Apply PR #300: Remove redundant Workspaces.Common dependency

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PR #300 proposed removing the redundant Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Workspaces.Common dependency, which is already a transitive dependency of Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Workspaces.MSBuild. The changes remain valid for the current codebase.

Changes

• Removed redundant dependency: Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Workspaces.Common from Directory.Packages.props

  • Already pulled in transitively by Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Workspaces.MSBuild

• Added Directory.Packages.props to solution items for easier Visual Studio access

Original prompt

Take a look at https://github.com/IntelliTect/CodingGuidelines/pull/300/changes and if it is still true and valid and if it is, make changes for our codebase as it is today.

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Pull request overview

This PR applies changes from PR #300 to clean up package dependencies by removing a redundant direct reference to Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Workspaces.Common, which is already included as a transitive dependency of Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Workspaces.MSBuild. Additionally, it improves project organization by adding Directory.Packages.props to the solution's visible items.

Changes:

• Removed redundant Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Workspaces.Common package reference from central package management
• Added Directory.Packages.props to Solution Items for better visibility in Visual Studio

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 2 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated no comments.

File	Description
Directory.Packages.props	Removes the redundant Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Workspaces.Common package version entry since it's a transitive dependency
IntelliTect.Analyzer.sln	Adds Directory.Packages.props to Solution Items for improved visibility and accessibility

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