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Expand Up @@ -44,10 +44,8 @@ Set the environment variable `MSBUILDDEBUGONSTART` to `2`, then attach a debugge

## Using the repository binaries to perform builds

To build projects using the MSBuild binaries from the repository, you first need to do a build (command: `build.cmd`) which produces a bootstrap directory mimicking a Visual Studio (full framework flavor) or dotnet CLI (.net core flavor) installation.
To build projects using the MSBuild binaries from the repository, you first need to execute the build command (`build.cmd`). This generates a bootstrap directory that emulates either a Visual Studio environment (full framework version) in the `net472` folder or a .NET Core environment in the `core` folder.

Now, just point `dotnet ./artifacts/bin/bootstrap/<TARGET_FRAMEWORK>/MSBuild/MSBuild.dll` at a project file. (Change <TARGET_FRAMEWORK> to current target framework, for example net7.0, net8.0)

Alternatively, if you want to test the msbuild binaries in a more realistic environment, you can overwrite the dotnet CLI msbuild binaries (found under a path like `~/dotnet/sdk/3.0.100-alpha1-009428/`) with the just-built MSBuild . You might have to kill existing `dotnet` processes before doing this. You can use [`Deploy-MSBuild.ps1 -runtime Core`](../Deploy-MSBuild.md#.NET-(Core)-SDK) to do the copy. Then, (using the previous dotnet example directory) just point `~/dotnet/dotnet build` at a project file.
Next, navigate to the `core` folder and run the dotnet executable from this location using the following syntax: `artifacts/bin/bootstrap/core/dotnet.exe <Command> <Project File>`. Replace `<Command>` with any valid dotnet command (such as `build`, `restore`, `test`, etc.) and `<Project File>` with the path to your project file.

See other debugging options [here](./Building-Testing-and-Debugging-on-Full-Framework-MSBuild.md#Debugging-MSBuild).