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aromore
aromore

Reputation: 1077

get paths of the references listed a csproj file

I know the path of a csproj file (among 100s of other project files). I want to check which references are present in the "bin", so that the "copy local" value of those references be set to false. For this, I need to get the paths of the references (or is there a better way??). How can I get the Paths of the references listed in the csproj file?

Thanks in advance!!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1614

Answers (1)

Pavel Bakshy
Pavel Bakshy

Reputation: 7747

Try following:

var project = ProjectRootElement.Open(fileName);
var referenceElements = project.Items
    .Where(x => x.ItemType.Equals("Reference"))
    .Where(x => x.HasMetadata && x.Metadata.Any(m => m.Name.Equals("HintPath") && CheckLocation(m.Value)));

    foreach (var projectItemElement in referenceElements) 
    {
        var copyLocalElement = projectItemElement.Metadata.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name.Equals("CopyLocal"));
        if (copyLocalElement != null) 
        {
            copyLocalElement.Value = "false";
            continue;
        }
        projectItemElement.AddMetadata("CopyLocal", "false");
    }

Implement CheckLocation method as you need. I don't fully test this, but I hope it shows right way.

Upvotes: 2

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