Buildalyze removes alias information in result since v 7

[dupdob]

Assembly aliases were available in previous Buildalyzer's versions. Alias information are no longer available since V7.
In early version, aliased assemblies appeared as alias=assembly references. Since V7, the alias= part has disappeared.

This impacts Stryker as it is no longer able to build project using assembly aliases.
We did implement a workaround using Packages information, but this works only when AssemblyName==PackageName and it does not support project reference aliases at all.
I do not think reverting to previous behavior is a good idea, I propose aliases information to be available as map matching assembly pathname to their alias(es).

I am willing to work on a PR to implement this.

[Corniel]

Can you provide an example project that reproduces this issue, so that we can start from there?

[dupdob]

Here is a solution where the test project refers to the production project via an alias (aliased project reference) and uses xunit attributes via an alias (aliased package reference).
Note: the test project has to reference some xunit internal dependencies explicitly so they can be aliased.

AliasesDemo.zip

[dupdob]

do you need anything else ?
do you wish me to offer a PR for this ?

[Corniel]

A PR would also be fine. @phmonte did not respond yet, which worries me a bit. I've some PR's open as well, and as he is the (new) owner of the repo, I can not release nor merge anything without his interference. :(

[phmonte]

I'll see the PRs this weekend, I'll try today.
@Corniel @dupdob