Avoiding bootstrap_vcpkg.bat, specifically when using visual studio?

[aggieNick02]

I've just finished moving from the old-style vcpkg to using manifests. vcpkg is a subrepo in my repo, so the whole process is almost turnkey:

1. git clone my repo
2. Run vcpkg\vcpkg_bootstrap.bat
3. Build my solution

Likewise, the process when pulling updates is almost turnkey:

1. git pull on my repo
2. If vcpkg is updated by this pull, run vcpkg\vcpkg_bootstrap.bat
3. Build my solution

Steps 2 in both of these processes are the awkward steps.

Is there already work going on to eliminate having to manually call vcpkg_bootstrap.bat , or to make it light enough that it can just always be called? Right now it always goes and downloads vcpkg.exe, but if it only did that when it was out of date, it could always be called, and a network connection would only be necessary when it was out of date.