Hi @huwred 
Thanks a lot for the link!
I did actually come across your page and skim through it early in my research process.
That’s also how I got a clue that this might be possible.
However, if I understand your post correctly, you move the files to the main project:
“…this only works if the files physically exist in the website’s views folder”
This is what I really would like to avoid, and my interpretation of the Microsoft docs, makes me believe it should be possible.
Furthermore, since I know that Umbraco, uSync etc. can correctly locate the files in production mode, why wouldn’t we also be able to achieve the same in development.
So while it for sure would work by copying files, what I pray for is a solution that is almost invisible to any developer and “just works” with minimal finagling.