Document EmitCompilerGeneratedFiles and CompilerGeneratedFilesOutputPath MSBuild properties#52703
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Document EmitCompilerGeneratedFiles and CompilerGeneratedFilesOutputPath MSBuild properties
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Pull request overview
This PR updates the .NET SDK MSBuild properties reference to document two Roslyn source generator file output properties that weren’t previously covered.
Changes:
- Adds documentation sections for
EmitCompilerGeneratedFilesandCompilerGeneratedFilesOutputPath. - Updates the “Generated file properties” list to include the new entries.
- Updates frontmatter (
ms.date) and addsai-usage: ai-assisted.
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The MSBuild properties reference page was missing documentation for the source generator file output properties mentioned in the linked issue. (
GenerateDocumentationFilewas already documented.)Changes
EmitCompilerGeneratedFiles— new section in "Generated file properties": controls whether Roslyn source generator output is written to disk during build (default: in-memory only)CompilerGeneratedFilesOutputPath— new section: specifies the output directory for emitted files; defaults toobj/<config>/<tfm>/generated; includes a note on excluding the path from<Compile>to prevent double-compilationms.dateand addedai-usage: ai-assistedto frontmatterUsage example
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