markchipman / dotnet-globaltool-templates

Template for a .NET Core global tool project (please open issues in https://github.com/natemcmaster/blog)

.NET Core Global Tool Template

This project contains templates for creating .NET Core Global tools.

Usage

Install the templates package

dotnet new --install McMaster.DotNet.GlobalTool.Templates

Create a new project

dotnet new global-tool

Options:

--no-restore        If specified, skips the automatic restore of the project on create.
                    bool - Optional
                    Default: false

-cn|--command-name  The name of the global command. This is what users will type to invoke this tool once it is installed.
                    text - Optional
                    Default: my-tool