保持packages.config和nuspec同步

Question

I've been resorting to manually modifying my .nuspec files every time I update packages. Is there an automatic way of doing this? I'd rather not have to create an additional build step that compares both files and syncs them.

I believe MyGet does this OOB, but unfortunately I can't use MyGet for this specific package.

(FWIW, I'm using VS2015 and Xamarin Studio)

Answer 1

Just call the nuget pack against the csproj instead of nuspec , for example:

nuget pack X.csproj

In addition, you'll have to remove the dependencies from the nuspec , otherwise nuget will get it from there instead of from packages.config .

BTW, check the created nupkg . It may have unwanted files added to it, like, for instance, txt files, if you happen to have any in your project.

If that's the case, you'll have to invoke nuget pack with the -Exclude parameter:

nuget pack X.csproj -Exclude **.txt

Answer 2

I ended up creating a quick C# script (LINQPad rules) that syncs .config and .nuspec using XDocument, NuGet.Core and LINQ. If anyone's interested, I'll post it as a gist.