From 21fd5d8a2f66704f56b1e5c9e9cd8238d4d36fc1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Olav=20R=C3=B8nnestad=20Birkeland?=
 <6450056+o-l-a-v@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 11:35:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 01/27] Reorder properties to wanted order

---
 schema.json | 126 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
 1 file changed, 63 insertions(+), 63 deletions(-)

diff --git a/schema.json b/schema.json
index 6c24d4da20..3bd2c564dc 100644
--- a/schema.json
+++ b/schema.json
@@ -533,6 +533,41 @@
             "description": "A comment.",
             "$ref": "#/definitions/stringOrArrayOfStrings"
         },
+        "version": {
+            "pattern": "^[\\w\\.\\-+_]+$",
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "description": {
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "homepage": {
+            "format": "uri",
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "license": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/license"
+        },
+        "notes": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/stringOrArrayOfStrings"
+        },
+        "depends": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/stringOrArrayOfStrings"
+        },
+        "suggest": {
+            "additionalProperties": false,
+            "patternProperties": {
+                "^(.*)$": {
+                    "$ref": "#/definitions/stringOrArrayOfStrings"
+                }
+            },
+            "type": "object"
+        },
+        "url": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/uriOrArrayOfUris"
+        },
+        "hash": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/hash"
+        },
         "architecture": {
             "additionalProperties": false,
             "properties": {
@@ -548,72 +583,49 @@
             },
             "type": "object"
         },
-        "autoupdate": {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/autoupdate"
+        "innosetup": {
+            "description": "True if the installer InnoSetup based. Found in https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Main/search?l=JSON&q=innosetup",
+            "type": "boolean"
         },
-        "bin": {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/stringOrArrayOfStringsOrAnArrayOfArrayOfStrings"
+        "extract_dir": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/stringOrArrayOfStrings"
         },
-        "persist": {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/stringOrArrayOfStringsOrAnArrayOfArrayOfStrings"
+        "extract_to": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/stringOrArrayOfStrings"
         },
-        "checkver": {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/checkver"
+        "pre_install": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/stringOrArrayOfStrings"
         },
-        "cookie": {
-            "description": "Undocumented: Found at https://github.com/se35710/scoop-java/search?l=JSON&q=cookie",
-            "type": "object"
+        "installer": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/installer"
         },
-        "depends": {
+        "post_install": {
             "$ref": "#/definitions/stringOrArrayOfStrings"
         },
-        "description": {
-            "type": "string"
-        },
         "env_add_path": {
             "$ref": "#/definitions/stringOrArrayOfStrings"
         },
         "env_set": {
             "type": "object"
         },
-        "extract_dir": {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/stringOrArrayOfStrings"
-        },
-        "extract_to": {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/stringOrArrayOfStrings"
-        },
-        "hash": {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/hash"
-        },
-        "homepage": {
-            "format": "uri",
-            "type": "string"
-        },
-        "innosetup": {
-            "description": "True if the installer InnoSetup based. Found in https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Main/search?l=JSON&q=innosetup",
-            "type": "boolean"
+        "bin": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/stringOrArrayOfStringsOrAnArrayOfArrayOfStrings"
         },
-        "installer": {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/installer"
+        "shortcuts": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/shortcutsArray"
         },
-        "license": {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/license"
+        "persist": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/stringOrArrayOfStringsOrAnArrayOfArrayOfStrings"
         },
-        "notes": {
+        "pre_uninstall": {
             "$ref": "#/definitions/stringOrArrayOfStrings"
         },
-        "post_install": {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/stringOrArrayOfStrings"
+        "uninstaller": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/uninstaller"
         },
         "post_uninstall": {
             "$ref": "#/definitions/stringOrArrayOfStrings"
         },
-        "pre_install": {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/stringOrArrayOfStrings"
-        },
-        "pre_uninstall": {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/stringOrArrayOfStrings"
-        },
         "psmodule": {
             "additionalProperties": false,
             "properties": {
@@ -623,27 +635,15 @@
             },
             "type": "object"
         },
-        "shortcuts": {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/shortcutsArray"
-        },
-        "suggest": {
-            "additionalProperties": false,
-            "patternProperties": {
-                "^(.*)$": {
-                    "$ref": "#/definitions/stringOrArrayOfStrings"
-                }
-            },
-            "type": "object"
-        },
-        "uninstaller": {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/uninstaller"
+        "checkver": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/checkver"
         },
-        "url": {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/uriOrArrayOfUris"
+        "autoupdate": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/autoupdate"
         },
-        "version": {
-            "pattern": "^[\\w\\.\\-+_]+$",
-            "type": "string"
+        "cookie": {
+            "description": "Undocumented: Found at https://github.com/se35710/scoop-java/search?l=JSON&q=cookie",
+            "type": "object"
         }
     },
     "if": {

From 16ea6556f9f47676a4cea9fd78a0423671f3fa31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Olav=20R=C3=B8nnestad=20Birkeland?=
 <6450056+o-l-a-v@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 11:45:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 02/27] Add sort function to json.ps1

