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"donet pack" is not including project references

See original GitHub issue

Steps to reproduce

git clone https://github.com/ivanz/dotnet-pack-repro.git
dotnet restore
dotnet build src\MainProject
dotnet pack src\MainProject

Expected behavior

DependencyProject.dll should be included in the .nupkg for the net46 framework:

{
    "version": "0.10.0-unstable-*",
    "frameworks": {
        "net46": {
            "dependencies": {
                "DependencyProject": {
                    "target": "project"
                }
            }
        },
        "netstandard1.5": {
            "dependencies": {
                "NETStandard.Library": "1.6.0"
            }
        }
    }
}

Actual behavior

DependencyProject.dll is not included at all in the .nupkg

Environment data

dotnet --info output:

> dotnet --info                                    
.NET Command Line Tools (1.0.0-preview2-003121)    

Product Information:                               
 Version:            1.0.0-preview2-003121         
 Commit SHA-1 hash:  1e9d529bc5                    

Runtime Environment:                               
 OS Name:     Windows                              
 OS Version:  10.0.10586                           
 OS Platform: Windows                              
 RID:         win10-x64

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 7 years ago
Reactions:9
Comments:57 (8 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

52reactions

blackdwarfcommented, Jul 28, 2016

@ivanz you need to dotnet pack each dependency separately. This is by design.

48reactions

dasMullicommented, Sep 30, 2017

There actually is a ““simpler”” solution at the moment, involving adding and hooking up a custom target (tested on latest released bits):

<Project>
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
    <TargetsForTfmSpecificBuildOutput>$(TargetsForTfmSpecificBuildOutput);IncludeP2PAssets</TargetsForTfmSpecificBuildOutput>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <ProjectReference Include="..\testprivatelib\testprivatelib.csproj" PrivateAssets="All" />
  </ItemGroup>

  <Target Name="IncludeP2PAssets">
    <ItemGroup>
      <BuildOutputInPackage Include="$(OutputPath)\testprivatelib.dll" />
    </ItemGroup>
  </Target>
</Project>

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