [Breaking change]

Checklist

• I have performed a self-review of my own code
• I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas

[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

This PR removes the dependency on the Utilities module and the initialization step from the project, simplifying the code and workflows.

• Removed the "#Requires -Modules Utilities" line from scripts/main.ps1 to drop the Utilities dependency.
• Removed the "Initialize environment" step from multiple jobs in the Action-Test workflow.

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 2 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated no comments.

File	Description
scripts/main.ps1	Removed the dependency on the Utilities module.
.github/workflows/Action-Test.yml	Removed the initialization step from the GitHub Actions workflow.

Comments suppressed due to low confidence (2)

scripts/main.ps1:7

• Ensure that all functionality previously provided by the Utilities module has been removed or replaced to prevent runtime issues.

#Requires -Modules Utilities

.github/workflows/Action-Test.yml:25

• Verify that the removal of the 'Initialize environment' step does not impact the workflow execution, and that any required setup is handled elsewhere.

-      - name: Initialize environment