Automate build number version change in C# netcore projects

.net core

Tired of manually updating your application build version number?

Let’s take a look at how you can use artify (https://pypi.org/project/artify/) to achieve this.

Installing artify, Python 3.6+ required

pip install artify -U

Command structure below:

Installing artify, Python 3.6+ required

python -m artify -c version -t major|minor|patch|prerelease|auto -a netcore|npm|gradle|other

GitLab code snippet

auto-version-update:
  stage: updates
  rules:
     - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event" && $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME == "develop"'
  script:
    - python3 -m artify -c version -t auto -a netcore --file=AwesomeApp/AwesomeApp.csproj --debug      
    - python3 -m artify -c syncrepo -m "Changing version:::Build number"  # Ensure that PRIVATE_TOKEN is set in environment variables
  tags:
    - <runner_machine>

BitBucket code snippet

pipelines:                          
  branches:                            
    develop:                               
      - step:                                    
         name: Auto-bump build number 
        script:                                      
          - python3 -m artify -c version -t auto -a netcore 
          - python3 -m artify -c syncrepo -m "Changing version:::Build number"

GitHub code snippet

jobs:                         
  test:                           
     if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest   
     steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Auto Bump build version number
        run: |
          - python -m artify -c version -t auto -a netcore
          - python -m artify -c syncrepo -m "Changing version:::Build number"  # Ensure that PRIVATE_TOKEN is set in environment variables