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Multi-Project Solution Layout: Directory.Build.props/targets, Central Package Management and Shared Settings

Directory.Build.props is read from inside Sdk.props before the csproj, so it cannot see values such as OutputType or IsPackable; project-dependent decisions belong in Directory.Build.targets, though values the SDK derived earlier don't change there either. We set up a nested props chain, artifacts output, central package management, transitive pinning, VersionOverride and an analyzer added with GlobalPackageReference in Bookstore, with real build output.