[2.0] Missing coverage for "dotnet new --install"?

[SimonCropp]

i cant seem to find the doco for dotnet new --install here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-nz/dotnet/core/tools/dotnet-new

[guardrex]

IIRC It's an "undocumented feature" being previewed until 2.0. If that's correct, it will become part of the docs when 2.0 ships.

cc/ @mlorbetske (will know if I'm lying 😀)

[SimonCropp]

@guardrex that may be the case. but you are making all your early adopters suffer by hiding such fundamental features. I would much prefer it was documented and marked as "preview" in the doco

[mlorbetske]

@guardrex is correct. For 2.0, install, uninstall, etc are becoming part of the normal feature set. Previously we considered them to be "experimental" and incomplete (having to reset the whole instance to remove a template for instance). Now that the story is a bit better (no more ::* to install the latest version of a package, uninstall is a thing), we'll document install.

/cc @sayedihashimi

[sayedihashimi]

+1 to what @mlorbetske said

[guardrex]

@sayedihashimi Is How to create your own templates for dotnet new still (mostly) valid? That's probably the best "documentation" we have at the moment.

[sayedihashimi]

@guardrex yes.

@mairaw can we get a walkthru type of doc for How to create templates based on my blog post?

[mairaw]

The issue described here would be covered by the work being done for #2139. correct @guardrex?

@sayedihashimi yes, we can. I'll open a new issue to track that work separately.

[guardrex]

@mairaw It should be ... I'll WIP that PR right now so I can get this on there.

[guardrex]

Is this the issue? ... We can track on this one if that's ok with you.

[guardrex]

@mairaw Do you want this in the core/tools area or in the core/tutorials area?

Title: Create your own templates for dotnet new

[guardrex]

Closing here and tracking updates for dotnet new on #2139.

We'll be tracking the new topic for templating on #2405.

Thanks again @SimonCropp!