Author: Craig Stuntz
You may encounter an error which looks like this:
MSB4006: There is a circular dependency in the target dependency graph involving target “ResolveProjectReferences” [MyProjectName\MyProjectName.csproj]
…when running MSBuild from the command line.
This error happens when:
- You run MSBuild on a machine with .NET 4.5 installed and
- You build a project referencing a solution where the SLN file contains dependencies in the SLN.
These dependencies are the dependencies you’ll get if you right click a project in Solution Explorer, choose Project Dependencies, and start checking projects. This is usually unnecessary as project dependencies can be inferred from the References.
The fix is to open the SLN file in your favorite text editor, and search for sections like this:
Project("{AAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "MyProjectName", "MyProjectName\MyProjectName.csproj", "{B10E1FCF-DFBA-44A8-830F-6F3B54DFA7CB}"
ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
{B9E9F8CE-A607-4A6C-97F7-2BD439122F89} = {B9E9F8CE-A607-4A6C-97F7-2BD439122F89}
EndProjectSection
EndProject
Just delete the entire section, so your Project node looks like this:
Project("{AAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "MyProjectName", "MyProjectName\MyProjectName.csproj", "{B10E1FCF-DFBA-44A8-830F-6F3B54DFA7CB}"
EndProject
Now you should be able to use MSBuild successfully.
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