`dotnet new` generates project in src folder

[Swimburger]

Describe the bug

dotnet new generates project in src folder, handling the --name and --output parameter incorrectly.

Let's use the following command as example 1:

dotnet new serverless.AspNetCoreMinimalAPI --name MyLambdaMinimalApi --output .

And the following as example 2:

dotnet new serverless.AspNetCoreMinimalAPI --name MyLambdaMinimalApi --output MyFolder

Expected Behavior

1: The expected result would be to generate the project files in the current folder because --output ., but the project name should be MyLambdaMinimalApi.csproj.
2: The expected result would be a folder MyFolder with the project files in it including the MyLambdaMinimalApi.csproj project file.

Current Behavior

1: The actual result is an src folder with a MyLambdaMinimalApi subfolder, with the project files in it.
2: The actual result is a MyFolder folder with a src subfolder, with a MyLambdaMinimalApi subfolder, with the project files in it.

Reproduction Steps

(Commands above)

Possible Solution

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Additional Information/Context

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AWS .NET SDK and/or Package version used

Lambda templates 6.2.0

Targeted .NET Platform

.NET 6

Operating System and version

macOS 12.5

[ashishdhingra]

Hi @Swimburger,

Thanks for reporting the issue. The output of the dotnet new serverless.AspNetCoreMinimalAPI --name MyLambdaMinimalApi --output . command is controlled by the Lambda Blueprint template which defines the top level structure with src as parent folder. The --output parameter specified the location to place the generated output and is controlled by the .NET CLI.

Thanks,
Ashish

[Swimburger]

If I understand correctly, the --name and --output argument is handled by .NET CLI (not part of this project), but it's the src folder that is injected by the AWS templates? Should /src be removed from template.json to make it consistent with other project templates?

[ashishdhingra]

If I understand correctly, the --name and --output argument is handled by .NET CLI (not part of this project), but it's the src folder that is injected by the AWS templates? Should /src be removed from template.json to make it consistent with other project templates?

@Swimburger This needs discussion with the team.