cake

Cross-platform build automation using C#

TLDR

Run default build script

$ dotnet cake

Run specific build script

$ dotnet cake [build.cake]

Run specific target

$ dotnet cake --target=[Clean]

Run with verbosity

$ dotnet cake --verbosity=[diagnostic]

Show available tasks

$ dotnet cake --showdescription

Dry run without executing

$ dotnet cake --dryrun

Run with custom argument

$ dotnet cake --configuration=[Release]

Cake (C# Make) is a cross-platform build automation system with a C# DSL. It compiles code, copies files, runs tests, compresses files, and builds NuGet packages. Scripts are written in C# and executed via Roslyn.

PARAMETERS

--target=name

Target task to run

--verbosity=level

Output verbosity (quiet, minimal, normal, verbose, diagnostic)

--dryrun

Show tasks without executing

--showdescription

Show task descriptions

--showtree

Show task dependency tree

--configuration=config

Build configuration (Debug, Release)

--exclusive

Execute only target task without dependencies

--version

Show version

--help

Show help

INSTALLATION

$ dotnet new tool-manifest
dotnet tool install Cake.Tool

INSTALL

brew install cake

CAVEATS

Requires .NET SDK installed. By convention, executes build.cake in current directory. Supports MSBuild, .NET CLI, NuGet, and many other tools through addins.