Protocol buffers in C# projects using protobuf-net - best practices for code generation

Question

I\'m trying to use protobuf in a C# project, using protobuf-net, and am wondering what is the best way to organise this into a Visual Studio project structure.

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Answer 1

Add this to the relevant project file.

Advantage, incremental build.

Disadvantage, you need to edit manually when adding files.

    
    
        Person.proto
    


    ProtobufGenerate;$(CompileDependsOn)


    
        <_protoc Include="..\packages\Google.Protobuf.*\tools\protoc.exe" />