vsmac-cli

.NET CLI tool for interacting with Visual Studio for Mac.

• Open files: vsmac open Hello.cs
• Query installed versions: vsmac list
• Find app bundle path: vsmac path
• Invoke MSBuild: vsmac msbuild
• Target specific versions: vsmac -v 17.1 path

Installation

dotnet tool install -g vsmac-cli

Examples

$ vsmac list
8.9.0.947 [preview] /Applications/Visual Studio (Preview).app
8.8.3.16  [stable]  /Applications/Visual Studio.app
7.4.1.48  [stable]  /Applications/Visual Studio 7.4.app

$ vsmac --preview path
/Applications/Visual Studio (Preview).app

$ vsmac version
8.8.3.16
$ vsmac --preview version
8.9.0.947
$ vsmac -v 7 version
7.4.1.48

$ vsmac msbuild Hello.csproj -c Release
Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 16.8.0 for Mono
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