Dynamic Versioning

Question

I have a situation where i want the versioning to be dynamic at build time.

Version Pattern: ...

But

Answer 1

You can use the MsbuildCommunityTasks to generate the build number and to customize the assembly file version on pre-build time.

• Download the zip at MsbuildCommunityTasks

• Unzip to the folder [SolutionFolder]\MsBuildExtensions\MSBuildCommunityTasks

• Add the sample below on your project (csproj), just after the Microsoft.CSharp.Targets import.

  
  $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\MsBuildExtensions\MSBuildCommunityTasks  
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• Wipe the AssemblyFileVersion attribute from your AssemblyInfo.cs. It will be generated at build time.

• You'll see the version number being printed on the console when you build. The generated file is deleted on the AfterBuild target, to keep your source control clean.

  BeforeBuild:

  Building 2013.01.14.1016 ... Created AssemblyInfo file "Properties\AssemblyVersionInfo.cs".

  (...)

  AfterBuild:

  Deleting file "Properties\AssemblyVersionInfo.cs".

• If you want do this to many projects with less msbuild code, it will be necessary to create a customized build script to wrap up your solution.