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Add "Force" flag to Restore

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
28/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
csharp
Domain
tooling

Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by tracing the Restore path in the configuration and CLI, using the filesystem provider scenario as the reproduction; done means a force option is accepted in both places and causes changed library files to refresh.

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Description

Feature Request
Feature request

Add "Force" flag to Restore

Functional impact

I have a web project with a libman entry for a library project I've installed using the filesystem provider. As I make changes to the library files, they are not updated in the target project even after a restore.

I've gotten around the issue by using the libman CLI to clean and restore as a pre-build step, but it'd be nice to have a force flag available in the config (and in the CLI for that matter) for restoring.

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