How to delete and after delete publish the same package

[marekbe]

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I have a problem, that I removed (via UI) packages and I expected that I will be able to recreate this packages with next workflow run.

in log of workflow I can see that packages exists e.g.

warn : Error: Version 1.0.0 of "Myrg.Infrastructure" has already been pushed.

but on UI (https://github.com/orgs/[my-org]/packages) I cannot see my package, I can see only 4 of 26 packages.

How can I force to delete all packages and after that recreate it

I have no also deleted packages in organization settings

This is part of my workflow code:

        run: dotnet nuget push ./dist/*.nupkg --source "https://nuget.pkg.github.com/[my-org]/index.json" --api-key $NUGET_GENERATOR_API_KEY --skip-duplicate

Couold you please anyone help me understand what I'm doing wrong :)?

[marekbe]

I prepared ps1 script that lists nugets

# Set organization name and repo
$organization = "myOrg"
$token = "ghp_"  # Replace with your GitHub token

# Set headers for GitHub API
$headers = @{
    Authorization = "Bearer $token"
    Accept        = "application/vnd.github+json"
    "X-GitHub-Api-Version" = "2022-11-28"
}

# Get list of NuGet packages in the organization
$packagesUrl = "https://api.github.com/orgs/$organization/packages?package_type=nuget"
$packages = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $packagesUrl -Headers $headers

# Iterate through each package and list all available versions
foreach ($package in $packages) {
    $packageName = $package.name
    $versionsUrl = "https://api.github.com/orgs/$organization/packages/nuget/$packageName/versions"
    try {
        $versions = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $versionsUrl -Headers $headers
        foreach ($version in $versions) {
            Write-Host "${packageName}: $($version.name)" -ForegroundColor Green
        }
    } catch {
        Write-Host "${packageName}: failed to fetch versions - $_" -ForegroundColor Red
    }
}

and script that delete packages:

# === Settings ===
$organization = "myOrd"
$token = "ghp_"  # <- Replace with your GitHub PAT token
$apiUrl = "https://api.github.com"
$headers = @{
    Authorization = "Bearer $token"
    Accept        = "application/vnd.github+json"
    "User-Agent"  = "powershell-script"
}
$logFile = "DeleteOldNugets.log"  # Log file to save details

# List of all package names
$packageNames = @(
    "MyOrg.Infrastructure",
    "MyOrg.Infrastructure.Cache",
)

# === Function to check if the version is less than 6.0.0 ===
function Is-VersionLt6 {
    param ([string]$version)
    try {
        return [version]$version -lt [version]"6.0.0"
    } catch {
        return $false
    }
}

# === Log function ===
function Log {
    param (
        [string]$message
    )
    $timestamp = (Get-Date).ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss")
    $logMessage = "$timestamp - $message"
    Write-Host $logMessage
    $logMessage | Out-File -Append $LogFile
}

# === Loop through each package and fetch its versions ===
foreach ($packageName in $packageNames) {
    Log "Fetching versions of package $packageName..."
    try {
        $response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "$apiUrl/orgs/$organization/packages/nuget/$packageName/versions" -Headers $headers
    } catch {
        Log "Error fetching versions for package $($packageName): $_"
        continue
    }

    # === Loop through each version and delete if it's less than 6.0.0 ===
    foreach ($version in $response) {
        $id = $version.id
        $name = $version.name

        # If the version is < 6.0.0, delete it
        if (Is-VersionLt6 $name) {
            Log "Deleting version $($name) (ID: $($id)) of package $($packageName)..."
            $deleteUrl = "$apiUrl/orgs/$organization/packages/nuget/$packageName/versions/$id"
            try {
                Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $deleteUrl -Headers $headers -Method Delete
            } catch {
                Log "Error deleting version $($name) of package $($packageName): $_"
            }
        } else {
            Log "Skipping version $($name) (>= 6.0.0) of package $($packageName)"
        }
    }
}

Log "`nDone. All versions < 6.0.0 have been processed."

and

• I listed all packages (4 were listed)
• I deleted all packages
• I rerun action on workflow

result:
instead of 4 packages I can see 12 of 26 packages

summary it's ridiculous that in one time I can se only 4 packages, and in next iteration I can see 12

[marekbe]

workaround....
I deleted only packages that I cannot see on UI,
and after that I rerun job that publish nugets

after 5 or 6 iterations all 26 packages are visible on UI.
I hope it will be fine for me.

[ebndev]

Hi @marekbe, thanks for being a part of the GitHub Community!

It looks like you were able to resolve this issue. Should I go ahead and close the discussion?

[marekbe]

yes, but it's only workaround :)

[mubashir1837]

Hey! Change the Version in package.json if you didn't first