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Publish NuGet

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Publish NuGet

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Publish NuGet

Build, Pack & Publish a NuGet package with dotnet core on project version change

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

              

- name: Publish NuGet

uses: brandedoutcast/[email protected]

Learn more about this action in brandedoutcast/publish-nuget

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THIS REPOSITORY IS ARCHIVED 😴

It's time consuming to add features & stay in sync with changes in dotnet world so no new issues / PRs will be accepted

You can replicate the functionality of this action & much more by using the offical tools like dotnet CLI or GitHub CLI etc.,


✨ Publish NuGet

GitHub action to build, pack & publish nuget packages automatically when a project version is updated

Usage

Create new .github/workflows/publish.yml file:

name: publish to nuget
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main # Default release branch, may also be named 'master' or 'develop'
jobs:
  publish:
    name: build, pack & publish
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2

      # - name: Setup dotnet
      #   uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v1
      #   with:
      #     dotnet-version: 3.1.200

      # Publish
      - name: publish on version change
        id: publish_nuget
        uses: brandedoutcast/publish-nuget@v2
        with:
          # Filepath of the project to be packaged, relative to root of repository
          PROJECT_FILE_PATH: Core/Core.csproj

          # Configuration to build and package
          # BUILD_CONFIGURATION: Release

          # Platform target to compile (default is empty/AnyCPU)
          # BUILD_PLATFORM: x64

          # NuGet package id, used for version detection & defaults to project name
          # PACKAGE_NAME: Core

          # Filepath with version info, relative to root of repository & defaults to PROJECT_FILE_PATH
          # VERSION_FILE_PATH: Directory.Build.props

          # Regex pattern to extract version info in a capturing group
          # VERSION_REGEX: ^\s*<Version>(.*)<\/Version>\s*$

          # Useful with external providers like Nerdbank.GitVersioning, ignores VERSION_FILE_PATH & VERSION_REGEX
          # VERSION_STATIC: 1.0.0

          # Flag to toggle git tagging, enabled by default
          # TAG_COMMIT: true

          # Format of the git tag, [*] gets replaced with actual version
          # TAG_FORMAT: v*

          # API key to authenticate with NuGet server
          # NUGET_KEY: ${{secrets.NUGET_API_KEY}}

          # NuGet server uri hosting the packages, defaults to https://api.nuget.org
          # NUGET_SOURCE: https://api.nuget.org

          # Flag to toggle pushing symbols along with nuget package to the server, disabled by default
          # INCLUDE_SYMBOLS: false
  • Project gets published only if there's a NUGET_KEY configured in the repository

Inputs

Input Default Value Description
PROJECT_FILE_PATH Filepath of the project to be packaged, relative to root of repository
BUILD_CONFIGURATION Release Configuration to build and package
BUILD_PLATFORM Platform target to compile
PACKAGE_NAME NuGet package id, used for version detection & defaults to project name
VERSION_FILE_PATH [PROJECT_FILE_PATH] Filepath with version info, relative to root of repository & defaults to PROJECT_FILE_PATH
VERSION_REGEX ^\s*<Version>(.*)<\/Version>\s*$ Regex pattern to extract version info in a capturing group
VERSION_STATIC Useful with external providers like Nerdbank.GitVersioning, ignores VERSION_FILE_PATH & VERSION_REGEX
TAG_COMMIT true Flag to toggle git tagging, enabled by default
TAG_FORMAT v* Format of the git tag, [*] gets replaced with actual version
NUGET_KEY API key to authenticate with NuGet server
NUGET_SOURCE https://api.nuget.org NuGet server uri hosting the packages, defaults to https://api.nuget.org
INCLUDE_SYMBOLS false Flag to toggle pushing symbols along with nuget package to the server, disabled by default

Outputs

Output Description
VERSION Version of the associated git tag
PACKAGE_NAME Name of the NuGet package generated
PACKAGE_PATH Path to the generated NuGet package
SYMBOLS_PACKAGE_NAME Name of the symbols package generated
SYMBOLS_PACKAGE_PATH Path to the generated symbols package

FYI:

  • Outputs may or may not be set depending on the action inputs or if the action failed
  • NUGET_SOURCE must support /v3-flatcontainer/PACKAGE_NAME/index.json for version change detection to work
  • Multiple projects can make use of steps to configure each project individually, common inputs between steps can be given as env for job / workflow

License

MIT