@nx/dotnet - Detect central package management version changes

[chriscameron-vertexinc]

Hello!

I have a C# monorepo that uses central package management. All nuget package versions are defined in a Directory.Packages.props file in the repository root, and inherited by all of the projects:

/Directory.Packages.props
/Solution.slnx
/ProjectA/ProjectA.csproj
/ProjectB/ProjectB.csproj
etc

My nx.json looks like:

{
  "installation": {
    "version": "22.5.4",
    "plugins": {
      "@nx/dotnet": "22.5.4",
      "@nx/js": "22.5.4"
    }
  },
  "$schema": "./node_modules/nx/schemas/nx-schema.json",
  "defaultBase": "dev",
  "plugins": [
    "@nx/dotnet"
  ],
  "namedInputs": {
    "default": [
      "{projectRoot}/**/*",
      "{workspaceRoot}/src/Directory.Packages.props",
      ...
    ]
  },
  "release": {
    "projects": [
      "ProjectA",
      "ProjectB",
      ...
    ],
    "projectsRelationship": "independent",
    ...
  }
}

With this setup all projects are released whenever a version is changed in the Directory.Packages.props.

Instead, I would like the dotnet plugin to natively determine which projects need to be released by examining the project dependencies.

For example, if ProjectA depends on NugetPackageA, I shouldn't need to release ProjectB when NugetPackageA is updated.