Add Reference To A Project File Not Working When Target Project Folder Renamed

[joshschnebly]

Product

dotnet CLI (dotnet new)

Describe The Bug

When performing the Add Reference to Project File post-action, the action fails when the target project to add a reference to is in a folder that is renamed.

To Reproduce

Template Files

SUBDOMAIN_NAME
   Project1.csproj
Project2
   Project2.csproj

Template Input
SUBDOMAIN_NAME - Project1

.template.config

{...
"primaryOutputs": [
    {
      "path": "SUBDOMAIN_NAME/Project1.csproj"
    },
    {
      "path": "Project2/Project2.csproj"
    }
  ],
    {
      "description ": "Add project 2 reference to project 1",
      "manualInstructions": [
        {
          "text": "add project reference "
        }
      ],
      "applyFileRenamesToArgs": [ "targetFiles", "reference" ],
      "applyFileRenamesToManualInstructions": true,
      "args": {
        "targetFiles": [
          "./SUBDOMAIN_NAME/Project1.csproj"
        ],
        "referenceType": "project",
        "reference": "./Project2/Project2.csproj",
        "projectFileExtensions": ".csproj"
      },
      "actionId": "B17581D1-C5C9-4489-8F0A-004BE667B814",
      "continueOnError": true
    }
  ]
}

Result
The message "Unable to determine which project file to add the reference to." is shown in the template output.

If the folder path is hard-coded to match the template input for SUBDOMAIN_NAME, then the action succeeds.

Template Files

Project1
  Project1.csproj
Project2
  Project2.csproj

Template Input
SUBDOMAIN_NAME - Project1

.template.config
(same as above)

Result
The message "Successfully added a reference to the project file." is shown in the template output.

Is this a bug or is this the expected behavior?

dotnet Info

output

.NET SDK:
Version: 8.0.101
Commit: 6eceda187b
Workload version: 8.0.100-manifests.69afb982

Runtime Environment:
OS Name: Windows
OS Version: 10.0.19045
OS Platform: Windows
RID: win-x64
Base Path: C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\8.0.101\

.NET workloads installed:
Workload version: 8.0.100-manifests.69afb982
There are no installed workloads to display.

Host:
Version: 8.0.1
Architecture: x64
Commit: bf5e279d92

.NET SDKs installed:
3.1.426 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
6.0.316 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
7.0.101 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
7.0.311 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
7.0.404 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
8.0.101 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]

.NET runtimes installed:
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 3.1.32 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.17 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.15 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.21 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.25 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 7.0.1 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 7.0.9 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 7.0.14 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 8.0.1 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.1.32 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.17 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 6.0.15 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 6.0.21 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 6.0.25 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 7.0.1 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 7.0.9 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 7.0.14 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 8.0.1 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 3.1.32 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 6.0.21 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 6.0.25 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 7.0.1 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 7.0.14 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 8.0.1 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]

Other architectures found:
x86 [C:\Program Files (x86)\dotnet]
registered at [HKLM\SOFTWARE\dotnet\Setup\InstalledVersions\x86\InstallLocation]

Visual Studio Version

No response

Additional context

No response

[Ruby-Dev-Droid]

Hi @joshschnebly, Did you ever find the cause of your issue here and the solution to it?