dotnet The type or namespace name could not be found

[jasperdunn]

I'm hoping someone can help me out. Thanks!

I'm trying to deploy my dotnet core 2.0 API

When I try and build the project with bitbucket pipelines I get multiple errors finding references. It does restore the project successfully.

However the project builds successfully on my laptop.

folder structure:

/API
 /Controllers
 /Migrations
 /Models
 /Services
 API.csproj
 Program.cs
 Startup.cs

bitbucket-pipelines.yml

pipelines:
  default:
    - step:
        image: microsoft/dotnet
        name: Check if it builds
        script:
          - cd API
          - dotnet build

example error:

 Services/MyService.cs(18,29): error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'IRepository<>' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) [/opt/atlassian/pipelines/agent/build/API/API.csproj]

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Note I have the latest version of dotnet, same as I'm using in bitbucket pipelines. I have checked via running dotnet --info

[jasperdunn · Accepted solution]

Finally i've figured out what was the cause of this issue. I feel really silly for not figuring this out sooner.

My git repository was somehow setup with ignorecase = true. I have switched it to false (which will prevent this issue in the future).

This means that I can have two of the same files or folders.

I had renamed a folder to a different case. My repo had

API/
API.csproj
and

api/
api.csproj

My Mac couldn't allow for both so I only saw one folder and one project on my local machine.

To fix this, I had to git rm -r --cached api

This deleted the duplicate folder

I had the project file as a duplicate as well so used git rm -f api.csproj to remove the file from the repository.

Then git pull to bring those changes into my local master branch.

[Philip Hodder]

Hi Jasper,

When you are running this locally, are you running this inside of a Docker container? This seems like it could be a dependency / configuration problem, where your local environment will already be setup correctly.

Try following this guide to run this build in a local Docker container: https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucket/debug-your-pipelines-locally-with-docker-838273569.html Then you may be able to reproduce this issue locally instead.

Thanks,

Phil

[jasperdunn]

Thanks Philip, I’ll definitely take a look at this next time! I figured out my issue.