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But why "Install-Package", "Add-Package" and "Update-Package" - it's not like you can install, add or update anything else with this tool.

• firepacket 12y ago
  They are using the same syntax as NuGet- the Visual Studio package manager console.
• alkonaut 12y ago
  Descriptive names are good (to some limit). You can maybe add something else (a remote repo? Something else), or maybe it isn't unthinkable that Add-X will eventually be a feature. You can always make an alias "inst" so it's better to keep the underlying command long and descriptive. Also: these should be edited with autocomplete.
• useerup 12y ago
  Those are PowerShell cmdlets - and follow PowerShell verb-noun naming convention. There is a finite set of "approved" verbs (though you can use your own) representing the "actions" you can perform against a resource (the noun part). From within a PowerShell console I can "add" a lot of things. Try typing gcm -verb add from a PowerShell console (gcm is alias for Get-Command and the command above will list all commands where "Add" is the verb).
• josteink 12y ago
  I take it you don't have much experience with powershell, which is fair enough. Most people don't. Long story short: These are "Commandlets", commands provided to your PowerShell-session through extension-modules. The PowerShell convention for command-names are Verb-Noun, like for instance Get-DiskImage or whatever, so it makes sense that OneGet builds on these.