---
 lib/json.ps1 | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/json.ps1 b/lib/json.ps1
index d6fd3621b5..242826ee8a 100644
--- a/lib/json.ps1
+++ b/lib/json.ps1
@@ -212,3 +212,44 @@ function normalize_values([psobject] $json) {
 
     return $json
 }
+
+function Sort-ScoopManifestRootProperties {
+    [OutputType([string])]
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory)]
+        [ValidateScript({[System.IO.File]::Exists($_)})]
+        [string] $File
+    )
+
+    # Get wanted order from Scoop manifest schema
+    $WantedOrder = [string[]](
+        (
+            ConvertFrom-Json -InputObject (
+                '{0}\..\schema.json' -f $PSScriptRoot
+            )
+        ).'properties'.'PSObject'.'Properties'.'Name'
+    )
+
+    # Store current JSON as an object for further processing
+    $Current = [PSCustomObject](
+        ConvertFrom-Json -InputObject (
+            Get-Content -Raw -Path $File
+        )
+    )
+
+    # Create empty new object where properties will be added to
+    $Sorted = [PSCustomObject]::new()
+
+    # Add properties from $Current to $Sorted ordered by $WantedOrder
+    $Current.'PSObject'.'Properties'.'Name' |
+        Sort-Object -Property @{
+            'Expression' = {
+                [byte]($WantedOrder.IndexOf($_))
+            }
+        } | ForEach-Object -Process {
+            $null = Add-Member -InputObject $Sorted -NotePropertyName $_ -NotePropertyValue $Current.$_
+        }
+
+    # Return the sorted object
+    ConvertTo-Json -Depth 8 -InputObject $Sorted
+}

From 98ce740e9aaa27f52b65fa620fa16e074b92285f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Olav=20R=C3=B8nnestad=20Birkeland?=
 <6450056+o-l-a-v@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 11:56:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 03/27] Take PSCustomObject instead, let parse_json do the
 parsing

---
 lib/json.ps1 | 21 +++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/json.ps1 b/lib/json.ps1
index 242826ee8a..11fe3859a1 100644
--- a/lib/json.ps1
+++ b/lib/json.ps1
@@ -214,11 +214,11 @@ function normalize_values([psobject] $json) {
 }
 
 function Sort-ScoopManifestRootProperties {
-    [OutputType([string])]
-    param(
+    [OutputType([PSCustomObject])]
+
+    Param(
         [Parameter(Mandatory)]
-        [ValidateScript({[System.IO.File]::Exists($_)})]
-        [string] $File
+        [PSCustomObject] $JsonAsObject
     )
 
     # Get wanted order from Scoop manifest schema
@@ -230,26 +230,19 @@ function Sort-ScoopManifestRootProperties {
         ).'properties'.'PSObject'.'Properties'.'Name'
     )
 
-    # Store current JSON as an object for further processing
-    $Current = [PSCustomObject](
-        ConvertFrom-Json -InputObject (
-            Get-Content -Raw -Path $File
-        )
-    )
-
     # Create empty new object where properties will be added to
     $Sorted = [PSCustomObject]::new()
 
     # Add properties from $Current to $Sorted ordered by $WantedOrder
-    $Current.'PSObject'.'Properties'.'Name' |
+    $JsonAsObject.'PSObject'.'Properties'.'Name' |
         Sort-Object -Property @{
             'Expression' = {
                 [byte]($WantedOrder.IndexOf($_))
             }
         } | ForEach-Object -Process {
-            $null = Add-Member -InputObject $Sorted -NotePropertyName $_ -NotePropertyValue $Current.$_
+            $null = Add-Member -InputObject $Sorted -NotePropertyName $_ -NotePropertyValue $JsonAsObject.$_
         }
 
     # Return the sorted object
-    ConvertTo-Json -Depth 8 -InputObject $Sorted
+    $Sorted
 }

From 5983d28e55c179f17841dc8beb7019b1a7ef3972 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Olav=20R=C3=B8nnestad=20Birkeland?=
 <6450056+o-l-a-v@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 11:56:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 04/27] Added sorting manifest as a step

---
 bin/formatjson.ps1 | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bin/formatjson.ps1 b/bin/formatjson.ps1
index e66c6f69a3..476019bf8a 100644
--- a/bin/formatjson.ps1
+++ b/bin/formatjson.ps1
@@ -34,11 +34,21 @@ param(
 $Dir = Convert-Path $Dir
 
 Get-ChildItem $Dir -Filter "$App.json" -Recurse | ForEach-Object {
-    $file = $_.FullName
-    # beautify
-    $json = parse_json $file | ConvertToPrettyJson
+    # Path of file
+    $file = [string] $_.'FullName'
 
-    # convert to 4 spaces
-    $json = $json -replace "`t", '    '
+    # Parse JSON
+    $json = [PSCustomObject](parse_json -path $file)
+
+    # Sort JSON root properties
+    $json = [PSCustomObject](Sort-ScoopManifestRootProperties -JsonAsObject $json)
+
+    # Beautify
+    $json = [string](ConvertToPrettyJson -data $json)
+
+    # Convert to 4 spaces
+    $json = [string]($json -replace "`t", '    ')
+
+    # Overwrite file content
     [System.IO.File]::WriteAllLines($file, $json)
 }

