public static void ReplaceReference(string csproj_file, string reference_name, bool force)
{
var stream = new MemoryStream(File.ReadAllBytes(csproj_file)); // cache file in memory
var document = XDocument.Load(stream);
bool bWasRemoved = RemoveReference(document, reference_name);
bool bRequiresSave = bWasRemoved;
var xmlNamespaceManager = new XmlNamespaceManager(new NameTable());
xmlNamespaceManager.AddNamespace("ns", MSBuildFile.NamespaceName);
XElement group = document.XPathSelectElement("/ns:Project/ns:ItemGroup", xmlNamespaceManager);
if (group == null)
{
// insert new item group
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
// insert new reference
if (force || bWasRemoved)
{
XNamespace ns = document.Root.Name.Namespace;
var newEl = new XElement(ns + "Reference");
var newname = new AssemblyVersionSigned(reference_name);
newEl.Add(new XAttribute("Include", newname.Generate()));
group.Add(newEl);
bRequiresSave = true;
}
if (bRequiresSave)
{
document.Save(csproj_file);
}
}
protected static bool RemoveProjectReference(XDocument document, string reference_name)
{
bool bWasRemoved = false;
var newname = new AssemblyVersionSigned(reference_name);
var xmlNamespaceManager = new XmlNamespaceManager(new NameTable());
xmlNamespaceManager.AddNamespace("ns", MSBuildFile.NamespaceName);
// remove ProjectReference
var itemsToRemove2 = new List <XElement>();
IEnumerable <XElement> listOfReferences2 = document.XPathSelectElements("/ns:Project/ns:ItemGroup/ns:ProjectReference[@Include]", xmlNamespaceManager);
foreach (var el in listOfReferences2)
{
string assRef = el.Attribute("Include").Value;
if (assRef.IndexOf(newname.Name, StringComparison.InvariantCulture) >= 0)
{
itemsToRemove2.Add(el);
}
}
foreach (var item in itemsToRemove2)
{
Console.WriteLine($"ProjectReference removed {item.ToString()}");
item.Remove();
bWasRemoved = true;
}
return(bWasRemoved);
}