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[Bug]: Rename VS NuGet Options "Clear NuGet Cache(s)" button #12076

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zivkan opened this issue Sep 2, 2022 · 0 comments · Fixed by NuGet/NuGet.Client#4786
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[Bug]: Rename VS NuGet Options "Clear NuGet Cache(s)" button #12076

zivkan opened this issue Sep 2, 2022 · 0 comments · Fixed by NuGet/NuGet.Client#4786
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zivkan commented Sep 2, 2022

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Visual Studio Package Management UI, Visual Studio Package Manager Console

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Before PackageReference, when packages.config was the only way to use Nuget, the global packages folder was very similar to a cache (except that nothing ever expired, or got cleaned automatically).

However, since the PackageReference feature came out, the global packages folder is where MSBuild, the compiler, and other build tools will read files from. Therefore, it is no longer private storage for NuGet's internal use. As a consequence, the NuGet team has progressively reduced calling the global packages folder a cache, even if many customers still call it the "NuGet cache".

The NuGet general options page in VS options, there's a button that still says "Clear Nuget Cache(s)". This could be renamed to make it more obvious that clicking the button deletes not only the global packages folder, but other ones as well. Also, it might help slowly de-associate the global packages folder as being "the cache".

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