From cd06740cb40c594e642e9f30d333ead48e0cd447 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Olav=20R=C3=B8nnestad=20Birkeland?=
 <6450056+o-l-a-v@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 11:56:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 05/27] Make variable name more telling

---
 lib/json.ps1 | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/json.ps1 b/lib/json.ps1
index 11fe3859a1..ad74cab6bb 100644
--- a/lib/json.ps1
+++ b/lib/json.ps1
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ function Sort-ScoopManifestRootProperties {
     )
 
     # Create empty new object where properties will be added to
-    $Sorted = [PSCustomObject]::new()
+    $SortedObject = [PSCustomObject]::new()
 
     # Add properties from $Current to $Sorted ordered by $WantedOrder
     $JsonAsObject.'PSObject'.'Properties'.'Name' |
@@ -240,9 +240,9 @@ function Sort-ScoopManifestRootProperties {
                 [byte]($WantedOrder.IndexOf($_))
             }
         } | ForEach-Object -Process {
-            $null = Add-Member -InputObject $Sorted -NotePropertyName $_ -NotePropertyValue $JsonAsObject.$_
+            $null = Add-Member -InputObject $SortedObject -NotePropertyName $_ -NotePropertyValue $JsonAsObject.$_
         }
 
     # Return the sorted object
-    $Sorted
+    $SortedObject
 }

From a579f69d1f69bcce78c6047001d1b3e6592f7b57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Olav=20R=C3=B8nnestad=20Birkeland?=
 <6450056+o-l-a-v@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:02:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 06/27] Added changes to changelog

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3795ce5dc3..9d1747fd26 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 ## [Unreleased](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/compare/v0.5.3...develop)
 
+### Features
+
+- **schema**: Reorder root properties to match the wanted order.
+- **json**: Add function `Sort-ScoopManifestRootProperties` which orders a manifest's root properties to match `schema.json`.
+- **formatjson**: Use `Sort-ScoopManifestRootProperties` to sort manifests root properties.
+
 ### Bug Fixes
 
 - **scoop-download:** Fix function `nightly_version` not defined error ([#6386](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/6386))

From c0b41a273b31085bb91fab593773fd2c98e26ffa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Olav=20R=C3=B8nnestad=20Birkeland?=
 <6450056+o-l-a-v@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:06:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 07/27] Don't use aliases

---
 bin/formatjson.ps1 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/bin/formatjson.ps1 b/bin/formatjson.ps1
index 476019bf8a..e8c1fd2bbd 100644
--- a/bin/formatjson.ps1
+++ b/bin/formatjson.ps1
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ param(
     [String] $App = '*',
     [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
     [ValidateScript( {
-        if (!(Test-Path $_ -Type Container)) {
+        if (-not (Test-Path $_ -Type Container)) {
             throw "$_ is not a directory!"
         } else {
             $true

From 25a0b595df624989f1af34f62208a592536ac6ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Olav=20R=C3=B8nnestad=20Birkeland?=
 <6450056+o-l-a-v@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:22:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 08/27] Use existing function parse_json instead

---
 lib/json.ps1 | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/json.ps1 b/lib/json.ps1
index ad74cab6bb..6431bb7e0f 100644
--- a/lib/json.ps1
+++ b/lib/json.ps1
@@ -222,9 +222,10 @@ function Sort-ScoopManifestRootProperties {
     )
 
     # Get wanted order from Scoop manifest schema
+    Write-Debug -Message ('{0}\..\schema.json' -f $PSScriptRoot)
     $WantedOrder = [string[]](
         (
-            ConvertFrom-Json -InputObject (
+            parse_json -path (
                 '{0}\..\schema.json' -f $PSScriptRoot
             )
         ).'properties'.'PSObject'.'Properties'.'Name'

From 2c21e145ad7aa94fc26cd4f9c5ae52485a444f67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Olav=20R=C3=B8nnestad=20Birkeland?=
 <6450056+o-l-a-v@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:23:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 09/27] Make parse_json function more readable

---
 lib/manifest.ps1 | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/manifest.ps1 b/lib/manifest.ps1
index 29c898b6a7..5762d957d5 100644
--- a/lib/manifest.ps1
+++ b/lib/manifest.ps1
@@ -2,10 +2,16 @@ function manifest_path($app, $bucket) {
     (Get-ChildItem (Find-BucketDirectory $bucket) -Filter "$(sanitary_path $app).json" -Recurse).FullName
 }
 
-function parse_json($path) {
-    if ($null -eq $path -or !(Test-Path $path)) { return $null }
+function parse_json {
+    Param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory)]
+        [string] $path
+    )
+    if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($path) -or -not [System.IO.Path]::Exists($path)) {
+        return $null
+    }
     try {
-        Get-Content $path -Raw -Encoding UTF8 | ConvertFrom-Json -ErrorAction Stop
+        Get-Content -Path $path -Raw -Encoding UTF8 | ConvertFrom-Json -ErrorAction Stop
     } catch {
         warn "Error parsing JSON at '$path'."
     }

From d9f07a3b518deccfb79fc01694f532c6cc27cc0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Olav=20R=C3=B8nnestad=20Birkeland?=
 <6450056+o-l-a-v@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:29:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 10/27] Fix goof by me

