Versioning in .NET

This document explains versioning strategies for .NET libraries.

For more information on the .NET platform versioning scheme, see How .NET is versioned in the official Microsoft documentation.

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  1. Version number in C# projects

Version number in C# projects

In the C# implementation of LiftButton, the version number is specified in the LiftButton.csproj file located in the csharp/ directory:

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

    <PropertyGroup>
        <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
        <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
        <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
        <PackageId>IbanFR.SemanticRelease.LiftButton</PackageId>
        <Version>0.0.1-alpha</Version>
    </PropertyGroup>

</Project>

The <Version>0.0.1-alpha</Version> follows the SemVer 2.0 format and is updated automatically during the release process using GitHub Actions.

Common pre-release labels such as -alpha, -beta, or -rc can be used to indicate pre-release versions before the stable release.

For more details about .NET project files, see [Project files] in the .NET documentation. For guidance on versioning C# projects, see Versioning in C# in the C# documentation.