microsoft / microsoft/vs-solutionpersistence

Add support for setting multiple startup projects

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Description

While support for specifying a single startup project was added by setting DefaultStartup="true" in the Project element, it does not work for specifying multiple startup projects, as I pointed out in my comment on the original issue.

It would be great it if I could specify DefaultStartup="true" on multiple projects in the slnx file and it would be respected.

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Research direction

Start by tracing the existing support for DefaultStartup="true" on a single Project in the slnx serializer and models. Confirm how multiple projects are read and written, then verify that multiple projects marked true are preserved and respected as startup projects.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
58/100

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