msvc-dev-cmd

GitHub Action for configuring Developer Command Prompt for Microsoft Visual C++.

This sets up the environment for compiling C/C++ code from command line.

Supports Windows. Does nothing on Linux and macOS.

Inputs

• arch – target architecture
  • native compilation:
    • x64 (default) or its synonyms: amd64, win64
    • x86 or its synonyms: win32
  • cross-compilation: x86_amd64, x86_arm, x86_arm64, amd64_x86, amd64_arm, amd64_arm64
• sdk – Windows SDK to use
  • do not specify to use the default SDK
  • or specify full Windows 10 SDK number (e.g, 10.0.10240.0)
  • or write 8.1 to use Windows 8.1 SDK
• toolset – select VC++ compiler toolset version
  • do not specify to use the default toolset
  • 14.0 for VC++ 2015 Compiler Toolset
  • 14.XX for the latest 14.XX toolset installed (e.g, 14.11)
  • 14.XX.YYYYY for a specific full version number (e.g, 14.11.25503)
• uwp – set true to build for Universal Windows Platform (i.e., for Windows Store)
• spectre – set true to use Visual Studio libraries with Spectre mitigations

Example usage

jobs:
  test:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
    - uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@v1
    - name: Build something requiring CL.EXE
      run: |
        cmake -G "NMake Makefiles" .
        nmake
    # ...

License

MIT, see LICENSE.