Remove Debug build configuration as default on an ASP.NET Core project

Question

On an ASP.NET Core 3.1 application CSProj file I have the following:

<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'development'">
  <ConfigurationGroup>Debug</ConfigurationGroup>
</PropertyGroup>

So I set a 'development' build configuration which is basically the debug configuration.

When I simply use dotnet build the project is built with Debug configuration.

To use the development configuration I need to use dotnet build -c development.

Is it possible to set development configuration as default so it is used by:

dotnet build

C.J. · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-04 15:26:44Z

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In most csproj files you see assignment of variables to a default value like this:

<PropertyGroup>
    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
</PropertyGroup>

I think in your case you want something like this:

<PropertyGroup>
    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">development</Configuration>
</PropertyGroup>

answered Dec 4, 2019 at 15:26

C.J.

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Miguel Moura Over a year ago

That didn't work ... It seems the dotnet tool sends Debug for default so I need to use: <Configuration Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'">development</Configuration>

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