The `add reference` command still requires the manual adding of a HintPath tag for the build to be successful about forge

[filipelbc]

I see.

Couldn't add reference be more intelligent and and decide what to do? Maybe ask the user.

[Krzysztof-Cieslak]

I guess that's more problem of documentation / help.

add reference is designed to be used with assemblies installed globally (for example in GAC), for example System.Drawing.

It's not designed to replace Paket. Instead you can use Paket integration and do forge paket add -i nuget Some.Reference which will do what you want (if Some.Reference is NuGet dependency)

[Krzysztof-Cieslak]

I don't think I want to introduce such magic. Most well designed command line tools have commands responsible for one things, and introducing such complex and not really predictable (depends on globally installed libraries which can be different from user to user) is not something I want here.

Closing as by design