Add support for JSON serialization

doc/new-locale.md

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ The following arguments are available:
 | **-l, --locale** |  The package locale to create a new manifest for. If not provided, the tool will prompt you for this value.
 | **-r, --reference-locale** | Existing locale manifest to be used as reference for default values. If not provided, the default locale manifest will be used.
 | **-o, --out** |  The output directory where the newly created manifests will be saved locally.
+| **-f,--format** |  Output format of the manifest. Default is "yaml". |
 | **-t,--token**  | GitHub personal access token used for direct submission to the Windows Package Manager repo |
 | **-?, --help** |  Gets additional help on this command |
 

doc/new.md

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ The following arguments are available:
 | Argument  | Description |
 |--------------|-------------|
 | **-o,--out** |  The output directory where the newly created manifests will be saved locally |
+| **-f,--format** |  Output format of the manifest. Default is "yaml". |
 | **-t,--token**  | GitHub personal access token used for direct submission to the Windows Package Manager repo |
 | **-?, --help** |  Gets additional help on this command |
 

doc/show.md

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ The following arguments are available:
 | **-d, --defaultlocale-manifest** |  Switch to display the default locale manifest.
 | **-l, --locale-manifests** |  Switch to display all locale manifests.
 | **--version-manifest** |  Switch to display the version manifest.
+| **-f,--format** |  Output format of the manifest. Default is "yaml". |
 | **-t, --token** |  GitHub personal access token used for authenticated access to the GitHub API. It is recommended to provide a token to get a higher [API rate limit](https://docs.github.com/en/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api#rate-limiting).
 | **-?, --help** |  Gets additional help on this command. |
 

doc/update-locale.md

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ The following arguments are available:
 | **-v, --version** |  The version of the package to update the locale for. Default is the latest version.
 | **-l, --locale** |  The package locale to update the manifest for. If not provided, the tool will prompt you a list of existing locales to choose from.
 | **-o, --out** |  The output directory where the newly created manifests will be saved locally.
+| **-f,--format** |  Output format of the manifest. Default is "yaml". |
 | **-t,--token**  | GitHub personal access token used for direct submission to the Windows Package Manager repo |
 | **-?, --help** |  Gets additional help on this command |
 

doc/update.md

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ The following arguments are available:
 | **-s, --submit** |  Boolean value for submitting to the Windows Package Manager repo. If true, updated manifest will be submitted directly using the provided GitHub Token
 | **-r, --replace** |  Boolean value for replacing an existing manifest from the Windows Package Manager repo. Optionally provide a version or else the latest version will be replaced. Default is false.
 | **-p, --prtitle** |  The title of the pull request submitted to GitHub.
+| **-f,--format** |  Output format of the manifest. Default is "yaml". |
 | **-t, --token** |  GitHub personal access token used for direct submission to the Windows Package Manager repo. If no token is provided, tool will prompt for GitHub login credentials.
 | **-?, --help** |  Gets additional help on this command. |
 

src/WingetCreateCLI/Commands/BaseCommand.cs

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Commands
     using System.Reflection;
     using System.Threading.Tasks;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Logging;
+    using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Models.Settings;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Properties;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Telemetry;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Telemetry.Events;
@@ -55,11 +56,21 @@ public abstract class BaseCommand
         /// </summary>
         private static readonly Dictionary<string, string> DownloadedInstallers = new();
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the extension of the output manifest files.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string Extension => Serialization.ManifestSerializer.AssociatedFileExtension;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the GitHub token used to submit a pull request on behalf of the user.
         /// </summary>
         public virtual string GitHubToken { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the format of the output manifest files and preview.
+        /// </summary>
+        public virtual ManifestFormat Format { get; set; } = UserSettings.ManifestFormat;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the winget repo owner to use.
         /// </summary>
@@ -116,7 +127,6 @@ public async Task<bool> LoadGitHubClient(bool requireToken = false)
             {
                 Logger.Trace("No token parameter, reading cached token");
                 this.GitHubToken = GitHubOAuth.ReadTokenCache();
-
                 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(this.GitHubToken))
                 {
                     if (requireToken)
@@ -184,18 +194,18 @@ protected static string SaveManifestDirToLocalPath(
                 fullDirPath = Path.Combine(outputDir, manifestDir);
             }
 
-            string versionManifestFileName = Manifests.GetFileName(manifests.VersionManifest);
-            string installerManifestFileName = Manifests.GetFileName(manifests.InstallerManifest);
-            string defaultLocaleManifestFileName = Manifests.GetFileName(manifests.DefaultLocaleManifest);
+            string versionManifestFileName = Manifests.GetFileName(manifests.VersionManifest, Extension);
+            string installerManifestFileName = Manifests.GetFileName(manifests.InstallerManifest, Extension);
+            string defaultLocaleManifestFileName = Manifests.GetFileName(manifests.DefaultLocaleManifest, Extension);
 
