Merge branch 'rel/1.0.0' of https://github.com/dotnet/cli into build-refactor1

Conflicts:
	scripts/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build.Framework/CurrentPlatform.cs
	scripts/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build.Framework/Enumerations/BuildPlatform.cs

TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithToolDependency/project.json

@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@
     },
 
     "tools": {
-        "dotnet-hello": { "version": "1.0.0", "target": "package" }
+        "dotnet-hello": { "version": "2.0.0", "target": "package" }
     }
 }

TestAssets/TestProjects/BuildTestPortableProject/Lib.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+public static class Thingy
+{
+}

TestAssets/TestProjects/BuildTestPortableProject/project.json

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+    "dependencies": {
+    },
+    "frameworks": {
+        "netstandardapp1.5": {
+            "imports": [
+                "dnxcore50",
+                "portable-net45+win8"
+            ],
+            "dependencies": {
+                "NETStandard.Library": "1.0.0-rc2-23901"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

TestAssets/TestProjects/BuildTestStandaloneProject/Lib.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+public static class Thingy
+{
+}

TestAssets/TestProjects/BuildTestStandaloneProject/project.json

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+    "dependencies": { },
+    "frameworks": {
+        "netstandardapp1.5": {
+            "imports": [
+                "dnxcore50",
+                "portable-net45+win8"
+            ],
+            "dependencies": {
+                "NETStandard.Library": "1.0.0-rc2-23901"
+            }
+        }
+    },
+    "runtimes": {
+        "win7-x64": {},
+        "osx.10.10-x64": {},
+        "ubuntu.14.04-x64": {},
+        "centos.7-x64": {}
+    }
+}

scripts/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build.Framework/CurrentPlatform.cs

@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build.Framework
             }
         }
 
+        public static bool IsRHEL
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                var osname = PlatformServices.Default.Runtime.OperatingSystem;
+                return string.Equals(osname, "rhel", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            }
+        }
+
         public static bool IsUnix
         {
             get
@@ -60,7 +69,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build.Framework
         {
             get
             {
-                return IsUbuntu || IsCentOS;
+                return IsUbuntu || IsCentOS || IsRHEL;
             }
         }
 
@@ -76,6 +85,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build.Framework
                     return IsOSX;
                 case BuildPlatform.CentOS:
                     return IsCentOS;
+                case BuildPlatform.RHEL:
+                    return IsRHEL;
                 case BuildPlatform.Unix:
                     return IsUnix;
                 case BuildPlatform.Linux:
@@ -103,10 +114,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build.Framework
             {
                 return BuildPlatform.CentOS;
             }
+            else if (IsRHEL)
+            {
+                return BuildPlatform.RHEL;
+            }
             else
             {
                 return default(BuildPlatform);
             }
         }
     }
-}
+}

scripts/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build.Framework/Enumerations/BuildPlatform.cs

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build.Framework
         Linux = 3,
         OSX = 4,
         Ubuntu = 5,
-        CentOS = 6
+        CentOS = 6,
+        RHEL = 7
     }
 }

scripts/dev-dotnet.ps1

@@ -6,11 +6,16 @@
 $oldPath = $env:PATH
 try {
     # Put the stage2 output on the front of the path
-    $stage2 = "$PSScriptRoot\..\artifacts\win7-x64\stage2\bin"
+    if(!(Get-Command dotnet -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
+        throw "You need to have a version of 'dotnet' on your path so we can determine the RID"
+    }
+
+    $rid = dotnet --version | where { $_ -match "^ Runtime Id:\s*(.*)$" } | foreach { $matches[1] } 
+    $stage2 = "$PSScriptRoot\..\artifacts\$rid\stage2\bin"
     if (Test-Path $stage2) {
         $env:PATH="$stage2;$env:PATH"
     } else {
-        Write-Host "You don't have a dev build in the 'artifacts\win7-x64\stage2' folder!"
+        Write-Host "You don't have a dev build in the 'artifacts\$rid\stage2' folder!"
     }
 
     dotnet @args

scripts/dotnet-cli-build/CompileTargets.cs

@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build
             "Microsoft.Extensions.Testing.Abstractions"
         };
 
+        // Updates the stage 2 with recent changes.
+        [Target(nameof(PrepareTargets.Init), nameof(CompileStage2))]
+        public static BuildTargetResult UpdateBuild(BuildTargetContext c)
+        {
+            return c.Success();
+        }
+
         [Target(nameof(PrepareTargets.Init), nameof(CompileCoreHost), nameof(CompileStage1), nameof(CompileStage2))]
         public static BuildTargetResult Compile(BuildTargetContext c)
         {
@@ -238,9 +245,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build
             // Find toolchain package
             string packageId;
 
-            if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
+            if (CurrentPlatform.IsWindows)
             {
-                if (IsWinx86)
+                if (CurrentArchitecture.Isx86)
                 {
                     // https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/1550
                     c.Warn("Native compilation is not yet working on Windows x86");
@@ -249,24 +256,16 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build
 
                 packageId = "toolchain.win7-x64.Microsoft.DotNet.AppDep";
             }
-            else if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Linux))
+            else if (CurrentPlatform.IsUbuntu)
             {
-                var osname = PlatformServices.Default.Runtime.OperatingSystem;
+                packageId = "toolchain.ubuntu.14.04-x64.Microsoft.DotNet.AppDep";
-                if (string.Equals(osname, "ubuntu", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-                {
-                    packageId = "toolchain.ubuntu.14.04-x64.Microsoft.DotNet.AppDep";
-                }
-                else if (string.Equals(osname, "centos", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-                {
-                    c.Warn("Native compilation is not yet working on CentOS");
-                    return c.Success();
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    return c.Failed($"Unknown Linux Distro: {osname}");
-                }
             }
-            else if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.OSX))
+            else if (CurrentPlatform.IsCentOS || CurrentPlatform.IsRHEL)
+            {
+                c.Warn($"Native compilation is not yet working on {CurrentPlatform.Current}");
+                return c.Success();
+            }
+            else if (CurrentPlatform.IsOSX)
             {
                 packageId = "toolchain.osx.10.10-x64.Microsoft.DotNet.AppDep";
             }
@@ -296,28 +295,20 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build
             // Find crossgen
             string arch = PlatformServices.Default.Runtime.RuntimeArchitecture;
             string packageId;
-            if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
+            if (CurrentPlatform.IsWindows)
             {
                 packageId = $"runtime.win7-{arch}.Microsoft.NETCore.Runtime.CoreCLR";
             }
-            else if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Linux))
+            else if (CurrentPlatform.IsUbuntu)
             {
-                var osname = PlatformServices.Default.Runtime.OperatingSystem;
+                packageId = "runtime.ubuntu.14.04-x64.Microsoft.NETCore.Runtime.CoreCLR";
-                if (string.Equals(osname, "ubuntu", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-                {
-                    packageId = "runtime.ubuntu.14.04-x64.Microsoft.NETCore.Runtime.CoreCLR";
-                }
-                else if (string.Equals(osname, "centos", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-                {
-                    // CentOS runtime is in the runtime.rhel.7-x64... package.
-                    packageId = "runtime.rhel.7-x64.Microsoft.NETCore.Runtime.CoreCLR";
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    return c.Failed($"Unknown Linux Distro: {osname}");
-                }
             }
-            else if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.OSX))
+            else if (CurrentPlatform.IsCentOS || CurrentPlatform.IsRHEL)
+            {
+                // CentOS runtime is in the runtime.rhel.7-x64... package.
+                packageId = "runtime.rhel.7-x64.Microsoft.NETCore.Runtime.CoreCLR";
+            }
+            else if (CurrentPlatform.IsOSX)
             {
                 packageId = "runtime.osx.10.10-x64.Microsoft.NETCore.Runtime.CoreCLR";
             }

scripts/obtain/install.sh

@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ current_os()
             echo "ubuntu"
         elif [ "$(cat /etc/*-release | grep -cim1 centos)" -eq 1 ]; then
             echo "centos"
+        elif [ "$(cat /etc/*-release | grep -cim1 rhel)" -eq 1 ]; then
+            echo "rhel.7"
         fi
     fi
 }

scripts/run-build.sh

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ while [ -h "$SOURCE" ]; do # resolve $SOURCE until the file is no longer a symli
 done
 DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"
 
+source "$DIR/common/_prettyprint.sh"
+
 while [[ $# > 0 ]]; do
     lowerI="$(echo $1 | awk '{print tolower($0)}')"
     case $lowerI in

src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/Command.cs

@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
 
             return command;
         }
+
+        public static Command Create(CommandSpec commandSpec)
+        {
+            return new Command(commandSpec);
+        }
         
         public static Command CreateForScript(
             string commandName, 

src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/CommandResolution/AbstractPathBasedCommandResolver.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Graph;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
+using NuGet.Frameworks;
+using NuGet.Packaging;
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
+{
+    public abstract class AbstractPathBasedCommandResolver : ICommandResolver
+    {
+        protected IEnvironmentProvider _environment;
+        protected IPlatformCommandSpecFactory _commandSpecFactory;
+
+        public AbstractPathBasedCommandResolver(IEnvironmentProvider environment, 
+            IPlatformCommandSpecFactory commandSpecFactory)
+        {
+            if (environment == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException("environment");
+            }
+
+            if (commandSpecFactory == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException("commandSpecFactory");
+            }
+
+            _environment = environment;
+            _commandSpecFactory = commandSpecFactory;
+        }
+
+        public CommandSpec Resolve(CommandResolverArguments commandResolverArguments)
+        {
+            if (commandResolverArguments.CommandName == null)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            var commandPath = ResolveCommandPath(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            if (commandPath == null)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            return _commandSpecFactory.CreateCommandSpec(
+                    commandResolverArguments.CommandName,
+                    commandResolverArguments.CommandArguments.OrEmptyIfNull(),
+                    commandPath,
+                    GetCommandResolutionStrategy(),
+                    _environment);
+        }
+
+        internal abstract string ResolveCommandPath(CommandResolverArguments commandResolverArguments);
+        internal abstract CommandResolutionStrategy GetCommandResolutionStrategy();
+    }
+}

src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/CommandResolution/AppBaseCommandResolver.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Graph;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
+using NuGet.Frameworks;
+using NuGet.Packaging;
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
+{
+    public class AppBaseCommandResolver : AbstractPathBasedCommandResolver
+    {
+        public AppBaseCommandResolver(IEnvironmentProvider environment, 
+            IPlatformCommandSpecFactory commandSpecFactory) : base(environment, commandSpecFactory) { }
+
+        internal override string ResolveCommandPath(CommandResolverArguments commandResolverArguments)
+        {
+            return _environment.GetCommandPathFromRootPath(
+                PlatformServices.Default.Application.ApplicationBasePath, 
+                commandResolverArguments.CommandName);
+        }
+
+        internal override CommandResolutionStrategy GetCommandResolutionStrategy()
+        {
+            return CommandResolutionStrategy.BaseDirectory;
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/CommandResolution/CommandResolutionStrategy.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
+{
+    public enum CommandResolutionStrategy
+    {
+        // command loaded from project dependencies nuget package
+        ProjectDependenciesPackage,
+
+        // command loaded from project tools nuget package
+        ProjectToolsPackage,
+
+        // command loaded from the same directory as the executing assembly
+        BaseDirectory,
+
+        // command loaded from the same directory as a project.json file
+        ProjectLocal,
+
+        // command loaded from PATH environment variable
+        Path,
+
+        // command loaded from rooted path
+        RootedPath,
+
+        // command not found
+        None
+    }
+}

src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/CommandResolution/CommandResolverArguments.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Graph;
+using NuGet.Frameworks;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
+{
+    public class CommandResolverArguments
+    {
+        public string CommandName { get; set; }
+
+        public IEnumerable<string> CommandArguments { get; set; }
+
+        public NuGetFramework Framework { get; set; }
+
+        public string OutputPath { get; set; }
+
+        public string ProjectDirectory { get; set; }
+
+        public string Configuration { get; set; }
+
+        public IEnumerable<string> InferredExtensions { get; set; }
+    }
+}

src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/CommandResolution/CompositeCommandResolver.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Graph;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
+using NuGet.Frameworks;
+using NuGet.Packaging;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
+{
+    public class CompositeCommandResolver : ICommandResolver
+    {
+        private IList<ICommandResolver> _orderedCommandResolvers;
+
+        public IEnumerable<ICommandResolver> OrderedCommandResolvers 
+        {
+            get 
+            {
+                return _orderedCommandResolvers;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public CompositeCommandResolver()
+        {
+            _orderedCommandResolvers = new List<ICommandResolver>();
+        }
+
+        public void AddCommandResolver(ICommandResolver commandResolver)
+        {
+            _orderedCommandResolvers.Add(commandResolver);
+        }
+        
+        public CommandSpec Resolve(CommandResolverArguments commandResolverArguments)
+        {
+            foreach (var commandResolver in _orderedCommandResolvers)
+            {
+                var commandSpec = commandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+                if (commandSpec != null)
+                {
+                    return commandSpec;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/CommandResolution/DefaultCommandResolverPolicy.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Graph;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
+using NuGet.Frameworks;
+using NuGet.Packaging;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
+{
+    public class DefaultCommandResolverPolicy
+    {
+        public static CompositeCommandResolver Create()
+        {
+            var environment = new EnvironmentProvider();
+            var packagedCommandSpecFactory = new PackagedCommandSpecFactory();
+
+            var platformCommandSpecFactory = default(IPlatformCommandSpecFactory);
+            if (PlatformServices.Default.Runtime.OperatingSystemPlatform == Platform.Windows)
+            {
+                platformCommandSpecFactory = new WindowsExePreferredCommandSpecFactory();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                platformCommandSpecFactory = new GenericPlatformCommandSpecFactory();
+            }
+
+            return CreateDefaultCommandResolver(environment, packagedCommandSpecFactory, platformCommandSpecFactory);
+        }
+
+        public static CompositeCommandResolver CreateDefaultCommandResolver(
+            IEnvironmentProvider environment,
+            IPackagedCommandSpecFactory packagedCommandSpecFactory,
+            IPlatformCommandSpecFactory platformCommandSpecFactory)
+        {
+            var compositeCommandResolver = new CompositeCommandResolver();
+
+            compositeCommandResolver.AddCommandResolver(new RootedCommandResolver());
+            compositeCommandResolver.AddCommandResolver(new ProjectToolsCommandResolver(packagedCommandSpecFactory));
+            compositeCommandResolver.AddCommandResolver(new AppBaseCommandResolver(environment, platformCommandSpecFactory));
+            compositeCommandResolver.AddCommandResolver(new PathCommandResolver(environment, platformCommandSpecFactory));
+            
+            return compositeCommandResolver;
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/CommandResolution/GenericPlatformCommandSpecFactory.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Graph;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
+using NuGet.Frameworks;
+using NuGet.Packaging;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
+{
+    public class GenericPlatformCommandSpecFactory : IPlatformCommandSpecFactory
+    {
+        public CommandSpec CreateCommandSpec(
+           string commandName,
+           IEnumerable<string> args,
+           string commandPath,
+           CommandResolutionStrategy resolutionStrategy,
+           IEnvironmentProvider environment)
+        {
+            var escapedArgs = ArgumentEscaper.EscapeAndConcatenateArgArrayForProcessStart(args);
+            return new CommandSpec(commandPath, escapedArgs, resolutionStrategy);
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/CommandResolution/ICommandResolver.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
+{
+    public interface ICommandResolver
+    {
+        CommandSpec Resolve(CommandResolverArguments arguments);
+    }
+}

src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/CommandResolution/IPackagedCommandSpecFactory.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Graph;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
+{
+    public interface IPackagedCommandSpecFactory
+    {
+        CommandSpec CreateCommandSpecFromLibrary(
+            LockFilePackageLibrary library,
+            string commandName,
+            IEnumerable<string> commandArguments,
+            IEnumerable<string> allowedExtensions,
+            string nugetPackagesRoot,
+            CommandResolutionStrategy commandResolutionStrategy,
+            string depsFilePath);
+        
+    }
+}

src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/CommandResolution/IPlatformCommandSpecFactory.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Graph;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
+using NuGet.Frameworks;
+using NuGet.Packaging;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
+{
+    public interface IPlatformCommandSpecFactory
+    {
+        CommandSpec CreateCommandSpec(
+           string commandName,
+           IEnumerable<string> args,
+           string commandPath,
+           CommandResolutionStrategy resolutionStrategy,
+           IEnvironmentProvider environment);
+    }
+}

src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/CommandResolution/PackagedCommandSpecFactory.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Graph;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
+using NuGet.Frameworks;
+using NuGet.Packaging;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
+{
+    public class PackagedCommandSpecFactory : IPackagedCommandSpecFactory
+    {
+        public CommandSpec CreateCommandSpecFromLibrary(
+            LockFilePackageLibrary library,
+            string commandName,
+            IEnumerable<string> commandArguments,
+            IEnumerable<string> allowedExtensions,
+            string nugetPackagesRoot,
+            CommandResolutionStrategy commandResolutionStrategy,
+            string depsFilePath)
+        {
+            var packageDirectory = GetPackageDirectoryFullPath(library, nugetPackagesRoot);
+
+            if (!Directory.Exists(packageDirectory))
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            var commandFile = GetCommandFileRelativePath(library, commandName, allowedExtensions);
+
+            if (commandFile == null)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            var commandPath = Path.Combine(packageDirectory, commandFile);
+
+            return CreateCommandSpecWrappingWithCorehostfDll(
+                commandPath, 
+                commandArguments, 
+                depsFilePath, 
+                commandResolutionStrategy);
+        }
+
+        private string GetPackageDirectoryFullPath(LockFilePackageLibrary library, string nugetPackagesRoot)
+        {
+            var packageDirectory = new VersionFolderPathResolver(nugetPackagesRoot)
+                .GetInstallPath(library.Name, library.Version);
+
+            return packageDirectory;
+        }
+
+        private string GetCommandFileRelativePath(
+            LockFilePackageLibrary library, 
+            string commandName, 
+            IEnumerable<string> allowedExtensions)
+        {
+            // TODO: Should command names be case sensitive?
+            return library.Files
+                    .Where(f => Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(f) == commandName)
+                    .Where(e => allowedExtensions.Contains(Path.GetExtension(e)))
+                    .FirstOrDefault();
+        }
+
+        private CommandSpec CreateCommandSpecWrappingWithCorehostfDll(
+            string commandPath, 
+            IEnumerable<string> commandArguments, 
+            string depsFilePath,
+            CommandResolutionStrategy commandResolutionStrategy)
+        {
+            var commandExtension = Path.GetExtension(commandPath);
+
+            if (commandExtension == FileNameSuffixes.DotNet.DynamicLib)
+            {
+                return CreatePackageCommandSpecUsingCorehost(
+                    commandPath, 
+                    commandArguments, 
+                    depsFilePath, 
+                    commandResolutionStrategy);
+            }
+            
+            return CreateCommandSpec(commandPath, commandArguments, commandResolutionStrategy);
+        }
+
+        private CommandSpec CreatePackageCommandSpecUsingCorehost(
+            string commandPath, 
+            IEnumerable<string> commandArguments, 
+            string depsFilePath,
+            CommandResolutionStrategy commandResolutionStrategy)
+        {
+            var corehost = CoreHost.HostExePath;
+
+            var arguments = new List<string>();
+            arguments.Add(commandPath);
+
+            if (depsFilePath != null)
+            {
+                arguments.Add($"--depsfile:{depsFilePath}");
+            }
+
+            arguments.AddRange(commandArguments);
+
+            return CreateCommandSpec(corehost, arguments, commandResolutionStrategy);
+        }
+
+        private CommandSpec CreateCommandSpec(
+            string commandPath, 
+            IEnumerable<string> commandArguments,
+            CommandResolutionStrategy commandResolutionStrategy)
+        {
+            var escapedArgs = ArgumentEscaper.EscapeAndConcatenateArgArrayForProcessStart(commandArguments);
+
+            return new CommandSpec(commandPath, escapedArgs, commandResolutionStrategy);
+        }   
+    }
+}

