Depend on local C# project

Question

I have two C# projects in the same directory.

.
├── MyLib
│   ├── MyLib.cs
│   ├── MyLib.csproj
│   └── bin
│       └── Debug
│           └── netstandard2.0
│               ├── MyLib.deps.json
│               ├── MyLib.dll
│               └── MyLib.pdb
└── MyApp
    ├── Program.cs
    ├── MyApp.csproj
    └── bin
        └── Debug
            └── netcoreapp2.2
                ├── MyApp.deps.json
                ├── MyApp.dll
                ├── MyApp.pdb
                ├── MyApp.runtimeconfig.dev.json
                └── MyApp.runtimeconfig.json

I would like MyApp to be able to access the classes etc. defined in MyLib.

How do I do that?

I have tried from MyApp

dotnet add package ../MyLib/MyLib.csproj
dotnet add package MyLib --source ../MyLib/bin/Debug

after dotnet pack from MyLib.

None work because the package cannot be found in the source nuget.org.

What's the easiest way for me to simply depend on my local project?

You should add a project reference. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tools/dotnet-add-reference — Chetan, Jun 19 '20 at 08:02
Or you could just right click the project and add project reference — TheGeneral, Jun 19 '20 at 08:12

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 19 '20 at 08:03

4

Nearly there. Projects are added by reference -- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tools/dotnet-add-reference

Try dotnet add reference ../MyLib/MyLib.csproj

answered Jun 19 '20 at 08:03

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 19 '20 at 08:07

2

You need to use dotnet add reference

dotnet add [<PROJECT>] reference [-f|--framework <FRAMEWORK>]
     [--interactive] <PROJECT_REFERENCES>

dotnet add reference -h|--help

answered Jun 19 '20 at 08:07

Vivek Nuna

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