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using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;
namespace FindConflictingReference
{
public class Reference
{
public AssemblyName Assembly { get; set; }
public AssemblyName ReferencedAssembly { get; set; }
}
public class FindConflictingReferenceFunctions
{
static public IEnumerable<IGrouping<string, Reference>> FindReferencesWithTheSameShortNameButDiffererntFullNames(List<Reference> references)
{
return from reference in references
group reference by reference.ReferencedAssembly.Name
into referenceGroup
where referenceGroup.ToList().Select(reference => reference.ReferencedAssembly.FullName).Distinct().Count() > 1
select referenceGroup;
}
static public List<Reference> GetReferencesFromAllAssemblies(List<Assembly> assemblies)
{
var references = new List<Reference>();
foreach (var assembly in assemblies)
{
if (assembly == null)
continue;
foreach (var referencedAssembly in assembly.GetReferencedAssemblies())
{
references.Add(new Reference
{
Assembly = assembly.GetName(),
ReferencedAssembly = referencedAssembly
});
}
}
return references;
}
static public List<Assembly> GetAllAssemblies(string path)
{
var files = new List<FileInfo>();
var directoryToSearch = new DirectoryInfo(path);
files.AddRange(directoryToSearch.GetFiles("*.dll", SearchOption.AllDirectories));
files.AddRange(directoryToSearch.GetFiles("*.exe", SearchOption.AllDirectories));
return files.ConvertAll(file =>
{
try
{
Assembly asm = Assembly.LoadFile(file.FullName);
return asm;
}
catch (System.BadImageFormatException)
{
return null;
}
});
}
}
// Based on https://gist.github.com/brianlow/1553265
class Program
{
private static void FindConflicts(System.IO.TextWriter output, string path)
{
var assemblies = FindConflictingReferenceFunctions.GetAllAssemblies(path);
var references = FindConflictingReferenceFunctions.GetReferencesFromAllAssemblies(assemblies);
var groupsOfConflicts = FindConflictingReferenceFunctions.FindReferencesWithTheSameShortNameButDiffererntFullNames(references);
foreach (var group in groupsOfConflicts)
{
output.WriteLine("Possible conflicts for {0}:", group.Key);
foreach (var reference in group)
{
output.WriteLine("{0} references {1}",
reference.Assembly.Name.PadRight(25),
reference.ReferencedAssembly.FullName);
}
output.WriteLine();
}
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var paths = new List<string>();
for (int argIter = 0; argIter < args.Length; ++argIter)
{
string arg = args[argIter];
if (arg.StartsWith("-"))
{
if (arg.StartsWith("--"))
{
// Long option.
}
else
{
// Short option.
}
}
else if (arg.StartsWith("/"))
{
// Windows option.
}
else
{
paths.Add(arg);
}
} // Ends loop over arguments
if (paths.Count == 0)
{
paths.Add(System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory());
}
foreach (string path in paths)
{
FindConflicts(System.Console.Out, path);
}
}
}
}
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FYI I've created a full repo for this with a VS2015 csproj (to compile it).

https://github.com/collinsauve/FindConflictingReferences

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