src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/CommandResolution/PathCommandResolver.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Graph;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
+using NuGet.Frameworks;
+using NuGet.Packaging;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
+{
+    public class PathCommandResolver : AbstractPathBasedCommandResolver
+    {
+        public PathCommandResolver(IEnvironmentProvider environment, 
+            IPlatformCommandSpecFactory commandSpecFactory) : base(environment, commandSpecFactory) { }
+
+        internal override string ResolveCommandPath(CommandResolverArguments commandResolverArguments)
+        {
+            return _environment.GetCommandPath(commandResolverArguments.CommandName);
+        }
+
+        internal override CommandResolutionStrategy GetCommandResolutionStrategy()
+        {
+            return CommandResolutionStrategy.Path;
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/CommandResolution/ProjectDependenciesCommandResolver.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Graph;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
+using NuGet.Frameworks;
+using NuGet.Packaging;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
+{
+    public class ProjectDependenciesCommandResolver : ICommandResolver
+    {
+        private static readonly CommandResolutionStrategy s_commandResolutionStrategy = 
+            CommandResolutionStrategy.ProjectDependenciesPackage;
+
+        private IEnvironmentProvider _environment;
+        private IPackagedCommandSpecFactory _packagedCommandSpecFactory;
+
+        public ProjectDependenciesCommandResolver(
+            IEnvironmentProvider environment,
+            IPackagedCommandSpecFactory packagedCommandSpecFactory)
+        {
+            if (environment == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException("environment");
+            }
+
+            if (packagedCommandSpecFactory == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException("packagedCommandSpecFactory");
+            }
+
+            _environment = environment;
+            _packagedCommandSpecFactory = packagedCommandSpecFactory;
+        }
+
+        public CommandSpec Resolve(CommandResolverArguments commandResolverArguments)
+        {
+            if (commandResolverArguments.Framework == null 
+                || commandResolverArguments.ProjectDirectory == null
+                || commandResolverArguments.Configuration == null
+                || commandResolverArguments.CommandName == null)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            return ResolveFromProjectDependencies(
+                    commandResolverArguments.ProjectDirectory,
+                    commandResolverArguments.Framework,
+                    commandResolverArguments.Configuration,
+                    commandResolverArguments.CommandName,
+                    commandResolverArguments.CommandArguments.OrEmptyIfNull(),
+                    commandResolverArguments.OutputPath);
+        }
+
+        private CommandSpec ResolveFromProjectDependencies(
+            string projectDirectory,
+            NuGetFramework framework,
+            string configuration,
+            string commandName,
+            IEnumerable<string> commandArguments,
+            string outputPath)
+        {
+            var allowedExtensions = GetAllowedCommandExtensionsFromEnvironment(_environment);
+
+            var projectContext = GetProjectContextFromDirectory(
+                projectDirectory, 
+                framework);
+
+            if (projectContext == null)
+            { 
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            var depsFilePath = projectContext.GetOutputPaths(configuration, outputPath: outputPath).RuntimeFiles.Deps;
+
+            var dependencyLibraries = GetAllDependencyLibraries(projectContext);
+             
+            return ResolveFromDependencyLibraries(
+                dependencyLibraries,
+                depsFilePath,
+                commandName,
+                allowedExtensions,
+                commandArguments,
+                projectContext);
+        }
+
+        private CommandSpec ResolveFromDependencyLibraries(
+            IEnumerable<LockFilePackageLibrary> dependencyLibraries,
+            string depsFilePath,
+            string commandName,
+            IEnumerable<string> allowedExtensions,
+            IEnumerable<string> commandArguments,
+            ProjectContext projectContext)
+        {
+            foreach (var dependencyLibrary in dependencyLibraries)
+            {
+                var commandSpec = ResolveFromDependencyLibrary(
+                    dependencyLibrary,
+                    depsFilePath,
+                    commandName,
+                    allowedExtensions,
+                    commandArguments,
+                    projectContext);
+
+                if (commandSpec != null)
+                {
+                    return commandSpec;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        private CommandSpec ResolveFromDependencyLibrary(
+            LockFilePackageLibrary dependencyLibrary,
+            string depsFilePath,
+            string commandName,
+            IEnumerable<string> allowedExtensions,
+            IEnumerable<string> commandArguments,
+            ProjectContext projectContext)
+        {
+            return _packagedCommandSpecFactory.CreateCommandSpecFromLibrary(
+                        dependencyLibrary,
+                        commandName,
+                        commandArguments,
+                        allowedExtensions,
+                        projectContext.PackagesDirectory,
+                        s_commandResolutionStrategy,
+                        depsFilePath);
+        }
+
+        private IEnumerable<LockFilePackageLibrary> GetAllDependencyLibraries(
+            ProjectContext projectContext)
+        {
+            return projectContext.LibraryManager.GetLibraries()
+                .Where(l => l.GetType() == typeof(PackageDescription))
+                .Select(l => l as PackageDescription)
+                .Select(p => p.Library);
+        }
+
+        private ProjectContext GetProjectContextFromDirectory(string directory, NuGetFramework framework)
+        {
+            if (directory == null || framework == null)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            var projectRootPath = directory;
+
+            if (!File.Exists(Path.Combine(projectRootPath, Project.FileName)))
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            var projectContext = ProjectContext.Create(
+                projectRootPath, 
+                framework, 
+                PlatformServices.Default.Runtime.GetAllCandidateRuntimeIdentifiers());
+
+            if (projectContext.RuntimeIdentifier == null)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            return projectContext;
+        }
+
+        private IEnumerable<string> GetAllowedCommandExtensionsFromEnvironment(IEnvironmentProvider environment)
+        {
+            var allowedCommandExtensions = new List<string>();
+            allowedCommandExtensions.AddRange(environment.ExecutableExtensions);
+            allowedCommandExtensions.Add(FileNameSuffixes.DotNet.DynamicLib);
+
+            return allowedCommandExtensions;
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/CommandResolution/ProjectPathCommandResolver.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Graph;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
+using NuGet.Frameworks;
+using NuGet.Packaging;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
+{
+    public class ProjectPathCommandResolver : AbstractPathBasedCommandResolver
+    {
+        public ProjectPathCommandResolver(IEnvironmentProvider environment, 
+            IPlatformCommandSpecFactory commandSpecFactory) : base(environment, commandSpecFactory) { }
+
+        internal override string ResolveCommandPath(CommandResolverArguments commandResolverArguments)
+        {
+            if (commandResolverArguments.ProjectDirectory == null)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            return _environment.GetCommandPathFromRootPath(
+                commandResolverArguments.ProjectDirectory, 
+                commandResolverArguments.CommandName,
+                commandResolverArguments.InferredExtensions.OrEmptyIfNull());
+        }
+
+        internal override CommandResolutionStrategy GetCommandResolutionStrategy()
+        {
+            return CommandResolutionStrategy.ProjectLocal;
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/CommandResolution/ProjectToolsCommandResolver.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Graph;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
+using NuGet.Frameworks;
+using NuGet.Packaging;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
+{
+    public class ProjectToolsCommandResolver : ICommandResolver
+    {
+        private static readonly NuGetFramework s_toolPackageFramework = FrameworkConstants.CommonFrameworks.NetStandardApp15;
+        private static readonly CommandResolutionStrategy s_commandResolutionStrategy = 
+            CommandResolutionStrategy.ProjectToolsPackage;
+
+        private List<string> _allowedCommandExtensions;
+        private IPackagedCommandSpecFactory _packagedCommandSpecFactory;
+
+        public ProjectToolsCommandResolver(IPackagedCommandSpecFactory packagedCommandSpecFactory)
+        {
+            _packagedCommandSpecFactory = packagedCommandSpecFactory;
+
+            _allowedCommandExtensions = new List<string>() 
+            {
+                FileNameSuffixes.DotNet.DynamicLib
+            };
+        }
+
+        public CommandSpec Resolve(CommandResolverArguments commandResolverArguments)
+        {
+            if (commandResolverArguments.CommandName == null
+                || commandResolverArguments.ProjectDirectory == null)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+            
+            return ResolveFromProjectTools(
+                commandResolverArguments.CommandName, 
+                commandResolverArguments.CommandArguments.OrEmptyIfNull(),
+                commandResolverArguments.ProjectDirectory);
+        }
+
+        private CommandSpec ResolveFromProjectTools(
+            string commandName, 
+            IEnumerable<string> args,
+            string projectDirectory)
+        {
+            var projectContext = GetProjectContextFromDirectory(projectDirectory, s_toolPackageFramework);
+
+            if (projectContext == null)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            var toolsLibraries = projectContext.ProjectFile.Tools.OrEmptyIfNull();
+
+            return ResolveCommandSpecFromAllToolLibraries(
+                toolsLibraries,
+                commandName, 
+                args,
+                projectContext);
+        }
+
+        private CommandSpec ResolveCommandSpecFromAllToolLibraries(
+            IEnumerable<LibraryRange> toolsLibraries,
+            string commandName,
+            IEnumerable<string> args,
+            ProjectContext projectContext)
+        {
+            foreach (var toolLibrary in toolsLibraries)
+            {
+                var commandSpec = ResolveCommandSpecFromToolLibrary(toolLibrary, commandName, args, projectContext);
+
+                if (commandSpec != null)
+                {
+                    return commandSpec;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        private CommandSpec ResolveCommandSpecFromToolLibrary(
+            LibraryRange toolLibrary,
+            string commandName,
+            IEnumerable<string> args,
+            ProjectContext projectContext)
+        {
+            //todo: change this for new resolution strategy
+            var lockFilePath = Path.Combine(
+                projectContext.ProjectDirectory, 
+                "artifacts", "Tools", toolLibrary.Name,
+                "project.lock.json"); 
+
+            if (!File.Exists(lockFilePath))
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            var lockFile = LockFileReader.Read(lockFilePath);
+
+            var lockFilePackageLibrary = lockFile.PackageLibraries.FirstOrDefault(l => l.Name == toolLibrary.Name);
+            
+            var nugetPackagesRoot = projectContext.PackagesDirectory;
+
+            return _packagedCommandSpecFactory.CreateCommandSpecFromLibrary(
+                    lockFilePackageLibrary,
+                    commandName,
+                    args,
+                    _allowedCommandExtensions,
+                    projectContext.PackagesDirectory,
+                    s_commandResolutionStrategy,
+                    null);
+        }
+
+        private ProjectContext GetProjectContextFromDirectory(string directory, NuGetFramework framework)
+        {
+            if (directory == null || framework == null)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            var projectRootPath = directory;
+
+            if (!File.Exists(Path.Combine(projectRootPath, Project.FileName)))
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            var projectContext = ProjectContext.Create(
+                projectRootPath, 
+                framework, 
+                PlatformServices.Default.Runtime.GetAllCandidateRuntimeIdentifiers());
+
+            if (projectContext.RuntimeIdentifier == null)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            return projectContext;
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/CommandResolution/RootedCommandResolver.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Graph;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
+using NuGet.Frameworks;
+using NuGet.Packaging;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
+{
+    public class RootedCommandResolver : ICommandResolver
+    {
+        public CommandSpec Resolve(CommandResolverArguments commandResolverArguments)
+        {
+            if (commandResolverArguments.CommandName == null)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            if (Path.IsPathRooted(commandResolverArguments.CommandName))
+            {
+                var escapedArgs = ArgumentEscaper.EscapeAndConcatenateArgArrayForProcessStart(
+                    commandResolverArguments.CommandArguments.OrEmptyIfNull());
+
+                return new CommandSpec(commandResolverArguments.CommandName, escapedArgs, CommandResolutionStrategy.RootedPath);
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/CommandResolution/ScriptCommandResolverPolicy.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Graph;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
+using NuGet.Frameworks;
+using NuGet.Packaging;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
+{
+    public class ScriptCommandResolverPolicy
+    {
+        public static CompositeCommandResolver Create()
+        {
+            var environment = new EnvironmentProvider();
+
+            var platformCommandSpecFactory = default(IPlatformCommandSpecFactory);
+            if (PlatformServices.Default.Runtime.OperatingSystemPlatform == Platform.Windows)
+            {
+                platformCommandSpecFactory = new WindowsExePreferredCommandSpecFactory();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                platformCommandSpecFactory = new GenericPlatformCommandSpecFactory();
+            }
+
+            return CreateScriptCommandResolver(environment, platformCommandSpecFactory);
+        }
+
+        public static CompositeCommandResolver CreateScriptCommandResolver(
+            IEnvironmentProvider environment,
+            IPlatformCommandSpecFactory platformCommandSpecFactory)
+        {
+            var compositeCommandResolver = new CompositeCommandResolver();
+
+            compositeCommandResolver.AddCommandResolver(new RootedCommandResolver());
+            compositeCommandResolver.AddCommandResolver(new ProjectPathCommandResolver(environment, platformCommandSpecFactory));
+            compositeCommandResolver.AddCommandResolver(new AppBaseCommandResolver(environment, platformCommandSpecFactory));
+            compositeCommandResolver.AddCommandResolver(new PathCommandResolver(environment, platformCommandSpecFactory));
+        
+            return compositeCommandResolver;
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/CommandResolution/WindowsExePreferredCommandSpecFactory.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Graph;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
+using NuGet.Frameworks;
+using NuGet.Packaging;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
+{
+    public class WindowsExePreferredCommandSpecFactory : IPlatformCommandSpecFactory
+    {
+        public CommandSpec CreateCommandSpec(
+           string commandName,
+           IEnumerable<string> args,
+           string commandPath,
+           CommandResolutionStrategy resolutionStrategy,
+           IEnvironmentProvider environment)
+        {
+            var useCmdWrapper = false;
+
+            if (Path.GetExtension(commandPath).Equals(".cmd", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                var preferredCommandPath = environment.GetCommandPath(commandName, ".exe");
+
+                if (preferredCommandPath == null)
+                {
+                    useCmdWrapper = true;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    commandPath = preferredCommandPath;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return useCmdWrapper 
+                ? CreateCommandSpecWrappedWithCmd(commandPath, args, resolutionStrategy)
+                : CreateCommandSpecFromExecutable(commandPath, args, resolutionStrategy);
+        }
+
+        private CommandSpec CreateCommandSpecFromExecutable(
+            string command,
+            IEnumerable<string> args,
+            CommandResolutionStrategy resolutionStrategy)
+        {
+            var escapedArgs = ArgumentEscaper.EscapeAndConcatenateArgArrayForProcessStart(args);
+            return new CommandSpec(command, escapedArgs, resolutionStrategy);
+        }
+
+        private CommandSpec CreateCommandSpecWrappedWithCmd(
+            string command,
+            IEnumerable<string> args,
+            CommandResolutionStrategy resolutionStrategy)
+        {
+            var comSpec = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ComSpec") ?? "cmd.exe";
+
+            // Handle the case where ComSpec is already the command
+            if (command.Equals(comSpec, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                command = args.FirstOrDefault();
+                args = args.Skip(1);
+            }
+
+            var cmdEscapedArgs = ArgumentEscaper.EscapeAndConcatenateArgArrayForCmdProcessStart(args);
+
+            if (ArgumentEscaper.ShouldSurroundWithQuotes(command))
+            {
+                command = $"\"{command}\"";
+            }
+
+            var escapedArgString = $"/s /c \"{command} {cmdEscapedArgs}\"";
+
+            return new CommandSpec(comSpec, escapedArgString, resolutionStrategy);
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/CommandResolutionStrategy.cs

@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
-{
-    public enum CommandResolutionStrategy
-    {
-        //command loaded from a nuget package
-        NugetPackage,
-
-        //command loaded from the same directory as the executing assembly
-        BaseDirectory,
-
-        //command loaded from the same directory as a project.json file
-        ProjectLocal,
-
-        //command loaded from path
-        Path,
-
-        //command not found
-        None
-    }
-}

src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/CommandResolver.cs

@@ -14,264 +14,44 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
     internal static class CommandResolver
     {
         public static CommandSpec TryResolveCommandSpec(
-            string commandName,
+            string commandName, 
-            IEnumerable<string> args,
+            IEnumerable<string> args, 
-            NuGetFramework framework = null,
+            NuGetFramework framework = null, 
-            string configuration = Constants.DefaultConfiguration,
+            string configuration=Constants.DefaultConfiguration, 
-            string outputPath = null)
+            string outputPath=null)
         {
-            return ResolveFromRootedCommand(commandName, args) ??
+            var commandResolverArgs = new CommandResolverArguments
-                   ResolveFromProjectDependencies(commandName, args, framework, configuration, outputPath) ??
-                   ResolveFromProjectTools(commandName, args) ??
-                   ResolveFromAppBase(commandName, args) ??
-                   ResolveFromPath(commandName, args);
-        }
-        
-        public static CommandSpec TryResolveScriptCommandSpec(string commandName, IEnumerable<string> args, Project project, string[] inferredExtensionList)
-        {
-            return ResolveFromRootedCommand(commandName, args) ??
-                   ResolveFromProjectPath(commandName, args, project, inferredExtensionList) ??
-                   ResolveFromAppBase(commandName, args) ??
-                   ResolveFromPath(commandName, args);
-        }
-        
-
-        private static CommandSpec ResolveFromPath(string commandName, IEnumerable<string> args)
-        {
-            var commandPath = Env.GetCommandPath(commandName);
-            return commandPath == null
-                ? null
-                : CreateCommandSpecPreferringExe(commandName, args, commandPath, CommandResolutionStrategy.Path);
-        }
-
-        private static CommandSpec ResolveFromAppBase(string commandName, IEnumerable<string> args)
-        {
-            var commandPath = Env.GetCommandPathFromRootPath(PlatformServices.Default.Application.ApplicationBasePath, commandName);
-            return commandPath == null
-                ? null
-                : CreateCommandSpecPreferringExe(commandName, args, commandPath, CommandResolutionStrategy.BaseDirectory);
-        }
-        
-        private static CommandSpec ResolveFromProjectPath(string commandName, IEnumerable<string> args, Project project, string[] inferredExtensionList)
-        {
-            var commandPath = Env.GetCommandPathFromRootPath(project.ProjectDirectory, commandName, inferredExtensionList);
-            return commandPath == null
-                ? null
-                : CreateCommandSpecPreferringExe(commandName, args, commandPath, CommandResolutionStrategy.ProjectLocal);
-        }
-
-        private static CommandSpec ResolveFromRootedCommand(string commandName, IEnumerable<string> args)
-        {
-            if (Path.IsPathRooted(commandName))
             {
-                var escapedArgs = ArgumentEscaper.EscapeAndConcatenateArgArrayForProcessStart(args);
+                CommandName = commandName,
-                return new CommandSpec(commandName, escapedArgs, CommandResolutionStrategy.Path);
+                CommandArguments = args,
-            }
+                Framework = framework,
-
+                ProjectDirectory = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(),
-            return null;
+                Configuration = configuration,
-        }
+                OutputPath = outputPath
-
+            };
-        public static CommandSpec ResolveFromProjectDependencies(
-            string commandName,
-            IEnumerable<string> args,
-            NuGetFramework framework,
-            string configuration,
-            string outputPath)
-        {
-            if (framework == null) return null;
-
-            var projectContext = GetProjectContext(framework);
-
-            if (projectContext == null) return null;
-
-            var commandPackage = GetCommandPackage(projectContext, commandName);
-
-            if (commandPackage == null) return null;
-
-            var depsPath = projectContext.GetOutputPaths(configuration, outputPath: outputPath).RuntimeFiles.Deps;
-
-            return ConfigureCommandFromPackage(commandName, args, commandPackage, projectContext, depsPath);
-        }
-
-        private static ProjectContext GetProjectContext(NuGetFramework framework)
-        {
-            var projectRootPath = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();
-
-            if (!File.Exists(Path.Combine(projectRootPath, Project.FileName)))
-            {
-                return null;
-            }
-
-            var projectContext = ProjectContext.Create(projectRootPath, framework, PlatformServices.Default.Runtime.GetAllCandidateRuntimeIdentifiers());
-            return projectContext;
-        }
-
-        private static PackageDescription GetCommandPackage(ProjectContext projectContext, string commandName)
-        {
-            return projectContext.LibraryManager.GetLibraries()
-                .Where(l => l.GetType() == typeof(PackageDescription))
-                .Select(l => l as PackageDescription)
-                .FirstOrDefault(p => p.Library.Files
-                    .Select(Path.GetFileName)
-                    .Where(f => Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(f) == commandName)
-                    .Select(Path.GetExtension)
-                    .Any(e => Env.ExecutableExtensions.Contains(e) ||
-                              e == FileNameSuffixes.DotNet.DynamicLib));
-        }
-
-        public static CommandSpec ResolveFromProjectTools(string commandName, IEnumerable<string> args)
-        {
-            var context = GetProjectContext(FrameworkConstants.CommonFrameworks.NetStandardApp15);
-
-            if (context == null)
-            {
-                return null;
-            }
-
-            var commandLibrary = context.ProjectFile.Tools
-                .FirstOrDefault(l => l.Name == commandName);
-
-            if (commandLibrary == default(LibraryRange))
-            {
-                return null;
-            }
-
-            var lockPath = Path.Combine(context.ProjectDirectory, "artifacts", "Tools", commandName,
-                "project.lock.json");
-
-            if (!File.Exists(lockPath))
-            {
-                return null;
-            }
-
-            var lockFile = LockFileReader.Read(lockPath);
-
-            var lib = lockFile.PackageLibraries.FirstOrDefault(l => l.Name == commandName);
-            var packageDir = new VersionFolderPathResolver(context.PackagesDirectory)
-                .GetInstallPath(lib.Name, lib.Version);
-
-            return Directory.Exists(packageDir)
-                ? ConfigureCommandFromPackage(commandName, args, lib.Files, packageDir)
-                : null;
-        }
-
-        private static CommandSpec ConfigureCommandFromPackage(string commandName, IEnumerable<string> args, string packageDir)
-        {
-            var commandPackage = new PackageFolderReader(packageDir);
-
-            var files = commandPackage.GetFiles();
-
-            return ConfigureCommandFromPackage(commandName, args, files, packageDir);
-        }
-
-        private static CommandSpec ConfigureCommandFromPackage(string commandName, IEnumerable<string> args,
-            PackageDescription commandPackage, ProjectContext projectContext, string depsPath = null)
-        {
-            var files = commandPackage.Library.Files;
-
-            var packageRoot = projectContext.PackagesDirectory;
-
-            var packagePath = commandPackage.Path;
-
-            var packageDir = Path.Combine(packageRoot, packagePath);
-
-            return ConfigureCommandFromPackage(commandName, args, files, packageDir, depsPath);
-        }
-
-        private static CommandSpec ConfigureCommandFromPackage(string commandName, IEnumerable<string> args,
-            IEnumerable<string> files, string packageDir, string depsPath = null)
-        {
-            var fileName = string.Empty;
-
-            var commandPath = files
-                .FirstOrDefault(f => Env.ExecutableExtensions.Contains(Path.GetExtension(f)));
-
-            if (commandPath == null)
-            {
-                var dllPath = files
-                    .Where(f => Path.GetFileName(f) == commandName + FileNameSuffixes.DotNet.DynamicLib)
-                    .Select(f => Path.Combine(packageDir, f))
-                    .FirstOrDefault();
-
-                fileName = CoreHost.HostExePath;
-
-                var additionalArgs = new List<string>();
-                additionalArgs.Add(dllPath);
-
-                if (depsPath != null)
-                {
-                    additionalArgs.Add($"--depsfile:{depsPath}");
-                }
-
-                args = additionalArgs.Concat(args);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                fileName = Path.Combine(packageDir, commandPath);
-            }
-
-            var escapedArgs = ArgumentEscaper.EscapeAndConcatenateArgArrayForProcessStart(args);
-            return new CommandSpec(fileName, escapedArgs, CommandResolutionStrategy.NugetPackage);
-        }
-
-        private static CommandSpec CreateCommandSpecPreferringExe(
-            string commandName,
-            IEnumerable<string> args,
-            string commandPath,
-            CommandResolutionStrategy resolutionStrategy)
-        {
-            var useComSpec = false;
             
