Configuration

The config command manages persistent configuration settings.

Config File Location

%LOCALAPPDATA%\loonghao\msvc-kit\config\config.json

View Configuration

msvc-kit config

Output:

{
  "install_dir": "C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\loonghao\\msvc-kit",
  "default_msvc_version": null,
  "default_sdk_version": null,
  "default_arch": "x64",
  "default_host_arch": "x64"
}

Set Options

Installation Directory

msvc-kit config --set-dir C:\msvc-kit

Default MSVC Version

msvc-kit config --set-msvc 14.44

Default SDK Version

msvc-kit config --set-sdk 10.0.26100.0

Multiple Options

msvc-kit config \
  --set-dir C:\msvc-kit \
  --set-msvc 14.44 \
  --set-sdk 10.0.26100.0

Reset Configuration

msvc-kit config --reset

Config File Format

{
  "install_dir": "C:\\msvc-kit",
  "default_msvc_version": "14.44",
  "default_sdk_version": "10.0.26100.0",
  "default_arch": "x64",
  "default_host_arch": "x64"
}

Environment Variable Override

Configuration can be overridden via environment variables:

Variable	Description
MSVC_KIT_DIR	Override installation directory
MSVC_KIT_INNER_PROGRESS	Show detailed extraction progress

$env:MSVC_KIT_DIR = "D:\msvc-kit"
msvc-kit download  # Uses D:\msvc-kit

Use Cases

Team Configuration

Share a config file across team:

# Export config
msvc-kit config > team-config.json

# Import config (manually copy to config location)
copy team-config.json "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\loonghao\msvc-kit\config\config.json"

CI/CD Configuration

# GitHub Actions
- name: Configure msvc-kit
  run: |
    msvc-kit config --set-dir ${{ github.workspace }}/msvc-kit
    msvc-kit download