I've just run nuget spec in the folder where my .csproj file is and it didn't write the dependencies to the .nuspec file. Should it have?
The solution has package restore enabled and builds fine on TeamCity.
Running nuget spec does not automatically include dependencies to other NuGet packages in your project. However, running nuget pack MyProject.csproj when you also have a nuspec-file will result in a nupkg-file where NuGet packages used in MyProject are included as dependencies in your package.
It is also worth noting that as of v2.5 (which is planned to be released some time at the end of April I believe), you'll also have the option to additionally include dependencies to other projects in your solution that also have nuspec-files:
When building a package from a project, when
-IncludeReferencedProjects is specified, projects referenced by the project are either added as a dependency of the package, if nuspec
file exists, or are added into the package if nuspec file doesn't
exist.
See changelog.txt for v2.5 for details.
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In Visual Studio 2019 I added a Nuget package, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Google version 3.14. The only visible change I can find is an extra line in <ItemGroup> in the .csproj file.
Where is the code of the package located?
How is version control impacted if my project is checked into TFS?
Nugets are saved under :
{project-root}\bin\{debug-release}\{target-framework}
{project-root}\obj\{debug-release}\{target-framework}
Additionally all nugets are cashed under below folder for future use :
%UserProfile%/.nuget/packages
The packages are in your build folder ie. bin/debug or bin/release
NuGet packages are typically omitted from source control repositories and are restored with project dependencies before a build.
Omitting NuGet packages in source control systems
Those files are created during package restore that's why I assume they don't have to be in the repository. Is there further documentation of the purpose of those files which might help to answer the question?
For a .NET Core project the nuget.g.targets and nuget.g.props are generated by a NuGet restore. They are created in the obj folder. So you do not need to have these in version control. Typically files in the obj folder are not included in version control.
Visual Studio will automatically restore these files on opening a solution if they are missing.
If you are using a build server then you can run dotnet restore to restore these files. MSBuild 15 when installed with Visual Studio 2017 can also be used to restore these files by running msbuild /t:Restore for the solution.
The nuget.g.targets and nuget.g.props files define various properties, such as the path to where the packages cache is on your machine. They also include any MSBuild imports that NuGet packages referenced by your project need.
For example, if you have the Microsoft.Net.Test.Sdk NuGet package referenced, the nuget.g.targets and nuget.g.props import MSBuild files that are included in that NuGet package. When using a packages.config file these imports would be added directly into your project file (.csproj).
.targets files are included referenced from the project file, thus need to be in place when the project file is read. If NuGet package restore is done at the start of the building the project then those files do not exist at the point the project file is read.
Hence putting these files into source control so they always exist when project files are loaded.
A different approach is to have a project (which all other projects depend on) that forces NuGet Package Restore for the whole solution (but doesn't itself use any packages). After it has build then all targets files are in place when the project files are in place.
Of course many NuGet packages do not use such files and this is not an issue.
I'm using Visual Studio Team Services to automate the creation of a nuget package. This package has a dependency on another nuget package (Newtonsoft.Json v8.0.3). I have configured a Nuget Packager task as part of the build:
But the generated package doesn't contain the reference to the nuget package:
Running the following script on my local machine to generate the package:
nuget pack myproject.csproj -Symbols -IncludeReferencedProjects -Properties Configuration=Release -OutputDirectory bin/Release
I can see that the dependency is added to the generated package:
What am I missing here? Why the dependencies are not being added to to package that is being generated on the build server?
"IncludeReferencedProjects" is used to add the referenced project to the nuget package, not the referenced nuget packages.
Include referenced projects either as dependencies or as part of the
package. If a referenced project has a corresponding nuspec file that
has the same name as the project, then that referenced project is
added as a dependency. Otherwise, the referenced project is added as
part of the package. Learn more at NuGet.org.
When you create the nuget package for the project which referenced to another nuget package. The nuget package dependency will be added automatically if the nupkg file exists in the packages folder. For your issue, you can add a "NuGet Installer" task in your build definition to restore the nuget package files for your solution. And then when you create the nuget package for your project, the referenced nuget package will be added as dependency.
