Added a copy of InitModules project and adapted it as directory viewer, to compare performance of two approaches

Author: ajgorhoe

scripts/0DirectoryViewer.csproj

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 		<CopyBuildOutputToOutputDirectory>false</CopyBuildOutputToOutputDirectory>
 		<IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
 
-		<!-- Suppress “No source files specified” -->
+		<!-- Suppress "No source files specified": -->
 		<NoWarn>$(NoWarn);CS2008</NoWarn>
 
 	</PropertyGroup>
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 	</ItemGroup>
 
 
-	<!-- Override all build-related targets so they do nothing -->
+	<!-- Override all build-related targets so they do nothing: 
 	<Target Name="CoreCompile" />
 	<Target Name="PrepareForBuild" />
 	<Target Name="Compile" />
@@ -54,10 +54,12 @@
 	<Target Name="ResolveReferences" />
 	<Target Name="GenerateTargetFrameworkMonikerAttribute" />
 	<Target Name="GenerateAssemblyInfo" />
-	<!-- Nullify additional (restore-related) targets -->
+	
+	 Nullify additional (restore-related) targets: 
 	<Target Name="Restore" />
 	<Target Name="CheckForUnsupportedNETCoreVersion" />
 	<Target Name="CheckForProjectVersionCompatibility" />
+	-->
 
 
 </Project>

scripts/0DirectoryViewer_from_InitModulesCore.csproj

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+	<!-- Utility project; Initializes dependencies for the EventAggregator and EventAggregatorTests projects:
+	  * Clones / updates source repositories of dependencies side by side
+	See: https://github.com/ajgorhoe/IGLib.modules.IGLibEventAggregator/blob/main/src/0InitModules/InitializationProjects.md -->
+	<PropertyGroup>
+		<TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
+		<OutputType>Library</OutputType>
+
+		<!-- Prevent generation of assembly info, build output and packing: -->
+		<GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
+		<CopyBuildOutputToOutputDirectory>false</CopyBuildOutputToOutputDirectory>
+		<IncludeBuildOutput>false</IncludeBuildOutput>
+		<IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
+
+		<!-- Ensure that the post-build event is run even if the project is up-to-date and does not need building: 
+		<RunPostBuildEvent>OnOutputUpdated</RunPostBuildEvent>
+		-->
+	</PropertyGroup>
+
+	<!-- Remove all C# compilation to avoid invoking the compiler (csc) at all; 
+	<ItemGroup>
+		<Compile Remove="**\*.cs" />
+		<InitScripts Include="Scripts\*.ps1" />
+	</ItemGroup>
+	-->
+
+	<!-- Copy a file to the output directory, in order to have timestamped output: 
+	<ItemGroup>
+		<None Update="0readme_InitModulesEventAggregator.txt">
+			<CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+		</None>
+	</ItemGroup>
+	-->
+
+
+	<!-- Remove all real Compile items -->
+	<ItemGroup>
+		<Compile Remove="**\*.cs" />
+	</ItemGroup>
+
+
+	<!-- Do not display directories and files form project root directory:  -->
+	<ItemGroup>
+		<None Remove="**\*.*" >
+		</None>
+	</ItemGroup>
+
+	<!-- Mirror real direectories: -->
+
+	<!-- /scripts, mapped to scripts/, which is also the project's root directory: -->
+	<ItemGroup>
+		<None Include="..\scripts\**\*.*">
+			<Link>scripts\%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)</Link>
+		</None>
+		<!--
+		<None Remove="..\scripts\bin\**\*.*" />
+		<None Remove="..\scripts\obj\**\*.*" />
+		-->
+		<None Remove="..\scripts\.vs\**\*.*" />
+	</ItemGroup>
+
+
+
+</Project>