-            File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(fullDirPath, versionManifestFileName), versionManifest.ToYaml());
-            File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(fullDirPath, installerManifestFileName), installerManifest.ToYaml());
-            File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(fullDirPath, defaultLocaleManifestFileName), defaultLocaleManifest.ToYaml());
+            File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(fullDirPath, versionManifestFileName), versionManifest.ToManifestString());
+            File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(fullDirPath, installerManifestFileName), installerManifest.ToManifestString());
+            File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(fullDirPath, defaultLocaleManifestFileName), defaultLocaleManifest.ToManifestString());
 
             foreach (LocaleManifest localeManifest in localeManifests)
             {
-                string localeManifestFileName = Manifests.GetFileName(localeManifest);
-                File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(fullDirPath, localeManifestFileName), localeManifest.ToYaml());
+                string localeManifestFileName = Manifests.GetFileName(localeManifest, Extension);
+                File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(fullDirPath, localeManifestFileName), localeManifest.ToManifestString());
             }
 
             Console.WriteLine();
@@ -212,21 +222,21 @@ protected static string SaveManifestDirToLocalPath(
         /// <returns>A boolean value indicating whether validation of the manifests was successful.</returns>
         protected static bool ValidateManifestsInTempDir(Manifests manifests)
         {
-            string versionManifestFileName = Manifests.GetFileName(manifests.VersionManifest);
-            string installerManifestFileName = Manifests.GetFileName(manifests.InstallerManifest);
-            string defaultLocaleManifestFileName = Manifests.GetFileName(manifests.DefaultLocaleManifest);
+            string versionManifestFileName = Manifests.GetFileName(manifests.VersionManifest, Extension);
+            string installerManifestFileName = Manifests.GetFileName(manifests.InstallerManifest, Extension);
+            string defaultLocaleManifestFileName = Manifests.GetFileName(manifests.DefaultLocaleManifest, Extension);
 
             string randomDirPath = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), Path.GetRandomFileName());
             Directory.CreateDirectory(randomDirPath);
 
-            File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(randomDirPath, versionManifestFileName), manifests.VersionManifest.ToYaml());
-            File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(randomDirPath, installerManifestFileName), manifests.InstallerManifest.ToYaml());
-            File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(randomDirPath, defaultLocaleManifestFileName), manifests.DefaultLocaleManifest.ToYaml());
+            File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(randomDirPath, versionManifestFileName), manifests.VersionManifest.ToManifestString());
+            File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(randomDirPath, installerManifestFileName), manifests.InstallerManifest.ToManifestString());
+            File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(randomDirPath, defaultLocaleManifestFileName), manifests.DefaultLocaleManifest.ToManifestString());
 
             foreach (LocaleManifest localeManifest in manifests.LocaleManifests)
             {
-                string localeManifestFileName = Manifests.GetFileName(localeManifest);
-                File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(randomDirPath, localeManifestFileName), localeManifest.ToYaml());
+                string localeManifestFileName = Manifests.GetFileName(localeManifest, Extension);
+                File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(randomDirPath, localeManifestFileName), localeManifest.ToManifestString());
             }
 
             bool result = ValidateManifest(randomDirPath);
@@ -403,11 +413,11 @@ protected static void DisplayManifestPreview(Manifests manifests)
         {
             Logger.Debug(Resources.GenerateManifestPreview_Message);
             Logger.Info(Resources.VersionManifestPreview_Message);
-            Console.WriteLine(manifests.VersionManifest.ToYaml());
+            Console.WriteLine(manifests.VersionManifest.ToManifestString());
             Logger.Info(Resources.InstallerManifestPreview_Message);
-            Console.WriteLine(manifests.InstallerManifest.ToYaml());
+            Console.WriteLine(manifests.InstallerManifest.ToManifestString());
             Logger.Info(Resources.DefaultLocaleManifestPreview_Message);
-            Console.WriteLine(manifests.DefaultLocaleManifest.ToYaml());
+            Console.WriteLine(manifests.DefaultLocaleManifest.ToManifestString());
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -569,7 +579,7 @@ protected static void PromptOptionalProperties<T>(T manifest, List<string> optio
         protected static void DisplayDefaultLocaleManifest(DefaultLocaleManifest defaultLocaleManifest)
         {
             Logger.InfoLocalized(nameof(Resources.DefaultLocaleManifest_Message), defaultLocaleManifest.PackageLocale);
-            Console.WriteLine(defaultLocaleManifest.ToYaml(true));
+            Console.WriteLine(defaultLocaleManifest.ToManifestString(true));
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -581,7 +591,7 @@ protected static void DisplayLocaleManifests(List<LocaleManifest> localeManifest
             foreach (var localeManifest in localeManifests)
             {
                 Logger.InfoLocalized(nameof(Resources.LocaleManifest_Message), localeManifest.PackageLocale);
-                Console.WriteLine(localeManifest.ToYaml(true));
+                Console.WriteLine(localeManifest.ToManifestString(true));
             }
         }
 
