[jjonescz]

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Pull request overview

Removes the experimental feature flag for #:ref, enabling it by default in file-based apps.

Changes:

• Removes flag validation, API constants, resources, and documentation.
• Updates related run, reference, and conversion tests.
• Removes obsolete localized resource entries.

File summaries

File	Summary
test/dotnet.Tests/CommandTests/Run/RunFileTests_General.cs	Updates stdin reference tests.
test/dotnet.Tests/CommandTests/Run/RunFileTests_Directives.cs	Updates directive tests.
test/dotnet.Tests/CommandTests/Run/RunFileTests_CscOnlyAndApi.cs	Updates reference build and API tests.
test/dotnet.Tests/CommandTests/Run/RunFileTests_BuildOptions.cs	Updates build-option tests.
test/dotnet.Tests/CommandTests/Run/RunFileTestBase.cs	Removes the flag helper.
test/dotnet.Tests/CommandTests/Reference/Remove/GivenDotnetRemoveP2P.cs	Updates reference removal tests.
test/dotnet.Tests/CommandTests/Reference/List/GivenDotnetListReference.cs	Updates reference listing tests.
test/dotnet.Tests/CommandTests/Reference/Add/GivenDotnetAddReference.cs	Updates reference addition tests.
test/dotnet.Tests/CommandTests/Project/Convert/DotnetProjectConvertTests.cs	Updates conversion tests.
src/Cli/Microsoft.DotNet.FileBasedPrograms/xlf/FileBasedProgramsResources.zh-Hant.xlf	Removes obsolete localization.
src/Cli/Microsoft.DotNet.FileBasedPrograms/xlf/FileBasedProgramsResources.zh-Hans.xlf	Removes obsolete localization.
src/Cli/Microsoft.DotNet.FileBasedPrograms/xlf/FileBasedProgramsResources.tr.xlf	Removes obsolete localization.
src/Cli/Microsoft.DotNet.FileBasedPrograms/xlf/FileBasedProgramsResources.ru.xlf	Removes obsolete localization.
src/Cli/Microsoft.DotNet.FileBasedPrograms/xlf/FileBasedProgramsResources.pt-BR.xlf	Removes obsolete localization.
src/Cli/Microsoft.DotNet.FileBasedPrograms/xlf/FileBasedProgramsResources.pl.xlf	Removes obsolete localization.
src/Cli/Microsoft.DotNet.FileBasedPrograms/xlf/FileBasedProgramsResources.ko.xlf	Removes obsolete localization.
src/Cli/Microsoft.DotNet.FileBasedPrograms/xlf/FileBasedProgramsResources.ja.xlf	Removes obsolete localization.
src/Cli/Microsoft.DotNet.FileBasedPrograms/xlf/FileBasedProgramsResources.it.xlf	Removes obsolete localization.
src/Cli/Microsoft.DotNet.FileBasedPrograms/xlf/FileBasedProgramsResources.fr.xlf	Removes obsolete localization.
src/Cli/Microsoft.DotNet.FileBasedPrograms/xlf/FileBasedProgramsResources.es.xlf	Removes obsolete localization.
src/Cli/Microsoft.DotNet.FileBasedPrograms/xlf/FileBasedProgramsResources.de.xlf	Removes obsolete localization.
src/Cli/Microsoft.DotNet.FileBasedPrograms/xlf/FileBasedProgramsResources.cs.xlf	Removes obsolete localization.
src/Cli/Microsoft.DotNet.FileBasedPrograms/VirtualProjectBuilder.cs	Removes feature-gate validation.
src/Cli/Microsoft.DotNet.FileBasedPrograms/InternalAPI.Unshipped.txt	Removes the obsolete API entry.
src/Cli/Microsoft.DotNet.FileBasedPrograms/FileLevelDirectiveHelpers.cs	Removes the obsolete flag constant.
src/Cli/Microsoft.DotNet.FileBasedPrograms/FileBasedProgramsResources.resx	Removes the obsolete resource.
documentation/general/dotnet-run-file.md	Removes feature-flag documentation.

Review details

• Files reviewed: 27/27 changed files
• Comments generated: 0
• Review effort level: Lite

[jjonescz]

/backport to release/11.0.1xx

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Started backporting to release/11.0.1xx (link to workflow run)