Reference for msbuild itemgroup content

Question

I several times had trouble finding information about valid elements in csproj files (.NET Core). Especially ItemGroup with Content and Include/Exclude/Update/CopyToPublishDirectory attributes. Also I am interested in "None Include=..." elements.

Is there any offical reference for all this?

At least I could only find a few SO posts.

Update

in the meantime I found this upgrade guide (project.json -> csproj) by Nate McMaster which contains a few examples for Content and None but is far from a reference.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tools/project-json-to-csproj

Answer 1

I have also had difficulty finding good reference information about this

This list of well known item metadata properties may help https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms164313.aspx

However for include / exclude attributes (as against properties) try this msdn link

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms171453.aspx

At a pinch I have often written a custom task which takes an itemgroup and iterates metadata - though it's worth noting the difference between metadata (such as the Identity property), and attributes such as include exclude, which are fixed, and explained in the second msdn link