aspnet-codegenerator not listing code generators

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Steps to reproduce:

dotnet new mvc --auth Individual dotnet tool install --global dotnet-aspnet-codegenerator --version 3.1.4 dotnet add package Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Design dotnet restore

dotnet aspnet-codegenerator

Expected behavior:

Usage: aspnet-codegenerator [arguments] [options]

Arguments:
  generator  Name of the generator. Check available generators below.

Options:
  -p|--project             Path to .csproj file in the project.
  -n|--nuget-package-dir   
  -c|--configuration       Configuration for the project (Possible values: Debug/ Release)
  -tfm|--target-framework  Target Framework to use. (Short folder name of the tfm. eg. net46)
  -b|--build-base-path     
  --no-build               

%list of code generators including controller,area, identity%

Actual behavior:

Usage: aspnet-codegenerator [arguments] [options]

Arguments:
  generator  Name of the generator. Check available generators below.

Options:
  -p|--project             Path to .csproj file in the project.
  -n|--nuget-package-dir   
  -c|--configuration       Configuration for the project (Possible values: Debug/ Release)
  -tfm|--target-framework  Target Framework to use. (Short folder name of the tfm. eg. net46)
  -b|--build-base-path     
  --no-build               

No code generators are available in this project.Add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Design package to the project as a NuGet package reference.

Additional information about the project being scaffolded, such as:

dotnet --info

.NET Core SDK (reflecting any global.json):
 Version:   3.1.401
 Commit:    39d17847db

Runtime Environment:
 OS Name:     linuxmint
 OS Version:  19.3
 OS Platform: Linux
 RID:         linux-x64
 Base Path:   /usr/share/dotnet/sdk/3.1.401/

Host (useful for support):
  Version: 3.1.7
  Commit:  fcfdef8d6b

.NET Core SDKs installed:
  3.1.401 [/usr/share/dotnet/sdk]

.NET Core runtimes installed:
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 3.1.7 [/usr/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.1.7 [/usr/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]

To install additional .NET Core runtimes or SDKs:
  https://aka.ms/dotnet-download

dotnet tool list -g

Package Id                       Version      Commands                   
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
dotnet-aspnet-codegenerator      3.1.4        dotnet-aspnet-codegenerator
dotnet-ef                        3.1.5        dotnet-ef                  
dotnet-user-secrets              2.2.0        dotnet-user-secrets  

cat webistar.csprog

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">

  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
    <UserSecretsId>1234retfsdbdffsdfsfsdfsfsfB</UserSecretsId>
  </PropertyGroup>


  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="3.1.2" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="3.1.2" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.UI" Version="3.1.2" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="3.1.2" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="3.1.3" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools" Version="3.1.2" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Design" Version="3.1.4" />
    <PackageReference Include="Pomelo.EntityFrameworkCore.MySql" Version="3.1.2" />
  </ItemGroup>

</Project>

[JoeSherwood335]

per #1393, i am using this work around

[cezarlamann]

Maybe #1393 ?