How to make Sonarqube exclude a .NET (C#) project from coverage measures

Question

Sonarqube allows for individual files to be excluded from code coverage by adding patterns in the sonar.coverage.exclusions key. This can be done on a project level by

Answer 1

Not enough rep to comment, but if you apply both answers here, you can simply add:

    
    true

in the .csproj file to exclude the entire project instead of individual files, or relying on sonarqube filters.