check-bin-obj-clash

check-bin-obj-clash is a Build, CI & test failure triage skill for AI agents, published by managedcode in the dotnet-skills repository on GitHub. Skillspace rates check-bin-obj-clash D (69/100) and it passed the safety scan; the rating is based on static analysis only.

Detects MSBuild projects with conflicting OutputPath or IntermediateOutputPath. USE FOR: builds failing with 'Cannot create a file when that file already exists', 'The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process', intermittent build failures that succeed on retry, missing outputs in multi-project builds, multi-targeting builds where project.assets.json conflicts. Diagnoses when multiple projects or TFMs write to the same bin/obj directories due to shared OutputPath, missing AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath, or extra global properties like PublishReadyToRun creating redundant evaluations, or SetTargetFramework metadata on a ProjectReference to a single-targeting project. DO NOT USE FOR: file access errors unrelated to MSBuild (OS-level locking), single-project single-TFM builds, non-MSBuild build systems.

Grade

D

Quality

69 / 100

Safety

Passed

GitHub stars

459

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