Referenced Projects do not allow referencing via "name" element in project.json

Steps to reproduce

I have a repository with reproducible steps here. You may clone it, perform dotnet restore on /AppLib and then on /App to see the issue.

I have the following directory structure.

Root
  /src
    /App
    /AppLib

AppLib has a simple project.json using a name element to define it’s name as FooLib

{
"name": "FooLib",
"version": "1.0.0",
"authors": [ "scionwest" ],

"dependencies":{
},

"frameworks": {
    "netstandard1.1": {
        "dependencies": {
            "NETStandard.Library": "1.5.0-rc2-24027",
            "System.Linq.Expressions": "4.0.11-rc2-24027"
        }
    }
}
}

It has a single class

namespace AppLib
{
    public class MyClass
    {
    }
}

The App project has a simple project.json as well, referencing the AppLib via it’s folder name.

{
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "buildOptions": {
    "emitEntryPoint": true
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "AppLib": "1.0.0",
    "Microsoft.NETCore.App": {
      "type": "platform",
      "version": "1.0.0-rc2-3002702"
    }
  },
  "frameworks": {
    "netcoreapp1.0": {
      "imports": "dnxcore50"
    }
  }
}

It has the basic Program.cs class

using System;
using AppLib;

namespace ConsoleApplication
{
    public class Program
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var c = new MyClass();
            Console.WriteLine("Hello World!");
        }
    }
}

Run dotnet restore on both projects, then run dotnet run to see this work correctly.

Next, modify the /App/project.json to reference FooLib instead of AppLib, then dotnet restore the App project to generate the error.

Expected behavior

The App project should be able to reference the AppLib via its name defined in project.json instead of the folder name.

Actual behavior

Unable to resolve ‘FooLib (>= 1.0.0)’ for ‘.NETCoreApp,Version=v1.0’.

Environment data

.NET Command Line Tools (1.0.0-preview1-002702)

Product Information: Version: 1.0.0-preview1-002702 Commit Sha: 6cde21225e

Runtime Environment: OS Name: Mac OS X OS Version: 10.11 OS Platform: Darwin RID: osx.10.11-x64

[scionwest]

I’m not renaming a project though, are you saying that the folder name is the project name? If so, what is the point of the name element in the project.json?

[TheRealPiotrP]

We’ll track this in dotnet/sdk#5868