Msbuild: Ability to specify nuget sources in project file

[ghost]

Nuget.config is a nice way to get the dependencies' sources checked into sources. In addition to that, command line utilities also provide a way of specifying dependencies.

nuget.exe way

nuget install System.IO.Compression.Brotli `
  -source https://dotnet.myget.org/F/dotnet-corefxlab/api/v3/index.json `
  -source https://dotnet.myget.org/F/dotnet-core/api/v3/index.json `
  -output deps `
  -Prerelease

dotnet.exe way:

# add PackageReference to System.IO.Compression.Brotli in project file

dotnet restore  `
  --source https://dotnet.myget.org/F/dotnet-corefxlab/api/v3/index.json `
  --source https://dotnet.myget.org/F/dotnet-core/api/v3/index.json `
  --packages deps

Would be nice if we can:

• specify sources in the proj file, so we don't need to carry an additional nuget.config file
  xml <ItemGroup> <NugetPackageSource Include="https://dotnet.myget.org/F/dotnet-corefxlab/api/v3/index.json" /> <NugetPackageSource Include="https://dotnet.myget.org/F/dotnet-core/api/v3/index.json" /> <PackageReference Include="System.IO.Compression.Brotli" Version="0.1.0-e171226-3" /> </ItemGroup>
• restore package using command-line:
  powershell msbuild /restore ` /p:nuget-source=https://dotnet.myget.org/F/dotnet-corefxlab/api/v3/index.json&nuget-source=https://dotnet.myget.org/F/dotnet-core/api/v3/index.json

[dasMulli]

The RestoreSources and RestoreAdditionalProjectSources properties may be what you are looking for
https://github.com/NuGet/Home/wiki/%5BSpec%5D-NuGet-settings-in-MSBuild

[ghost]

Thanks @dasMulli!

Is it also possible to set DefaultPushSource in a same manner? I couldn't find any reference to that. With dotnet-cli, it's dotnet nuget -s <MyURL> some.nupkg. Would be dazzling if we can define it in one place, in csproj.

[dasMulli]

You could open an issue on https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues

Problem here would be that unlike restore, the push operation is performed on a .nupkg file and not as msbuild target in the project file so there is no csproj file involved.

[dasMulli]

Btw, you could also wrap the call into an msbuild target..

<PropertyGroup>
  <PushSource>SOME-URL</PushSource>
</PropertyGroup>

<Target Name="PackAndPush" DependsOnTargets="Pack">
  <Exec Command="dotnet nuget push -s $(PushSource) $(PackageOutputAbsolutePath)$(PackageId).$(PackageVersion).nupkg" />
</Target>

Which you can invoke via

> dotnet msbuild /t:PackAndPush /p:Configuration=Release

[ghost]

Thanks for the reference. I will move that issue to NuGet Home