Validation

Run the complete Common validation, including the downstream BusinessMgr build and tests:

.\eng\validate.ps1

Use -SkipRestore when packages are already restored. Use -SkipDownstream only for a deliberately scoped local check; shared behavior, public API, framework, and package changes require downstream validation.

Use -CollectCoverage after changing the test platform or coverage collector. It runs an additional Common coverage pass, validates that a non-empty Cobertura report was produced, and passes the same option to downstream BusinessMgr validation.

The script suppresses .NET first-run setup and banners, builds serially to avoid excessive build-worker creation, runs the focused SQL/ODBC-provider and NPOI spreadsheet suites before the complete test project, stores test and optional coverage output under the ignored TestResults/Validation folder, audits the database- and NPOI-owning projects (SacsStandardDbas, SacsBusinessDbas, and SacsStandardProc) for vulnerable packages, checks the Git diff, and verifies working-tree line endings without modifying files. Its isolated DOTNET_CLI_HOME stores only CLI state; NuGet packages reuse NUGET_PACKAGES when already configured or the user's standard .nuget/packages cache.