How can I get the user specified name in template?

[JoonghyunCho]

Kindly asking questions about using sourceName value in template.

Situation

I know the sourceName will be automatically updated to the safe value. (for example, test-app -> test_app)
However, I have a simple template my team authoring that needs to use the original user specified name(test-app) in just one place which is one of the sourceName spots in the template.

Question

• How can I get and use the user specified name value in template.json or in the file?
• How can I conditionally use this user specified name at the specific sourceName spot?

[kish14all]

Hey @JoonghyunCho, did you find any solution to get the user specified name? and do you know if we can get path as well?

[egvijayanand]

You can use the sourceName variable as it is. That is the user-provided value.

Consult this wiki page for further details.

[marcpopMSFT]

This issue is being closed as not actionable. It may be a question that was answered, lacks sufficient information to reproduce, or is a duplicate of another issue.

The dotnet/templating repository has been consolidated into dotnet/sdk. If this is still an issue, please open a new issue in dotnet/sdk with a complete reproduction.

Triage details

Summary: Usage question about accessing the original user-specified name value in dotnet new templates

Reasoning: This is a usage question ('How can I...') about sourceName behavior, not a bug or feature request. It has zero upvotes, no labels, and a community member already answered it in the comments by pointing to the wiki. Questions like this belong on Stack Overflow or GitHub Discussions, not as trackable work items.