GenerateDepsFile doesn't include file or assembly version for Project references

[ericstj]

Create an app with a reference to another project. Build. Examine deps file.

Expect: file of referenced project includes file and assembly version.
Actual: versions are missing.

Compare to. Raw file reference to output TargetPath of the project. This will include the file and assembly versions.

This hinders a fix for dotnet/runtime#698

[ericstj]

Suspect bug is here:

sdk/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/DependencyContextBuilder.cs

Lines 524 to 530 in b4f6e75

	if (library.Type == "project" && !(referenceProjectInfo is UnreferencedProjectInfo))
	{
	runtimeAssemblyGroups.Add(new RuntimeAssetGroup(string.Empty, referenceProjectInfo.OutputName));
	resourceAssemblies.AddRange(referenceProjectInfo.ResourceAssemblies
	.Select(r => new ResourceAssembly(r.RelativePath, r.Culture)));
	}

[ericstj]

I was able to workaround this by setting the ReferenceSourceTarget metadata on the ProjectReference to be something other than ProjectReference. This tricks the GenerateDepsFile task into treating it as raw file reference instead of a ProjectReference and avoids the bug.

[baronfel]

@ericstj we just merged a fix for this in 8.0.4xx, at long last!