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dotnet format command is broken in 9.0.200 that was installed by Visual Studio and no update is available as of now. dotnet/sdk#46780
I want to be able to run dotnet format command that is part of 8.x.x but it doesn't seem possible. I tried using a global.json file to pin .net 8 to my project but format command still uses 9.0.200 on my machine.
global.json to pin dotnet 8 to my project
{
"sdk": {
"version": "8.0.406",
"rollForward": "latestFeature"
}
}
SDKs installed on my machine:
> dotnet --list-sdks
8.0.406 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
9.0.200 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
SDK dotnet command uses after pinning via global.json
> dotnet --version
8.0.406 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
dotnet build respects pinned version
> dotnet build -v d
Build started 5/03/2025 5:35:58 PM.
0>Process = "C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe"
MSBuild executable path = "C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\8.0.406\MSBuild.dll"
...
dotnet format does not respect pinned version
> dotnet format -v d
The dotnet runtime version is '9.0.2'.
Formatting code files in workspace 'C:\Data\Code\demo-project\demo-project.csproj'.
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