thomaslevesque / internalsvisibleto.msbuild

Enables declaring 'InternalsVisibleTo' items in a .NET project file, rather than declaring them to an AssemblyInfo.cs file.

InternalsVisibleTo.MSBuild

Enables declaring InternalsVisibleTo items in a .NET project file, rather than declaring them in an AssemblyInfo.cs file.

IMPORTANT: starting with .NET 5.0, the SDK already provides support for this. You don't need this package if you're using the .NET 5.0 SDK or later.

How to use

1. Install the InternalsVisibleTo.MSBuild NuGet package.

2. Edit your csproj file and add <InternalsVisibleTo> items in your project for each assembly that should have access to the internals of the current project:

     <ItemGroup>
       <InternalsVisibleTo Include="$(AssemblyName).UnitTests" />
       <InternalsVisibleTo Include="SomeOtherAssembly" />
       <InternalsVisibleTo Include="StronglyNamedAssembly, PublicKey=0123....." />
     </ItemGroup>

   This will generate the appropriate InternalsVisibleTo attributes for your assembly.

   Alternatively, you can also use <InternalsVisibleToSuffix> to specify that assemblies named $(AssemblyName).<suffix> will have access to the internals of the current project:

     <ItemGroup>
       <!-- $(AssemblyName).UnitTests will have access to the internals of this project -->
       <InternalsVisibleToSuffix Include=".UnitTests" />
     </ItemGroup>

Note

In fact, it's already possible to declare InternalsVisibleTo attributes in the project file without this package, but the syntax is ugly and hard to remember:

  <ItemGroup>
    <AssemblyAttribute Include="System.Runtime.CompilerServices.InternalsVisibleTo">
      <_Parameter1>SomeOtherAssembly</_Parameter1>
    </AssemblyAttribute>
  </ItemGroup>

This package just makes things easier by transforming <InternalsVisibleTo> elements into appropriate <AssemblyAttribute> elements.

internalsvisibleto.msbuild's Issues

Using `InternalsVisibleTo` MSBuild items is now supported out of the box by the .NET SDK

Since .NET 5, using InternalsVisibleTo MSBuild items is supported out of the box thanks to dotnet/sdk#3439.

I think it would be worth mentioning it in the README in order to avoid potential confusion.

not working when using dotnet sdk 3.1.300

Hello,
Thanks for the nuget.
I updated dotnet sdk to 3.1.300 and it's not working anymore.