Fix habitat argument passing in Windows test script.debug-windows-hab

Signed-off-by: Pete Higgins <pete@peterhiggins.org>

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/habitat/tests/test.pester.ps1 b/habitat/tests/test.pester.ps1
index a5f665c9de..56f31e9a2f 100644
--- a/habitat/tests/test.pester.ps1
+++ b/habitat/tests/test.pester.ps1
@@ -12,8 +12,21 @@ Describe "chef-infra-client" {
             $? | Should be $true
         }
 
+        <#
+          At some point hab's argument parsing changed and it started interpreting the trailing `--version` as being
+          an argument passed to hab instead of an argument to the command passed to `hab pkg exec`.
+
+          Powershell 5.1 and 7 appear to differ in how they treat following arguments as well, such that these two
+          versions of the command fail in powershell 5.1 (which is currently what is running in the windows machines
+          in Buildkite) but pass in powershell 7 (which is currently what is running in a stock Windows 10 VM).
+
+          $the_version = (hab pkg exec $PackageIdentifier chef-client.bat '--version' | Out-String).split(':')[1].Trim()
+          $the_version = (hab pkg exec $PackageIdentifier chef-client.bat --version | Out-String).split(':')[1].Trim()
+
+          This version of the command passes in powershell 5.1 but fails in powershell 7.
+        #>
         It "is the expected version" {
-            $the_version = (hab pkg exec $PackageIdentifier chef-client.bat --version | Out-String).split(':')[1].Trim()
+            $the_version = (hab pkg exec $PackageIdentifier chef-client.bat -- --version | Out-String).split(':')[1].Trim()
             $the_version | Should be $PackageVersion
         }
     }
@@ -52,4 +65,4 @@ Describe "chef-infra-client" {
             $? | Should be $true
         }
     }
-}
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+}