How to get Resharpers InspectCode to recognize Plugins? - plugins

Question

I am trying to run ReSharpers command line tool InspectCode.exe. It's running fine doing it's job with the expected output.
However after my earlier attempt to get plugins to work, this time with the new version it is supposed to be supported. There is a switch in the command line interface that allows to specify the extension you want to use.
/extensions (/x) – allows using ReSharper extensions that affect code analysis. To use an extension, specify its ID, which you can find by opening the extension package page in the ReSharper Gallery, and then the Package Statistics page. Multiple values are separated with the semicolon.
But I cannot get it to work properly. I cannot even provoke any reaction to the /x switch at all. No matter how or what I pass, I get no feedback from the executable and the output is identical. I don't even get an error message when passing obvious garbage.
I tried the following commandlines for the exact same result:
inspectcode.exe /o="rcli.xml" /swea /x="ReSharper.StyleCop" "my.sln"
inspectcode.exe /o="rcli.xml" /swea /x=ReSharper.StyleCop "my.sln"
inspectcode.exe /o="rcli.xml" /swea "my.sln"
inspectcode.exe /o="rcli.xml" /swea /x=ABCDEFG "my.sln"
Result
JetBrains Inspect Code 9.1.1
Running in 64-bit mode, .NET runtime 4.0.30319.18444 under Microsoft Windows NT
6.1.7601 Service Pack 1
Enabled solution-wide analysis according to Inspect Code command line Setting.
Analyzing files
[files]
Inspection report was written to rcli.xml
What am I doing wrong? How to get extensions to work?
I already tried the R# forums, but it took them more then 24h to approve my post and so far I'm not sure someone else even read it.

Answer 1

Unfortunately, the support for extensions was dropped in 9.0 due to the refactorings in the "ReSharper platform". I hope that JetBrains will bring it back soon.
See RSRP-436208.

Answer 2

This is a late answer that might help future readers (like myself). Currently inspectcode.exe will automatically look for and use any NuGet packages that are in the same folder as the executable (source).
Example for CleanCode extension:
if you have a R# instance on some machine and install the extension, it will be placed in C:\Users\{user}\AppData\Local\JetBrains\plugins\MO.CleanCode.5.6.15
copy MO.CleanCode.5.6.15.nupkg and paste it next to inspectcode.exe
when running inspectcode with verbosity = VERBOSE, the extension should appear in the Zones list:
$cmd = "..\JetBrains.ReSharper.CommandLineTools.2019.3.4\inspectcode.exe"
$outputFile = "..\Output\$($outputName).xml"
& $cmd -o="$outputFile" $sln --verbosity=VERBOSE
Zones: (52pcs)[CodeInspectionPageImplZone, DaemonEngineZone,
DaemonZone, IAmd64CpuArchitectureHostZone, IAspMvcZone,
IBatchToolEnvironmentZone, IClrImplementationHost Zone,
IClrPsiLanguageZone, ICodeEditingOptionsPageImplZone,
IConsoleEnvironmentZone, ICppProductZone, ICpuArchitectureHostZone,
IDocumentModelZone, IEnvironmentZone, IHostSolutionZone,
IInspectCodeConsoleEnvironmentZone, IInspectCodeEnvironmentZone,
IInspectCodeZone, ILanguageAspZone, ILanguageBuildScriptsZone,
ILanguageCppZone, I LanguageCSharpZone, ILanguageCssZone,
ILanguageHtmlZone, ILanguageIlZone, ILanguageJavaScriptZone,
ILanguageMsBuildZone, ILanguageNAntZone, ILanguageProtobufZone, ILa
nguageRazorZone, ILanguageRegExpZone, ILanguageResxZone,
ILanguageVBZone, ILanguageXamlZone, INetFrameworkHostZone, INuGetZone,
IOperatingSystemHostZone, IProjectMode lZone,
IPsiAssemblyFileLoaderImplZone, IPsiLanguageZone,
IPublicVisibilityZone, IRdFrameworkZone, IRiderModelZone,
ISinceClr2HostZone, ISinceClr4HostZone, ITextContro lsZone,
IToolsOptionsPageImplZone, IWebPsiLanguageZone, IWindowsNtHostZone,
PsiFeaturesImplZone, ReplaceableByIntelliJPlatformZone, SweaZone]
Packages: (23pcs)[JetBrains.ExternalAnnotations,
JetBrains.Platform.Core.Ide, JetBrains.Platform.Core.IisExpress,
JetBrains.Platform.Core.MsBuild, JetBrains.Platform. Core.Shell,
JetBrains.Platform.Core.Text, JetBrains.Platform.Interop.CommandLine,
JetBrains.Platform.Interop.dotMemoryUnit.Framework,
JetBrains.Platform.Interop.dotMe moryUnit.Interop.Console,
JetBrains.Platform.Interop.dotMemoryUnit.Interop.Ide,
JetBrains.Platform.RdProtocol, JetBrains.Psi.Features.Core,
JetBrains.Psi.Features.Cpp .Src.Core, JetBrains.Psi.Features.src,
JetBrains.Psi.Features.Tasks, JetBrains.Psi.Features.UnitTesting,
JetBrains.Psi.Features.Web.Core, JetBrains.ReSharperAutomatio
nTools.src.CleanupCode,
JetBrains.ReSharperAutomationTools.src.CommandLineCore,
JetBrains.ReSharperAutomationTools.src.CommandLineProducts,
JetBrains.ReSharperAutomat ionTools.src.DuplicatesFinder,
JetBrains.ReSharperAutomationTools.src.InspectCode, MO.CleanCode]