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[CLI] Reference output of projects that fail to load (e.g. F#) #1833

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[CLI] Reference output of projects that fail to load (e.g. F#)
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[CLI] Reference PR in changelog entry
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions CHANGELOG.md
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Expand Up @@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0

## [Unreleased]

### Fixed

- [CLI] Reference the compiled output of referenced projects that cannot be loaded into the workspace (for example F# projects), so their types are no longer reported as missing (`CS0103`/`CS0246`) during analysis ([PR](https://github.com/dotnet/roslynator/pull/1833))

## [5.0.0] - 2026-08-21

### Added
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10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion src/CommandLine/Commands/MSBuildWorkspaceCommand.cs
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Expand Up @@ -282,7 +282,15 @@ private static MSBuildWorkspace CreateMSBuildWorkspace(string msbuildPath, IEnum
if (!properties.ContainsKey("AlwaysCompileMarkupFilesInSeparateDomain"))
properties["AlwaysCompileMarkupFilesInSeparateDomain"] = bool.FalseString;

return MSBuildWorkspace.Create(properties);
MSBuildWorkspace workspace = MSBuildWorkspace.Create(properties);

// Fall back to a referenced project's compiled output when the project itself cannot be
// loaded into the workspace (for example an F# project, which MSBuildWorkspace does not
// support). Without this, types defined in such a project are invisible to the C#/VB
// projects that reference it and surface as false CS0246/CS0103 errors during analysis.
workspace.LoadMetadataForReferencedProjects = true;

return workspace;
}

private static bool TryGetVisualStudioInstance(out VisualStudioInstance result)
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