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title: "How to share ReSharper settings across a team using Solution Team-Shared Layers?"  
description: "How to share ReSharper settings across a team using Solution Team-Shared Layers?"  
author: "John Smith"  
published: 2026-08-18  
updated: 2026-08-18  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/117077/how-to-share-resharper-settings-across-a-team-using-solution-team-shared-layers  
category: "Developer Tools"  
tags: ["ReSharper", "dotnet", "CodingStandards", "VisualStudio", "DevOps"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How to share ReSharper settings across a team using Solution Team-Shared Layers?

When working on multi-developer .NET projects, enforcing consistent code formatting and inspection severity settings is critical. ReSharper supports layered settings that allow developers to share project configuration files directly through source control.

## Understanding ReSharper Settings Layers

ReSharper uses a hierarchical settings system:

- **This Computer:** Personal global settings applied to all solutions on your machine.
- **Solution Personal:** Settings specific to you for a particular solution (not committed to Git).
- **Solution Team-Shared:** Shared settings stored in a `.DotSettings` file meant to be committed to version control.

### How to Configure Team-Shared Settings

1. Open **ReSharper > Options**.
2. Notice the **Save To** button at the bottom of the Options dialog.
3. Select **Solution [Name] team-shared** when modifying inspection rules or formatting settings.
4. Commit the newly created file named `YourSolution.sln.DotSettings` to your Git repository.

### Example Settings Layer File structure (.DotSettings)

```
    True
```

## Benefits

By committing team-shared settings, every developer opening the solution immediately inherits the team's formatting standards without manual setup.


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