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jrummell

Jun 12, 2013 @ 05:56 PM

Does NuGet Package restore work with AppVeyor?

http://docs.nuget.org/docs/workflows/using-nuget-without-committing-packages

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on Jun 12, 2013 @ 06:10 PM

   

   Hi John,

   When build scenario is "Visual Studio solution" AppVeyor automatically adds "EnableNuGetPackageRestore=true" environment variable thus enabling packages restore during the build.

   However, to make this working on a build server you have to "Enable NuGet Package Restore" for the solution (right-click on the solution in VS.NET) and then make sure ".nuget" folder is added into source control.

   Please let me know if it works for you.

   -Feodor

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2. 2 Posted by jrummell on Jun 17, 2013 @ 11:30 PM

   

   Thanks, Feodor.

   I did enable package restore in Visual Studio, but it seems there's a NuGet issue with packages that add target file imports to project files. Workarounds are discussed at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dotnet/archive/2013/06/12/nuget-package-restore-issues.aspx and https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/788981/microsoft-bcl-build-targets-causes-project-loading-to-fail

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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on Jun 18, 2013 @ 03:13 PM

   

   Thanks for the tip! I'm looking into workaround #2 from the blog post (calling nuget.exe before build) - anyway right now we analyze solution so we know everything about its projects. You could try workaround #3 to get built on AppVeyor today.

   -Feodor

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4. 4 Posted by jrummell on Jun 18, 2013 @ 04:04 PM

   

   Yes, workaround #3 got my build working in AppVeyor. Thanks!

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5. Support Staff 5 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on Jun 18, 2013 @ 04:09 PM

   

   Thank you for the update!

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6. Feodor Fitsner closed this discussion on Jun 18, 2013 @ 04:09 PM.