CLI Tools: Error when MSBuildProjectExtensionsPath doesn't exist #8816
Description
Hello, I have trouble scaffolding an existing Sqlite database model when a separate netstandard1.6 class library is used as a DataLayer project and BaseIntermediateOutputPath is set to a different obj/ folder with --msbuildprojectextensionspath, as per example below:
Directory structure:
out/
project.DataLayer/
bin/
obj/
project.WebApp/
bin/
obj/
src/
project.DataLayer/
project.DataLayer.csproj
project.WebApp/
project.WebApp.csproj
projects.DataLayer.csproj
<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
<PropertyGroup>
<TargetFramework>netstandard1.6</TargetFramework>
<BaseOutputPath>../../out/$(AssemblyName)/bin</BaseOutputPath>
<BaseIntermediateOutputPath>../../out/$(AssemblyName)/obj</BaseIntermediateOutputPath>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="1.1.2" />
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="1.1.2" />
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools" Version="1.1.1" />
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite.Design" Version="1.1.2" />
<DotNetCliToolReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools.DotNet" Version="1.0.1" />
</ItemGroup>
</Project>
project.WebApp.csproj
<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
<PropertyGroup>
<TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.1</TargetFramework>
<BaseOutputPath>../../out/$(AssemblyName)/bin</BaseOutputPath>
<BaseIntermediateOutputPath>../../out/$(AssemblyName)/obj</BaseIntermediateOutputPath>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
*snip, irrelevant packages*
<ProjectReference Include="..\project.Business\project.Business.csproj" /> // has reference to project.DataLayer
</ItemGroup>
</Project>
For the below commands I am positioned in project.DataLayer folder and I ran dotnet restore and dotnet build on all projects.
When I try to scaffold the database from /src/project.DataLayer with --msbuildprojectextensionspath pointing to /out/project.DataLayer/obj/:
dotnet ef dbcontext scaffold "Datasource=database.db" Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite --context "AppDbContext" --data-annotations --force --msbuildprojectextensionspath "C:\projects\out\project.DataLayer\obj" --project "C:\projects\src\project.DataLayer\project.DataLayer.csproj" --output-dir "C:\projects\src\project.DataLayer\Models\" --startup-project "C:\projects\src\project.WebApp\project.WebApp.csproj"
C:\projects\src\project.DataLayer\project.DataLayer.csproj : error MSB4057: The target "GetEFProjectMetadata" does not exist in the project.
Unable to retrieve project metadata. Ensure it's an MSBuild-based .NET Core project. If you're using custom BaseIntermediateOutputPath or MSBuildProjectExtensionsPath values, Use the --msbuildprojectextensionspath option.
I get this error, but, if I remove BaseOutputPath and BaseIntermediateOutputPath from both csprojs (then the bin/ and obj/ folders are created in the /src/project.DataLayer folder after dotnet restore and dotnet build) and execute the following command from that folder:
dotnet ef dbcontext scaffold "Datasource=database.db" Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite --context "AppDbContext" --data-annotations --force --output-dir "C:\projects\src\project.DataLayer\Models" --startup-project "C:\projects\src\project.WebApp\project.WebApp.csproj"
Build succeeded.
0 Warning(s)
0 Error(s)
Time Elapsed 00:00:12.48
then the command is executed successfully and the model is created.
Please note that Scaffold-DbContext works in VS2017 Package Manager Console when I pick project.DataLayer and execute scaffolding with the same configuration (/bin and /obj in separate directory).
EF Core version: 1.1.2
Database Provider: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite
Operating system: Windows 10
IDE: Visual Studio Code / CLI Tools