How can I change the default build output directory in Visual Studio Code

Question

I'm new to Visual Studio Code. I want to define the output directory in my csproj. I don't know where to change in Visual Studio Code the destination folder to locate the dll files generated.

Answer 1

VSCode uses dotnet CLI and particularly for building the dotnet build command. Among others, it has the following option

-o|--output <OUTPUT_DIRECTORY>
Directory in which to place the built binaries.

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Assuming your building task is defined in .vscode/tasks.json file:

{
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "tasks": [
        {
            "taskName": "build",
            "command": "dotnet build",
            ...
        }
    ]
}

You may add -o arg with the desired path. For example, change to:

...
"command": "dotnet build -o ${workspaceRoot}/bin/another_Debug/",
...

where ${workspaceFolder} is one of VSCode predefined variables:

${workspaceFolder} the path of the workspace folder that contains the tasks.json file