-            if (PlatformServices.Default.Runtime.OperatingSystemPlatform == Platform.Windows &&
+            var defaultCommandResolver = DefaultCommandResolverPolicy.Create();
-                Path.GetExtension(commandPath).Equals(".cmd", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-            {
-                var preferredCommandPath = Env.GetCommandPath(commandName, ".exe");
-
-                // Use cmd if we can't find an exe
-                if (preferredCommandPath == null)
-                {
-                    useComSpec = true;
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    commandPath = preferredCommandPath;
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (useComSpec)
-            {
-                return CreateCmdCommandSpec(commandPath, args, resolutionStrategy);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                var escapedArgs = ArgumentEscaper.EscapeAndConcatenateArgArrayForProcessStart(args);
-                return new CommandSpec(commandPath, escapedArgs, resolutionStrategy);
-            }
-        }
-
-        private static CommandSpec CreateCmdCommandSpec(
-            string command,
-            IEnumerable<string> args,
-            CommandResolutionStrategy resolutionStrategy)
-        {
-            var comSpec = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ComSpec");
             
-            // Handle the case where ComSpec is already the command
+            return defaultCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArgs);
-            if (command.Equals(comSpec, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        }
+        
+        public static CommandSpec TryResolveScriptCommandSpec(
+            string commandName, 
+            IEnumerable<string> args, 
+            Project project, 
+            string[] inferredExtensionList)
+        {
+            var commandResolverArgs = new CommandResolverArguments
             {
-                command = args.FirstOrDefault();
+                CommandName = commandName,
-                args = args.Skip(1);
+                CommandArguments = args,
-            }
+                ProjectDirectory = project.ProjectDirectory,
-            var cmdEscapedArgs = ArgumentEscaper.EscapeAndConcatenateArgArrayForCmdProcessStart(args);
+                InferredExtensions = inferredExtensionList
+            };
 
-            if (ArgumentEscaper.ShouldSurroundWithQuotes(command))
+            var scriptCommandResolver = ScriptCommandResolverPolicy.Create();
-            {
+            
-                command = $"\"{command}\"";
+            return scriptCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArgs);
-            }
-
-            var escapedArgString = $"/s /c \"{command} {cmdEscapedArgs}\"";
-
-            return new CommandSpec(comSpec, escapedArgString, resolutionStrategy);
         }
     }
 }

src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/CommandSpec.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
 {
-    internal class CommandSpec
+    public class CommandSpec
     {
         public CommandSpec(string path, string args, CommandResolutionStrategy resolutionStrategy)
         {

src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/CoreHost.cs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System;
 using System.IO;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
 

src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/Env.cs

@@ -9,74 +9,29 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
 {
     public static class Env
     {
-        private static IEnumerable<string> _searchPaths;
+        private static IEnvironmentProvider _environment = new EnvironmentProvider();
-        private static IEnumerable<string> _executableExtensions;
 
         public static IEnumerable<string> ExecutableExtensions
         {
             get
             {
-                if (_executableExtensions == null)
+                return _environment.ExecutableExtensions;
-                {
-
-                    _executableExtensions = PlatformServices.Default.Runtime.OperatingSystemPlatform == Platform.Windows
-                        ? Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PATHEXT")
-                            .Split(';')
-                            .Select(e => e.ToLower().Trim('"'))
-                        : new [] { string.Empty };
-                }
-
-                return _executableExtensions;
-            }
-        } 
-
-        private static IEnumerable<string> SearchPaths 
-        {
-            get
-            {
-                if (_searchPaths == null)
-                {
-                    var searchPaths = new List<string> { PlatformServices.Default.Application.ApplicationBasePath };
-
-                    searchPaths.AddRange(Environment
-                        .GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH")
-                        .Split(Path.PathSeparator)
-                        .Select(p => p.Trim('"')));
-
-                    _searchPaths = searchPaths;
-                }
-
-                return _searchPaths;
             }
         }
 
         public static string GetCommandPath(string commandName, params string[] extensions)
         {
-            if (!extensions.Any())
+            return _environment.GetCommandPath(commandName, extensions);
-            {
-                extensions = Env.ExecutableExtensions.ToArray();
-            }
-
-            var commandPath = Env.SearchPaths.Join(
-                extensions,
-                    p => true, s => true,
-                    (p, s) => Path.Combine(p, commandName + s))
-                .FirstOrDefault(File.Exists);
-
-            return commandPath;
         }
 
         public static string GetCommandPathFromRootPath(string rootPath, string commandName, params string[] extensions)
         {
-            if (!extensions.Any())
+            return _environment.GetCommandPathFromRootPath(rootPath, commandName, extensions);
-            {
+        }
-                extensions = Env.ExecutableExtensions.ToArray();
-            }
 
-            var commandPath = extensions.Select(e => Path.Combine(rootPath, commandName + e))
+        public static string GetCommandPathFromRootPath(string rootPath, string commandName, IEnumerable<string> extensions)
-                .FirstOrDefault(File.Exists);
+        {
-
+            return _environment.GetCommandPathFromRootPath(rootPath, commandName, extensions);
-            return commandPath;
         }
     }
 }

src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/EnvironmentProvider.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
+{
+    public class EnvironmentProvider : IEnvironmentProvider
+    {
+        private IEnumerable<string> _searchPaths;
+        private IEnumerable<string> _executableExtensions;
+
+        public IEnumerable<string> ExecutableExtensions
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (_executableExtensions == null)
+                {
+
+                    _executableExtensions = PlatformServices.Default.Runtime.OperatingSystemPlatform == Platform.Windows
+                        ? Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PATHEXT")
+                            .Split(';')
+                            .Select(e => e.ToLower().Trim('"'))
+                        : new [] { string.Empty };
+                }
+
+                return _executableExtensions;
+            }
+        } 
+
+        private IEnumerable<string> SearchPaths 
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (_searchPaths == null)
+                {
+                    var searchPaths = new List<string> { PlatformServices.Default.Application.ApplicationBasePath };
+
+                    searchPaths.AddRange(Environment
+                        .GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH")
+                        .Split(Path.PathSeparator)
+                        .Select(p => p.Trim('"')));
+
+                    _searchPaths = searchPaths;
+                }
+
+                return _searchPaths;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public EnvironmentProvider(
+            IEnumerable<string> extensionsOverride = null,
+            IEnumerable<string> searchPathsOverride = null)
+        {
+            _executableExtensions = extensionsOverride;
+            _searchPaths = searchPathsOverride;
+        }
+
+        public string GetCommandPath(string commandName, params string[] extensions)
+        {
+            if (!extensions.Any())
+            {
+                extensions = ExecutableExtensions.ToArray();
+            }
+
+            var commandPath = SearchPaths.Join(
+                extensions,
+                    p => true, s => true,
+                    (p, s) => Path.Combine(p, commandName + s))
+                .FirstOrDefault(File.Exists);
+
+            return commandPath;
+        }
+
+        public string GetCommandPathFromRootPath(string rootPath, string commandName, params string[] extensions)
+        {
+            if (!extensions.Any())
+            {
+                extensions = ExecutableExtensions.ToArray();
+            }
+
+            var commandPath = extensions.Select(e => Path.Combine(rootPath, commandName + e))
+                .FirstOrDefault(File.Exists);
+
+            return commandPath;
+        }
+
+        public string GetCommandPathFromRootPath(string rootPath, string commandName, IEnumerable<string> extensions)
+        {
+            var extensionsArr = extensions.OrEmptyIfNull().ToArray();
+
+            return GetCommandPathFromRootPath(rootPath, commandName, extensionsArr);
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/Extensions/CollectionsExtensions.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+using System;
-// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
-
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 
@@ -10,7 +8,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
     {
         public static IEnumerable<T> OrEmptyIfNull<T>(this IEnumerable<T> enumerable)
         {
-            return enumerable == null
+            return enumerable == null 
                 ? Enumerable.Empty<T>()
                 : enumerable;
         }

src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/FixedPathCommandFactory.cs

@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
-// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
-
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using NuGet.Frameworks;
-
-namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
-{
-    public class FixedPathCommandFactory : ICommandFactory
-    {
-        private readonly NuGetFramework _nugetFramework;
-        private readonly string _configuration;
-        private readonly string _outputPath;
-
-        public FixedPathCommandFactory(NuGetFramework nugetFramework, string configuration, string outputPath)
-        {
-            _nugetFramework = nugetFramework;
-            _configuration = configuration;
-            _outputPath = outputPath;
-        }
-
-        public ICommand Create(
-            string commandName,
-            IEnumerable<string> args,
-            NuGetFramework framework = null,
-            string configuration = Constants.DefaultConfiguration)
-        {
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(configuration))
-            {
-                configuration = _configuration;
-            }
-
-            if (framework == null)
-            {
-                framework = _nugetFramework;
-            }
-
-            return Command.Create(commandName, args, framework, configuration, _outputPath);
-        }
-    }
-}

src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/IEnvironmentProvider.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
+{
+    public interface IEnvironmentProvider
+    {
+        IEnumerable<string> ExecutableExtensions { get; }
+
+        string GetCommandPath(string commandName, params string[] extensions);
+
+        string GetCommandPathFromRootPath(string rootPath, string commandName, params string[] extensions);
+
+        string GetCommandPathFromRootPath(string rootPath, string commandName, IEnumerable<string> extensions);
+    }
+}

src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/ProjectDependenciesCommandFactory.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using NuGet.Frameworks;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
+{
+    public class ProjectDependenciesCommandFactory : ICommandFactory
+    {
+        private readonly NuGetFramework _nugetFramework;
+        private readonly string _configuration;
+        private readonly string _outputPath;
+        private readonly string _projectDirectory;
+
+        public ProjectDependenciesCommandFactory(
+            NuGetFramework nugetFramework, 
+            string configuration, 
+            string outputPath,
+            string projectDirectory)
+        {
+            _nugetFramework = nugetFramework;
+            _configuration = configuration;
+            _outputPath = outputPath;
+            _projectDirectory = projectDirectory;
+        }
+
+        public ICommand Create(
+            string commandName,
+            IEnumerable<string> args,
+            NuGetFramework framework = null,
+            string configuration = Constants.DefaultConfiguration)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(configuration))
+            {
+                configuration = _configuration;
+            }
+
+            if (framework == null)
+            {
+                framework = _nugetFramework;
+            }
+
+            var commandSpec = FindProjectDependencyCommands(
+                commandName, 
+                args, 
+                configuration, 
+                framework, 
+                _outputPath,
+                _projectDirectory);
+
+            return Command.Create(commandSpec);
+        }
+
+        private CommandSpec FindProjectDependencyCommands(
+            string commandName,
+            IEnumerable<string> commandArgs,
+            string configuration,
+            NuGetFramework framework,
+            string outputPath,
+            string projectDirectory)
+        {
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments
+            {
+                CommandName = commandName,
+                CommandArguments = commandArgs,
+                Framework = framework,
+                Configuration = configuration,
+                OutputPath = outputPath,
+                ProjectDirectory = projectDirectory
+            };
+
+            var commandResolver = GetProjectDependenciesCommandResolver();
+
+            var commandSpec = commandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+            if (commandSpec == null)
+            {
+                throw new CommandUnknownException(commandName);
+            }
+
+            return commandSpec;
+        }
+
+        private ICommandResolver GetProjectDependenciesCommandResolver()
+        {
+            var environment = new EnvironmentProvider();
+            var packagedCommandSpecFactory = new PackagedCommandSpecFactory();
+
+            return new ProjectDependenciesCommandResolver(environment, packagedCommandSpecFactory);
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/project.json

@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@
         "netstandard1.3": {
             "imports": "dnxcore50",
             "dependencies": {
-                "NETStandard.Library": "1.0.0-rc2-23901"
+                "NETStandard.Library": "1.0.0-rc2-23901",
+                "System.Diagnostics.Process": "4.1.0-rc2-23901"
             }
         }
     }
-}
+}

src/Microsoft.DotNet.Compiler.Common/Executable.cs

@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.Dotnet.Cli.Compiler.Common
 
         public void MakeCompilationOutputRunnable()
         {
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(_context.RuntimeIdentifier))
-            {
-                throw new InvalidOperationException($"Can not make output runnable for framework {_context.TargetFramework}, because it doesn't have runtime target");
-            }
-
             CopyContentFiles();
             ExportRuntimeAssets();
         }
@@ -72,8 +67,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.Dotnet.Cli.Compiler.Common
         {
             WriteDepsFileAndCopyProjectDependencies(_exporter);
 
-            // TODO: Pick a host based on the RID
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(_context.RuntimeIdentifier))
-            CoreHost.CopyTo(_runtimeOutputPath, _context.ProjectFile.Name + Constants.ExeSuffix);
+            {
+                // TODO: Pick a host based on the RID
+                CoreHost.CopyTo(_runtimeOutputPath, _context.ProjectFile.Name + Constants.ExeSuffix);
+            }
         }
 
         private void CopyContentFiles()

src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Loader/LoaderProjectContextExtensions.cs

@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Loader
 {
     public static class LoaderProjectContextExtensions
     {
-        public static AssemblyLoadContext CreateLoadContext(this ProjectContext context, string configuration = "Debug")
+        public static AssemblyLoadContext CreateLoadContext(
+            this ProjectContext context, 
+            string configuration = "Debug", 
+            string outputPath = null)
         {
             var exporter = context.CreateExporter(configuration);
             var assemblies = new Dictionary<AssemblyName, string>(AssemblyNameComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
@@ -38,7 +41,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Loader
                 dllImports,
 
                 // Add the project's output directory path to ensure project-to-project references get located
-                new[] { context.GetOutputPaths(configuration).CompilationOutputPath });
+                new[] { context.GetOutputPaths(configuration, outputPath: outputPath).CompilationOutputPath });
         }
 
         private class AssemblyNameComparer : IEqualityComparer<AssemblyName>

src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel/Compilation/LibraryExport.cs

@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Compilation
         /// </summary>
         public IEnumerable<AnalyzerReference> AnalyzerReferences { get; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Get a list of runtime targets provided by this export.
+        /// </summary>
+        public IEnumerable<LibraryRuntimeTarget> RuntimeTargets { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Get a list of resource assemblies provided by this export.
+        /// </summary>
+        public IEnumerable<LibraryResourceAssembly> ResourceAssemblies { get; }
+
         public LibraryExport(LibraryDescription library,
                              IEnumerable<LibraryAsset> compileAssemblies,
                              IEnumerable<LibraryAsset> sourceReferences,
@@ -56,7 +66,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Compilation
                              IEnumerable<LibraryAsset> runtimeAssets,
                              IEnumerable<LibraryAsset> nativeLibraries,
                              IEnumerable<LibraryAsset> embeddedResources,
-                             IEnumerable<AnalyzerReference> analyzers)
+                             IEnumerable<AnalyzerReference> analyzers,
+                             IEnumerable<LibraryRuntimeTarget> runtimeTargets,
+                             IEnumerable<LibraryResourceAssembly> resourceAssemblies)
         {
             Library = library;
             CompilationAssemblies = compileAssemblies;
@@ -66,6 +78,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Compilation
             NativeLibraries = nativeLibraries;
             EmbeddedResources = embeddedResources;
             AnalyzerReferences = analyzers;
+            RuntimeTargets = runtimeTargets;
+            ResourceAssemblies = resourceAssemblies;
         }
 
         private string DebuggerDisplay => Library.Identity.ToString();

src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel/Compilation/LibraryExportBuilder.cs

@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Compilation
 
         private IList<AnalyzerReference> _analyzerReferences;
 
+        private IList<LibraryRuntimeTarget> _runtimeTargets;
+
+        private IList<LibraryResourceAssembly> _resourceAssemblies;
+
         public LibraryDescription Library { get; set; }
 
         public IEnumerable<LibraryAsset> RuntimeAssemblies => _runtimeAssemblies;
@@ -44,6 +48,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Compilation
 
         public IEnumerable<AnalyzerReference> AnalyzerReferences => _analyzerReferences;
 
+        public IEnumerable<LibraryRuntimeTarget> RuntimeTargets => _runtimeTargets;
+
+        public IEnumerable<LibraryResourceAssembly> ResourceAssemblies => _resourceAssemblies;
+
         public static LibraryExportBuilder Create(LibraryDescription library = null)
         {
             return new LibraryExportBuilder().WithLibrary(library);
@@ -63,7 +71,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Compilation
                 RuntimeAssets ?? EmptyArray<LibraryAsset>.Value,
                 NativeLibraries ?? EmptyArray<LibraryAsset>.Value,
                 EmbeddedResources ?? EmptyArray<LibraryAsset>.Value,
-                AnalyzerReferences ?? EmptyArray<AnalyzerReference>.Value);
+                AnalyzerReferences ?? EmptyArray<AnalyzerReference>.Value,
+                RuntimeTargets ?? EmptyArray<LibraryRuntimeTarget>.Value,
+                ResourceAssemblies ?? EmptyArray<LibraryResourceAssembly>.Value);
         }
 
         public LibraryExportBuilder WithLibrary(LibraryDescription libraryDescription)
@@ -89,7 +99,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Compilation
             Replace(ref _compilationAssemblies, assets);
             return this;
         }
-        
+
         public LibraryExportBuilder WithSourceReferences(IEnumerable<LibraryAsset> assets)
         {
             Replace(ref _sourceReferences, assets);
@@ -114,6 +124,18 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Compilation
             return this;
         }
 
+        public LibraryExportBuilder WithRuntimeTargets(IEnumerable<LibraryRuntimeTarget> targets)
+        {
+            Replace(ref _runtimeTargets, targets);
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public LibraryExportBuilder WithResourceAssemblies(IEnumerable<LibraryResourceAssembly> assemblies)
+        {
+            Replace(ref _resourceAssemblies, assemblies);
+            return this;
+        }
+
         public LibraryExportBuilder AddRuntimeAssembly(LibraryAsset asset)
         {
             Add(ref _runtimeAssemblies, asset);
@@ -156,9 +178,28 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Compilation
             return this;
         }
 
+        public LibraryExportBuilder AddRuntimeTarget(LibraryRuntimeTarget target)
+        {
+            Add(ref _runtimeTargets, target);
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public LibraryExportBuilder AddResourceAssembly(LibraryResourceAssembly assembly)
+        {
+            Add(ref _resourceAssemblies, assembly);
+            return this;
+        }
+
         private void Replace<T>(ref IList<T> list, IEnumerable<T> enumerable)
         {
-            list = new List<T>(enumerable);
+            if (enumerable == null)
+            {
+                list = null;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                list = new List<T>(enumerable);
+            }
         }
 
         private void Add<T>(ref IList<T> list, T item)

src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel/Compilation/LibraryExporter.cs

