[build] Remove 15 unused internal build tasks#11369
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Remove dead-code MSBuild tasks from xa-prep-tasks and BootstrapTasks that are no longer referenced anywhere in the build system. xa-prep-tasks (12 removed): - AcceptAndroidSdkLicenses, CheckoutExternalGitDependency, CreateFilePaths, GitCommitTime, GitDiff, HashFileContents, NDKInfo, ParseExternalGitDependencies, PrepareInstall, RunParallelTargets, SetEnvironmentVariable, SystemUnzip BootstrapTasks (3 removed): - CreateFrameworkList, GenerateMonoDroidIncludes, GenerateProfile Also removed stale <UsingTask> declarations for GitCommitTime (XAVersionInfo.targets) and GenerateProfile (Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks.targets). Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Pull request overview
This PR removes dead-code MSBuild task implementations from the internal build-task projects (xa-prep-tasks and Xamarin.Android.Tools.BootstrapTasks) and cleans up stale <UsingTask> declarations that referenced them.
Changes:
- Removed 12 unused
xa-prep-taskstask implementations and 3 unusedBootstrapTasksimplementations. - Removed stale
<UsingTask>entries forGitCommitTimeandGenerateProfile. - Updated an internal build comment in
Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks.csprojto reference a still-used task.
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| File | Description |
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| src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks.targets | Removes the stale <UsingTask> for Xamarin.Android.Tools.BootstrapTasks.GenerateProfile. |
| src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks.csproj | Updates the comment to reference <GenerateSupportedPlatforms/> instead of <GenerateProfile/>. |
| build-tools/Xamarin.Android.Tools.BootstrapTasks/Xamarin.Android.Tools.BootstrapTasks/GenerateProfile.cs | Deletes unused BootstrapTasks task implementation. |
| build-tools/Xamarin.Android.Tools.BootstrapTasks/Xamarin.Android.Tools.BootstrapTasks/GenerateMonoDroidIncludes.cs | Deletes unused BootstrapTasks task implementation. |
| build-tools/Xamarin.Android.Tools.BootstrapTasks/Xamarin.Android.Tools.BootstrapTasks/CreateFrameworkList.cs | Deletes unused BootstrapTasks task implementation. |
| build-tools/xa-prep-tasks/Xamarin.Android.BuildTools.PrepTasks/SystemUnzip.cs | Deletes unused prep task implementation. |
| build-tools/xa-prep-tasks/Xamarin.Android.BuildTools.PrepTasks/SetEnvironmentVariable.cs | Deletes unused prep task implementation. |
| build-tools/xa-prep-tasks/Xamarin.Android.BuildTools.PrepTasks/RunParallelTargets.cs | Deletes unused prep task implementation. |
| build-tools/xa-prep-tasks/Xamarin.Android.BuildTools.PrepTasks/PrepareInstall.cs | Deletes unused prep task implementation. |
| build-tools/xa-prep-tasks/Xamarin.Android.BuildTools.PrepTasks/ParseExternalGitDependencies.cs | Deletes unused prep task implementation. |
| build-tools/xa-prep-tasks/Xamarin.Android.BuildTools.PrepTasks/NDKInfo.cs | Deletes unused prep task implementation. |
| build-tools/xa-prep-tasks/Xamarin.Android.BuildTools.PrepTasks/HashFileContents.cs | Deletes unused prep task implementation. |
| build-tools/xa-prep-tasks/Xamarin.Android.BuildTools.PrepTasks/GitDiff.cs | Deletes unused prep task implementation. |
| build-tools/xa-prep-tasks/Xamarin.Android.BuildTools.PrepTasks/GitCommitTime.cs | Deletes unused prep task implementation. |
| build-tools/xa-prep-tasks/Xamarin.Android.BuildTools.PrepTasks/CreateFilePaths.cs | Deletes unused prep task implementation. |
| build-tools/xa-prep-tasks/Xamarin.Android.BuildTools.PrepTasks/CheckoutExternalGitDependency.cs | Deletes unused prep task implementation. |
| build-tools/xa-prep-tasks/Xamarin.Android.BuildTools.PrepTasks/AcceptAndroidSdkLicenses.cs | Deletes unused prep task implementation. |
| build-tools/scripts/XAVersionInfo.targets | Removes stale <UsingTask> entry for Xamarin.Android.BuildTools.PrepTasks.GitCommitTime. |
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Remove dead-code MSBuild tasks from
xa-prep-tasksandBootstrapTasksthat are no longer referenced anywhere in the build system.
xa-prep-tasks (12 removed):
AcceptAndroidSdkLicenses,CheckoutExternalGitDependency,CreateFilePaths,GitCommitTime,GitDiff,HashFileContents,NDKInfo,ParseExternalGitDependencies,PrepareInstall,RunParallelTargets,SetEnvironmentVariable,SystemUnzipBootstrapTasks (3 removed):
CreateFrameworkList,GenerateMonoDroidIncludes,GenerateProfileAlso removed stale
<UsingTask>declarations forGitCommitTime(
XAVersionInfo.targets) andGenerateProfile(
Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks.targets).