In my CI build I have MSBuild which outputs Release builds into .\.output\_Build folder; in this case this folder has the exe that I want to package into a nupkg.
When I execute:
NuGet.exe pack -Version "0.1.0" -BasePath ".\.output\_Build" -OutputDirectory ".\.output\Packages\NuGet" ".\src\Project\Project.csproj" -Symbols -verbosity detailed -tool
The BasePath is the OutputPath folder in msbuild -OutputPath. I get:
Attempting to build package from 'Project.csproj'.
MSBuild auto-detection: using msbuild version '14.0' from 'C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin'. Use option -MSBuildVersion to force nuget to use a specific version of MSBuild.
NuGet.CommandLineException: Unable to find 'c:\project\src\.out\Debug\Project.exe'. Make sure the project has been built.
at NuGet.CommandLine.ProjectFactory.BuildProject()
at NuGet.CommandLine.ProjectFactory.CreateBuilder(String basePath)
at NuGet.CommandLine.PackCommand.BuildFromProjectFile(String path)
at NuGet.CommandLine.PackCommand.BuildPackage(String path)
at NuGet.CommandLine.PackCommand.ExecuteCommand()
at NuGet.CommandLine.Command.ExecuteCommandAsync()
at NuGet.CommandLine.Command.Execute()
at NuGet.CommandLine.Program.MainCore(String workingDirectory, String[] args)
which seems to suggest that nuget read the OutputDirectory for the Debug configuration from the csproj and rightly failed to find anything to package up. I thought the -BasePath parameter would tell it where to look for the artifacts, but looks like that's not the case. How can I tell nuget to not follow the path in csproj when using csproj files for packaging? I have to use the csproj file for pack.