change output directory of nuget package

Question

I created a NuGet package from my project. The output directory of the package is the solution directory. I would like to output it to a specific directory. I tried a target in the csproj file and in the nuspec file. None worked. How do I get the package generated in the specified folder?

In my .csproj:

<Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Enable NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Error Condition="!Exists('$(SolutionDir)\.nuget\NuGet.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(SolutionDir)\.nuget\NuGet.targets'))" />
</Target>

In my .nuspec:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<package >
  <metadata>
    <id>MyPackage.dll</id>
    <version>1.0.0</version>
    <authors>me</authors>
    <owners>me</owners>
    <requireLicenseAcceptance>false</requireLicenseAcceptance>
    <description>Package description</description>
    <releaseNotes>Summary of changes made in this release of the package.</releaseNotes>
    <copyright>Copyright 2016</copyright>
    <files>
      <file src="bin\MyPackage.dll" target="C:\LocalPackageRepository" />
    </files>
  </metadata>
</package>

Answer 1

In the 'old' way of NuGet (which you seem to use, check this for info on new vs old) this was possible by using the command in the .nuget\NuGet.targets file you mention. If you change the line with PackageOutputDir to below it will work.

<PackageOutputDir Condition="$(PackageOutputDir) == ''">C:\LocalPackageRepository</PackageOutputDir>

Even better would be to set a property on the PropertyGroup in the .csproj like this:

<PackageOutputDir>C:\LocalPackageRepository</PackageOutputDir>

In the new way of NuGet you would add this key to the NuGet.config file:

<add key="repositoryPath" value="C:\LocalPackageRepository" />

Answer 2

Not sure why the global config settings didn't work for me, but adding below solution solved my problem:

• Create an environment variable under user variables:

Variable name: MyNugetsOutput
Variable value: D:\myteam\teampackages

• Then add below settings to .csproj file:

<Target Name="CopyPackage" AfterTargets="Pack">
  <Copy SourceFiles="$(OutputPath)\$(PackageId).$(PackageVersion).nupkg"
        DestinationFolder="$(MyNugetsOutput)\$(PackageId).$(PackageVersion).nupkg" />
</Target>

reference: Target build order

Update

Currently I'm using below code, it is simpler but it copies all .nupkg files to the "Local" path

<Target Name="AfterPack" AfterTargets="Pack">
    <Exec Command="dotnet nuget push $(PackageOutputPath)*.nupkg --source Local" />
</Target>