---
 lib/manifest.ps1 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/manifest.ps1 b/lib/manifest.ps1
index 5762d957d5..5b48306be5 100644
--- a/lib/manifest.ps1
+++ b/lib/manifest.ps1
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ function parse_json {
         [Parameter(Mandatory)]
         [string] $path
     )
-    if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($path) -or -not [System.IO.Path]::Exists($path)) {
+    if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($path) -or -not [System.IO.File]::Exists($path)) {
         return $null
     }
     try {

From 37aa4596d5f1e5b8d914786b6f038e597ac52960 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Olav=20R=C3=B8nnestad=20Birkeland?=
 <6450056+o-l-a-v@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:33:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 11/27] Read and parse schema.json once

---
 lib/json.ps1 | 18 ++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/json.ps1 b/lib/json.ps1
index 6431bb7e0f..ffc1e2b978 100644
--- a/lib/json.ps1
+++ b/lib/json.ps1
@@ -222,14 +222,16 @@ function Sort-ScoopManifestRootProperties {
     )
 
     # Get wanted order from Scoop manifest schema
-    Write-Debug -Message ('{0}\..\schema.json' -f $PSScriptRoot)
-    $WantedOrder = [string[]](
-        (
-            parse_json -path (
-                '{0}\..\schema.json' -f $PSScriptRoot
-            )
-        ).'properties'.'PSObject'.'Properties'.'Name'
-    )
+    if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($Script:WantedOrder)) {
+        Write-Debug -Message ('{0}\..\schema.json' -f $PSScriptRoot)
+        $Script:WantedOrder = [string[]](
+            (
+                parse_json -path (
+                    '{0}\..\schema.json' -f $PSScriptRoot
+                )
+            ).'properties'.'PSObject'.'Properties'.'Name'
+        )
+    }
 
     # Create empty new object where properties will be added to
     $SortedObject = [PSCustomObject]::new()

From e4408024e3493ccfec72a509de259c6e63a2df19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Olav=20R=C3=B8nnestad=20Birkeland?=
 <6450056+o-l-a-v@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2025 12:37:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 12/27] Add some failproof to make sure only expected keys are
 present

---
 lib/json.ps1 | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/json.ps1 b/lib/json.ps1
index ffc1e2b978..e2ebae9d47 100644
--- a/lib/json.ps1
+++ b/lib/json.ps1
@@ -233,6 +233,14 @@ function Sort-ScoopManifestRootProperties {
         )
     }
 
+    # Failproof - Make sure input does not have keys not defined in schema.json
+    $KeysNotInSchema = [string[]](
+        $JsonAsObject.'PSObject'.'Properties'.'Name'.Where{$_ -cnotin $WantedOrder}
+    )
+    if ($KeysNotInSchema.'Count' -gt 0) {
+        Throw ('Manifest contains keys not defined in schema.json: "{0}".' -f ($KeysNotInSchema -join ", "))
+    }
+
     # Create empty new object where properties will be added to
     $SortedObject = [PSCustomObject]::new()
 

From 802b26f37498bb732de704b097295ff8c3bd3ae3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Olav=20R=C3=B8nnestad=20Birkeland?=
 <6450056+o-l-a-v@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2025 12:37:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 13/27] Remove debug

---
 lib/json.ps1 | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/json.ps1 b/lib/json.ps1
index e2ebae9d47..7212d25536 100644
--- a/lib/json.ps1
+++ b/lib/json.ps1
@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@ function Sort-ScoopManifestRootProperties {
 
     # Get wanted order from Scoop manifest schema
     if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($Script:WantedOrder)) {
-        Write-Debug -Message ('{0}\..\schema.json' -f $PSScriptRoot)
         $Script:WantedOrder = [string[]](
             (
                 parse_json -path (

From 37d4073d98dc3fb6c323d360902b1f785c13f95d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Olav=20R=C3=B8nnestad=20Birkeland?=
 <6450056+o-l-a-v@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2025 12:51:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 14/27] Sort childs alphabetically

---
 lib/json.ps1 | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/json.ps1 b/lib/json.ps1
index 7212d25536..f2258b2a32 100644
--- a/lib/json.ps1
+++ b/lib/json.ps1
@@ -253,6 +253,20 @@ function Sort-ScoopManifestRootProperties {
             $null = Add-Member -InputObject $SortedObject -NotePropertyName $_ -NotePropertyValue $JsonAsObject.$_
         }
 
+    # Order childs alphabetically if parent key is of type PSCustomObject
+    foreach (
+        $Key in $SortedObject.'PSObject'.'Properties'.Where{
+            $_.'TypeNameOfValue' -eq 'System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject'
+        }.'Name'
+    ) {
+        $ChildKeys = [string[]]($SortedObject.$Key.'PSObject'.'Properties'.'Name' | Sort-Object)
+        $ChildObject = [PSCustomObject]::new()
+        $ChildKeys.ForEach{
+            $null = Add-Member -InputObject $ChildObject -NotePropertyName $_ -NotePropertyValue $SortedObject.$Key.$_
+        }
+        $SortedObject.$Key = $ChildObject
+    }
+
     # Return the sorted object
     $SortedObject
 }

