Nuget Unity MSBuild Targets Example

ExamplePackageOnlyCsProj.csproj

<Project DefaultTargets="Restore">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.1</TargetFramework>
    <UnityPluginOutputPath>$(ProjectDir)\Editor\Plugins\</UnityPluginOutputPath>
    <SkipCopyBuildProduct>true</SkipCopyBuildProduct>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="NugetUnityPlugins_Presets.targets" />
  <Import Project="Sdk.props" Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" />
  <Import Project="Sdk.targets" Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" />
  <Import Project="NugetUnityPlugins_Tasks.targets" />
  <ItemGroup>
    <!-- Put your Nuget dependencies here as per usual. However the UnityGuid is required to ensure a stable meta file -->
    <PackageReference Include="FuzzySharp" Version="2.0.2"
      UnityGuid="64b010eced4ce40f2a588ce02030c284" />
  </ItemGroup>


  <!-- This project only exists to copy dependencies to the plugins dir -->
  <ItemGroup>
    <Compile Remove="**/*.cs" />
  </ItemGroup>

  <!-- We don't want to build. Only restore packages. Add an empty build target to override the
  default one -->
  <Target Name="Build"
    DependsOnTargets="Restore"
  />
</Project>

NugetUnityPlugins_Presets.targets

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project>
    <PropertyGroup>
        <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
        <RestorePackagesPath>.\Temp\$(RootNamespace)\Plugins\</RestorePackagesPath>
        <OutDir>.\Temp\$(RootNamespace)\bin\</OutDir>
        <BaseIntermediateOutputPath>.\Temp\$(RootNamespace)\obj\</BaseIntermediateOutputPath>
        <IntermediateOutputPath>$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)$(Configuration)\</IntermediateOutputPath>
        <RestoreNoCache>true</RestoreNoCache>
    </PropertyGroup>
</Project>

NugetUnityPlugins_Tasks.targets

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project>
    <Target Name="CleanDlls" BeforeTargets="Restore">
        <ItemGroup>
            <NugetFiles Include="$(RestorePackagesPath)**\*" />
        </ItemGroup>
        <Delete Files="@(NugetFiles)" />
    </Target>
    <Target Name="CopyDlls" AfterTargets="Restore">
        <ItemGroup>
            <NugetDlls Include="$(RestorePackagesPath)\*\*\lib\$(TargetFramework)\*.dll" />
        </ItemGroup>
        <Copy SourceFiles="@(NugetDlls)"
            SkipUnchangedFiles="true"
            DestinationFolder="$(UnityPluginOutputPath)" />
    </Target>
    <Target Name="GenerateMetaFiles" Inputs="@(PackageReference)"
        Outputs="$(UnityPluginOutputPath)%(Identity.Include).dll.meta"
        AfterTargets="CopyDlls">
        <PropertyGroup>
            <DllMetaTemplate>
fileFormatVersion: 2
guid: %(PackageReference.UnityGuid)            
            </DllMetaTemplate>
        </PropertyGroup>
        <ItemGroup>
            <!-- Splits the templated metafile into its respective lines -->
            <DllMetaFileLine Include="$(DllMetaTemplate.Split(`%0a`))" />
        </ItemGroup>
        <WriteLinesToFile
            File="$(UnityPluginOutputPath)%(PackageReference.Identity).dll.meta"
            Overwrite="true"
            WriteOnlyWhenDifferent="true"
            Lines="@(DllMetaFileLine)" />
    </Target>
</Project>

Restore.sh

dotnet build ./YourProjectSln.sln

YourProjectSln.sln

Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
# Visual Studio Version 17
VisualStudioVersion = 17.0.31903.59
MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "ExamplePackageOnlyCsProj", ""ExamplePackageOnlyCsProj.csproj", "{1012CCAD-2C8B-48F0-A9A5-21DD2AE5CED5}"
EndProject
Global
	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
		Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU
	EndGlobalSection
	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
	EndGlobalSection
	GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
		{1012CCAD-2C8B-48F0-A9A5-21DD2AE5CED5}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
		{1012CCAD-2C8B-48F0-A9A5-21DD2AE5CED5}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
		{1012CCAD-2C8B-48F0-A9A5-21DD2AE5CED5}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
		{1012CCAD-2C8B-48F0-A9A5-21DD2AE5CED5}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
	EndGlobalSection
EndGlobal