[Enhancement] Restore packages from a 'packages.config' file

[AnthonyMastrean]

The NuGet way, nuget install packages.config, only downloads the packages. The idea being, you've already installed the packages into the projects, you're just rebuilding a new machine/workspace. Obviously, chocolatey would have different semantics: rebuild a machine from this "manifest" (reinstall or update packages).

chocolatey install packages.config

or

cinst packages.config

[ferventcoder]

I like it.

[ferventcoder]

I would totally dig a pull request here ;)

[ferventcoder]

This has been completed in #43

[ferventcoder]

For notes of others, this packages.config differs a little from a vanilla nuget's packages.config in that it adds a source element. For example:

<packages>
    <package id="somepackage"   />
    <package id="somepackagewithversion" version="1.0"  />
    <package id="somepackagewithsource" version="1.0" source="http://myget.org/f/customfeed" />
    <package id="IISExpress" source="webpi" />
</packages>

[bennage]

Can chocolatey generate a package file based on what's currently installed? Or is that still manual?

[ferventcoder]

That is an interesting idea. You want to log a new issue for it (or would you like me to)? I'm curious in how we could get the items that are from different sources... and also how to account for items that never end up in lib (ruby gems and WebPI items)

[AnthonyMastrean]

I submitted issue #67 to track the idea.

[bennage]

Thanks! I love this project btw.