Fake Template

The Fake template bootstraps FAKE and sets up a basic build-script.

Usage

After you installed the template you can setup FAKE by running:


dotnet new fake

This will create a default build.fsx file, a paket.dependencies file used to mangage your build dependencies and two shell scripts fake.sh and fake.cmd. The shell scripts are used to bootstrap and run FAKE. All of the arguments are passed directly to FAKE so you can run:


.\fake.cmd build

to run your build. Have a look at the fake commandline for the available command-line options. For additional information on how to use a build script, checkout the getting started page.

Options

--script-name

Specifies the name of the generated build-script. Defaults to build.fsx.

--bootstrap

Specifies your prefered way to bootstrap FAKE.

tool (default) - Installs the FAKE dotnet sdk global tool into the --tool-path folder
project - Creates a build.proj and uses DotNetCliToolReference to bootstrap FAKE
none - Does not bootstrap FAKE. Use this if you want to use a global installation of FAKE

--dependencies

Specifies your prefered way to define the nuget packages used in your build:

file (default) - Creates a paket.dependencies file to define build dependencies
inline - Defines build dependencies inside the build script
none - Use this if you already have a paket.dependencies in your folder

--dsl

Specifies your prefered way to define build tasks inside your build script:

fake (default) - Uses the default FAKE domain specific language
buildtask - Uses a string free domain specific language, called BuildTask

--tool-path

Specifies the folder for the fake-cli tool. This parameter is only applicable when tool option is used for bootstrapping with --bootstrap. Defaults to .fake.

--version

Specifies the version of FAKE to install. Defaults to 5.*. This parameter is only applicable when either tool or project is used for bootstrapping.