Fix duplicate versions in dotnet workload search version when multiple feeds contain same version

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• Analyze the issue: dotnet workload search version shows duplicates when multiple feeds contain the same version
• Identify root cause: Multiple feeds can return the same package version, causing duplicates in the output
• Build the solution successfully to understand current state
• Create focused test that reproduces the duplicate version issue
• Updated approach per feedback: Move deduplication from NuGetPackageDownloader to WorkloadSearchVersionsCommand.GetVersions() to avoid side effects on other commands
• Revert changes to NuGetPackageDownloader.cs and MockNuGetPackageDownloader.cs
• Implement deduplication in WorkloadSearchVersionsCommand.GetVersions() method
• Simplify resultsToRequest calculation per code review feedback
• Verify fix works with existing and new tests
• Run final validation and format code

Summary

Per feedback from @marcpopMSFT, simplified the resultsToRequest calculation by removing the unnecessary ternary operator. Since numberOfWorkloadSetsToTake * 2 already evaluates to 0 when numberOfWorkloadSetsToTake is 0, the ternary check is redundant and reduces code readability.

Latest Changes:

Simplified: src/Cli/dotnet/Commands/Workload/Search/WorkloadSearchVersionsCommand.cs - Changed from:

int resultsToRequest = numberOfWorkloadSetsToTake == 0 ? 0 : numberOfWorkloadSetsToTake * 2;

to:

int resultsToRequest = numberOfWorkloadSetsToTake * 2;

This improves code readability without affecting functionality, as 0 * 2 = 0.

Fixes #50979

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[marcpopMSFT]

@copilot I only want to impact the results from dotnet workload search version. Changing nugetpackagedownloader is too central and may have potential side effects for other commands that also use that file.

[Copilot]

@copilot I only want to impact the results from dotnet workload search version. Changing nugetpackagedownloader is too central and may have potential side effects for other commands that also use that...

I've moved the deduplication logic from NuGetPackageDownloader to WorkloadSearchVersionsCommand.GetVersions() to avoid affecting other commands. The fix is now localized to workload search only. Changes in commit 1b4c9aa.

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Pull Request Overview

This PR fixes a bug where dotnet workload search version would display duplicate versions when multiple NuGet feeds contained the same workload version. The fix implements deduplication logic directly in the WorkloadSearchVersionsCommand.GetVersions() method.

• Deduplicates version results from multiple NuGet feeds while maintaining proper ordering
• Requests more results than needed to account for potential duplicates, then filters to unique versions
• Adds comprehensive test coverage for the duplicate version scenario

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 27 out of 87 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

File	Description
src/Cli/dotnet/Commands/Workload/Search/WorkloadSearchVersionsCommand.cs	Implements deduplication logic and requests extra results to handle duplicates
test/dotnet.Tests/CommandTests/Workload/Search/GivenDotnetWorkloadSearch.cs	Adds test case verifying no duplicate versions are shown
Multiple test files	Reorganizes using statements for consistent formatting

[marcpopMSFT]

Tested and reviewed. The copilot tried to run format on the files changed, got confused, and formatted the whole project. The full actual changes are in two files.
src/Cli/dotnet/Commands/Workload/Search/WorkloadSearchVersionsCommand.cs
test/dotnet.Tests/CommandTests/Workload/Search/GivenDotnetWorkloadSearch.cs

Confirmed broken in rc1 and fixed in my local codespace: