From 272abb73bebfe0efdb5beb1f70cd1e40dd442439 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tess Gauthier <tessgauthier@microsoft.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 11:23:59 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] add aliases to --what-if

---
 dsc/src/args.rs                |  2 +-
 dsc/tests/dsc_whatif.tests.ps1 | 10 ++++++++--
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dsc/src/args.rs b/dsc/src/args.rs
index a80111f3c..298136071 100644
--- a/dsc/src/args.rs
+++ b/dsc/src/args.rs
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ pub enum ConfigSubCommand {
         file: Option<String>,
         #[clap(short = 'o', long, help = t!("args.outputFormat").to_string())]
         output_format: Option<OutputFormat>,
-        #[clap(short = 'w', long, help = t!("args.whatIf").to_string())]
+        #[clap(short = 'w', long, visible_aliases = ["dry-run", "noop"], help = t!("args.whatIf").to_string())]
         what_if: bool,
     },
     #[clap(name = "test", about = t!("args.testAbout").to_string())]
diff --git a/dsc/tests/dsc_whatif.tests.ps1 b/dsc/tests/dsc_whatif.tests.ps1
index aebc81544..4e2b13571 100644
--- a/dsc/tests/dsc_whatif.tests.ps1
+++ b/dsc/tests/dsc_whatif.tests.ps1
@@ -88,7 +88,13 @@ Describe 'whatif tests' {
         $LASTEXITCODE | Should -Be 0
     }
 
-    It 'what-if execution of WhatIf resource' {
+    It 'what-if execution of WhatIf resource via <alias>' -TestCases @(
+        @{ alias = '-w' }
+        @{ alias = '--what-if' }
+        @{ alias = '--dry-run' }
+        @{ alias = '--noop' }
+    ) {
+        param($alias)
         $config_yaml = @"
         `$schema: https://aka.ms/dsc/schemas/v3/bundled/config/document.json
         resources:
@@ -97,7 +103,7 @@ Describe 'whatif tests' {
           properties:
             executionType: Actual
 "@
-        $result = $config_yaml | dsc config set -w -f - | ConvertFrom-Json
+        $result = $config_yaml | dsc config set $alias -f - | ConvertFrom-Json
         $result.metadata.'Microsoft.DSC'.executionType | Should -BeExactly 'whatIf'
         $result.results.result.afterState.executionType | Should -BeExactly 'WhatIf'
         $result.results.result.changedProperties | Should -BeExactly 'executionType'

From 9369bae9033883919a7f468fc3b83182b28301a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tess Gauthier <tessgauthier@microsoft.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 11:53:10 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] fix clippy

---
 dsc_lib/src/functions/create_object.rs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/dsc_lib/src/functions/create_object.rs b/dsc_lib/src/functions/create_object.rs
index a15485840..9c1838b3b 100644
--- a/dsc_lib/src/functions/create_object.rs
+++ b/dsc_lib/src/functions/create_object.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ impl Function for CreateObject {
     fn invoke(&self, args: &[Value], _context: &Context) -> Result<Value, DscError> {
         debug!("{}", t!("functions.createObject.invoked"));
 
-        if args.len() % 2 != 0 {
+        if !args.len().is_multiple_of(2) {
             return Err(DscError::Parser(t!("functions.createObject.argsMustBePairs").to_string()));
         }
 

From e6925d22be16af508634b32808f6de8498fe1f8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tess Gauthier <tessgauthier@microsoft.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 12:20:44 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] fix clippy again

---
 dscecho/src/echo.rs | 12 ------------
 1 file changed, 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dscecho/src/echo.rs b/dscecho/src/echo.rs
index 10cf9612f..8485adb8b 100644
--- a/dscecho/src/echo.rs
+++ b/dscecho/src/echo.rs
@@ -5,18 +5,6 @@ use schemars::JsonSchema;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_json::Value;
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Deserialize, Serialize, JsonSchema)]
-pub struct SecureString {
-    #[serde(rename = "secureString")]
-    pub value: String,
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Deserialize, Serialize, JsonSchema)]
-pub struct SecureObject {
-    #[serde(rename = "secureObject")]
-    pub value: Value,
-}
-
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Deserialize, Serialize, JsonSchema)]
 #[serde(untagged)]
 pub enum Output {