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Have a vs solution which is shared among a number of developers via git repo.

We have a dll that is an sdk for a client that we need for this project. Unfortunately no Nuget for this dll.

Dlls are setup to be ignored by git so I can't just put it in the bin folder as it would get dropped by source control. Is there a good way store a copy of this dll somewhere in the project and always copy it on build/rebuild to the bin folder.

A lib folder or something like that?

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  1. The best way: Set up a NuGet Server and deploy this library as NuGet package

  2. Workaround: Create a lib folder, copy your library in this folder and add it to your source control. Optionally you can use a build action on this file to copy it to bin folder
    (e.g. Content). https://stackoverflow.com/questions/145752/what-are-the- various-build-action-settings-in-visual-studio-project-properties. But in general it is copied automatically into bin folder.

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  • Don't need the build action step. If I reference the file directly in the lib folder it is auto copied to bin on build/rebuild. Since you are the only person who answered, I'll mark your answer as the solution if you add this as an option as well – wingyip Oct 11 '16 at 14:06
  • Its a lot more straightforward than I realsised – wingyip Oct 11 '16 at 14:07