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Christian Gollhardt
Christian Gollhardt

Reputation: 17004

Why is my repositoryPath ignored in Azure DevOps / TFS?

First of all, I have a NuGet.Config:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <config>
    <add key="repositoryPath" value=".\ExternalReferences\Packages" />
      <solution>
        <add key="disableSourceControlIntegration" value="true" />
      </solution>
  </config>
</configuration>

In the root of my dev branch. It's job is, that every project in my dev branch restores the packages into \dev\ExternalReferences\Packages, which works fine localy.

Im trying to introduce Azure Pipelines via TFS (VisualStudio Team Services/DevOps) for my CI-Build.

However, TFS is restoring the packages into the wrong folder \dev\packages (where \dev is D:\a\9\s\) instead of \dev\ExternalReferences\Packages.

Acquired lock for the installation of Newtonsoft.Json 12.0.3
Installing Newtonsoft.Json 12.0.3.
Adding package 'Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions.2.2.0' to folder 'D:\a\9\s\packages'

This breaks the build later (Which expects the ExternalReferences\Packages):

PrepareForBuild:
  Creating directory "bin\Release\".
  Creating directory "obj\Release\".
ResolveAssemblyReferences:
  Primary reference "Newtonsoft.Json, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL".
##[warning]C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(2110,5): Warning MSB3245: Could not resolve this reference. Could not locate the assembly "Newtonsoft.Json, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL". Check to make sure the assembly exists on disk. If this reference is required by your code, you may get compilation errors.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(2110,5): warning MSB3245: Could not resolve this reference. Could not locate the assembly "Newtonsoft.Json, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL". Check to make sure the assembly exists on disk. If this reference is required by your code, you may get compilation errors. [D:\a\9\s\Conwell.WebServices.Google\Conwell.WebServices.Google.csproj]

Any Idea how to make NuGet to restore to the correct directory?

I just created a standard Pipeline for the project type Asp.NET

Nuget

Upvotes: 2

Views: 423

Answers (2)

Leo Liu
Leo Liu

Reputation: 76670

Why is my repositoryPath ignored in Azure DevOps / TFS?

Since the nuget restore task restoring the packages into the wrong folder \dev\packages, it seems the settings repositoryPath in the NuGet.Config is ignored.

To resolve this issue, you could try to specify the nuget.config when you set the nuget restore task to make sure you have use the NuGet.Config:

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Then my nuget.config looks like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <packageSources>
    <add key="AzureDevOpsFeed" value="https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/xxxn/_packaging/xxx/nuget/v3/index.json" />
    <add key="nuget.org" value="https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json" />
  </packageSources>

  <config>
    <add key="repositoryPath" value=".\ExternalReferences\Packages" />
  </config>

</configuration>

Then, as test result, I could get the package in the folder ExternalReferences\Packages:

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Hope this helps.

Upvotes: 2

Christian Gollhardt
Christian Gollhardt

Reputation: 17004

As a workaround I configured the directory directly:

Go to pipeline, and edit:

Edit Pipeline

Go to NuGet restore, Advanced and Destination Directory:

Nuget Restore

I am still open to options, which would respect the NuGet.Config.

Upvotes: 0

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