Disable the NuGet Package Restore functionality in a Visual Studio solution.

DisableNuGetPackageRestore.ps1

# Usage: .\DisableNuGetPackageRestore.ps1 C:\Path\To\Solution.sln

# Get the path that the user specified when calling the script
$solution = $args[0]
$solutionPath = Split-Path $solution -Parent
$solutionName = Split-Path $solution -Leaf

# Delete the .nuget directory and all contents
Remove-Item (Join-Path $solutionPath ".nuget") -Force -Recurse -ErrorAction 0

# Create a backup of the solution file
Copy-Item $solution $("$solution.bak")

# Clear out the solution file
Clear-Content $solution

# Flag field used to denote what part of the solution file we are in
#   0: Not inside section
#   1: Beginning and middle of section
#   2: Last line of the section
$foundNuGetSection = 0

# Create the new contents of the solution file without the NuGet section
(Get-Content $("$solution.bak")) |
    Foreach-Object {
        # Parsing the solution file layout is no fun...
        if ($_ -match "^Project.*nuget.*") {
            $foundNuGetSection = 1
        } elseif ($_ -match "^EndProject$" -and $foundNuGetSection -eq 1) {
            $foundNuGetSection = 2
        } elseif ($foundNuGetSection -eq 2) {
            $foundNuGetSection = 0
        }
        
        if ($foundNuGetSection -eq 0) {
            Add-Content -Encoding UTF8 $solution $_
        }
    }

# Remove the temporary solution backup file
Remove-Item $("$solution.bak")

# Find every .csproj file and remove the reference to the NuGet.targets file 
# Example: <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\.nuget\NuGet.targets" Condition="Exists('$(SolutionDir)\.nuget\NuGet.targets')" />
Get-ChildItem $solutionPath *.csproj -recurse |
    Foreach-Object { 
        (Get-Content $_.PSPath) | Where-Object {$_ -notmatch 'NuGet.targets'} | Set-Content -Encoding UTF8 $_.PSPath
    }

You can call this script like this: .\DisableNuGetPackageRestore.ps1 C:\Path\To\Solution.sln

Hey

Just used this...very useful!

Thanks Paul

Nice. What about vbproj files?

@PilotBob I don't have any experience with .vbproj files, but I would guess that it is very similar (possibly just changing line 45) to search for that extension.

Thanks for the share. Much appreciated.

I had hoped that this script would do all the steps of the migration guide (http://docs.nuget.org/docs/workflows/migrating-to-automatic-package-restore). It did remove the ".nuget" folder from .sln and disk, and also removed the

<Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\.nuget\nuget.targets" />  

section, but did not remove the:

<RestorePackages>true</RestorePackages>

and

  <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
    <PropertyGroup>
      <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Enable NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
    </PropertyGroup>
  </Target>

sections for me. Perhaps i skipped/missed something?

@automatonic I have not seen those sections before, which is why they are not accounted for in the script. Should be easy to add though.

Hi, thanks for sharing! I found a problem when OctoPack installed.