Variables in paket.dependencies
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Description
It would be useful to allow some kind of variables or references in paket.dependencies.
Something like:
source ...
variable mylib.version >= 1.3.0
nuget mylib.dll1 ${mylib.version}
nuget mylib.dll2 ${mylib.version}
This would allow defining a common version (range) for a set of co-released libs (i.e. part of one solution).
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Research direction
Start by tracing how Paket reads and resolves the paket.dependencies file, including how dependency versions are represented. Define the variable syntax and substitution behavior from the example, then add coverage showing one shared version range applies to multiple NuGet dependencies.
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- Tech stack
- fsharp
- Domain
- cli, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
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- Over a week
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- Stale
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- Mostly clear
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- 30/100