When using NuGet Pack is it possible to specify the package name without a nuspec file?

Question

I am trying to create a nuget package for a .csproj file but want the package name to be different from the csroj file (which it is by default) and I don't want to specify a .nuspec file. Is there a way of doing this? I can only see a version name override option on the command line options and not a package name override option.

I am doing this in TeamCity but this is besides the point. I am thinking I need to pass additional parameters to the NuGet pack command?

Thanks,

Answer 1

Nuget's Properties argument is what you're looking for.

Provided your .nuspec file uses a placeholder then you can pass a value for it via the Properties argument. From the nuget docs:

Properties. Specifies a list of token=value pairs, separated by semicolons, where each occurrence of $token$ in the .nuspec file will be replaced with the given value. Values can be strings in quotation marks.

So nuget.exe -Properties id=someProject will use "someProject" for any occurance of $id$.