The NuGet Update Action is used to update the Nuget packages to the latest version.
NuGet Update
Name
A friendly name for this action (will be displayed in the actions workflow area).
Enabled
Determines if this action will be run within the relevant stage.
Package.config / Solution File
The location of your .sln or packages.conf file within your source control.
Repository Path
The path to the local packages folder (location where packages are installed).
Sources
An optional list of NuGet Feed package sources to search for updates (the default source location is nuget.org).
Configuration File
The NuGet configuation file. If not specified, the file %AppData%\NuGet\NuGet.config is used.
Using
The property collector pointing to the location of the NuGet.exe file.
Options
Safe mode
Tick this to look for updates with the highest version available within the same major and minor version as the installed package.
Also update NuGet.exe
Tick this update the running NuGet.exe to the newest version available from the server. You need to ensure that the user running the Agent service has the correct permissions to do this.
Install prerelease packages
Allows updating to prerelease versions. This flag is not required when updating prerelease packages that are already installed.
File Conflict Action
The action to take, when asked to overwrite or ignore existing files referenced by the project: Overwrite, Ignore, None.
Timeout (in seconds)
How long to wait for the action to finish running before timing out. Leaving this blank (or zero) will default to 86400 seconds (24 hours).
Treat failure as warning
Tick to continue build on failure marking the action with a warning status.
Ignore warnings
If this is ticked, any warnings logged will not mark the action with a warning status.
Log standard output
If this is ticked, the command line output is written to the build log.
Environment
Multiple environment variables can be defined - one per line. These are set before the command line is run.
Log environment variables
If this is ticked, environment variable values are written to the build log.
Generate system environment variables
Tick this checkbox to set up a list of new environment variables prefixed with 'ContinuaCI.' for all current system expression objects and variables.
Mask sensitive variable values in system environment variables
Visible only if the 'Generate system environment variables' checkbox is ticked.
If this is ticked, the values of any variables marked as sensitive will be masked with **** when setting system environment variables. Clear this to expose the values.