ILRepack.MSBuild.Task

MSBuild task for ILRepack which is an open-source alternative to ILMerge.

Install via NuGet

Install-Package ILRepack.MSBuild.Task

Supported frameworks

• netcoreapp2.1
• netstandard2.0
• net46
• net45
• net40

NB! OutputType EXE on .NET Core assemblies is not supported.

Build prerequisites

• Visual Studio 15.9
• .net core 2.2.101 sdk must be installed
• Checkout git submodules: git submodule update --init --recursive

Build on Windows

build.cmd

Build on Unix

build.sh

ILRepack a library with using an explicit list of input assemblies

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

    <PropertyGroup>
        <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
    </PropertyGroup>

    <ItemGroup>
        <PackageReference Include="ILRepack.MSBuild.Task" Version="2.0.1" />
    </ItemGroup>

    <Target Name="ILRepack" AfterTargets="Build">

        <PropertyGroup>
            <WorkingDirectory>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)bin\$(Configuration)\$(TargetFramework)</WorkingDirectory>
        </PropertyGroup>

        <ItemGroup>
            <InputAssemblies Include="dependency1.dll" />
            <InputAssemblies Include="..\Mono.Cecil.dll" />
            <InputAssemblies Include="c:\a\rooted\path\Mono.Cecil.Mdb.dll" />
        </ItemGroup>
		
        <ItemGroup>
	    <!-- Dot not internalize any types inside this assembly -->
            <InternalizeExcludeAssemblies Include="do.not.internalize.this.assembly.dll" />
	    <!-- Internalize all types inside Some.Assembly.Namespace (Regular expression) -->
            <InternalizeExcludeAssemblies Include="^Some.Assembly.Namespace" />
	    <!-- Internalize all types except Some.Assembly.Namespace.SpecificType (Regular expression) -->
            <InternalizeExcludeAssemblies Include="^Some.Assembly.Namespace.SpecificType" />
        </ItemGroup>

        <ILRepack 
            OutputType="$(OutputType)" 
            MainAssembly="$(AssemblyName).dll" 
            OutputAssembly="$(AssemblyName).dll" 
            InputAssemblies="@(InputAssemblies)" 
            InternalizeExcludeAssemblies="@(InternalizeExcludeAssemblies)" 
            WorkingDirectory="$(WorkingDirectory)" />

    </Target>

</Project>

ILRepack a library and all dependencies

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

    <PropertyGroup>
        <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
    </PropertyGroup>

    <ItemGroup>
        <PackageReference Include="ILRepack.MSBuild.Task" Version="2.0.1" />
    </ItemGroup>
    
    <Target Name="ILRepack" AfterTargets="Build">

        <PropertyGroup>
            <WorkingDirectory>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)bin\$(Configuration)\$(TargetFramework)</WorkingDirectory>
        </PropertyGroup>

        <ILRepack 
            OutputType="$(OutputType)" 
            MainAssembly="$(AssemblyName).dll" 
            OutputAssembly="$(AssemblyName).dll" 
            InputAssemblies="$(WorkingDirectory)\*.dll" 
	    WilcardInputAssemblies="true"
            WorkingDirectory="$(WorkingDirectory)" />

    </Target>

</Project>

ILRepack a executable and all dependencies

<Target Name="ILRepack" AfterTargets="Build">

        <PropertyGroup>
            <WorkingDirectory>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)bin\$(Configuration)\$(TargetFramework)</WorkingDirectory>
        </PropertyGroup>

        <ILRepack
            OutputType="$(OutputType)"
            MainAssembly="$(AssemblyName).exe"
            OutputAssembly="$(AssemblyName).exe"
            InputAssemblies="$(WorkingDirectory)\*.dll"
	    WilcardInputAssemblies="true"
            WorkingDirectory="$(WorkingDirectory)" />

</Target>

License

Checkout the License