Cannot reference PowerShellStandard from unit tests

[lzybkr]

It is difficult to reference PowerShellStandard from xunit/mstest style unit tests in a project targeting net46.

A reference assembly with empty implementations (returning null or default(T)) is placed alongside the unit test binaries.

I've worked around this by using Microsoft.PowerShell.5.ReferenceAssemblies, but that is not ideal.

[BernieWhite]

Have you tried using the private assets option. i.e.

<ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="PowerShellStandard.Library" Version="5.1.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
</ItemGroup>

See Controlling dependency assets