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Anjali Iyengar
Anjali Iyengar

Reputation: 350

NuGet restore Vs NuGet installer

I am using TFS 2015. I want to restore nuget packages on build. while defining my build definition, I find "NuGet restore" task with name NuGet restore.

But, I find that "NuGet Installer" task with name NuGet restore is used in solutions provided by other people while I was researching at the ways to restore nuget package. I cannot find "NuGet Installer". is it available only in VSTS and not in TFS 2015?

can anyone please tell me the difference?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3592

Answers (1)

Andy Li-MSFT
Andy Li-MSFT

Reputation: 30412

By default the NuGet Installer task in TFS 2015 and NuGet Restore task in TFS 2017 and later version (including VSTS) have the same function to restore the packages for solutions. But the new NuGet Restore task in TFS 2017 and later version is more flexible and feature-rich, it also has different versions.

The name "NuGet Installer" is the display name of the NuGet Restore task, in TFS 2017 and later version inculding VSTS we can custom the Display name. And in TFS 2015 we can also edit the display name, but seems they shown in different ways.

Conclusion : Do not focus on the task or display name as we can custome it. Just focus on the functions. See Package: NuGet task for details.

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Upvotes: 2

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