setup-dotnet/README.md

# setup-dotnet

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This action sets up a [dotnet core cli](https://github.com/dotnet/cli) environment for use in actions by:

- optionally downloading and caching a version of dotnet by SDK version and adding to PATH
- registering problem matchers for error output
- setting up authentication to private package sources like GitHub Packages

# Usage

See [action.yml](action.yml)

Basic:
```yaml
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@master
- uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v1
  with:
    dotnet-version: '3.1.100' # SDK Version to use.
- run: dotnet build <my project>
```

Matrix Testing:
```yaml
jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-16.04
    strategy:
      matrix:
        dotnet: [ '2.2.103', '3.0.100', '3.1.100' ]
    name: Dotnet ${{ matrix.dotnet }} sample
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@master
      - name: Setup dotnet
        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v1
        with:
          dotnet-version: ${{ matrix.dotnet }}
      - run: dotnet build <my project>
```

Authentication for nuget feeds:
```yaml
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@master
# Authenticates packages to push to GPR
- uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v1
  with:
    dotnet-version: '3.1.100' # SDK Version to use.
    source-url: https://nuget.pkg.github.com/<owner>/index.json
  env:
    NUGET_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
- run: dotnet build <my project>
- name: Create the package
  run: dotnet pack --configuration Release <my project>
 - name: Publish the package to GPR
  run: dotnet nuget push <my project>/bin/Release/*.nupkg

# Authticates packages to push to Azure Artifacts
- uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v1
  with:
    source-url: https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/<your-organization>/_packaging/<your-feed-name>/nuget/v3/index.json
  env:
    NUGET_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.AZURE_DEVOPS_PAT}} # Note, create a secret with this name in Settings
- name: Publish the package to Azure Artifacts
  run: dotnet nuget push <my project>/bin/Release/*.nupkg
```

# License

The scripts and documentation in this project are released under the [MIT License](LICENSE)

# Contributions

Contributions are welcome!  See [Contributor's Guide](docs/contributors.md)