❔ Best way to handle external dependencies (.exe files, etc.)
Hi, I have a pretty large project and in order to build it I need some external dependencies (e.g. an executable file that can be downloaded from the internet).
Right now, every build agent/developer machine needs to manually install it in the correct path, which is a bit tedious.
I thought of 2 ways to solve this problem:
Right now, every build agent/developer machine needs to manually install it in the correct path, which is a bit tedious.
I thought of 2 ways to solve this problem:
- Package these exe files in a nuget package and store it on my local nuget feed. Then I can just reference this nuget package, so e.g. when setting up a new build machine, I wouldn't need to install anything manually, it would just fetch all the dependencies from nuget.
- Store these files directly in the repository. Now this solution is not ideal, because these executables are pretty large for a git repo (but not overly large, sub 500Mbs), but then again there would be no need for additional setup when pulling repo - everything would be already there.
