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LPeter1997
LPeter19971/11/2023
Package the binaries of another project

We have two projects in a solution, A and B. We'd like B to ship the binaries of A when packaged (not referencing it as a standard library dependency).
There are existing libs we have seen that ship binaries (https://github.com/valentiniliescu/GraphVizNet/blob/master/GraphVizNet/GraphVizNet.csproj#L25) so, that's not exactly the problem. Where we are stuck is forcing A to build when packaging B, and then retrieving the output path for the binaries of A.
AntonC
AntonC1/11/2023
it's easier to do with Nuke
AntonC
AntonC1/11/2023
with MSBuild it's gonna be tough
AntonC
AntonC1/11/2023
a lot of hacks and headaches
AntonC
AntonC1/11/2023
with Nuke it should be as straightforward as writing a couple of lines of code
LPeter1997
LPeter19971/11/2023
We won't introduce Nuke, very unlikely
AntonC
AntonC1/11/2023
with MSBuild you're gonna waste a lot of time even if you do manage to pull it off
AntonC
AntonC1/11/2023
you can't retrieve the output path as far as I know
AntonC
AntonC1/11/2023
you'll have to hardcode it
AntonC
AntonC1/11/2023
as for the reference
AntonC
AntonC1/11/2023
you can add the project A as a build time reference
AntonC
AntonC1/11/2023
under the condition that some property is set that corresponds to packaging
LPeter1997
LPeter19971/11/2023
Yeah, or exclude all assets or whatever
AntonC
AntonC1/11/2023
which may or may not exist, I'm not sure
AntonC
AntonC1/11/2023
a close enough check would be to check for debug
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