Cake is built on top of the Roslyn compiler which enables you to write your build scripts in pure C# in either a standard console project, using Cake Frosting, or as Cake script using Cake .NET …

Cake (C# Make) is a cross-platform build automation system with a C# DSL for tasks such as compiling code, copying files and folders, running unit tests, compressing files and building …

For this tutorial we use the Cake .NET Tool on .NET Core 3.1 and newer. Make sure to have a tool manifest available in your repository or create one using the following command:

Cake uses Azure Artifacts as a NuGet feed for testing and pre-release builds. With these pre-release builds the next version of Cake can be accessed and utilized for getting the latest …

When using Cake .NET Tool, the load directive can be used with the nuget scheme to download the Recipe NuGet packages and load all .cake files in the content folder.

File Operations aliases Built-In Contains functionality related to file operations. General ... Copy ... Delete

Getting Started See also Community Resources for a lot of helpful courses, videos, presentations and blog posts which can help you get started with Cake.

Call the Environment variables alias alias in your Cake file to get the environment variable. The following example will read the value of the BUILD_NUMBER environment variable or return …

Aliases File helper aliases. A set of aliases for Cake Build to help with simple File operations such as Reading, Writing and Replacing text.

IntelliSense support for .cake files is provided through the C# extension for Visual Studio Code, along with Cake.Bakery. Open Visual Studio Code to the folder that you have a Cake file in.