A SOLUTION is also a valid argument

[sebagomez]

Just like in the build command the main argument can be either a project file or a solution (sln) file.

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[Leon99]

...and it would be good to explain the behaviour of publish with a solution file

[gzinger]

yes, especially with the -output parameter

[tdykstra]

Fixed by #17196