From 5c9933791c900f82562d6076ff3a88eafd2e7bd2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Sparer <David.Sparer@pearson.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 16:39:47 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] do base64 decoding in the script

---
 Tools/publish_to_github.ps1 | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Tools/publish_to_github.ps1 b/Tools/publish_to_github.ps1
index cc54719fc..91e36190a 100644
--- a/Tools/publish_to_github.ps1
+++ b/Tools/publish_to_github.ps1
@@ -54,11 +54,18 @@ param (
     [string]
     [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
     # The OAuth2 token to use for authentication.
-    $AuthToken
+    $AuthToken,
+
+    [switch]
+    # Enable this switch to treat $Description as a Base64 encoded string. It will be decoded before being used elsewhere in the script.
+    $DescriptionIsBase64Encoded
 )
 
 
 $githubUrl = 'https://api.github.com'
+if ($DescriptionIsBase64Encoded) {
+    $Description = ([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString([System.Convert]::FromBase64String($Description)))
+}
 
 
 function Publish-Release {