C#•2y ago

❔ Alias in .targets `<Reference` tag

ok so

<Reference Include="Assembly1.dll" Private="false"/>
<Reference Include="Assembly2.dll" Private="false"/>

<Reference Include="Assembly1.dll" Private="false"/>
<Reference Include="Assembly2.dll" Private="false"/>

they both have matching types, causing ambiguous reference errors. i have absolutely no control over these assemblies. i would like to know if its possible to alias them using the targets file, then be able to distribute it and have users retain these aliases

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GrahamKrackerOP•2y ago

got it :)

<Reference Include="Assembly1.dll" Private="false">
            <Aliases>Assembly1Alias</Aliases>
        </Reference>
        <Reference Include="Assembly2.dll" Private="false">
            <Aliases>Assembly2Alias</Aliases>
        </Reference>

<Reference Include="Assembly1.dll" Private="false">
            <Aliases>Assembly1Alias</Aliases>
        </Reference>
        <Reference Include="Assembly2.dll" Private="false">
            <Aliases>Assembly2Alias</Aliases>
        </Reference>

Accord•2y ago

Looks like nothing has happened here. I will mark this as stale and this post will be archived until there is new activity.

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❔ Alias in .targets `<Reference` tag