Forcing a NuGet Package to update

By default NuGet skips updating a package when there is no higher version number. This brought us into trouble because we changed a package without updating the version number(only the file version had changed). So all our developers had to remove and re-install the package.

Until NuGet 2.1 there was no way to force an update regardless. NuGet 2.1 addresses this with the ‘reinstall’ flag.

Let’s have a look at the sample from the NuGet 2.1 release notes:

Previous versions of NuGet would result in the following when attempting to update a package that did not have a more recent package version:

PM> Update-Package Moq

No updates available for 'Moq' in project 'MySolution.MyConsole'.

With the reinstall flag, the package will be updated regardless of whether there is a newer version.

PM> Update-Package Moq -Reinstall

Successfully removed 'Moq 4.0.10827' from MySolution.MyConsole.

Successfully uninstalled 'Moq 4.0.10827'.

Successfully installed 'Moq 4.0.10827'.

Successfully added 'Moq 4.0.10827' to MySolution.MyConsole.

Azure DevOps/ GitHub emoji

I’m really bad at remembering emoji’s. So here is cheat sheet with all emoji’s that can be used in tools that support the github emoji markdown markup: All credits go to rcaviers who created this list.

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As a developer there are a lot of small tasks you need to do as part of your coding, debugging and testing activities. DevToys is an offline windows app that tries to help you with these tasks. Instead of using different websites you get a fully offline experience offering help for a large list of tasks. Many tools are available. Here is the current list: Converters JSON <> YAML Timestamp Number Base Cron Parser Encoders / Decoders HTML URL Base64 Text & Image GZip JWT Decoder Formatters JSON SQL XML Generators Hash (MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA512) UUID 1 and 4 Lorem Ipsum Checksum Text Escape / Unescape Inspector & Case Converter Regex Tester Text Comparer XML Validator Markdown Preview Graphic Color B

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