Migrate to Centralized NuGet Package Management (CPM)

[Copilot]

• Explore repository and collect all PackageReference versions
• Create Directory.Packages.props with centralized package versions (sorted alphabetically)
• Remove Version="..." attributes from all .csproj files
• Add Directory.Packages.props to the solution's Misc folder
• Verify build still works (build succeeded, 0 errors, 0 warnings)

Original prompt

Migrate to Centralized NuGet Package Management (CPM)

Migrate the repository from per-project Version attributes on <PackageReference> to NuGet's Centralized Package Management (CPM).

What to do

1. Create a Directory.Packages.props file at the root of the repository with <ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>true</ManagePackageVersionsCentrally> and a <PackageVersion> entry for every unique package used across all .csproj files. Use the version already present in the .csproj files.

2. Update all .csproj files to remove the Version="..." attribute from every <PackageReference> element (CPM now manages the version centrally). Keep all other attributes (e.g. PrivateAssets, Condition, ExcludeAssets, etc.) intact.

3. Do not change any TargetFramework(s), project structure, or anything unrelated to package versioning.

Reference

See how it was done in the sibling repo Tyrrrz/YoutubeExplode PR #940: Tyrrrz/YoutubeExplode#940

Notes

• If a package appears with different versions in different projects, use the highest version and make a note in the PR description.
• <PackageVersion> entries in Directory.Packages.props should be sorted alphabetically.
• Make sure the file includes a valid MSBuild props file <Project> root element.
• Preserve all Condition attributes on <PackageReference> elements.

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[Tyrrrz]

@copilot please add the new props file to sln

[Copilot]

@copilot please add the new props file to sln

Done — added Directory.Packages.props to the Misc solution folder in af937be.

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This pull request migrates the repository to NuGet's Centralized Package Management (CPM) pattern, consolidating all package version definitions from individual .csproj files into a single Directory.Packages.props file at the repository root. This change improves maintainability by ensuring consistent package versions across all projects and providing a single source of truth for dependency versions.

Changes:

• Created Directory.Packages.props with ManagePackageVersionsCentrally enabled and all 12 package versions defined alphabetically
• Removed Version attributes from all <PackageReference> elements across 4 .csproj files while preserving other attributes like PrivateAssets and ExcludeAssets

Reviewed changes

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Show a summary per file

File	Description
Directory.Packages.props	New file defining centralized versions for all 12 NuGet packages used across the solution
GitHubActionsTestLogger/GitHubActionsTestLogger.csproj	Removed Version attributes from 6 package references, preserved PrivateAssets and ExcludeAssets attributes
GitHubActionsTestLogger.Tests/GitHubActionsTestLogger.Tests.csproj	Removed Version attributes from 7 package references, preserved PrivateAssets attributes
GitHubActionsTestLogger.Demo.VsTest/GitHubActionsTestLogger.Demo.VsTest.csproj	Removed Version attributes from 2 package references, preserved PrivateAssets attributes
GitHubActionsTestLogger.Demo.Mtp/GitHubActionsTestLogger.Demo.Mtp.csproj	Removed Version attributes from 3 package references, preserved PrivateAssets attributes

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