startvs.cmd

@ECHO OFF

:: This command launches a Visual Studio solution with environment variables required to use a local version of the .NET Core SDK.

:: This tells .NET Core to use .dotnet\dotnet.exe
SET DOTNET_ROOT=%~dp0.dotnet\

:: This tells .NET Core not to go looking for .NET Core in other places
SET DOTNET_MULTILEVEL_LOOKUP=0

:: Put our local dotnet.exe on PATH first so Visual Studio knows which one to use
SET PATH=%DOTNET_ROOT%;%PATH%

SET sln=%1

IF NOT EXIST "%DOTNET_ROOT%\dotnet.exe" (
    call restore.cmd
)

echo ProTip^: You can drag and drop a solution file onto startvs.cmd

IF "%sln%"=="" (
    echo Error^: Expected argument ^<SLN_FILE^>
    echo Usage^: startvs.cmd ^<SLN_FILE^>

    exit /b 1
)

start %sln%