If “value” is empty, then the property “key” is deleted. Define or modify a property on a connection.ConnectionManager.exe modify ] – -property.
When present, the list of properties defined for the connection will be printed out for each connection.ConnectionManager.exe list – -properties.ConnectionManager.exe is a command-line utility to manage stored remote connections outside of Visual Studio. We also added new options and commands to ConnectionManager.exe to help you override the choice of shell for a connection. If the shell found on the Linux system is not supported, then we fall back to explicitly use “sh” for all commands. Visual Studio now supports the following shells: sh, csh, bash, tcsh, ksh, zsh, and dash.
It then decides how to format a command line when redirecting stderr and how to detach from a running command based on the shell that is discovered. Visual Studio now queries for the shell the first time a command is issued. These changes apply to both CMake projects and MSBuild-based Linux projects targeting a remote Linux system or WSL. We also added support for a wider range of Linux distributions and shells. Support for a wider range of Linux distributions and shells As a reminder, in MSBuild-based Linux projects you can select your platform toolset (WSL or remote) via Property Pages > General > Platform Toolset. These tests were run against a local VM (Ubuntu 20.04) connected to Visual Studio over SSH, but you can leverage these improvements with both our SSH support and native support for WSL.
Ninja led to faster build times for both a full rebuild and a build where one header file was changed.Įnd to end build time for full rebuild (in min)Įnd to end build time with one change (in min) We tested Ninja’s build performance with a MSBuild-based Linux project that contained 1000.
You can install ninja on Debian-based Linux systems with the following commands: sudo apt-get update
Make sure you have ninja installed on your Linux system. To enable building with Ninja, navigate to Property Pages > General and set “Enable Incremental Build” to “With Ninja”. You can now leverage Ninja for faster incremental builds in MSBuild-based Linux projects. Improved build incrementality for MSBuild-based Linux projects Alternatively, you can create a MSBuild-based Linux project for a familiar Visual Studio experience. This allows you to leverage the same source code and build scripts to target multiple platforms. Our recommendation for anything cross-platform or with an eye to open-sourcing is our native support for CMake. There are two ways C++ developers can target Linux systems from Visual Studio. Visual Studio 2019 version 16.7 Preview 3 introduces two features specific to Linux development: improved build incrementality for MSBuild-based Linux projects, and support for a wider range of Linux distributions and shells. Visual Studio 2019 allows C++ developers to target both Windows and Linux (including the Windows Subsystem for Linux) from the comfort of a single IDE.