Tags from hMSBuild

2.5

2025-10-25T00:41:24Z

hMSBuild 2.5. Public release

* FIXED: Possible infinite self-call recursion due to built-in GetNuTool 1.9+ and hMSBuild invoking itself.
Affected all versions with built-in GetNuTool 1.9 (hMSBuild 2.4 and 2.4.1)

* FIXED: Calling built-in GetNuTool using keys with empty ""
e.g. proxycfg="" etc.

* NEW: Improved security via env protected properties (GetNuTool 1.10+) when using remote vswhere.
(without a key -no-vswhere)
More about: https://github.com/3F/GetNuTool?tab=readme-ov-file#tmodes-and-commands
Or command: hMSBuild -GetNuTool ~/p:use=documentation

* NEW: hMSBuild.bat edition now fully supports LF and uses this by default instead of CRLF.
LF/CRLF of course affects the checksums, hMSBuild -GetNuTool +hMSBuild/2.5
* LF (actual): hMSBuild.bat.sha1
* CRLF (possible): hMSBuild.bat.crlf.sha1

It means .gitattributes control for CRLF in hMSBuild.bat is not necessary anymore in cases when core.autocrlf=input etc.
See related: #2

However, this will not affect users who used the full edition hMSBuild.full.bat
(related #11)
which is still not protected due to incorrect shiftings in cmd processor when switching to LF.

* NEW: Full hMSBuild edition access:
```
gnt ~hMSBuild /p:use=full
```
```
hMSBuild -GetNuTool ~hMSBuild /p:use=full
```

* NEW: API. +:eva {in:unevaluated} {out:evaluated} {in:option}
evaluate argument
```
:: &(1) - Input via a variable. Use ` to apply " quotes inside "..." if [3]==1.
:: *&(2) - Evaluated output via a variable.
:: [3] - Option to enable support for extra quotes. Values: 1 == ` as "
:: !!0
```

* NEW: API. +:inita {in:vname} {in:arguments} {out:index}
initialize arguments
```
:: (1) - Input variable name.
:: &(2) - Input arguments via a variable.
:: *&(3) - Returns the reached index (maximum) via a variable.
:: !!0
```

* NEW: +.pkg.install.bat v1 support in hMSBuild nuget packages.
```
gnt ~hMSBuild
```
```
gnt *hMSBuild/2.5
```
Syntax and relevant documentation:
hMSBuild -GetNuTool -help
hMSBuild -GetNuTool ~/p:use=documentation
Or visit https://github.com/3F/GetNuTool

* NEW: Self updating support: hMSBuild -GetNuTool ~hMSBuild/2.5

* NEW: Added validate.hMSBuild.bat helper to validate core itself.

* NEW: Added srv.create.bat to prepare local server access.

* NEW: Official nuget package, hMSBuild:
https://www.nuget.org/packages/hMSBuild/

* CHANGED: Default remote vswhere is 3.1.7

* CHANGED: Updated built-in GetNuTool 1.10.
Anniversary (10 years) update GetNuTool 1.10 //github.com/3F
adds new modes (install, run, touch, get, grab, pack); custom scripts;
improves security; and became even more compact for .bat edition (now 7.87 KB); and ...
https://github.com/3F/GetNuTool/releases/tag/1.10

* NOTE: Self validation via command:
```
hMSBuild -GetNuTool ~& svc.gnt -sha1-cmp hMSBuild.bat sha1 -package-as-path
```

2.4.1

2024-02-12T21:09:27Z

hMSBuild 2.4.1. Public Release

* FIXED: Key handling when `=` sign;
Errors like: ..."" was unexpected at this time.

2.4

2024-02-08T18:58:22Z

hMSBuild 2.4. Public release.

* FIXED: -GetNuTool is corrupted.

* FIXED: Fixed delayed return code as !ERRORLEVEL! when -GetNuTool key.

* NEW: -no-less-4 key to not include versions less than 4.0 (Windows XP+)

* NEW: -no-less-15 key to not include versions less than 15.0 (install-API/2017+)

* NEW: ~c {name} Alias to p:Configuration={name}

* NEW: ~p {name} Alias to p:Platform={name}

* NEW: ~x Alias to m:NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS-1 v:m

* NEW: -vc key. Adds to -priority VC++ toolset.

* NEW: -cs key. Adds to -priority C# / VB Roslyn compilers.

* CHANGED: Redirected warn messages into stderr stream.

* CHANGED: -vsw-priority renamed as `-priority`.
The old key still is available for backward compatibility with 2.x;
But marked as obsolete and not recommended to use anymore.

* CHANGED: -vsw-version renamed as `-vwshere`.
The old key still is available for backward compatibility with 2.x;
But marked as obsolete and not recommended to use anymore.

* CHANGED: Updated GetNuTool 1.9 embeddable package manager inside .bat
https://github.com/3F/GetNuTool/releases/tag/1.9

* NOTE: hMSBuild releases are now accompanied by a .sha1 file in the official distribution;
At the same time, commits from which releases are published are signed with the committer's verified signature (GPG).

Make sure you are using official, unmodified, safe versions.
https://github.com/3F/hMSBuild/releases/latest

v2.3

2020-01-29T14:36:24Z

Public release of the hMSBuild 2.3

* NEW: Implemented `-vsw-as "args..."`
Reassigns default commands to vswhere if used.

For example:
```
hMSBuild -only-path -vsw-as "-products Microsoft.VisualStudio.Product.BuildTools"
```
Related Issues: #12, #14, #8,

* CHANGED: VS2017+. Using the most modern instance by default.
You can also specify `-vsw-priority` and `-force` keys to use only what is needed.
Related Issues: #14, #8.

* CHANGED: Updated wswhere to 2.8.4 by default.

* CHANGED: Updated GetNuTool 1.8
https://github.com/3F/GetNuTool/releases/tag/1.8

Most important fix for hMSBuild:
"The remote server returned an error: (407) Proxy Authentication Required."
Related issue: 3F/DllExport#133

* NOTE: An compiled.full version now will be distributed together with official hMSBuild releases.
https://twitter.com/GitHub3F/status/1218224792970715136
(zip packages) https://github.com/3F/hMSBuild/releases

v2.2

2019-07-20T16:39:17Z

Public release of the hMSBuild 2.2

* FIXED: Fixed searching from MS BuildTools products. Issue #12 (Thanks @odalet).

* CHANGED: [VS2017+] hMSBuild will search now in ANY available products. PR #13 (Thanks @odalet).

* NOTE: In addition to changes above, please use `-vsw-priority` and `-force` keys to use only what is needed.
Issues: #8, #14.

CI-build-41

2019-07-19T18:56:56Z

Merge pull request #13 from odalet/master

Issue #12 / `-products *`

v2.1

2019-05-27T17:12:43Z

Public release of the hMSBuild 2.1

* NEW: Support for VS2019 msbuild (Thanks @gerhardol)

* CHANGED: Removed possible last extra slash `\` from path, ie. ~ `..\Bin\\MSBuild.exe`
When x32 for searching from Visual Studio with `-notamd64` key.
Part of PR #11

* CHANGED: Default remote vswhere is 2.6.7.
https://github.com/microsoft/vswhere/releases/tag/2.6.7

CI-build-40: Public release of the hMSBuild 2.1

2019-05-27T17:07:49Z

Public release of the hMSBuild 2.1

* NEW: Support for VS2019 msbuild (Thanks @gerhardol)

* CHANGED: Removed possible last extra slash `\` from path, ie. ~ `..\Bin\\MSBuild.exe`
When x32 for searching from Visual Studio with `-notamd64` key.
Part of PR #11

* CHANGED: Default remote vswhere is 2.6.7.
https://github.com/microsoft/vswhere/releases/tag/2.6.7

CI-build-39

2019-05-27T14:21:25Z

Merge pull request #11 from gerhardol/bugfix/fix-10-vs2019

Support for VS2019 msbuild (Thanks @gerhardol)

CI-build-38

2019-04-26T17:18:55Z