Refit dependency is added when the dependency is already met in a Transient package reference

[dammitjanet]

Describe the bug
I have a project where I already have Refit 7.0.0 as a transient package reference from including Refit.HttpClientFactory (although almost nay other package or project could theoretically also bring Refit into the transient dependency list), but every time I regenerate the code from the .refitter file, Refit is re-added and there is no need to.

Support Key: ecbee24

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Create a project
2. Add Refit.HttpClientFactory as a package reference
3. Add a refitter file and generate
4. remove the Refit 7.0.0 package reference
5. Right click the .refitter file and 'Generate Refitter output'

Expected behavior
The tool to recognise that the Refit dependency is already met and not add it explicitly

Screenshots
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Visual Studio Extension (please complete the following information):

• Visual Studio Version: 2022, 17.10.2
• REST API Client Code Generator: 1.10.3

Additional context
This is quite a low priority issue, but I expect it can also happen with any of the other code generators not just Refit.

[christianhelle]

@dammitjanet thanks for taking the time to report this. I'll see what I can do

[christianhelle]

@dammitjanet I unfortunately completely forgot about this. For now, you can disable the feature Automatically installing missing NuGet packages under the Tools -> Options -> REST API Client Code Generator

I'm considering removing the NuGet-related features in my extension as the dependencies required for NuGet integration rely on ancient Visual Studio COM libraries, preventing me from making a single VSIX package that supports multiple versions of Visual Studio.