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Add $(IncrementalCleanDependsOn) property tip #9552

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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion Documentation/guides/MSBuildBestPractices.md
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Expand Up @@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ First, I would read up on the [Clean target][clean] and understand how
any file produced by a previous build. It does *not* simply delete
`bin` and `obj`.


`IncrementalClean` has the job of deleting "extra files" that might be
hanging out in `$(IntermediateOutputPath)`. So it might happily go
delete your stamp file, and completely break your incremental build!
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</Target>
```

There is no `$(IncrementalCleanDependsOn)` property, what do you do?
Then use the `$(IncrementalCleanDependsOn)` property defined in the Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets. If you are on an older version of the SDK where `$(IncrementalCleanDependsOn)` property defined is not defined, what do you do?

Since using `BeforeTargets` and `AfterTargets` is a no-no, we have
modified `$(CoreBuildDependsOn)` so you can run a target *before*
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