November 13, 2015

A Quick Reference to Creating NuGet Packages

JustinProgramming, Windows nuget, package, project, visual studio

All of the following commands should be executed in the folder containing the project from which you want to create a package.

nuget spec – Create a .nuspec file which contains meta-data about the package such as author, description, and title. You will need to edit some of the values in this file when you first create it.

nuget pack <.csproj file name> -Prop Configuration=Release – Create a .nupkg file containing the compiled contents of the project specified in the first parameter. Optionally target a specific configuration.

nuget push <.nupkg file name> – Push the NuGet package up to your NuGet.org account.

More complete documentation here.