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Request for Environment support during AfterCompile

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Description

Are there plans to support the Environment property while the default AfterCompile target runs?

Our project started with the Vue typescript template. It's possible right now to make multiple properties manually in the XML for each configuration, but any process.env.VUE_APP_VALUEs are only available when debugging. If the project is only built, they are absent from the build artifact. is automatically upgraded by Visual Studio to when reloading the project. Our team is using env-cmd and a custom start script and AfterCompile target for now.

I am not familiar with msbuild to begin with, so this could a simple mistake!

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the default AfterCompile target and how Environment and EnvironmentVariables are handled in the project XML. Reproduce the Vue TypeScript template case, comparing debugging with a project-only build; done means process.env.VUE_APP_VALUE values are present in the build artifact.

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Assessment

Tech stack
node.js, typescript
Domain
build-system, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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