https://github.com/cezarypiatek/msbuild-cheatsheet

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• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/cezarypiatek/msbuild-cheatsheet
• Owner: cezarypiatek
• Created: 2019-11-03T18:24:45.000Z (about 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-11-14T20:38:19.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-01T16:45:12.654Z (3 months ago)
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• Stars: 33
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# MsBuild cheatsheet

## Properties

### Define property

```xml

    Value

```

## Collections

### Define collection

```xml

    

        ValueX

    

    

        ValueY

    

```

[MSBuild well-known item metadata](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/msbuild/msbuild-well-known-item-metadata?view=vs-2019)

### Update metadata

```xml

    

        ValueZ

      

```

### Remove elements

```xml

    

```

### Remove duplicates

```xml

    

    

        fr

    

    

    

        

    

```

### Write elements to file

```xml

    

```

### Read elements from file

```xml

    

            

    

```

## Conditions

### Conditional Groups

```xml

    

        

            $(MSBuildFrameworkToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets

            $(MsBuildFrameworkToolsPath)

        

    

    

        

            $(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.CrossTargeting.targets

        

    

    

        

            $(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.CurrentVersion.targets

        

    

```

## Targets

### Import file with targets

```xml

```

### Call another target

```xml

    

 

```

### Incremental build

The target will be skipped if the output file exists is newer than all of the input files.

```xml

```

### Run target for each element

```xml

    

    

```

### Running target if file get changed

This will run `GenerateCodeFromAttributes` target if any files that belongs to `Compile` collection get changed.

```xml

    

        MSBuild:GenerateCodeFromAttributes

    

```

## Tasks

### Using task

```xml

    

  

```

### Inline task with C#

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/msbuild/msbuild-inline-tasks?view=vs-2019

```xml

    

      

      

      

    

    

      

    

  

  

    

  

```

### Inline task with PowerShell

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/msbuild/2010/02/20/msbuild-task-factories-guest-starring-windows-powershell/

```xml

 

        

            

            

            

            

            

        

        

            

        

	[email protected]

	[email protected];[email protected]

	

		

	

```

## Path's tasks

Convert path to absolute path

```xml

    

```

## Additional *.props and *.targets files loaded by convention

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/msbuild/customize-your-build?view=vs-2019