[Dotnet] ExtensionsMetadataGenerator targets "/bin" question

[jefmeijvis]

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Question

When publishing an Azure Function from inside of Visual Studio 2022, I receive an error where the "..\obj\Release\net6.0\win-x86\PubTmp\Out" folder doesn't contain a bin subfolder.

I resolved this issue by doing the following:

The targets file for the ExtensionsMetadataGenerator specifies a target called "_GenerateFunctionsExtensionsMetadataPostPublish".
This target contains a GenerateFunctionsExtensionsMetadata with has a SourcePath and a OutputPath.

<GenerateFunctionsExtensionsMetadata SourcePath="$(PublishDir)bin" OutputPath="$(PublishDir)bin"/>

In my local Nuget package I was able to remove the "bin" part from the source and output path.
This resulted in the updated target:
<GenerateFunctionsExtensionsMetadata SourcePath="$(PublishDir)" OutputPath="$(PublishDir)"/>

File: azure-functions-host/tools/ExtensionsMetadataGenerator/src/ExtensionsMetadataGenerator/Targets/Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Script.ExtensionsMetadataGenerator.targets

This resolves my issue, and allows me to publish a Function to Azure from inside of visual studio.
Is there a known issue related to this? Because this workaround doesn't really seems to be a proper solution.

[Ved2806]

Hi @jefmeijvis Thank you for the feedback, we will discuss this internally and let you know about the findings soon!

[liliankasem]

@Ved2806 do you have any updates on this investigation?