@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Compilation
                     .WithNativeLibraries(libraryExport.NativeLibraries)
                     .WithEmbedddedResources(libraryExport.EmbeddedResources)
                     .WithAnalyzerReference(analyzerReferences)
+                    .WithResourceAssemblies(libraryExport.ResourceAssemblies)
+                    .WithRuntimeTargets(libraryExport.RuntimeTargets)
                     .Build();
             }
         }
@@ -199,6 +201,28 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Compilation
                     }
                 }
             }
+            if (package.RuntimeTargets.Any())
+            {
+                foreach (var targetGroup in package.RuntimeTargets.GroupBy(t => t.Runtime))
+                {
+                    var runtime = new List<LibraryAsset>();
+                    var native = new List<LibraryAsset>();
+
+                    foreach (var lockFileRuntimeTarget in targetGroup)
+                    {
+                        if (string.Equals(lockFileRuntimeTarget.AssetType, "native", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                        {
+                            native.Add(LibraryAsset.CreateFromRelativePath(package.Path, lockFileRuntimeTarget.Path));
+                        }
+                        else if (string.Equals(lockFileRuntimeTarget.AssetType, "runtime", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                        {
+                            runtime.Add(LibraryAsset.CreateFromRelativePath(package.Path, lockFileRuntimeTarget.Path));
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    builder.AddRuntimeTarget(new LibraryRuntimeTarget(targetGroup.Key, runtime, native));
+                }
+            }
 
             return builder.Build();
         }

src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel/Compilation/LibraryResourceAssembly.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Compilation
+{
+    public class LibraryResourceAssembly
+    {
+        public LibraryResourceAssembly(LibraryAsset asset, string locale)
+        {
+            Asset = asset;
+            Locale = locale;
+        }
+
+        public LibraryAsset Asset { get; }
+
+        public string Locale { get; }
+    }
+}

src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel/Compilation/LibraryRuntimeTarget.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Compilation
+{
+    public class LibraryRuntimeTarget
+    {
+        public LibraryRuntimeTarget(string runtime,
+            IEnumerable<LibraryAsset> runtimeAssemblies,
+            IEnumerable<LibraryAsset> nativeLibraries)
+        {
+            Runtime = runtime;
+            RuntimeAssemblies = runtimeAssemblies.ToArray();
+            NativeLibraries = nativeLibraries.ToArray();
+        }
+
+        public string Runtime { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets a list of fully-qualified paths to MSIL binaries required to run
+        /// </summary>
+        public IReadOnlyList<LibraryAsset> RuntimeAssemblies { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets a list of fully-qualified paths to native binaries required to run
+        /// </summary>
+        public IReadOnlyList<LibraryAsset> NativeLibraries { get; }
+    }
+}

src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel/DependencyContextBuilder.cs

@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
                 runtime,
                 false,
                 GetCompilationOptions(compilerOptions),
-                GetLibraries(compilationExports, dependencyLookup, runtime: false).Cast<CompilationLibrary>().ToArray(),
+                GetLibraries(compilationExports, dependencyLookup, runtime: false).Cast<CompilationLibrary>(),
-                GetLibraries(runtimeExports, dependencyLookup, runtime: true).Cast<RuntimeLibrary>().ToArray(),
+                GetLibraries(runtimeExports, dependencyLookup, runtime: true).Cast<RuntimeLibrary>(),
                 new KeyValuePair<string, string[]>[0]);
         }
 
@@ -107,14 +107,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
                 }
             }
 
-            string[] assemblies;
+            IEnumerable<string> assemblies;
             if (type == LibraryType.ReferenceAssembly)
             {
                 assemblies = ResolveReferenceAssembliesPath(libraryAssets);
             }
             else
             {
-                assemblies = libraryAssets.Select(libraryAsset => libraryAsset.RelativePath).ToArray();
+                assemblies = libraryAssets.Select(libraryAsset => libraryAsset.RelativePath);
             }
 
             if (runtime)
@@ -124,9 +124,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
                     export.Library.Identity.Name,
                     export.Library.Identity.Version.ToString(),
                     export.Library.Hash,
-                    assemblies.Select(RuntimeAssembly.Create).ToArray(),
+                    assemblies.Select(RuntimeAssembly.Create),
-                    new RuntimeTarget[0],
+                    export.ResourceAssemblies.Select(CreateResourceAssembly),
-                    libraryDependencies.ToArray(),
+                    export.RuntimeTargets.Select(CreateRuntimeTarget),
+                    libraryDependencies,
                     serviceable
                     );
             }
@@ -138,15 +139,31 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
                     export.Library.Identity.Version.ToString(),
                     export.Library.Hash,
                     assemblies,
-                    libraryDependencies.ToArray(),
+                    libraryDependencies,
                     serviceable
                    );
             }
         }
 
-        private string[] ResolveReferenceAssembliesPath(IEnumerable<LibraryAsset> libraryAssets)
+        private ResourceAssembly CreateResourceAssembly(LibraryResourceAssembly resourceAssembly)
+        {
+            return new ResourceAssembly(
+                path: resourceAssembly.Asset.RelativePath,
+                locale: resourceAssembly.Locale
+                );
+        }
+
+        private RuntimeTarget CreateRuntimeTarget(LibraryRuntimeTarget runtimeTarget)
+        {
+            return new RuntimeTarget(
+                runtime: runtimeTarget.Runtime,
+                assemblies: runtimeTarget.RuntimeAssemblies.Select(a => RuntimeAssembly.Create(a.RelativePath)),
+                nativeLibraries: runtimeTarget.NativeLibraries.Select(l => l.RelativePath)
+                );
+        }
+
+        private IEnumerable<string> ResolveReferenceAssembliesPath(IEnumerable<LibraryAsset> libraryAssets)
         {
-            var resolvedPaths = new List<string>();
             var referenceAssembliesPath =
                 PathUtility.EnsureTrailingSlash(_referenceAssembliesPath);
             foreach (var libraryAsset in libraryAssets)
@@ -155,14 +172,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
                 // if not, save only assembly name and try to find it somehow later
                 if (libraryAsset.ResolvedPath.StartsWith(referenceAssembliesPath))
                 {
-                    resolvedPaths.Add(libraryAsset.ResolvedPath.Substring(referenceAssembliesPath.Length));
+                    yield return libraryAsset.ResolvedPath.Substring(referenceAssembliesPath.Length);
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    resolvedPaths.Add(Path.GetFileName(libraryAsset.ResolvedPath));
+                    yield return Path.GetFileName(libraryAsset.ResolvedPath);
                 }
             }
-            return resolvedPaths.ToArray();
         }
     }
 }

src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel/Graph/LockFileReader.cs

@@ -170,6 +170,21 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Graph
             return library;
         }
 
+        private static LockFileRuntimeTarget ReadRuntimeTarget(string property, JsonValue json)
+        {
+            var jsonObject = json as JsonObject;
+            if (jsonObject == null)
+            {
+                throw FileFormatException.Create("The value type is not an object.", json);
+            }
+
+            return new LockFileRuntimeTarget(
+                path: property,
+                runtime: jsonObject.ValueAsString("runtime"),
+                assetType: jsonObject.ValueAsString("assetType")
+                );
+        }
+
         private static LockFileContentFile ReadContentFile(string property, JsonValue json)
         {
             var contentFile = new LockFileContentFile()

src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel/Graph/LockFileRuntimeTarget.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Graph
+{
+    public class LockFileRuntimeTarget
+    {
+        public LockFileRuntimeTarget(string path, string runtime, string assetType)
+        {
+            Path = path;
+            Runtime = runtime;
+            AssetType = assetType;
+        }
+
+        public string Path { get; }
+
+        public string Runtime { get; }
+
+        public string AssetType { get; }
+    }
+}

src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel/Graph/LockFileTargetLibrary.cs

@@ -32,5 +32,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Graph
         public IList<LockFileItem> NativeLibraries { get; set; } = new List<LockFileItem>();
 
         public IList<LockFileContentFile> ContentFiles { get; set; } = new List<LockFileContentFile>();
+
+        public IList<LockFileRuntimeTarget> RuntimeTargets { get; set; } = new List<LockFileRuntimeTarget>();
     }
 }

src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel/OutputPathsCalculator.cs

@@ -48,12 +48,18 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel
             {
                 if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(runtimeIdentifier))
                 {
-                    runtimeOutputPath= PathUtility.EnsureTrailingSlash(Path.Combine(compilationOutputPath, runtimeIdentifier));
+                    runtimeOutputPath = PathUtility.EnsureTrailingSlash(Path.Combine(compilationOutputPath, runtimeIdentifier));
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // "Runtime" assets (i.e. the deps file) will be dropped to the compilation output path, because
+                    // we are building a RID-less target.
+                    runtimeOutputPath = compilationOutputPath;
                 }
             }
             else
             {
-                runtimeOutputPath= PathUtility.EnsureTrailingSlash(Path.GetFullPath(outputPath));
+                runtimeOutputPath = PathUtility.EnsureTrailingSlash(Path.GetFullPath(outputPath));
             }
 
             var intermediateOutputPath = PathUtility.EnsureTrailingSlash(Path.Combine(

src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel/PackageDescription.cs

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel
         }
 
         private LockFileTargetLibrary Target { get; }
-        
+
         public LockFilePackageLibrary Library { get; }
 
         public IEnumerable<LockFileItem> RuntimeAssemblies => FilterPlaceholders(Target.RuntimeAssemblies);
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel
 
         public IEnumerable<LockFileContentFile> ContentFiles => Target.ContentFiles;
 
+        public IEnumerable<LockFileRuntimeTarget> RuntimeTargets => Target.RuntimeTargets;
+
         private IEnumerable<LockFileItem> FilterPlaceholders(IList<LockFileItem> items)
         {
             return items.Where(a => !PackageDependencyProvider.IsPlaceholderFile(a));

src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel/Project.cs

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel
                 return Path.GetDirectoryName(ProjectFilePath);
             }
         }
-        
+
         public AnalyzerOptions AnalyzerOptions { get; set; }
 
         public string Name { get; set; }
@@ -124,12 +124,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel
 
         public bool HasRuntimeOutput(string configuration)
         {
-
             var compilationOptions = GetCompilerOptions(targetFramework: null, configurationName: configuration);
 
             // TODO: Make this opt in via another mechanism
             return compilationOptions.EmitEntryPoint.GetValueOrDefault() || IsTestProject;
         }
+
         private CommonCompilerOptions GetCompilerOptions()
         {
             return _defaultCompilerOptions;

src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel/ProjectContext.cs

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel
                         .WithRuntimeIdentifiers(runtimeIdentifiers)
                         .Build();
         }
-        
+
         public static ProjectContextBuilder CreateBuilder(string projectPath, NuGetFramework framework)
         {
             if (projectPath.EndsWith(Project.FileName))
@@ -120,15 +120,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates a project context for each target located in the project at <paramref name="projectPath"/>
         /// </summary>
-        public static IEnumerable<ProjectContext> CreateContextForEachTarget(string projectPath)
+        public static IEnumerable<ProjectContext> CreateContextForEachTarget(string projectPath, ProjectReaderSettings settings = null)
         {
-            if (!projectPath.EndsWith(Project.FileName))
-            {
-                projectPath = Path.Combine(projectPath, Project.FileName);
-            }
             var project = ProjectReader.GetProject(projectPath);
 
             return new ProjectContextBuilder()
+                        .WithReaderSettings(settings)
                         .WithProject(project)
                         .BuildAllTargets();
         }
@@ -143,15 +140,20 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel
 
         public ProjectContext CreateRuntimeContext(IEnumerable<string> runtimeIdentifiers)
         {
-            var context = Create(ProjectFile.ProjectFilePath, TargetFramework, runtimeIdentifiers);
+            // Check if there are any runtime targets (i.e. are we portable)
-            if (context.RuntimeIdentifier == null)
+            var standalone = LockFile.Targets
+                .Where(t => t.TargetFramework.Equals(TargetFramework))
+                .Any(t => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(t.RuntimeIdentifier));
+
+            var context = Create(ProjectFile.ProjectFilePath, TargetFramework, standalone ? runtimeIdentifiers : Enumerable.Empty<string>());
+            if (standalone && context.RuntimeIdentifier == null)
             {
+                // We are standalone, but don't support this runtime
                 var rids = string.Join(", ", runtimeIdentifiers);
-                throw new InvalidOperationException($"Can not find runtime target for framework '{TargetFramework}' and RID's '{rids}'. " +
+                throw new InvalidOperationException($"Can not find runtime target for framework '{TargetFramework}' compatible with one of the target runtimes: '{rids}'. " +
                                                     "Possible causes:" + Environment.NewLine +
-                                                    "1. Project is not restored or restore failed - run `dotnet restore`" + Environment.NewLine +
+                                                    "1. The project has not been restored or restore failed - run `dotnet restore`" + Environment.NewLine +
-                                                    "2. Project is not targeting `runable` framework (`netstandardapp*` or `net*`)"
+                                                    $"2. The project does not list one of '{rids}' in the 'runtimes' section.");
-                                                    );
             }
             return context;
         }

src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel/ProjectReader.cs

@@ -61,18 +61,20 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel
             return true;
         }
 
-        public static Project GetProject(string projectFile, ProjectReaderSettings settings = null)
+        public static Project GetProject(string projectPath, ProjectReaderSettings settings = null) => GetProject(projectPath, new List<DiagnosticMessage>(), settings);
-        {
-            return GetProject(projectFile, new List<DiagnosticMessage>(), settings);
-        }
 
-        public static Project GetProject(string projectFile, ICollection<DiagnosticMessage> diagnostics, ProjectReaderSettings settings = null)
+        public static Project GetProject(string projectPath, ICollection<DiagnosticMessage> diagnostics, ProjectReaderSettings settings = null)
         {
-            var name = Path.GetFileName(Path.GetDirectoryName(projectFile));
+            if (!projectPath.EndsWith(Project.FileName))
-
-            using (var stream = new FileStream(projectFile, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read))
             {
-                return new ProjectReader().ReadProject(stream, name, projectFile, diagnostics, settings);
+                projectPath = Path.Combine(projectPath, Project.FileName);
+            }
+
+            var name = Path.GetFileName(Path.GetDirectoryName(projectPath));
+
+            using (var stream = new FileStream(projectPath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read))
+            {
+                return new ProjectReader().ReadProject(stream, name, projectPath, diagnostics, settings);
             }
         }
 
@@ -546,7 +548,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel
                             analyzerOptions.LanguageId = languageId;
                             break;
 
-                        default:;
+                        default:
+                            ;
                             throw FileFormatException.Create(
                                $"Unrecognized analyzerOption key: {key}",
                                project.ProjectFilePath);

src/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel/project.json

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "description": "Types to model a .NET Project",
     "dependencies": {
         "System.Reflection.Metadata": "1.2.0-rc2-23901",
-        "NuGet.Packaging": "3.4.0-beta-632",
+        "NuGet.Packaging": "3.4.0-rtm-0724",
         "Microsoft.Extensions.FileSystemGlobbing": "1.0.0-rc2-15996",
         "Microsoft.Extensions.JsonParser.Sources": {
             "type": "build",

src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/CompilationLibrary.cs

@@ -3,16 +3,23 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Resolution;
 
 namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
 {
     public class CompilationLibrary : Library
     {
-        public CompilationLibrary(string type, string name, string version, string hash, string[] assemblies, Dependency[] dependencies, bool serviceable)
+        public CompilationLibrary(string type,
+            string name,
+            string version,
+            string hash,
+            IEnumerable<string> assemblies,
+            IEnumerable<Dependency> dependencies,
+            bool serviceable)
             : base(type, name, version, hash,  dependencies, serviceable)
         {
-            Assemblies = assemblies;
+            Assemblies = assemblies.ToArray();
         }
 
         public IReadOnlyList<string> Assemblies { get; }

src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/DependencyContextCsvReader.cs

@@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
                     name: identity.Item2,
                     version: identity.Item3,
                     hash: identity.Item4,
-                    assemblies: packageGroup.Select(l => RuntimeAssembly.Create(l.AssetPath)).ToArray(),
+                    assemblies: packageGroup.Select(l => RuntimeAssembly.Create(l.AssetPath)),
-                    subTargets: new RuntimeTarget[0],
+                    resourceAssemblies: Enumerable.Empty<ResourceAssembly>(),
-                    dependencies: new Dependency[] { },
+                    subTargets: Enumerable.Empty<RuntimeTarget>(),
+                    dependencies: Enumerable.Empty<Dependency>(),
                     serviceable: false
                     ));
             }
@@ -58,9 +59,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
                 runtime: string.Empty,
                 isPortable: false,
                 compilationOptions: CompilationOptions.Default,
-                compileLibraries: new CompilationLibrary[] {},
+                compileLibraries: Enumerable.Empty<CompilationLibrary>(),
                 runtimeLibraries: runtimeLibraries.ToArray(),
-                runtimeGraph: new KeyValuePair<string, string[]>[0]);
+                runtimeGraph: Enumerable.Empty<KeyValuePair<string, string[]>>());
         }
 
         private Tuple<string, string, string, string> PackageIdentity(DepsFileLine line)

src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/DependencyContextJsonReader.cs

@@ -173,7 +173,18 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
                     .Select(RuntimeAssembly.Create)
                     .ToArray();
 
-                return new RuntimeLibrary(stub.Type, name, version, stub.Hash, assemblies, runtimeTargets.ToArray(), dependencies, stub.Serviceable);
+                var resourceAssemblies = ReadResourceAssemblies((JObject)libraryObject[DependencyContextStrings.ResourceAssembliesPropertyName]);
+
+                return new RuntimeLibrary(
+                    type: stub.Type,
+                    name: name,
+                    version: version,
+                    hash: stub.Hash,
+                    assemblies: assemblies,
+                    resourceAssemblies: resourceAssemblies,
+                    subTargets: runtimeTargets.ToArray(),
+                    dependencies: dependencies,
+                    serviceable: stub.Serviceable);
             }
             else
             {
@@ -182,6 +193,21 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
             }
         }
 
+        private IEnumerable<ResourceAssembly> ReadResourceAssemblies(JObject resourcesObject)
+        {
+            if (resourcesObject == null)
+            {
+                yield break;
+            }
+            foreach (var resourceProperty in resourcesObject)
+            {
+                yield return new ResourceAssembly(
+                    locale: resourceProperty.Value[DependencyContextStrings.LocalePropertyName]?.Value<string>(),
+                    path: resourceProperty.Key
+                    );
+            }
+        }
+
         private static IEnumerable<RuntimeTargetEntryStub> ReadRuntimeTargetEntries(JObject runtimeTargetObject)
         {
             if (runtimeTargetObject == null)

src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/DependencyContextStrings.cs

@@ -66,5 +66,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
         internal const string RuntimeAssetType = "runtime";
 
         internal const string NativeAssetType = "native";
+
+        internal const string ResourceAssembliesPropertyName = "resources";
+
+        internal const string LocalePropertyName = "locale";
     }
 }

src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/DependencyContextWriter.cs

@@ -140,49 +140,70 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
             return targetObject;
         }
 
+        private void AddCompilationAssemblies(JObject libraryObject, IEnumerable<string> compilationAssemblies)
+        {
+            libraryObject.Add(new JProperty(DependencyContextStrings.CompileTimeAssembliesKey,
+                 WriteAssemblies(compilationAssemblies))
+             );
+        }
+
+        private void AddRuntimeAssemblies(JObject libraryObject, IEnumerable<RuntimeAssembly> runtimeAssemblies)
+        {
+            libraryObject.Add(new JProperty(DependencyContextStrings.RuntimeAssembliesKey,
+                       WriteAssemblies(runtimeAssemblies.Select(a => a.Path)))
+                   );
+        }
+
+        private void AddDependencies(JObject libraryObject, IEnumerable<Dependency> dependencies)
+        {
+            libraryObject.Add(
+                new JProperty(DependencyContextStrings.DependenciesPropertyName,
+                new JObject(
+                    dependencies.Select(dependency => new JProperty(dependency.Name, dependency.Version))))
+                    );
+        }
+
+        private void AddResourceAssemblies(JObject libraryObject, IEnumerable<ResourceAssembly> resourceAssemblies)
+        {
+            libraryObject.Add(DependencyContextStrings.ResourceAssembliesPropertyName,
+                new JObject(resourceAssemblies.Select(a =>
+                    new JProperty(a.Path, new JObject(new JProperty(DependencyContextStrings.LocalePropertyName, a.Locale))))
+                    )
+                );
+        }
+
         private JObject WriteTargetLibrary(Library library)
         {
-            string propertyName;
-            string[] assemblies;
-
             var runtimeLibrary = library as RuntimeLibrary;
             if (runtimeLibrary != null)
             {
-                propertyName = DependencyContextStrings.RuntimeAssembliesKey;
+                var libraryObject = new JObject();
-                assemblies = runtimeLibrary.Assemblies.Select(assembly => assembly.Path).ToArray();
+                AddDependencies(libraryObject, runtimeLibrary.Dependencies);
+                AddRuntimeAssemblies(libraryObject, runtimeLibrary.Assemblies);
+                AddResourceAssemblies(libraryObject, runtimeLibrary.ResourceAssemblies);
+                return libraryObject;
             }
-            else
+
+            var compilationLibrary = library as CompilationLibrary;
+            if (compilationLibrary != null)
             {
-                var compilationLibrary = library as CompilationLibrary;
+                var libraryObject = new JObject();
-                if (compilationLibrary != null)
+                AddDependencies(libraryObject, compilationLibrary.Dependencies);
-                {
+                AddCompilationAssemblies(libraryObject, compilationLibrary.Assemblies);
-                    propertyName = DependencyContextStrings.CompileTimeAssembliesKey;
+                return libraryObject;
-                    assemblies = compilationLibrary.Assemblies.ToArray();
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    throw new NotSupportedException();
-                }
             }
-
+            throw new NotSupportedException();
-
-            return new JObject(
-                new JProperty(DependencyContextStrings.DependenciesPropertyName, WriteDependencies(library.Dependencies)),
-                new JProperty(propertyName,
-                    WriteAssemblies(assemblies))
-                );
         }
 
         private JObject WritePortableTargetLibrary(RuntimeLibrary runtimeLibrary, CompilationLibrary compilationLibrary)
         {
-            var libraryObject = new JObject();
-            var dependencies = new HashSet<Dependency>();
 
