Is there a way to run EF Core RC2 tools from published DLL?

Question

After publishing a .Net Core RC1 application, commands specified in the project.json had corresponding .cmd files created for them which could be executed after deployment (e.g.

Answer 1

Within my context I have this hack from here

    // Hack added so EntityFrameworkCore\Add-Migration initial works
public class ApplicationContextDbFactory : IDesignTimeDbContextFactory
{
    MyContext IDesignTimeDbContextFactory.CreateDbContext(string[] args)
    {
        IConfigurationRoot configuration = new ConfigurationBuilder()
            .SetBasePath(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory())
            .AddJsonFile("appsettings.json")
            .Build();

        var optionsBuilder = new DbContextOptionsBuilder();
        optionsBuilder.UseSqlServer(configuration.GetConnectionString("StreamCheckpointContextDB"));
        return new MyContext(optionsBuilder.Options);
    }
}

I made my Program.Main read like this...

    public static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        if (args.Contains("JustMigrateMe"))
        {
            IDesignTimeDbContextFactory factory = new ApplicationContextDbFactory();
            var ctx = factory.CreateDbContext(new string[0]);
            ctx.Database.Migrate();
            ctx.Dispose();
            return;
        }

        // Other stuff
    }
}

So to apply migrations I simply call the exe with the added argument.