Packing and installing the template - NeoSOFT-Technologies/rest-dot-net-core GitHub Wiki

Description

To install and use the template we first need to pack it in the NuGet package. For this, a .nuspec file should be created outside the root folder which is an XML file containing package-related information.

Neosoft.Technologies.Templates.nuspec

Reference file

id: Should be unique
version: Should be incremented every time template is changed. Minor-Major versions pattern must be followed.
files: Files to be excluded from the resulting solution created by using the template

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<package xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/packaging/2012/06/nuspec.xsd">
  <metadata>
    <id>Neosoft.Technologies.Templates</id>
    <version>2.0.3</version>
    <description>
      Template for creating an ASP.NET Core Solution with Clean Architecture
    </description>
    <authors>Neosoft Technologies</authors>
    <license type="expression">MIT</license>
    <packageTypes>
      <packageType name="Template" />
    </packageTypes>
  </metadata>
  <files>
    <file src="Content\**\*.*" exclude="Content\**\bin\**\*.*;Content\**\obj\**\*.*;Content\.vs\**" target="Content" />
  </files>  
</package>

Install nuget cli windows

Download nuget.exe for windows from here
Move nuget.exe to C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\NuGet directory
Add path C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\NuGet to the system environment variables

Path variable

Packing the template

Following command will create .nupkg file in C:\Packages\NuGet folder

nuget pack Neosoft.Technologies.Templates.nuspec -OutputDirectory C:\Packages\NuGet

Installing the template locally

Add local folder to NuGet sources to install local NuGet packages

nuget source add -Name LocalPackages -Source C:\Packages\NuGet

Install local package

dotnet new --install Neosoft.Technologies.Templates.2.0.3.nupkg

Testing the installed template

Follow instructions from here to create the solution using the installed template