How to organize project within folders

[MarvinKlein1508]

Hi there,

I've tried out the new SLNX format for solution files within VS Preview Version 17.14.0 Preview 2.0.

I really like the new format since it is way easier to modify. However I'm still trying to figure out how I can organize my project from within Visual Studio without any clutter in mit GitHub repository.

For example. lets say I want all my code to be displayed within a src folder and all my tests within a test folder.

So I add two new solution folders via the context menu:

Now I move my project to the src folder and create a new one within the tests folder. In VS it looks like this:

However on the filesystem you'll get:

The SLNX file will look like this:

<Solution>
  <Folder Name="/src/">
    <Project Path="ConsoleApp2/ConsoleApp2.csproj" />
  </Folder>
  <Folder Name="/tests/">
    <Project Path="TestProject1/TestProject1.csproj" />
  </Folder>
</Solution>

but how can I achieve this within VS? Via command line I would do mkdir src then mkdir tests create the projects within this files and then call dotnet sln add path_to_csproj

[edvilme]

Solution Folders as a concept do not necessarily match the file-system directories.
When adding projects using dotnet sln add, the CLI automatically generates solution folders based on the path to the project. However, these concepts stay decoupled: moving the files in the filesystem will not update the solution file, nor the other way around.

I would suggest removing the projects from the solution file, moving them to where you want them to be, and then adding the new project paths.