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MsBuild Package

CSharpier can be run when a project is built by installing the CSharpier.MSBuild nuget package

Install-Package CSharpier.MSBuild

By default this will

  • In Debug - on build will run dotnet csharpier in the project folder to format all files in the project.
  • In Release - on build will run dotnet csharpier --check in the project folder to validate that all files in the project have already been formatted.

Properties​

Check​

You can control when --check is used with the following Property

  <PropertyGroup>
    <CSharpier_Check>false</CSharpier_Check>
  </PropertyGroup>

Bypass​

You can bypass running CSharpier using the CSharpier_Bypass Property

  <PropertyGroup>
    <CSharpier_Bypass>true</CSharpier_Bypass>
  </PropertyGroup>
dotnet publish -c release -o /app --no-restore /p:CSharpier_Bypass=true

Log Level​

You can control the value passed to --loglevel with the following Property

  <PropertyGroup>
    <CSharpier_LogLevel>Error</CSharpier_LogLevel>
  </PropertyGroup>

Valid options are:

  • None
  • Error
  • Warning
  • Information (default)
  • Debug

Target Frameworks​

CSharpier.MSBuild will be run with net6.0 or net7.0 if the project targets one of the two frameworks. In cases where the project targets something else (net48, netstandard2.0) CSharpier_FrameworkVersion will default to net7.0 This can be controlled with the following property. This property is required if the csproj is targeting < net6.0 (netstandard2.0, net48, etc) and net7.0 is not installed.

  <PropertyGroup>
    <CSharpier_FrameworkVersion>net6.0</CSharpier_FrameworkVersion>
  </PropertyGroup>