Gotcha with .globalconfig and Visual Studio
VS will always apply a `.globalconfig`, not just when analyzers are activated like the CLI build does. Use a different name and explicit inclusion to get consistent behavior.
Advanced MSBuild: Auto-setup test projects
You can minimize the effort of creating new test projects according to your project's conventions by defining some global default MSBuild properties. A new test project csproj will then be a five-liner consisting only of the SDK and TFM.
Advanced MSBuild: The Right Way™ of writing .props files
Following a couple of simple rules will give you robust project/props/targets files that will just work.
Dealing with unnecessary bitness in 3rd party assemblies
If 3rd party assemblies unnecessarily target an inconvenient bitness, either convince the 3rd party of AnyCpu or force AnyCpu on the assembly yourself (with permission from legal).
Advanced MSBuild: Adding a ProjectReference sibling project to a PackageReference project
Speed up development of dependent nuget package chains by creating sibling projects that use ProjectReference instead of PackageReference for instantaneous feedback.
Advanced MSBuild: project file as single source of truth for build and runtime
It is possible to define build parameters in a way that is accessible at runtime by declaring custom AssemblyAttribute entries in your csproj file.
Advanced MSBuild: multi-API-version compatibility without code duplication
Maintain functionality against different versions of an external library without code duplication by using preprocessor directives.
Advanced MSBuild: changing the build output directory, completely
To fully change the build output folder of a project, you need to redefine three project properties.
Advanced MSBuild: Ignoring Bitness when building Plugins
When developing plugins for an application that is shipped as both 32 and 64 bit, it may be possible to publish a single artifact working with both by building as AnyCpu, ignoring the MSB3270 warning.
Advanced MSBuild: Introduction
Knowing MSBuild can help you remove code duplication, enforce consistency in a large repo and improve developer experience.