Analyzer Template is ... broken

[StevenTCramer]

Can't create new Analyzer project

First I try to create from empty folder and get:

So I create a sln and try to add new project and then get

Yet it does create 5 projects NOT the 3 referenced here. And they don't complie and look like:

C:\git\temp\MakeConst> dotnet --version
3.1.302

Microsoft Visual Studio Enterprise 2019
Version 16.7.0
VisualStudio.16.Release/16.7.0+30330.147
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 4.8.04084

Installed Version: Enterprise

ASP.NET and Web Tools 2019   16.7.532.28833
ASP.NET and Web Tools 2019

ASP.NET Core Razor Language Services   16.1.0.2035807+72d099b977d3a85e65fa3b0614ca8cfc803fef02
Provides languages services for ASP.NET Core Razor.

ASP.NET Web Frameworks and Tools 2019   16.7.532.28833
For additional information, visit https://www.asp.net/

Azure App Service Tools v3.0.0   16.7.532.28833
Azure App Service Tools v3.0.0

Azure Functions and Web Jobs Tools   16.7.532.28833
Azure Functions and Web Jobs Tools

C# Tools   3.7.0-6.20375.2+34202cc2f3e869fd70a26d8237f4552cf9e192cf
C# components used in the IDE. Depending on your project type and settings, a different version of the compiler may be used.

Common Azure Tools   1.10
Provides common services for use by Azure Mobile Services and Microsoft Azure Tools.

IntelliCode Extension   1.0
IntelliCode Visual Studio Extension Detailed Info

Microsoft Azure Tools   2.9
Microsoft Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 - v2.9.30701.1

Microsoft Continuous Delivery Tools for Visual Studio   0.4
Simplifying the configuration of Azure DevOps pipelines from within the Visual Studio IDE.

Microsoft JVM Debugger   1.0
Provides support for connecting the Visual Studio debugger to JDWP compatible Java Virtual Machines

Microsoft Library Manager   2.1.79+ge3567815aa.RR
Install client-side libraries easily to any web project

Microsoft MI-Based Debugger   1.0
Provides support for connecting Visual Studio to MI compatible debuggers

Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Containers   1.1
Develop, run, validate your ASP.NET Core applications in the target environment. F5 your application directly into a container with debugging, or CTRL + F5 to edit & refresh your app without having to rebuild the container.

NuGet Package Manager   5.7.0
NuGet Package Manager in Visual Studio. For more information about NuGet, visit https://docs.nuget.org/

ProjectServicesPackage Extension   1.0
ProjectServicesPackage Visual Studio Extension Detailed Info

Snapshot Debugging Extension   1.0
Snapshot Debugging Visual Studio Extension Detailed Info

SQL Server Data Tools   16.0.62007.09200
Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools

Syntax Visualizer   1.0
An extension for visualizing Roslyn SyntaxTrees.

TypeScript Tools   16.0.20702.2001
TypeScript Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio

Visual Basic Tools   3.7.0-6.20375.2+34202cc2f3e869fd70a26d8237f4552cf9e192cf
Visual Basic components used in the IDE. Depending on your project type and settings, a different version of the compiler may be used.

Visual F# Tools 10.10.0.0 for F# 4.7   16.7.0-beta.20361.3+3ef6f0b514198c0bfa6c2c09fefe41a740b024d5
Microsoft Visual F# Tools 10.10.0.0 for F# 4.7

Visual Studio Code Debug Adapter Host Package   1.0
Interop layer for hosting Visual Studio Code debug adapters in Visual Studio

Visual Studio Container Tools Extensions (Preview)   1.0
View, manage, and diagnose containers within Visual Studio.

Visual Studio Tools for Containers   1.0
Visual Studio Tools for Containers

So it seems the template is broken and the docs are out of date or I have managed to somehow do this wrong. :)

Thanks.

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• ID: 6e3fc905-7aa1-7f5e-9bfe-fbcef461ad5e
• Version Independent ID: a286e20b-1e43-dc57-e0fb-5a9dee7ec3f6
• Content: Tutorial: Write your first analyzer and code fix
• Content Source: docs/csharp/roslyn-sdk/tutorials/how-to-write-csharp-analyzer-code-fix.md
• Product: dotnet-csharp
• Technology: csharp-roslyn
• GitHub Login: @BillWagner
• Microsoft Alias: wiwagn

[garfbradaz]

Same issue reported here:

#19876

Except mine dont creating the project's at all.

[BillWagner]

ping @jmarolf

I think this is an error with the template. Should I move this to the roslyn repo?

[jmarolf]

please move this to the dotnet/roslyn-sdk repo

[BillWagner]

Issue moved to dotnet/roslyn-sdk #583 via ZenHub