Ability to port Rule Sets to EditorConfig

[mikadumont]

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[mavasani]

We implemented this in VS2019 16.5 Preview2. There is also a NuGet package Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.RulesetToEditorconfigConverter that enables the conversion from command line.

I also added documentation for this in https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/visualstudio-docs-pr/pull/5828/files#diff-a4705fb2096f08b51b83a5701a483c76R129, which is not yet published on docs.microsoft.com, it will be once 16.5 is released.

[jmarolf]

@mavasani I assume there is no way to convert automatically from within VS (I can't navigate to the docs link)?

[mavasani]

If you open the ruleset file in ruleset editor, you should see an infobar at the top, which allows converting the ruleset to .editorconfig. We also talked about potentially offering a context menu on ruleset files in solution explorer to invoke the conversion and also about having an IDE suggestion in error list with a special context menu item to perform conversion, but nothing else is planned to implemented as of now.

[mavasani]

RE: docs link requires you to have permission for that repo. Let me forward you the email with details.

[stogle]

I have Visual Studio 16.6.2 and I'm not seeing the info bar when I open the ruleset I'm using in my solution. Under what conditions is it supposed to show?

[mavasani]

@stogle It only shows up if the ruleset is not used from any native/C++ project context, as those projects still need ruleset for configuration.