带有自定义 .nuspec 元数据的 nuget 包 .csproj

Question

I would like to pack nuget package using a .csproj file. Following command will be executed:

nuget pack MyProject.csproj -IncludeReferencedProjects

In the project folder I have two nuspec files, one depending to the MyProject.csproj and another which will be used to make a different package but depending on this project to. Folder structure looks like:

-ProjectFolder
 |-MyProject.csproj
 |-AdditionalMyProject.nuspec
 |-MyProject.nuspec

When calling the nuget pack command, it always takes the first nuspec file ( AdditionalMyProject.nuspec - lower naming) to get metadata for nuget package but the correct nuspec should be MyProject.nuspec (matching the name of project file).

Is there a way to tell nuget pack which nuspec it should use when packing a csproj?

Something like this:

nuget pack MyProject.csproj -nuspec MyProject.nuspec -IncludeReferencedProjectsenter

Answer 1

AdditionalMyProject.nuspec is a different project, even if it doesn't have a MSBuild project associated (it is a different .nupkg after all), so you're less likely to have tooling problems if you keep the nuspec in its own directory. Similar to how different csproj files live in different directories, even when one has a dependency on the other, I recommend putting the different .nuspec files in different directories, even if MyProject is a nuget dependency of AdditionalMyProject.