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Add the doc for newly added publish-related property PublishReferencesSymbols #50255

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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions docs/core/project-sdk/msbuild-props.md
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Expand Up @@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ The following MSBuild properties are documented in this section:
- [PublishDocumentationFile](#publishdocumentationfile)
- [PublishDocumentationFiles](#publishdocumentationfiles)
- [PublishReferencesDocumentationFiles](#publishreferencesdocumentationfiles)
- [PublishReferencesSymbols](#publishreferencessymbols)
- [PublishRelease](#publishrelease)
- [PublishSelfContained](#publishselfcontained)
- [RollForward](#rollforward)
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When this property is `true`, XML documentation files for the project's references are copied to the publish directory, instead of just run-time assets like DLL files. This property defaults to `true`.

### PublishReferencesSymbols

When this property is `true`, symbol files (also known as PDB files) for the project's references are copied to the publish directory. This property defaults to `true`.
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[nitpick] For consistency with the similar property PublishReferencesDocumentationFiles (line 529), consider adding the clarifying phrase "instead of just run-time assets like DLL files" to explain what normally gets copied. The full sentence would read: "When this property is true, symbol files (also known as PDB files) for the project's references are copied to the publish directory, instead of just run-time assets like DLL files."

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When this property is `true`, symbol files (also known as PDB files) for the project's references are copied to the publish directory. This property defaults to `true`.
When this property is `true`, symbol files (also known as PDB files) for the project's references are copied to the publish directory, instead of just run-time assets like DLL files. This property defaults to `true`.

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### PublishRelease

The `PublishRelease` property informs `dotnet publish` to use the `Release` configuration by default instead of the `Debug` configuration. This property was introduced in .NET 7.
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