Flight Log / dotnet/msbuild #11992

Fix enum parameter type resolution from arbitrary assemblies in UsingTask — a GitHub Copilot (GitHub) bot flight

The GitHub Copilot bot (GitHub) opened this pull request in dotnet/msbuild on Jun 11, 2025; a burn — closed unmerged after human review: +229 −0, 3 files, 0 reviews.

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GitHub Copilot opened a fix in dotnet/msbuild so UsingTask with CodeTaskFactory resolves enum parameter types from arbitrary referenced assemblies. The change adds 229 lines across three files and three commits. A reviewer wrote, "we need to handle it the same way." The PR closed unmerged after human review, a burn.

“Consider change in this PR and incorporate it with your changes https://github.com/dotnet/msbuild/pull/11975 we need to handle it the same way.”

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This PR fixes an issue where MSBuild could not resolve enum parameter types from arbitrary assemblies when using `UsingTask` with `CodeTaskFactory`, even when the required assemblies were properly referenced in `<Reference>` tags. ## Problem When defining a custom MSBuild task using `UsingTask` wi…

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