I will note that exciting part for me is that the code generation is triggered by having single line in project file: <ItemGroup><Protobuf Include="Protos\gree

I will note that exciting part for me is that the code generation is triggered by having single line in project file: <ItemGroup><Protobuf Include="Protos\greet.proto" /></ItemGroup> Also the code generated goes to obj directory so it's not versioned. I think this is nice way to do code generation, and sidesteps some of the need for type providers in the future for C#.