Run Octopack somehow without project output

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Hi,

For various historical reasons I’m having a hard time introducing OctoPack into a old solution. To really do it right I have to introduce a lot of changes in the solution and how its organized. And I dont want to o that at this time. There are some legacy PS scripts that define what goes into the output (a Website and a Windows service). Running these scripts produces two folders - one for the website with all required files. And one for the windows service.

So I wonder - from a nuspec I could include these files making it easy to deploy. But to run OctoPack I need a project. A project with no output - as all the output already exists. Is that even possible (with OctoPack)?

I could create my 2 nuget packages using Nuget.exe but that doesn’t produce artifacts in Teamcity and thus - nothing for Octopus to pickup. Not sure what the best approach here is. Thoughts?

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Hi,

Thanks for getting in touch! Instead of trying to hack solutions, NuSpecs, OctoPack etc for historical style projects we actually suggest something much simpler: Octo.exe pack.
It is a feature of our command line tool that when pointed at a directory creates a NuGet Package, no NuSpec, or definitions required, or hacks required.
Here is the corresponding documentation: http://docs.octopus.com/display/OD/Using+Octo.exe

Hope that helps!
Vanessa

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Excellent, thats exactly what I needed, thanks!

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Hi,

Not a problem at all!

Vanessa