Versioning Format Identifiers

TextFile Version Behaviour

Any file where literal replacement takes place within the file, using well known tokens:

Token	Versioning Style	Example
XXX-RELEASENAME-XXX	The release name	Unicorn
XXX-VERSION-XXX	The Short Version	1.2
XXX-VERSION3-XXX	The 3 digit version	1.2.3
XXX-VERSION4-XXX	The 4 digit version number	1.2.3.4

Display Type Short

Two digit display. E.g. 0.0 - The following file types default to this display method:

NetAssembly, TextFile, StdAssembly

DisplayType Full

Four digit display E.g. 0.0.0.0 - The following file types default to this display method:

NetFile, NetInformational, Wix, StdFile, StdInformational

DisplayType Three Digit

Three didgit display - E.g. 0.0.0 - The following file types default to this display method:

Nuspec

Wix

Wix Setup file, looking for the version attribute. To update the version in the name too, use the text file version as well.

Nuspec

Nuget Package File format.

Tip: You can specify more than one version type for the same file, therefore you can update a textual element of a Wix file and the version element by using a TextFile format and a Wix format. ``` e.g. in autoversion.txt

**/product.wxs|Wix **/product.wxs|TextFile ```