Fake bootstrapping example

Note: There are other variants (as branches in this repository) to choose from as well as other installation options

as paket-cli tool https://github.com/matthid/fake-bootstrap/tree/paket_clitool

as global tool https://github.com/matthid/fake-bootstrap/tree/global_tool

This repository shows how to bootstrap FAKE from nothing. The fake.sh and fake.cmd scripts will:

install .NET Core with the provided install scripts (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tools/dotnet-install-script)
restore FAKE as local cli tool via dotnet tool restore
redirect the given arguments fake <args> to dotnet fake <args>.

If dotnet is already a given you can edit the scripts accordingly.

Usage:

Unix (or git bash on windows after dotnet/cli#8491)

git clone https://github.com/matthid/fake-bootstrap.git
cd fake-bootstrap
./fake.sh run myscript.fsx

Windows (powershell/cmd)

git clone https://github.com/matthid/fake-bootstrap.git
cd fake-bootstrap
.\fake.cmd run myscript.fsx

To upgrade to latest packages, just delete myscript.fsx.lock and run fake again.

FakeBuild/fake-bootstrap

Fake bootstrapping example