Remove Header from DotPeek files

Question

I am trying to diff two versions of an application via decompiling them with DotPeek and then running a compare between them. But each file adds a header like this to the top:

// Decompiled with JetBrains decompiler
// Type: Common.ODataList`1
// Assembly: Common, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
// MVID: 11D70360-276E-4C80-B7DB-EA9D9A52D841
// Assembly location: E:\src\Scratch\ShiptrackCompare\prodDlls\Common.dll

The MVID is different for each file, so my diffs always show a difference for each file.

Is there a way to get DotPeek to not add this header?

Answer 1

IMHO this is an XY-problem. What you really want is to ignore the MVID in the comparison.

Configure your difftool to ignore comments. E.g. in Winmerge, select the Prediffer to ignore comments.

Answer 2

Instead of using dotPeek, you can use dnSpy. It will not emit such a header in decompiled code.

You might want to turn off "Show tokens, RVA and file offsets" in the options to improve comparison.