microsoft / microsoft/react-native-windows

Auto linked projects should be added under a folder in VS

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Area: Autolinking Area: Developer Experience enhancement Workstream: New Arch NuGet Refactor
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Description

Currently the number of projects added by auto-linking pollutes a RNW solution, making it hard to see what is what.

The MS.RN projects are all in a ReactNative folder. Can we create a ReactNative-AutoLinking or something folder for all the auto linked projects?

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Research direction

Start by locating the auto-linking entry point that adds projects to the RNW solution; the issue does not name a file or test. Confirm how the existing ReactNative folder is represented, then verify that auto-linked projects appear together in a separate folder in Visual Studio.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp, react-native
Domain
developer-experience, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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