Merging a .NET .DLL into an .EXE with ILMerge

I am currently working a C# console application that I want to be able to easily deploy onto multiple machines. Currently, it is referencing about a half a dozen other DLL’s that I don’t want to have to deploy along with it. I really, really wanted to be able to deploy a single file via xcopy to ensure that I do not accidentally miss any of those dependancies.

ILMerge allows you to merge multiple .NET assesmblies into a single dll or executable.

Merging into a DLL

ilmerge.exe /target:library /out:newassembly.dll assembly1.dll assembly2.dll

Merging into an EXE

ilmerge.exe /target:winexe /out:newassembly.exe assembly1.exe assembly2.dll

You can find ILMerge here.