Inedo.ExtensionPackager

This tool is intended to pack and validating extensions for Inedo products. Extensions are .NET class library projects that target one or more compatible frameworks (currently net452 and net5.0), and are packaged into a ProGet universal package.

Installation

Install from NuGet using dotnet tool:

dotnet tool install [--global] Inedo.ExtensionPackager

In a development environment, you may want to use the --global flag so the tool will be available from any path. See Install and use a .NET global tool using the .NET CLI in Microsoft's documentation for more information about using dotnet tools.

Usage

The Inedo.ExtensionPackager tool registers the inedoxpack command, and can be invoked with:

dotnet inedoxpack

To package an Inedo extension, create a class library that targets one or more supported frameworks, and reference the Inedo.SDK NuGet package. See an existing repository such as InedoCore or DotNet for examples of how to create an extension. Once you are ready to build, it's recommended to do a dotnet publish command to make sure all dependencies are available:

dotnet publish -f net452 -c Release -o bin\pub\net452
dotnet publish -f net5.0 -c Release -o bin\pub\net5.0
dotnet inedoxpack pack bin\pub

This will create <ExtensionName>.upack in the current directory.

Configuration

Set the INEDOXPACK_OUTDIR environment variable to define a default output directory for packages. If this variable is not set, packages will be created in the current directory unless an absolute path is specified.