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Is there a way to examine the contents of a NuGet package to see what changes it will be making? There is no option for this on the Nuget.exe command line and I do not find any information about this in the NuGet docs.
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Put simply, a NuGet package is a single ZIP file with the . nupkg extension that contains compiled code (DLLs), other files related to that code, and a descriptive manifest that includes information like the package's version number.
Open the project/solution in Visual Studio, and open the console using the Tools > NuGet Package Manager > Package Manager Console command. Find the package you want to install.
The current nuspec. xsd schema file can be found in the NuGet GitHub repository. All XML element names in the . nuspec file are case-sensitive, as is the case for XML in general.
.nupkg files are just ZIP files with some metadata, so you can have a look at the contents. The NuGet Package Explorer should make it a little easier to view the contents.
The NuGet Gallery (e.g. https://www.nuget.org/) has a "Download" link on the right hand side, otherwise just install the package into an empty project and then take a peek.
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