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Ploch.TestingSupport.XUnit3.Dependencies

Meta-package: install one package to get all xUnit v3 test dependencies, analysers, and coverlet coverage support.

Overview

Ploch.TestingSupport.XUnit3.Dependencies is a meta-package — it contains no compilable C# source. Adding it to a test project installs a carefully pinned set of packages that are required for xUnit v3-based testing in the Ploch.Common workspace:

  • xUnit v3 (xunit.v3) — the test framework itself
  • AutoFixture (AutoFixture.AutoMoq, AutoFixture.Xunit3) — auto-generated test data and Moq integration
  • FluentAssertions (FluentAssertions, FluentAssertions.Analyzers) — fluent assertion library and associated Roslyn analyser
  • Moq (via AutoFixture.AutoMoq) — mocking framework
  • Moq.Analyzers — Roslyn analyser that catches common Moq mistakes at compile time
  • xunit.analyzers — Roslyn analyser for xUnit best practices
  • xunit.runner.visualstudio — Visual Studio test runner adapter
  • Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk — MSBuild/dotnet test integration
  • coverlet (coverlet.msbuild, coverlet.collector) — code coverage collection
  • JetBrains.Annotations (PrivateAssets=all) — code annotation attributes, development-only

The project also copies xunit.runner.json to the test project's output directory. This file configures xUnit runner behaviour (e.g. methodDisplay, parallelizeAssembly) consistently across all test projects.

The project targets net8.0 (the XUnit3.Dependencies project currently uses a hardcoded net8.0 target framework, while most other test projects in the workspace use $(TargetFrameworkVersion) which resolves to net10.0).

Installation

Add this single reference to your test project instead of listing each dependency individually:

<ItemGroup>
    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\ploch-common\src\TestingSupport.XUnit3.Dependencies\Ploch.TestingSupport.XUnit3.Dependencies.csproj" />
</ItemGroup>

Or, when consuming from NuGet:

dotnet add package Ploch.TestingSupport.XUnit3.Dependencies

Bundled Package Versions

The versions below reflect the pinned versions in the .nuspec manifest at the time of writing:

Package Version
xunit.v3 3.2.2
AutoFixture.AutoMoq 4.18.1
AutoFixture.Xunit3 4.19.0
FluentAssertions 8.8.0
FluentAssertions.Analyzers 0.34.1
Moq.Analyzers 0.4.2
xunit.analyzers 1.27.0
xunit.runner.visualstudio 3.1.5
Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk 18.3.0
coverlet.msbuild 8.0.0
coverlet.collector 8.0.0

Analysers (FluentAssertions.Analyzers, Moq.Analyzers, xunit.analyzers, JetBrains.Annotations) are declared with PrivateAssets=all so they do not flow to consuming projects as transitive dependencies.

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