+            var libraryObject = new JObject();
+
+            var dependencies = new HashSet<Dependency>();
             if (runtimeLibrary != null)
             {
-                libraryObject.Add(new JProperty(DependencyContextStrings.RuntimeAssembliesKey,
+
-                    WriteAssemblies(runtimeLibrary.Assemblies.Select(a => a.Path)))
-                );
                 if (runtimeLibrary.RuntimeTargets.Any())
                 {
                     libraryObject.Add(new JProperty(
@@ -190,21 +211,20 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
                         new JObject(runtimeLibrary.RuntimeTargets.SelectMany(WriteRuntimeTarget)))
                         );
                 }
+                AddResourceAssemblies(libraryObject, runtimeLibrary.ResourceAssemblies);
+                AddRuntimeAssemblies(libraryObject, runtimeLibrary.Assemblies);
 
                 dependencies.UnionWith(runtimeLibrary.Dependencies);
             }
 
             if (compilationLibrary != null)
             {
-                libraryObject.Add(new JProperty(DependencyContextStrings.CompileTimeAssembliesKey,
+                AddCompilationAssemblies(libraryObject, compilationLibrary.Assemblies);
-                    WriteAssemblies(compilationLibrary.Assemblies))
+
-                );
                 dependencies.UnionWith(compilationLibrary.Dependencies);
             }
 
-            libraryObject.Add(
+            AddDependencies(libraryObject, dependencies);
-                new JProperty(DependencyContextStrings.DependenciesPropertyName, WriteDependencies(dependencies)));
-
             return libraryObject;
         }
 
@@ -241,13 +261,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
             return new JObject(assemblies.Select(assembly => new JProperty(assembly, new JObject())));
         }
 
-        private JObject WriteDependencies(IEnumerable<Dependency> dependencies)
-        {
-            return new JObject(
-                dependencies.Select(dependency => new JProperty(dependency.Name, dependency.Version))
-                );
-        }
-
         private JObject WriteLibraries(DependencyContext context)
         {
             var allLibraries =

src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/Library.cs

@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
 // Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
 
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 
 namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
 {
     public class Library
     {
-        public Library(string type, string name, string version, string hash, Dependency[] dependencies, bool serviceable)
+        public Library(string type, string name, string version, string hash, IEnumerable<Dependency> dependencies, bool serviceable)
         {
             Type = type;
             Name = name;
             Version = version;
             Hash = hash;
-            Dependencies = dependencies;
+            Dependencies = dependencies.ToArray();
             Serviceable = serviceable;
         }
 

src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/ResourceAssembly.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
+{
+    public class ResourceAssembly
+    {
+        public ResourceAssembly(string path, string locale)
+        {
+            Locale = locale;
+            Path = path;
+        }
+
+        public string Locale { get; set; }
+
+        public string Path { get; set; }
+
+    }
+}

src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/RuntimeLibrary.cs

@@ -13,18 +13,22 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
             string name,
             string version,
             string hash,
-            RuntimeAssembly[] assemblies,
+            IEnumerable<RuntimeAssembly> assemblies,
-            RuntimeTarget[] subTargets,
+            IEnumerable<ResourceAssembly> resourceAssemblies,
-            Dependency[] dependencies,
+            IEnumerable<RuntimeTarget> subTargets,
+            IEnumerable<Dependency> dependencies,
             bool serviceable)
             : base(type, name, version, hash, dependencies, serviceable)
         {
-            Assemblies = assemblies;
+            Assemblies = assemblies.ToArray();
-            RuntimeTargets = subTargets;
+            ResourceAssemblies = resourceAssemblies.ToArray();
+            RuntimeTargets = subTargets.ToArray();
         }
 
         public IReadOnlyList<RuntimeAssembly> Assemblies { get; }
 
+        public IReadOnlyList<ResourceAssembly> ResourceAssemblies { get; }
+
         public IReadOnlyList<RuntimeTarget> RuntimeTargets { get; }
     }
 }

src/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel/RuntimeTarget.cs

@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 
 namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel
 {
     public class RuntimeTarget
     {
-        public RuntimeTarget(string runtime, IReadOnlyList<RuntimeAssembly> assemblies, IReadOnlyList<string> nativeLibraries)
+        public RuntimeTarget(string runtime, IEnumerable<RuntimeAssembly> assemblies, IEnumerable<string> nativeLibraries)
         {
             Runtime = runtime;
-            Assemblies = assemblies;
+            Assemblies = assemblies.ToArray();
-            NativeLibraries = nativeLibraries;
+            NativeLibraries = nativeLibraries.ToArray();
         }
 
         public string Runtime { get; }

src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-build/CompileContext.cs

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Build
         {
             CreateOutputDirectories();
 
-            return CompileDendencies(incremental) && CompileRootProject(incremental);
+            return CompileDependencies(incremental) && CompileRootProject(incremental);
         }
 
         private bool CompileRootProject(bool incremental)
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Build
             return success;
         }
 
-        private bool CompileDendencies(bool incremental)
+        private bool CompileDependencies(bool incremental)
         {
             if (_args.ShouldSkipDependencies)
             {
@@ -395,15 +395,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Build
 
             if (succeeded)
             {
-                if (_rootProject.ProjectFile.HasRuntimeOutput(_args.ConfigValue))
+                MakeRunnable();
-                {
-                    MakeRunnable();
-                }
-                else if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(_args.OutputValue))
-                {
-                    var outputPaths = _rootProject.GetOutputPaths(_args.ConfigValue, _args.BuildBasePathValue, _args.OutputValue);
-                    CopyCompilationOutput(outputPaths);
-                }
             }
 
             return succeeded;
@@ -428,9 +420,22 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Build
         private void MakeRunnable()
         {
             var runtimeContext = _rootProject.CreateRuntimeContext(_args.GetRuntimes());
+            if(_args.PortableMode)
+            {
+                // HACK: Force the use of the portable target
+                runtimeContext = _rootProject;
+            }
+
             var outputPaths = runtimeContext.GetOutputPaths(_args.ConfigValue, _args.BuildBasePathValue, _args.OutputValue);
             var libraryExporter = runtimeContext.CreateExporter(_args.ConfigValue, _args.BuildBasePathValue);
-            CopyCompilationOutput(outputPaths);
+
+            // If we're building for a specific RID, we need to copy the RID-less compilation output into
+            // the RID-specific output dir
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(runtimeContext.RuntimeIdentifier))
+            {
+                CopyCompilationOutput(outputPaths);
+            }
+
             var executable = new Executable(runtimeContext, outputPaths, libraryExporter);
             executable.MakeCompilationOutputRunnable();
 

src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-compile/CompilerCommandApp.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using Microsoft.Dnx.Runtime.Common.CommandLine;
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Compiler
         private CommandOption _runtimeOption;
         private CommandOption _versionSuffixOption;
         private CommandOption _configurationOption;
+        private CommandOption _portableOption;
         private CommandArgument _projectArgument;
         private CommandOption _nativeOption;
         private CommandOption _archOption;
@@ -41,8 +43,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Compiler
         // resolved values for the options and arguments
         public string ProjectPathValue { get; set; }
         public string BuildBasePathValue { get; set; }
-        public string OutputValue { get; set; }
         public string RuntimeValue { get; set; }
+        public string OutputValue { get; set; }
         public string VersionSuffixValue { get; set; }
         public string ConfigValue { get; set; }
         public bool IsNativeValue { get; set; }
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Compiler
         public bool IsCppModeValue { get; set; }
         public string AppDepSdkPathValue { get; set; }
         public string CppCompilerFlagsValue { get; set; }
+        public bool PortableMode { get; set; }
 
         // workaround: CommandLineApplication is internal therefore I cannot make _app protected so baseclasses can add their own params
         private readonly Dictionary<string, CommandOption> baseClassOptions;
@@ -77,12 +80,15 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Compiler
 
             _outputOption = _app.Option("-o|--output <OUTPUT_DIR>", "Directory in which to place outputs", CommandOptionType.SingleValue);
             _buildBasePath = _app.Option("-b|--build-base-path <OUTPUT_DIR>", "Directory in which to place temporary outputs", CommandOptionType.SingleValue);
-            _frameworkOption = _app.Option("-f|--framework <FRAMEWORK>", "Compile a specific framework", CommandOptionType.MultipleValue);
+            _frameworkOption = _app.Option("-f|--framework <FRAMEWORK>", "Compile a specific framework", CommandOptionType.SingleValue);
+            _runtimeOption = _app.Option("-r|--runtime <RUNTIME_IDENTIFIER>", "Produce runtime-specific assets for the specified runtime", CommandOptionType.SingleValue);
             _configurationOption = _app.Option("-c|--configuration <CONFIGURATION>", "Configuration under which to build", CommandOptionType.SingleValue);
-            _runtimeOption = _app.Option("-r|--runtime <RUNTIME_IDENTIFIER>", "Target runtime to publish for", CommandOptionType.SingleValue);
             _versionSuffixOption = _app.Option("--version-suffix <VERSION_SUFFIX>", "Defines what `*` should be replaced with in version field in project.json", CommandOptionType.SingleValue);
             _projectArgument = _app.Argument("<PROJECT>", "The project to compile, defaults to the current directory. Can be a path to a project.json or a project directory");
 
+            // HACK: Allow us to treat a project as though it was portable by ignoring the runtime-specific targets. This is temporary until RID inference is removed from NuGet
+            _portableOption = _app.Option("--portable", "TEMPORARY: Enforces portable build/publish mode", CommandOptionType.NoValue);
+
             // Native Args
             _nativeOption = _app.Option("-n|--native", "Compiles source to native machine code.", CommandOptionType.NoValue);
             _archOption = _app.Option("-a|--arch <ARCH>", "The architecture for which to compile. x64 only currently supported.", CommandOptionType.SingleValue);
@@ -98,6 +104,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Compiler
         {
             _app.OnExecute(() =>
             {
+                if (_outputOption.HasValue() && !_frameworkOption.HasValue())
+                {
+                    Reporter.Error.WriteLine("When the '--output' option is provided, the '--framework' option must also be provided.");
+                    return 1;
+                }
+
                 // Locate the project and get the name and full path
                 ProjectPathValue = _projectArgument.Value;
                 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(ProjectPathValue))
@@ -110,6 +122,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Compiler
                 ConfigValue = _configurationOption.Value() ?? Constants.DefaultConfiguration;
                 RuntimeValue = _runtimeOption.Value();
                 VersionSuffixValue = _versionSuffixOption.Value();
+                PortableMode = _portableOption.HasValue();
 
                 IsNativeValue = _nativeOption.HasValue();
                 ArchValue = _archOption.Value();
@@ -120,8 +133,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Compiler
                 IsCppModeValue = _cppModeOption.HasValue();
                 CppCompilerFlagsValue = _cppCompilerFlagsOption.Value();
 
-                IEnumerable<ProjectContext> contexts;
-                
                 // Set defaults based on the environment
                 var settings = ProjectReaderSettings.ReadFromEnvironment();
 
@@ -130,29 +141,35 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Compiler
                     settings.VersionSuffix = VersionSuffixValue;
                 }
 
-                if (_frameworkOption.HasValue())
+                // Load the project file and construct all the targets
+                var targets = ProjectContext.CreateContextForEachFramework(ProjectPathValue, settings).ToList();
+
+                if (targets.Count == 0)
                 {
-                    contexts = _frameworkOption.Values
+                    // Project is missing 'frameworks' section
-                        .Select(f =>
+                    Reporter.Error.WriteLine("Project does not have any frameworks listed in the 'frameworks' section.");
-                        {
+                    return 1;
-                            return ProjectContext.CreateBuilder(ProjectPathValue, NuGetFramework.Parse(f))
-                                                 .WithReaderSettings(settings)
-                                                 .Build();
-                        });
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(OutputValue))
-                    {
-                        throw new InvalidOperationException($"'{_frameworkOption.LongName}' is required when '{_outputOption.LongName}' is specified");
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        contexts = ProjectContext.CreateContextForEachFramework(ProjectPathValue, settings);
-                    }
                 }
 
-                var success = execute(contexts.ToList(), this);
+                // Filter the targets down based on the inputs
+                if (_frameworkOption.HasValue())
+                {
+                    var fx = NuGetFramework.Parse(_frameworkOption.Value());
+                    targets = targets.Where(t => fx.Equals(t.TargetFramework)).ToList();
+
+                    if (targets.Count == 0)
+                    {
+                        // We filtered everything out
+                        Reporter.Error.WriteLine($"Project does not support framework: {fx.DotNetFrameworkName}.");
+                        return 1;
+                    }
+
+                    Debug.Assert(targets.Count == 1);
+                }
+
+                Debug.Assert(targets.All(t => string.IsNullOrEmpty(t.RuntimeIdentifier)));
+
+                var success = execute(targets, this);
 
                 return success ? 0 : 1;
             });

src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-compile/ManagedCompiler.cs

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ using Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Compiler.Common;
 using Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils;
 using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel;
 using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Compilation;
-using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Utilities;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel;
 
 namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Compiler
@@ -161,6 +160,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Compiler
                 contextVariables.Add(
                     "compile:RuntimeOutputDir",
                     runtimeOutputPath.RuntimeOutputPath.TrimEnd('\\', '/'));
+
+                contextVariables.Add(
+                    "compile:RuntimeIdentifier",
+                    runtimeContext.RuntimeIdentifier);
             }
 
             _scriptRunner.RunScripts(context, ScriptNames.PreCompile, contextVariables);

src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-restore/Program.cs

@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Restore
             Console.WriteLine($"Restoring Tool '{tooldep.Name}' for '{projectPath}' in '{tempPath}'");
 
             File.WriteAllText(projectPath, GenerateProjectJsonContents(new[] {"netstandardapp1.5"}, tooldep));
-            return NuGet3.Restore(new [] { $"{projectPath}", "--runtime", $"{DefaultRid}"}.Concat(args), quiet) == 0;
+            return NuGet3.Restore(new[] { $"{projectPath}" }.Concat(args), quiet) == 0;
         }
 
         private static string GenerateProjectJsonContents(IEnumerable<string> frameworks, LibraryRange tooldep)
@@ -194,9 +194,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Restore
             foreach (var framework in frameworks)
             {
                 var importsStatement = "\"imports\": [ \"dnxcore50\", \"portable-net452+win81\" ]";
-                
                 sb.AppendLine($"        \"{framework}\": {{ {importsStatement} }}");
             }
+            sb.AppendLine("    },");
+            sb.AppendLine("    \"runtimes\": { ");
+            sb.AppendLine($"        \"{DefaultRid}\": {{}}");
             sb.AppendLine("    }");
             sb.AppendLine("}");
             var pjContents = sb.ToString();

src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-test/Program.cs

@@ -102,12 +102,19 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test
             var commandArgs = new List<string> { GetAssemblyUnderTest(projectContext, configuration, outputPath) };
             commandArgs.AddRange(app.RemainingArguments);
 
-            return Command.Create(
+            var commandFactory = 
+                new ProjectDependenciesCommandFactory(
+                    projectContext.TargetFramework, 
+                    configuration, 
+                    outputPath,
+                    projectContext.ProjectDirectory);
+            
+
+            return commandFactory.Create(
                     $"dotnet-{GetCommandName(testRunner)}",
                     commandArgs,
                     projectContext.TargetFramework,
-                    configuration: configuration,
+                    configuration)
-                    outputPath: outputPath)
                 .ForwardStdErr()
                 .ForwardStdOut()
                 .Execute()
@@ -159,8 +166,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test
                 var messages = new TestMessagesCollection();
                 using (var dotnetTest = new DotnetTest(messages, assemblyUnderTest))
                 {
-                    var commandFactory =
+                    var commandFactory = 
-                        new FixedPathCommandFactory(projectContext.TargetFramework, configuration, outputPath);
+                        new ProjectDependenciesCommandFactory(
+                            projectContext.TargetFramework, 
+                            configuration, 
+                            outputPath,
+                            projectContext.ProjectDirectory);
+                        
                     var testRunnerFactory = new TestRunnerFactory(GetCommandName(testRunner), commandFactory);
 
                     dotnetTest

src/dotnet/project.json

@@ -3,16 +3,16 @@
     "compilationOptions": {
         "emitEntryPoint": true
     },
-    "compileExclude": [ 
+    "compileExclude": [
-        "commands/dotnet-new/CSharp_Console/**", 
+        "commands/dotnet-new/CSharp_Console/**",
-        "commands/dotnet-new/FSharp_Console/**" 
+        "commands/dotnet-new/FSharp_Console/**"
     ],
-    "resource": [ 
+    "resource": [
-        "commands/dotnet-new/CSharp_Console/NuGet.Config", 
+        "commands/dotnet-new/CSharp_Console/NuGet.Config",
-        "commands/dotnet-new/CSharp_Console/Program.cs", 
+        "commands/dotnet-new/CSharp_Console/Program.cs",
-        "commands/dotnet-new/CSharp_Console/project.json.template", 
+        "commands/dotnet-new/CSharp_Console/project.json.template",
-        "commands/dotnet-new/FSharp_Console/NuGet.config", 
+        "commands/dotnet-new/FSharp_Console/NuGet.config",
-        "commands/dotnet-new/FSharp_Console/Program.fs", 
+        "commands/dotnet-new/FSharp_Console/Program.fs",
         "commands/dotnet-new/FSharp_Console/project.json.template"
     ],
     "dependencies": {
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         "Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp": "1.3.0-beta1-20160225-02",
         "Microsoft.DiaSymReader.Native": "1.3.3",
 
-        "NuGet.CommandLine.XPlat": "3.4.0-beta-632",
+        "NuGet.CommandLine.XPlat": "3.4.0-rtm-0724",
         "System.CommandLine": "0.1.0-e160119-1",
 
         "Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel": "1.0.0-*",

test/ArgumentForwardingTests/project.json

@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@
 
     "testRunner": "xunit",
 
-    "scripts": { "precompile": "dotnet build ../ArgumentsReflector/project.json --framework netstandardapp1.5 --output %compile:RuntimeOutputDir%" }
+    "scripts": { "precompile": "dotnet build ../ArgumentsReflector/project.json --framework netstandardapp1.5 --runtime %compile:RuntimeIdentifier% --output %compile:RuntimeOutputDir%" }
 }

test/EndToEnd/EndToEndTest.cs

@@ -83,15 +83,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tests.EndToEnd
         [Fact]
         public void TestDotnetBuildNativeRyuJit()
         {
-            if(IsCentOS())
+            if(!IsNativeCompilationSupported())
             {
-                Console.WriteLine("Skipping native compilation tests on CentOS - https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/453");
-                return;
-            }
-
-            if (IsWinX86())
-            {
-                Console.WriteLine("Skipping native compilation tests on Windows x86 - https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/1550");
                 return;
             }
 
@@ -105,15 +98,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tests.EndToEnd
         [Fact]
         public void TestDotnetBuildNativeCpp()
         {
-            if(IsCentOS())
+            if(!IsNativeCompilationSupported())
-            {
+            {   
-                Console.WriteLine("Skipping native compilation tests on CentOS - https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/453");
-                return;
-            }
-
-            if (IsWinX86())
-            {
-                Console.WriteLine("Skipping native compilation tests on Windows x86 - https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/1550");
                 return;
             }
 
@@ -127,15 +113,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tests.EndToEnd
         [Fact]
         public void TestDotnetCompileNativeCppIncremental()
         {
-            if (IsCentOS())
+            if(!IsNativeCompilationSupported())
-            {
+            {   
-                Console.WriteLine("Skipping native compilation tests on CentOS - https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/453");
-                return;
-            }
-
-            if (IsWinX86())
-            {
-                Console.WriteLine("Skipping native compilation tests on Windows x86 - https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/1550");
                 return;
             }
 
@@ -236,25 +215,26 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tests.EndToEnd
             Directory.SetCurrentDirectory(currentDirectory);
         }
 
-        private bool IsCentOS()
+        private bool IsNativeCompilationSupported()
         {
-            if(RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Linux))
+            bool isSupported = true;
+            var platform = PlatformServices.Default.Runtime.OperatingSystem.ToLower();
+            switch (platform)
             {
-                const string OSIDFILE = "/etc/os-release";
+                case "centos":
-
+                case "rhel":
-                if(File.Exists(OSIDFILE))
+                    Console.WriteLine("Skipping native compilation tests on CentOS/RHEL - https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/453");
-                {
+                    isSupported = false;
-                    return File.ReadAllText(OSIDFILE).ToLower().Contains("centos");
+                    break;
-                }
+                case "windows":
+                    Console.WriteLine("Skipping native compilation tests on Windows x86 - https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/1550");
+                    isSupported = RuntimeInformation.ProcessArchitecture != Architecture.X86;
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    break;
             }
 
