Getting TFS to put the changeset in the assembly version

tfs build version changeset
vidstige picture vidstige · Apr 18, 2012 · Viewed 11.9k times · Source

I have got a Team Foundation Server Build running cleanly. It produces several assemblies and I would like the assemblies versions to have the last number to be the changset number. That is, if I commit with a changeset11667 for example the assembly version number should be "x.y.z.11667". I've checked the availible macros, but none is the changeset number.

I would still like to be able to build the solution file on my dev machine as normal, just using the checked in version number.

How would I go about getting this in place?

Answer

Christopher Painter picture Christopher Painter · Apr 18, 2012

Realize that this will stop working once you exceed 65,535 changesets. Perhaps you want to update some other field. BTW, yes, build engineering is engineering. Pointing at a solution and telling it to build is only the beginning of the journey.

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