.NET Framework dependency tree

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I need to generate a dependency tree (or at least a dependency list) of .NET Framework 4.6.1. project. I need to deliver such a list to the legal department of my company. It's a Windows application with package.config file. I am looking for a command which I can run in terminal to generate dependency tree or list, excluding .NET 4.6.1 runtime packages.

I was trying dotnet list package, but it works only with .NET Core.

I was also trying to run combinations of NuGet commands: Get-Content, Get-Package, Select. The output I receive is different from what I see in Visual Studio:

I would like to see the similar output in my console to Visual Studio window. How do you think I can solve my issue?

Falco Alexander · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-08 12:29:36Z

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you can make dotnet list package and all the .NET CLI running fine with .NET Framework by converting your project to the new project format.

It will be much easier when you already converted to PackageReference and you can easily do it by notepad style editing your .csproj file.

I found this helpful in the past: https://natemcmaster.com/blog/2017/03/09/vs2015-to-vs2017-upgrade/

answered Jun 8, 2020 at 12:29

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Falco Alexander Over a year ago

once converted your .csproj to new project format (targeting .NET Framework) it runs fine and you can check your Nuget dependencies in a nice tree view in VS as well.

michail_w Over a year ago

Thank you, it indeed helped. Do you know if I can exclude from dotnet list package transitive dependencies that come from .NET Framework itself? I mean generally System. and Microsoft. namespaces, but I don't want to exclude these namespaces once they have to be installed explicitely as project dependency.

Falco Alexander Over a year ago

@michail_w did you try dotnet list package --include-transitive | WHERE { $_ -notmatch ' System.| Microsoft.'} in Powershell?

michail_w Over a year ago

Yes, I tried. It works fine. However, it can be false positive. Anyone can create a System. or Microsoft. package which will become my transitive dependency, but it won't be part of the .NET Framework itself. I don't want to miss that out. I agree it's an edge case, but I won't be surprised if it ever happens.

Elo Over a year ago

Many thanks for "dotnet list package --include-transitive" !!! Really usedful command!

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