Feature request: inline Cake script support💡

[devlead]

Many GitHub script actions support inline scripts i.e. Azure CLI task

      with:
        inlineScript: |
          az account show
          az storage -h

When doing a Frosting bootstrapper workaround until #43 is solved I did something like

      - name: Create Script Bootstrapper
        run: |
          echo 'DotNetRun("build/Build.csproj", "--target=GitHub-Actions");' > build.cake

      - name: Run Cake script
        uses: cake-build/cake-action@v2
        with:
          cake-version: 4.0.0

and it struck me that it would be really useful for some scenarios to instead of a small utility shell script able to have a Cake script inline, above could then be

      - name: Run Inline Cake script
        uses: cake-build/cake-action@v2
        with:
          cake-version: 4.0.0
          inlineScript: |
            DotNetRun("build/Build.csproj", "--target=GitHub-Actions");

In my mind, it could just work like a pre- & post-processor to the regular script handling, something like

1. generate temporary file name/path
2. pass inline script contents into temporary file name/path
3. pass temporary file name/path as script-path
4. clean up the temporary path

[jasells]

please, please, please!

the work around is pretty ooogly, though functional.

It looks like there may be a completed PR? Is this released?

[devlead]

please, please, please!

the work around is pretty ooogly, though functional.

It looks like there may be a completed PR? Is this released?

I believe this feature is still up for grabs. The issue you linked to adds support for executing Cake Frosting / C# project files.

[jasells]

Ah, now I see the difference. Then support for running a Cake Frosting .csproj from the GH action should now be fixed? This is the feature I was looking for.

[ecampidoglio]

@jasells Support for Cake Frosting is out now in version 3.0.0.