MATSUDA Takashi

What is preventing this important PR?

IMO, detailed and explicitly specified setting should have higher priority. In example case, (1) project setting is more detailed than solution, and (2) it is specified explicitly. It seems design...

@schlotter If there are two solutions both references Projects2 and each have different Settings.XamlStyler, Xaml files in Project2 will be re-formatted differently according to the active solution. It seems problematic.

related: #154 SearchToDriveRoot Feature

How about this priority rule ? (Above has lower priority) - Visual Studio - Solution Directory (if Solution directory is not a ancestor of project directory) (this seems not provide...

@schlotter @grochocki My proposal is different from both of your interpretations. As @grochocki says, the "closest" configuration in the up-hierarchy should take precedence. By this rule, configuration will be selected...

@grochocki To obey your interpretation, priority of solution directory should be inserted between up-hierarchy of .xaml file. Could you describe where is the insertion point?

> I will try that again tomorrow. In my tests finding a setting like **setting 1** did not work, but I recall `Settings.XamlStyler` was four or five levels up from...

@grochocki > IMHO, trying to include the solution directory, if it is not a direct ancestor in folder up-hierarchy, does not provide a clear benefit. I agree.

@grochocki Main theme of this issue is the priority of project's reference.