PackageUpdate 4.4.0

PackageUpdate

A dotnet tool that updates NuGet packages for all solutions in a directory.

Only solutions using Central Package Management (CPM) are supported.

See the full documentation for more details.

Installation

dotnet tool install -g PackageUpdate

Usage

packageupdate C:\Code\TargetDirectory

If no directory is passed the current directory will be used.

Arguments

• Target Directory: packageupdate -t C:\Code\TargetDirectory
• Specific Package: packageupdate --package PackageName
• Build After Update: packageupdate --build

Features

• Updates all packages across all solutions in a directory
• Respects Pinned="true" attribute to skip specific packages
• Updates VersionOverride entries in projects independently of the central version
• Updates local dotnet tools in dotnet-tools.json manifests
• Automatically migrates deprecated packages to recommended alternatives
• Preserves file formatting (newlines, indentation)
• Queries all configured NuGet sources
• Supports authenticated feeds

Package Version Pinning

Add Pinned="true" to prevent a package from being updated:

<PackageVersion Include="System.ValueTuple" Version="4.5.0" Pinned="true" />

Add "pinned": true to prevent a dotnet tool from being updated:

"dotnet-ef": {
  "version": "8.0.0",
  "commands": [
    "dotnet-ef"
  ],
  "pinned": true
}

Exclude Solutions

Set the PackageUpdateIgnores environment variable to skip specific directories:

setx PackageUpdateIgnores "AspNetCore,EntityFrameworkCore"