.NET: Large revision numbers in AssemblyVersionAttribute

Question

We have the convention of versioning our builds as [major].[minor].[micro].[revision], e.g. 2.1.2.33546.

Our build-script automatically updates an AssemblyInfo.cs file c

Answer 1

According to MSDN, the components of the AssemblyVersionAttribute version number are limited to UInt16.MaxValue - 1 by the assembly meta data, i.e. you can't store larger numbers in an assembly file. The file version, as Marc Gravell suggests, might be enough for you, depending on who will read your version number.