Microsoft.Build.CentralPackageVersions and folder structure

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Hello ALl I want to structure my project such that

 | Build
        Packages.props 
 | Output
 | Source
        Project1-Folder
                  Project1.csproj
        Project2-Folder
                  Project2.csproj
 Sln 
 Directory.Build.props

with Packages.props in this structure, it can't be recognized project 1, or 2 , but if I moved it to the root it works fine. any idea how to make it works under this structure

I tried using Directory props , but it gives circular error my Directory.Build.props looks like

<Project>   
  <PropertyGroup>
    <EnableCentralPackageVersions>true</EnableCentralPackageVersions>
    <CentralPackagesFile>$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\Build\Packages.props</CentralPackagesFile> 
  </PropertyGroup>
</Project>

and packages.prop

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<ItemGroup>
  <PackageReference Update="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.1" />
</ItemGroup>
</Project>
asp.net-core-3.1 msbuild .net
1 Answers

You can specify the path to the Packages.props file through the CentralPackagesFile property. So you could add the following to your .csproj files:

<PropertyGroup>
  <CentralPackagesFile>$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\..\..\Build\Packages.props</CentralPackagesFile>
</PropertyGroup>

Instead of adding this to every project separately, you can also create a Directory.Build.props file to your project with the following contents:

<Project>
  <PropertyGroup>
    <CentralPackagesFile>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\Build\Packages.props</CentralPackagesFile>
  </PropertyGroup>
</Project>

Note that you will have to place this Directory.Build.props file either in the root directory, or in your Source/ directory in order to have it picked up.

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