I want to create a NuGet package that adds a .cs file (a base class the package consumer is encouraged to later modify) to the root of the destination project during installation.
Is that possible? Everything I've found so far says "no, you can only install files below the package's directory".
Just put your .cs file in a folder called "content", at the root of the package.
from the docs:
"you can layout a directory structure that follows the NuGet conventions.
tools - The tools folder of a package is for PowerShell scripts and programs accessible from the Package Manager Console. After the folder is copied to the target project, it is added to the `$env:Path (PATH) environment variable.
lib - Assemblies (.dll files) in the lib folder are added as assembly references when the package is installed.
content - Files in the content folder are copied to the root of your application when the package is installed.
Think of the Content folder as the root of your target application. For example, if I want a package to add an image in the /images directory of the target application, make sure to place the image in the Content/images folder of the package."
see: http://docs.nuget.org/docs/creating-packages/creating-and-publishing-a-package#From_a_convention_based_working_directory
You can also use the <files> section of the nuspec to move your file into the content folder when the package is being built:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<package>
<metadata>
...
</metadata>
<files>
<file src="App.Template.config" target="content" />
<file src="Program.template.cs" target="content" />
</files>
</package>
If you are creating a PackageReference project like netstandard2.0 library, the following should work:
.nuspec file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<package xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/packaging/2012/06/nuspec.xsd">
<metadata minClientVersion="3.3.0">
...
<contentFiles>
<files include="**/Pages/Shared/*.*" buildAction="Content" />
</contentFiles>
</metadata>
<files>
<file src="bin\Release\netstandard2.0\*.dll" target="lib\netstandard2.0" />
<file src="contentFiles\**\*" target="contentFiles" />
</files>
</package>
This will copy the contentFiles folder to the project. You can specify different files by programming language and platform. If you would like to add to all of them
place files under contentFiles/any/any.
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WebStorm has marked all files in a subdirectory of my project (the server portion of the root) as non-project files.
It happened sometime during my conversion to Babel and then again to TypeScript. I've removed the TypeScript stuff, wondering if it's something to do with that configuration. I believe it's just a WebStorm setting somewhere - because my tests run, builds work, all that.
Whenever I refactor or rename a file it says:
"Selected element is used from non-project files. These usages won't be renamed. Proceed anyway?"
It also highlights the code in these files differently.
Each of these file's icons has a small x in the top corner.
In their docs it says that these are " non-project files (e.g, library sources, external sources etc." This makes me think at some point I just marked a whole folder external at some point, thought I don't know where that could be.
Update I've tried deleting .idea folder and then running invalidate cache and restart. This didn't fix it either.
The myProject.iml file looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<module type="WEB_MODULE" version="4">
<component name="NewModuleRootManager">
<content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
<excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/.tmp" />
<excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/temp" />
<excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/tmp" />
</content>
<orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
<orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
</component>
</module>
Close all Webstorm windows and from project folder in terminal run:
rm -rf .idea
Note: deleting from within Webstorm is not enough.
I had the same problem and none of these solutions didn't work.
Just right-click on the folder that has been marked as none-project, then click on Mark directory as, then click on Cancel Exclusion or Not Excluded and enjoy features of project-files :'))
screenshot of: how to mark none-project folder, as project folder
I want to add my .targets file into project via nuget.
I have next .nuspec file:
<package >
<metadata>
...
</metadata>
<files>
<file src="..\..\Rcs\Rcs\bin\Release\Rcs.targets" target="build\Rcs.targets" />
<file src="..\..\Rcs\Rcs\bin\Release\Rcs.dll" target="lib\Xamarin.iOS10\Rcs.dll" />
<file src="..\..\Rcs\Rcs\bin\Release\*.dll" />
<file src="..\..\Rcs\Rcs\bin\Release\*.config" />
</files>
</package>
And .targets file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<PropertyGroup>
<RcsDirectory Condition="$(RcsDirectory) == '' Or $(RcsDirectory) == '*Undefined*'">$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\..\</RcsDirectory>
</PropertyGroup>
<UsingTask
TaskName="Rcs.RcsBuildTask"
AssemblyFile="$(RcsDirectory)Rcs.dll" />
<Target AfterTargets="Build" Name="RcsBuildTask">
<RcsBuildTask
ProjectPath="$(MSBuildProjectFullPath)"
RootNamespace="$(RootNamespace)"
/>
</Target>
</Project>
New doesn't added to project after installing this nuget.
