Overview

Storing binaries in git repositories has several disadvantages, i.e. the more those files are updated the more the repository bloats. This section describes various ways to reference dependencies and externals, without storing the binaries in git repository.

Why avoiding binaries?

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Concepts to include dependencies

Official NuGet feed

Example: CommandLine.dll referenced by MP2-Client.exe.

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Team MediaPortal NuGet feed

Example: mkvextract.exe referenced by MatroskaLib.

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Download binaries during build using MSBuild tasks

Example: TransifexClient (tx.exe) downloaded for TransifexHelper.

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Include external repositories using git submodules

Example: Integration of BuildReport in MediaPortal 2 for creating HTML build reports

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Related

Tutorials

• Prepare a git repo for NuGet (Advanced)
  References
• List of Externals