nuget 'packages' element is not declared warning

Question

not a showstopper but when using nuget in a project, it creates a packages.config file with this shape

Answer 1

You can always make simple xsd schema for 'packages.config' to get rid of this warning. To do this, create file named "packages.xsd":

Location of this file (two options)

• In the same folder as 'packages.config' file,
• If you want to share packages.xsd across multiple projects, move it to the Visual Studio Schemas folder (the path may slightly differ, it's D:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Xml\Schemas for me).

Then, edit tag in packages.config file (add xmlns attribute):

Now the warning should disappear (even if packages.config file is open in Visual Studio).