XUnit Runner Nuget package does not work with Paket

The existing XUnit VSIX has been deprecated and replaced with a NuGet package.

This means that: -

1. Every solution will need the runner as a dependency (rather than installed into VS as an extension)
2. It’s not compatible with Paket because the way it works relies on modification of the .fsproj to reference extra targets which are bundled with the Nuget package, almost in the same way that Nuget Package Restore used to work.
3. Because the package has fake “empty” folders for packages e.g. net20, portable-net45 and so on, Paket adds unnecessary <When> conditions into the project that have no children.

• (1) is a minor inconvenience
• (3) is a harmless up-for-grabs that can be easily fixed in Paket
• (2) is a major problem. Paket does not perform build actions as the Nuget client does. Without this, the Visual Studio XUnit test runner won’t work.

[ctaggart]

I confirmed that this works. Great work!

paket.dependencies

nuget xunit.runner.visualstudio version_in_path: true

paket.references

xunit.runner.visualstudio

paket install creates a packages.config. Add it to the repo.

[Rickasaurus]

I seem to be having trouble setting breakpoints in tests themselves (in VS2015) with this fix. Has anyone tested that? Breakpoints seem to work fine in the tested code.