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<h1>types of project files</h1>
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<a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2007689/is-there-a-standard-file-extension-for-msbuild-files">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2007689/is-there-a-standard-file-extension-for-msbuild-files</a>
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<p><strong><em>UPDATE:</em></strong><em> In retrospect, I've updated the answer to include more conventions. Credit goes to <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/users/105999/sayed-ibrahim-hashimi">Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi</a> and others on this thread.</em></p>
<h2>.proj</h2>
<p>A popular convention for generic use. Commonly used by a main build script.</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<pre style="" class="lang-xml prettyprint prettyprinted"><code><span class="pln">build.proj
main.proj
company.product.build.proj</span></code></pre>
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<h2>.targets</h2>
<p><code>.targets</code> files are those which is meant to be imported into other files using the Import element. Since these files are strictly re-useable they don't actually build anything. They typically are missing the properties and item values to actually build anything.</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<pre style="" class="lang-xml prettyprint prettyprinted"><code><span class="pln">Microsoft.Common.targets
Microsoft.CSharp.targets
Microsoft.Data.Entity.targets</span></code></pre>
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<h2>.**proj</h2>
<p>Language specific convention where **** represents the language short acronym.</p>
<p>Well-known extensions:</p>
<pre style="" class="lang-xml prettyprint prettyprinted"><code><span class="pln">.csproj | C#
.vbproj | VB.NET
.vcxproj | Visual C++
.dbproj | Database project
.fsproj | F#
.pyproj | IronPython
.rbproj | IronRuby
.wixproj | Windows Installer XML (WiX)
.vdproj | Visual Studio Deployment Project
.isproj | InstallShield
.pssproj | PowerShell
.modelproj | Modeling project</span></code></pre>
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<h2>.props</h2>
<p><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/a4xbdz1e.aspx">A project property sheet</a> used by Visual C++ projects (<code>.vcxproj</code>).</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<pre style="" class="lang-xml prettyprint prettyprinted"><code><span class="pln">Microsoft.Cl.Common.props
Microsoft.Cpp.CoreWin.props
Microsoft.Cpp.props
Microsoft.Link.Common.props</span></code></pre>
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<h2>.tasks</h2>
<p>A common include file to be imported by a calling MSBuild project. Contains a list of <code><UsingTask></code> elements.</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<pre style="" class="lang-xml prettyprint prettyprinted"><code><span class="pln">Microsoft.Common.Tasks
MSBuild.ExtensionPack.tasks</span></code></pre>
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<h2>.settings.targets</h2>
<p>(This is a related convention if not strictly-speaking a file extension.)</p>
<p>A common include file to be imported by a calling MSBuild project. Contains <em>"various properties related to shared utilities used during the build and deployment processes as well as any other common settings"</em> (<a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd419659.aspx#id0090116">Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi, 2009</a>).</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<p><a href="http://entityframework.codeplex.com/SourceControl/latest#tools/EntityFramework.settings.targets"><code>EntityFramework.settings.targets</code></a></p>
<p><a href="https://github.com/dotnet/coreclr/blob/master/src/md/compiler/Compiler.settings.targets"><code>Compiler.settings.targets</code></a></p>
<p><a href="https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-net/blob/master/tools/Library.Settings.targets"><code>Library.Settings.targets</code></a></p>
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<h2>Other links</h2>
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