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The Common.targets file is has a strange encoding
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Description
Description
By default the Common.targets file located in the build directory appears to be encoded at UTF-16 for no apparent reason. This is causing minor problems with tooling in our source control repository.
Version
1.0.864,35 and several previous versions
Repro Steps
Open the file in Notepad++ or other text editors, note the encoding. (For Notepad just drop down the "Encoding" menu
Additional context
I'm able to work around this problem by converting the file to UTF-8, which appears to have no side effects. However I have to do this conversion for each new release, and often I forget about the problem between releases.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the Common.targets file in the build directory and reproduce its encoding in a text editor. Trace how the release produces this file, then verify that the generated file is UTF-8 and that the release process still succeeds without encoding-related tooling problems.
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Assessment
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100