In .NET 7, I do:
dotnet publish --self-contained --configuration Release --runtime win7-x64 --output myapp
How do I prevent .pdb files in the result? Ideally, just using the CLI?
Are there any additional steps I can take to decrease the result size?
According to this GitHub issue, there are two ways you can disable symbols.
You can either edit the .csproj file to add these two entries:
<DebugType>None</DebugType>
<DebugSymbols>False</DebugSymbols>
Or you can pass the following as part of the dotnet publish command:
/p:DebugType=None /p:DebugSymbols=false
For example:
dotnet publish /p:DebugType=None /p:DebugSymbols=false --self-contained --configuration Release --runtime win7-x64 --output myapp
To disable .pdb files only for release, add this to your Project.csproj:
<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
<DebugSymbols>False</DebugSymbols>
<DebugType>None</DebugType>
</PropertyGroup>