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Asked: 2026-06-06T00:41:15+00:00

I have this msbuild target in my csproj file: <Target Name=AfterBuild Condition= ‘$(Configuration)’ ==

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I have this msbuild target in my csproj file:

<Target Name="AfterBuild" Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
    <CreateItem Condition="'%(Extension)'=='.dll'" Include="@(ReferenceCopyLocalPaths)">
        <Output TaskParameter="Include" ItemName="IlmergeAssemblies" />
    </CreateItem>
    <Exec Command="&quot;$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\tools\IlMerge\Ilmerge.exe&quot; /targetplatform:&quot;v4,C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319&quot; /ndebug /out:@(MainAssembly) &quot;@(IntermediateAssembly)&quot; @(IlmergeAssemblies->'&quot;%(FullPath)&quot;', ' ')" />
    <Delete Files="@(ReferenceCopyLocalPaths->'$(OutDir)%(DestinationSubDirectory)%(Filename)%(Extension)')" />
</Target>

This works like a charm. But I want it to exclude a specific file and tried to tweak it:

<Target Name="AfterBuild" Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
    <CreateItem Condition="'%(Extension)'=='.dll' AND '%(Filename)' != 'Foo.dll'" Include="@(ReferenceCopyLocalPaths)">
        <Output TaskParameter="Include" ItemName="IlmergeAssemblies" />
    </CreateItem>
    <Exec Command="&quot;$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\tools\IlMerge\Ilmerge.exe&quot; /targetplatform:&quot;v4,C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319&quot; /ndebug /out:@(MainAssembly) &quot;@(IntermediateAssembly)&quot; @(IlmergeAssemblies->'&quot;%(FullPath)&quot;', ' ')" />
    <Delete Files="@(ReferenceCopyLocalPaths->'$(OutDir)%(DestinationSubDirectory)%(Filename)%(Extension)')" />
</Target>

However, this doesn’t work. Does anyone know what I’m doing wrong?

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  1. Editorial Team

    %(Filename) contains only the name of the file.

    So you can test %(Filename)’ != ‘Foo’:

    <Target Name="AfterBuild" Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
<CreateItem Condition="'%(Extension)'=='.dll' AND '%(Filename)' != 'Foo'" Include="@(ReferenceCopyLocalPaths)">
    <Output TaskParameter="Include" ItemName="IlmergeAssemblies" />
</CreateItem>
<Exec Command="&quot;$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\tools\IlMerge\Ilmerge.exe&quot; /targetplatform:&quot;v4,C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319&quot; /ndebug /out:@(MainAssembly) &quot;@(IntermediateAssembly)&quot; @(IlmergeAssemblies->'&quot;%(FullPath)&quot;', ' ')" />
<Delete Files="@(ReferenceCopyLocalPaths->'$(OutDir)%(DestinationSubDirectory)%(Filename)%(Extension)')" />

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