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[feature] Support for msbuild 15.0
There is a new version of msbuild, the 15.0. I'm just wondering how to update the Get-MSBuildPath and I'm thinking about using https://github.com/microsoft/vssetup.powershell.
Do you think it is a good idea? How to declare such dependency to external module?
I would rather look at https://github.com/Microsoft/vswhere - I understand it's installed with VS 2017 so it should be a matter of invoking it from command line (you could just extend Get-MSBuildPath) instead of including a module that looks pretty heavy.
Alternatively, if you really wish to add external dependency globally, it should be matter of adding it to https://github.com/ObjectivityLtd/PSCI/blob/master/build/psci.depend.psd1 and possibly to https://github.com/ObjectivityLtd/PSCI/blob/master/PSCI/PSCI.psm1 (similarly to PPoShTools).
Great idea with vssetup, but I'm not sure whether we can be sure that Visual Studio is installed on a build server. In the theory there is a separated installer: https://www.visualstudio.com/pl/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio/?sku=BuildTools&rel=15#
I just found the answer in https://github.com/Microsoft/vswhere/issues/61 and https://github.com/Microsoft/vswhere/wiki/Find-MSBuild. I need the advice - how to ensure that vswhere tool is available for PSCI?
You could just download it (possibly lazily in Get-MSBuildPath) using Invoke-WebRequest from https://github.com/Microsoft/vswhere/releases/download/2.1.3/vswhere.exe, ideally to a directory that is not deleted between builds.
Alternatively, you could install it with choco install vswhere, but then you would probably also need to write a function that installs Choco if it's not available :)
Example of using Powershell Gallery (unfortunately vswhere doesn't seem to be available at Powershell Gallery) - current version of build bootstrap: https://github.com/ObjectivityLtd/PSCI/blob/master/examples/various/BuildDeploy/build.ps1
Example of using Nuget - old version of build bootstrap: https://github.com/ObjectivityLtd/PSCI/blob/db2f84f3e7258e2fb08088cd66aa233f9ca88398/examples/various/BuildDeploy/build.ps1