This project compiles into a NuGet package which supplies the following files to projects that reference it:

• .editorconfig
• AllCode.globalconfig
• ProductionCode.globalconfig
• TestCode.globalconfig
• AllProjects.proj
• ProductionProjects.proj
• TestProjects.proj

The new files appear in a subdirectory called MikeNakisCommonFiles under the project directory. Visual Studio makes these files read-only, which is fine, because they are not supposed to be edited.

The package also supplies a MikeNakisCommonFiles property which points to the directory where the supplied files are located, so they can be included as follows:

<ItemGroup>
	<!-- PEARL: If any .globalconfig files are not found, we get silent failure. -->
	<GlobalAnalyzerConfigFiles Include="$(MikeNakisCommonFiles)\AllCode.globalconfig" />
	<GlobalAnalyzerConfigFiles Include="$(MikeNakisCommonFiles)\ProductionCode.globalconfig" />
</ItemGroup>

Unfortunately, the .editorconfig file cannot be included like that, so the MikeNakis.CommonFiles package automatically creates a symbolic link in the referencing project's directory pointing to the .editorconfig file in MikeNakisCommonFiles. Unfortunately, the symbolic link circumvents the read-only protection provided by Visual Studio, so the file becomes writable. Be careful not to modify .editorconfig in a project which references the MikeNakis.CommonFiles package, because your edits will be lost next time the package is restored.

This project also has another useful feature: If the source directory of the MikeNakis.CommonFiles project is accessible in the filesystem from the directory of the referencing project, then the MikeNakisCommonFiles property is set to point directly into the source directory of MikeNakis.CommonFiles, so that any changes made to .editorconfig or to any other file will appear as git changes in the MikeNakis.CommonFiles project.

See LICENSE.md