Cake.Common 6.3.0

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dotnet add package Cake.Common --version 6.3.0
                    
NuGet\Install-Package Cake.Common -Version 6.3.0
                    
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.
<PackageReference Include="Cake.Common" Version="6.3.0" />
                    
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.
<PackageVersion Include="Cake.Common" Version="6.3.0" />
                    
Directory.Packages.props
<PackageReference Include="Cake.Common" />
                    
Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package.
paket add Cake.Common --version 6.3.0
                    
#r "nuget: Cake.Common, 6.3.0"
                    
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.
#:package Cake.Common@6.3.0
                    
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package.
#addin nuget:?package=Cake.Common&version=6.3.0
                    
Install as a Cake Addin
#tool nuget:?package=Cake.Common&version=6.3.0
                    
Install as a Cake Tool

Cake

Cake (C# Make) is a build automation system with a C# DSL to do things like compiling code, copy files/folders, running unit tests, compress files and build NuGet packages.

Table of Contents

  1. Documentation
  2. Contributing
  3. Get in touch
  4. License

Documentation

You can read the latest documentation at https://cakebuild.net/.

For a simple example to get started see Setting up a new project.

Contributing

So you’re thinking about contributing to Cake? Great! It’s really appreciated.

Make sure you've read the contribution guidelines before sending that epic pull request. You'll also need to sign the contribution license agreement (CLA) for anything other than a trivial change. NOTE: The .NET Foundation CLA Bot will provide a link to this CLA within the PR that you submit if it is deemed as required.

  • Fork the repository.
  • Create a branch to work in.
  • Make your feature addition or bug fix.
  • Don't forget the unit tests.
  • Send a pull request.

Get in touch

Follow @cakebuild on Mastodon Follow @cakebuild.net on Bluesky

Join the chat at https://github.com/cake-build/cake/discussions

License

Copyright © .NET Foundation, Patrik Svensson, Mattias Karlsson, Gary Ewan Park, Alistair Chapman, Martin Björkström, Dave Glick, Pascal Berger, Jérémie Desautels, Enrico Campidoglio, C. Augusto Proiete, Nils Andresen, and contributors.

Cake is provided as-is under the MIT license. For more information see LICENSE.

Thanks

A big thank you has to go to JetBrains who provide each of the Cake Developers with an Open Source License for ReSharper that helps with the development of Cake.

Sponsors

Our wonderful sponsors:

Sponsors

Backers

Our wonderful backers:

Backers

Code of Conduct

This project has adopted the code of conduct defined by the Contributor Covenant to clarify expected behavior in our community. For more information see the .NET Foundation Code of Conduct.

Contribution License Agreement

By signing the CLA, the community is free to use your contribution to .NET Foundation projects.

.NET Foundation

This project is supported by the .NET Foundation.

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net8.0 is compatible.  net8.0-android was computed.  net8.0-browser was computed.  net8.0-ios was computed.  net8.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net8.0-macos was computed.  net8.0-tvos was computed.  net8.0-windows was computed.  net9.0 is compatible.  net9.0-android was computed.  net9.0-browser was computed.  net9.0-ios was computed.  net9.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net9.0-macos was computed.  net9.0-tvos was computed.  net9.0-windows was computed.  net10.0 is compatible.  net10.0-android was computed.  net10.0-browser was computed.  net10.0-ios was computed.  net10.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net10.0-macos was computed.  net10.0-tvos was computed.  net10.0-windows was computed. 
Compatible target framework(s)
Included target framework(s) (in package)
Learn more about Target Frameworks and .NET Standard.

NuGet packages (60)

Showing the top 5 NuGet packages that depend on Cake.Common:

Package Downloads
Cake.Frosting

The .NET Core host for Cake.

Cake.Compression

A Cake AddIn which provides compression functionality for BZip2, GZip and Zip.

Cake.Sdk

A custom SDK that provides a convenient way to create Cake projects with minimal configuration. Automatically sets up common properties and references the Cake.Generator for source generation capabilities.

Cake.Generator

A source generator that creates Cake aliases for your project, enabling easy access to Cake extensions through generated static methods and properties.

Cake.Frosting.Issues.PullRequests.AppVeyor

AppVeyor support for the Cake.Issues addin for Cake allows you to write found issues as message to AppVeyor builds. This addin provides the aliases for writing to AppVeyor builds. It also requires the core Cake.Issues and Cake.Issues.PullRequests addins and one or more issue providers. See the Project Site for an overview of the whole ecosystem of addins for working with issues in Cake scripts. NOTE: This is the version of the addin compatible with Cake Frosting. For addin compatible with Cake Script Runners see Cake.Issues.PullRequests.AppVeyor.

GitHub repositories (6)

Showing the top 6 popular GitHub repositories that depend on Cake.Common:

Repository Stars
MonoGame/MonoGame
One framework for creating powerful cross-platform games.
FastReports/FastReport
Free Open Source Reporting tool for .NET6/.NET Core/.NET Framework that helps your application generate document-like reports
xamarin/XamarinComponents
Plugins for Xamarin
Thealexbarney/VGAudio
A library for encoding, decoding, and manipulating audio files from video games.
OpenNefia/OpenNefia
Moddable engine reimplementation of the Japanese roguelike Elona.
Wyamio/Wyam
A modular static content and static site generator.
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