From 4756506d22bb84a71176a1962984d557ad37fd4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dongbo Wang <dongbow@microsoft.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2023 09:54:08 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fix error formatting to remove the unneeded leading newline
 for concise view (#19080)

---
 .../DefaultFormatters/PowerShellCore_format_ps1xml.cs     | 8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/FormatAndOutput/DefaultFormatters/PowerShellCore_format_ps1xml.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/FormatAndOutput/DefaultFormatters/PowerShellCore_format_ps1xml.cs
index c490f9e7a6..6ab8b8f215 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/FormatAndOutput/DefaultFormatters/PowerShellCore_format_ps1xml.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/FormatAndOutput/DefaultFormatters/PowerShellCore_format_ps1xml.cs
@@ -1284,7 +1284,6 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation.Runspaces
                                         return ""${errorColor}$($err.Exception.Message)${resetcolor}""
                                     }
 
-                                    $myinv = $err.InvocationInfo
                                     if ($ErrorView -eq 'DetailedView') {
                                         $message = Get-Error | Out-String
                                         return ""${errorColor}${message}${resetcolor}""
@@ -1301,10 +1300,9 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation.Runspaces
                                     }
                                     elseif ($myinv -and ($myinv.MyCommand -or ($err.CategoryInfo.Category -ne 'ParserError'))) {
                                         $posmsg = $myinv.PositionMessage
-                                    }
-
-                                    if ($posmsg -ne '') {
-                                        $posmsg = $newline + $posmsg
+                                        if ($posmsg -ne '') {
+                                            $posmsg = $newline + $posmsg
+                                        }
                                     }
 
                                     if ($err.PSMessageDetails) {