it does not work when include by GlobalPackageReference

[newbe36524]

Description

try to include it in Directory.Packages.props as below, it does not work.
InterceptsLocationAttribute is generated, but none of logging medthods generated.

  <ItemGroup>
    <GlobalPackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.CopyOnWrite" Version="1.0.334" />
    <GlobalPackageReference Include="AutoConstructor" Version="5.6.0">
      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers</IncludeAssets>
    </GlobalPackageReference>
    <GlobalPackageReference Include="stbychkov.AutoLoggerMessage" Version="1.0.9" />
  </ItemGroup>

if remove it from GlobalPackageReference and include in .csproj in the specific project, it works

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[stbychkov]

Hey, thanks for the report!

It looks like GlobalPackageReference adds some extra metadata IncludeAssets="Runtime;Build;Native;contentFiles;Analyzers" which limits how the package is referenced at compile time. That might be why the logging methods aren’t being generated. I checked other source generators, and some have this issue while others don’t, so here’s the good news - it must be fixable!

I also noticed that AutoLoggerMessage.dll ends up in the output folder, which shouldn’t happen. I’m pretty sure that’s part of the problem, but when I tried setting IncludeBuildOutput to false, the source generator stopped working entirely 🤷‍♂️

I’ll need a bit more time to dig into this, but for now, the easiest workaround is to use PackageReference instead of GlobalPackageReference. I’ve tested it, and it works without any issues.