From 0eb20d415cd75770d5e2aed428de0d66ed55c161 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicole Rappe <nicole.rappe@bunny-lab.io>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2025 16:04:45 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Fix PowerShell null-coalescing usage for Ansible EE

---
 Borealis.ps1 | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Borealis.ps1 b/Borealis.ps1
index b4527d8..3cd2d06 100644
--- a/Borealis.ps1
+++ b/Borealis.ps1
@@ -524,7 +524,11 @@ function Ensure-AnsibleExecutionEnvironment {
 
     $existingPython = $pythonCandidates | Where-Object { Test-Path $_ -PathType Leaf } | Select-Object -First 1
 
-    $expectedVersionNorm = ($ExpectedVersion ?? '1.0.0').Trim()
+    $expectedVersionNorm = $ExpectedVersion
+    if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($expectedVersionNorm)) {
+        $expectedVersionNorm = '1.0.0'
+    }
+    $expectedVersionNorm = $expectedVersionNorm.Trim()
     $isUpToDate = $false
     if ($existingPython -and $currentVersion -and ($currentVersion -eq $expectedVersionNorm)) {
         if (-not $requirementsHash -or ($currentHash -and $currentHash -eq $requirementsHash)) {