Clarify what .default means #8626
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.default (in MSBuild code) followed an earlier spec that referred to it as <default> and omitted some details. This clarifies the meaning of .default.
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I'd also be ok with just updating all <default> to .default in the doc directly.
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.default (in MSBuild code) followed an earlier spec that referred to it as and omitted some details. This clarifies the meaning of .default.
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