is there any way to prevent unity updating *. csproj files in Unity 2020?

Is there any way to prevent unity updating *. csproj files?

For example im modify *.csproj files in my project. And when im open any script, Unity automatically update *.csproj files and broke my modifications.

How can I forbid Unity doing this?

 

Try looking under Preferences -> External Tools

But note that *.csproj files are purely for the benefit of your code editor; Unity does not use them to track files or to make builds.

 

Hello!

I looked at the settings, there is only one check mark:
Generate all .csproj files.
https://docs.unity3d.com/2020.1/Documentation/Manual/Preferences.html

If I change *. csproj in Notepad. And after i open one of the *.cs scripts from Assets, Unity will automatically overwrite *. csproj

I'm sure Unity tracks *. csproj files and write paths for self includes.

 

Perhaps...

Unity\Editor\Data\Tools\Roslyn\VBCSCompiler.exe do that.

or/and

Unity\Editor\Data\Tools\Roslyn\csc.exe do that.

 

Checked with FileSystemWathcer thats true, overwriting occurs when opening a project and when opening * .cs scripts

 

Yes, but that's still irrelevant. Unity does not use the sln or the csproj files when it actually compiles the scripts. Unity just generates those files for editing purposes. You should not change anything in those files as it will have no effect. If you want to specify custom compiler options or add external assembly references, you need to use an mcs.rcp file as descibed here. or it's mentioned in the documentation here at the bottom.

 

Hello!

In principle, it is not difficult for me to intercept these interventions and automatically fix *. csproj. But maybe it can be somehow disabled using UnittPrefs?

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/EditorPrefs.html

I'm open regedit and look HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Unity Technologies\Unity Editor 5.x

Maybe who know what do kAutoRefresh = 1 flag?

 

Why do you want to modify *.csproj files by yourself? What do you want to achieve? What do you change when editing *.csproj files in Notepad?

 

For compatibility with one editor that I'm used to. For comfortable work.

 

got it
you can implement AssetPostprocess and add static OnGeneratedCSProject method to it.
Unity will call it each time csproj file was regenerated.

Code (CSharp):

1. public class CSProjPostprocessor : AssetPostprocessor
2. {
3.     private static string OnGeneratedCSProject(string path, string contents)
4. {
5. //do something with content and return new content
6. }
7. }

 

And again something that slipped by ^^. When did they add this callback? I remember the time when the AssetPostProcessor had exactly 4 callbacks ^^

The documentation doesn't seem to include the callback you mentioned. May I ask where have you found that information ? Have you found it in the reference assembly?

 

Look here:

https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/UnityCsReference/blob/master/Editor/Mono/AssetPostprocessor.cs

 

Thanks that interest method.

 

But this no results in Unty 2020.1.10

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. public class CSProjPostprocessor : AssetPostprocessor
3. {
4.     private static string OnGeneratedCSProject(string path, string content)
5.     {
6.         Debug.Log ("!!!" + path + "\r\n" + content);
7.         return content;
8.     }
9. }
10.  

Im try to rename content into contents... no results too.

 

I just copied your example into my test project (Unity 2019.2.14f1) and I actually get two calls of the post processor when I add, remove or rename a script in Unity since that will cause a rebuild of the project files. I get one call for

Assembly-CSharp.csproj

and one call for

Assembly-CSharp-Editor.csproj

.

Note that just editing an existing script does not cause a regeneration of the project files since the number of files or their locations do not change. That's what the project files are about.

ps: the names of your method parameters are irrelevant as they are not part of a method signature. Only the parameter types are relevant.

 

I'm thik this feature turn off in feature relases...

 

Just tried in Unity 2020.1.11 and it prints a debug message when csproj generated for the first time or I add/remove some script.

 

I will try again in 2020.1.15 all work fine!
Perhaps there was some kind of failure.