MSBuild Snippet#1 : Ignore Solutions

How do we ignore solutions in a build? We could specify only the ones we want to build, but depending on your weighting of include/exclude solutions, this could be costly. So here’s how to ignore solutions using MSBuild:


&lt;Project ToolsVersion=&quot;4.0&quot;
xmlns=&quot;http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003&quot;
DefaultTargets=&quot;Default&quot;&gt;

&lt;ItemGroup&gt;
&lt;ProjectReference Include=&quot;.\**\AV2014.sln&quot; Exclude=&quot;.\**\DBSolutionToIgnore.sln&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/ItemGroup&gt;

&lt;Target Name=&quot;Default&quot;&gt;
&lt;MSBuild Projects=&quot;@(ProjectReference)&quot; Targets=&quot;Rebuild&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/Target&gt;

&lt;/Project&gt;

bzzzt!

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MSBuild Snippet#1 : Ignore Solutions