Remove unused command resolver and parser files #51889
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Following PR #51661, this removes additional unused files: - TopLevelCommandParserResult.cs - internal class with no references - OutputPathCommandResolver.cs - unused command resolver - PathCommandResolverPolicy.cs - unused command resolver policy - DepsJsonCommandResolver.cs - unused command resolver Co-authored-by: marcpopMSFT <12663534+marcpopMSFT@users.noreply.github.com>
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[WIP] Remove additional unused files from the repository
Remove unused command resolver and parser files
Nov 24, 2025
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Pull request overview
This PR removes four unused files from the command resolution infrastructure as a follow-up to PR #51661. The removed files contain command resolvers and a parser result class that are never instantiated or referenced anywhere in the codebase.
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- Removed
TopLevelCommandParserResult.cs- an internal class with no references - Removed three command resolver classes (
OutputPathCommandResolver,PathCommandResolverPolicy,DepsJsonCommandResolver) that are not wired into the active resolver policies (DefaultCommandResolverPolicyorScriptCommandResolverPolicy)
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| File | Description |
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| TopLevelCommandParserResult.cs | Removed unused internal parser result class that was never instantiated |
| PathCommandResolverPolicy.cs | Removed unused resolver policy that was never instantiated or used by command resolution pipeline |
| OutputPathCommandResolver.cs | Removed unused path-based command resolver that extended AbstractPathBasedCommandResolver but was never added to any composite resolver |
| DepsJsonCommandResolver.cs | Removed unused deps.json-based command resolver that was never integrated into the command resolution pipeline |
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@dsplaisted I asked copilot to identify and remove unused code. Here's what it came up with. Since things build, that's the only validation we really have. I did a search internally and externally and the only references I found externally were clones/forks of our own repos. Seems safe enough. |
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Follow-up to #51661 (StatInterop.cs removal). Identified and removed additional dead code with no references in the codebase.
Files Removed
These resolvers are not wired into
DefaultCommandResolverPolicyorScriptCommandResolverPolicy. Verified via grep that no code references these types.Original prompt
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