Although all .NET project file analyzers should work like a charm, there might be reasons to do some adjustments: disabling a specific rule or changing its severity. The good news is: this can be done.
Most (but not all) C# and VB.NET rules can be configured in the .editorconfig
file. Unfortunately, changing the severity (and other configuration) of rules
in the .editorconfig
is NOT supported by MS Build.
It is also possible to configure rules using a Global AnalyzerConfig
.globalconfig
file located in the same directory as the project file or in
one of its (grand)parent directories. The following .globalconfig
file will
disable rule Proj0010
and raise Proj0011
to error level:
is_global = true
dotnet_diagnostic.Proj0010.severity = none # Define the <OutputType> node explicitly.
dotnet_diagnostic.Proj0011.severity = error # Property <{0}> has been already defined.
It is also possible to define project specific preferences as you would have done in
an .globalconfig
file, using <GlobalAnalyzerConfigFiles>
:
<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
<ItemGroup>
<GlobalAnalyzerConfigFiles Include="../../analyzers-config.ini" />
</ItemGroup>
</Project>
It is recommended to use the .ini
extension for such a file, as it helps
with syntax highlighting. A custom config file could look like this:
is_global = false
dotnet_diagnostic.Proj0002.severity = error # Upgrade legacy MS Build project files
dotnet_diagnostic.Proj0010.severity = none # Define OutputType explicitly
It is possible to disable warnings through the <NoWarn>
tags inside a <PropertyGroup>
tag inside your .csproj
(or .props
) file.
An example of disabling rules Proj0010
and Proj0011
through the .csproj
file:
<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
<PropertyGroup>
<NoWarn>Proj0010;Proj0011</NoWarn>
</PropertyGroup>
</PropertyGroup>
Adopted from C-style languages, it is possible to suppress individual violations and/or false positives. In a MS Build project file this would look like:
<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
<!-- #pragma warning disable Proj0008 -->
<ItemGroup>
<Folder Include="First" />
</ItemGroup>
<!-- #pragma warning restore Proj0008-->
</Project>
It is worth to point out that the #pragma warning restore
is optional.