Fody: A C++ repository from yanglee

Extensible tool for weaving .net assemblies

Introduction

Manipulating the IL of an assembly as part of a build requires a significant amount of plumbing code. This plumbing code involves knowledge of both the MSBuild and Visual Studio APIs. Fody attempts to elimination that plumbing code through an extensible add-in model.

The plumbing tasks Fody handles

Injection of the MSBuild task into the build pipeline
Resolving the location of the assembly and pdb
Abstracts the complexities of logging to MSBuild
Reads the assembly and pdb into the Mono.Cecil object model
Re-applying the strong name if necessary
Saving the assembly and pdb

Fody Uses Mono.Cecil and an add-in based approach to modifying the IL of .net assemblies at compile time.

No install required to build
No attributes required
No references required
Supports .net 3.5, .net 4, .net 4.5, Silverlight 4, Silverlight 5, Windows Phone 7 and .net Metro on Windows 8
Supports client profile mode

Visual Studio Addin

There is a Visual Studio addin

Usage

See SampleUsage for an introduction on using Fody.

Naming

The name "Fody" comes from the small birds that belong to the weaver family Ploceidae.

Tools and Products Used

Samples

BasicFodyAddin A simple project meant to illustrate how to build an addin.
FodyAddinSamples is a single solution that contains a working copy of every fody addin.