Creating a NuGet package

NuGet is the package manager for .NET, it is an open source package manager that provides an easier way of versioning and distributing libraries for applications built on both .NET Framework and the .NET Core platform. The NuGet gallery is the .NET central package repository for hosting all packages used by both package authors and consumers.

Using the .NET Core's dotnet pack command makes it easy to create NuGet packages. When this command is run, it builds a .NET Core project and creates a NuGet package from it. NuGet dependencies of a packed .NET Core project will be added to the .nuspec file, to ensure they're resolved when the package is installed. The following command synopsis is shown:

dotnet pack [<PROJECT>] ...

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