Allow constants to define custom root comment summary #414
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Since now most specific packages just extend and project @(Constant) items, they effectively are all "constants", and the comment on the root class used to be "Provides access project-defined constants.". This no longer is the case for the following: - Metadata: exposes project-defined AssemblyMetadata, not "constants" - AssemblyInfo: exposes [Assembly*] attributes - Git: build-time source repo information, not even project constants - Vsix: manifest values, again, not even project values. We should therefore allow a new metadata beside the `Root` attribute we added to allow custom roots: `RootComment`. Since each constant is emitted as a standalone file, we would have duplication, but we want to keep this approach for performance reasons. We default to the old comment if none is specified. Example of a custom constant with a custom root and its comment: ```xml <Constant Include="Foo.Bar" Value="Baz" Comment="A Bar value" Root="." RootComment="All the foos!" /> ```
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Since now most specific packages just extend and project @(Constant) items, they effectively are all "constants", and the comment on the root class used to be "Provides access project-defined constants.". This no longer is the case for the following:
We should therefore allow a new metadata beside the
Rootattribute we added to allow custom roots:RootComment. Since each constant is emitted as a standalone file, we would have duplication, but we want to keep this approach for performance reasons.We default to the old comment if none is specified. Example of a custom constant with a custom root and its comment: