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.TH "DOTNET\-PACK" "1" "June 2016" "" ""
.SS NAME
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\f[C]dotnet\-pack\f[] \- Packs the code into a NuGet package
.SS SYNOPSIS
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\f[C]dotnet\ pack\ [\-\-output]\ \ \ \ \ \ \ [\-\-no\-build]\ [\-\-build\-base\-path]\ \ \ \ \ \ \ [\-\-configuration]\ \ [\-\-version\-suffix]\ \ \ \ \ [<project>]\f[]
.SS DESCRIPTION
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The \f[C]dotnet\ pack\f[] command builds the project and creates NuGet
packages.
The result of this operation is two packages with the \f[C]nupkg\f[]
extension.
One package contains the code and the other contains the debug symbols.
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NuGet dependencies of the project being packed are added to the nuspec
file, so they are able to be resolved when the package is installed.
Project\-to\-project references are not packaged inside the project by
default.
If you wish to do this, you need to reference the required project in
your dependencies node with a \f[C]type\f[] set to "build" like in the
following example:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
{
\ \ \ \ "version":\ "1.0.0\-*",
\ \ \ \ "dependencies":\ {
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ "ProjectA":\ {
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ "target":\ "project",
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ "type":\ "build"
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ }
\ \ \ \ }
}
\f[]
.fi
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\f[C]dotnet\ pack\f[] by default first builds the project.
If you wish to avoid this, pass the \f[C]\-\-no\-build\f[] option.
This can be useful in Continuous Integration (CI) build scenarios in
which you know the code was just previously built, for example.
.SS OPTIONS
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\f[C][project]\f[]
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The project to pack.
It can be either a path to a \f[C]project.json\f[] file or to a
directory.
If omitted, it will default to the current directory.
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\f[C]\-o\f[], \f[C]\-\-output\f[] [DIR]
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Places the built packages in the directory specified.
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\f[C]\-\-no\-build\f[]
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Skips the building phase of the packing process.
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\f[C]\-\-build\-base\-path\f[]
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Places the temporary build artifacts in the specified directory.
By default, they go to the obj directory in the current directory.
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\f[C]\-c\f[], \f[C]\-\-configuration\ [Debug|Release]\f[]
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Configuration to use when building the project.
If not specified, will default to "Debug".
.SS EXAMPLES
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\f[C]dotnet\ pack\f[]
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Packs the current project.
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\f[C]dotnet\ pack\ ~/projects/app1/project.json\f[]
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Packs the app1 project.
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\f[C]dotnet\ pack\ \-\-output\ nupkgs\f[]
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Packs the current application and place the resulting packages into the
specified folder.
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\f[C]dotnet\ pack\ \-\-no\-build\ \-\-output\ nupkgs\f[]
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Packs the current project into the specified folder and skips the build
step.
.SH AUTHORS
Microsoft Corporation dotnetclifeedback\@microsoft.com.