Understanding where a dependency comes from can be tedious. This is especially true when you have a large project with many dependencies. Recently, .NET brings a new tool dotnet nuget why to help you understand why a package is installed in your project. However, there is a better way to do it, and it doesn't requires a recent SDK. dotnet nuget why can explain why a package is included in your project:… [read more]

NuGet packages offer a convenient way to share code, but many developers download them without reviewing the contents or verifying updates when new versions are released. When you install a NuGet package, you are: Downloading code from unknown authors that has likely not been thoroughly reviewed by others Running it with full permissions on your local machine, potentially exposing your personal data… [read more]

While nuspec files are not as common as they used to be, they are still used in some projects when you have special needs. For instance, Meziantou.DotNet.CodingStandard uses a nuspec file to create a package that supports all TFMs. Renovate is a tool to keep your dependencies up-to-date. It supports many package managers, including NuGet. It's more configurable than Dependabot and provides good… [read more]

In a recent post, I shared how to highlight C# code in string values. Roslyn provides more built-in highlighters / code-completions in string values. Most of the supported languages are available as constants of the StringSyntaxAttribute class. To indicate the language, you can use the lang or language comment or the [StringSyntax] attribute. The languages mentioned in this post are handled by Roslyn (VS,… [read more]

On CI, some projects use the msbuild diagnostic verbosity to get more information about the build. This is useful to troubleshoot build issues. However, this verbosity level has some drawbacks. In this post, I describe how to use the binary log feature of MSBuild to get the same information in a more efficient way. Diagnostic verbosity vs binary log The msbuild diagnostic verbosity is the most verbose… [read more]

Moving a docker image from one registry to another one can be useful to migrate images between different environments, for instance between staging and production. In this post, I describe how to copy a docker image from one registry to another using buildx. An easy way would be to use the following commands: # ⚠️ Don't use this method if you have a multi-platform image docker pull… [read more]

Windows allows to list the OneDrive folders or folders from other cloud providers. This is done by using the StorageProviderSyncRootManager class. The StorageProviderSyncRootManager class provides a static method called GetCurrentSyncRoots that returns a list of StorageProviderSyncRoot objects, which correspond to the registered cloud folders. Before using the Windows SDK, you need to update the Target… [read more]

Diacritics are a way to add additional information to a character. They are used in many languages, such as French, Spanish, and German. A common usage of diacritics is to add an accent to a letter (e.g. é). In this post, I describe how to remove diacritics from a string in .NET. In the post , I already wrote about diacritics. But let give a quick reminder. A diacritic is a glyph added to a letter. For… [read more]

C# 13 adds support for a new attribute: [OverloadResolutionPriority]. This attribute is niche, so most of you won't use it. However, it's a nice addition to the language, and it's worth knowing about it if you are writing libraries. Let's consider this simple example: Sample.Test(); // Print: Test 1 static class Sample { public static void Test() => Console.WriteLine("Test 1"); } Now, you want to update… [read more]

Sometimes you need to allow ping requests for monitoring purposes. By default, it could be disabled on Windows machines. To enable it, you can use the following command: netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow Ping" protocol=icmpv4 dir=in action=allow [read more]