NuGet pack trying to use strange path and can't therefore find the build output: NU5012

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So, I have a .csproj file that is targeting .NET Standard, .NET Core and .NET Framework: https://github.com/dhilgarth/ReadGitVersionInformation/blob/master/src/ReadGitVersionInformation.csproj

I want to create a NuGet package from that project file and are therefore running the following command inside the folder which contains the project file (this folder is named src):

NuGet.exe pack ReadGitVersionInformation.csproj

The result of this command line is this:

Attempting to build package from 'ReadGitVersionInformation.csproj'.
MSBuild auto-detection: using msbuild version '15.7.179.6572' from 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\MSBuild\15.0\bin'.
Error NU5012: Unable to find 'bin\Debug\src\bin\Debug\'. Make sure the project has been built.

It is looking for the nonsensical pack bin\Debug\src\bin\Debug.

What am I missing here?

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1 Answers

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Use dotnet pack to pack SDK-based project files. (e.g. dotnet pack -c Release)

nuget.exe pack is used only for legacy csproj files.