Source File Finder

A small helper library, that allows you to find the source file of a type at runtime, based on the debug information included in the types assembly through the related portable PDB.

var target = typeof(MyType);

using var finder = new SourceFileFinder(target.Assembly);

IEnumerable<string> fileNames = finder.Find(target);

Try it

Download from nuget: https://www.nuget.org/packages/SourceFileFinder/

Limitations / Issues

This project forces (via an included .targets file) the debug settings of consuming projects to be

<DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
<DebugType>embedded</DebugType>

This avoid issues with other DebugType settings (none, full, and pdbonly) that produce PDBs in the Windows format.

Contributors

Big thanks to @jnm2 and @webczat in their help prototyping this library.