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1 +In Visual Studio, workloads contain the components you need for the programing language or platform you are using.
2 +VSConfigFinder can produce a consolidated .vsconfig file which contains workload/component information or output a command with workload/component arguments.
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4 +##commandline
5 +Usage:VSConfigFinder.exe -folderPath <path to root folder>
6 +Output: command-line parameters with component/workload ids to be passed in
7 +Output Example: "--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Roslyn.Compiler Microsoft.Net.Component.4.8.SDK"
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9 +##.vsconfig file
10 +Usage: VSConfigFinder.exe --folderPath <path to root folder> --createFile <optional: path for the output file to be placed>
11 +Output: a consolidated .vsconfig file that contains workloads/component ids outputted to current directory or specified location