From 13bd45fd1b3531a3094e77bf97dc2f922e547926 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Olav=20R=C3=B8nnestad=20Birkeland?=
 <6450056+o-l-a-v@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2025 12:58:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 15/27] Only overwrite JSON file if new content is not empty

---
 bin/formatjson.ps1 | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/bin/formatjson.ps1 b/bin/formatjson.ps1
index e8c1fd2bbd..ba6b213c4b 100644
--- a/bin/formatjson.ps1
+++ b/bin/formatjson.ps1
@@ -50,5 +50,7 @@ Get-ChildItem $Dir -Filter "$App.json" -Recurse | ForEach-Object {
     $json = [string]($json -replace "`t", '    ')
 
     # Overwrite file content
-    [System.IO.File]::WriteAllLines($file, $json)
+    if (-not [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($json)) {
+        [System.IO.File]::WriteAllLines($file, $json)
+    }
 }

From 8f696f896d54b998ec245a0fda6dfee8abadfdb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Olav=20R=C3=B8nnestad=20Birkeland?=
 <6450056+o-l-a-v@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2025 13:04:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 16/27] Rename function and add synopsis

---
 bin/formatjson.ps1 | 4 ++--
 lib/json.ps1       | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bin/formatjson.ps1 b/bin/formatjson.ps1
index ba6b213c4b..fc76d0a15c 100644
--- a/bin/formatjson.ps1
+++ b/bin/formatjson.ps1
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ Get-ChildItem $Dir -Filter "$App.json" -Recurse | ForEach-Object {
     # Parse JSON
     $json = [PSCustomObject](parse_json -path $file)
 
-    # Sort JSON root properties
-    $json = [PSCustomObject](Sort-ScoopManifestRootProperties -JsonAsObject $json)
+    # Sort JSON root properties according to schema.json, and level one child properties alphabetically
+    $json = [PSCustomObject](Sort-ScoopManifestProperties -JsonAsObject $json)
 
     # Beautify
     $json = [string](ConvertToPrettyJson -data $json)
diff --git a/lib/json.ps1 b/lib/json.ps1
index f2258b2a32..3a879ca34e 100644
--- a/lib/json.ps1
+++ b/lib/json.ps1
@@ -213,7 +213,11 @@ function normalize_values([psobject] $json) {
     return $json
 }
 
-function Sort-ScoopManifestRootProperties {
+function Sort-ScoopManifestProperties {
+    <#
+        .SYNOPSIS
+            Sort JSON root properties according to schema.json, and level one child properties alphabetically.
+    #>
     [OutputType([PSCustomObject])]
 
     Param(

From d25b11e315e482af02aebc236dd9e53bf2719dda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Olav=20R=C3=B8nnestad=20Birkeland?=
 <6450056+o-l-a-v@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2025 13:11:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 17/27] Use Scoop function abort instead of PowerShell native
 Throw

---
 lib/json.ps1 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/json.ps1 b/lib/json.ps1
index 3a879ca34e..1a49e5a275 100644
--- a/lib/json.ps1
+++ b/lib/json.ps1
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ function Sort-ScoopManifestProperties {
         $JsonAsObject.'PSObject'.'Properties'.'Name'.Where{$_ -cnotin $WantedOrder}
     )
     if ($KeysNotInSchema.'Count' -gt 0) {
-        Throw ('Manifest contains keys not defined in schema.json: "{0}".' -f ($KeysNotInSchema -join ", "))
+        abort ('Manifest contains keys not defined in schema.json: "{0}".' -f ($KeysNotInSchema -join ", "))
     }
 
     # Create empty new object where properties will be added to

From f3dd97e8898108cefee5818494c1d3ca2faf7eb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Olav=20R=C3=B8nnestad=20Birkeland?=
 <6450056+o-l-a-v@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 09:54:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 18/27] Updated changelog to correct name of new function

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9d1747fd26..c9b831bc81 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 ### Features
 
 - **schema**: Reorder root properties to match the wanted order.
-- **json**: Add function `Sort-ScoopManifestRootProperties` which orders a manifest's root properties to match `schema.json`.
-- **formatjson**: Use `Sort-ScoopManifestRootProperties` to sort manifests root properties.
+- **json**: Add function `Sort-ScoopManifestProperties` which orders a manifest's root properties to match `schema.json`.
+- **formatjson**: Use `Sort-ScoopManifestProperties` to sort manifests root properties.
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 

From 1cdae35f2e516f9081c25a74adf0f20f6b7472a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Olav=20R=C3=B8nnestad=20Birkeland?=
 <6450056+o-l-a-v@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 09:57:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 19/27] Use System.IO.File WriteAllText, because
 ConvertToPrettyJson returns string, not string array.

