Mark Redman
Reputation: 24535
ASP.NET MVC3: What is the packages.config for?
What is the asp.net MVC packages.config for?
Do I need items in there to reflect what's being used within the site/application?
Upvotes: 103
Views: 51908
Answers (2)
Richard
Reputation: 22026
To learn more about NuGet (and I highly recommend you do as it is one of the best things to be added to VS and C#/VB in years) look here:
NuGet Frequently Asked Questions
Upvotes: 15
Darin Dimitrov
Reputation: 1039130
This file is managed by the NuGet infrastructure. It's used to track installed packages with their respective versions. If you installed the ASP.NET MVC 3 Tools Update it uses NuGet by default to track packages such as jQuery, EntityFramework, Modernizr. That's why you might be seeing this file when you create a new bare bone project.
Upvotes: 78
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