Restrict nuget package updates to current versions for some packages

Question

Is there a way to disable updates of specific nuget packages installed in a project?

I have made some local modifications to a couple of javascript library packages and do not want to run the risk of someone updating over the top of my changes in the future.

I've never created my own nuget package, I'm guessing one option might be to fork the existing packages?

Answer 1

You could try constraining the package so it your project will only allow a particular version to be used. Then all updates to any newer version will be prevented.

You can do this by editing your project's package.config file. For example, the line below should only allow version 2.1.0 to be used.

<package id="SomePackage" version="2.1.0" allowedVersions="[2.1.0]" />

Answer 2

I don't have a package.config. (VS 2019, .NET Core 3.1) What I did instead was changing the .csproj of the project which had the package which I needed to stop showing up for updates.

In my case it was EPPlus, and I wrapped the version number within square brackets.

<ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="EPPlus" Version="[4.5.3.3]" />
</ItemGroup>

After that, it stopped showing up on the Updates tab in Nuget Package Manager.

And it doesn't give any option to update from anywhere else too. (Installed tab, Nuget for the solution, etc)

You'll need to restart VS to get rid of the yellow triangles next to the packages.