This article applies to: ✔️ .NET Core 3.1 SDK and later versions

       • PROJECT

         Specifies the project file.  If not specified, the command searches the current directory for one.

       • PROJECT_REFERENCES

         Project-to-project   (P2P)   references   to  add.   Specify  one  or  more  projects.   Glob  patterns
         (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glob_(programming)) are supported on Unix/Linux-based systems.

       The  dotnetaddreference  command provides a convenient option to add project references to a project.
       After running the command, the <ProjectReference> elements are added to the project file.

              <ItemGroup>
                <ProjectReference Include="app.csproj" />
                <ProjectReference Include="..\lib2\lib2.csproj" />
                <ProjectReference Include="..\lib1\lib1.csproj" />
              </ItemGroup>

   Addareferencetoanassemblythatisn’tinaproject
       There’s no CLI command to add a reference to an assembly that isn’t in a project or a package.   But  you
       can do that by editing your .csproj file and adding markup similar to the following example:

              <ItemGroup>
                <Reference Include="MyAssembly">
                  <HintPath>.\MyDLLFolder\MyAssembly.dll</HintPath>
                </Reference>
              </ItemGroup>

Thisarticleappliesto: ✔️ .NET Core 3.1 SDK and later versions

       • Add a project reference:

                dotnet add app/app.csproj reference lib/lib.csproj

       • Add multiple project references to the project in the current directory:

                dotnet add reference lib1/lib1.csproj lib2/lib2.csproj

       • Add multiple project references using a globbing pattern on Linux/Unix:

                dotnet add app/app.csproj reference **/*.csproj

                                                   2024-10-02                            dotnet-add-reference(1)

       dotnet-add-reference - Adds project-to-project (P2P) references.

       • -f|--framework<FRAMEWORK>

         Adds project references only when targeting a specific framework using the TFM format.

       • -?|-h|--help

         Prints out a description of how to use the command.

       • --interactive

         Allows the command to stop and wait for user input or action.  For example, to complete authentication.
         Available since .NET Core 3.0 SDK.

              dotnet add [<PROJECT>] reference [-f|--framework <FRAMEWORK>]
                   [--interactive] <PROJECT_REFERENCES>

              dotnet add reference -h|--help