pace-dotnet 0.1.9

Project Automation and Configuration Engine - A Python CLI tool for bulk management of C# .NET project ecosystems

Project Automation and Configuration Engine

A Python CLI tool for bulk management of C# .NET project ecosystems — from single class libraries to complex multi-project hierarchies with MAUI applications.

Overview

PACE eliminates the repetitive, error-prone manual work of managing .NET project ecosystems at scale. Rather than shelling into each project directory to run dotnet commands, manage git state, or manually update build configurations, PACE provides a unified interface to interact with all of them at once.

It understands your project topology — respecting dependency order, project hierarchy, and configuration context — so you can express intent once and apply it across your entire repository graph.

Target project types

Type	Description
Class libraries	Standalone or NuGet-published reusable packages
MAUI applications	Cross-platform apps with platform image and build assets
Dependency trees	Multi-library hierarchies with topological dependency ordering
Sample applications	Reference and demo apps accompanying library suites

Design principles

Composability — individual commands can be piped, scripted, and combined into workflows.

Topology-awareness — multi-project operations always respect inter-project dependencies.

Transparency — every operation emits clear, structured output suitable for both human review and CI log parsing.

Reproducibility — configuration is declared in a manifest file that describes the project graph.

Installation

pip install pace-dotnet

Configuration

PACE is driven by a pace.toml manifest at your workspace root:

repodir = "/path/to/repositories"
nuget_cache_path = "/path/to/nuget/cache"

[[projects]]
name = "common-lib"
csproj_path = "common-lib/src/CommonLib/CommonLib.csproj"
repo_url = "https://github.com/org/common-lib"
depends_on = []

[[projects]]
name = "feature-module"
csproj_path = "feature-module/src/FeatureModule/FeatureModule.csproj"
repo_url = "https://github.com/org/feature-module"
depends_on = ["common-lib"]

[[build-props]]
name = "DevSolution"
datatype = "boolean"
default = true

Usage Examples

# Build all projects in dependency order
pace dotnet build

# Build projects starting from a specific project
pace --from ProjectName dotnet build

# Check git status across every repo
pace git status

# Run all unit tests and show a summary
pace test

# Format and verify code style
pace format --check

License

MIT