ReSharper Live Templates for xUnit.net

This extension adds various Live Templates for xUnit.net to ReSharper.

Check out the README for details on the available templates.

Installation

To install, go to ReSharper → Extension Manager and search for "xunit live templates". Once installed, the templates are automatically available, and can be seen in the . They can be temporarily disabled by unchecking the appropriate entry in the ReSharper → Manage Options dialog.

Contributing

The templates are distributed in a .dotSettings file, which is not designed to be a human-readable file, and is very difficult to work with in an editor. In order to modify or add templates, you can either edit the templates in ReSharper's Live Template editor, or in the markdown files in the templates folder, and running the template "compiler" program to generate the .dotSettings file.

Make sure that any new templates have the appropriate categories and language set.

Editing in ReSharper

• Add the templates.dotSettings file in the ReSharper → Manage Options dialog. Select "This Computer", click the "plus" add icon and select "Open Settings File". Navigate to templates.dotSettings and select it.
• Open the Live Templates editor (ReSharper → Tools → Templates Editor)
• Select the templates.dotSettings file in the Layer drop down in the top left of the editor. This is VERY IMPORTANT. This means any new templates, or edits to the existing templates are saved into the templates.dotSettings file. Without selecting this layer, the changes will be save to the "This Computer" layer.
• Edit or add new templates. They will be automatically saved, as you update them.

Editing markdown files

All of the templates are saved as markdown files, which makes it convenient to browse and document, as well as edit outside of ReSharper. The markdown files are processed with a small app that will translate between the required .dotSettings format, and the markdown files. Metadata is stored as YAML "front matter".

• Edit an existing file, or add a new file (use an existing file as a guide). If you are adding a new file, make sure to give the file a new GUID.
• Save the file, and run rstc compile -i *.md -o templates.dotSettings. The rstc.exe file is in the bin folder.
• The templates.dotSettings file, as well as the README.md file are updated, ready for commit.

For more details, see the resharper-template-compiler project.

• In order to update the markdown files after editing the templates.dotSettings file in ReSharper, run rstc decompile templates.dotSettings. It might be necessary to also run rstc compile -i *.md -o foo.dotSettings in order to regenerate README.md.

History

These templates started life in the xunit plugin for ReSharper. Since ReSharper 2016.1, xunit support is built in to ReSharper, meaning the xunit plugin is no longer required. However, it is not appropriate to ship these templates by default, as they will not apply to all users. Hence they are available as a separate extension.