Nuget repository per branch with TFS

Question

I have a TFS environment with the following branching setup

• Dev - Primary working branch for developers
• Main - Stable, releasable branch
• Hotfix -

Answer 1

You'll have to do some trickery...

• Have a different feed per branch. An easy way to set up multiple feeds is www.myget.org
• Enable NuGet package restore in the solutions you want to enroll in this behaviour
• In the solution's .nuget\nuget.config file, add the following:

<configuration>
  <packageSources>
    <add key="Branch X packages" value="http://www.myget.org/F/corpxyzbranchxyz" />
  </packageSources>
  <disabledPackageSources />
  <activePackageSource>
    <add key="Branch X packages" value="http://www.myget.org/F/corpxyzbranchxyz" />
  </activePackageSource>
</configuration>

This does mean that you'll have to have a different nuget.config file per branch and that you should be careful when merging/branching.