Use specific Directory.Build.props instead of global Directory.packages.props

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Use specific Directory.Build.props instead of global Directory.packages.props

Closed this issue 9 months ago · 2 comments

I think the global Directory.packages.props shouldn't be used to add package dependencies, as this makes all those packages dependencies of all the projects, including test packages like moq and xunit. Especially those should not be in the normal application projects.

There are however already specific Directory.build.props in the /src and /test folders, I propose to use those to make sure all test projects and all source projects respectively use the same packages.

Answer 1 · 2023-09-30T01:33:12.000Z

Directory.Packages.props only specifies the versions of the packages, it doesn't add the packages to the projects but ensures that versions are consistent across all the projects.

Answer 2 · 2023-10-06T10:33:48.000Z

Ah nice, didn't know that one.