This will typically be used after doing File -> New -> Project and makes it easy to follow the semantic versioning convention.

Install using NPM

npm install csversion -g

Usage

csversion <csproj-path> [<version-filename>] [<version>]

Example specifying the version-filename and version explicitly.

csversion my-project.csproj version.txt 0.1.0-alpha

Important: if the csproj-path contains spaces, you must surround it with quotes.

What it does

Using the example values from above.

• Creates version.txt in the project directory, if it doesn't exist.
• Copies BuildCommon.targets to build/BuildCommon.targets, if it doesn't already exist.
• Adds an import element to the project file, if it doesn't already exist.
• Comments out the version related attributes in AssemblyInfo.cs, if not commented out.

Result

Using the example values from above, when the project is built, the following attributes will be set in Properties\AssemblyVersion.cs:

• [assembly: System.Reflection.AssemblyVersion("0.1.0")]
• [assembly: System.Reflection.AssemblyFileVersion("0.1.0")]
• [assembly: System.Reflection.AssemblyInformationalVersion("0.1.0-alpha")]

Change the version in version.txt and build to change the version number.

Expected directory structure

.
+-- src (may be named whatever you want)
|   +-- project-name
|       +-- project-name.csproj