Use the built-in msbuild extensibility hook "Directory.Build.props"

[CodeTherapist]

I would like to propose to replace the build/common.props with the MSBuild built-in extensibility hook.

Of course it's more implicit than the current solution - but it simplifies the workflow for new projects to be automatically setup the right way.

\
  BenchmarkDotNet.sln
  Directory.Build.props     (Common for all projects)
  \src
    Directory.Build.props   (Common for all src projects)
    \BenchmarkDotNet
    \BenchmarkDotNet.Disassembler.x64
    \...
  \test
    Directory.Build.props   (Common for all test projects)
    \BenchmarkDotNet.Tests
    \BenchmarkDotNet.IntegrationTests
    \…

[adamsitnik]

Hi @CodeTherapist

I don't like this approach. The idea is cool, but people tend to add more and more .props and .targets files and at some point of time you end up with a lot of settings imported from many files. The folder structure matters, the order of loading the settings etc.

I prefer the simpler approach we have today: everything needs to be explicit but it's very easy to find out the imported files.

Having said that, I am going to close this issue. Thank you for your proposal and time!