Referencing addins from secondary script file

Question

I have a cake file with my Tasks defined. I also have a second cake file with some classes defined. In the second file, I would like to reference e.g. Cake.Json, and maybe Cake.Svn. But I cannot figure out how reference them.

How would I do that?

Answer 1

Both addins and utility Cake scripts are references using pre-processor directives.

Addin directive

Usage

#addin nuget:?package={NuGet Package Id}&version={NuGet package version}

Example:

#addin nuget:?package=Cake.Json&version=3.0.1

Reference directive

Usage

#r "Path to assembly / dll"

Example:

#r "bin/Cake.Json.dll"

Load directive

Usage

#load "Path to cake file"

Example:

#load "scripts/common.cake"

Reference

Read more about pre-processor directives at

https://cakebuild.net/docs/fundamentals/preprocessor-directives