SaryChanPich.DnScaffold 1.0.6

dn — .NET Project Scaffolder

CLI tool to scaffold a new .NET project into your existing solution/folder structure. Locations are resolved dynamically against your existing folders on disk — no config file needed.

Install

dotnet tool install --global DnScaffold

Update later with:

dotnet tool update --global DnScaffold

Quick Start

dn g --name MyProject.Domain --location modules/myproject
dn g webapi --name MyProject.Api --location host

Usage

dn <action> [type] --name <name> --location <location> [--sln <path>] [--dry-run]

Actions

Type

Optional positional argument — any valid dotnet new template shortname. Defaults to classlib if omitted.

Common values:

classlib   console   webapi   web   mvc   razor
blazorwasm blazorserver   worker   xunit   nunit   mstest
wpf   winforms   grpc

Run dotnet new list to see every template installed on your machine — any valid template shortname works with dn, not just the ones listed above.

Options

How Location Resolution Works

Say your disk already has: src/Modules/Identity

dn g classlib --name X --location identity

→ matches existing folder src/Modules/Identity exactly → uses it

dn g classlib --name X --location modules/identity

→ matches existing folder src/Modules/Identity exactly → uses it

dn g classlib --name X --location modules/vendors

→ modules matches src/Modules, vendors doesn't exist yet → resolves to src/Modules/vendors (new subfolder, created fresh)

dn g classlib --name X --location brandnewpath/here

→ no match anywhere on disk → created exactly as typed: brandnewpath/here

dn g classlib --name X --location domain

→ matches multiple existing folders (e.g. every module has a Domain folder) → tool lists all matches and asks you to be more specific instead of guessing

Examples

Class library, using an existing folder by partial name:

dn g classlib --name MBPOS.Modules.Identity.Presentation --location identity

Full explicit path (always works, no resolution needed):

dn g classlib --name MBPOS.Modules.Sales.Domain --location src/Modules/Sales

New module folder under an existing parent:

dn g classlib --name MBPOS.Modules.Vendors.Domain --location modules/vendors

Shared project:

dn g classlib --name MBPOS.Shared.Infrastructure --location shared

Web API host:

dn g webapi --name MBPOS.Api --location host

xUnit test project:

dn g xunit --name MBPOS.Modules.Payments.UnitTests --location tests/unittests

Preview before creating anything:

dn g classlib --name MBPOS.Modules.Sales.Domain --location modules/sales --dry-run

Point to a specific solution file explicitly:

dn g classlib --name MBPOS.Modules.Sales.Domain --location modules/sales --sln MbPos.Backend.sln

Notes

• If --location resolves to an existing folder, the tool reuses it instead of failing.
• If the target project folder itself already exists, the tool aborts to avoid overwriting.
• The tool auto-detects .sln or .slnx files in the current directory; use --sln to override.
• Run this tool from your solution root so folder scanning and .sln detection work correctly.

License

MIT