Powershell script to changes references of all projects under the execution directory

ReplaceReferences.ps1

#ReplacePackage -ReferenceToRemove $encompasspkg -VersionNumber $versionSDK

function ReplacePackage(){
param([String]$ReferenceToReplace, [String]$VersionNumber)

$xmlns = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003"

$projects = ls -r -i *.csproj
foreach($projectPath in $projects)
{
    $proj = [xml](Get-Content $projectPath)
    [System.Console]::WriteLine($project);

    $XPath = [string]::Format("//a:PackageReference[@Include='{0}']", $ReferenceToReplace)
    [System.Console]::WriteLine("Finding reference {0} in {1}", $ReferenceToReplace, $projectPath);
    
    [System.Xml.XmlNamespaceManager] $nsmgr = $proj.NameTable
    $nsmgr.AddNamespace('a','http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003')
    $node = $proj.SelectSingleNode($XPath, $nsmgr)
    
    if ($node)
    { 
      [System.Console]::WriteLine("Removing the assembly reference {0} in project {1}", $ReferenceToReplace , $projectPath)
      
      #Removing the child
      $parentNode = $node.ParentNode;
      $parentNode.RemoveChild($node);
      
      #Adding a new item
      $referenceNode = $proj.CreateElement("PackageReference", $xmlns);
      $referenceNode.SetAttribute("Include", $ReferenceToReplace);
      $parentNode.AppendChild($referenceNode)

      $Version = $proj.CreateElement("Version", $xmlns);
      $Version.InnerXml = $VersionNumber;
      $referenceNode.AppendChild($Version);

      $proj.Save($projectPath)
    }
    else
    {
        [System.Console]::WriteLine("Cannot find the assembly reference {0} in project {1}", $ReferenceToReplace , $projectPath)
    }
}
}

This is a script I forked to update package references in the csproj