Per-project output directory with dotnet build (Azure DevOps)

Question

I have a .NET Core solution with two projects (proj1 and proj2). When I run a build in Azure DevOps, I use the DotNetCoreCLI@2 command like this:

    - task: DotNetCoreCLI@2
      displayName: 'Build output'
      inputs:
        command: 'build'
        projects: '**/*.csproj'
        arguments: '--output $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/publish_output'

As is, all the artifacts from both builds end up in the publish_output directory. What I'd like is for there to be a proj1 and proj2 subdirectory created under publish_output and the artifacts from the projects placed appropriately.

Is this possible? I could not find a "currently being build project name" variable to append to the output directory.

Have you tried the modifyOutputPath input? See the Documentation — Simply Ged

SaiSakethGuduru-MT SaiSakethGuduru-MT · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-06T05:48:27

Thank you Simply Ged. Posting your suggestions as answer to help other community members.

Add modifyOutputPath as a input as below and check

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Here is the code

# Publish projects to specified folder.
- task: DotNetCoreCLI@2
  displayName: 'dotnet publish'
  inputs:
    command: 'publish'
    publishWebProjects: false
    projects: '**/*.csproj'
    arguments: '-o $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/Output'
    zipAfterPublish: true
    modifyOutputPath: true

Follow the Publish Projects for further instructions.

Per-project output directory with dotnet build (Azure DevOps)

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