I have the following structure in my solution:
Proj1
–> Proj2
–>Newtonsoft.JSON
I am packing Proj1 as a nuget and I want it to contain both Proj2.dll and Newtonsoft.JSON
My Proj1 looks like this:
Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
<PropertyGroup>
<TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
<ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
<Nullable>enable</Nullable>
<GeneratePackageOnBuild>True</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
<Title>xxx</Title>
<Authors>xxx</Authors>
<Company>xxx</Company>
<TargetsForTfmSpecificBuildOutput>$(TargetsForTfmSpecificBuildOutput);CopyProjectReferencesToPackage</TargetsForTfmSpecificBuildOutput>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<ProjectReference Include="..Proj2Proj2.csproj" PrivateAssets="All">
<ReferenceOutputAssembly>true</ReferenceOutputAssembly>
<IncludeAssets>*.dll</IncludeAssets>
<Private>True</Private>
</ProjectReference>
<Target Name="CopyProjectReferencesToPackage" DependsOnTargets="BuildOnlySettings;ResolveReferences">
<ItemGroup>
<!-- Filter out unnecessary files -->
<_ReferenceCopyLocalPaths Include="@(ReferenceCopyLocalPaths->WithMetadataValue('ReferenceSourceTarget', 'ProjectReference')->WithMetadataValue('PrivateAssets', 'All'))" />
</ItemGroup>
<!-- Print batches for debug purposes -->
<Message Text="Batch for .nupkg: ReferenceCopyLocalPaths = @(_ReferenceCopyLocalPaths), ReferenceCopyLocalPaths.DestinationSubDirectory = %(_ReferenceCopyLocalPaths.DestinationSubDirectory) Filename = %(_ReferenceCopyLocalPaths.Filename) Extension = %(_ReferenceCopyLocalPaths.Extension)" Importance="High" Condition="'@(_ReferenceCopyLocalPaths)' != ''" />
<ItemGroup>
<!-- Add file to package with consideration of sub folder. If empty, the root folder is chosen. -->
<BuildOutputInPackage Include="@(_ReferenceCopyLocalPaths)" TargetPath="%(_ReferenceCopyLocalPaths.DestinationSubDirectory)" />
</ItemGroup>
</Target>
</Project>
My Proj2 looks like:
<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
<PropertyGroup>
<TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
<ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
<Nullable>enable</Nullable>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3">
<PrivateAssets>All</PrivateAssets>
</PackageReference>
</ItemGroup>
</Project>
However, my output .nupkg does not contain Newtonsoft.JSON, just Proj2.dll
What am I missing?