DotNetAliases.

DotNetNuGetWhy(ICakeContext, string, DotNetNuGetWhySettings) Method

Summary

Shows why a package is in the restore graph.
Namespace
Cake.Common.Tools.DotNet
Containing Type
DotNetAliases

Syntax

[CakeMethodAlias]
[CakeAliasCategory("NuGet")]
[CakeNamespaceImport("Cake.Common.Tools.DotNet.NuGet.Why")]
public static DotNetNuGetWhyResult DotNetNuGetWhy(this ICakeContext context, string package, DotNetNuGetWhySettings settings)

Examples

 var settings = new DotNetNuGetWhySettings
 {
     Project = "./src/App/App.csproj",
     Frameworks = { "net10.0" }
 };

 var result = DotNetNuGetWhy("Newtonsoft.Json", settings);
 foreach (var project in result.Projects)
 {
     Information(project.Name);
 }

Attributes

Type Description
CakeMethodAliasAttribute An attribute used to mark script method aliases.
CakeAliasCategoryAttribute An attribute used for documentation of alias methods/properties.
CakeNamespaceImportAttribute An attribute used to hint Cake about additional namespaces that need to be imported for an alias to work. This attribute can mark an extension method, the extension method class, or the assembly to provide a global set of imports.

Parameters

Name Type Description
context ICakeContext The context.
package string The package identifier.
settings DotNetNuGetWhySettings The settings.

Return Value

Type Description
DotNetNuGetWhyResult The parsed dependency graphs.