Helper to run the merge.txt generated by "Create and run merge commands"

MergeMerge_txt.ps1

<#
This script will run the commands generated by [Create and run merge commands - How to merge checkpoints that have multiple differencing disks](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/virtualization/merge-checkpoints-with-many-differencing-disks#mergechain)

Please read the whole page from Microsoft.

And this script is dirty.

Change the path at line 17 for the correct '.\merge.txt' generated.

You can set a longer delay to cancel between jobs by putting a longer $waitfor at line 15. 5 seconds by default.

#>
$counter = 0
$wait = 0
$waitfor = 5

$merge_commands = Get-Content .\merge_example.txt # ##### Change this for the correct file.

$merge_commands | % {

    $counter++;
    Write-Verbose $_

    
    $wait = 0
    $writeProgressSplat = @{
        Activity        = $("Sleeping {0} seconds between merge" -f $waitfor)
        PercentComplete = ( ($wait) / $waitfor * 100)
        Status          = $("{0} / {1} seconds" -f ($wait), $waitfor)
    }
    Write-Progress @writeProgressSplat
    while (
        $wait -lt $waitfor
    ) {
        Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 100
        $wait++;
        $writeProgressSplat = @{
            Activity        = $("Sleeping {0} seconds between merge" -f $waitfor)
            PercentComplete = ( ($wait) / $waitfor * 100)
            Status          = $("{0} / {1} seconds" -f ($wait), $waitfor)
        }
        Write-Progress @writeProgressSplat
        Start-Sleep -Seconds 1

    } 
    Write-Progress -Activity $writeProgressSplat.Activity -Completed

    # Read-Host -Prompt "Waiting for user" | Out-Null
    # Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 100
    
    Write-Progress -Activity "Merging All Disks" -PercentComplete $($counter / $merge_commands.Length * 100) -Status $_

    Invoke-Expression -Command $_
    
}

Write-Progress -Activity "Merging All Disks" -Completed