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MSBuild snippet to disable the default DLL output of a C# class library project
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Sample.csproj
<Project>
<!-- the usual stuff -->
<!-- BEGIN disable default compile and copy binary behaviour -->
<Target Name="CoreCompile" />
<PropertyGroup>
<SkipCopyBuildProduct>true</SkipCopyBuildProduct>
</PropertyGroup>
<!-- END disable default compile and copy binary behaviour -->
</Project>
@brinko99
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For a Core project you might want to add the following to prevent the .deps.json file from being created:
<GenerateDependencyFile>False</GenerateDependencyFile>

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LaurenceMee commented May 7, 2021 •
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<GenerateDependencyFile>False%lt;/GenerateDependencyFile> does nothing.

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sommmen commented Jun 4, 2021 •
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Note you may also want to turn of debug symbols to also stop generation of a .pdb file.

EDIT: and if you're doing that, use the following code, both need these values:

    <DebugSymbols>false</DebugSymbols>
    <DebugType>none</DebugType>

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