Can I get the height during build?

[andersforsgren]

I'd like to use a 4-component version number where 1.0.0-beta.123 gets file version 1.0.0.123, so I'd like to access the git height. Is this possible?

[andersforsgren]

Solution I'm using at the moment: parsing it from the SemVer. This solves the problem.

<Height>$([System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex]::Match($(MinVerPreRelease), `\w+\.(\d+)$`).Groups[1].Captures)</Height>
<FileVersion>$(MinVerMajor).$(MinVerMinor).$(MinVerPatch).$(Height)</FileVersion>

[adamralph]

123 is not the git height in the example you've given. MinVer will only calculate that version from a tag, so you must have tagged the commit with 1.0.0-beta.123.

I would advise against parsing the height. As stated in the FAQ, the official guidance for assembly file version states:

✔️ CONSIDER including a continuous integration build number as the AssemblyFileVersion revision.

The FAQ shows how to do that.