How do I eliminate NuGet package dependencies?

[dcameron]

How do you eliminate the dependencies? Whenever I use the NuGet Pack step in TeamCity 7.x, it doesn't put the dependency binaries in my bin folder. It just creates a nupkg file with references to other nupkg dependencies.

[Mike Upton]

Have you tried creating a Nuspec file (documentation here) to define the package contents rather than running the NuGet Pack step against a project file? You can specify the dependencies manually when you use a Nuspec file, and given that Deployment Manager doesn't support package dependencies, you'll want to leave the dependencies section empty.

Hope that helps. Let me know if you have any problems getting it to work.

Kind Regards,
Mike
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Mike Upton

Software Engineer
Red Gate Software Ltd.

[dcameron]

Do I need to list every file in my nuspec file? Would that mean that every time we add a dependency, we need to edit the nuspec file?

[Mike Upton]

No, the file elements you use to specify files to include support wildcards, including '**' for a recursive directory search. This is described in detail in http://docs.nuget.org/docs/reference/nuspec-reference#Specifying_Files_to_Include_in_the_Package
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Mike Upton

Software Engineer
Red Gate Software Ltd.

[swinghouse]

To Red Gate:

Perhaps you could add this information to the NuSpec documentation at http://www.red-gate.com/supportcenter/Content/Deployment_Manager/help/1.0/dm_nuget_packages?