📦 GitHub action to build, test, and package projects. Also handles pushing the built packages when packing to any nuget feeds as well.

Create new .github/workflows/build.yml file:

name: .NET Core Build
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main # Default release branch
    tags:
      - '*'

jobs:
  publish:
    name: build, pack, test & publish
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    env:
      DOTNET_SKIP_FIRST_TIME_EXPERIENCE: true
      DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT: true
      DOTNET_NOLOGO: true
      NUGET_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.NUGET_API_KEY }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@main

      - name: Install latest .NET SDK
        uses: Elskom/setup-latest-dotnet@main

      - name: Restore, Build, test, and pack
        uses: Elskom/build-dotnet@main
        with:
          TEST: true
          PACK: true

Project gets built, optionally tested, and packaged (packaging is default enabled).

FYI:

• Unit testing code coverage would need to be set in the csproj or an Directory.Build.props file of the project that contains unit tests with these set:
  • <CollectCoverage>true</CollectCoverage>
  • <CoverletOutputFormat>opencover</CoverletOutputFormat> (or any other output format required by the service where the coverage reports get reported to)
  • <CoverletOutput>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)</CoverletOutput>
• When wanting to include symbols in an symbols package set these as well in the csproj or an Directory.Build.props file of the project:
  • <IncludeSymbols>true</IncludeSymbols>
  • <SymbolPackageFormat>snupkg</SymbolPackageFormat>
• When the project being built is set to generate package on build, the PACK option on this action must be disabled.

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