BuiltProjectOutputGroupDependencies target missing after updating Nerdbank.GitVersioning to 3.5.x

[josesimoes]

Hey!

After upgrading to the latest 3.5.103 a VSIX project I have it's failing with the error:

C:\Users\VssAdministrator\.nuget\packages\nerdbank.gitversioning\3.5.103\build\PrivateP2PCaching.proj : error MSB4057: The target "BuiltProjectOutputGroupDependencies" does not exist in the project.

Reverting to 3.4.255 "fixes" it. Any hints on where I should look?

[AArnott]

There is no vsix. I presume you mean nuget package.

Yes, this is a risk of the 3.5 upgrade on account of it being made to work with msbuild's static graph feature. You can see a little history over at #688.

[AArnott]

As a workaround while we add support for this target, of course you can stick with 3.4. Or you can define your own .targets file that implements this target (it can be totally empty):

<Project>
  <Target Name="BuiltProjectOutputGroupDependencies" />
</Project>

and then set the NBGV_PrivateP2PAuxTargets property in your projects to point to this file. Defining this property once in your Directory.Build.props file is recommended.

<PropertyGroup>
  <NBGV_PrivateP2PAuxTargets>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)YourAuxTargets.targets</NBGV_PrivateP2PAuxTargets>
</PropertyGroup>

Where "YourAuxTargets.targets" is the name of your custom .targets file.

[josesimoes]

Excuse my bad English... I was trying to explain that this happened to me when updating a VSIX project on which I'm using nbgv.
Everything works fine with 3.5.103 in other class library projects where it's being used.

I'll take a look at #688 as you're suggesting and see if I can find something.

[AArnott]

I'd love to see if #752 resolves your issue. Are you comfortable with nuget enough to download the nupkg from the PR build and give it a try?

[josesimoes]

I'd love to see if #752 resolves your issue. Are you comfortable with nuget enough to download the nupkg from the PR build and give it a try?

Yeap! I can give it a try.

[josesimoes]

@AArnott I've started by implementing your suggestion above. It fixed it but a new error popped complaining about another target missing DebugSymbolsProjectOutputGroup.
I've added that one too to the "dummy" targets. 😅 The build when fine afterwards.

You may want to take a look at the PR when these nanoframework/nf-Visual-Studio-extension#719.

Please let me know if you still want me to use that new nuget from your pipeline, or if you'll be changing anything to (maybe) address that new error.

[AArnott]

Great. It was additional missing targets that I was mostly curious about. I've updated my PR. Your existing validation covers what I was looking for, so I'll complete the PR when its build is done. Thank you.

[josesimoes]

No problem! Thank YOU for the quick turn around and, of course, for the work on this awesome tool!! 😃 💯