Custom Target Authoring Patterns Canonical patterns from Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets in the MSBuild repository. The Three-Level Target Chain Every major entry point (Build, Rebuild, Clean) delegates to a property listing its dependencies, which chains through Before → Core → After: < PropertyGroup
< BuildDependsOn
BeforeBuild; CoreBuild; AfterBuild </ BuildDependsOn
</ PropertyGroup
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