RicoSuter/DNT

Wildcard versioning not supported

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#32 opened on Feb 14, 2019

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Description

System.ArgumentException: '3.*' is not a valid version string.
Parameter name: value
   at NuGet.Versioning.NuGetVersion.Parse(String value)
   at Dnt.Commands.Packages.ListUsedPackagesCommand.LoadDependenciesAsync(PackageReferenceInfo entry, List`1 packages, List`1 tasks, IConsoleHost host) in C:\projects\dnt\src\Dnt.Commands\Packages\ListUsedPackagesCommand.cs:line 146

3.* means highest version within major 3.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/reference/package-versioning#version-ranges-and-wildcards

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Research direction
Investigate NuGet version range syntax and implement parsing for wildcard version strings like '3.*'.
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csharp
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clitooling
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.NETNuGet versioning concepts
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