setup-msvc

A composite GitHub Action to download, install, and setup the environment for a particular version of MSVC on Windows.

This is specifically meant for C++, and only installs the minimal components needed to set up the environment and compile C++.

Usage example

This example uses Visual Studio 17.13.3, as described in this article.

- name: Setup MSVC
  uses: k3DW/setup-msvc@v1
  with:
    vs-version: "17.13.3"

• vs-version is a required input, denoting the specific version of Visual Studio to install.
  • The patch version can be omitted, which will install the most recent patch in the minor release series. For example specifying 17.13 will install 17.13.7.
  • Note, you should quote this input, otherwise you may get unexpected results. 17.13.0 will be sent as 17.13, which will install 17.13.7. Instead, "17.13.0" will successfully install 17.13.0.
• install-path is an optional input, denoting the path at which Visual Studio is installed.
  • It defaults to ..\vs-install.

Future development

Caching

At the moment, this action does not work with actions/cache@v4. There is currently no known working caching solution for this action.