Question

In project file I import my own target file

<Import Project="Build\CopyDependencies.target" />

and later I call target from that target file

<CallTarget Targets="CopyDependencies" UseResultsCache="false" />

If I edit CopyDependencies.target file I have to reload whole solution and only then changes to CopyDependencies.target take effect. I believe it is some sort of build definitions caching in Visual Studio? If it is, maybe it can be turned off?

Answer 1

Thanks @KazR

Here is a smaller Solution that you can insert into your .csproj file

<Target Name="AfterBuild">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TempProjectFile>Build.$([System.Guid]::NewGuid()).proj</TempProjectFile>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Copy SourceFiles="Build.proj" DestinationFiles="$(TempProjectFile)" />
  <MSBuild Projects="$(TempProjectFile)" />
  <ItemGroup>
    <TempProjectFiles Include="Build.????????-????-????-????-????????????.proj"/>
  </ItemGroup>
  <Delete Files="@(TempProjectFiles)" />
</Target>

Problem solved