None: The file is not included in the project output group and is not compiled in the build process. An example is a text file that contains documentation, such as a Readme file. Compile: The file is compiled into the build output. This setting is used for code files. Content: Allows you to retrieve a … Read more
I’ve found powershell useful for this. I consider LoC to be a pretty bogus metric anyway, so I don’t believe anything more formal should be required. From a smallish solution’s directory: PS C:\Path> (gci -include *.cs,*.xaml -recurse | select-string .).Count 8396 PS C:\Path> That will count the non-blank lines in all the solution’s .cs and … Read more
These files contain user preference configurations that are in general specific to your machine, so it’s better not to put it in SCM. Also, VS will change it almost every time you execute it, so it will always be marked by the SCM as ‘changed’. I don’t include either, I’m in a project using VS … Read more
You need to put your directory structure in your project directory. And then click “Show All Files” icon in the top of Solution Explorer toolbox. After that, the added directory will be shown up. You will then need to select this directory, right click, and choose “Include in Project.”
In Windows 8, Windows 10, and Windows 11, you have to right-click devenv.exe and select “Troubleshoot compatibility”. Select “Troubleshoot program” Check “The program requires additional permissions” Click “Next” Click “Test the program…” Wait for the program to launch Click “Next” Select “Yes, save these settings for this program” Click “Close” If, when you open Visual … Read more
To format a selection: Ctrl+K, Ctrl+F To format a document: Ctrl+K, Ctrl+D See the pre-defined keyboard shortcuts. (These two are Edit.FormatSelection and Edit.FormatDocument.) Note for macOS On macOS, use the CMD ⌘ key instead of Ctrl: To format a selection: CMD ⌘+K, CMD ⌘+F To format a document: CMD ⌘+K, CMD ⌘+D
I solved this problem by clearing Visual Studio Component Model Cache. Just delete or rename this folder: %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0\ComponentModelCache or %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\VPDExpress\11.0\ComponentModelCache and restart Visual Studio. The version of Visual Studio you have is specified by the number e.g. Visual Studio 2012 is 11.0 (as shown above) Visual Studio 2013 is 12.0 Visual Studio 2015 is 14.0 … Read more
TL; DR run this in the Package Manager Console: Update-Package Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform -r More information This problem is not related to Visual Studio itself, so answers suggesting adding build steps to copy files over are rather a workaround. Same with adding compiler binaries manually to the project. The Roslyn compiler comes from a NuGet package and … Read more
See the official GitHub’s “Collection of useful .gitignore templates”. The .gitignore for Visual Studio can be found here: https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/VisualStudio.gitignore
Build solution will perform an incremental build: if it doesn’t think it needs to rebuild a project, it won’t. It may also use partially-built bits of the project if they haven’t changed (I don’t know how far it takes this) Rebuild solution will clean and then build the solution from scratch, ignoring anything it’s done … Read more