Create a Visual Studio Project Template that pulls NuGet references from online feed
<p>I'm creating a Visual Studio Project Template and bundling it inside of a VS Extension.  I need Projects created from the Template to reference ~20 NuGet packages.</p>

<p><strong>Is it possible to have the references resolved from nuget.org rather than having to include all of the references inside the VSIX?</strong></p>

<p>The <a href="https://docs.nuget.org/create/packages-in-visual-studio-templates" rel="nofollow noreferrer">NuGet documentation on Visual Studio Templates</a> provides instructions on how to add packages inside the VSIX, but it requires the file be stored locally on disk and the <code>.nupkg</code> is bundles inside the vsix:</p>

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  <p>Add your nupkg files as custom extension content in your source.extension.vsixmanifest file. If you're using the 2.0 schema it should look like this:</p>

<pre><code>&lt;Asset Type="Moq.4.0.10827.nupkg" d:Source="File" 
    Path="Packages\Moq.4.0.10827.nupkg" d:VsixSubPath="Packages" /&gt;
</code></pre>
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<p><strong>Question already asked</strong></p>

<p>I know a similar question was asked (<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6272952/creating-a-visual-studio-project-template-that-already-includes-a-nuget-package">Creating a Visual Studio Project Template that already includes a Nuget Package Reference?</a>) and answered (not possible), but this was asked in 2011.  </p>

<p>5 years later, is it still not possible?</p>