Package Helpers

PowerShell Helper scripts to manage NuGet packages.

Getting Started

• Copy the files
• Open Command Line or PowerShell (Window + X, A)
• If you opened Command Prompt, then type powershell in order to use PowerShell commands
• Navigate to the scripts directory
  cd your_directory
• Type
  Import-Module .\PackageHelper.psm1
• Now you can use the methods from your PowerShell session

Adding Script to Profile [Optional]

• Enable execution policy using PowerShell Admin
  Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
• Navigate to the profile path
  cd (Split-Path -parent $PROFILE)
• Open the location in Explorer
  ii .
• Create the user profile if it does not exist
  If (!(Test-Path -Path $PROFILE )) { New-Item -Type File -Path $PROFILE -Force }
• Import the module in the PowerShell profile
  Import-Module -Path script_directory -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

Examples

Update-Nuspec Example

Update Nuspec config to match the same versions specified in app.config.

Update Nuspec.config in current directory

Update-Nuspec

Update Nuspec.config by path

Update-Nuspec -Path 'C:\git\PowerShell\EnvironmentVariables\'

Update Nuspec.config by repository name

Update-Nuspec -Repository 'EnvironmentVariables'

Find-Package Example

Find all package(s) that match the specified pattern.

Get all packages for current directory

Find-Package

Get Microsoft packages for current directory

Find-Package -Pattern '*Microsoft*'

Get all packages by path

Update-Nuspec -Path 'C:\git\PowerShell\EnvironmentVariables\'

Get Microsoft packages for current directory

Find-Package -Path 'C:\git\PowerShell\EnvironmentVariables\' -Pattern '*Microsoft*'

Get packages by major versionfor current directory

Find-Package -Path 'C:\git\PowerShell\EnvironmentVariables\' -Pattern '*2.*'

Get packages by major/minor version for current directory

Find-Package -Path 'C:\git\PowerShell\EnvironmentVariables\' -Pattern '*2.1*'

Get all packages for repository name

Find-Package -Repository 'EnvironmentVariables'

Get Microsoft packages for repository name

Find-Package -Repository 'EnvironmentVariables' -Pattern '*Microsoft*'

Get packages by major version for repository name

Find-Package -Repository 'EnvironmentVariables' -Pattern '*2.*'

Get packages by major/minor version for repository name

Find-Package -Repository 'EnvironmentVariables' -Pattern '*2.1*'