Export/Import apps list

[brunovieira97]

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Allow the user to export a list of all currently installed apps from WinGet.

This list can then be imported (with the specific versions too) on WinGet and its apps will be batch installed. Useful for a "dotfiles-based" computer setup, where I just have a winget-apps.json and can set my machine up with a single command.

Poposed commands:

• winget export <app-list>
  • Here the user can specify an app list for exporting, or use --all or * for exporting the entire list.
• winget import <file-path>

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Edited by denelon:

Stable Feature
winget import packages.json - installs packages referenced in packages.json (requires sources to be configured).
winget import -? - displays help for the import command.

Experimental Feature
winget export packages.json - generates export file for packages in Add / Remove Programs matching installed sources.
winget export -? - displays help for the export command.

Note: export depends on list also being enabled.

winget features - displays all experimental features and their status
winget settings - launches settings.json to configure settings like experimental features

Edited: experimental status

[gibfahn]

For an example in other package managers see Homebrew's brew bundle.

Nice thing about it is it's easy to add support for other tools like Casks, mas, and whalebrew, all of which are (or started as) third-party extensions to brew.

[denelon]

This looks like a duplicate of #155 and #156

[denelon]

The schema for the import file is located at https://aka.ms/winget-packages.schema.1.0.json