nuget: "The replacement token 'id' has no value"

Question

Executing

nuget.exe pack ...nuget
uget.exe pack ..pathToProjectmyproject.nuspec -IncludeReferencedProjects -Prop Configuration=Release

I get the error

The replacement token 'id' has no value.

The nuspec looks like this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<package xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/packaging/2010/07/nuspec.xsd">
    <metadata>
        <id>$id$</id>
        <version>$version$</version>
        <title>$id$</title>
        <authors>$author$</authors>
        <requireLicenseAcceptance>false</requireLicenseAcceptance>
        <description>$description$</description>
    </metadata>
</package>

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26580558/nuget-the-replacement-token-id-has-no-value

Answer 1

When using token replacement, make sure your are trying to nuget pack the csproj file, not the nuspec file

nuget pack myproject.csproj -IncludeReferencedProjects -Prop Configuration=Release

The nuspec is picked up automatically when given the same name as the csproj file.