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Nayden Van
Nayden Van

Reputation: 1569

Azure pipeline restore and pack

I am a bit stuck in here and might need some help to understand this process with azure pipeline.

I have this pipeline:

steps:

- task: DotNetCoreCLI@2
  displayName: 'DotNet - Restore'
  inputs:
    command: 'restore'
    projects: '**/*.csproj'
    noCache: true
    versioningScheme: 'off'
    vstsFeed: 'my-feed'
- task: DotNetCoreCLI@2
  displayName: 'DotNet - Pack'
  inputs:
    command: 'pack'
    packagesToPack: '**/*.csproj'
    versioningScheme: 'off'
- task: DotNetCoreCLI@2
  displayName: 'DotNet - Push'
  inputs:
    command: 'push'
    packagesToPush: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/*.nupkg'
    nuGetFeedType: 'internal'
    publishVstsFeed: 'my-feed'

This pipeline takes roughly 6mins to run, when I check the details of the pipeline, I see that the tasks that take the most are the restore and pack.

When I check the output of those task, I am pretty sure that the pipeline, is building and restoring in the first step, this:

- task: DotNetCoreCLI@2
  displayName: 'DotNet - Restore'
  inputs:
    command: 'restore'
    projects: '**/*.csproj'
    noCache: true
    versioningScheme: 'off'
    vstsFeed: 'my-feed'

and when I check the Pack I see the same thing

- task: DotNetCoreCLI@2
  displayName: 'DotNet - Pack'
  inputs:
    command: 'pack'
    packagesToPack: '**/*.csproj'
    versioningScheme: 'off'

I checked the azure documentation, but I couldn't find any explanation about the steps for pack steps and if it comes with a Restore.

Can anyone shade some light on this?..if I get rid of the Restore, the project will be Restored anyway as part of the pack?

I want to cut the build time of this pipeline.

Thank you so much for any help or explanation.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1059

Answers (1)

Daniel Mann
Daniel Mann

Reputation: 59055

The documentation for dotnet pack clearly explains the behavior:

You don't have to run dotnet restore because it's run implicitly by all commands that require a restore to occur, such as dotnet new, dotnet build, dotnet run, dotnet test, dotnet publish, and dotnet pack. To disable implicit restore, use the --no-restore option.

Emphasis mine.

Upvotes: 1

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