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I have this one liner that can publish my project:

& "$($linkToMSBuildEXE)" "$($solutionName)" /t:projectName /p:Configuration="Release"

I need to publish this project and set the assemblyVersion and fileVersion of the output executable. I have tried adding the version:

& "$($linkToMSBuildEXE)" "$($solutionName)" /t:projectName /p:Configuration="Release"/p:Version=1.1.1.1

This doesn't seem to work. Do I need to add an entry to the csproj file? How can I set the versions via the command line.

thatOneGuy
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    Please see the last answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8446693/specify-assembly-version-number-as-a-command-line-argument-in-msbuild – Dmitry Arestov Jan 07 '20 at 14:46
  • i came across that earlier, it seems convoluted to me, is there not a simpler way? I'm sure in dotnet core you can just specify /p:Version=1.2.3.4 – thatOneGuy Jan 07 '20 at 15:05

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  1. Install MSBuild.AssemblyVersion package from NuGet.

  2. Use the following or similar command line:

    msbuild project.csproj /t:Rebuild /p:AssemblyVersionNumber=1.2.3.4

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  • that works perfectly. Thanks, I'm not sure why this isn't out of the box -.- – thatOneGuy Jan 08 '20 at 09:50
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    MSBuild is a powerful tool. In .NET Core, the successor of .NET, Microsoft guys decided to equip it with more handy tasks and features that are based on the same possibilities. – Dmitry Arestov Jan 08 '20 at 15:17