A .NET Core global tool to alphabetically sort package references in your .NET Core and .NET Standard projects.
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References and package references in a project file are the most updated parts. Sorting the references helps with the following:
- Easier merges on source control (git). Without sorting the package references in the project file, you may end up with more merge conflicts to fix.
- It will be easier to go through the list of package references if you manually edit the file or view changes using a diff tool.
dotnet tool install --global dotnet-sort-refsdotnet sort-refs [arguments] [options]
Arguments:
Path The path to a .csproj, .fsproj or directory. If a directory is specified, all .csproj and .fsproj files within folder tree will be processed. If none specified, it will use the current directory.
Options:
--version Show version information
-?|-h|--help Show help information
-i|--inspect Specifies whether to inspect and return a non-zero exit code if one or more projects have non-sorted package references.
Note: dotnet sort-refs and dotnet-sort-refs are valid usages to run the tool.