.fake directory

[mynkow]

Today I got this directory to the root of my project.

1. What is the purpose?
2. Please remove it!

http://gyazo.com/0587baf1c80534875f15a551496d13eb

[forki]

so you are using the 4.0 alpha!? ;-)

the purpose is to cache the compiled build script and therefor speed up FAKE startup time.
You can just add it to your .gitignore file and everything should be fine.

[mynkow]

I think I am not using the alpha. Probably there is a problem with the nuget package and how it is built.

echo Downloading latest version of Fake.exe...
%NUGET% "install" "FAKE" "-OutputDirectory" "%TOOLS_PATH%" "-ExcludeVersion" "-Prerelease"

[forki]

-Prerelease instructs NuGet to download the latest version including alpha and beta versions.

[mynkow]

Omg, it really installs the alpha

http://gyazo.com/baae4dfc7f5bbfda9a329258298b7aec

Probably -ExcludeVersion is not working for some reason?

[forki]

no, it's the -prerelease. just remove that and you get latest 3.x

[mynkow]

You are right. 10x.

Can you please explain how the cache works in 4.0 and what is included?

[forki]

see #859

[xavierzwirtz]

It takes the dynamic assembly generated by FSI and saves it into the .fake directory. Also saves a list of all loaded dlls and their path so that they can be loaded on next run.

[xavierzwirtz]

@mynkow see here for a detailed explanation of the caching mechanism.