Example script for publishing a PowerShell module to the NuGet GitHub Package Registry

GitHub_PSModule.ps1

<# --
Register the GitHub Package Registry
-- #>
$username = '<github-username>'
$token = '<github-personal-token>'

$sourceName = 'GitHub'
$source = "https://nuget.pkg.github.com/$username/index.json"

# add the github package registry as a nuget source
nuget sources Add -Name $sourceName -Source $source -UserName $username -Password $token

# register the github package registry as a powershell repository
$creds = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $username, (ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText $token -Force)
Register-PSRepository -Name $sourceName -SourceLocation $source -PublishLocation $source -Credential $creds


<# --
Publish PowerShell module
-- #>
$module = '<module-name>'
$version = '<module-version>'
$apiKey = 'n/a' # keep this as n/a!

Publish-Module -Name $module -Repository $sourceName -RequiredVersion $version -Credential $creds -Force -NuGetApiKey $apiKey