I get a path error when using my custom template but is till works

[johnkwaters]

Product

dotnet CLI (dotnet new)

Describe The Bug

On building the template project I get the following error message, but it still works and I can create an project from this template. What am I doing wrong, how do I get rid of this meesage?

dotnet new install D:\src\TH\API_framework --force
The following template packages will be installed:
   D:\src\TH\API_framework

D:\src\TH\API_framework is already installed, it will be replaced with latest version.
D:\src\TH\API_framework was successfully uninstalled.
Error: Failed to load template from D:\src\TH\API_framework\.template.config\template.json.
Details: The template root is outside the specified install source location.
Success: D:\src\TH\API_framework installed the following templates:
Template Name                      Short Name  Language  Tags
---------------------------------  ----------  --------  -------
TrailheadTechnology API Framework  th-api      [C#]      ASP.NET

To Reproduce

My project structure is as show below, i.t. .template.config is in a sibling directory to src

dotnet Info

output

.NET SDK: Version: 8.0.100-preview.7.23376.3 Commit: daebeea8ea

Runtime Environment: OS Name: Windows OS Version: 10.0.22621 OS Platform: Windows RID: win10-x64 Base Path: C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\8.0.100-preview.7.23376.3\

.NET workloads installed: There are no installed workloads to display.

Host: Version: 8.0.0-preview.7.23375.6 Architecture: x64 Commit: 65b696cf5e RID: win-x64

.NET SDKs installed: 2.2.207 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk] 5.0.408 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk] 7.0.110 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk] 7.0.307 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk] 8.0.100-preview.6.23330.14 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk] 8.0.100-preview.7.23376.3 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]

.NET runtimes installed: Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.2.8 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All] Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.2.8 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App] Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.17 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App] Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.20 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App] Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.21 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App] Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 7.0.9 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App] Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 7.0.10 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App] Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 8.0.0-preview.6.23329.11 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App] Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 8.0.0-preview.7.23375.9 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.2.8 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.17 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 6.0.20 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 6.0.21 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 7.0.9 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 7.0.10 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 8.0.0-preview.6.23329.7 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 8.0.0-preview.7.23375.6 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App] Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 5.0.17 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App] Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 6.0.20 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App] Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 6.0.21 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App] Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 7.0.9 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App] Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 7.0.10 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App] Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 8.0.0-preview.6.23329.4 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App] Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 8.0.0-preview.7.23376.1 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]

Other architectures found: x86 [C:\Program Files (x86)\dotnet] registered at [HKLM\SOFTWARE\dotnet\Setup\InstalledVersions\x86\InstallLocation]

Environment variables: Not set

global.json file: Not found

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Visual Studio Version

17.8.0 Preview 1.0

Additional context

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