AsmSpy
A simple command line tool to view assembly references.
Install
Install from Chocolatey package:
C:\> choco install asmspy
Or download AsmSpy as a .zip here. The .zip file contains AsmSpy.exe.
How it works
Simply run AsmSpy giving it a path to your bin directory (the folder where your project's assemblies live).
AsmSpy D:\Source\sutekishop\Suteki.Shop\Suteki.Shop\bin
It will output a list of all conflicting assembly references. That is where different assemblies in your bin folder reference different versions of the same assembly.
Switches:
| Switch | Description |
|---|---|
| all | List all assemblies and references. Supported formats: -a, --all |
| nonsystem | Ignore system assemblies. Supported formats: -n, --nonsystem |
| noconsole | Do not show reference output on console. Supported formats: -nc, --noconsole |
| silent | Do not show any output, only warnings and errors will be shown. Supported formats: -s, --silent |
| dgml | Export dependency graph to a dgml file. Supported formats: -dg <filename> |
| dot | Export dependency graph to a DOT file. Supported formats: -dt <filename> |
| xml | Export dependency graph to a xml file. Supported formats: -x <filename> |
| rsw | Will only analyze assemblies if their referenced assemblies starts with the given value. Supported formats: -rsw <string>, --referencedstartswith <string> |
| tree | Write a dependency tree to the console. Supported formats: -tr --tree |
| i | Include subdirectories in search. Supported formats: -i, --includesub |
| c | Use the binding redirects of the given configuration file (Web.config or App.config) Supported formats: -c <string>, --configurationFile <string> |
| f | Whether to exit with an error code when AsmSpy detected Assemblies which could not be found Supported formats. -f, --failOnMissing |
Examples
To see a list of all assemblies and all references, just add the 'all' flag:
AsmSpy D:\Source\sutekishop\Suteki.Shop\Suteki.Shop\bin --all
To check only a single assembly provide a path to the file:
AsmSpy D:\Source\sutekishop\Suteki.Shop\Suteki.Shop\bin\Suteki.Shop.dll
To ignore system assemblies, add the 'nonsystem' flag.
The output looks something like this:
Reference: System.Runtime.Serialization
3.0.0.0 by Microsoft.ServiceModel.Samples.XmlRpc
3.0.0.0 by Microsoft.Web.Mvc
4.0.0.0 by Suteki.Shop
Reference: System.Web.Mvc
2.0.0.0 by Microsoft.Web.Mvc
3.0.0.0 by MvcContrib
3.0.0.0 by MvcContrib.FluentHtml
3.0.0.0 by Suteki.Common
2.0.0.0 by Suteki.Common
3.0.0.0 by Suteki.Shop
2.0.0.0 by Suteki.Shop
Reference: System.ServiceModel.Web
3.5.0.0 by Microsoft.Web.Mvc
Reference: System.Web.Abstractions
3.5.0.0 by Microsoft.Web.Mvc
You can see that System.Web.Mvc is referenced by 7 assemblies in my bin folder. Some reference version 2.0.0.0 and some version 3.0.0.0. I can now resolve any conflicts.
Color coding is used to more easily distinguish any problems.
- Green - referenced assembly found locally, in the specified directory
- Yellow - referenced assembly not found locally, but found installed in the Global Assembly Cache
- Red - referenced assembly missing