Local Feed
Local NuGet package feeds are simply hierarchical folder structures on your local computer or network in which you place packages.
- NuGet creates this structure automatically when you use the
nuget addcommand to copy a package to the feed. - These feeds can then be used as package sources with all other NuGet operations using the CLI, the Package Manager UI, and the Package Manager Console.
The following command adds a package to our local feed.
nuget add SuperLogger.1.0.0.nupkg -source D:\MyPackages
It will also display the results of the above command.
The following hierarchical folder structure is also created.
Multiple Packages
The nuget add command works with one package at a time, but it won't work when you to want to copy multiple packages.
nuget init <source> <destination> [options]
For multiple packages, you can use nuget init which copies all the packages from a source folder to a destination folder using the same hierarchical layout as mentioned above for a single package with nuget add.
nuget init C:\Packages D:\MyPackages
The init command creates a folder for each package identifier, each of which contains a version number folder, within which is the appropriate package.