From 1982b934752b366fbc0673e589aa745f58e77936 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stephan Yelle <syelle@silicon-valley.ca>
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2025 20:38:42 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Update StackMonkey.ps1

---
 StackMonkey.ps1 | 22 ++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/StackMonkey.ps1 b/StackMonkey.ps1
index b093626..993b243 100644
--- a/StackMonkey.ps1
+++ b/StackMonkey.ps1
@@ -102,15 +102,21 @@ Import-Module PowerShellGet       -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
 $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
 $ConfirmPreference  = 'None'
 
-# if NuGet isn't already available, install it non-interactively
+# check if NuGet exists (no output—assigned to $nuget)
+$nuget = Get-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -ListAvailable -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
 
-if (-not (Get-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -ListAvailable -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
-  Install-PackageProvider `
-    -Name NuGet `
-    -MinimumVersion 2.8.5.201 `
-    -Force `
-    -Confirm:$false `
-    | Out-Null
+if (-not $nuget) {
+    # install it (again, assignment suppresses the table)
+    $nuget = Install-PackageProvider `
+      -Name NuGet `
+      -MinimumVersion 2.8.5.201 `
+      -Force `
+      -Confirm:$false
+
+    Write-Host "✔ Installed NuGet provider v$($nuget.Version)" -ForegroundColor Green
+}
+else {
+    Write-Host "ℹ NuGet provider already present (v$($nuget.Version))" -ForegroundColor DarkGray
 }
 
 # import it so Register-PSRepository / Install-Module won't prompt