AutoUpdateProjectVersionPS

About

I was unable to find an extension in VS 2022 that would automatically set the version of my projects as I wanted them and supported the new SDK style projects, so I created this simple script to fill that gap. I thought I would share it so others can modify it to fit their needs.

Prerequisites

This script should work with either PS 5.1 or PS 7+, its only tested with PS 7+.

Setup automatic versioning in VS

First copy the ps1 file to the root of the project folder you want to have auto versioned. Make sure its in the project folder and not the solution folder.

In Visual Studio go to your projects property page. Find the Pre-build event section under Build and paste one of the below lines depending what version of PS you are using.

Powershell Core (PS 7+)

pwsh -File "$(ProjectDir)UpdateAppVersion.ps1"

Powershell 5.1

powershell -File "$(ProjectDir)UpdateAppVersion.ps1"

Now when you build your project in VS, your project version will be automatically set to something like 2022.07.28.123 and the build number will auto increment.

Using to manually update the project version

First copy the ps1 file to the root of the project folder you want to have auto versioned. Make sure its in the project folder and not the solution folder.

When you want to update the project version you can right click the ps1 file and select Run with Powershell