How to generate XML documentation for CSPROJ with multiple targets

An easy way is to set the GenerateDocumentationFile property to true. The VS UI want to set the path, the MSBuild targets will set this property to true if the path is set or set a default path if the GenerateDocumentationFile property is true. So you can add this to your csproj file:

<PropertyGroup>
  <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
</PropertyGroup>

If you want to set this to true for all your projects to share it, create a file named Directory.Build.props in your solution’s directory with the following content and it will be auto-imported into any projects in the directory hierarchy below:

<Project>
  <PropertyGroup>
    <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
  </PropertyGroup>
</Project>