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    <p>So, my first VS(2012)/NUnit unit test experience...</p> <p>The unit test project is referencing assembly A (the code which needs to be tested), which requires assembly B. So, I have also referenced assembly B. Both files are copied to the output directory.</p> <p>However, when I run the test, it fails because it cannot load assembly B. Odd, it must be running the test from another directory. </p> <p>So, I open up Resharper, disable shadow copy. Still fails. </p> <p>Double and triple check all necessary files are referenced and in the output directory. They are.</p> <p>Start to do some research, find <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms182475%28v=vs.90%29.aspx" rel="nofollow">this article</a>, which implies that I can disable deployment and just run the test from my output directory. However, my unit test project has no "run configuration file" that I can find, but it is required in step one of the walk through. Drat.</p> <p>I then stumble across the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.visualstudio.testtools.unittesting.deploymentitemattribute%28v=VS.90%29.aspx" rel="nofollow">DeploymentItem</a> attribute. I add this to my test method and, lo and behold, it works. However, I'd rather not pepper every test method with this attribute forevermore, so I'm looking for a better solution.</p> <p>Does anyone know how to just tell the darned test framework to copy all of the files in my output directory <em>or</em> to just run the thing from that directory to begin with? This seems like it should be simple and default instead of magical and hidden... thanks in advance.</p> <p>I'm gonna go ahead and vent. This is one of the most brain dead design decisions I have ever encountered. They have the project file, they know which assemblies/files are referenced, they know if they are set to "Copy Always"... yet they ignore all of that. </p> <p>The default behavior is to run only the most trivial of "Hello World" projects and break everything else, wasting my/your time. What are these developers thinking? ...Feel better now.</p>
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    1. COYes, quite an annoying trek. I actually logged `Directory.GetCurrentDirectory()` to find out.
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    2. CO@IAbstract: Yeah, I guess the title is a bit misleading at this point. I did find out where it is running from... but that's irrelevant; I need the damn thing to just copy the correct files over. I don't understand why the default behavior would be to break your program...
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    3. COThe CLR *never* uses the current working directory to find assemblies so it just doesn't matter what it is set at. I can't for the life of me figure out what test runner you are actually using. Is it VS, NUnit or Resharper?
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