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opened on Dec 1, 2025

sdk/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets

Lines 1440 to 1443 in f578225

<PropertyGroup Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsOSUnixLike())">
<RunCommand Condition="'$(RunCommand)' == ''">mono</RunCommand>
<RunArguments Condition="'$(RunArguments)' == ''">&quot;$(TargetPath)&quot; $(StartArguments)</RunArguments>
</PropertyGroup>

Should we consider dropping this? cc @baronfel @jkotas

Today, running dotnet run on a console app that's .NET Framework on non-Windows will run it via mono. Is that scenario still supported or used by enough people?

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