MSBuild task for ILRepack which is an open-source alternative to ILMerge.
Install-Package ILRepack.Lib.MSBuild.Task
- MSBuild
You just need to install NuGet package to merge all your project dependencies. If you want to customize the process then you can create a file named "ILRepack.targets" in your project folder. You can create it like shown below.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<!-- ILRepack -->
<Target Name="ILRepacker" AfterTargets="Build" Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Release'">
<ItemGroup>
<InputAssemblies Include="$(OutputPath)\ExampleAssemblyToMerge1.dll" />
<InputAssemblies Include="$(OutputPath)\ExampleAssemblyToMerge2.dll" />
<InputAssemblies Include="$(OutputPath)\ExampleAssemblyToMerge3.dll" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<!-- Must be a fully qualified name -->
<DoNotInternalizeAssemblies Include="ExampleAssemblyToMerge3" />
</ItemGroup>
<ILRepack
Parallel="true"
Internalize="true"
InternalizeExclude="@(DoNotInternalizeAssemblies)"
InputAssemblies="@(InputAssemblies)"
TargetKind="Dll"
OutputFile="$(OutputPath)\$(AssemblyName).dll"
/>
</Target>
<!-- /ILRepack -->
</Project>You need to create "ILRepack.Config.props" file in your project folder to configure the behavior of ILRepack.Lib.MSBuild.Task.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<PropertyGroup>
</PropertyGroup>
</Project>You can specify following options inside the <PropertyGroup> element to configure the behavior of the ILRepack task.
If you don't want to add "ILRepack.targets" file in your project folder then you can specify your targets file path as shown below.
<ILRepackTargetsFile>$(SolutionDir)ILRepack.targets</ILRepackTargetsFile>You can specify the path of the SNK file you want to use for signing your assembly as shown below. This configuration option only applies if you are using default targets file provided in NuGet package.
<KeyFile>$(ProjectDir)ILRepack.snk</KeyFile>If you are using default targets file then you may notice that it clears Output directory after merging dependencies. You can turn this functionality off by setting ClearOutputDirectory to False as shown below.
<ClearOutputDirectory>False</ClearOutputDirectory>| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| KeyFile | Specifies a key file to sign the output assembly. |
| KeyContainer | Specifies a key container to use. |
| LogFile | Specifies a log file to output log information. |
| Union | Merges types with identical names into one. |
| DebugInfo | Enable/disable symbol file generation. |
| AttributeFile | Take assembly attributes from the given assembly file. |
| CopyAttributes | Copy assembly attributes. |
| AllowMultiple | Allows multiple attributes (if type allows). |
| TargetKind | Target assembly kind (Exe|Dll|WinExe|SameAsPrimaryAssembly) |
| TargetPlatformVersion | Target platform (v1, v1.1, v2, v4 supported). |
| TargetPlatformDirectory | Path of Directory where the target platform is located. |
| XmlDocumentation | Merge assembly XML documentation. |
| LibraryPath | List of paths to use as "include directories" when attempting to merge assemblies. |
| Internalize | Set all types but the ones from the first assembly 'internal'. |
| InternalizeAssembly | Internalize only specific assemblies (list of assembly names without path or extension). |
| RenameInternalized | Rename all internalized types (to be used when Internalize is enabled). |
| ExcludeInternalizeSerializable | Do not internalize types marked as Serializable. |
| InternalizeExclude | If Internalize is set to true, any which match these regular expressions will not be internalized. If Internalize is false, then this property is ignored. |
| OutputFile | Output name for the merged assembly. |
| InputAssemblies | List of assemblies that will be merged. |
| DelaySign | Set the key file, but don't sign the assembly. |
| AllowDuplicateResources | Allows duplicating resources in the output assembly. |
| AllowedDuplicateNamespaces | Allows the specified namespaces from being duplicated into input assemblies. Multiple namespaces are delimited by ",". |
| ZeroPeKind | Allows assemblies with Zero PeKind (but obviously only IL will get merged). |
| Parallel | Use as many CPUs as possible to merge the assemblies. |
| PauseBeforeExit | Pause execution once completed (good for debugging). |
| Verbose | Additional debug information during the merge that will be outputted to LogFile. |
| NoRepackRes | Does not add the embedded resource 'ILRepack.List' with all merged assembly names. |
| Wildcards | Allows (and resolves) file wildcards (e.g., *.dll) in input assemblies. |
| RepackDropAttribute | Name of an attribute (optional). Members in input assemblies marked with this attribute will be dropped during merging. |
