Chocolatey Pack and Push

This extension allow you to create a Chocolatey package (.nupkg) and publish it to a repository.

This extension can launch the following commands :

• choco pack (doc)
• choco push (doc)

How its work

1. Add this task into a build or release with a bulid artifact that contains a .nuspec file

2. Set the parameters :

   • The drop folder path : RelativePath that contains the .nuspec file
     • Ex: $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)\MyChocolateyApplication
   • Name of the nuspec file
     • Ex: MyChocolateyApplication.nuspec
   • The chocolatey reposiroty url
     • Ex: https://chocolateyrepo.domain.com/repository/chocolatey
   • Chocolatey user api key : You can add a secret variable (Ex: ApiKey) in Configuration tab and call it
     • Ex: $(ApiKey)
   • Use Force option : launch choco push with --force parameter.
     • Use it if the repo is not https procotol (doc)
   • Pack only : pack the chocolatey package, but don't push it.
     • The .nupkg file is available in the build/release drop folder

3. Log example :

2017-05-05T09:21:44.9256244Z Starting ChocolateyPackAndPushTask 2017-05-05T09:21:44.9256244Z Location : D:\A01_work\8ca771928\MyChocolateyApplication\drop 2017-05-05T09:21:44.9256244Z Attempting to pack .\MyChocolateyApplication.nuspec 2017-05-05T09:21:45.5975401Z Attempting to build package from 'MyChocolateyApplication.nuspec'. 2017-05-05T09:21:50.8635740Z Successfully created package 'MyChocolateyApplication.2.3.19.7.nupkg' 2017-05-05T09:21:50.9104523Z Attempting to push D:\A01_work\8ca771928\MyChocolateyApplication\drop\MyChocolateyApplication.2.3.19.7.nupkg to source https://nuget.myrepository.com/Chocolatey/ 2017-05-05T09:21:50.9104523Z Launch command D:\A01_work\8ca771928\MyChocolateyApplication\drop\MyChocolateyApplication.2.3.19.7.nupkg -s https://nuget.myrepository.com/Chocolatey/ -k ********** 2017-05-05T09:21:51.4104911Z Attempting to push MyChocolateyApplication.2.3.19.7.nupkg to https://nuget.myrepository.com/Chocolatey/ 2017-05-05T09:21:54.9889260Z MyChocolateyApplication 2.3.19.7 was pushed successfully to https://nuget.myrepository.com/Chocolatey/ 2017-05-05T09:21:54.9889260Z Your package may be subject to moderation. A moderator will review the 2017-05-05T09:21:54.9889260Z package prior to acceptance. You should have received an email. If you 2017-05-05T09:21:54.9889260Z don't hear back from moderators within 1-3 business days, please reply 2017-05-05T09:21:54.9889260Z to the email and ask for status or use contact site admins on the 2017-05-05T09:21:54.9889260Z package page to contact moderators. 2017-05-05T09:21:54.9889260Z Please ensure your registered email address is correct and emails from 2017-05-05T09:21:54.9889260Z chocolateywebadmin at googlegroups dot com are not being sent to your 2017-05-05T09:21:54.9889260Z spam/junk folder. 2017-05-05T09:21:55.0201449Z Ending ChocolateyPackAndPushTask

Synchronize automatically version field

You have to change the <version> field each time you create a new version of your chocolatey package. You can automatically synchronize your assembly version with this field by using another task available in the marketplace "Nuget version synchronizer". Please find the extension here.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<package>
  <metadata>
      <version>ASSEMBLY VERSION</version>
     ...
  </metadata>
  <files>
    ...
  </files>
</package>

Enjoy!

Credits : Jean-Michel Michel, Alm Team, Cdiscount France.