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Solution.AddAdditionalDocument does not add a new file with AdditionalFiles item type

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#4,655 opened on Aug 19, 2015

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Description

When adding a new file to a solution from within a codefix provider using the Solution.AddAdditionalDocument method, the file gets added with an item type of None where an item type of AdditionalFiles is expected.

This issue was observed using VS2015 RTM with roslyn 1.0.0

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Inspect the implementation of Solution.AddAdditionalDocument to understand how it sets the item type and ensure it uses "AdditionalFiles" instead of "None".
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csharp
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backendapicompilers
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2
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1-3 hours
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C#
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