Retain directory structure when compiling views

[simon-wacker]

View compilation does not retain the directory structure. For example, the view /Views/Authorization/Logout.cshtml is compiled as Logout.cshtml. The corresponding log output is Initializing Razor view compiler with compiled view: '/Logout.cshtml'. That is why the view lookup failed with the log outputs Could not find a file for view at path '/Views/Authorization/Logout.cshtml'. and Could not find a file for view at path '/Views/Shared/Logout.cshtml'. To fix the lookup I added a view-location format without directory structure by calling services.AddControllersWithViews().AddRazorOptions(_ => { _.ViewLocationFormats.Add("/{0}.cshtml"); }. I would rather have liked to change the view compileation such that it retains/respects the directory structure. I couldn't figure out how to do that though. Other people had similar issues, see dotnet/aspnetcore#52248 and https://www.reddit.com/r/dotnet/comments/14zd7zp/brand_new_default_aspnet_core_mvc_8_project/ and https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/net-runtime/net-8-0-2-update-causes-asp-net-core-mvc-index-view-not-found/m-p/4058976