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restore does not support passing sources by name from the config file

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#5,849 opened on Sep 5, 2017

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Functionality:RestorePriority:3Product:NuGet.exeType:Bughelp wanted

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Description

Details about Problem

NuGet product used : nuget.exe/maybe dotnet

NuGet version (x.x.x.xxx): 4.3.0

Worked before? If so, with which NuGet version: 3.4.4

Detailed repro steps so we can see the same problem

  1. dotnet new console

  2. create a new config file and add a new source to it with name source_name

  3. nuget restore -Source source_name

Expected

Restore should read the source from the config file

Actual

Restore treats the source as a relative path

Notes

More details at https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/5767

Contributor guide

Research direction
Investigate the NuGet restore command's source resolution logic to understand how named sources from config are handled and why they are treated as relative paths.
Tech stack
csharp
Domain
clibuild system
Issue type
Bug
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2
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
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Stale
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Clear
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75