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restore

Downloading the packages a project needs before it can build.

Restore resolves PackageReference items to a dependency graph, downloads missing packages to the global packages folder, and writes obj/project.assets.json.

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Examples

  • dotnet restore downloads every package in the project's dependency graph into the global packages folder.

See also

NuGet package transitive dependency lock file
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