Question

I saw the suggested link :
What is the difference between a “build” and a “rebuild” in Visual Studio?

in stackOverflow but theres something strange :

I have project with many library dlls. ( projects)

If i add even a space into one *.cs file , and press build on th project – it scans all
the files in the project ( i see some outbput message for the other files – meaning that it scans them)

but in the article it says – ONLY THE CHANGED FILE

my inspection is : ALL THE SPECIFC PROJECT FILES WHERE THE ALTERED CS FILE

p.s. : what about reference to other projects? Does they always rebuild ?

i.e. : Project DLL A has reference to Project Dll B

when i Build A – does B also REbuilds ?

Answer 1

• Rebuild is a COMPLETE “Clean” (remove previous binaries) and Build each project, as per the order of Dependency
• Build is based on changed files + Dependency
• The fact that it scans all projects in your solution when you put a space to a *.cs file implies that this particular file is in a Core project where other projects are dependent upon
• Project DLL A is built will trigger a build on Project B, since B is dependent