Squirrel.Windows

GitHub: https://github.com/Squirrel/Squirrel.Windows

Documentation: https://github.com/Squirrel/Squirrel.Windows/blob/master/docs/readme.md

Deploying from GitHub

Refer to Using GitHub

NuGet

NuGet Package Metadata

Use NuGetPackageExplorer to package files for creating the installer, but Cake is the recommended way of doing this.

Create .nuspec for MSBuild/Cake

Refer to Example .nuspec file for MyApp

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<package xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/packaging/2010/07/nuspec.xsd">
  <metadata>
    <id>MyApp</id>
    <!-- version will be replaced by MSBuild -->
    <version>0.0.0.0</version>
    <title>title</title>
    <authors>authors</authors>
    <description>description</description>
    <requireLicenseAcceptance>false</requireLicenseAcceptance>
    <copyright>Copyright 2016</copyright>
    <dependencies />
  </metadata>
  <files>
    <file src="*.*" target="lib\net45\" exclude="*.pdb;*.nupkg;*.vshost.*"/>
  </files>
</package>

Note: Install NuGet.CommandLine tool via NuGet to provide nuget.exe for squirrel

Install-Package NuGet.CommandLine