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Custom ProductVersion string in .NET 6

I am developing a .NET 6 web application and I have a requirement to set the ProductVersion (or, if that is impossible, at least FileVersion) of the assembly to a custom string, like shown here:

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However, I can't figure out how to do it. All the versioning properties I see in the .csproj file seem to expect a specific numeric format like x.y.z or something similar.

Is there a way to do this in the .csproj file, without having to patch the final compiled assembly?

Solution

  • It seems that InformationalVersion is mapped to ProductVersion:

    <PropertyGroup>
    <InformationalVersion>1.24asdds</InformationalVersion>
</PropertyGroup>

    Result:

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    If you are using .NET 8 SDK to build - do not forget to set IncludeSourceRevisionInInformationalVersion to false:

    <PropertyGroup>
    <InformationalVersion>1.24asdds</InformationalVersion>
    <IncludeSourceRevisionInInformationalVersion>
         false
    </IncludeSourceRevisionInInformationalVersion>
</PropertyGroup>