-            return false;
+            return isSupported;
-        }
-
-        private bool IsWinX86()
-        {
-            return RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows) &&
-                RuntimeInformation.ProcessArchitecture == Architecture.X86;
         }
 
         private static DateTime GetLastWriteTimeUtcOfDirectoryFiles(string outputDirectory)

test/EndToEnd/project.json

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
     "xunit": "2.1.0",
     "xunit.netcore.extensions": "1.0.0-prerelease-*",
-    "dotnet-test-xunit": "1.0.0-dev-79755-47"
+    "dotnet-test-xunit": "1.0.0-dev-91790-12"
   },
 
   "frameworks": {

test/Installer/testmsi.ps1

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function CopyInstaller([string]$destination)
     # Copy both the .msi and the .exe to the testBin directory so
     # the tests running in the docker container have access to them.
     Copy-Item $inputMsi -Destination:$destination
-    
+
     $BundlePath = [System.IO.Path]::ChangeExtension($inputMsi, "exe")
     Copy-Item $BundlePath -Destination:$destination
 }
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ function CopyInstaller([string]$destination)
 function CopyTestXUnitRunner([string]$destination)
 {
     $XUnitRunnerDir = Join-Path $env:NUGET_PACKAGES xunit.runner.console\2.1.0\tools
-    
+
     Copy-Item $XUnitRunnerDir\xunit.console.exe -Destination:$destination
     Copy-Item $XUnitRunnerDir\xunit.runner.utility.desktop.dll -Destination:$destination
 }
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ pushd "$Stage2Dir\bin"
 
 try {
     .\dotnet restore `
-        --runtime win-anycpu `
         $testDir `
         -f https://www.myget.org/F/dotnet-buildtools/api/v3/index.json | Out-Host
 
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ try {
 
     .\dotnet publish `
         --framework net46 `
-        --runtime win-anycpu `
         --output $testBin `
         $testDir | Out-Host
 
@@ -68,7 +66,7 @@ try {
         CopyTestXUnitRunner $testBin
 
         Write-Host "Running installer tests in Windows Container"
-        
+
         # --net="none" works around a networking issue on the containers on the CI machines.
         # Since our installer tests don't require the network, it is fine to shut it off.
         $MsiFileName = [System.IO.Path]::GetFileName($inputMsi)

test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/CommandResolverTestUtils.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests
+{
+    public static class CommandResolverTestUtils
+    {
+        public static string CreateNonRunnableTestCommand(string directory, string filename, string extension=".dll")
+        {
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(directory);
+            
+            var filePath = Path.Combine(directory, filename + extension);
+
+            File.WriteAllText(filePath, "test command that does nothing.");
+
+            return filePath;
+        }
+
+        public static IEnvironmentProvider SetupEnvironmentProviderWhichFindsExtensions(params string[] extensions)
+        {
+            return new EnvironmentProvider(extensions);
+        }
+    }
+}

test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenACompositeCommandResolver.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Linq;
+using Xunit;
+using Moq;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
+using System.Threading;
+using FluentAssertions;
+using NuGet.Frameworks;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests
+{
+    public class GivenACompositeCommandResolver
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_iterates_through_all_added_resolvers_in_order_when_they_return_null()
+        {
+            var compositeCommandResolver = new CompositeCommandResolver();
+
+            var resolverCalls = new List<int>();
+
+            var mockResolver1 = new Mock<ICommandResolver>();
+            mockResolver1.Setup(r => r
+                .Resolve(It.IsAny<CommandResolverArguments>()))
+                .Returns(default(CommandSpec))
+                .Callback(() => resolverCalls.Add(1));
+
+            var mockResolver2 = new Mock<ICommandResolver>();
+            mockResolver2.Setup(r => r
+                .Resolve(It.IsAny<CommandResolverArguments>()))
+                .Returns(default(CommandSpec))
+                .Callback(() => resolverCalls.Add(2));
+
+            compositeCommandResolver.AddCommandResolver(mockResolver1.Object);
+            compositeCommandResolver.AddCommandResolver(mockResolver2.Object);
+
+            compositeCommandResolver.Resolve(default(CommandResolverArguments));
+
+            resolverCalls.Should()
+                .HaveCount(2)
+                .And
+                .ContainInOrder(new [] {1, 2});
+
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_stops_iterating_through_added_resolvers_when_one_returns_nonnull()
+        {
+            var compositeCommandResolver = new CompositeCommandResolver();
+
+            var resolverCalls = new List<int>();
+
+            var mockResolver1 = new Mock<ICommandResolver>();
+            mockResolver1.Setup(r => r
+                .Resolve(It.IsAny<CommandResolverArguments>()))
+                .Returns(new CommandSpec(null, null, default(CommandResolutionStrategy)))
+                .Callback(() => resolverCalls.Add(1));
+
+            var mockResolver2 = new Mock<ICommandResolver>();
+            mockResolver2.Setup(r => r
+                .Resolve(It.IsAny<CommandResolverArguments>()))
+                .Returns(default(CommandSpec))
+                .Callback(() => resolverCalls.Add(2));
+
+            compositeCommandResolver.AddCommandResolver(mockResolver1.Object);
+            compositeCommandResolver.AddCommandResolver(mockResolver2.Object);
+
+            compositeCommandResolver.Resolve(default(CommandResolverArguments));
+
+            resolverCalls.Should()
+                .HaveCount(1)
+                .And
+                .ContainInOrder(new [] {1});
+
+        }
+    }
+}

test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenADefaultCommandResolver.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Linq;
+using Xunit;
+using Moq;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
+using System.Threading;
+using FluentAssertions;
+using NuGet.Frameworks;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests
+{
+    public class GivenADefaultCommandResolver
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_contains_resolvers_in_the_right_order()
+        {
+            var defaultCommandResolver = DefaultCommandResolverPolicy.Create();
+
+            var resolvers = defaultCommandResolver.OrderedCommandResolvers;
+
+            resolvers.Should().HaveCount(4);
+
+            resolvers.Select(r => r.GetType())
+                .Should()
+                .ContainInOrder(
+                    new []{
+                        typeof(RootedCommandResolver),
+                        typeof(ProjectToolsCommandResolver),
+                        typeof(AppBaseCommandResolver),
+                        typeof(PathCommandResolver)
+                    });
+        }
+    }
+}

test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAPathCommandResolver.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Linq;
+using Xunit;
+using Moq;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
+using System.Threading;
+using FluentAssertions;
+using NuGet.Frameworks;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests
+{
+    public class GivenAPathCommandResolver
+    {
+        private static readonly string s_testDirectory = Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "pathTestDirectory");
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_returns_null_when_CommandName_is_null()
+        {
+            var pathCommandResolver = SetupPlatformPathCommandResolver();
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = null,
+                CommandArguments = null
+            };
+
+            var result = pathCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().BeNull();
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_returns_null_when_CommandName_does_not_exist_in_PATH()
+        {
+            var emptyPathEnvironmentMock = new Mock<IEnvironmentProvider>();
+            emptyPathEnvironmentMock.Setup(e => e
+                .GetCommandPath(It.IsAny<string>(), It.IsAny<string[]>()))
+                .Returns((string)null);
+
+            var pathCommandResolver = SetupPlatformPathCommandResolver(emptyPathEnvironmentMock.Object);
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "nonexistent-command",
+                CommandArguments = null
+            };
+
+            var result = pathCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().BeNull();
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_returns_a_CommandSpec_with_CommandName_as_FileName_when_CommandName_exists_in_PATH()
+        {
+            var testCommandPath = CommandResolverTestUtils.CreateNonRunnableTestCommand(
+                s_testDirectory, 
+                "pathtestcommand1", 
+                ".exe");
+
+            var staticPathEnvironmentMock = new Mock<IEnvironmentProvider>();
+            staticPathEnvironmentMock.Setup(e => e
+                .GetCommandPath(It.IsAny<string>(), It.IsAny<string[]>()))
+                .Returns(testCommandPath); 
+
+            var pathCommandResolver = SetupPlatformPathCommandResolver(staticPathEnvironmentMock.Object, forceGeneric: true);
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(testCommandPath),
+                CommandArguments = null
+            };
+
+            var result = pathCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().NotBeNull();
+
+            var commandFile = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(result.Path);
+
+            commandFile.Should().Be(Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(testCommandPath));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_escapes_CommandArguments_when_returning_a_CommandSpec()
+        {
+            var testCommandPath = CommandResolverTestUtils.CreateNonRunnableTestCommand(
+                s_testDirectory, 
+                "pathtestcommand1", 
+                ".exe");
+
+            var staticPathEnvironmentMock = new Mock<IEnvironmentProvider>();
+            staticPathEnvironmentMock.Setup(e => e
+                .GetCommandPath(It.IsAny<string>(), It.IsAny<string[]>()))
+                .Returns(testCommandPath); 
+
+            var pathCommandResolver = SetupPlatformPathCommandResolver(staticPathEnvironmentMock.Object, forceGeneric: true);
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(testCommandPath),
+                CommandArguments = new [] {"arg with space"}
+            };
+
+            var result = pathCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().NotBeNull();
+            result.Args.Should().Be("\"arg with space\"");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_returns_a_CommandSpec_with_Args_as_stringEmpty_when_returning_a_CommandSpec_and_CommandArguments_are_null()
+        {
+            var testCommandPath = CommandResolverTestUtils.CreateNonRunnableTestCommand(
+                s_testDirectory, 
+                "pathtestcommand1", 
+                ".exe");
+
+            var staticPathEnvironmentMock = new Mock<IEnvironmentProvider>();
+            staticPathEnvironmentMock.Setup(e => e
+                .GetCommandPath(It.IsAny<string>(), It.IsAny<string[]>()))
+                .Returns(testCommandPath); 
+
+            var pathCommandResolver = SetupPlatformPathCommandResolver(staticPathEnvironmentMock.Object, forceGeneric: true);
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(testCommandPath),
+                CommandArguments = null
+            };
+
+            var result = pathCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().NotBeNull();
+            result.Args.Should().Be(string.Empty);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_prefers_EXE_over_CMD_when_two_command_candidates_exist_and_using_WindowsExePreferredCommandSpecFactory()
+        {
+            var environment = new EnvironmentProvider(new [] {".exe", ".cmd"}, new[] { s_testDirectory });
+            var platformCommandSpecFactory = new WindowsExePreferredCommandSpecFactory();
+
+            var pathCommandResolver = new PathCommandResolver(environment, platformCommandSpecFactory);
+
+            CommandResolverTestUtils.CreateNonRunnableTestCommand(s_testDirectory, "extensionPreferenceCommand", ".exe");
+            CommandResolverTestUtils.CreateNonRunnableTestCommand(s_testDirectory, "extensionPreferenceCommand", ".cmd");
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "extensionPreferenceCommand",
+                CommandArguments = null
+            };
+
+            var result = pathCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().NotBeNull();
+
+            var commandFile = Path.GetFileName(result.Path);
+            commandFile.Should().Be("extensionPreferenceCommand.exe");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_wraps_command_with_CMD_EXE_when_command_has_CMD_Extension_and_using_WindowsExePreferredCommandSpecFactory()
+        {
+            var environment = new EnvironmentProvider(new [] {".cmd"}, new[] { s_testDirectory });
+            var platformCommandSpecFactory = new WindowsExePreferredCommandSpecFactory();
+
+            var pathCommandResolver = new PathCommandResolver(environment, platformCommandSpecFactory);
+
+            var testCommandPath = 
+                CommandResolverTestUtils.CreateNonRunnableTestCommand(s_testDirectory, "cmdWrapCommand", ".cmd");
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "cmdWrapCommand",
+                CommandArguments = null
+            };
+
+            var result = pathCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().NotBeNull();
+
+            var commandFile = Path.GetFileName(result.Path);
+            commandFile.Should().Be("cmd.exe");
+
+            result.Args.Should().Contain(testCommandPath);
+        }
+
+        private PathCommandResolver SetupPlatformPathCommandResolver(
+            IEnvironmentProvider environment = null, 
+            bool forceGeneric = false)
+        {
+            environment = environment ?? new EnvironmentProvider();
+
+            IPlatformCommandSpecFactory platformCommandSpecFactory = new GenericPlatformCommandSpecFactory();
+
+            if (PlatformServices.Default.Runtime.OperatingSystemPlatform == Platform.Windows
+                && !forceGeneric)
+            {
+                platformCommandSpecFactory = new WindowsExePreferredCommandSpecFactory();
+            }
+
+            var pathCommandResolver = new PathCommandResolver(environment, platformCommandSpecFactory);
+
+            return pathCommandResolver;
+        }
+    }
+}

test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectDependencyCommandResolver.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Linq;
+using Xunit;
+using Moq;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
+using System.Threading;
+using FluentAssertions;
+using NuGet.Frameworks;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests
+{
+    public class GivenAProjectDependenciesCommandResolver
+    {
+
+        private static readonly string s_liveProjectDirectory = 
+            Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithDirectDependency");
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_returns_null_when_CommandName_is_null()
+        {
+            var projectDependenciesCommandResolver = SetupProjectDependenciesCommandResolver();
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = null,
+                CommandArguments = new string[] {""},
+                ProjectDirectory = "/some/directory",
+                Configuration = "Debug",
+                Framework = FrameworkConstants.CommonFrameworks.NetStandardApp15
+            };
+
+            var result = projectDependenciesCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().BeNull();
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_returns_null_when_ProjectDirectory_is_null()
+        {
+            var projectDependenciesCommandResolver = SetupProjectDependenciesCommandResolver();
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "command",
+                CommandArguments = new string[] {""},
+                ProjectDirectory = null,
+                Configuration = "Debug",
+                Framework = FrameworkConstants.CommonFrameworks.NetStandardApp15
+            };
+
+            var result = projectDependenciesCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().BeNull();
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_returns_null_when_Framework_is_null()
+        {
+            var projectDependenciesCommandResolver = SetupProjectDependenciesCommandResolver();
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "command",
+                CommandArguments = new string[] {""},
+                ProjectDirectory = s_liveProjectDirectory,
+                Configuration = "Debug",
+                Framework = null
+            };
+
+            var result = projectDependenciesCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().BeNull();
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_returns_null_when_Configuration_is_null()
+        {
+            var projectDependenciesCommandResolver = SetupProjectDependenciesCommandResolver();
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "command",
+                CommandArguments = new string[] {""},
+                ProjectDirectory = s_liveProjectDirectory,
+                Configuration = null,
+                Framework = FrameworkConstants.CommonFrameworks.NetStandardApp15
+            };
+
+            var result = projectDependenciesCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().BeNull();
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_returns_null_when_CommandName_does_not_exist_in_ProjectDependencies()
+        {
+            var projectDependenciesCommandResolver = SetupProjectDependenciesCommandResolver();
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "nonexistent-command",
+                CommandArguments = null,
+                ProjectDirectory = s_liveProjectDirectory,
+                Configuration = "Debug",
+                Framework = FrameworkConstants.CommonFrameworks.NetStandardApp15
+            };
+
+            var result = projectDependenciesCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().BeNull();
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_returns_a_CommandSpec_with_CoreHost_as_FileName_and_CommandName_in_Args_when_CommandName_exists_in_ProjectDependencies()
+        {
+            var projectDependenciesCommandResolver = SetupProjectDependenciesCommandResolver();
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "dotnet-hello",
+                CommandArguments = null,
+                ProjectDirectory = s_liveProjectDirectory,
+                Configuration = "Debug",
+                Framework = FrameworkConstants.CommonFrameworks.NetStandardApp15
+            };
+
+            var result = projectDependenciesCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().NotBeNull();
+
+            var commandFile = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(result.Path);
+
+            commandFile.Should().Be("corehost");
+
+            result.Args.Should().Contain(commandResolverArguments.CommandName);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_escapes_CommandArguments_when_returning_a_CommandSpec()
+        {
+            var projectDependenciesCommandResolver = SetupProjectDependenciesCommandResolver();
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "dotnet-hello",
+                CommandArguments = new [] { "arg with space"},
+                ProjectDirectory = s_liveProjectDirectory,
+                Configuration = "Debug",
+                Framework = FrameworkConstants.CommonFrameworks.NetStandardApp15
+            };
+
+            var result = projectDependenciesCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().NotBeNull();
+            result.Args.Should().Contain("\"arg with space\"");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_passes_depsfile_arg_to_corehost_when_returning_a_commandspec()
+        {
+            var projectDependenciesCommandResolver = SetupProjectDependenciesCommandResolver();
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "dotnet-hello",
+                CommandArguments = null,
+                ProjectDirectory = s_liveProjectDirectory,
+                Configuration = "Debug",
+                Framework = FrameworkConstants.CommonFrameworks.NetStandardApp15
+            };
+
+            var result = projectDependenciesCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().NotBeNull();
+            result.Args.Should().Contain("--depsfile");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_returns_a_CommandSpec_with_CommandName_in_Args_when_returning_a_CommandSpec_and_CommandArguments_are_null()
+        {
+            var projectDependenciesCommandResolver = SetupProjectDependenciesCommandResolver();
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "dotnet-hello",
+                CommandArguments = null,
+                ProjectDirectory = s_liveProjectDirectory,
+                Configuration = "Debug",
+                Framework = FrameworkConstants.CommonFrameworks.NetStandardApp15
+            };
+
+            var result = projectDependenciesCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().NotBeNull();
+            
+            result.Args.Should().Contain("dotnet-hello");
+        }
+
+        private ProjectDependenciesCommandResolver SetupProjectDependenciesCommandResolver(
+            IEnvironmentProvider environment = null,
+            IPackagedCommandSpecFactory packagedCommandSpecFactory = null)
+        {
+            environment = environment ?? new EnvironmentProvider();
+            packagedCommandSpecFactory = packagedCommandSpecFactory ?? new PackagedCommandSpecFactory();
+
+            var projectDependenciesCommandResolver = new ProjectDependenciesCommandResolver(environment, packagedCommandSpecFactory);
+
+            return projectDependenciesCommandResolver;
+        }
+    }
+}

test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectPathCommandResolver.cs

