Use Repository Root path for all the things

The new Output paths point to...

Build    :  `build\{bin,obj}`
Pack     :  `packages`
Publish  :  `publish`
Restore  :  `build\ext`
Test     :  `build\TestResults`

with-in the repository root directory.

.gitignore

@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
 *.userosscache
 *.sln.docstates
 
+# Working folders
+[Bb]uild/
+[Pp]ublish/
+[Pp]ackages/
+
 # Build results
 [Bb]in/
 [Oo]bj/

Directory.Build.props

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <Project>
 
+  <Import Project="Directory.Solution.props" />
+
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RepositoryDirectory>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)</RepositoryDirectory>
     <BuildToolsDirectory>$(RepositoryDirectory)eng\</BuildToolsDirectory>

Directory.Solution.props

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<Project>
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <RestoreUseStaticGraphEvaluation>True</RestoreUseStaticGraphEvaluation>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+</Project>

azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
     displayName: Publish test results
     inputs:
       testResultsFormat: VSTest
-      testResultsFiles: '**/TestResults/VSTestResults*.trx'
+      testResultsFiles: build/*/TestResults/VSTestResults*.trx
     condition: always()
 
   # Pack solution
@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ jobs:
     env:
       SignClientUser: $(SignClientUser)
       SignClientSecret: $(SignClientSecret)
-      ArtifactDirectory: bin/nupkg
+      ArtifactDirectory: packages
     condition: and(succeeded(), ne(variables['Build.Reason'], 'PullRequest'), ne(variables['SignClientUser'], ''), ne(variables['SignClientSecret'], ''))
 
   # Publish build artifacts
-  - publish: bin/nupkg
+  - publish: packages
     artifact: Packages
     displayName: Publish package artifacts

eng/Toolkit.Common.props

@@ -28,6 +28,22 @@
     <AssemblySignPublicKey>$([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText($(AssemblySignPublicKeyFile)))</AssemblySignPublicKey>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Outputs.Initial">
+    <!-- Build Outputs -->
+    <BuildDir>$(RepositoryDirectory)build\</BuildDir>
+    <!-- Publish Outputs -->
+    <PublishDir>$(RepositoryDirectory)publish\</PublishDir>
+    <!-- Restore Outputs-->
+    <MSBuildProjectExtensionsPath>$(BuildDir)ext\</MSBuildProjectExtensionsPath>
+    <!-- Pack Outputs -->
+    <NuSpecOutputPath>$(RepositoryDirectory)build\</NuSpecOutputPath>
+    <PackageOutputPath>$(RepositoryDirectory)packages\</PackageOutputPath>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Project">
+    <ProjectDirName>$(MSBuildProjectName.Replace('CommunityToolkit.', ''))</ProjectDirName>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
   <!-- Identify projects targeting multiple Roslyn versions and add defaults -->
   <PropertyGroup Condition="$(MSBuildProjectName.Contains('.Roslyn'))">
     <IsCompilerTargeting>True</IsCompilerTargeting>
@@ -39,4 +55,19 @@
   <!-- Use custom build logic for projects targeting multiple version of the Roslyn Compiler -->
   <Import Project="Toolkit.CompilerTargeting.props" Condition="'$(IsCompilerTargeting)' == 'true'" />
 
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Outputs.Final">
+    <!-- Build Outputs -->
+    <BuildDir>$(BuildDir)$(ProjectDirName)\</BuildDir>
+    <BaseOutputPath>$(BuildDir)bin\</BaseOutputPath>
+    <BaseIntermediateOutputPath>$(BuildDir)obj\</BaseIntermediateOutputPath>
+    <!-- Restore Outputs-->
+    <MSBuildProjectExtensionsPath>$(BuildDir)ext\</MSBuildProjectExtensionsPath>
+    <MSBuildProjectExtensionsPath Condition="'$(TargetCompiler)' != ''">$(MSBuildProjectExtensionsPath)$(TargetCompiler)\</MSBuildProjectExtensionsPath>
+    <RestoreOutputPath>$(MSBuildProjectExtensionsPath)</RestoreOutputPath>
+    <!-- Publish Outputs -->
+    <PublishDir>$(PublishDir)$(ProjectDirName)\</PublishDir>
+    <!-- Test Outputs -->
+    <VSTestResultsDirectory>$(BuildDir)TestResults\</VSTestResultsDirectory>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
 </Project>

eng/Toolkit.Common.targets

@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
     <PackageTags Condition="'$(PackageTags)' == ''">$(CommonTags)</PackageTags>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <!-- Exclude files and folders from build and publish across all projects -->
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <DefaultItemExcludes>$(BuildDir)**;$(PublishDir)**;$(DefaultItemExcludes)</DefaultItemExcludes>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(IsPackable)' == 'true'">
     <PackageFile Include="$(BuildToolsDirectory)Icon.png" />
     <PackageFile Include="$(RepositoryDirectory)License.md" />

eng/Toolkit.CompilerTargeting.props

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Currently 'project.assets.json' and 'project.nuget.cache' doesn't have unique file-names based on project name like other restore assets do -->
-    <MSBuildProjectExtensionsPath Condition="'$(TargetCompiler)' != ''">$([System.IO.Path]::Combine('obj', '$(TargetCompiler)'))</MSBuildProjectExtensionsPath>
+    <ProjectDirName Condition="'$(ProjectDirName)' != ''">$(ProjectDirName.Replace('.$(TargetCompilerIdentifier)$(_ShortCompilerVersion)', ''))</ProjectDirName>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!-- We also override output paths to separate compiler version specific assets but only after .NET SDK appends 'TargetFramework' -->

eng/Toolkit.CompilerTargeting.targets

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <VSTestResultsDirectory>$([System.IO.Path]::Combine('$(BaseOutputPath)', 'TestResults'))</VSTestResultsDirectory>
+    <VSTestResultsDirectory Condition="'$(BuildDir)' == ''">$([System.IO.Path]::Combine('$(BaseOutputPath)', 'TestResults'))</VSTestResultsDirectory>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!-- Append the Compiler moniker (i.e., roslyn4.0) to 'TargetFramework' in the output paths -->

src/Directory.Build.props

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
     <IsPackable>true</IsPackable>
     <IsPublishable>true</IsPublishable>
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
-    <PackageOutputPath>$(RepositoryDirectory)bin\nupkg</PackageOutputPath>
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Release'">true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
   </PropertyGroup>