---
 bin/formatjson.ps1 | 2 +-
 lib/json.ps1       | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/bin/formatjson.ps1 b/bin/formatjson.ps1
index fc76d0a15c..b744633286 100644
--- a/bin/formatjson.ps1
+++ b/bin/formatjson.ps1
@@ -51,6 +51,6 @@ Get-ChildItem $Dir -Filter "$App.json" -Recurse | ForEach-Object {
 
     # Overwrite file content
     if (-not [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($json)) {
-        [System.IO.File]::WriteAllLines($file, $json)
+        [System.IO.File]::WriteAllText($file, $json)
     }
 }
diff --git a/lib/json.ps1 b/lib/json.ps1
index 1a49e5a275..91e53148f5 100644
--- a/lib/json.ps1
+++ b/lib/json.ps1
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # Still needed in normal powershell
 
 function ConvertToPrettyJson {
+    [OutputType([string])]
     [CmdletBinding()]
 
     Param (

From 18a5f00beacec5e3e19082db11cc3e479f4d0211 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Olav=20R=C3=B8nnestad=20Birkeland?=
 <6450056+o-l-a-v@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 10:00:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 20/27] WriteAllText does not write the final newline, so
 reverting back to WriteAllLines

---
 bin/formatjson.ps1 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/bin/formatjson.ps1 b/bin/formatjson.ps1
index b744633286..fc76d0a15c 100644
--- a/bin/formatjson.ps1
+++ b/bin/formatjson.ps1
@@ -51,6 +51,6 @@ Get-ChildItem $Dir -Filter "$App.json" -Recurse | ForEach-Object {
 
     # Overwrite file content
     if (-not [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($json)) {
-        [System.IO.File]::WriteAllText($file, $json)
+        [System.IO.File]::WriteAllLines($file, $json)
     }
 }

From c02d6d81e4e6804d881a0682c9d49869a4db3fa3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Olav=20R=C3=B8nnestad=20Birkeland?=
 <6450056+o-l-a-v@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 10:04:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 21/27] Use uin16 instead of byte, just in case Scoop manifest
 ever gets more than 255 properties

---
 lib/json.ps1 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/json.ps1 b/lib/json.ps1
index 91e53148f5..dc1316175d 100644
--- a/lib/json.ps1
+++ b/lib/json.ps1
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ function Sort-ScoopManifestProperties {
     $JsonAsObject.'PSObject'.'Properties'.'Name' |
         Sort-Object -Property @{
             'Expression' = {
-                [byte]($WantedOrder.IndexOf($_))
+                [uint16]($WantedOrder.IndexOf($_))
             }
         } | ForEach-Object -Process {
             $null = Add-Member -InputObject $SortedObject -NotePropertyName $_ -NotePropertyValue $JsonAsObject.$_

From 80ab7ac49303665a6f36400172c8baf9ea2dcc05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Olav=20R=C3=B8nnestad=20Birkeland?=
 <6450056+o-l-a-v@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 10:08:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 22/27] Validate that input is not null or empty

---
 lib/json.ps1 | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/lib/json.ps1 b/lib/json.ps1
index dc1316175d..ea30e3dbf9 100644
--- a/lib/json.ps1
+++ b/lib/json.ps1
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ function Sort-ScoopManifestProperties {
 
     Param(
         [Parameter(Mandatory)]
+        [ValidateScript({$null -ne $_ -and $_ -ne [PSCustomObject]::new()})]
         [PSCustomObject] $JsonAsObject
     )
 

From 9f429a11ed0d2df2226fb311dbd408b65d5b67ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Olav=20R=C3=B8nnestad=20Birkeland?=
 <6450056+o-l-a-v@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 16:01:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 23/27] Moved function to manifest.ps1 + made sorting of child
 keys recursive

---
 CHANGELOG.md     |   3 +-
 lib/json.ps1     |  63 -----------------------------
 lib/manifest.ps1 | 103 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 105 insertions(+), 64 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c9b831bc81..754d038388 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 ### Features
 
 - **schema**: Reorder root properties to match the wanted order.
-- **json**: Add function `Sort-ScoopManifestProperties` which orders a manifest's root properties to match `schema.json`.
+- **manifest**: Add function `Sort-ScoopManifestProperties` which orders a manifest's root properties to match `schema.json`.
+- **manifest**: Add function `Sort-PSCustomObjectKeysRecursively` which orders `[PSCustomObject]` keys recursively.
 - **formatjson**: Use `Sort-ScoopManifestProperties` to sort manifests root properties.
 
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/lib/json.ps1 b/lib/json.ps1
index ea30e3dbf9..bbc243df01 100644
--- a/lib/json.ps1
+++ b/lib/json.ps1
@@ -213,66 +213,3 @@ function normalize_values([psobject] $json) {
 
