Powershell Tools module project build not working correctly - powershell

Question

I have Powershell Tools project in Visual Studio 2015 defined like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<PropertyGroup>
<Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
<SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
<ProjectGuid>6CAFC0C6-A428-4d30-A9F9-700E829FEA51</ProjectGuid>
<OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
<RootNamespace>MyApplication</RootNamespace>
<AssemblyName>MyApplication</AssemblyName>
<Name>PS.TEST</Name>
<DebugArguments>
</DebugArguments>
<Author />
<CompanyName />
<Copyright />
<Description />
<Version>1.0.0.1</Version>
<Guid>29a8500a-c449-43f5-b9ba-610546db8cc2</Guid>
<FormatsToProcess />
<FunctionsToProcess />
<ModuleList>
</ModuleList>
<ModuleToProcess />
<NestedModules />
<TypesToProcess />
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug' ">
<DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
<DebugType>full</DebugType>
<Optimize>false</Optimize>
<OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
<DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
<ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
<WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Compile Include="PS-TEST.psd1" />
<Compile Include="PS-TEST.psm1" />
<Compile Include="Tools\Release.ps1" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Folder Include="Files\" />
<Folder Include="Tools\" />
<Folder Include="Public\" />
<Folder Include="Private\" />
</ItemGroup>
<Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
<Target Name="CoreCompile" />
<Target Name="Build">
<Exec Command="Powershell.exe Tools\Release.ps1 $(version)" />
</Target>
</Project>
When I build whole solution "Build" task Exec command is not performed. Why?
When I build this with msbuild console application it succeeds and performs "Build" task Exec command, however "Build command" in Visual Studio 2015 Community is not displayed for this project when I right click the project node on solution explorer. How to enable this?
I've already added node <Target Name="CoreCompile" /> but no effect - the command is still not shown in the UI. Is there something still missing in the XML?

Answer 1

The PowerShell Tools extension does not define a Visual Studio command to "build" a PowerShell module project. If you right click the project in the solution explorer you'll notice there is no build option.
However, there is an option beneath the Build menu. I assume that this is just standard chrome of Visual Studio, not the doing of the extension provider. Because clicking this is essentially a no-op.
Currently, msbuild is the tool to accomplish what you need.
You can file an issue here: https://github.com/adamdriscoll/poshtools/issues