powershell script - find orphaned C# files

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I ran across a C# file that had been removed from its csproj file, but it hadn't been deleted from version control.  So I wrote a script (Chris Sidi had already written one, though) to find the .cs files that weren't in the "containing" .csproj file

 

 param([string]$csproj = $(throw 'csproj file is required'))

$csproj = Resolve-Path $csproj
$dir = Split-Path $csproj

# get the files that are included in compilation
$xml = [xml](Get-Content $csproj)
$files_from_csproj = $xml.project.itemgroup | 
    %{ $_.Compile } | 
  %{ $_.Include } |
   ?{ $_ } | 
  %{ Join-Path $dir $_ } |
    Sort-Object

# get the files from the dir
$files_from_dir = Get-ChildItem $dir -Recurse -Filter *.cs |
 %{ $_.FullName } |
  Sort-Object
    
Compare-Object $files_from_csproj $files_from_dir