From 2ce76b861fcdcecbc3a1db9b7721a02aa68f1c82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: leileizhang <leilzh@microsoft.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 19:10:35 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: central package version error (#41933)

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## Summary of the Pull Request
This PR updates the `BuildXamlIndexBeforeSettings` target to avoid
running during DesignTimeBuild.
Previously, the target was triggered before `CoreCompile`, which caused
Visual Studio design-time builds to also invoke
`Settings.UI.XamlIndexBuilder`.
In design-time builds, the subproject may not fully inherit the central
package version management configuration (e.g.,
`Directory.Packages.props` not included, or incomplete MSBuild property
propagation).
As a result, NuGet central package version management did not fully
apply in design-time context, leading to false error such as:
<img width="1647" height="275" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/24174c84-6de0-41be-ab94-8e853a66c5be"
/>

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for new binaries and localization folder
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 src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/PowerToys.Settings.csproj | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/PowerToys.Settings.csproj b/src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/PowerToys.Settings.csproj
index 68d0348c7d..36f1a9b75e 100644
--- a/src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/PowerToys.Settings.csproj
+++ b/src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/PowerToys.Settings.csproj
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
 		</Page>
 	</ItemGroup>
 
-	<Target Name="BuildXamlIndexBeforeSettings" BeforeTargets="CoreCompile">
+	<Target Name="BuildXamlIndexBeforeSettings" BeforeTargets="CoreCompile" Condition="'$(DesignTimeBuild)' != 'true'">
 		<Message Importance="high" Text="[Settings] Building XamlIndexBuilder prior to compile. Views='$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\SettingsXAML\Views' Out='$(GeneratedJsonFile)'" />
 		<MSBuild Projects="..\Settings.UI.XamlIndexBuilder\Settings.UI.XamlIndexBuilder.csproj" Targets="Build" Properties="Configuration=$(Configuration);Platform=Any CPU;TargetFramework=net9.0;XamlViewsDir=$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\SettingsXAML\Views;GeneratedJsonFile=$(GeneratedJsonFile)" />
 	</Target>