Godot

I've never had an issue with the dotnet CLI, including the commands you're talking about. Their documentation is a bit scattered at times but for the most part they have examples on everything and walk through most scenarios.

I'm not a Microsoft employee either, just a c# dev of 10 years.

I do a lot of work with c# CI/CD and doing what you said absolutely does work.

Most of my scripts are

dotnet restore
dotnet build --no-restore
dotnet test --no-build
dotnet publish --no-build

Well whatever - going down the proprietary imementation route for c# the way unity did is a no go for Godot imo.

Personally, I like the idea of using bindings more than using GDscript* in Godot and my preferred language outside of Godot. From what I've seen, even if not perfect it's much less likely to cause confusion having 1 workflow (+some extra context in Godot) rather than 2 (not just syntax, but also technical stuff). Also it's nice to use code that doesn't actually depend much on whatever engine/framework you happen to be using it in (particularly an imported file with procedures).

Though some of my perspective may be that I haven't really used the language that I want to (mentioned in other comment) aside from a bit of tinkering with Raylib bindings (and a bit with Godot 3.X), so (aside from switching back-and-forth making less sense) I need Godot to learn the language just as much as I need the language to use Godot, all the things that motivate me (starting points for projects) are in various stages of viability particularly with how they relate to each other. Which admittedly is not the type of situation people wanting C# are in (...maybe some are with 4.X C# limitations).

Well, that and lacking writing/ideas for actual content. For instance I coded a basic adventure book reader (CYOA-type thing) but had no desire to actually write a story (so I didn't develop it further).

*= I would not totally be against using GDscript (particularly as the language I want actually isn't too different syntax-wise) particularly as I gain more experience, but I don't think it would serve much of a benefit unless it was for a specific calculated reason. As in not my first-step or common use of time. Same with other languages, for instance something like a networking system could be done in any supported language thanks to how Godot handles languages. And that reason for a different language could just be what someone contributing to a project prefers.

seeming to take 100 lines of course to accomplish something I can do in 10 in other languages. But, again, that’s subjective

That's clearly vast exaggeration, and devalues the rest of your post.

Sure, I magically know all the syntax, the built in functions and whatnot just because I am a programmer