[Feature Request] Render csproj

[lonix1]

My Foo.csproj uses variables. For example:

<SolutionName>MyCompany</SolutionName>
<Authors>$(SolutionName)</Authors>

In my build scripts I need to know the value of various properties. I thought that would be possible using the dotnet or msbuild CLIs, so I tried:

msbuild -pp Foo.csproj

...but although that merges config, it doesn't render variables.

Please add a CLI feature to fully render the csproj. That would make it much easier to use in build environments.

dotnet 6.0.302
msbuild 16.5.0.26101

[jrdodds]

See .net - Use msbuild or dotnet to render csproj without building - Stack Overflow

[rainersigwald]

Can you elaborate on

In my build scripts I need to know the value of various properties.

?

I'm not sure how useful producing a copy of your csproj file with all properties expanded would be, since those properties can and do change during the build. Would something like #3911 satisfy your needs?

[lonix1]

@rainersigwald Thanks - that's close enough to what I'm referring to, so I'll close this as a dupe.

I like the idea of printing the entire xml (as in my post above), but just getting a single property (as in the other post) is fine too.

Elaboration: I've added info to the linked issue.