ILBundle

ILMerge without the "merge".

What

Simple NuGet package that does two things:

1. Adds a class that provides an overload the AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve event, and some code to load assemblies out of resources. For more details have a look here and here
2. Adds an MSBuild target that embeds all required assemblies into the output file as a set of Resources for resolution by the class above.

This essentially means that you automatically get an assembly/exe out of your build that has the required code and all required dependencies "bundled" together, without any IL merging.

How

1. Add the ILBundle package to your output project. This will add the ILBundle.cs class and the ILBundle.targets MSBuild target (at least, it should!).
2. Add a call to ILBundle.RegisterAssemblyResolver() to your main entry point. This pretty much has to be the first thing that runs. Also better if anything that requires a dependent assembly does not run in the same method.

Caveats

1. Mostly works on my machine.
2. Not saying it will work on yours.
3. May break random bits of your world, but that is unintentional.
4. Consider it a cute hack that generally just seems to work, but sometimes won't.