Browsing source generator generated files in MSVS 2019 16.9 (or 16.10)

[kiminuo]

Hi guys,

I have cloned https://github.com/pakrym/jab/ repo and opened ConsoleSample project in my MSVS.

There is

<EmitCompilerGeneratedFiles>true</EmitCompilerGeneratedFiles>
<CompilerGeneratedFilesOutputPath>$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)\GeneratedFiles</CompilerGeneratedFilesOutputPath>

in https://github.com/pakrym/jab/blob/main/src/samples/ConsoleSample/ConsoleSample.csproj

And now I would love to see those generated files in my Visual Studio. Can I do that somehow?

Basically, I build ConsoleSample project and the Jab source generator is invoked and a new file is added to $(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)\GeneratedFiles and I would love to add GeneratedFiles folder to my MSVS to see how the generated files change over time as I work with the sample project.

Thanks

[jasonmalinowski]

We shipped Visual Studio 16.9 yesterday which should show the generated files under the Analyzer node in Visual Studio:

Those will appear whether you have EmitCompilerGeneratedFiles set or not.

[kiminuo]

Thanks, I can see it now!