This repository contains a minimal reproduction of .net sdk project with embedded resource glob not noticing changes on Windows.

I have a C# project that we use for running database migration scripts. In an effort to both simplify the csproj file and make it possible for our database developer to easily commit changes without needing to open the .sln, I switched to the .net SDK format and moved to using a glob pattern to demark which files must be embedded.

However, when testing this locally, I've noticed that Visual Studio will not see file additions if they match the glob.

To illustrate this. Download and build this project. Build again and verify that VS build output indicates there are 0 projects built and 1 project up-to-date. Run the project. You'll get a console window that lists one file (test.msg) and its contents.

In VS or Windows Explorer, copy test.msg to anything you like and optionally edit the content.

Run the project again. The console window should not list the new file.

The order of the EmbeddedResource and None globs do not matter. The TargetFramework does not seem to matter. I've tried adding pre-build steps to force clean the bin but that pre-build only triggers when VS thinks it needs to build... which is entirely my problem with the embedded files.

There is one thing that actually does work. If I push a new file up to GitHub and a coworker does a git pull, VS will pick up the new file for them.

We did verify that they have the same problem locally where a new file is not picked up if they follow the repro steps.

So, we at least have a workaround for now if we want to proceed. Pay attention when developing locally. Your coworkers will probably get your changes when they pull.

Having to pay attention when I work isn't ideal so hopefully I've just boned something and there's a simple fix to this all.