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c#batch-file.net-corepre-build-event
PMO1948
PMO1948

Reputation: 2554

globally install a tool if not installed from a c# build command

My goal: To run dotnet gitversion /updateprojectfiles as part of the build.

My limitations: not all machines have gitversion installed, so I need to install it on those without. However, Microsoft's dotnet tool install will return the code 1 when attempting to install a tool that is already installed. So I need to first check if it is installed, and only if it isn't, install it.

My first solution: Write a batch file and call it from the prebuild script.

The complication: Some of the machines building the code are linux, and do not recognize batch files.

My question: How can I write my logic as part of the pre-build commands, in a way that will work on both windows and linux?

The code: gitversion-up-to-date.cmd:

FOR /F "tokens=* USEBACKQ" %%F IN (`dotnet tool list -g ^| findstr gitversion.tool`) DO (
SET "grep=TRUE"
)

if %grep%==TRUE goto setVersion

dotnet tool install -g GitVersion.Tool
setVersion

:setVersion
dotnet gitversion /updateprojectfiles

and then from the csproj prebuild:

$(SolutionDir)gitversion-up-to-date.cmd

How can I write this logic, preferably directly in the prebuild, in a way that will work on both windows and linux?

My biggest issue atm is understanding how to write the logic for finding whether the tool is already installed.

TIA!

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