UPDATE (Works with one dash '-') Bundle-Migration: A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument '--force'

[JeepNL]

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When I run the Bundle-Migration command in Visual Studio Package Manager Console with --force I'm getting the error below

Command:

PM> Bundle-Migration -SelfContained -TargetRuntime linux-x64 --force

Error:

Bundle-Migration : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument '--force'.
At line:1 char:1
+ Bundle-Migration -SelfContained -TargetRuntime linux-x64 --force
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Bundle-Migration], ParameterBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Bundle-Migration

[JeepNL]

Oops! It works with one dash '-', but there are two in the docs.

[ErikEJ]

Are you looking at the correct docs??

[JeepNL]

Why would you think I'm looking at the wrong docs?

And the question without a link to the 'right' docs doesn't add much value IMHO.

[ErikEJ]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/cli/powershell#bundle-migration

[JeepNL]

Thank you!

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/managing-schemas/migrations/applying?tabs=dotnet-core-cli#migration-bundle-example

Guess I should reopen this issue, 'cause other 'correct' docs give the wrong example.

[ajcvickers]

Guess I should reopen this issue, 'cause other 'correct' docs give the wrong example.

Can you post links to these docs so we can fix them?

[JeepNL]

I just did 😉

[ajcvickers]

@JeepNL It's --force when using the Unix-like dotnet ef commands. It's -Force when using the PowerShell commands. (To be idiomatic to the platform.)

[JeepNL]

Okay, I didn't know that. But it was the only (-)-force example I saw in that page, so I started with double dashes.

Maybe it's an idea to add a -force example to 'Bundles' [Visual Studio] here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/managing-schemas/migrations/applying?tabs=vs#bundles

It was a bit confusing, but that's maybe my fault.

[JeepNL]

It is confusing, because a single dash and double dashes are used together here "Bundles" [.NET Core CLI]: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/managing-schemas/migrations/applying?tabs=dotnet-core-cli#bundles

dotnet ef migrations bundle --self-contained -r linux-x64

[Oops Nr. 2, see next comment]
And at efbundle [options] there's no mention of '(-)-force' : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/managing-schemas/migrations/applying?tabs=dotnet-core-cli#efbundle

B.T.W. migration Bundles are awesome 🚀. I develop on Windows 11 w. Visual Studio but my project runs on a co-located Ubuntu 22.05 VPS and deploying DB changes is now a breeze!.

[JeepNL]

Oops! (Number 2) 'efbundle' is the executable itself. My bad.