I am currently packaging a nuget package for my code generator project and I have gotten so far as to include an executable into the tools directory and a build target into the process.
Partial from the nuspec
<files>
<file src="cgbr.targets" target="build\cgbr.targets" />
<file src="cgbr.json" target="content\cgbr.json" />
<file src="..\bin\CGbR.Lib.dll" target="lib\CGbR.Lib.dll" />
<file src="..\bin\cgbr.exe" target="tools\cgbr.exe" />
</files>
Content of the cgbr.targets file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<Target Name="BeforeBuild">
<Exec Command="cgbr.exe $(ProjectDir)"/>
</Target>
</Project>
Now when I install the package I see that it is included into the build process. Unfortunately the path to cgbr.exe is invalid and I am a little stuck. Of course I could use $(SolutionDir)packages\CGbR.0.3\tools\cgbr.exe but than I would have to modify it every time I change the version.
To clarify: I need the path to my packages tools path.
Edit: Found a related post
You probably want a relative path to the tool from the targets file. There are a number of predefined properties in msbuild. Perhaps the most useful for these scenarios is MSBuildThisFileDirectory which returns the full path to the directory of the current proj file. An example:
<Exec Command=""$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\tools\cgbr.exe" "$(ProjectDir)""/>