Allow the use of F# script (.fsx) in place of Powershell/ScriptCS
Please enable the option to use .fsx files (F# script) in places where Powershell is currently used.
It's concise syntax make it perfect for scripting, it's a darn sight easier to pick up than Powershell, comes with a fantastic REPL and as a bonus the popular F# library "FAKE" provides functions for all manner of deployment tasks and operations.
Tom Rathbone
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This feature has now been provided in Octopus Deploy 3.4.0 (https://octopus.com/downloads/3.4.0)
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Anonymous
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This would be a great feature as we have started using Fake build scripts in quite a few of our new projects.
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Tom Rathbone
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Daniel, that's an interesting thought. My take would be that the scripts can always be shared easily whatever language they use, however, contributing (non-trivial) changes would require knowledge of the language. At present some people might be unable to share or develop scripts due to the restriction of PowerShell. The addition of F# would mean that many existing F# scripts could be shared with the community.
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Daniel Butler commented
Wouldn't introducing several different languages as a replacement for Powershell fragment the ability for the community to easily share scripts?
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Andrew Jones
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Fantastic idea Tom!