"Unable to parse version string" is not a specific enough error for win32 targets about rcedit HOT 4 CLOSED

So is the cause that it's a string and not a semver? I'm getting the same error trying to set the build-version to a short hash of the current commit of my repo but this error only happens when building installers for Windows.

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That's right. More specifically, the string provided doesn't parse to a semver, which is exactly what the message says.

That's all well and good, but again, the message didn't give me any more information to go on. I spent several hours trying to figure out what was wrong simply because the error message didn't tell me which property or value was invalid.

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We have the same problem as @kevingelion , and I don't understand the difference between the platforms. In my opinion, a build version should not be constrained as the other version...
We are currently also using a short hash of the current commit!

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This is a limitation in Windows executables, there's not much rcedit can do about it.

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