autoformat code from command line

Question

Is it possible to run auto-format code for all or for specific file in solution, like (Ctrl+K, Ctrl+D) formatting in Visual Studio but from it`s command line? Or use Reshar

Answer 1

Use CodeFormatter from the .NET Team

1. Install MSBuild Tools 2015.
2. Download CodeFormatter 1.0.0-alpha6.
3. Add CodeFormatter.csproj to the root directory of your projects:

CodeFormatter.csproj

Then run this from the Command Line.

> codeformatter.exe CodeFormatter.csproj /nocopyright

The result: all your projects' C# files now adhere to the majority of the .NET Foundation coding guidelines.

Remarks

• Installing MSBuild Tools 2015 means that we do not need Visual Studio.
• Adding CodeFormatter.csproj to the root directory recursively includes all C# files, which means the above works with project.json and *.xproj based setups.

See also

http://bigfontblog.azurewebsites.net/autoformat/