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+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Linq;
+using Xunit;
+using Moq;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
+using System.Threading;
+using FluentAssertions;
+using NuGet.Frameworks;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests
+{
+    public class GivenAProjectPathCommandResolver
+    {
+        private static readonly string s_testProjectDirectory = Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "testprojectdirectory");
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_returns_null_when_CommandName_is_null()
+        {
+            var projectPathCommandResolver = SetupPlatformProjectPathCommandResolver(forceGeneric: true);
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = null,
+                CommandArguments = new string[] {""},
+                ProjectDirectory = "/some/directory"
+            };
+
+            var result = projectPathCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().BeNull();
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_returns_null_when_ProjectDirectory_is_null()
+        {
+            var projectPathCommandResolver = SetupPlatformProjectPathCommandResolver(forceGeneric: true);
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "command",
+                CommandArguments = new string[] {""},
+                ProjectDirectory = null
+            };
+
+            var result = projectPathCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().BeNull();
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_returns_null_when_CommandName_does_not_exist_in_ProjectDirectory()
+        {
+            var projectPathCommandResolver = SetupPlatformProjectPathCommandResolver(forceGeneric: true);
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "nonexistent-command",
+                CommandArguments = null,
+                ProjectDirectory = s_testProjectDirectory
+            };
+
+            var result = projectPathCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().BeNull();
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_returns_null_when_CommandName_exists_in_a_subdirectory_of_ProjectDirectory()
+        {
+            var environment = CommandResolverTestUtils.SetupEnvironmentProviderWhichFindsExtensions(".exe");
+            var projectPathCommandResolver = SetupPlatformProjectPathCommandResolver(environment, forceGeneric: true);
+
+            var testDir = Path.Combine(s_testProjectDirectory, "projectpathtestsubdir");
+            CommandResolverTestUtils.CreateNonRunnableTestCommand(testDir, "projectpathtestsubdircommand", ".exe");
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "projectpathtestsubdircommand",
+                CommandArguments = null,
+                ProjectDirectory = s_testProjectDirectory
+            };
+
+            var result = projectPathCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().BeNull();
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_returns_a_CommandSpec_with_CommandName_as_FileName_when_CommandName_exists_in_ProjectDirectory()
+        {
+            var environment = CommandResolverTestUtils.SetupEnvironmentProviderWhichFindsExtensions(".exe");
+            var projectPathCommandResolver = SetupPlatformProjectPathCommandResolver(environment, forceGeneric: true);
+
+            CommandResolverTestUtils.CreateNonRunnableTestCommand(s_testProjectDirectory, "projectpathtestcommand1", ".exe");
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "projectpathtestcommand1",
+                CommandArguments = null,
+                ProjectDirectory = s_testProjectDirectory
+            };
+
+            var result = projectPathCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().NotBeNull();
+
+            var commandFile = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(result.Path);
+
+            commandFile.Should().Be("projectpathtestcommand1");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_escapes_CommandArguments_when_returning_a_CommandSpec()
+        {
+            var environment = CommandResolverTestUtils.SetupEnvironmentProviderWhichFindsExtensions(".exe");
+            var projectPathCommandResolver = SetupPlatformProjectPathCommandResolver(environment, forceGeneric: true);
+
+            CommandResolverTestUtils.CreateNonRunnableTestCommand(s_testProjectDirectory, "projectpathtestcommand1", ".exe");
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "projectpathtestcommand1",
+                CommandArguments = new [] { "arg with space"},
+                ProjectDirectory = s_testProjectDirectory
+            };
+
+            var result = projectPathCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().NotBeNull();
+            result.Args.Should().Be("\"arg with space\"");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_resolves_commands_with_extensions_defined_in_InferredExtensions()
+        {
+            var extensions = new string[] {".sh", ".cmd", ".foo", ".exe"};
+            var projectPathCommandResolver = SetupPlatformProjectPathCommandResolver(forceGeneric: true);
+
+            foreach (var extension in extensions)
+            {
+                var extensionTestDir = Path.Combine(s_testProjectDirectory, "testext" + extension);
+
+                CommandResolverTestUtils.CreateNonRunnableTestCommand(extensionTestDir, "projectpathexttest", extension);
+
+                var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+                {
+                    CommandName = "projectpathexttest",
+                    CommandArguments = null,
+                    ProjectDirectory = extensionTestDir,
+                    InferredExtensions = extensions
+                };
+
+                var result = projectPathCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+                result.Should().NotBeNull();
+
+                var commandFileName = Path.GetFileName(result.Path);
+                commandFileName.Should().Be("projectpathexttest" + extension);
+            }            
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_returns_a_CommandSpec_with_Args_as_stringEmpty_when_returning_a_CommandSpec_and_CommandArguments_are_null()
+        {
+            var environment = CommandResolverTestUtils.SetupEnvironmentProviderWhichFindsExtensions(".exe");
+            var projectPathCommandResolver = SetupPlatformProjectPathCommandResolver(environment, forceGeneric: true);
+
+            CommandResolverTestUtils.CreateNonRunnableTestCommand(s_testProjectDirectory, "projectpathtestcommand1", ".exe");
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "projectpathtestcommand1",
+                CommandArguments = null,
+                ProjectDirectory = s_testProjectDirectory
+            };
+
+            var result = projectPathCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().NotBeNull();
+            result.Args.Should().Be(string.Empty);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_prefers_EXE_over_CMD_when_two_command_candidates_exist_and_using_WindowsExePreferredCommandSpecFactory()
+        {
+            var environment = CommandResolverTestUtils.SetupEnvironmentProviderWhichFindsExtensions(".exe");
+            var platformCommandSpecFactory = new WindowsExePreferredCommandSpecFactory();
+
+            var projectPathCommandResolver = new ProjectPathCommandResolver(environment, platformCommandSpecFactory);
+
+            CommandResolverTestUtils.CreateNonRunnableTestCommand(s_testProjectDirectory, "projectpathtestcommand1", ".exe");
+            CommandResolverTestUtils.CreateNonRunnableTestCommand(s_testProjectDirectory, "projectpathtestcommand1", ".cmd");
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "projectpathtestcommand1",
+                CommandArguments = null,
+                ProjectDirectory = s_testProjectDirectory
+            };
+
+            var result = projectPathCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().NotBeNull();
+
+            var commandFile = Path.GetFileName(result.Path);
+            commandFile.Should().Be("projectpathtestcommand1.exe");
+        }
+
+        public void It_wraps_command_with_CMD_EXE_when_command_has_CMD_Extension_and_using_WindowsExePreferredCommandSpecFactory()
+        {
+            var environment = new EnvironmentProvider(new [] {".cmd"});
+            var platformCommandSpecFactory = new WindowsExePreferredCommandSpecFactory();
+
+            var pathCommandResolver = new PathCommandResolver(environment, platformCommandSpecFactory);
+
+            var testCommandPath = 
+                CommandResolverTestUtils.CreateNonRunnableTestCommand(s_testProjectDirectory, "cmdWrapCommand", ".cmd");
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "cmdWrapCommand",
+                CommandArguments = null
+            };
+
+            var result = pathCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().NotBeNull();
+
+            var commandFile = Path.GetFileName(result.Path);
+            commandFile.Should().Be("cmd.exe");
+
+            result.Args.Should().Contain(testCommandPath);
+        }
+
+        private ProjectPathCommandResolver SetupPlatformProjectPathCommandResolver(
+            IEnvironmentProvider environment = null,
+            bool forceGeneric = false)
+        {
+            environment = environment ?? new EnvironmentProvider();
+
+            IPlatformCommandSpecFactory platformCommandSpecFactory = new GenericPlatformCommandSpecFactory();
+
+            if (PlatformServices.Default.Runtime.OperatingSystemPlatform == Platform.Windows
+                && !forceGeneric)
+            {
+                platformCommandSpecFactory = new WindowsExePreferredCommandSpecFactory();
+            }
+
+            var projectPathCommandResolver = new ProjectPathCommandResolver(environment, platformCommandSpecFactory);
+
+            return projectPathCommandResolver;
+        }
+    }
+}

test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectToolsCommandResolver.cs

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+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Linq;
+using Xunit;
+using Moq;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
+using System.Threading;
+using FluentAssertions;
+using NuGet.Frameworks;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests
+{
+    public class GivenAProjectToolsCommandResolver
+    {
+
+        private static readonly string s_liveProjectDirectory = 
+            Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithToolDependency");
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_returns_null_when_CommandName_is_null()
+        {
+            var projectToolsCommandResolver = SetupProjectToolsCommandResolver();
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = null,
+                CommandArguments = new string[] {""},
+                ProjectDirectory = "/some/directory"
+            };
+
+            var result = projectToolsCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().BeNull();
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_returns_null_when_ProjectDirectory_is_null()
+        {
+            var projectToolsCommandResolver = SetupProjectToolsCommandResolver();
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "command",
+                CommandArguments = new string[] {""},
+                ProjectDirectory = null
+            };
+
+            var result = projectToolsCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().BeNull();
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_returns_null_when_CommandName_does_not_exist_in_ProjectTools()
+        {
+            var projectToolsCommandResolver = SetupProjectToolsCommandResolver();
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "nonexistent-command",
+                CommandArguments = null,
+                ProjectDirectory = s_liveProjectDirectory
+            };
+
+            var result = projectToolsCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().BeNull();
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_returns_a_CommandSpec_with_CoreHost_as_FileName_and_CommandName_in_Args_when_CommandName_exists_in_ProjectTools()
+        {
+            var projectToolsCommandResolver = SetupProjectToolsCommandResolver();
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "dotnet-hello",
+                CommandArguments = null,
+                ProjectDirectory = s_liveProjectDirectory
+            };
+
+            var result = projectToolsCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().NotBeNull();
+
+            var commandFile = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(result.Path);
+
+            commandFile.Should().Be("corehost");
+
+            result.Args.Should().Contain(commandResolverArguments.CommandName);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_escapes_CommandArguments_when_returning_a_CommandSpec()
+        {
+            var projectToolsCommandResolver = SetupProjectToolsCommandResolver();
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "dotnet-hello",
+                CommandArguments = new [] { "arg with space"},
+                ProjectDirectory = s_liveProjectDirectory
+            };
+
+            var result = projectToolsCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().NotBeNull();
+            result.Args.Should().Contain("\"arg with space\"");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_returns_a_CommandSpec_with_Args_as_CommandPath_when_returning_a_CommandSpec_and_CommandArguments_are_null()
+        {
+            var projectToolsCommandResolver = SetupProjectToolsCommandResolver();
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "dotnet-hello",
+                CommandArguments = null,
+                ProjectDirectory = s_liveProjectDirectory
+            };
+
+            var result = projectToolsCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().NotBeNull();
+            
+            var commandPath = result.Args.Trim('"');
+            commandPath.Should().Contain("dotnet-hello");
+
+            File.Exists(commandPath).Should().BeTrue();
+        }
+
+        private ProjectToolsCommandResolver SetupProjectToolsCommandResolver(
+            IPackagedCommandSpecFactory packagedCommandSpecFactory = null)
+        {
+            packagedCommandSpecFactory = packagedCommandSpecFactory ?? new PackagedCommandSpecFactory();
+
+            var projectToolsCommandResolver = new ProjectToolsCommandResolver(packagedCommandSpecFactory);
+
+            return projectToolsCommandResolver;
+        }
+    }
+}

test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenARootedCommandResolver.cs

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+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Linq;
+using Xunit;
+using Moq;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
+using System.Threading;
+using FluentAssertions;
+using NuGet.Frameworks;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests
+{
+    public class GivenARootedCommandResolver
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_returns_null_when_CommandName_is_null()
+        {
+            var rootedCommandResolver = new RootedCommandResolver();
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = null,
+                CommandArguments = null
+            };
+
+            var result = rootedCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().BeNull();
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_returns_null_when_CommandName_is_not_rooted()
+        {
+            var rootedCommandResolver = new RootedCommandResolver();
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "some/relative/path",
+                CommandArguments = null
+            };
+
+            var result = rootedCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().BeNull();
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_returns_a_CommandSpec_with_CommandName_as_Path_when_CommandName_is_rooted()
+        {
+            var rootedCommandResolver = new RootedCommandResolver();
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "/some/rooted/path",
+                CommandArguments = null
+            };
+
+            var result = rootedCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().NotBeNull();
+            result.Path.Should().Be(commandResolverArguments.CommandName);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_escapes_CommandArguments_when_returning_a_CommandSpec()
+        {
+            var rootedCommandResolver = new RootedCommandResolver();
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "/some/rooted/path",
+                CommandArguments = new [] { "arg with space"}
+            };
+
+            var result = rootedCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().NotBeNull();
+            result.Path.Should().Be(commandResolverArguments.CommandName);
+
+            result.Args.Should().Be("\"arg with space\"");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_returns_a_CommandSpec_with_Args_as_stringEmpty_when_returning_a_CommandSpec_and_CommandArguments_are_null()
+        {
+            var rootedCommandResolver = new RootedCommandResolver();
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "/some/rooted/path",
+                CommandArguments = null
+            };
+
+            var result = rootedCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().NotBeNull();
+            result.Path.Should().Be(commandResolverArguments.CommandName);
+
+            result.Args.Should().Be(string.Empty);
+        }
+    }
+}

test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAScriptCommandResolver.cs

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+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
+using Xunit;
+using Moq;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
+using System.Threading;
+using FluentAssertions;
+using NuGet.Frameworks;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests
+{
+    public class GivenAScriptCommandResolver
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_contains_resolvers_in_the_right_order()
+        {
+            var scriptCommandResolver = ScriptCommandResolverPolicy.Create();
+
+            var resolvers = scriptCommandResolver.OrderedCommandResolvers;
+
+            resolvers.Should().HaveCount(4);
+
+            resolvers.Select(r => r.GetType())
+                .Should()
+                .ContainInOrder(
+                    new []{
+                        typeof(RootedCommandResolver),
+                        typeof(ProjectPathCommandResolver),
+                        typeof(AppBaseCommandResolver),
+                        typeof(PathCommandResolver)
+                    });
+        }
+    }
+}

test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAnAppBaseCommandResolver.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Linq;
+using Xunit;
+using Moq;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
+using System.Threading;
+using FluentAssertions;
+using NuGet.Frameworks;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests
+{
+    public class GivenAnAppBaseCommandResolver
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_returns_null_when_CommandName_is_null()
+        {
+            var appBaseCommandResolver = SetupPlatformAppBaseCommandResolver(forceGeneric: true);
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = null,
+                CommandArguments = null
+            };
+
+            var result = appBaseCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().BeNull();
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_returns_null_when_CommandName_does_not_exist_applocal()
+        {
+            var appBaseCommandResolver = SetupPlatformAppBaseCommandResolver(forceGeneric: true);
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "nonexistent-command",
+                CommandArguments = null
+            };
+
+            var result = appBaseCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().BeNull();
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_returns_a_CommandSpec_with_CommandName_as_FileName_when_CommandName_exists_applocal()
+        {
+            var environment = CommandResolverTestUtils.SetupEnvironmentProviderWhichFindsExtensions(".exe");
+            var appBaseCommandResolver = SetupPlatformAppBaseCommandResolver(environment, forceGeneric: true);
+
+            CommandResolverTestUtils.CreateNonRunnableTestCommand(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "appbasetestcommand1", ".exe");
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "appbasetestcommand1",
+                CommandArguments = null
+            };
+
+            var result = appBaseCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().NotBeNull();
+
+            var commandFile = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(result.Path);
+
+            commandFile.Should().Be("appbasetestcommand1");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_returns_null_when_CommandName_exists_applocal_in_a_subdirectory()
+        {
+            var environment = CommandResolverTestUtils.SetupEnvironmentProviderWhichFindsExtensions(".exe");
+            var appBaseCommandResolver = SetupPlatformAppBaseCommandResolver(environment, forceGeneric: true);
+
+            var testDir = Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "appbasetestsubdir");
+            CommandResolverTestUtils.CreateNonRunnableTestCommand(testDir, "appbasetestsubdircommand", ".exe");
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "appbasetestsubdircommand",
+                CommandArguments = null
+            };
+
+            var result = appBaseCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().BeNull();
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_escapes_CommandArguments_when_returning_a_CommandSpec()
+        {
+            var environment = CommandResolverTestUtils.SetupEnvironmentProviderWhichFindsExtensions(".exe");
+            var appBaseCommandResolver = SetupPlatformAppBaseCommandResolver(environment, forceGeneric: true);
+
+            CommandResolverTestUtils.CreateNonRunnableTestCommand(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "appbasetestcommand1", ".exe");
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "appbasetestcommand1",
+                CommandArguments = new [] { "arg with space"}
+            };
+
+            var result = appBaseCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().NotBeNull();
+            result.Args.Should().Be("\"arg with space\"");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_returns_a_CommandSpec_with_Args_as_stringEmpty_when_returning_a_CommandSpec_and_CommandArguments_are_null()
+        {
+            var environment = CommandResolverTestUtils.SetupEnvironmentProviderWhichFindsExtensions(".exe");
+            var appBaseCommandResolver = SetupPlatformAppBaseCommandResolver(environment, forceGeneric: true);
+
+            CommandResolverTestUtils.CreateNonRunnableTestCommand(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "appbasetestcommand1", ".exe");
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "appbasetestcommand1",
+                CommandArguments = null
+            };
+
+            var result = appBaseCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().NotBeNull();
+            result.Args.Should().Be(string.Empty);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void It_prefers_EXE_over_CMD_when_two_command_candidates_exist_and_using_WindowsExePreferredCommandSpecFactory()
+        {
+            var environment = CommandResolverTestUtils.SetupEnvironmentProviderWhichFindsExtensions(".exe");
+            var platformCommandSpecFactory = new WindowsExePreferredCommandSpecFactory();
+
+            var appBaseCommandResolver = new AppBaseCommandResolver(environment, platformCommandSpecFactory);
+
+            CommandResolverTestUtils.CreateNonRunnableTestCommand(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "appbasetestcommand1", ".exe");
+            CommandResolverTestUtils.CreateNonRunnableTestCommand(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "appbasetestcommand1", ".cmd");
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "appbasetestcommand1",
+                CommandArguments = null
+            };
+
+            var result = appBaseCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().NotBeNull();
+
+            var commandFile = Path.GetFileName(result.Path);
+            commandFile.Should().Be("appbasetestcommand1.exe");
+        }
+
+        public void It_wraps_command_with_CMD_EXE_when_command_has_CMD_Extension_and_using_WindowsExePreferredCommandSpecFactory()
+        {
+            var environment = new EnvironmentProvider(new [] {".cmd"});
+            var platformCommandSpecFactory = new WindowsExePreferredCommandSpecFactory();
+
+            var pathCommandResolver = new PathCommandResolver(environment, platformCommandSpecFactory);
+
+            var testCommandPath = 
+                CommandResolverTestUtils.CreateNonRunnableTestCommand(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "cmdWrapCommand", ".cmd");
+
+            var commandResolverArguments = new CommandResolverArguments()
+            {
+                CommandName = "cmdWrapCommand",
+                CommandArguments = null
+            };
+
+            var result = pathCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
+
+            result.Should().NotBeNull();
+
+            var commandFile = Path.GetFileName(result.Path);
+            commandFile.Should().Be("cmd.exe");
+
+            result.Args.Should().Contain(testCommandPath);
+        }
+
+        private AppBaseCommandResolver SetupPlatformAppBaseCommandResolver(
+            IEnvironmentProvider environment = null,
+            bool forceGeneric = false)
+        {
+            environment = environment ?? new EnvironmentProvider();
+
+            IPlatformCommandSpecFactory platformCommandSpecFactory  = new GenericPlatformCommandSpecFactory();
+
+            if (PlatformServices.Default.Runtime.OperatingSystemPlatform == Platform.Windows
+                && !forceGeneric)
+            {
+                platformCommandSpecFactory = new WindowsExePreferredCommandSpecFactory();
+            }
+
+            var appBaseCommandResolver = new AppBaseCommandResolver(environment, platformCommandSpecFactory);
+
+            return appBaseCommandResolver;
+        }
+    }
+}

test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/project.json

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
         "Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities": { "target": "project" },
         
+        "moq.netcore": "4.4.0-beta8",
         "xunit": "2.1.0",
         "dotnet-test-xunit": "1.0.0-dev-79755-47"
     },
@@ -27,7 +28,11 @@
     },
 
     "content": [
-        "../../TestAssets/TestProjects/OutputStandardOutputAndError/*"
+        "../../TestAssets/TestProjects/OutputStandardOutputAndError/*",
+        "../../TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithArgs/*",
+        "../../TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithDirectAndToolDependency/**/*",
+        "../../TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithDirectDependency/**/*",
+        "../../TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithToolDependency/**/*"
     ],
 
     "testRunner": "xunit"

test/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Tests/LibraryExporterPackageTests.cs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
@@ -15,36 +18,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Tests
     {
         private const string PackagePath = "PackagePath";
 
-        private LibraryExport ExportSingle(LibraryDescription description = null)
-        {
-            var rootProject = new Project()
-            {
-                Name = "RootProject",
-                CompilerName = "csc"
-            };
-
-            var rootProjectDescription = new ProjectDescription(
-                new LibraryRange(),
-                rootProject,
-                new LibraryRange[] { },
-                new TargetFrameworkInformation(),
-                true);
-
-            if (description == null)
-            {
-                description = rootProjectDescription;
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                description.Parents.Add(rootProjectDescription);
-            }
-
-            var libraryManager = new LibraryManager(new[] { description }, new DiagnosticMessage[] { }, "");
-            var allExports = new LibraryExporter(rootProjectDescription, libraryManager, "config", "runtime", "basepath", "solutionroot").GetAllExports();
-            var export = allExports.Single();
-            return export;
-        }
-
         private PackageDescription CreateDescription(LockFileTargetLibrary target = null, LockFilePackageLibrary package = null)
         {
             return new PackageDescription(PackagePath,
@@ -54,7 +27,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Tests
         }
 
         [Fact]
-        private void ExportsPackageNativeLibraries()
+        public void ExportsPackageNativeLibraries()
         {
             var description = CreateDescription(
                 new LockFileTargetLibrary()
@@ -76,7 +49,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Tests
         }
 
         [Fact]
-        private void ExportsPackageCompilationAssebmlies()
+        public void ExportsPackageCompilationAssebmlies()
         {
             var description = CreateDescription(
                 new LockFileTargetLibrary()
@@ -98,7 +71,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Tests
         }
 
         [Fact]
-        private void ExportsPackageRuntimeAssebmlies()
+        public void ExportsPackageRuntimeAssebmlies()
         {
             var description = CreateDescription(
                 new LockFileTargetLibrary()
@@ -120,7 +93,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Tests
         }
 
         [Fact]
-        private void ExportsSources()
+        public void ExportsSources()
         {
             var description = CreateDescription(
                package: new LockFilePackageLibrary()
@@ -142,7 +115,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Tests
         }
 
         [Fact]
-        private void ExportsCopyToOutputContentFiles()
+        public void ExportsCopyToOutputContentFiles()
         {
             var description = CreateDescription(
                 new LockFileTargetLibrary()
@@ -170,7 +143,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Tests
 
 
         [Fact]
-        private void ExportsResourceContentFiles()
+        public void ExportsResourceContentFiles()
         {
             var description = CreateDescription(
                 new LockFileTargetLibrary()
@@ -196,7 +169,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Tests
         }
 
         [Fact]
-        private void ExportsCompileContentFiles()
+        public void ExportsCompileContentFiles()
         {
             var description = CreateDescription(
                 new LockFileTargetLibrary()
@@ -224,7 +197,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Tests
 
 
         [Fact]
-        private void SelectsContentFilesOfProjectCodeLanguage()
+        public void SelectsContentFilesOfProjectCodeLanguage()
         {
             var description = CreateDescription(
                 new LockFileTargetLibrary()
@@ -264,7 +237,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Tests
         }
 
