Query: How to get report generator reading arguments from .netconfig

[dcs3spp]

dotnet reportgenerator does not appear to be reading arguments from .netconfig in current working directory. Instead it displays usage information in the console. What am I doing wrong?

Name of .netconfig file = .netconfig

Contents of .netconfig file

[ReportGenerator]
	reports = "/Users/me/Development/Dotnet/CamFrontEnd/Tests/**/coverage.cobertura.xml"
	targetdir = "/Users/me/Development/Dotnet/CamFrontEnd/CoverageReports"
	reporttypes = HtmlSummary
	assemblyfilters = -Minio;-WebApp.Testing.Utils;-WebApp.Testing.Mocks;-xunit.*;-WebApp.Blazor.UnitTests;-Bunit.*;-Humanizer
	classfilters = -Cyotek.Collections.Generic.*

Output from dotnet reportgenerator

dotnet reportgenerator


2020-12-15T12:41:16: Arguments

ReportGenerator 4.8.1.0

Parameters:
    ["]-reports:<report>[;<report>][;<report>]["]
    ["]-targetdir:<target directory>["]
    [["]-reporttypes:<Badges|Clover|Cobertura|...>[;<Badges|Clover|Cobertura|...>]["]]"
    [["]-sourcedirs:<directory>[;<directory>][;<directory>]["]]
    [["]-historydir:<history directory>["]]
    [["]-plugins:<plugin>[;<plugin>][;<plugin>]["]]
    [["]-assemblyfilters:<(+|-)filter>[;<(+|-)filter>][;<(+|-)filter>]["]]
    [["]-classfilters:<(+|-)filter>[;<(+|-)filter>][;<(+|-)filter>]["]]
    [["]-filefilters:<(+|-)filter>[;<(+|-)filter>][;<(+|-)filter>]["]]
    [["]-verbosity:<Verbose|Info|Warning|Error|Off>["]]
    [["]-title:<title>["]]
    [["]-tag:<tag>["]]

Explanations:
    Reports:            The coverage reports that should be parsed (separated by semicolon). Globbing is supported.
    Target directory:   The directory where the generated report should be saved.
    Report types:       The output formats and scope (separated by semicolon).
                        Values: Badges, Clover, Cobertura, CsvSummary, Html, HtmlChart, HtmlInline, HtmlInline_AzurePipelines, HtmlInline_AzurePipelines_Dark, HtmlSummary, JsonSummary, Latex, LatexSummary, lcov, MHtml, PngChart, SonarQube, TeamCitySummary, TextSummary, Xml, XmlSummary
    Source directories: Optional directories which contain the corresponding source code (separated by semicolon).
                        The source directories are used if coverage report contains classes without path information.
                        Globbing is not supported.
    History directory:  Optional directory for storing persistent coverage information.
                        Can be used in future reports to show coverage evolution.
    Plugins:            Optional plugin files for custom reports or custom history storage (separated by semicolon).
    Assembly filters:   Optional list of assemblies that should be included or excluded in the report.
    Class filters:      Optional list of classes that should be included or excluded in the report.
    File filters:       Optional list of files that should be included or excluded in the report.
                        Exclusion filters take precedence over inclusion filters. Wildcards are allowed.
    Verbosity:          The verbosity level of the log messages.
                        Values: Verbose, Info, Warning, Error, Off
    Title:              Optional title.
    Tag:                Optional tag or build version.

Default values:
   -reporttypes:Html
   -assemblyfilters:+*
   -classfilters:+*
   -filefilters:+*
   -verbosity:Info

Examples:
   "-reports:coverage.xml" "-targetdir:C:\report"
   "-reports:target\*\*.xml" "-targetdir:C:\report" -reporttypes:Latex;HtmlSummary -title:IntegrationTest -tag:v1.4.5
   "-reports:coverage1.xml;coverage2.xml" "-targetdir:report" "-sourcedirs:C:\MyProject" -plugins:CustomReports.dll
   "-reports:coverage.xml" "-targetdir:C:\report" "-assemblyfilters:+Included;-Excluded.*"

[danielpalme]

You are not doing anything wrong.
If you don't pass any parameters to ReportGenerator, the help shows up.

I have to fix that behavior.

[dcs3spp]

Hi @danielpalme,

So does that mean cannot use .netconfig feature yet?

[danielpalme]

It should work, if you supply at least two dummy command line arguments.
But I will fix this in the evening.

[dcs3spp]

Ok, thanks @danielpalme. I tried reverting to MS Build. Not as familiar with msbuild. Could not get it working, it gives output that ReportGenerator task was not found. I will wait and use .netconfig fix 👍

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" DefaultTargets="TestCoverage">
    <PropertyGroup>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
    </PropertyGroup>

    <!-- Imported MSBuild tasks -->
    <ItemGroup>
        <PackageReference Include="ReportGenerator" Version="4.8.1.0" />
        <CoverageReport Include="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)/../CoverageReports" />
    </ItemGroup>

    <!-- Remove existing coverage, for now do not store history -->
    <Target Name="CleanCoverage" BeforeTargets="TestCoverage">
        <RemoveDir Directories="@(CoverageReport)" />
    </Target>

    <!-- Test Coverage -->
    <Target Name="TestCoverage">
        <ItemGroup>
            <CoverageFiles Include="**/coverage.cobertura.xml" />
        </ItemGroup>

        <ReportGenerator
            ProjectDirectory="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)"
            ReportFiles="@(CoverageFiles)"
            TargetDirectory="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)/../CoverageReports"
            ReportTypes="Html"
            AssemblyFilters="-Minio;-WebApp.Testing.Utils;-WebApp.Testing.Mocks;-xunit.*;-WebApp.Blazor.UnitTests;-Bunit.*;-Humanizer"
            ClassFilters="-Cyotek.Collections.Generic.*"
        />
    </Target>
</Project>

Update, got this working, I had updated project filename and task names and forgot to issue a rebuild

[danielpalme]

Great that it works for you.
I fixed the problem anyway. Release 4.8.2 should be available soon.

[dcs3spp]

Thanks @danielpalme, appreciated :) will give it a try when available