Microsoft.VisualStudio.Project.AssemblyReferenceNode.SetHintPathAndPrivateValue C# (CSharp) Method

        private void SetHintPathAndPrivateValue()
        {
            // Private means local copy; we want to know if it is already set to not override the default
            string privateValue = this.ItemNode.GetMetadata(ProjectFileConstants.Private);

            // Get the list of items which require HintPath
            IEnumerable<MSBuild.ProjectItem> references = this.ProjectMgr.BuildProject.GetItems(MsBuildGeneratedItemType.ReferenceCopyLocalPaths);

            // Remove the HintPath, we will re-add it below if it is needed
            if(!String.IsNullOrEmpty(this.assemblyPath))
            {
                this.ItemNode.SetMetadata(ProjectFileConstants.HintPath, null);
            }

            // Now loop through the generated References to find the corresponding one
            foreach (MSBuild.ProjectItem reference in references)
            {
                string fileName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(reference.EvaluatedInclude);
                if(String.Compare(fileName, this.assemblyName.Name, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) == 0)
                {
                    // We found it, now set some properties based on this.

                    string hintPath = reference.GetMetadataValue(ProjectFileConstants.HintPath);
                    if(!String.IsNullOrEmpty(hintPath))
                    {
                        if(Path.IsPathRooted(hintPath))
                        {
                            hintPath = PackageUtilities.GetPathDistance(this.ProjectMgr.BaseURI.Uri, new Uri(hintPath));
                        }

                        this.ItemNode.SetMetadata(ProjectFileConstants.HintPath, hintPath);
                        // If this is not already set, we default to true
                        if(String.IsNullOrEmpty(privateValue))
                        {
                            this.ItemNode.SetMetadata(ProjectFileConstants.Private, true.ToString());
                        }
                    }
                    break;
                }

            }
        }