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protodec
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A tool to decompile protobuf parser/serializer classes compiled by [protoc](https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf), from dotnet assemblies back into .proto definitions.
Usage
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```
Usage: protodec(.exe) <target_assembly_path> <out_path> [options]
Arguments:
target_assembly_path Either a single assembly or a directory of assemblies to be parsed.
out_path An existing directory to output into individual files, otherwise output to a single file.
Options:
--skip_enums Skip parsing enums and replace references to then with int32.
--include_runtime_assemblies Add the assemblies of the current runtime to the search path.
```
Limitations
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- Integers are assumed to be (u)int32/64 as C# doesn't differentiate between them and sint32/64 and (s)fixed32/64.
This could be solved by parsing the writer methods, however this wouldn't work on hollow assemblies such as DummyDlls produced by Il2CppDumper
### Il2CppDumper
- The Name parameter of OriginalNameAttribute is not dumped. In this case the C# names are used after conforming them to protobuf conventions
- Dumped assemblies depend on strong-named core libs, however the ones dumped are not strong-named.
This interferes with loading and can be bypassed by loading the strong-named libs from your runtime by passing the `--include_runtime_assemblies` flag
License
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This project is subject to the terms of the [Mozilla Public License, v. 2.0](./LICENSE).