ASP.NET Core Change Build directory

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Does anyone know how to change the Build directory of an ASP.NET Core project? In the project settings under build, the output path is readonly.

Can you clarify what you mean by "output directory of an ASP.NET RC2 project"? Do you mean, "output directory of the compiler?" — natemcmaster
– natemcmaster, Commented Jun 6, 2016 at 16:02
The output directory of the compiled project. It looks like the default is "bin\Debug\net46\win7-x64" — Zeus82
– Zeus82, Commented Jun 6, 2016 at 17:11
Just out of interest; why would you want to do this? And is this about the build, or the publish step? — Zimano
– Zimano, Commented Jan 24, 2023 at 9:56
One reason to do it is so that all build output is covered by single "ignore" directive in Git or Mercurial. — AbuNassar
– AbuNassar, Commented Apr 28, 2023 at 15:03

natemcmaster · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-06 17:31:18Z

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ASP.NET Core projects are built using the .NET Core CLI. The output can be controlled by adding options the command-line call do "dotnet build".

Example:

dotnet build --output bin/whatever/ --framework netcoreapp1.0

See dotnet build --help for all available parameters.

answered Jun 6, 2016 at 17:31

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Zeus82 Over a year ago

Is there anyway to do this from within Visual Studio?

natemcmaster Over a year ago

I'm not sure. You would need to go exploring in how MSBuild wraps dotnet.exe. These definitions are in C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\DotNet

Sanket · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-22 08:40:29Z

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You can define pre/post script commands in your project.json in the scripts section. Even execute multiple commands, when you turn the postcompile from string to an array ["command1", "command2", "command3"]

Other workaround is-

Open your ASP.NET core project .xproj file in Notepad and change OutputPath

from

<OutputPath Condition="'$(OutputPath)'=='' ">.\bin\</OutputPath>

to

<OutputPath Condition="'$(OutputPath)'=='' ">E:\SanketTest</OutputPath>

Once done, reload your project and it will automatically build in specified location.

See if this helps.

answered Aug 22, 2016 at 8:40

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flayn Over a year ago

This generates quite a few folders in the directory I specify: <projectname>\bin\Debug\net461

Tigerware · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-08 08:26:27Z

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Edit the .csproj file manually. Set the Outputpath as desired:

<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|AnyCPU'">
  <OutputPath Condition="'$(OutputPath)'=='' ">..\bin\Release\</OutputPath>
</PropertyGroup>

This will still generate subfolders for the framework version and the runtime identifier. To remove those add this to your project file:

<PropertyGroup>
  <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
  <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
</PropertyGroup>

answered May 8, 2019 at 8:26

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