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Slngen target for new style SDK does not work

See original GitHub issue

Running msbuild /t:SlnGen on a new style SDK csproj file does not work. Prompts with error:

Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 15.7.179.6572 for .NET Framework                                                                          
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                             
Build started 29/05/2018 2:33:03 PM.                                                                                                         
Project "C:\Dev\Fx\Main_git\Product\Source\Containers\Container\Container.csproj" on node 1 (SlnGen target(s)).                              
C:\Dev\Fx\Main_git\Product\Source\Containers\Container\Container.csproj : error MSB4057: The target "SlnGen" does not exist in the project.  
Done Building Project "C:\Dev\Fx\Main_git\Product\Source\Containers\Container\Container.csproj" (SlnGen target(s)) -- FAILED.                
                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                             
Build FAILED.                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                             
"C:\Dev\Fx\Main_git\Product\Source\Containers\Container\Container.csproj" (SlnGen target) (1) ->                                             
  C:\Dev\Fx\Main_git\Product\Source\Containers\Container\Container.csproj : error MSB4057: The target "SlnGen" does not exist in the project.
                                                                                                                                             
    0 Warning(s)                                                                                                                             
    1 Error(s)

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jeffklcommented, May 30, 2018

The SlnGen target comes from a NuGet package. Did you restore packages first?

msbuild.exe /restore /t:SlnGen

If so, is your code base entirely using PackageReference and did you add <PackageReference Include="SlnGen" /> a common import like Directory.Build.props?

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jeffklcommented, Aug 20, 2018

Closing this for now, please re-open if you’re still blocked

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