Merge branch 'master' into develop

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Release 6.2
 
+* Update and cleanup nuget dependencies to latest stable versions
+* Remove any direct serilog references to break Serilog coupling, needed for making cortside libraries easier to multitarget net6.0 and net8.0
+* Include README.md in nuget pagckage in attempt to make changes more evident
+
+
 |Commit|Date|Author|Message|
 |---|---|---|---|
 | b58632a | <span style="white-space:nowrap;">2023-11-08</span> | <span style="white-space:nowrap;">Cort Schaefer</span> |  update version

format.ps1

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# install/update latest version
+dotnet tool update -g dotnet-format --version "8.*" --add-source https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging/dotnet8/nuget/v3/index.json
+
 # Format code to match editorconfig settings
 #dotnet format --verbosity normal .\src
 

src/.editorconfig

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ trim_trailing_whitespace = true
 insert_final_newline = true
 
 [*.json]
-indent_size = 4
+indent_size = 2
 
 # XML Configuration Files
 [*.{xml,config,props,targets,nuspec,resx,ruleset,vsixmanifest,vsct}]
@@ -241,3 +241,7 @@ dotnet_diagnostic.RCS1021.severity = none
 
 # PH_P013: Discouraged EntityFramework Method
 dotnet_diagnostic.PH_P013.severity = none
+
+# for dotnet-format to help cleanup IDE0005 unnecessary import warnings
+[*.{cs,vb}]
+dotnet_diagnostic.IDE0005.severity = warning

update-targetframework.ps1

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 using namespace System.Collections.Generic # for List<T> 
 
 $dir = "." # points to "repository root"
-$targetVersion = "net6.0"
+$targetVersion = "net8.0"
 
 $projFiles = Get-ChildItem $dir -Recurse -Filter *.csproj