@@ -710,6 +720,15 @@ protected async Task<bool> CheckGitHubTokenAndSetClient()
         /// <returns>A <see cref="Task"/> representing the success of the asynchronous operation.</returns>
         protected async Task<bool> GitHubSubmitManifests(Manifests manifests, string prTitle = null, bool shouldReplace = false, string replaceVersion = null)
         {
+            // Community repo only supports yaml submissions.
+            if (this.WingetRepo == DefaultWingetRepo &&
+                this.WingetRepoOwner == DefaultWingetRepoOwner &&
+                this.Format != ManifestFormat.Yaml)
+            {
+                Logger.ErrorLocalized(nameof(Resources.FormatNotSupportedForDefaultRepo_Error));
+                return false;
+            }
+
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(this.GitHubToken))
             {
                 Logger.WarnLocalized(nameof(Resources.NoTokenProvided_Message));

src/WingetCreateCLI/Commands/NewCommand.cs

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Commands
     using CommandLine;
     using CommandLine.Text;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Logging;
+    using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Models.Settings;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Properties;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Telemetry;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Telemetry.Events;
@@ -24,7 +25,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Commands
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCore.Models.DefaultLocale;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCore.Models.Installer;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCore.Models.Version;
-    using Newtonsoft.Json;
     using Sharprompt;
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ public static IEnumerable<Example> Examples
         [Option('o', "out", Required = false, HelpText = "OutputDirectory_HelpText", ResourceType = typeof(Resources))]
         public string OutputDir { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the format of the output manifest files.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Option('f', "format", Required = false, HelpText = "ManifestFormat_HelpText", ResourceType = typeof(Resources))]
+        public override ManifestFormat Format { get => base.Format; set => base.Format = value; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the GitHub token used to submit a pull request on behalf of the user.
         /// </summary>

src/WingetCreateCLI/Commands/NewLocaleCommand.cs

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Commands
     using CommandLine;
     using CommandLine.Text;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Logging;
+    using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Models.Settings;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Properties;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Telemetry;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Telemetry.Events;
@@ -85,6 +86,12 @@ public static IEnumerable<Example> Examples
         [Option('o', "out", Required = false, HelpText = "OutputDirectory_HelpText", ResourceType = typeof(Resources))]
         public string OutputDir { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the format of the output manifest files.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Option('f', "format", Required = false, HelpText = "ManifestFormat_HelpText", ResourceType = typeof(Resources))]
+        public override ManifestFormat Format { get => base.Format; set => base.Format = value; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the GitHub token used to submit a pull request on behalf of the user.
         /// </summary>
@@ -329,7 +336,7 @@ private void DisplayGeneratedLocales(List<LocaleManifest> newLocales)
             foreach (var localeManifest in newLocales)
             {
                 Logger.InfoLocalized(nameof(Resources.LocaleManifest_Message), localeManifest.PackageLocale);
-                Console.WriteLine(localeManifest.ToYaml(true));
+                Console.WriteLine(localeManifest.ToManifestString(true));
             }
         }
     }

src/WingetCreateCLI/Commands/ShowCommand.cs

@@ -9,14 +9,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Commands
     using CommandLine;
     using CommandLine.Text;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Logging;
+    using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Models.Settings;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Properties;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Telemetry;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCLI.Telemetry.Events;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCore;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCore.Models;
-    using Microsoft.WingetCreateCore.Models.DefaultLocale;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCore.Models.Installer;
-    using Microsoft.WingetCreateCore.Models.Locale;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCore.Models.Singleton;
     using Microsoft.WingetCreateCore.Models.Version;
 
@@ -76,6 +75,12 @@ public static IEnumerable<Example> Examples
         [Option("version-manifest", Required = false, HelpText = "VersionManifest_HelpText", ResourceType = typeof(Resources))]
         public bool ShowVersionManifest { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the format of the output manifest preview.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Option('f', "format", Required = false, HelpText = "ManifestFormat_HelpText", ResourceType = typeof(Resources))]
+        public override ManifestFormat Format { get => base.Format; set => base.Format = value; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the GitHub token for authenticated access to GitHub API.
         /// </summary>
@@ -143,19 +148,19 @@ private static void ShowAllManifests(Manifests manifests)
         private static void DisplayInstallerManifest(InstallerManifest installerManifest)
         {
             Logger.InfoLocalized(nameof(Resources.InstallerManifest_Message));
-            Console.WriteLine(installerManifest.ToYaml(true));
+            Console.WriteLine(installerManifest.ToManifestString(true));
         }
 
         private static void DisplayVersionManifest(VersionManifest versionManifest)
         {
             Logger.InfoLocalized(nameof(Resources.VersionManifest_Message));
-            Console.WriteLine(versionManifest.ToYaml(true));
+            Console.WriteLine(versionManifest.ToManifestString(true));
         }
 
         private static void DisplaySingletonManifest(SingletonManifest singletonManifest)
         {
             Logger.InfoLocalized(nameof(Resources.SingletonManifest_Message));
-            Console.WriteLine(singletonManifest.ToYaml(true));
+            Console.WriteLine(singletonManifest.ToManifestString(true));
         }
 
         private void ParseArgumentsAndShowManifest(Manifests manifests)