Referencing MSBuildTasks from Nuget package

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I'm trying to reference MSBuildTasks from an MSBuild file, and I'm unsure of how to do this when using NuGet for MSBuildTasks.

The reference says to use

<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\MSBuildCommunityTasks\MSBuild.Community.Tasks.Targets"/>

when you have installed MSBuildTasks using the msi file. However, when installing from NuGet it puts it in a subfolder that contains version, so if I upgrade MSBuildTasks it will break the path in the build file. What is the best way to reference MSBuildTasks when its installed via NuGet?

nuget msbuild
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At the moment, 1.4.0.128 creates the .build folder in the solution directory (for a framework project). The nuget package does not install properly to a .Net Core 3.1 project. I created a MsBuild.Community.Tasks 4.7.2 framework project within my solution and deployed the nuget package there. Now I should be able to invoke it from my .NetCore project as described in the readme:

<PropertyGroup>
    <MSBuildCommunityTasksPath>$(SolutionDir)\.build</MSBuildCommunityTasksPath>
</PropertyGroup>  

<Import Project="$(MSBuildCommunityTasksPath)\MSBuild.Community.Tasks.Targets" />
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