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wingetcreate new asks for same info twice. PackageIdentifier, Publisher and PackageName #589

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Brief description of your issue

wingetcreate new asks for same info twice. PackageIdentifier, Publisher and PackageName

It only needs to ask for the publisher name and the package name and then it can make the PackageIdentifier

Steps to reproduce

  1. Run wingetcreate new
  2. Paste installerURL
  3. You are prompted for the PackageIdentifier (which should be in the format .
  4. Answer a couple more prompts
  5. You are prompted for the Publisher (which you already typed in when you were prompted for the PackageIdentifier)
  6. You are prompted for the PackageName (which you already typed in when you were prompted for the PackageIdentifier)

Expected behavior

  1. Run wingetcreate new
  2. Paste installerURL
  3. You are prompted for the PackageName
  4. You are prompted for the Publisher
  5. wingetcreate carries on as normal

Note: You are not prompted for the PackageIdentifier since you already gave information on who is the Publisher and the PackageName

Actual behavior

Wingetcreate new asks for the same information twice

Environment

Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Operating System: Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.19045.0
System Architecture: X64

Winget-Create Directories  Path                                                                               
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Logs                       %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsPackageManagerManifestCreator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\DiagOutputDir
User settings              %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsPackageManagerManifestCreator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\settings.json
Installer cache            %TEMP%\wingetcreate                                                                

Links
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Privacy Statement    https://aka.ms/winget-create-privacy
License Agreement    https://aka.ms/winget-create-license
Third Party Notices  https://aka.ms/winget-create-3rdPartyNotice
Homepage             https://aka.ms/winget-create

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