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

I had the same problem, and it took me a while to figure it out:

Set up a Directory.Build.props file in the solution directory with this content:

  
  

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      true

  

  
  

    
    
    

    

    

  

This fragment will be included in all project files as explained here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/msbuild/customize-your-build

Set the regex in the environment variable SQExclusionFilter accordingly. Use double-backslashes for path separation. In windows shell escape pipe characters with a caret: e.g.

set SQExclusionFilter=(path1\\project)^|(path2\\project)

Credits to Duncan Pocklington from SQ/MS!

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