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Vcpkg support

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#7,135 opened on Aug 30, 2020

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Description

What would you like Renovate to be able to do?

Vcpkg is a dependency manager for C++ projects. It's still in the early stages, but it's backed by Microsoft, and is likely to be widely used.

Currently vcpkg doesn't have support for versioning, but there is currently an RFC open at microsoft/vcpkg#11758. The format of vcpkg.json is likely to be:

{
    "name": "project", 
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "version-scheme": "semver",
    "dependencies": [
        { "name": "zlib", "version": "1.2.11" },
        { "name": "rapidjson", "version": "2020-02-08", "version-scheme": "date" }]
}

There are more complex examples in the PR, including minimum versions, overrides, and exclusions.

Did you already have any implementation ideas?

Are there any workarounds or alternative ideas you've tried to avoid needing this feature?

Also need to wait for registry support to be complete microsoft/vcpkg#13038

Is this a feature you'd be interested in implementing yourself?

Yes, whenever the RFC is complete.

Contributor guide

Tech stack
typescriptcpp
Domain
toolingci cd
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
5
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
over 1 week
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
blocked
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
mostly clear
Prerequisites
TypeScriptRenovate internalsVcpkg knowledgePatience for upstream RFC
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
10
Research direction
First, monitor the progress of vcpkg RFC (microsoft/vcpkg#11758) and registry support (microsoft/vcpkg#13038). Once the format is finalized, review Renovate's existing package manager implementation patterns in lib/modules/manager/ to understand how to add a new manager. Start by creating a simple manager that parses vcpkg.json and generates updates.