     return $json
 }
-
-function Sort-ScoopManifestProperties {
-    <#
-        .SYNOPSIS
-            Sort JSON root properties according to schema.json, and level one child properties alphabetically.
-    #>
-    [OutputType([PSCustomObject])]
-
-    Param(
-        [Parameter(Mandatory)]
-        [ValidateScript({$null -ne $_ -and $_ -ne [PSCustomObject]::new()})]
-        [PSCustomObject] $JsonAsObject
-    )
-
-    # Get wanted order from Scoop manifest schema
-    if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($Script:WantedOrder)) {
-        $Script:WantedOrder = [string[]](
-            (
-                parse_json -path (
-                    '{0}\..\schema.json' -f $PSScriptRoot
-                )
-            ).'properties'.'PSObject'.'Properties'.'Name'
-        )
-    }
-
-    # Failproof - Make sure input does not have keys not defined in schema.json
-    $KeysNotInSchema = [string[]](
-        $JsonAsObject.'PSObject'.'Properties'.'Name'.Where{$_ -cnotin $WantedOrder}
-    )
-    if ($KeysNotInSchema.'Count' -gt 0) {
-        abort ('Manifest contains keys not defined in schema.json: "{0}".' -f ($KeysNotInSchema -join ", "))
-    }
-
-    # Create empty new object where properties will be added to
-    $SortedObject = [PSCustomObject]::new()
-
-    # Add properties from $Current to $Sorted ordered by $WantedOrder
-    $JsonAsObject.'PSObject'.'Properties'.'Name' |
-        Sort-Object -Property @{
-            'Expression' = {
-                [uint16]($WantedOrder.IndexOf($_))
-            }
-        } | ForEach-Object -Process {
-            $null = Add-Member -InputObject $SortedObject -NotePropertyName $_ -NotePropertyValue $JsonAsObject.$_
-        }
-
-    # Order childs alphabetically if parent key is of type PSCustomObject
-    foreach (
-        $Key in $SortedObject.'PSObject'.'Properties'.Where{
-            $_.'TypeNameOfValue' -eq 'System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject'
-        }.'Name'
-    ) {
-        $ChildKeys = [string[]]($SortedObject.$Key.'PSObject'.'Properties'.'Name' | Sort-Object)
-        $ChildObject = [PSCustomObject]::new()
-        $ChildKeys.ForEach{
-            $null = Add-Member -InputObject $ChildObject -NotePropertyName $_ -NotePropertyValue $SortedObject.$Key.$_
-        }
-        $SortedObject.$Key = $ChildObject
-    }
-
-    # Return the sorted object
-    $SortedObject
-}
diff --git a/lib/manifest.ps1 b/lib/manifest.ps1
index 5b48306be5..c0a1ed4073 100644
--- a/lib/manifest.ps1
+++ b/lib/manifest.ps1
@@ -218,3 +218,106 @@ function uninstaller($manifest, $arch) { arch_specific 'uninstaller' $manifest $
 function hash($manifest, $arch) { arch_specific 'hash' $manifest $arch }
 function extract_dir($manifest, $arch) { arch_specific 'extract_dir' $manifest $arch }
 function extract_to($manifest, $arch) { arch_specific 'extract_to' $manifest $arch }
+
+function Sort-PSCustomObjectKeysRecursively {
+    <#
+        .SYNOPSIS
+            Sort PSCustomObject keys recurseively.
+    #>
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    [OutputType([PSCustomObject])]
+    param (
+        [Parameter(Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline)]
+        [ValidateScript({$_ -is [System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject]})]
+        [object] $InputObject
+    )
+
+    Process {
+        function Convert-Node {
+            <#
+                .SYNOPSIS
+                    Helper function that will be called recursively.
+            #>
+            param (
+                [Parameter(Mandatory)]
+                [object] $Node
+            )
+            # Recurse if node value is of type [PSCustomObject]
+            if ($Node -is [System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject]) {
+                $OrderedPSCustomObject = [PSCustomObject]::new()
+                $SortedProperties = $Node.PSObject.Properties | Sort-Object -Property Name
+                foreach ($Property in $SortedProperties) {
+                    $null = Add-Member -InputObject $OrderedPSCustomObject -NotePropertyName $Property.Name -NotePropertyValue (
+                        Convert-Node -Node $Property.Value
+                    )
+                }
+                return $OrderedPSCustomObject
+            }
+            # Else return the value as is
+            else {
+                return $Node
+            }
+        }
+
+        # Start the recursive sorting process on the initial input object
+        return Convert-Node -Node $InputObject
+    }
+}
+
+function Sort-ScoopManifestProperties {
+    <#
+        .SYNOPSIS
+            Sort JSON root properties according to schema.json, and level one child properties alphabetically.
+    #>
+    [OutputType([PSCustomObject])]
+
+    Param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory)]
+        [ValidateScript({$null -ne $_ -and $_ -ne [PSCustomObject]::new()})]
+        [PSCustomObject] $JsonAsObject
+    )
+
+    # Get wanted order from Scoop manifest schema
+    if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($Script:WantedOrder)) {
+        $Script:WantedOrder = [string[]](
+            (
+                parse_json -path (
+                    '{0}\..\schema.json' -f $PSScriptRoot
+                )
+            ).'properties'.'PSObject'.'Properties'.'Name'
+        )
+    }
+
+    # Failproof - Make sure input does not have keys not defined in schema.json
+    $KeysNotInSchema = [string[]](
+        $JsonAsObject.'PSObject'.'Properties'.'Name'.Where{$_ -cnotin $WantedOrder}
+    )
+    if ($KeysNotInSchema.'Count' -gt 0) {
+        abort ('Manifest contains keys not defined in schema.json: "{0}".' -f ($KeysNotInSchema -join ", "))
+    }
+
+    # Create empty new object where properties will be added to
+    $SortedObject = [PSCustomObject]::new()
+
+    # Add properties from $Current to $Sorted ordered by $WantedOrder
+    $JsonAsObject.'PSObject'.'Properties'.'Name' |
+        Sort-Object -Property @{
+            'Expression' = {
+                [uint16]($WantedOrder.IndexOf($_))
+            }
+        } | ForEach-Object -Process {
+            $null = Add-Member -InputObject $SortedObject -NotePropertyName $_ -NotePropertyValue $JsonAsObject.$_
+        }
+
+    # Order childs alphabetically recursively, if parent key is of type PSCustomObject
+    foreach (
+        $Key in $SortedObject.'PSObject'.'Properties'.Where{
+            $_.'TypeNameOfValue' -eq 'System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject'
+        }.'Name'
+    ) {
+        $SortedObject.$Key = [PSCustomObject](Sort-PSCustomObjectKeysRecursively -InputObject $SortedObject.$Key)
+    }
+
+    # Return the sorted object
+    $SortedObject
+}

