Apply dotnet-format on save in Visual Studio?

Question

I just discovered dotnet-format, but as far as I understand it's a command line tool that has to be called manually. How can I apply dotnet-format on saving a file in Visual Studio 2019? (not Visual Studio Code!)

Answer 1

Although this is not what the question was about, I have dotnet-format setup to run as a pre-commit hook.

#!/bin/sh
dotnet-format
exit 0

For the on-save formatting and other gimmicks, I use CodeMaid. https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=SteveCadwallader.CodeMaid

Answer 2

You can configure your project to run this command automatically before build. But it will consume build time

<Project>
    <Target Name="PreBuild" BeforeTargets="PreBuildEvent">
  <Exec Command="dotnet format --severity warn --verbosity diagnostic" />
</Target>

Answer 3

You can add this to your csproj

<PropertyGroup>
  <EnforceCodeStyleInBuild>true</EnforceCodeStyleInBuild>
</PropertyGroup>

This setting enables code style enforcement on build. Any code style violations will be reported as build warnings or errors according to the .editorconfig file.