尽管被标记为 PrivateAssets，但 nuget 包中的项目依赖项仍被复制到应用程序 bin 文件夹中

Question

I have .netcore2.0 app called MyHelper. MyHelper is referencing a .netstandard2.0 project called B. MyHelper is published as a nuget package.

I need to use MyHelper in other projects and solutions only at build time, therefore in my other projects I mark this nuget package as private:

<PackageReference Include="MyHelper" Version="1.0.0">
      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
</PackageReference>

However in the output folder of my other projects consuming this nuget package, B.dll is being present. I do not want that, as it is meant to be only for build time. How do I stop it from being shipped to the applications. Thanks

Answer 1

<PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets> does not work for your situation. When you use this node in Project C , it will prevent another project called Project D which has a project reference to Project C not accessing the nuget package.

In other words , when you using this node for the nuget package of the Project C , and other projects which has a reference to Project C , other projects cannot access the nuget package and it is only the private property of the current Project C .

So it cannot solve your needs and cannot deal with the dependency of the nuget package.

Solution 1

Just use Delete task, add this in your project which references the MyHelper nuget package:

<Target Name="RemoveTheFiles" AfterTargets="AfterBuild">
        
        <ItemGroup>
            <File Include="$(TargetDir)B.dll">          
            </File>
        </ItemGroup>

        <Delete Files="@(File)"></Delete>
                    
</Target>