Make 'dotnet tool restore' Automatic

[RehanSaeed]

Before I run a tool (e.g. dotnet cake) from my dotnet tool manifest file (shown below), I have to remember to run dotnet tool restore first.

{
  "version": 1,
  "isRoot": true,
  "tools": {
    "cake.tool": {
      "version": "0.36.0",
      "commands": [
        "dotnet-cake"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Similar to how dotnet build now automatically runs dotnet restore for you, can running dotnet cake also run dotnet tool restore for me?

[theprash]

This feels like a simple but effective usability improvement since dotnet already knows that a restore is needed: Run "dotnet tool restore" to make the "fake" command available.

It would allow us to remove what feels like an unnecessary extra instruction for users of the SAFE Template.

[Tyrrrz]

I agree. It would allow me to remove this code from every project:

https://github.com/Tyrrrz/LightBulb/blob/06f53a3f37e37e6616e158fbc1b0d63ff6c69845/LightBulb/LightBulb.csproj#L32

[640774n6]

Probably not worth looking into if this is made automatic, but I can't seem to get "dotnet tool restore" to work if run from from an ExecTask as mentioned above. Using VS for mac and the following:

<Target Name="Restore Local Tools" AfterTargets="BeforeBuild">
  <Exec Command="dotnet tool restore" />
</Target>

Building results with:

Error: Unable to get repository signature information for source https://api.nuget.org/v3-index/repository-signatures/5.0.0/index.json. 

Error: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Security.Permissions, Version=4.0.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51'. The system cannot find the file specified.

It works as expected if I run "dotnet build" on the csproj from a terminal. Anyone seen anything like this before?

[Sennevds]

+1 this is very annoying that it doesn't do this automatically

[wooferclaw]

please add support for this feature

[MartinAmaral]

If the directory where you put your project has special characters you are going to have an error when doing the dotnet commands

[Meligy]

If the directory where you put your project has special characters you are going to have an error when doing the dotnet commands

@MartinAmaral that's probably true. @IslamMeligy fact an issue with running a dotnet application one and then discovered that on this machine the source code was nested under a folder that started with #, which was valid for Windows, but was a problem for dotnet.

However, this is probably another issue separate from the one we are commenting on.

[baronfel]

As a first step, we should at least empower tool authors to detect if their tools aren't available when they're used in the build. I wrote https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/issues/38883 to capture this need.

[gennmukhin]

This is really necessary feature.