Build NuGet Package automatically including referenced dependencies

Question

I want to run a local/internal NuGet repository. I think I\'ve figured out how to \"reuse\" existing NuGet packages by including them in a dummy project using NuGet and sca

Answer 1

I found a well-written article on this topic. I have the same issue with certain packages that have a hierarchy of dependencies and up until now I've been uploading each as a separate NuGet package (what. a. waste. of. time)

I've just tested the solution found here: https://dev.to/wabbbit/include-both-nuget-package-references-and-project-reference-dll-using-dotnet-pack-2d8p

And after examining the NuGet package using NuGet Package Explorer, the DLLs produced by referenced projects are indeed present. I'm going to test by actually submitting this package to NuGet and testing it.

Here's my source in case it is helpful to you: https://github.com/jchristn/NuGetPackTest

And the test NuGet package: https://www.nuget.org/packages/NuGetPackTest/1.0.0

The solution appears to work well. I don't know what it's going to look like when there are layers of references, I'm sure it could get really hairy and really fast.

.csproj from NuGetPackTest library which references project TestLibrary (portions removed for brevity)

 
  
    netstandard2.0;netcoreapp3.0;netcoreapp3.1;net461
    ...
    true

    
    $(TargetsForTfmSpecificBuildOutput);CopyProjectReferencesToPackage
  

  

    
    
      true
      TestLibrary.dll