Nuget.exe sources add does not work if nuget.config does not have proper section

[bigcat8828]

The sources add command does not add the package source into the nuget config if the nuget.config doesn’t already have both a element and an existing package source. The command output of sources add is "package sources added successfully", while there is no package source added at all.

How to repo:

1. Change the nuget.config to only including following
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <configuration />
2. Run nuget.exe Sources add -name {sourceName} -source {source}
   3.The output is "Package Source with Name: {sourceName} added successfully."
   4.Check nuget.config, no source has been added at all.

This bug is that nuget.exe fails to add the package source, while claims it added successfully.

[yishaigalatzer]

Thanks for reporting it, for the completeness of this report, what version of nuget.exe are you using.

[bigcat8828]

This happens in both nuget 2.8 and 3.x

[leasunhy]

Also, if no config file is present when one tries to add a package source, the adding will fail.
Running nuget sources before adding the source will ensure the existence of the config file to make sure the package source is added.
Version: 3.5.0.1938

[nkolev92]

This has been long fixed now.

At the minimum 5.x has a fix for this. Closing.