The following will produce, in the output directory,
- all the package references
- the output assembly
- the bootstrapping exe
But it does not contain all .NET Core runtime assemblies.
<PropertyGroup> <Temp>$(SolutionDir)\packaging\</Temp> </PropertyGroup> <ItemGroup> <BootStrapFiles Include="$(Temp)hostpolicy.dll;$(Temp)$(ProjectName).exe;$(Temp)hostfxr.dll;"/> </ItemGroup> <Target Name="GenerateNetcoreExe" AfterTargets="Build" Condition="'$(IsNestedBuild)' != 'true'"> <RemoveDir Directories="$(Temp)" /> <Exec ConsoleToMSBuild="true" Command="dotnet build $(ProjectPath) -r win-x64 /p:CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies=false;IsNestedBuild=true --output $(Temp)" > <Output TaskParameter="ConsoleOutput" PropertyName="OutputOfExec" /> </Exec> <Copy SourceFiles="@(BootStrapFiles)" DestinationFolder="$(OutputPath)" /> </Target> I wrapped it up in a sample here: https://github.com/SimonCropp/NetCoreConsole