Any help will be appreciated
Are you sure the .targets file is really not imported into your Nuget package?
Along with a .nuspec file you should use the Nuget CLI to pack your files. Don't use the dotnet CLI
Once you created your .nupkg file using the nuget pack command, you can open your package using Nuget Package Explorer or simply WinRar (I believe this should work too with 7-zip).
At this point if you see your .targets file or your Rcs.dll are missing it means you have an issue with your .nuspec file.
Ensure your .nuspec file has the name ProjectName.nuspec
OR
Specify the .nuspec file in your .csproj
<PropertyGroup>
[...]
<RestoreProjectStyle>PackageReference</RestoreProjectStyle>
<NuspecFile>ProjectName.nuspec</NuspecFile>
[...]
</PropertyGroup>
If your .targets file is in your .nupkg then it means its execution is simply doing not what you expect.
When you install a Nuget package, the files are stored to the Nuget cache. On Windows this is located at %userprofile%\.nuget\packages. Your .targets file and your Rcs.dll should be there too
First of all you can include this in your .targets file
<Target Name="TestMessage" AfterTargets="Build" >
<Message Text="***********************************************************" Importance="high"/>
<Message Text="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)" Importance="high"/>
<Message Text="***********************************************************" Importance="high"/>
</Target>
When building your project, you will see the current folder is actually your cache (not your project's directory)
If I understand, what you want is to copy your Rcs.dll into your bin folder. To achieve that you can write a similar task in your .targets file
<ItemGroup>
<Content Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\..\lib\Xamarin.iOS10\Rcs.dll">
<CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
</Content>
</ItemGroup>
This is a normal behavior that the .targets file is not copied to your project referencing your Nuget package. The .targets file should stay in the Nuget cache, but from there, execute a MsBuild command to copy the Rcs.dll file.
I hope you understand my answer and it solves your problem.
I found that by using NuGet Package Explorer that the targets file had to be named correctly. By default, NPE uses .targtets. It appears that other names may not work.
My Id is "Handy.TargetFrameworkVersionCumulativePreprocessorSymbols", but I had named my target file "HandyTargetFrameworkVersionCumulativePreprocessorSymbols.targets".
Once I used "Handy.TargetFrameworkVersionCumulativePreprocessorSymbols" everywhere it just worked as expected.
I want to have a nuspec file that automatically reads all the info from packages.config and so on, building up all the dependencies, but also includes just one single additional file.
Is there a way to do this?
For example, here is a nuspec file that does almost what I want:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<package xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<metadata>
<id>My.Project</id>
<version>1.0.0.0</version>
<owners>Me</owners>
<authors>Me</authors>
<requireLicenseAcceptance>false</requireLicenseAcceptance>
<title>My.Project</title>
<description>My.Project</description>
<frameworkAssemblies />
<copyright>Copyright © 2015</copyright>
<tags></tags>
</metadata>
</package>
If my project references ten nuget packages, the above nuspec file will detect that and add them as dependencies when I pack the package together.
But, the moment I add a files element then all the auto-linking to my other nuget dependencies stops:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<package xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<metadata>
<id>My.Project</id>
<version>1.0.0.0</version>
<owners>Me</owners>
<authors>Me</authors>
<requireLicenseAcceptance>false</requireLicenseAcceptance>
<title>My.Project</title>
<description>My.Project</description>
<frameworkAssemblies />
<copyright>Copyright © 2015</copyright>
<tags></tags>
</metadata>
<files>
<file src="myfile.dll" target="lib\net45" />
</files>
</package>
Without the auto-linking I effectively have to maintain two copies of all the dependencies for my project: one in the csproj file and one here.
There must be a way to do this?! I want to just add a single extra file to my package, via a nuspec.
