update-local-nuget-cache

A utility to update the local cache of the installed nuget packages, to help with quick testing of new dlls.

To install, run:

dotnet tool install -g update-local-nuget-cache

To run

In the PostBuild event of your Visual Studio projects, add:

update-local-nuget-cache $(TargetPath)

It will then do the following:

1. Identify the name of the package for the project
2. Detect the local nuget cache folder which is C:\Users{User}.nuget\packages{PackageName}
3. If it does not exist, end the process.
4. Otherwise, finds the latest installed version directory
5. Inside its lib folder, it will replace the DLL file (in the appropriate sub-folder)

Remarks

This allows local applications that use the nuget package, to automatically get the updated DLL when they are rebuilt. This shortens the testing cycle and provides a convenient mechanism to test new versions of the package DLLs locally.