I have found a solution for my problem, even though I don't understand why the package was not being created properly.
So basically I have 2 builds:
a "generic" build that will compile the entire solution and run unit tests, etc (automatic, triggered on commit)
a build to generate the nuget package (manual)
This problem is on the 2nd build. I was trying to understand what were the differences between creating the package manually on my local machine and creating the package on the build server and I realized that on the build server I was not getting the source code for the solution, only for the project folder and the .nuget folder. Given that I have more than 40 projects in the solution it makes no sense to get the whole source code for the 2nd build, right? But for some reason this is not enough to generate the nuget package properly.
So, the solution to my problem was to get the source code for the following files/folders:
Project folder
.nuget folder (needed when restoring/installing the missing packages)
Solution file (mysolution.sln)
I wish to set up my NuGet dependencies such that:
Anyone checking out the project (i.e. other developers) will get the correct dependencies.
Anyone using my package will get the correct dependencies.
In VS2013 my NuGet dependencies are specified in packages.config
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<packages>
<package id="log4net" version="2.0.3" targetFramework="net45" />
</packages>
I noticed that you can also specify dependencies in the .nuspec file (much like a maven pom file) but this doesn't seem to be used by the package manager plugin.
<dependencies>
<dependency id="log4net" version="2.0.3"/>
</dependencies>
What is the correct way to configure dependencies and why?
The packages.config file lists all the packages that are currently installed for a given project. This includes any dependencies. NuGet will automatically update this file any time you add, update, or remove packages from your project, either through the NuGet UI or Package Manager Console (e.g. Install-Package log4net).
NuGet will automatically install any dependencies for a given package. NuGet will also follow the dependency chain for each of these other packages, until all dependent packages are installed. It will add these packages to the packages.config file to show that they have been installed. So you may initially install one package, but 10 packages may end up being installed based on all the dependencies. Again, this will be reflected in the packages.config file, which you shouldn't touch.
You do NOT need to edit this file.
The only way you should update packages.config is by installing or updating packages via the NuGet UI or Package Manager Console. Do not edit this file by hand.
EDIT: Add section about package restore
The packages.config file is also used by NuGet to restore packages (Automatic Package Restore) that do not exist on the user's hard drive. This is useful since you do not have to commit the packages folder to source control. So when another developer checks out your project, NuGet will automatically download any packages listed in packages.config before building. NOTE: This is not the same as installing packages. It is assumed that you've already used NuGet to install the package, which will update project references, add files, modify .config files, etc. Those changes should already be committed. All package restore does is download the binaries as if they were also committed, without bloating your repository. Package restore is mainly used for other developers building your project from source code. It is not applicable for installing a package you create, which is what the .nuspec file is for.
The .nuspec file is used when you are creating your OWN packages for others to use. The <dependencies/> section lists the packages YOUR package needs. When a developer installs YOUR package, NuGet will automatically install any dependencies listed in your .nuspec. Just like above, NuGet will follow the dependency chain by looking at each packages .nuspec file to see what dependencies it requires.
So unless you're CREATING a package, you do not have to worry about .nuspec files.
As you can see, NuGet uses the .nuspec file in each package to determine if there are any dependencies. Installing a package will update the packages.config files.
TL;DR: packages.config and .nuspec files are different things although somewhat related.
To generate a NuGet package I'm currently using the command:
nuget pack project.csproj -Prop Configuration=Release
which I expected would package up the files in the bin\Release folder, i.e. the result of building the project. This folder has several MB of assemblies, however the nupkg file that gets created is only 7kb, which doesn't seem to include any of these files.
I'm running the nuget command from TeamCity so I'm trying to avoid manually editing a nuspec file.
What is the best way to package a project like this using NuGet?
TeamCity 7.0 is finally here and it has its own NuGet server built in.
You can simply ask it to take care of your packages whether you want to publish it locally or/and to nuget.org
TeamCity and NuGet