From 1982f45c4877fb5ee2ed3a4d01a3fe957ece8bf7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Heuer Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2021 08:05:45 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md Clarifying more that this is only for MSBuild --- README.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 2d03def..d9f440b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ # microsoft/setup-msbuild -You know how handy that 'Visual Studio Developer Command Prompt' is on your local machine? And how it adds several things to `PATH` to allow you to just issue commands like `msbuild` or otherwise? Use this action to setup similar flexibility in your Windows-based GitHub Actions runners. This will let you discover where those tool paths are and automatically add them to the `PATH` environment variables for you so future steps in your Actions workflow can just initiate commands without knowing the full path. +You know how handy that 'Visual Studio Developer Command Prompt' is on your local machine? And how it adds several things to `PATH` to allow you to just issue commands like `msbuild` or otherwise? Use this action to setup similar flexibility in your Windows-based GitHub Actions runners. This will let you discover where the `MSBuild` tool is and automatically add it to the `PATH` environment variables for you so future steps in your Actions workflow can just initiate `msbuild` commands without knowing the full path. + +> Please note this tools is not to replicate the full 'Developer Command Prompt' but only discover and assist with MSBuild and not other tools like cl.exe ## Usage