Creating a .Net solution on the command line with mono

Question

I run Linux and have Mono installed, I do not have MonoDevelop installed. I would like to create solution and csproj files from the command line. How do I do this? A similar question has been asked, it was asked some time ago, with an answer stating it can't be done. But I can't accept this is the case. It appears Microsoft has a such a tool, projectgen.exe, at least for projects.

If this truly is not possible what other options do I have? Do I need to hand generate templates and then modify them when I create new solutions and projects? Or do I need to install MonoDevelop and open it up just to create solution and project files? Any other ideas to manage the this process?

Answer 1

There is no way to do it for now. But if you really want to fix this situation, I recommend that you contribute a new option to the "mdtool" command line tool that is part of MonoDevelop.