cli-ref-config.md

title	NuGet CLI config command
description	Reference for the nuget.exe config command
author	JonDouglas
ms.author	jodou
ms.date	01/18/2018
ms.topic	reference

config command (NuGet CLI)

Applies to: all • Supported versions: all

Gets or sets NuGet configuration values. For additional usage, see Common NuGet configurations. For details on allowable key names, refer to the NuGet config file reference.

Usage

nuget config -Set <name>=[<value>] [<name>=<value> ...] [options]
nuget config -AsPath <name> [options]

where <name> and <value> specify a key-value pair to be set in the configuration. You can specify as many pairs as desired. To remove a value, specify the name and the = sign but no value.

For allowable key names, see the NuGet config file reference.

In NuGet 3.4+, <value> can use environment variables.

Options

• AsPath

  Returns the config value as a path, ignored when -Set is used.

• -ConfigFile

  The NuGet configuration file to apply. If not specified, %AppData%\NuGet\NuGet.Config (Windows), or ~/.nuget/NuGet/NuGet.Config or ~/.config/NuGet/NuGet.Config (Mac/Linux) is used. See On Mac/Linux, the user-level config file location varies by tooling..

• -ForceEnglishOutput

  (3.5+) Forces nuget.exe to run using an invariant, English-based culture.

• -?|-help

  Displays help information for the command.

• -NonInteractive

  Suppresses prompts for user input or confirmations.

• -Set

  One on more key-value pairs to be set in config.

• -Verbosity [normal|quiet|detailed]

  Specifies the amount of detail displayed in the output: normal (the default), quiet, or detailed.

Also see Environment variables

Examples

nuget config -Set repositoryPath=c:\packages -configfile c:\my.config

nuget config -Set repositoryPath=

nuget config -Set repositoryPath=%PACKAGE_REPO% -configfile %ProgramData%\NuGet\NuGetDefaults.Config

nuget config -Set HTTP_PROXY=http://127.0.0.1 -set HTTP_PROXY.USER=domain\user