dotnet-reference-list(1)

💖 dotnet-reference-list(1) 💖

straight out of the .NET Documentation bestie vault, welcome to dotnet reference list — the little command that tells you which projects your project is holding hands with 🫶

This article applies to: ✔️ .NET 6 SDK and later versions

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✨ NAME ✨

dotnet-reference-list — Lists project-to-project references. That's it, that's the whole job, and it does it gorgeously 💅

🚨 OKAY LISTEN UP BESTIE 🚨 If you're on .NET 9 SDK or earlier, you gotta use the "verb first" form — that's dotnet-list-reference — instead. The "noun first" form (the one on this page, dotnet reference list) didn't show up until .NET 10. For more info, go read More consistent command order. Not me warning you before you type a command that just doesn't exist yet 😭

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

dotnet reference list [--project <PROJECT>]

dotnet reference list -h|--help

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

The dotnet reference list command is literally the convenient lil' option for listing project references for a given project. You point it at a project, it tells you what that project references. Iconic. No cap. 🔥

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• PROJECT — the project file you wanna operate on 🗂️. And if you don't specify a file? The command will go search the current directory for one all by itself. Main character energy fr fr ✨

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -? | -h | --help — prints out a description of how to use the command 📖. Your little cheat sheet, your bestie who always knows the answer.

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🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

1. List the project references for the specified project:

dotnet reference list --project app/app.csproj

2. List the project references for the project in the current directory:

dotnet reference list

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💜 and that's the whole page, babe 💜 This beauty is dated 2025-10-30 and it lives under the name dotnet-reference-list(1) in the .NET Documentation set. Obsessed with her honestly 🌸🎀🦋✨💖