Useful Package Manager console commands

pack-man.ps1

Get-Project –All | Add-BindingRedirect

# On large projects commands like `Update-Package -Reinstall` can take HOURS
# If the updates are broken up, then don't lock up the IDE and complete much faster (minutes vs hours)

# Reinstall all packages that match a specific targetFramework
# Useful when retargeting
gci -recurse packages.config | % { [xml]$XmlDocument = Get-Content -Path $_.FullName; $XmlDocument.packages.package | ? { $_.targetFramework -eq 'net462' } | select id | sort-object -unique | % { update-package -reinstall $_.id } }

# Reinstall all packages that have been marked with requireReinstallation
gci -recurse packages.config | % { [xml]$XmlDocument = Get-Content -Path $_.FullName; $XmlDocument.packages.package | ? { $_.requireReinstallation -eq 'true' } | select id | sort-object -unique | % { update-package -reinstall $_.id } }

# Reinstall packages for test projects only
# Uses naming convention to identify test projects
Get-Project -All | where { $_.ProjectName.EndsWith(".Tests") } | % { Update-Package -Reinstall -Project $_.ProjectName }