Installing nuget package from GitHub

Question

The command: Install-Package curve25519-uwp installs version 1.0.3 of this package (https://www.nuget.org/packages/curve25519-uwp/)

On GitHub there is a version 1.0.4 that fixes a specific error I am facing.

Can anyone explain how to get that package installed?

I am using visual studio 2015 community edition with git tools installed.

score 20 · Accepted Answer · edited May 03 '17 at 23:49

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With NuGet, there is no way to take a pre-version from a Git repository.

You could:

Ask for the release of a new version of the NuGet package, or at least a pre-release.
Clone the repository, build the version, and replace the NuGet package with a local dependency. (Not a good solution!)
Like the above, but put it in your own NuGet server.
Manage the repository as a Git submodule.
Switch from NuGet to Paket which supports references toward a Git repository. (Surely the best solution if your case could appear often.)

edited May 03 '17 at 23:49

answered Jan 13 '16 at 08:13

Philippe

will packet download the source code so it can be debugged? – hasrthur Feb 24 '17 at 09:10
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No. None of the solution could do that. But you could use SourceLink or GitLink (there is another that I forgot the name) to do that. – Philippe Feb 24 '17 at 14:28

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