I think MSBuild does something like this - there is a filetracker that tracks what files were read/written while running a tool, and writes that information in

I think MSBuild does something like this - there is a filetracker that tracks what files were read/written while running a tool, and writes that information in a file. I think you can even install your own file-notification-changes .dll to track changes your way (maybe file system that is not supported, or something else). Similar to what lsof, procmon (windows) do.