[refactoring]
Moves a member (method/property/field) from one type to another and updates references. An applied refactor keeps the line endings each file already has. A file that mixes LF and CRLF is written with the ending it uses most. The unified diff normalizes both sides to LF, so it shows the edit and not the endings.
C# refactors are semantic operations, not search-and-replace operations.
The model can preview or apply semantic changes while preserving symbol identity across overloads, files, and projects.
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| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| memberName | string | Yes | Member name to move. |
| sourceTypeName | string | Yes | Source type name. |
| targetTypeName | string | Yes | Target type name. |
| projectName | string | No | Optional project name to limit search. |
| applyChanges | boolean | No | If true (default), applies changes to disk. If false, returns a preview diff. |
| maxReferenceUpdates | number | No | Maximum reference updates when rewriting call sites. Use 0 to disable. Default is 2000. |
| formatAfter | boolean | No | Format changed documents after the move. Default is false. |
| organizeUsingsAfter | boolean | No | Organize usings in changed documents after the move. Default is false. |
| includeDiff | boolean | No | Include unified diff in response. Default is true. |
| maxDiffChars | number | No | Max diff characters. Use 0 for unlimited. Default is 50000. |
| includePerFileDiff | boolean | No | Include per-file diffs in changedFiles. Default is true. |
| pathStyle | string | No | Path style: 'absolute' (default) or 'relative' (to solution root). |
Move a method to another class
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "move_member",
"arguments": {
"memberName": "ProcessData",
"sourceTypeName": "OldClass",
"targetTypeName": "NewClass"
}
}
}{
"success": true,
"data": {
"symbolName": "MyMethod",
"symbolKind": "Method",
"sourceLocation": "SourceClass",
"targetLocation": "TargetClass",
"filesChanged": 2,
"filesCreated": 0,
"applied": true,
"unifiedDiff": "...",
"workspaceUpdate": null
},
"error": null
}Returns a unified diff of the change set. workspaceUpdate reports what the workspace did with a file the move created, and is null when it created none. kind reloaded_not_included means the file was written but no project compiles it, so the moved code builds nowhere. Its message names each such file and why.