Invoke-Build is a build and test automation tool which invokes tasks defined in PowerShell v3.0+ scripts. It is similar to psake but arguably easier to use and more powerful. It is complete, bug free, well covered by tests.
Invoke-Build is a build and test automation tool which invokes tasks defined in PowerShell v3.0+ scripts. It is similar to psake but arguably easier to use and more powerful. It is complete, bug free, well covered by tests.
In addition to basic task processing the engine supports
Invoke-Build v3.0.1+ is cross-platform with PowerShell Core.
Invoke-Build can be effectively used in VSCode and ISE.
Several PowerShell Team projects use Invoke-Build.
The package includes the engine, helpers, and help:
Extra scripts, see PSGallery and the repository:
And some more tools, see the repository:
Invoke-Build is published as PSGallery module InvokeBuild. You can install it by one of these commands:
Install-Module InvokeBuildTo install the module with Chocolatey, run the following command:
choco install invoke-buildNOTE: The Chocolatey package is maintained by its owner.
Invoke-Build is also published as nuget.org/packages/Invoke-Build.
If you use scoop then invoke:
scoop install invoke-buildand you are done, scripts are downloaded and their directory is added to the path. You may need to start a new PowerShell session with the updated path.
Otherwise, download the package manually, rename it to zip, extract its tools and rename to InvokeBuild. Consider including this directory to the path for invoking scripts by names. Or copy to any PowerShell module directory in order to use it as module.
nuget.org/packages/ib
provides Invoke-Build as the dotnet tool ib which may be
installed as global or local.
To install the global tool:
dotnet tool install --global ibTo install the local tool:
dotnet new tool-manifest # once on setting up a repo with tools
dotnet tool install --local ibSee ib/README
for more details about ib commands.
If you are using the module (known issue #2899) or the script is not in the path then use the full path to Invoke-Build.ps1 instead of Invoke-Build in the below commands:
In order to get help for the engine, invoke:
help Invoke-Build -fullIn order to get help for internal commands:
. Invoke-Build
help task -full
help exec -full
...dotnet new ib.Questions, suggestions, and reports are welcome at discussions and issues.
FAQs
Invoke-Build is a build and test automation tool which invokes tasks defined in PowerShell v3.0+ scripts. It is similar to psake but arguably easier to use and more powerful. It is complete, bug free, well covered by tests.
We found that invoke-build demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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