Run the 'dotnet' sdk command line tool

The dotnet command line tool can build and publish projects.

Minimal working example

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#r "paket:
nuget Fake.DotNet.Cli //"
open Fake.DotNet

// Lazily install DotNet SDK in the correct version if not available
let install = lazy DotNet.install DotNet.Versions.Release_2_1_4

// Define general properties across various commands (with arguments)
let inline withWorkDir wd =
    DotNet.Options.lift install.Value
    >> DotNet.Options.withWorkingDirectory wd

// Set general properties without arguments
let inline dotnetSimple arg = DotNet.Options.lift install.Value arg

// Use defined properties on "DotNet.Exec"
DotNet.exec (withWorkDir "./test") "build" ""
DotNet.exec dotnetSimple "build" "myproject.fsproj"
DotNet.exec dotnetSimple "build" "mysolution.sln"

// Use defined properties on more generalized functions like "DotNet.Restore"
DotNet.restore dotnetSimple "mysolution.sln"

// Define more general properties in addition to the general ones
DotNet.restore (fun args ->
    { args with
        NoCache = true
    } |> dotnetSimple) "mysolution.sln"

// Define more general properties in addition to the general ones, with arugments
DotNet.restore (fun args ->
    { args with
        Runtime = Some "win7-x86"
    } |> withWorkDir "./test" ) "mysolution.sln"

More API Documentation

val install : Lazy<obj>
val withWorkDir : wd:'a -> ('b -> 'c)
val wd : 'a
property System.Lazy.Value: obj
val dotnetSimple : arg:'a -> 'b
val arg : 'a
union case Option.Some: Value: 'T -> Option<'T>