Depends

Depends is a dotnet global tool that helps developers explore dependencies found in a .NET Core project (.csproj, .vbproj, .fsproj) or solution (.sln).

Getting Started

Developers have the option of installing the .NET tool globally or locally. We recommend installing it globally using the following command line input.

Global Installation

To use Depends system-wide, we can install the tool globally with the following command.

dotnet tool install --global dotnet-depends

Once installed, developers can analyze any project from a terminal instance.

dotnet depends ./depends.sln

Local Installation

To install the tool locally, we can run the following commands. Note, installing local tools only works with .NET Core 3.0 SDK and later.

In our solution folder, we need to add a new tool manifest.

dotnet new tool-manifest

We can then install Depends using the following command.

dotnet tool install dotnet-depends

To run the tool within a current solution, we need to run the following command.

 dotnet depends ./our-solution.sln

Troubleshooting

Please refer to the official Microsoft Documentation around .NET tools to resolve any issues.

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2018 Martin Björkström

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