PostBuildProjectTemplate

A template to create a C# post build project for a .NET (6.0+) solution

FunFact: This project has its own post build project which is used to install the template after build.

The "post-build project" allows you to have a solution wide post build event and is used to move things from build targets to a readable, debuggable location that uses a well-known language.

The stuff in a project file:

<Target Name="PostBuild" AfterTargets="PostBuildEvent">

is moved to

void PostBuild() {}

To be precise, you have to move it yourself, the template only provides the location where you can move it.

FunFact: You could use this template to create a pre build project too ;-)

Install the template

A) NuGet (TODO)

• use nuget
• ...TODO...

B) Clone

• Clone this repository locally
• build the solution
  the post-build will install the template as PostBuild Project (KsWare)

C) Copy

• copy the files from PostBuildProjectTemplate to a local folder
• call dotnet new install <your local folder> --force

How is it used?

• create your solution with your projects as usual
• add a new project using the template PostBuild Project (KsWare)
  • chose the project name e.g. "postbuild"
    this is used for the project folder name,
    the project file itself will always be named .postbuild.csproj¹.
  • chose a framework target
    .NET 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 are supported¹
• edit the project dependency/ project build order
  so that .postbuild depends on all other projects

¹) in general you can change it afterwards