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Could not find file '[project root]\CodeTemplates\CSharpDbContext\Partials\DbConstructor.hbs

See original GitHub issue

When trying to reverse engineer using Handlebars templates, the output shows System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file '[project root]\CodeTemplates\CSharpDbContext\Partials\DbConstructor.hbs'.

Steps to reproduce

Using Reverse Engineer tool:

What to generate: EntityTypes & DbContext
Check “Customize code using Handlebars templates (preview)”

Further technical details

EF Core Power Tools version: 2.2.4

Database engine: SQL Server

Visual Studio version: 15.9.5

Stack trace:

System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file '[project root]\CodeTemplates\CSharpDbContext\Partials\DbConstructor.hbs'.
File name: [project root]\CodeTemplates\CSharpDbContext\Partials\DbConstructor.hbs'
   at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
   at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy, Boolean useLongPath, Boolean checkHost)
   at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy, Boolean useLongPath, Boolean checkHost)
   at System.IO.StreamReader..ctor(String path, Encoding encoding, Boolean detectEncodingFromByteOrderMarks, Int32 bufferSize, Boolean checkHost)
   at System.IO.File.InternalReadAllText(String path, Encoding encoding, Boolean checkHost)
   at System.IO.File.ReadAllText(String path)
   at EntityFrameworkCore.Scaffolding.Handlebars.Internal.FileSystemFileService.RetrieveFileContents(String directoryName, String fileName)
   at ReverseEngineer20.ReverseEngineer.CustomTemplateFileService.RetrieveTemplateFileContents(String relativeDirectory, String fileName, String altRelativeDirectory)
   at EntityFrameworkCore.Scaffolding.Handlebars.HbsDbContextTemplateService.GetPartialTemplates()
   at EntityFrameworkCore.Scaffolding.Handlebars.HbsTemplateService.RegisterPartialTemplates()
   at EntityFrameworkCore.Scaffolding.Handlebars.HbsCSharpModelGenerator.GenerateModel(IModel model, String namespace, String contextDir, String contextName, String connectionString, ModelCodeGenerationOptions options)
   at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Scaffolding.Internal.ReverseEngineerScaffolder.ScaffoldModel(String connectionString, IEnumerable`1 tables, IEnumerable`1 schemas, String namespace, String language, String contextDir, String contextName, ModelReverseEngineerOptions modelOptions, ModelCodeGenerationOptions codeOptions)
   at ReverseEngineer20.EfCoreReverseEngineer.GenerateFiles(ReverseEngineerOptions reverseEngineerOptions)
   at EFCorePowerTools.Handlers.ReverseEngineerHandler.<ReverseEngineerCodeFirst>d__2.MoveNext() in C:\projects\efcorepowertools\src\GUI\EFCorePowerTools\Handlers\ReverseEngineerHandler.cs:line 193