If you only need to include an additional file in a package packed from a project, simply add the file to the project and set its Build Action to Content.
It will be added to the package under Content directory and on installing will be added to the consuming project.
Are you using Octopus Deploy?
If using Octopus Deploy this can be resolved by adding /p:OctoPackEnforceAddingFiles=true, which tells OctoPack to include the normal files on top of what's defined in <files>..</files>
Read this for more information
https://octopus.com/docs/packaging-applications/nuget-packages/using-octopack/octopack-to-include-buildevent-files
I have a library with a pretty verbose configuration section. I've created an XSD and would like to distribute that with my package so that when a user installs the package, Visual Studio knows about the XSD without the user needing to do anything extra. How do I do this?
You can include any files you want in a nuget package by placing them in the content directory. These will then be installed into the root of your target project when the package is installed. If you're using a nuspec file to build your package you would add the following element under the element.
<files>
<file src="Configuration\MyXsd.xsd" target="content\TargetFolderName" />
</files>
This will create the following file in the target project
\TargetFolderName\MyXsd.xsd
Once the xsd is in the target project visual studio should pick it up automatically for validating your config section.
This has recently become more complicated with SDK style projects and the different ways of referencing nuget packages.
Note the end of this section.
Basically, if a nuget project is referenced by package.config file, the files from the content folder of the nuget package will be copied to the referencing project. If the nuget package is referenced by PackageReference in the project file, the files from the contentFiles folder within the package will be used. It is recommended to include both.
Now if you are using a .nuspec file to configure your nuget package, you can use SynXsiS answer to include the file to both directories:
<files>
<file src="Configuration\MyXsd.xsd" target="content\TargetFolderName" />
<file src="Configuration\MyXsd.xsd" target="contentFiles\any\any\TargetFolderName" />
</files>
However, if you want to configure it in the .csproj file of SDK projects, you have to add the file you want to include in the nuget package into the project file with the following properties:
<ItemGroup>
<None Include="MyXsd.xsd">
<Pack>true</Pack>
<PackagePath>contentFiles\any\any\TargetFolderName;content\TargetFolderName</PackagePath>
</None>
</ItemGroup>
The any\any\ part of the path for the contentFiles specifies for which language (cs, vb, ...) and target framework the file is meant.
Note, that the item not necessarily has to be of type "None" it could also be "Content" and others as described here.
You can find all information for this structure here, general information of the folder structure can be found here and help for the SDK style projects here.
Problem: I have .sql files in my Visual Studio project which I want to exclude from my NuGet package. These .sql files are nested into various directories, and I have been unable to successfully exclude all .sql files from my nuget package.
1: I've created a .nuspec file by running the following command on my target project:
nuget spec
2: I've edited the resulting nuspec file so that it looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<package >
<metadata>
<id>$id$</id>
<version>$version$</version>
<title>$title$</title>
<authors>$author$</authors>
<owners>$author$</owners>
<requireLicenseAcceptance>false</requireLicenseAcceptance>
<description>Security Core Impl</description>
<releaseNotes>Security Core Impl</releaseNotes>
<copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright>
<tags>Security Core</tags>
</metadata>
<files>
<file src="**\*.dll" target="lib\net40\" exclude="**\*.sql;" />
</files>
</package>
3: I run the following command to build my .nupkg:
nuget pack -Prop Configuration=Release
Whenever I install this package into another project, however, the .sql files get included. I've tried a few different variations of the exclude above, and have tried the -Exclude switch. Nothing seems to work.
All .sql files are marked:
Build Action: None
Copy to Output Directory: Do not copy
I have also tried clearing my NuGet cache via Visual Studio options.
Note: The NuGet package is hosted on a private server.
I've just been having the exact same issue, but with .txt files. The solution as pointed out by a colleague is to change the Build Action from "Content" to "None".
I'm assuming your *.sql files are under the content folder of the package?
<file src="**\*.dll" target="lib\net40\" exclude="**\*.sql;" /> tells NuGet to add all .DLL files under lib\net40. SQL files are ignored as your include didn't include them anyway.
Can you try adding <file target="content\" exclude="**\*.sql;" /> to the nuspec?