The OctoPack project is great for Framework projects. We add the nuget dependency to select projects and add /p:RunOctoPack=true to our build script. The build script does not need to be updated for every new, removed or renamed octo-packed project.

SDK projects are less automated. After building, we have to run dotnet publish, then octo pack for each project. It would be great to define 1 build script, then update the projects as needed to pack or not.

Idea to attain goal:

1. Add element <IsOctoPackable>true</IsOctoPackable> in csproj that works similar to IsPackable.

2. Allow dot net octo pack to point to the csproj, multiple csproj, or the sln. Perform actions on any projects with IsOctoPack==true.

3. Add option --no-publish (following --nobuild and --no-restore convention)

4. Call dotnet publish (unless --no-publish was specified), passing on applicable parameters

5. Derive basePath from output/{projectName} folder (publish will create a directory with the project name in the --output folder).

6. Derive id from OctoPackageId (new csproj property), AssemblyName, or Project Name (AssemblyName is project name if missing).