dotnet list reference help text and output

Steps to reproduce

1. dotnet list reference --help
2. dotnet list reference solution-name.sln
3. dotnet list reference on a folder that contains a project with no P2P references

Expected behavior

1. It seems that dotnet list reference doesn’t accept solution files as a parameter but its description was changed in 2.2 SDK to say it supports solution files. I’d expect that dotnet list reference --help wouldn’t say that is either a project or solution if solution files aren’t supported.
2. I’m assuming this shouldn’t work by design. So, fixing the help text would avoid confusions. Or if it’s supposed to be supported, then it should list the P2P references from the solution.
3. For a project that has no P2P references, I’d expect a cleaner output, such as: There are no project-to-project references in project C:\Users\mairaw\Documents\GitHub\samples\core\getting-started\unit-testing-using-nunit\PrimeService\.

Actual behavior

1. dotnet list reference --help tells me I can provide a project or solution in .NET Core 2.2 SDK
2. dotnet list reference solution-name.sln doesn’t work
3. For a project that has no P2P references, the output is a bit garbled. For example: There are no Project to Project references in project C:\Users\mairaw\Documents\GitHub\samples\core\getting-started\unit-testing-using-nunit\PrimeService\. ;; Project to Project is the type of the item being requested (project, package, p2p) and C:\Users\mairaw\Documents\GitHub\samples\core\getting-started\unit-testing-using-nunit\PrimeService\ is the object operated on (a project file or a solution file).

Environment data

dotnet --info output

.NET Core SDK (reflecting any global.json):
 Version:   2.2.100
 Commit:    51868761f2

Runtime Environment:
 OS Name:     Windows
 OS Version:  10.0.17134
 OS Platform: Windows
 RID:         win10-x64
 Base Path:   C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\2.2.100\

Host (useful for support):
  Version: 2.2.0
  Commit:  1249f08fed

.NET Core SDKs installed:
  2.0.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  2.1.300-preview1-008174 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  2.1.300 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  2.2.100 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]

.NET Core runtimes installed:
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.0-preview1-final [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.2.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.0-preview1-final [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.2.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.0.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.0-preview1-26216-03 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.2.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]

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

[KathleenDollard]

Looks good.

[peterhuene]

Actually, I think I spotted a way that would work without having to touch the command line parser (there’s a protected property that we may be able to exploit). I’ll get back to you 😄