uutils-coreutils-lean@0.10.0: Improve pre_install script

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Relates to #8363

I'd included an install script in my last PR that the reviewer must've decided was too elaborate and it was trimmed down to:

Get-ChildItem "$dir\*" -Include *.exe | Where-Object Name -ne 'coreutils.exe' | Remove-Item

But I have some issues with this. The main one being, that if for any reason $dir should ever be $null (like if there's ever a bug in a future Scoop update), this would (instead of what it was meant to do) silently delete any exe file not named coreutils.exe in the current working directory, which could be disasterous.

Furthermore, should [ or ] be in the path for any reason, those would be interpreted as wildcard characters and the command would fail.

It's also redundant, if you're going to use a wildcard for -Path anyway, you might as well use do Get-ChildItem "$dir\*.exe" and skip -Include/-Filter altogether.

Also, -Filter is considered superior to -Include in the official documentation: "Filters are more efficient than other parameters. The provider applies the filter when the cmdlet gets the objects rather than having PowerShell filter the objects after they're retrieved." (The caveat is that -Filter can only be used for the FileSystem provider, which is why it doesn't fully supersede -Include.)

This is the new line that prevents strange edge-cases and is more performant:

Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $dir -Filter *.exe | Where-Object Name -ne 'coreutils.exe' | Remove-Item
_{coderabbitai suggested I add the -File parameter, and while I was at it, I also single-quoted *.exe for consistency's sake.}

Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $dir -Filter '*.exe' -File | Where-Object Name -ne 'coreutils.exe' | Remove-Item

I understand I'm being picky, but I'm hoping that Scoop eventually defaults to always using the much safer -LiteralPath parameter for its operations.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved installation cleanup to reliably identify executables in the target directory.
  • Ensured coreutils.exe is preserved while other executables are removed.

Walkthrough

The pre_install command now enumerates .exe files directly under $dir with -LiteralPath and -Filter. It still preserves coreutils.exe and removes other executables.

Changes

Coreutils installation cleanup

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Literal executable enumeration bucket/uutils-coreutils-lean.json	The pre_install command uses -LiteralPath $dir -Filter '*.exe' and retains the existing executable exclusion and removal logic.

Possibly related PRs

• ScoopInstaller/Main#8363: Both PRs modify the pre_install executable cleanup command in bucket/uutils-coreutils-lean.json. PR #8393 refines the script introduced by this PR.

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