List NuGet package dependencies

[christianbumann]

Hi

It is possible to get a NugetList, but it would be nice if there are also the dependencies listed, or a function exists where the dependencies can be loaded without restoring the packages.
I didn't find such code

Regards Chris

[nils-a]

@christianbumann Can you elaborate a bit? Are you searching for a way to list the dependencies of a Cake file?

[devlead]

@christianbumann dependencies for a project or a Cake file?

[christianbumann]

I mean the dependencies from any NuGet package. For example
https://www.nuget.org/packages/Cake.Compression/
The listed dependencies would be SharpZibLib

https://cakebuild.net/api/Cake.Common.Tools.NuGet.List/NuGetList/ only contains a list of https://cakebuild.net/api/Cake.Common.Tools.NuGet.List/NuGetListItem/, on this item it would be great to be able to receive the dependencies.

It's no longer relevant for me, but it would be nice to have this possibility...

[pascalberger]

The NuGet aliases / NuGetTool in Cake.Common is just a light tool wrapper around nuget.exe. Implementing additional business logic in it is not something we'll provide in these wrappers. If additional logic is required this can be implemented as part of an addin.

@christianbumann GetPackageReferences from the Cake.ExtendedNuGet addin sounds like it might do what you're looking for.

[christianbumann]

@pascalberger Thank you for the answer. I'll keep it in mind if I need this extension sometimes.