[#ask] Can we use parent folder for ClientApp

[azulkipli]

I have sample folder strucure for the app

- Dashboard
- - - Backend 
- - - - - - ClientApp
- - - - - - Controllers
------etc

How to achieve folder structure like this
(ClientApp to upper folder align with Backend folder)

- Dashboard
- - - ClientApp 
- - - Backend 
- - - - - - Controllers
------etc

I just try change "ClientApp" to "../Frontend" does not work

[johndab]

Hi! We're using it that way.
Setting SourcePath = "../ClientApp" works well.

Remember to update <SpaRoot> in .csproj as well for publish build

[Kingside88]

johndab means you can write it as relative path. By the way absolute path is also working well.
2 dots in front means one folder up counting from your ASP binaries.
you can combine them to go up as much as you like f.e: ../../../ClientApp

[pmaga]

This does not seem to work properly when the --output (or -o) parameter is used.

If you publish to custom directory: dotnet publish --configuration Release --output myapp, the ClientApp directory is copied to the parent directory of the destination directory (myapp).
Similarly if you change it from <SpaRoot>..\ClientApp\</SpaRoot> to for example: <SpaRoot>..\..\ClientApp\</SpaRoot>, it will copy the ClientApp to directory two level higher in hierarchy.

[EEParker]

Note: these templates are based on the official SPA templates from https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/tree/main/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.Spa.ProjectTemplates

[timotheegloerfeld]

@pmaga

I have the same issue with the react templates, did you get it to copy to the right directory, by any chance?