Custom ProductVersion string in .NET 6

Question

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:

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?

@AxelKemper: the answer in that post suggests using VersionPrefix+VersionSuffix. However, unfortunately VersionPrefix still needs to be in the form x.y.z, so with 3 pieces. In my case I need it to be only 2. I tried setting only 2 but in that case the compiler seems to add a .0 automatically at the end... I tried various combinations but I couldn't replicate the version string shown in the screenshot I posted. — Master_T
– Master_T, Commented Dec 20, 2023 at 16:54

Guru Stron · Accepted Answer · 2023-12-22 20:37:40Z

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It seems that InformationalVersion is mapped to ProductVersion:

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

Result:

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>

answered Dec 22, 2023 at 20:37

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