Apply dotnet-format on save in Visual Studio?

Question

I just discovered dotnet-format, but as far as I understand it's a command line tool that has to be called manually. How can I apply dotnet-format on saving a file in Visual Studio 2019? (not Visual Studio Code!)

See [Format document on Save](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=mynkow.FormatdocumentonSave) extension — Alexander Petrov, Apr 04 '21 at 12:57
@AlexanderPetrov ah thanks, got it that dotnet-format is simply the command line tool for the built-in Visual Studio formatting. Thanks! — stefan.at.kotlin, Apr 04 '21 at 13:18

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 23 '22 at 09:47

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Although this is not what the question was about, I have dotnet-format setup to run as a pre-commit hook.

#!/bin/sh
dotnet-format
exit 0

For the on-save formatting and other gimmicks, I use CodeMaid. https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=SteveCadwallader.CodeMaid

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My only issue with this approach is that the developer has to install the pre-hook library for this to be triggered. I'm looking for a native solution that works without installing extra tools. Maybe at Build time as a BuildTask, or even using git itself without external dependencies. – Nour May 16 '22 at 20:29

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 14 '23 at 07:37

You can configure your project to run this command automatically before build. But it will consume build time

<Project>
    <Target Name="PreBuild" BeforeTargets="PreBuildEvent">
  <Exec Command="dotnet format --severity warn --verbosity diagnostic" />
</Target>

Apply dotnet-format on save in Visual Studio?

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