Functionality:WhyPriority:2Product:dotnet.exeType:Featurehelp wanted
Description
NuGet Product(s) Affected
dotnet.exe
Current Behavior
The output of the dotnet nuget why command is easily readable for humans but not for machines.
Desired Behavior
Have an optional switch that allows the output to be machine readable from the console output.
Ideas for the output format: json or plain with a delimiter.
json
{
"net472": { },
"net6.0": [
{
"name": "Azure.Core",
"version": "1.38.0",
"packages": [
{
"name": "System.Text.Json",
"version": "8.0.3"
},
{
"name": "System.Memory.Data",
"version": "1.0.2",
"packages": [
{
"name": "System.Text.Json",
"version": "8.0.3"
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
plain
net472/
net6.0/System.Text.Json:8.0.3
net6.0/Azure.Core:1.38.0/System.Text.Json:8.0.3
net6.0/Azure.Core:1.38.0/System.Memory.Data:1.0.2/System.Text.Json:8.0.3
Additional Context
Following up on issue #13639.
We want to use the results of the dotnet nuget why command in automated reports for our developers.
We therefore desire to use the data of the why command programmatically and make several processes easier.