.props files and NuGet 2.5

My last post showed a very simple PowerShell script to automate project properties as part of a NuGet package. Shortly after posting, I exchanged a few tweets with some very smart people. The suggestion was that there’s a new feature in NuGet 2.5 that can pull .props and .targets files directly into your project without having to resort to powershell scripting. I had to try this.

So, I created a .props file:

<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
    <PropertyGroup>
        <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>mykey.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
        <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
    </PropertyGroup>
</Project>

And put it in a new package:

Then added my shiny new package to a new project.

…And nothing happened.

…At first. I had to unload and reload the project to see the changes.

<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
  <Import Project="..\packages\StrongKey2.1.0.0\build\StrongKey2.props" Condition="Exists('..\packages\StrongKey2.1.0.0\build\StrongKey2.props')" />
  <PropertyGroup>
    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">x86</Platform>

I’m thinking, for my example anyway, that powershell is better suited for this?