# IT:AD:TeamCity:Nuget #



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## Installation ###

* Procedure:
    * Find TeamCity Data directory
    * C:\_System\TeamCity\.BuildServer\plugins\
    * Stick downloaded zip there
    * Stop TeamCity server
    * Start TeamCity server
    * You'll see a new tab on Server Administrator page
    * Using NuGet Install option from behind Proxy failed.
    * Instead:
        * chose `Custom` and defined a path. That said space in `c:\Program Files\` caused it to fail. Worked when installed to `c:\Nuget\`. Might have worked as well if I chosen an %env....% defined path.
        * Found this alternate Workaround mentioned on web: [http://bit.ly/tfQEHR](http://bit.ly/tfQEHR) that led to [http://bit.ly/sEvdSG](http://bit.ly/sEvdSG)
* Resources:        
    * http://blogs.jetbrains.com/dotnet/2011/08/native-nuget-support-in-teamcity/
    * http://confluence.jetbrains.net/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=40702877


## Packaging ##

There are two ways of doing it: 

* Getting TC to do a build of the *.sln first, and then invoke Nuget against a `*.nuspec` for a project within the solution.
* Getting TC to invoke Nuget directly against a `*.csproj` file, and it will build the project, then the `*.nupkg`. 

* Using `*.nuspec`:
    * `XAct.Core.nuspec` placed beside `XAct.Core.csproj`
    * TeamCity settings:
        * Specification file: `XAct.Core\XAct.Core\XAct.Core_Debug.nuspec`
        * Base Directory= `XAct.Core\XAct.Core`
        * Path = (Custom) `c:\Nuget\Nuget.exe`
    * Pros: 
        * Works.
        * Total control
    * Cons:
        * A lot of custom work in the *.nuspec
    
* Using *.csproj:
    * As it is `nuget` that is running the build, and it's entry point is the *.csproj (`[CHECKOUTDIR]\XAct.Core\XAct.Core\XAct.Core.csproj`), it artificially sets the SolutionDir to the folder above it (eg: `[CHECKOUTDIR]\XAct.Core\`). 
    * As the SolutionDir is used by the *.csproj to import the Nuget.target file (`<Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\.nuget\NuGet.targets" />`), it is never found (one dir to deep):
    '...The imported project "...\work\f5a3a0936d0bc94c\xact.core\.nuget\NuGet.targets" was not found. Confirm that the path in the <Import> declaration is correct, and that the file exists on disk.`"
    * Tried:
        * Setting CommandLine to `/Property:SolutionDir=<sln Dir>` didn't work (the COmmand Line is for the NuGet -- not the MSBuild?)
    * Benefits:
        * Once working, it would be automated.
    * Cons:
        * Couldn't get it to work without a hack: had to put the .nuget directory in the the XAct.Core directory otherwise never found it.
        * Much more difficult to get right.
* [http://bit.ly/sFBEk2](http://bit.ly/sFBEk2) and[http://bit.ly/rAXjKX](http://bit.ly/rAXjKX)