The Umbraco.Build package is the foundation of all Umbraco products builds.

Or, at least, that's the goal - it's currently work-in-progress.

Umbraco.Build registers the following common tasks:

• GetUmbracoVersion - returns the semver version of the product
• SetUmbracoVersion - sets the semver version of the product
• SetBuildVersion - adds build version infos to the product version
• ClearBuildVersion - removes the build version infos from the product version
• VerifyNuGet - verifies NuGet packages consistency

Products using Umbraco.Build need to:

(to be completed)

The build script respects the version that has been set with SetUmbracoVersion and shows in the SolutionInfo.cs file, eg 1.2.3 or 1.2.3-alpha.3. This version appears in the AssemblyInformationVersion assembly attribute, which shows as Product Version in the dll properties in Windows Explorer.

The build script complements the attribute with the following elements:

• Build number - for branches that are not "release branches" - appends the build number
• Git hash - appends @a4f89c47 or @a4f89c47+ where a4f89c47 is the Git hash of the commit that is built, and the + signs indicates local changes

Therefore, Windows Explorer could show 1.2.3 @a4f89c47.

Build number is appended as follows:

• 1.2.3 = 1.2.3-aleph.buildNumber
• 1.2.3-beta = 1.2.3-beta.0.buildNumber
• 1.2.3-beta.3 = 1.2.3-beta.3.buildNumber

Semver-wise, this means that each continuous build of a pre-release version comes after that version, ie -alpha.0.20171012.0001 > -alpha, and so we should upgrade the alpha/beta number at the moment we release it.

Example of a versions sequence:

1.0.0                           release of 1.0.0
1.0.1-aleph.20171011.0001       continuous build of 1.0.1
1.0.1-aleph.20171011.0002       continuous build of 1.0.1
1.0.1-aleph.20171012.0001       continuous build of 1.0.1
1.0.1                           release of 1.0.1
1.0.1-alpha.0.20071013.0001     continuous build of -alpha.0
1.0.1-alpha.0.20071014.0001     continuous build of -alpha.0
1.0.1-alpha.0.20071014.0002     continuous build of -alpha.0
1.0.1-alpha.1                   release of 1.0.1-alpha.1
1.0.1-alpha.1.20071015.0001     continuous build of -alpha.1
etc

Also examples of Git hashes!

AssemblyVersion 8.0.0 = used by CLR compatibility - change only with major breaking changes AssemblyFileVersion 8.1.2.5557 = SemVer base version + build number AssemblyInformationalVersion 8.1.2-alpha.12.5557 = SemVer / NuGet version, optional -alpha.12, optional .5557 (build) not using +5557 because for SemVer it's info only, no comparison The build number is an Int32 - cannot use 20170919231025 should it be a count? number of secs since? since first build of that version?

To release new versions, run .\build\build.ps1 on your local machine, the version will be taken from SolutionInfo.cs (AssemblyInformationalVersion) so make sure that's correct before you build. The resulting nupkg file will be written to the build.out directory. Push it manually to the https://www.myget.org/F/umbracocore/api/v3/index.json feed.