From 503f749dab491a07a2f3db5e069319d7156fcaf4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sean Williams <72675818+sean-r-williams@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 19:42:23 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add prerelease string when NormalizedVersion doesn't
 exist (but prerelease string does)

---
 src/code/InstallHelper.cs | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/code/InstallHelper.cs b/src/code/InstallHelper.cs
index cd86fe180..4bc670983 100644
--- a/src/code/InstallHelper.cs
+++ b/src/code/InstallHelper.cs
@@ -804,6 +804,9 @@ private Hashtable BeginPackageInstall(
             pkgToInstall.AdditionalMetadata.TryGetValue("NormalizedVersion", out string pkgVersion);
             if (pkgVersion == null) {
                 pkgVersion = pkgToInstall.Version.ToString();
+                if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(pkgToInstall.Prerelease)) {
+                    pkgVersion += $"-{pkgToInstall.Prerelease}";
+                }
             }
             // Check to see if the pkg is already installed (ie the pkg is installed and the version satisfies the version range provided via param)
             if (!_reinstall)

From e05bbef32a46417f5933eb438598e5b7aa6864e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sean Williams <72675818+sean-r-williams@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2024 17:44:10 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add explanatory comment

---
 src/code/InstallHelper.cs | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/code/InstallHelper.cs b/src/code/InstallHelper.cs
index 4bc670983..9057eda10 100644
--- a/src/code/InstallHelper.cs
+++ b/src/code/InstallHelper.cs
@@ -803,6 +803,8 @@ private Hashtable BeginPackageInstall(
             pkgToInstall.RepositorySourceLocation = repository.Uri.ToString();
             pkgToInstall.AdditionalMetadata.TryGetValue("NormalizedVersion", out string pkgVersion);
             if (pkgVersion == null) {
+                // Not all NuGet providers (e.g. Artifactory, possibly others) send NormalizedVersion in NuGet package responses.
+                // If they don't, we need to manually construct the combined version+prerelease from pkgToInstall.Version and the prerelease string.
                 pkgVersion = pkgToInstall.Version.ToString();
                 if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(pkgToInstall.Prerelease)) {
                     pkgVersion += $"-{pkgToInstall.Prerelease}";