From 203e5a43b8349517b5692ca7e9cc7cdd8de5292d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Olav=20R=C3=B8nnestad=20Birkeland?=
 <6450056+o-l-a-v@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 16:49:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 24/27] Apply nitpicks from CodeRabbit, except the case of
 handling arrays as we don't want that.

---
 lib/manifest.ps1 | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/manifest.ps1 b/lib/manifest.ps1
index c0a1ed4073..579edb1d8e 100644
--- a/lib/manifest.ps1
+++ b/lib/manifest.ps1
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ function extract_to($manifest, $arch) { arch_specific 'extract_to' $manifest $ar
 function Sort-PSCustomObjectKeysRecursively {
     <#
         .SYNOPSIS
-            Sort PSCustomObject keys recurseively.
+            Sort PSCustomObject keys recursively.
     #>
     [CmdletBinding()]
     [OutputType([PSCustomObject])]
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ function Sort-PSCustomObjectKeysRecursively {
     )
 
     Process {
-        function Convert-Node {
+        function local:Convert-Node {
             <#
                 .SYNOPSIS
                     Helper function that will be called recursively.

From 981c302487dbdca09288b8dbaa47abb536f192c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Olav=20R=C3=B8nnestad=20Birkeland?=
 <6450056+o-l-a-v@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 16:50:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 25/27] Apply one more nitpick

---
 lib/manifest.ps1 | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/manifest.ps1 b/lib/manifest.ps1
index 579edb1d8e..6eb4ab40fd 100644
--- a/lib/manifest.ps1
+++ b/lib/manifest.ps1
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ function Sort-ScoopManifestProperties {
 
     # Failproof - Make sure input does not have keys not defined in schema.json
     $KeysNotInSchema = [string[]](
-        $JsonAsObject.'PSObject'.'Properties'.'Name'.Where{$_ -cnotin $WantedOrder}
+        $JsonAsObject.'PSObject'.'Properties'.'Name'.Where{$_ -cnotin $Script:WantedOrder}
     )
     if ($KeysNotInSchema.'Count' -gt 0) {
         abort ('Manifest contains keys not defined in schema.json: "{0}".' -f ($KeysNotInSchema -join ", "))
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ function Sort-ScoopManifestProperties {
     $JsonAsObject.'PSObject'.'Properties'.'Name' |
         Sort-Object -Property @{
             'Expression' = {
-                [uint16]($WantedOrder.IndexOf($_))
+                [uint16]($Script:WantedOrder.IndexOf($_))
             }
         } | ForEach-Object -Process {
             $null = Add-Member -InputObject $SortedObject -NotePropertyName $_ -NotePropertyValue $JsonAsObject.$_

From 931183897b0a07969dafbb150a94d5b7167167ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Olav=20R=C3=B8nnestad=20Birkeland?=
 <6450056+o-l-a-v@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 19:16:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 26/27] Add test for parse_json and an empty string

---
 test/Scoop-Manifest.Tests.ps1 | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/test/Scoop-Manifest.Tests.ps1 b/test/Scoop-Manifest.Tests.ps1
index 232a946bbd..d878e5ebb4 100644
--- a/test/Scoop-Manifest.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/Scoop-Manifest.Tests.ps1
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ Describe 'JSON parse and beautify' -Tag 'Scoop' {
         It 'fails with invalid json' {
             { parse_json "$PSScriptRoot\fixtures\manifest\broken_wget.json" } | Should -Throw
         }
+        It 'should not throw if provided an empty string' {
+            { parse_json '' } | Should -Not -Throw
+        }
     }
     Context 'Beautify JSON' {
         BeforeDiscovery {

From 3fef8035d92b29ff9426e75b6fd48f475b62acb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Olav=20R=C3=B8nnestad=20Birkeland?=
 <6450056+o-l-a-v@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 19:20:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 27/27] Make path not required

---
 lib/manifest.ps1 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/manifest.ps1 b/lib/manifest.ps1
index 6967771e53..06120908f8 100644
--- a/lib/manifest.ps1
+++ b/lib/manifest.ps1
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ function manifest_path($app, $bucket) {
 
 function parse_json {
     Param(
-        [Parameter(Mandatory)]
+        [Parameter()]
         [string] $path
     )
     if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($path) -or -not [System.IO.File]::Exists($path)) {