godotengine / godotengine/godot-csharp-visualstudio

Exception with Xamarin.VisualStudio "file already exists"

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Hi,
I'm stuck with the installer because it fails with the Xamarin.VisualStudio package.

```
29.01.2022 19:42:38 - Package 'Xamarin.VisualStudio,version=17.0.0.343' failed to install. System.IO.IOException: The file 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Current\Microsoft.Common.CrossTargeting.Targets\ImportBefore\Xamarin.Common.CrossTargeting.targets' already exists.
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Installer.VsixInstaller.g__install|31_1(PackagePart part, Boolean saveExtensionManifest, <>c__DisplayClass31_0& , <>c__DisplayClass31_1& , <>c__DisplayClass31_2& , <>c__DisplayClass31_3& , <>c__DisplayClass31_4& )
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Installer.VsixInstaller.InstallCoreInternal(String localPath, String installDir, InstallablePackage pkg)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Installer.FileInstaller.<>c__DisplayClass7_0.b__0()
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Installer.FileInstaller.DoAction(Func`1 action)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Installer.FileInstaller.InstallCore(String localPath, String installDir, InstallablePackage pkg)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Installer.InstallerBase.InstallHelper(InstallData installData)
```

I'm just wondering if that's something you have control of or if its a "visual studio extensions installer" thing.
Failing an installer because a file already exists seems kinda _wrong_.

BR Matthias

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