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An MSBuild target to add to your project files that will restore packages *if* nuget.exe is available via the PATH environment variable.
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<!-- add this target to *each* project file, and modify the BeforeBuild target that's already in the project file (usually commented out) to depend on it -->
<Target Name="RestoreNuGetPackages" Condition="Exists('.\packages.config')" BeforeTargets="Build">
<!-- try to execute `nuget help` to see if it's available from what's in the PATH -->
<Exec Command="cmd.exe /c nuget help &gt; NUL" IgnoreExitCode="True">
<Output TaskParameter="ExitCode" PropertyName="NuGetExitCode"/>
</Exec>
<!-- raise an error if nuget.exe wassn't available from what's in the PATH -->
<Error Text="Failed to execute nuget.exe; please make sure your PATH environment variable provides a path to nuget.exe." Condition="'$(NuGetExitCode)' != '' and '$(NuGetExitCode)' > '0'" />
<!-- restore packages -->
<Exec Command="nuget install .\packages.config -o $(SolutionDir)\packages" />
</Target>
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