UsingsSdk 0.0.1

UsingsSdk

This SDK provides a way to add reusable using statements to your project files, packaged as a NuGet package. This is useful if you want to declare a set of using statements that are used in multiple projects, but you don't want to have to add them to every project file.

Usage

Simply create a project file with the usings you want to reuse and target the UsingsSdk. Then, package the project as a NuGet package and reference it in your other projects.

Example

MyUsingsPackage.usings

The target framework is implicitly defined as netstandard2.0 and the UsingsSdk is referenced on the top line. You can omit the version notation if you include it in your global.json file instead.

The package ID is generated as the project name .Usings.

<Project Sdk="UsingsSdk/0.0.1">
  <ItemGroup>
    <Using Include="System.Text" />
    <Using Include="System.Text.RegularExpressions" />
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

MyProject.csproj Project File[^1]

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="MyUsingsPackage.Usings" Version="1.0.0" />
    
    <Using Include="System.Text" />
    <Using Include="System.Text.RegularExpressions" />
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

[^1]: The target framework is defined as net6.0 in this example, but it can be any version of .NET that supports netstandard2.0.

Now, this project will have the usings defined in the MyUsingsPackage.usings file automagiacally!

Generated MyProject.GlobalUsings.g.cs

// <auto-generated/>
// ...
global using global::System.Text;
global using global::System.Text.RegularExpressions;