Updating PackageReferences

[AlanHoiland]

Hello,
I thought this would be easy but I'm missing something. How do you update PackageReferences version numbers?
Visual Studio 2022
netstandard 2.0 projects
I have a Shared package that is used in other projects. I can update the Shared package version, build, pack, and publish. But then want to update the PackageReference in another project and have hit a brick wall. I've tried NuGetUpdate and of course it is looking for a packages.config file that doesn't exist. I've tried Cake.Incubator and it can get the PackageReferences but I don't see a way to write any changes back to the project. I feel like I'm missing something basic but all my google searches turn up empty.

Here's my cake script:
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// ARGUMENTS
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
#tool Bumpy
#addin Cake.Bumpy
#addin nuget:?package=Cake.ExtendedNuGet&version=5.0.0
#addin nuget:?package=Cake.Incubator&version=8.0.0

var target = Argument("target", "Default");
var configuration = Argument("configuration", "Release");

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// SETUP / TEARDOWN
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Setup(ctx =>
{
// Executed BEFORE the first task.
Information("Running tasks...");
});

Teardown(ctx =>
{
// Executed AFTER the last task.
Information("Finished running tasks.");
});

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// TASKS
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

var versionTask = Task("Version")
.Does(() =>
{
BumpyNew();

BumpyIncrement(3, new BumpySettings{
	Directory = "./Shared"
	});

});

var cleanTask = Task("Clean")
.IsDependentOn(versionTask)
.Does(() =>
{
CleanDirectory("./Shared/bin/release");
CleanDirectory("./Shared/bin/debug");
});

var restoreTask = Task("Restore")
.IsDependentOn(cleanTask)
.Does(() =>
{
DotNetRestore("./");
});

var buildTask = Task("Build")
.IsDependentOn(restoreTask)
.Does(() =>
{
DotNetBuild("./Shared", new DotNetBuildSettings{
NoRestore = true
});
});

var packageTask = Task("Package")
.IsDependentOn(buildTask)
.Does(() =>
{
DotNetPack("./Shared", new DotNetPackSettings
{
NoRestore = true,
NoBuild = true
});
});

var publishTask = Task("Publish")
.IsDependentOn(packageTask)
.Does(() => {
var settings = new DotNetNuGetPushSettings
{
Source = "mysourcepath",
ApiKey = "ApiKey"
};

var pkgs = GetFiles("./Shared/bin/debug/" + "*.nupkg");
Information(pkgs.Count());

foreach(var pkg in pkgs) 
{
	Information(pkg);

    if(!IsNuGetPublished(pkg, settings.Source)) 
    {
        Information($"Publishing \"{pkg}\".");
        DotNetNuGetPush(pkg.FullPath, settings);
    }
    else {
        Information($"Bypassing publishing \"{pkg}\" as it is already published.");
    }
        
}

});

var updateSharedTask = Task("UpdateShared")
//.IsDependentOn(publishTask)
.Does(() =>
{
var props = ParseProject("./Project1/Project1.csproj", "Debug");

Information(props.PackageReferences.Count());

foreach(var project in props.PackageReferences)
{
	Information($"{project.Name} {project.Version}");
}

// This doesn't work.

// NuGetUpdate(@"./Library.sln", new NuGetUpdateSettings
// {
// Id = new [] { "Shared" }
// });
});

Task("Default")
.IsDependentOn(updateSharedTask)
.Does(() => {
Information("Hello Cake!");
});

RunTarget(target);

[augustoproiete]

@AlanHoiland The recommended way to update package references via command-line is to use the dotnet add package command

---

e.g. MyProject.csproj references NaturalStringExtensions v2.1.0 and you want to bump it to v3.0.0:

• MyProject.csproj

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="NaturalStringExtensions" Version="2.1.0" />
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

---

• build.cake

StartProcess("dotnet", "add package NaturalStringExtensions --version 3.0.0");