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authoring-errors-and-warnings

Guides authoring of MSBuild errors, warnings, and diagnostic messages. Consult when adding new MSBxxxx codes, writing or modifying user-facing diagnostic text, deciding between error/warning/message severity, working with Strings.resx resource files, formatting paths in error output, or evaluating whether a new warning could break WarnAsError builds.

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Installation and usage

Guides authoring of MSBuild errors, warnings, and diagnostic messages. Consult when adding new MSBxxxx codes, writing or modifying user-facing diagnostic text, deciding between error/warning/message severity, working with Strings.resx resource files, formatting paths in error output, or evaluating whether a new warning could break WarnAsError builds.

Installation
$ install --globalskills.sh
Usage

Once installed, you can use this skill by running the following command in your terminal:

skills use authoring-errors-and-warnings