Summary

Builds the specified targets in the project file.

Namespace: Cake.Common.Tools.DotNet
Containing Type: DotNetAliases

Syntax

[CakeMethodAlias]
[CakeAliasCategory("MSBuild")]
[CakeNamespaceImport("Cake.Common.Tools.DotNet.MSBuild")]
public static void DotNetMSBuild(this ICakeContext context, string projectOrDirectory, DotNetMSBuildSettings settings)

Examples

 var settings = new DotNetMSBuildSettings
 {
     NoLogo = true,
     MaxCpuCount = -1
 };

 DotNetMSBuild("foobar.proj", settings);

Remarks

If a project file is not specified, MSBuild searches the current working directory for a file that has a file extension that ends in "proj" and uses that file. If a directory is specified, MSBuild searches that directory for a project file.

Attributes

Type	Description
CakeMethodAliasAttribute	An attribute used to mark script method aliases.
CakeAliasCategoryAttribute	An attribute used for documentation of alias methods/properties.
CakeNamespaceImportAttribute	An attribute used to hint Cake about additional namespaces that need to be imported for an alias to work. This attribute can mark an extension method, the extension method class, or the assembly to provide a global set of imports.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
context	ICakeContext	The context.
projectOrDirectory	string	Project file or directory to search for project file.
settings	DotNetMSBuildSettings	The settings.

Return Value

Type	Description
void

DotNetAliases.