         [Fact]
-        private void SelectsContentFilesWithNoLanguageIfProjectLanguageNotMathed()
+        public void SelectsContentFilesWithNoLanguageIfProjectLanguageNotMathed()
         {
             var description = CreateDescription(
                 new LockFileTargetLibrary()
@@ -295,5 +268,84 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Tests
             libraryAsset.RelativePath.Should().Be(Path.Combine("content", "file.any"));
             libraryAsset.ResolvedPath.Should().Be(Path.Combine(PackagePath, "content", "file.any"));
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ExportsRuntimeTargets()
+        {
+            var win8Native = Path.Combine("native", "win8-x64", "Native.dll");
+            var win8Runtime = Path.Combine("runtime", "win8-x64", "Runtime.dll");
+            var linuxNative = Path.Combine("native", "linux", "Native.dll");
+
+            var description = CreateDescription(
+               new LockFileTargetLibrary()
+               {
+                   RuntimeTargets = new List<LockFileRuntimeTarget>()
+                   {
+                    new LockFileRuntimeTarget(
+                        path: win8Native,
+                        runtime: "win8-x64",
+                        assetType: "native"
+                    ),
+                    new LockFileRuntimeTarget(
+                        path: win8Runtime,
+                        runtime: "win8-x64",
+                        assetType: "runtime"
+                    ),
+                    new LockFileRuntimeTarget(
+                        path: linuxNative,
+                        runtime: "linux",
+                        assetType: "native"
+                    ),
+                   }
+               });
+
+            var result = ExportSingle(description);
+            result.RuntimeTargets.Should().HaveCount(2);
+
+            var runtimeTarget = result.RuntimeTargets.Should().Contain(t => t.Runtime == "win8-x64").Subject;
+            var runtime = runtimeTarget.RuntimeAssemblies.Single();
+            runtime.RelativePath.Should().Be(win8Runtime);
+            runtime.ResolvedPath.Should().Be(Path.Combine(PackagePath, win8Runtime));
+
+            var native = runtimeTarget.NativeLibraries.Single();
+            native.RelativePath.Should().Be(win8Native);
+            native.ResolvedPath.Should().Be(Path.Combine(PackagePath, win8Native));
+
+            runtimeTarget = result.RuntimeTargets.Should().Contain(t => t.Runtime == "linux").Subject;
+            native = runtimeTarget.NativeLibraries.Single();
+            native.RelativePath.Should().Be(linuxNative);
+            native.ResolvedPath.Should().Be(Path.Combine(PackagePath, linuxNative));
+        }
+
+        private LibraryExport ExportSingle(LibraryDescription description = null)
+        {
+            var rootProject = new Project()
+            {
+                Name = "RootProject",
+                CompilerName = "csc"
+            };
+
+            var rootProjectDescription = new ProjectDescription(
+                new LibraryRange(),
+                rootProject,
+                new LibraryRange[] { },
+                new TargetFrameworkInformation(),
+                true);
+
+            if (description == null)
+            {
+                description = rootProjectDescription;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                description.Parents.Add(rootProjectDescription);
+            }
+
+            var libraryManager = new LibraryManager(new[] { description }, new DiagnosticMessage[] { }, "");
+            var allExports = new LibraryExporter(rootProjectDescription, libraryManager, "config", "runtime", "basepath", "solutionroot").GetAllExports();
+            var export = allExports.Single();
+            return export;
+        }
+
     }
 }

test/Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel.Tests/project.json

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel": { "target": "project" },
     "Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities": { "target": "project" },
     "xunit": "2.1.0",
-    "dotnet-test-xunit": "1.0.0-dev-79755-47"
+    "dotnet-test-xunit": "1.0.0-dev-91790-12"
   },
   "frameworks": {
     "netstandardapp1.5": {

test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/Assertions/CommandResultAssertions.cs

@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities
             return new AndConstraint<CommandResultAssertions>(this);
         }
 
+        public AndConstraint<CommandResultAssertions> NotPass()
+        {
+            Execute.Assertion.ForCondition(_commandResult.ExitCode != 0)
+                .FailWith(AppendDiagnosticsTo($"Expected command to fail but it did not."));
+            return new AndConstraint<CommandResultAssertions>(this);
+        }
+
         public AndConstraint<CommandResultAssertions> Fail()
         {
             Execute.Assertion.ForCondition(_commandResult.ExitCode != 0)
@@ -53,7 +60,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities
             return new AndConstraint<CommandResultAssertions>(this);
         }
 
-        public AndConstraint<CommandResultAssertions> StdOutMatchPattern(string pattern, RegexOptions options = RegexOptions.None)
+        public AndConstraint<CommandResultAssertions> HaveStdOutContaining(string pattern)
+        {
+            Execute.Assertion.ForCondition(_commandResult.StdOut.Contains(pattern))
+                .FailWith(AppendDiagnosticsTo($"The command output did not contain expected result: {pattern}{Environment.NewLine}"));
+            return new AndConstraint<CommandResultAssertions>(this);
+        }
+
+        public AndConstraint<CommandResultAssertions> HaveStdOutMatching(string pattern, RegexOptions options = RegexOptions.None)
         {
             Execute.Assertion.ForCondition(Regex.Match(_commandResult.StdOut, pattern, options).Success)
                 .FailWith(AppendDiagnosticsTo($"Matching the command output failed. Pattern: {pattern}{Environment.NewLine}"));
@@ -67,6 +81,20 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities
             return new AndConstraint<CommandResultAssertions>(this);
         }
 
+        public AndConstraint<CommandResultAssertions> HaveStdErrContaining(string pattern)
+        {
+            Execute.Assertion.ForCondition(_commandResult.StdErr.Contains(pattern))
+                .FailWith(AppendDiagnosticsTo($"The command error output did not contain expected result: {pattern}{Environment.NewLine}"));
+            return new AndConstraint<CommandResultAssertions>(this);
+        }
+
+        public AndConstraint<CommandResultAssertions> HaveStdErrMatching(string pattern, RegexOptions options = RegexOptions.None)
+        {
+            Execute.Assertion.ForCondition(Regex.Match(_commandResult.StdErr, pattern, options).Success)
+                .FailWith(AppendDiagnosticsTo($"Matching the command error output failed. Pattern: {pattern}{Environment.NewLine}"));
+            return new AndConstraint<CommandResultAssertions>(this);
+        }
+
         public AndConstraint<CommandResultAssertions> NotHaveStdOut()
         {
             Execute.Assertion.ForCondition(string.IsNullOrEmpty(_commandResult.StdOut))

test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/Commands/BuildCommand.cs

@@ -11,23 +11,25 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities
     public sealed class BuildCommand : TestCommand
     {
         private Project _project;
-        private string _projectPath;
+        private readonly string _projectPath;
-        private string _outputDirectory;
+        private readonly string _outputDirectory;
-        private string _buidBasePathDirectory;
+        private readonly string _buidBasePathDirectory;
-        private string _configuration;
+        private readonly string _configuration;
-        private string _framework;
+        private readonly string _framework;
-        private string _versionSuffix;
+        private readonly string _versionSuffix;
-        private bool _noHost;
+        private readonly bool _noHost;
-        private bool _native;
+        private readonly bool _native;
-        private string _architecture;
+        private readonly string _architecture;
-        private string _ilcArgs;
+        private readonly string _ilcArgs;
-        private string _ilcPath;
+        private readonly string _ilcPath;
-        private string _appDepSDKPath;
+        private readonly string _appDepSDKPath;
-        private bool _nativeCppMode;
+        private readonly bool _nativeCppMode;
-        private string _cppCompilerFlags;
+        private readonly string _cppCompilerFlags;
-        private bool _buildProfile;
+        private readonly bool _buildProfile;
-        private bool _noIncremental;
+        private readonly bool _noIncremental;
-        private bool _noDependencies;
+        private readonly bool _noDependencies;
+        private readonly string _runtime;
+        private readonly bool _forcePortable;
 
         private string OutputOption
         {
@@ -39,6 +41,16 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities
             }
         }
 
+        private string ForcePortableOption
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return _forcePortable ?
+                    "--portable" :
+                    string.Empty;
+            }
+        }
+
         private string BuildBasePathOption
         {
             get
@@ -67,7 +79,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities
                                            $"--framework {_framework}";
             }
         }
-        
+
         private string VersionSuffixOption
         {
             get
@@ -98,6 +110,16 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities
             }
         }
 
+        private string RuntimeOption
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return _runtime == string.Empty ?
+                    "" :
+                    $"--runtime {_runtime}";
+            }
+        }
+
         private string ArchitectureOption
         {
             get
@@ -194,6 +216,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities
             string buidBasePath="",
             string configuration="",
             string framework="",
+            string runtime="",
             string versionSuffix="",
             bool noHost=false,
             bool native=false,
@@ -205,7 +228,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities
             string cppCompilerFlags="",
             bool buildProfile=true,
             bool noIncremental=false,
-            bool noDependencies=false
+            bool noDependencies=false,
+            bool forcePortable=false
             )
             : base("dotnet")
         {
@@ -217,6 +241,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities
             _configuration = configuration;
             _versionSuffix = versionSuffix;
             _framework = framework;
+            _runtime = runtime;
             _noHost = noHost;
             _native = native;
             _architecture = architecture;
@@ -228,6 +253,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities
             _buildProfile = buildProfile;
             _noIncremental = noIncremental;
             _noDependencies = noDependencies;
+            _forcePortable = forcePortable;
         }
 
         public override CommandResult Execute(string args = "")
@@ -251,7 +277,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities
 
         private string BuildArgs()
         {
-            return $"{BuildProfile} {NoDependencies} {NoIncremental} \"{_projectPath}\" {OutputOption} {BuildBasePathOption} {ConfigurationOption} {FrameworkOption} {VersionSuffixOption} {NoHostOption} {NativeOption} {ArchitectureOption} {IlcArgsOption} {IlcPathOption} {AppDepSDKPathOption} {NativeCppModeOption} {CppCompilerFlagsOption}";
+            return $"{BuildProfile} {ForcePortableOption} {NoDependencies} {NoIncremental} \"{_projectPath}\" {OutputOption} {BuildBasePathOption} {ConfigurationOption} {FrameworkOption} {RuntimeOption} {VersionSuffixOption} {NoHostOption} {NativeOption} {ArchitectureOption} {IlcArgsOption} {IlcPathOption} {AppDepSDKPathOption} {NativeCppModeOption} {CppCompilerFlagsOption}";
         }
     }
 }

test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/project.json

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         "System.IO.Compression": "4.1.0-rc2-23901",
         "FluentAssertions": "4.0.0",
         "xunit": "2.1.0",
-        "dotnet-test-xunit": "1.0.0-dev-79755-47",
+        "dotnet-test-xunit": "1.0.0-dev-91790-12",
 
         "Microsoft.DotNet.TestFramework": "1.0.0-*",
         "Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils": "1.0.0-*",

test/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests/CompositeResolverTests.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Resolution;
 using Moq;
@@ -54,7 +55,14 @@ namespace StreamForwarderTests
                 failTwo.Object
             };
 
-            var library = new CompilationLibrary(string.Empty, string.Empty, string.Empty, string.Empty, null, null, false);
+            var library = new CompilationLibrary(
+                string.Empty,
+                string.Empty,
+                string.Empty,
+                string.Empty,
+                Enumerable.Empty<string>(),
+                Enumerable.Empty<Dependency>(),
+                false);
 
             var resolver = new CompositeCompilationAssemblyResolver(resolvers);
             var result = resolver.TryResolveAssemblyPaths(library, null);
@@ -82,7 +90,14 @@ namespace StreamForwarderTests
             };
 
             var assemblies = new List<string>();
-            var library = new CompilationLibrary(string.Empty, string.Empty, string.Empty, string.Empty, null, null, false);
+            var library = new CompilationLibrary(
+                string.Empty,
+                string.Empty,
+                string.Empty,
+                string.Empty,
+                Enumerable.Empty<string>(),
+                Enumerable.Empty<Dependency>(),
+                false);
 
             var resolver = new CompositeCompilationAssemblyResolver(resolvers);
             var result = resolver.TryResolveAssemblyPaths(library, assemblies);

test/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests/DependencyContextBuilderTests.cs

@@ -104,9 +104,24 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests
                             LibraryType.ReferenceAssembly,
                             LibraryDependencyType.Default)
                     }),
+                    resourceAssemblies: new[]
+                    {
+                        new LibraryResourceAssembly(
+                            new LibraryAsset("Dll", "en-US/Pack.Age.resources.dll", ""),
+                            "en-US"
+                            )
+                    },
                     runtimeAssemblies: new[]
                     {
                         new LibraryAsset("Dll", "lib/Pack.Age.dll", ""),
+                    },
+                    runtimeTargets: new []
+                    {
+                        new LibraryRuntimeTarget(
+                            "win8-x64",
+                            new [] { new LibraryAsset("Dll", "win8-x64/Pack.Age.dll", "") },
+                            new [] { new LibraryAsset("Dll", "win8-x64/Pack.Age.native.dll", "") }
+                            )
                     }
                     ),
                 Export(ReferenceAssemblyDescription("System.Collections",
@@ -126,6 +141,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests
             lib.Version.Should().Be("1.2.3");
             lib.Dependencies.Should().OnlyContain(l => l.Name == "System.Collections" && l.Version == "3.3.3");
             lib.Assemblies.Should().OnlyContain(l => l.Path == "lib/Pack.Age.dll");
+            lib.ResourceAssemblies.Should().OnlyContain(l => l.Path == "en-US/Pack.Age.resources.dll" && l.Locale == "en-US");
+
+            var target = lib.RuntimeTargets.Should().Contain(t => t.Runtime == "win8-x64").Subject;
+            target.Assemblies.Should().OnlyContain(l => l.Path == "win8-x64/Pack.Age.dll");
+            target.NativeLibraries.Should().OnlyContain(l => l == "win8-x64/Pack.Age.native.dll");
 
             var asm = context.RuntimeLibraries.Should().Contain(l => l.Name == "System.Collections").Subject;
             asm.Type.Should().Be("referenceassembly");
@@ -204,7 +224,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests
         public void SkipsBuildDependencies()
         {
             var context = Build(compilationExports: new[]
-           {
+            {
                 Export(PackageDescription("Pack.Age",
                     dependencies: new[]
                     {
@@ -225,18 +245,16 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests
         private LibraryExport Export(
             LibraryDescription description,
             IEnumerable<LibraryAsset> compilationAssemblies = null,
-            IEnumerable<LibraryAsset> runtimeAssemblies = null)
+            IEnumerable<LibraryAsset> runtimeAssemblies = null,
+            IEnumerable<LibraryRuntimeTarget> runtimeTargets = null,
+            IEnumerable<LibraryResourceAssembly> resourceAssemblies = null)
         {
-            return new LibraryExport(
+            return LibraryExportBuilder.Create(description)
-                description,
+                .WithCompilationAssemblies(compilationAssemblies)
-                compilationAssemblies ?? Enumerable.Empty<LibraryAsset>(),
+                .WithRuntimeAssemblies(runtimeAssemblies)
-                Enumerable.Empty<LibraryAsset>(),
+                .WithRuntimeTargets(runtimeTargets)
-                runtimeAssemblies ?? Enumerable.Empty<LibraryAsset>(),
+                .WithResourceAssemblies(resourceAssemblies)
-                Enumerable.Empty<LibraryAsset>(),
+                .Build();
-                Enumerable.Empty<LibraryAsset>(),
-                Enumerable.Empty<LibraryAsset>(),
-                Enumerable.Empty<AnalyzerReference>()
-            );
         }
 
         private PackageDescription PackageDescription(

test/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests/DependencyContextJsonReaderTest.cs

@@ -183,6 +183,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests
                 ""runtimeTargets"": {
                     ""lib/win7/System.Banana.dll"": { ""assetType"": ""runtime"", ""rid"": ""win7-x64""},
                     ""lib/win7/Banana.dll"": { ""assetType"": ""native"", ""rid"": ""win7-x64""}
+                },
+                ""resources"": {
+                    ""System.Banana.resources.dll"": { ""locale"": ""en-US"" }
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -211,6 +214,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests
             package.Type.Should().Be("package");
             package.Serviceable.Should().Be(false);
             package.Assemblies.Should().Contain(a => a.Path == "lib/dotnet5.4/System.Banana.dll");
+            package.ResourceAssemblies.Should().Contain(a => a.Path == "System.Banana.resources.dll")
+                .Subject.Locale.Should().Be("en-US");
 
             var target = package.RuntimeTargets.Should().Contain(t => t.Runtime == "win7-x64").Subject;
             target.Assemblies.Should().Contain(a => a.Path == "lib/win7/System.Banana.dll");

test/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests/DependencyContextJsonWriterTests.cs

@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests
                                         "1.2.3",
                                         "HASH",
                                         new [] { RuntimeAssembly.Create("Banana.dll")},
+                                        new [] { new ResourceAssembly("en-US\\Banana.Resource.dll", "en-US")},
                                         new []
                                         {
                                             new RuntimeTarget("win7-x64",
@@ -187,6 +188,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests
             nativeLibrary.Should().HavePropertyValue("rid", "win7-x64");
             nativeLibrary.Should().HavePropertyValue("assetType", "native");
 
+            var resourceAssemblies = library.Should().HavePropertyAsObject("resources").Subject;
+            var resourceAssembly = resourceAssemblies.Should().HavePropertyAsObject("en-US\\Banana.Resource.dll").Subject;
+            resourceAssembly.Should().HavePropertyValue("locale", "en-US");
+
             //libraries
             var libraries = result.Should().HavePropertyAsObject("libraries").Subject;
             library = libraries.Should().HavePropertyAsObject("PackageName/1.2.3").Subject;
@@ -224,6 +229,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests
                                         "1.2.3",
                                         "HASH",
                                         new [] { RuntimeAssembly.Create("Banana.dll")},
+                                        new ResourceAssembly[] {},
                                         new []
                                         {
                                             new RuntimeTarget("win7-x64",
@@ -283,6 +289,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests
                                         "1.2.3",
                                         "HASH",
                                         new [] { RuntimeAssembly.Create("Banana.dll")},
+                                        new ResourceAssembly[] {},
                                         new RuntimeTarget[] {},
                                         new [] {
                                             new Dependency("Fruits.Abstract.dll","2.0.0")
@@ -308,6 +315,74 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests
             library.Should().HavePropertyValue("serviceable", true);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void WritesResourceAssembliesForNonPortable()
+        {
+            var result = Save(Create(
+                            "Target",
+                            "runtime",
+                            false,
+                            runtimeLibraries: new[]
+                            {
+                                new RuntimeLibrary(
+                                        "package",
+                                        "PackageName",
+                                        "1.2.3",
+                                        "HASH",
+                                        new RuntimeAssembly[] { },
+                                        new []
+                                        {
+                                            new ResourceAssembly("en-US/Fruits.resources.dll", "en-US")
+                                        },
+                                        new RuntimeTarget[] { },
+                                        new Dependency[] { },
+                                        true
+                                    ),
+                            }));
+
+            var targets = result.Should().HavePropertyAsObject("targets").Subject;
+            var target = targets.Should().HavePropertyAsObject("Target/runtime").Subject;
+            var library = target.Should().HavePropertyAsObject("PackageName/1.2.3").Subject;
+            var resources = library.Should().HavePropertyAsObject("resources").Subject;
+            var resource = resources.Should().HavePropertyAsObject("en-US/Fruits.resources.dll").Subject;
+            resource.Should().HavePropertyValue("locale", "en-US");
+        }
+
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void WritesResourceAssembliesForPortable()
+        {
+            var result = Save(Create(
+                            "Target",
+                            "runtime",
+                            true,
+                            runtimeLibraries: new[]
+                            {
+                                new RuntimeLibrary(
+                                        "package",
+                                        "PackageName",
+                                        "1.2.3",
+                                        "HASH",
+                                        new RuntimeAssembly[] { },
+                                        new []
+                                        {
+                                            new ResourceAssembly("en-US/Fruits.resources.dll", "en-US")
+                                        },
+                                        new RuntimeTarget[] { },
+                                        new Dependency[] { },
+                                        true
+                                    ),
+                            }));
+
+            var targets = result.Should().HavePropertyAsObject("targets").Subject;
+            var target = targets.Should().HavePropertyAsObject("Target").Subject;
+            var library = target.Should().HavePropertyAsObject("PackageName/1.2.3").Subject;
+            var resources = library.Should().HavePropertyAsObject("resources").Subject;
+            var resource = resources.Should().HavePropertyAsObject("en-US/Fruits.resources.dll").Subject;
+            resource.Should().HavePropertyValue("locale", "en-US");
+        }
+
+
         [Fact]
         public void WritesCompilationOptions()
         {

test/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests/project.json

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "FluentAssertions": "4.0.0",
     "moq.netcore": "4.4.0-beta8",
     "xunit": "2.1.0",
-    "dotnet-test-xunit": "1.0.0-dev-79755-47"
+    "dotnet-test-xunit": "1.0.0-dev-91790-12"
   },
 
   "frameworks": {
@@ -24,6 +24,5 @@
     }
   },
 
-
   "testRunner": "xunit"
 }